The person in charge was so embarrassed that he didn't even have the courage to pick cherries. He hurriedly picked almost two pounds of cherries, then turned around and ran back to the shed.
When he looked up again, he saw a haggard young man squatting in the shed. He was startled:
"What are you doing? Haven't you finished your work? Why haven't you left yet?!"
The excavator boy had a sad face: "Brother, you don't understand. I'm here now, I won't be willing to not have a meal-"
He turned his head and sniffed again: "What did you take?"
The person in charge's heart skipped a beat, and he subconsciously quickly turned the bag around and said, "It's nothing. When you're done, go back quickly. I'll call you if there's more work."
Seeing him like this, the young man couldn't help but come closer: "There must be something!"
Then an idea flashed in his mind: "Brother, did you go to pick cherries?"
"Give me one!"
My goodness, I am at least a foreman, how come this young man doesn’t know how to respect me!
The person in charge had a sad face, and it took him a long time to pull out a bunch of three fleshy cherries from the bag and hand them over.
Just as he was thinking about how to refuse if the guy wanted him again, he saw that the other party had already tasted the taste and sighed:
"That's the taste! It's so delicious! How can I be willing not to have a meal?"
"Brother, you obviously like it too. I told him to discuss the food with his family, but you were not happy..."
The person in charge's heart skipped a beat.
"What do you mean?" Aren't cherries the only thing growing well in his house
"How is that possible?"
The excavator guy glanced at him and said, "I told you, I planted a peach forest on the back hill, so the peach trees must be good. Besides, whether it's wild vegetables from the fields or anything from the garden, everything they eat is really delicious."
“The days I was working,” he sighed, looking melancholy, “… I don’t know how good life was.”
Person in charge: …
He looked at the bag of cherries hesitantly.
Well, cherries are so delicious, and the food...
At this moment, he picked up the plastic bag, then turned around and walked out:
"I suddenly remembered that there was one point that was not discussed clearly on the design of this house. I have to go and ask in person."
Halfway through the walk, he turned back, took the car keys, put the cherries in the car, and planned to eat them after dinner. Then he took out a cigarette—
It makes sense. He built houses for so many people. Other houses were always handed cigarettes to him by the owners. But when it was his turn, he had to pass it out himself…
It’s really amazing that the food is delicious!
Just as I was about to close the car door, I saw the excavator guy prying at the door: "Brother, take me with you. I will leave after this meal, for sure!"
Person in charge: …
However, halfway through the journey, he couldn't help but ask, "You are about the same age as our client's brother and sister, you call me brother, they call me uncle, and I call them dad and brother, this generational relationship is not right!"
The excavator guy looked at him hesitantly: "Brother, do you look too anxious?"
"Look at you, your skin is dark, your face is full of wrinkles, and you are slowly gaining weight. You look several years older. Look at my Uncle Song, he is energetic, his hair is black and shiny, and he looks more energetic than you - how can this girl have the nerve to call you brother?"
Person in charge: …
He is a big boy, why does he have a mouth
…
At the same time, my seventh cousin's son Song Shuliang also received his express delivery.
This is not a free shipping area. My seventh cousin spent a lot of money on this package, and it went through many twists and turns before it landed in his hands.
He is 40 years old this year, his two daughters are now teenagers, and he has not returned to his hometown for almost ten years.
Now when I look at the packages from my hometown, the feeling of nostalgia far outweighs the curiosity about the contents of the packages.
It happened that the two children came back chasing each other, holding a big watermelon in their hands.
In May and June, not many fruits are ripe in the border areas. The most common ones are apricots, grapes, pears and watermelons, which are available in every household.
On the contrary, the two children were quite surprised to see the express delivery.
"Dad, what did you buy?"
Their area is not free shipping, so when you buy things online, the transaction always ends up in vain due to the postage issue.
It’s really fresh to suddenly see such a big package nowadays.
Song Shuliang took the watermelon and said, "You guys can open it. Grandpa sent it to me."
"ah!"
The two children cried out in surprise.
They have grown up but have never seen their grandfather!
The journey was really long. Song Shuliang went back when the children were young, but it was not convenient to take care of two children, so he did not take them.
Fortunately, with the development of technology in recent years, sending red envelopes through WeChat video has made the children not too unfamiliar with their grandfather.
Now, when they opened the package and saw what was inside, they first exclaimed, and then felt a little disappointed.
"Why did Grandpa send honey? The honey here is very good!"
"Qiao Le Pang, this is from grandpa."
Song Shuliang's wife came out with a machete. She was a mixed-race girl with big eyes and was very beautiful. Her father was from the frontier and her mother was also from another place like Song Shuliang, and eventually she also stayed here.
Therefore, the two children not only have Chinese names, but also the names of the border areas.
The eldest daughter, Qiao Le, started to laugh and unpack the rest with her sister:
"Dad, this is such a big bag! What is it?"
But it’s not too heavy, otherwise the postage would be very expensive!
Song Shuliang came over and took a look: "This is Tremella fuciformis."
He looked at the small, unevenly-colored yellowish pieces of dried white fungus, leaned in to smell them, and then a smile appeared in his eyes - as expected, with his father's picky nature, the quality of the things he sent would definitely not be bad.
Instead, the other daughter, Afu, was curious: "Why is it different from the ones sold in the market?"
This one is smaller and not as round and nice.
Song Shuliang touched her head and said, "Because this is a better quality linden fungus, it tastes better than the ones on the market."
"How about making Tremella soup tonight? Soak the Tremella first."
The wife came over and said, "I'll look for a video of stewing soup on Tik Tok."
There is mostly meat here, and not much sweet soup, so to be on the safe side, let's just watch the vibrato.
"OK!"
Song Shuliang also unscrewed the honey bottle and said, "Try the honey your grandfather sent. It might be better than ours."
The fresh aroma of honey diffused in the dry air. The two girls sniffed, then held the glass bottle and sat aside obediently.
Looking at the bottom of the box, there are two boxes of simply packaged tea.
Song Shuliang was really surprised this time.
Having been away from home for many years, even though he doesn't care much about food, he can't help but miss the taste of his hometown.
Of course, whether you can get used to the food is another matter.
But eating large chunks of meat here, after a long time, is inevitably a bit greasy. Previously, his father also made hometown tea specially, which was not famous, but delicious enough.
Now that I have two big boxes, it must be this year’s new tea!
He couldn't wait to open the package.