After breakfast, Xu Qingzhi received a call from the courier.
"Mom, I'm going to pick up the express." She found the key to the tricycle in the right corner of the shrine at home with ease and prepared to go out.
Wang Yanmei came out with a fleece jacket, "Come on, put on this jacket. It's cold when you ride a bike."
Xu Qingzhi wanted to take off her coat, but her mother held her down and said fiercely, "Why are you taking it off? It's so cold outside. If you wear so little, you'll cough to death in the afternoon. Put it all on. It's better to be hot than to shiver from the cold."
Xu Qingzhi had no choice but to put on three layers of clothes in the hot summer and drive away on his tricycle.
Wang Yanmei looked at the gloomy sky and said, "The weather this year is really strange. Some time ago, rivers in other places dried up, and it suddenly became cold these days."
Xu Qingzhi had already driven far away on her tricycle, but she still heard what her mother said.
Yes, the weather this year is really a bit weird, but it doesn’t affect her growing of vegetables.
Never mind, she went to receive the express delivery!
She checked the logistics information in advance.
I actually received the first batch of fruit trees today, how fast.
She bought so many fruit trees from several stores. The first to arrive today were orange, plum, loquat, peach and other saplings from two stores in the same province. The logistics information of more than half of the saplings showed that they had not arrived halfway and would arrive in the next two or three days. The customized packaging boxes and egg trays would also have to wait another two days.
Her test reports have also arrived. If you pay extra, they will be delivered faster.
Xu Qingzhi had to go to two express delivery points to pick up the items. The express delivery companies in the village were different, and the delivery points were also different. She first got the test report, and then went to the express delivery point for the fruit tree, and she reported the pickup code.
The courier boss didn't move, but pointed to the QR code on the wall: "One courier costs two yuan, so you get two for four yuan."
This was Xu Qingzhi's first time picking up a package here, but he had never heard of having to pay a handling fee for picking up a package, so he asked, "Do I have to pay to pick up a package myself?"
"Yes, you leave the express with us, so I have to charge you some storage fee. I also have to help you find it. If I don't charge you, I will be losing money." The man said confidently.
"I've never heard of this." Xu Qingzhi said calmly. She didn't feel bad about spending a few dollars, but this was obviously bullying and cheating people out of their money. It wasn't a cash on delivery courier.
The boss looked up at Xu Qingzhi, a young girl, and sneered, "Okay, it seems like you don't understand this first time, so remember to pay next time you come to get it."
Then, the boss slowly stood up and went to look for the package. When he saw the two huge cardboard boxes, he said, "Hey, if I had known your two packages were so big, I would have charged you ten dollars! You're going to make a fortune today."
Two large paper boxes were delivered to Xu Qingzhi. "Take it yourself. It's so heavy. I won't carry it without paying. Young man, I'm telling you, you can still make money now. Don't be stingy when you encounter this kind of thing. It won't do you any harm, understand?"
"Just go ahead and cheat me out of my money, why are you talking so much nonsense?" Xu Qingzhi picked up the plastic packaging ropes on two large cardboard boxes, one in each hand, and walked away.
The boss originally thought that the girl with skinny arms and legs would definitely not be able to lift such a heavy object, so he took the opportunity to educate her, but he ended up seeing that the girl lifted the object more easily than he did.
Are young people nowadays so strong?
Xu Qingzhi placed the fruit saplings on the back of the tricycle, glanced at the name of the express company, and then drove the tricycle home.
The tricycle was driving on an empty road with golden rice fields on both sides. With a thought, she collected all the fruit saplings at the back into the space.
After returning home, Xu Qingzhi first looked at the test reports from different inspection companies and confirmed that all the data were correct. After a while, her email box received electronic versions of the inspection reports one after another, and she forwarded them to Zhang.
Lawyer Zhang replied that he had received the message and told her not to worry too much as it was not a big problem.
Qingzhi: "Thank you Zhang Lu."
She picked up a fresh tomato from the bamboo basket, went to the kitchen to wash it, ate it while walking outside, and lay down on the lounge chair under the persimmon tree outside.
Xu Fuqiang had just come back from the fields, checking the vegetables, watering them, and weeding them. His black boots were covered in yellow mud, so he washed them under the tap near the door, saying, "Shanshan came to play with you this morning. I told you that you went to town to pick up a package."
"She saw you were not here, so she went back."
"She's not having lunch at our house?"
Xu Fuqiang smiled, "The little girl is shy. I asked her to stay for dinner, but she refused. She only stayed with you. She is bolder in our house. But your mother is also happy that others like her cooking. I guess when it's time for dinner later, she will ask me to call Shanshan and ask her to come for dinner."
"Yeah." Xu Qingzhi responded and finished the tomato in his hand.
She thought of the express delivery and asked, "Dad, do I have to pay a handling fee to get the express in town?"
"I heard from others before that there is a courier that wants to pay. What's that?"
"fine."
Xu Fuqiang suddenly remembered something and smiled, "Right, next time you can ask the seller to send it by postal express. Your uncle Pi's family now accepts postal express, so the postal express can be delivered to his house, which is closer. You don't have to pay, and you don't have to go all the way to the town to pick it up."
Xu Qingzhi thought, that is indeed much more convenient, but those bought secretly will definitely not work, otherwise they will be exposed.
"Well, but some sellers are unwilling to send by designated express. If they can, I will let the seller send by post."
"Sure."
The father and daughter had nothing to say.
Xu Qingzhi was used to it.
When Xu Qingzhi was young, Xu Fuqiang didn't take much care of her. She worked odd jobs outside every day to earn money. When he did take care of her, he hardly smiled and was quite strict.
He doesn't get along well with his daughter.
Xu Qingzhi could say whatever he wanted to say, and if he had nothing to say, he could just keep it to himself.
Xu Qingzhi thought about it, and it seemed that the number of times her father took her out to play when she was a child could be counted on her fingers, just that one time.
Because there were so few memories, even though she was very young that time and she had lived in three worlds for more than 500 years, her memory was still so clear.
She suddenly said, "Hey, Dad, do you remember when I was a kid, it was also a cloudy day like this, and you and I played eagle and chicken with those other kids in other people's yards."
"How could I not remember? When you were a little chicken, you just grabbed dad's clothes and refused to let other kids grab you, saying that I was your dad and only you could grab me. Now you are an eagle and you still try to grab dad. The kids behind you were so anxious that they cried and said you were cheating. Now you play with others properly." Xu Fuqiang couldn't help laughing when he thought of the funny things his daughter did when she was a child.
His sallow face had several distinct wrinkles from smiling.
The little girl has grown into a big girl, and it's time for her to get married.
So Xu Fuqiang subconsciously said, "Qingzhi, Dad will definitely help you find a good family. I won't let you get married and suffer grievances."
Xu Qingzhi: “…”
She was kind of missing her childhood just now, but now she wants to burrow into the ground.
She said helplessly, "Dad! I've said it many times, I won't get married! Please stop nagging me, okay?"
Xu Fuqiang said with a smile: "Come on, come on, come on. Now that the bayberries that Dad grows are sold at a good price, I have money on hand and can afford to support you. Even if you become an old maid, Dad can still support you."
(End of this chapter)