Chapter 281 Proudly Introducing My Family
After washing his younger brother and sister's dirty clothes at home, Li Dongdong walked into the grocery store outside the military family compound wearing clothes that didn't fit him.
He tightly grasped the two dimes in his pocket, his eyes looking around nervously.
Xiao Zhao was pulling at the fork in his hair out of boredom. When he saw him, he asked, "Little boy, what do you want to buy?"
"Want to buy some candy?"
Most of the children who come to their grocery store are here to buy candy.
Li Dongdong blushed and shook his head, "My classmate's birthday is coming up, and I want to buy him a gift."
"I, I only have two cents, and I don't know what to buy." He took his hands out of his pockets and opened his hands to reveal the two cents that were crumpled by him.
"Two cents can buy a lot of things, notebooks, pencils, erasers... Are you giving it to a boy or a girl? Girls can even buy headbands."
"Male classmate." Li Dongdong replied in a low voice.
"For male students, then give them notebooks and pencils, which are useful for study. By the way, we have just received a batch of notebooks specially used for writing diaries. The covers are very beautiful and very thick, but they are a bit expensive, only 1.5 cents." Xiao Zhao felt that the child could not afford it.
Li Dongdong: "Sister, please show it to me."
He had two cents, and after buying the notebook he had five cents left.
Xiao Zhao looked at him with some surprise and took the diary out from the counter.
The cover of the diary is made of hard kraft paper with the three big words "Diary" printed in the middle and a landscape painting printed on it.
"Look, the year, month, day, and weather are printed on every page. When you write in your diary, just fill in the date and weather online."
Li Dongdong took a look and thought it was indeed very good. After hesitating for a moment, he nodded and said, "Sister, I want this one."
"Okay, I'll wrap it up for you. It will look better when you give it to someone else."
Five minutes later, Li Dongdong walked out of the state-owned store holding a gift wrapped in oil paper.
He didn't know where Gu Dongjia was, so he asked as he walked along. When he was almost there, he met Liu Xiaozhu.
"It smells so good! It's the smell of fried crispy pork. It must be Mr. Gu frying the crispy pork!" Liu Xiaozhu wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth and said with certainty.
Li Dongdong swallowed his saliva. He hadn't eaten crispy pork for a long time. The last time he ate crispy pork was when he went back to his grandmother's house during the Chinese New Year.
The two men walked to the gate of Gu Dong's house and were hesitating whether to knock on the door when Sun Xiangdong, who was standing under the eaves eating crispy meat, saw them.
"Gu Dong, Liu Xiaozhu and Li Dongdong are here."
Gu Dong was carrying a pot of golden fried crispy meat towards the main room. After hearing Sun Xiangdong's words, he looked outside the door. After seeing the two of them, he asked Sun Xiangdong to bring the crispy meat into the main room.
While calling Li Dongdong and Liu Xiaozhu in, he went to greet them.
"Welcome to my home." Gu Dong walked forward and welcomed him.
Liu Xiaozhu glanced at the yard and said with a smile, "Gu Dong, your yard is quite big. Unlike my house, which is very small with only two rooms."
Li Dongdong also glanced at the Gu family's yard and felt that Gu Dong's yard was much larger than his own. His own small bungalow only had two rooms.
"Gu Dong, this is a gift for you. Happy birthday." Liu Xiaozhu handed the ceramic puppy ornament in his hand to Gu Dong.
"Thank you." Gu Dong took it with a smile.
"Gu Dong, this is my gift. Happy birthday to you." Li Dongdong also handed over his gift.
Gu Dong looked up at him and said, "Didn't I tell you not to prepare any gifts and just come directly?"
Li Dongdong pursed his lips and said, "When my father heard that I was coming to celebrate your birthday, he gave me money to buy you a nice gift."
Gu Dong took it with a smile, "Dongdong, thank you."
"What's in here? It's quite thick." Liu Xiaozhu asked.
Li Dongdong: "It's a diary."
"A diary? That's great! I've been wanting to keep a diary lately."
The teacher said that his composition writing was not good. If he wanted to write well, he should not only read more, but also try to practice writing a diary every day.
The gift touched Gu Dong's heart, and Li Dongdong was very happy.
"I'll take you to meet my parents and aunt." Gu Dong took Li Dongdong's hand and walked into the kitchen.
The smell in the kitchen was so delicious that the two of them were drooling.
"This is my dad, this is my mom, and this is my aunt." Gu Dong proudly introduced his dad, mom and aunt to his classmates.
Li Dongdong took a look at Gu Dong and felt that he had changed a lot. He remembered that Gu Dong would get angry whenever his classmates mentioned his stepmother.
"Hello Uncle Gu, hello Aunt Yu, hello Aunt Gu." Liu Xiaozhu called people first.
Li Dongdong also hurriedly followed suit, calling out, "Hello, Uncle Gu, Hello, Aunt Yu, Hello, Aunt Gu."
"Okay, you too." Gu Huai, Yu Hui and Gu Qiuyan responded with a smile.
"Dad, dad, aunt, this is my deskmate Liu Xiaozhu, and this is my classmate Li Dongdong." Gu Dong also introduced his classmates to his family.
Yu Hui looked at the two children and said, "Welcome to our home. Don't be shy. Just treat yourself like you're at home. Don't be polite."
Li Dongdong looked at Gu Dong's stepmother and thought she was so beautiful and gentle, completely different from his own stepmother.
Li Dongdong was looking at Yu Hui, and Yu Hui was also looking at him. He was wearing an extremely ill-fitting army green suit with only a sweater underneath. The collar of the sweater was very tight and seemed to be a bit tight around his neck. He was very thin, with big eyes, and his face was so cold that it looked a little blue.
The light snow has passed, and many children have put on their padded jackets. Few people are still wearing such thin clothes.
He is also a child from a staff housing complex, so logically, he shouldn't dress like that.
Yu Hui walked up and touched his hand, which was as cold as cast iron. She pinched it upwards, but only felt a thin layer of outer clothing. The sleeves of the sweater inside were much shorter.
Before Li Dongdong could react, his cold hands were held by a pair of warm big hands.
"Why are your hands like this? Are you hungry and cold? Come and warm yourself by the stove." As he said this, he pulled the confused Li Dongdong to the stove.
When the iron baffle blocking the stove mouth was pulled open, more hot air came out and Li Dongdong felt very warm.
Gu Huai frowned as he looked at Li Dongdong. How could there be such a thin child in their military family compound, who was dressed so thinly in winter?
I don’t know whose it is.
"Come and eat the crispy pork." Yu Hui picked up a piece of freshly fried crispy pork and handed it to Li Dongdong and Liu Xiaozhu one after another.
"Thank you, Aunt Yu." Li Dongdong and Liu Xiaozhu thanked her in unison, feeling that Gu Dong's mother was so gentle and kind.
Li Dongdong ate the crispy meat in small bites, taking it very carefully. The crispy meat was delicious, better than anything he had eaten so far.
"Gu Dong, go get the grape bottle and fill it with some hot water." Yu Hui said to Gu Dong as she threw the pork belly coated with sweet potato flour into the pot.
Gu Dong said okay and went out. While Yu Hui was frying the crispy pork, she gave two pieces of crispy pork to Li Dongdong and Liu Xiaozhu.
"Keep eating. Crispy pork is best eaten while it's being fried."
Liu Xiaozhu smiled as he held the crispy meat. He had never eaten like this at home. Aunt Yu was really so nice.
Li Dongdong also pursed his lips and smiled, thinking that it was great to be able to come to Gu Dong's house today.
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