Some children may speak unclearly and stumble when walking at this age, but An An's speech is like jumping beans, crisp and fast. He also walks steadily. Of course, he falls occasionally.
"An An is hungry. Has Dad bought food yet?" Tian Tian asked while hugging An An.
"Dad bought some sweet and sour pork. We have meat to eat, and some leek and egg pancakes!" An An still has the same habits as children nowadays, and he likes to use repetitive words when speaking.
But Tian Tian understood quickly, "An An is talking about the chive box, An An's favorite, right?"
An An nodded.
"Okay, we're going to eat, you guys should go wash your hands quickly." Gu Zhao said as he came in with a lunch box after changing his shoes.
Tian Tian quickly took An An to wash her hands. When they came out, the table was already full of lunch boxes. The canteen had quite a rich meal today, including leek dumplings, stir-fried beans, and sweet and sour pork.
Tian Tian looked a little surprised. "Why is the meal so rich today? Is the machinery factory going to fail?"
But at that time, the efficiency of their machinery factory was not very good, so the food and gifts for everyone during festivals were much worse.
Days like this where we have meat in our meals are rare.
"How could that be possible? How could a machinery factory go bankrupt?"
Their factory produces some parts that are of important use to the country, such as the manufacturing of current cars, airplanes, and aircraft carriers. They can actually participate in all of this. Now they are more of a factory that builds military weapons rather than a profit-making factory.
Now the confidentiality level in their factory is very high, especially for their researchers. Basically, when they have important research, they will stay in the unit for one or two months.
Gu Zhao had just graduated a few years ago, and his rank was not that high, so he mostly did some assistant work and some peripheral participation work. But after his rank became higher in recent years, his role in the project was further demonstrated. At least in the past year or so, Gu Zhao had two completely closed-door jobs, and Tian Tian could not see him at all.
Although the machinery factory is run with state funding, the development of the private economy has had some impact on it. At least some parts that could only be ordered from their factory before can now be bought from outside.
But overall they don't have to worry about the machinery factories closing down and them losing their jobs.
"Has Tian Zhuo finished his dinner? Is he adapting well to the machinery factory?"
Tian Zhuo also graduated with excellent results this time. After the recommendation of their teacher and the review of the machinery factory, he finally stayed in the machinery factory and worked in the same department as Gu Zhao.
But Tian Zhuo is now just like Gu Zhao before, also a miscellaneous engineer.
Now Tian Zhuo lives in the small house bought by Tian Tian. The house is quite close to the machinery factory, but it is a bit small. It is not big enough for their family of three. Now it can be given to Tian Zhuo.
Today, they wanted Tian Zhuo to live in the house for free, but Tian Zhuo refused and insisted on paying rent to Tian Tian.
He said that if Tian Tian didn't accept the rent, Tian Zhuo would rather live somewhere else and wait for the machinery factory to allocate housing.
Those who are waiting for a house will have to wait until sometime. If they want to get a house now, they still have to queue up like before. Although the efficiency of their machinery factory has declined, the number of employees in the machinery factory has not decreased. And although Tian Zhuo is a talent that their factory focuses on training, Tian Zhuo has been in the factory for too short a time and his qualifications are too short. There is no way for him to convince others when he gets a house.
Anyway, Tian Tian's house will be left there abandoned anyway, and Tian Tian will have to go there frequently to clean it, so letting Tian Zhuo live in the house is a way to make full use of it.
But Tian Zhuo insisted on paying rent to Tian Tian, saying that if Tian Tian didn't pay rent, he would not live in this house. There was no choice but to agree today.
Tian Tian could only ask Tian Zhuo for less salary, just as a token of her appreciation. Tian Zhuo knew this, and after hearing that An An didn't need any clothes, he sent An An a lot of gifts.
This made An An like this brother-in-law more and more.
After Tian Tian and the others sat down at the table, she picked up a leek pie and tasted it first. She found that it was not spicy at all. Then she picked up another leek pie and put it in An An's bowl.
An An likes to eat leek dumplings, but once when she ate leek dumplings, the leek was not cooked, a little raw, and tasted a little spicy. An An cried loudly in bed after eating the leek dumplings. When asked, she said she had a stomachache. Tian Tian took An An to the hospital and said that leek dumplings were too irritating to children's stomachs, and if they were to be eaten, the leeks had to be fully cooked.
After hearing this, Tian Tian felt very guilty and blamed herself. After that, every time she ate leek dumplings, Tian Tian would take a bite first and make sure the leeks were cooked before giving them to An An.
An An waited obediently for her mother to pick up a piece of leek cake and put it in her own small bowl. She immediately went up happily and took a big bite, and both sides of her mouth were covered with oil.
Tian Tian thought she was so cute and wiped her little face with a tissue. "Eat slowly. Your dad brought back a lot of food. It's enough for you."
An An shook his head.
"An An, eat one and you'll be full. Dad and Mom can eat the rest."
Tian Tian felt like her heart was melting after listening to this. An An had never been a child who guarded his food. Every time he ate, he would only keep some for himself and share the rest with other people.
Sometimes Tian Tian also felt strange. She had never taught An An to share food. An An learned it on her own.
But An An actually said these words, Tian Tian would not discourage the child, she wanted to let the child know that sharing is a happy thing. Only in this way will she be willing to share in the future, right?
"Okay, then mom and dad will definitely fill our stomachs." Tian Tian said.
An An held the chopsticks and grinned at Tian Tian.
Tian Tian picked up the sweet and sour pork on the side. The sweet and sour pork was very delicious. You could smell the pungent vinegar smell and the taste was sweet and sour. The batter coating the pork was very crispy when you bit it, and it was not hard and crumbly.
An An likes sweet and sour food very much, but she doesn’t like sweet and sour pork because it is a little too hard for her taste.
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