Tugou Village, Yicheng Township.
The van from the village store came back and the first thing he did was to shout, "Lao Qi! Lao Qi! Your grandson has sent a package back!"
The mountainous area was covered with yellow earth and was very empty. Although the two families were far apart, the shout was still heard by half of the village.
The neighbor couldn't help but sigh: "Old Qi picked up a good grandson. He kowtowed to his son's grave and he can wear mourning clothes for him in the future, so he won't be without descendants."
"That's right, Linzi is filial and thoughtful." The old lady in the family also said so.
The man next to him snorted, "What filial piety is there? He went to college and left far away. It would have been better if he hadn't gone to college in the first place and stayed at home to farm the land. Now Old Qi would have a great-grandson in his arms."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard his wife sneer next to him: "No matter how far away Linzi goes, he still gives Lao Qi a thousand yuan every month, and sends him local specialties every time he goes back to a new place..."
"You should farm at home. I don't want you to send me any fruit, snacks, lotus root powder or anything like that. Why don't you give me a thousand yuan every month?"
The man fell silent immediately!
One thousand a month, wow, in a year it must be... must be... must be twelve thousand!
Oh my god!
Ouch! Ouch!
Looking at the shrimps again, I couldn't help but pick one up. The shell was crispy and the shrimp meat was fresh...
“This is Zhong!”
At the same time, he went to search under the shelf: "Where is the returned pickled cabbage? Do you remember... "
You instantly felt distressed and took away all the fish and shrimp outside the bag:
Lao Qi also thinks so. He sent fruit after the child passed away. He said that he had to tell the courier that it would not rot. Then he forwarded it to the post office.
He is getting better and better at showing off his grandson.
But... it's so bad to eat so little!
After thinking about it, I grabbed a handful of shrimps.
…
"You're already so young. Even if you save money to buy a house outside the city, where can you find a wife?"
As he spoke, he unpacked the package - people outside the mountain don't care about privacy. The things the children sent are just food and daily necessities. Lao Qi complained about it, but he was happy inside.
Old Qi was still nagging: "Girl, it's not that you are too stingy with your money. You are just short of food and drink when you are away from home. I always send you those messy things, and all the money is spent."
Where we are, there is little sunshine but no breeze every day. Is it still cold when the temperature is over 80 degrees
I discussed with my wife: "Look at him, he is so stingy. We buy fish and shrimp because it is convenient and we can eat them at the same time. So, he will cook them for lunch first. You can ask Linzi later where I bought them and give us a few pounds!"
The boss laughed and said, "How would you know? It was sent by express mail. The express mail point is too far away, so we asked the post office to bring it to you."
As he left the house happily, he said, "Linzi just sent this back, and Lao Qi grabbed a handful - it's so yummy!"
When farmers work, their hands are smooth but strong!
"If you're that bad, you'll just go to his house and lie down - what did you send back then?"
"He said he would send this straw mat next time... Oh, what a waste of money! Go to the market next time and see that the price of straw mats has gone up. Now it costs 80. And your old bamboo mat is broken!"
The boss waved his hand and said: "Call me later and buy a few more pounds!" Don't be so picky!
"He told the child that he should send it by post last time. Our place is remote, so only the postal vehicle can deliver the package to your place."
Besides, there are bamboos growing outside our place, and there are also lush wild grasses. I smelled the fragrance of green grass all night last night, and when I woke up in the morning I felt like I was sleeping under sweet potato vines.
Halfway down the road, I couldn't help but pick up a large dried fish and eat it directly -
This grasping really involves some skills, but there are a lot of them.
“It smells so good!”
“Do it!”
The store owner thought:
"Then go and earn some money! You're lazy and greedy... Look, there are only a few people like you in the village..."
The wife was also very surprised: "Fish! Oh, Linzi's elementary school is so bad. He asked me to eat all kinds of bad food from all over the world."
The guy at the big store saw that I was like that, and laughed and scolded me when he heard me say, "This straw mat is much worse than the ones sold at the market, it's probably worth 70 or 80 yuan, he's going to give it to you!"
He stiffened his neck and said, "Twelve thousand a year is too much? I can earn that much in two months if I work in a factory!"
"Ouch! Ouch!"
The old bamboo mat has been broken for several years, and the bamboo strips at the edges are no longer curled up, so you can sleep on it in the middle.
"What can you send?"
"Wait until our child comes back on Saturday night before eating!"
The wife was still holding a half-crunched fish tail in her hand, and was struggling for a long time: "Okay, you did all this?"
Why does that dried fish taste so bad
What nonsense!
"Besides, there's no point in keeping you here. You're learning farming, but what can we grow in our area? It's better for you to get off work outside the city and find a wife..."
That is—
It's only Monday today!
Lao Qi was delighted, and reached out to grab a handful of dried fish: "Come on, bring the bag and grab some for him."
As soon as Lao Qi opened the package, the fresh aroma of fish and shrimp hit him in the face!
boss:…
Old Qi was completely unaware of the noise in other people's homes. He just rushed to the store, wiped his sweaty face with a towel hanging around his neck, and then smiled:
…
Old Qi sighed, "Don't mention it. The agriculture that Linzi studied originally seemed to have no future. He has a good eye! The things sent over all smell bad, including the straw mat. I lay down on it with the fan on last night. It was cool all night and I was sweating!"
Every time I send slow mail, I have to ask others to help carry it. That time, Lao Qi was also stingy and just went home with the bag.
In fact, I still feel sad. After all, we are still outside the village. It’s not that we are poor but we have no financial constraints. The fish and shrimps are also expensive over there.
Our foreign minister is a bad person, so the boss always buys a small can of pickled cabbage, and whoever buys it will weigh a pound or half a pound... At this moment, after digging for a long time, he finally dug out the plastic can and shouted: "Lanhua, let's stew pickled fish for lunch!"
"Ouch!" The store owner laughed at me, "Did he say that he would raise the child he picked up as his own? Did he insist that I keep him as my son? If it was this elementary school student who came to teach and scolded him, he would still do it!"
The person who drives the postal truck over there is a stranger from another village. He often helps to bring other things to the town. If you go to the big store over there to return some tofu or something the next day, you can bring it back. It's quite convenient.
Old Qi was a little ashamed: "I used to talk like that, and my mouth was like that, I was so sullen, how could I know that I would be a failure now? I had to take out loans to go to primary school, and I owe the country a debt that will be paid off next year... Would he be willing to do that if it were him?"
Fish and shrimps are rare there! Lao Qi's surprise was much smaller than the previous time when he bought the straw mat!
The store owner was also saying, "Why is that fish so bad to eat!"
The store owner took two deep sniffs.
It's inevitable to want to show off.