Li Qinghe went to the Personnel Department and successfully exchanged two eggs for an address.
After going out, I looked at the note in my hand and couldn't help but chuckle.
He got on his bike and sped away.
Bang bang bang~
"Who is it? It's here."
An old male voice sounded in the room.
After a while, a man wearing an old cotton jacket, with sparse hair and glasses opened the door.
He looked old and sad, his body was thin, and his face had the color of malnutrition.
"Hello, is this Ding Qiunan's home?" Li Qinghe asked with a smile on his face, holding a large cloth bag in his hand.
"Yes...what do you want?"
Father Ding was suspicious but also wary.
He looked at the young man in front of him. He had thick eyebrows, big eyes, a tall stature, and a sunny smile, which made it easy for people to like him.
"Hello uncle, I am Ding Qiunan's colleague. You see, I don't have any free time..."
Li Qinghe raised his hand to indicate that he was holding something.
When Father Ding saw this, he quickly stepped aside and said, "Young man, please come in and we'll talk."
After saying thank you, he walked into the house quickly and put the things on the table. "Uncle, let me introduce myself. My name is Li Qinghe. I am an electrician at the Third Steel Rolling Mill. I have been temporarily transferred to the machine repair factory to help out. Now, I heard that you are a professor of medicine, so I thought of coming to visit you."
When Mr. Ding heard Li Qinghe say that he was a professor of medicine, he immediately became alert.
These days are not very friendly to intellectuals, and he has suffered a lot.
"Master Li, I am no longer a professor. I am just an ordinary old man who rarely even goes out."
Seeing that the other party had misunderstood, Li Qinghe quickly explained, "You misunderstood, I am not here to cause trouble to you, I am also educated, but I have special respect for educated people like you, so I came to see you.
"The situation outside is like this now. No one can do anything. I can only help you to the best of my ability. Look, I heard that you are from the south and you should like to eat rice, so I specially prepared some rice for you."
As he spoke, Li Qinghe began to take things out.
Mother Ding, who had been sitting in the chair without saying anything, also stood up quickly and said, "Young man, you can't use this. It's too expensive."
"Auntie, you are Dr. Ding's mother, right?"
"Yes, I am."
Li Qinghe smiled and said, "Auntie, please don't despise me. This is the limit of my ability. I can only help this much. This is a small token of my gratitude as a junior."
"This, this, this is really inappropriate."
Her father didn't dare to accept it. Fine grains were so precious these days.
"You keep it. There's nothing inappropriate about it."
"There are a few canned fruits, two roosters, and some eggs here. It's not much, so please keep them first. I'll bring some more when you're done. Just eat them with peace of mind."
"It's too expensive. I really can't do that. Take it back and eat it yourself, young man."
Although Father Ding was envious and had begun to drool, his dignity as a scholar still made him keep refusing.
He was very proud, but Ding's mother couldn't help it. She had forgotten how long it had been since she last tasted meat.
They were under control and had no freedom, not even allowed to go out. The family of three depended on Ding Qiunan for support.
But Ding Qiunan was just a doctor in a medical clinic, and also a doctor in a small factory. His monthly salary was only more than 20 yuan, and his food ration was fixed. With this little money, he couldn't even eat enough cornmeal, let alone meat.
Now that she sees something so readily available, it is simply impossible to ask her to give it up.
But Ding's father was the head of the family, so she couldn't say anything. She could only secretly tug at Ding's father's clothes and ask him to accept it quickly.
Li Qinghe saw the reluctance of the two and thought, this time it’s a sure thing.
"Uncle, aunt, we came in a hurry this time and didn't prepare well. You guys eat first, and I'll bring more meat next time. I have work to do and must go back. That's it for now, I'll take my leave."
After saying that, he smiled and waved his hand, regardless of the two people's attempts to keep him, then got on his bike and ran away.
He just didn't believe it. How could these two people not eat the meat right in front of them?
Having read the original novel, he is very clear about the personalities of the two.
Mother Ding looked at Li Qinghe's back, then turned her gaze to the things on the table.
"Old man, who is this person?"
Father Ding was also looking at the things on the table. "He said his name is Li Qinghe, he's an electrician, and he works in the same factory as our daughter. Do you think he's interested in our daughter?"
"I think it's about the same." Ding's mother nodded in agreement.
"Don't think about it. Wait until my daughter comes back and ask her and she'll know. I'll see what he brought."
Then, without thinking about anything else, he started taking things out of the bag.
The first thing taken out was a bag of rice, and then a wine bottle, but there was no wine in it. When I opened it and smelled it, it turned out to be soybean oil.
Three cans of fruit, twenty eggs, five boxes of biscuits, two white-striped chickens, each weighing about five pounds, and a piece of red beef, estimated to be two pounds.
Finally, there is half a pound of milk candy and one pound of fruit candy.
The old couple were stunned, there was not a single cheap thing in there, all were scarce materials.
After swallowing hard, the old couple looked at each other with expressions of surprise and doubt.
"Look after the things first. I'm going to call my daughter. Remember to close the door and don't open it for anyone who comes."
After saying that, Father Ding ran out in a hurry.
Ding's mother quickly locked the door, fearing that someone else would see them.
Then he carefully fiddled with the things on the table, and finally, he couldn't help it and just picked up a chicken to stew it to satisfy his craving first.
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