Chapter 172 Neighbor Zhang Family

Both sides exchanged warm greetings.

"Hey, this is Changjun Changhuan, right?"

Seeing that the two children were enjoying the candy so much, Mr. and Mrs. Lu immediately took out a handful of White Rabbit milk candies from the cupboard and gave each of them a handful.

"Here, have some candy."

The two little treasures looked at Su He, their eyes asking if they wanted the candy. Su He smiled and said, "Take it."

The two little treasures took it and said, "Thank you, Grandma Lu."

Mother Lu stroked the two children's hair and said, "How good they are."

"Xiao He, you are so good at giving birth. You actually gave birth to two pairs of dragon and phoenix twins."

Mother Lu admires her daughter's sister-in-law very much. She is really good at giving birth. Not only was the first baby a drab twin, but the second was also a drab twin. Human genes are really amazing.

The disciple is better than the master. My in-laws just gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix twins.

The children born are all so outstanding, who wouldn’t be jealous?

Su He smiled, "I didn't expect that either."

When she was pregnant with her second child, her mother-in-law, her second sister-in-law, and several aunts hoped that it would be perfect if she could have another twin, but who knew that it really came.

Lu's mother said, "I asked your eldest brother and his wife to have a second child and we would take care of the child, but they didn't want to, saying it would interfere with their work."

Su He, "My elder brother and his wife are indeed busy at work, especially my elder sister-in-law."

Working in a hospital, especially as a clinical doctor, is even busier.

Mother Lu said with regret, "Children are so good. Qingya didn't have any playmates when she was little."

The couple also gave birth to a daughter.

"Why didn't Changyi and Changan come with you? Did they go back to school?"

During the summer vacation of 1976, the two boys stayed at their eldest uncle's house for some time, and thus became very familiar with Mr. and Mrs. Lu.

"I stayed there for one night yesterday and went back to school this morning. I said it was convenient to live there."

"That's right. Invite them to your house some other day."

"Yes, auntie."

Father Lu also chatted with Gu Jianhua, "Jianhua was transferred to the capital for work?"

Gu Jianhua, "Yes, uncle, I will go to work at the Public Security Bureau tomorrow."

Father Lu nodded, "That's good. It's not a big deal for a family to be separated for a long time."

It was already ten o'clock when Su He and his friends arrived at Lu's house. After chatting for a while, it was already eleven o'clock. Lu's father and mother warmly invited them to have lunch before leaving.

It was hard to refuse the invitation, and since we were hungry, the four of us had lunch before leaving.

The next day, Gu Jianhua went to work. Su He asked him to bring some beef jerky, milk skin, and milk tofu to share with his colleagues.

If kindergarten children want to play with other children, they have to take out their own toys and snacks to share with everyone, and the same goes for adults.

Maybe it doesn't matter if you don't share things, but sharing things will help you fit in faster and everyone will be more enthusiastic about you.

Su He didn't need to explain these principles. Gu Jianhua, who had lived for more than 40 years, also understood them. After he started working, he gave his leader a pound of beef jerky, a whole piece of milk tofu, and a whole piece of milk skin.

"Director Zhang, this is the specialty milk tofu I brought from my hometown. Please try it."

Zhang Juquan’s full name is Zhang Xiaoquan. He is a few years older than Gu Jianhua and is 45 years old this year.

I met Su Che by chance a few years ago. We got along quite well. I asked Su Che for help and now I owe him a favor.

A few months ago, Su Che found him and talked about this matter.

It just so happened that the bureau was short of people, so he agreed.

Moreover, I heard from Brother Su Che that Comrade Gu Jianhua's two children and his wife have all been admitted to universities and are studying in the capital.

That's why he went to the capital.

Director Zhang thought that since this family had produced several college graduates, they would not have a bad future.

He took the gift with a smile, "Okay, Xiao Liu, you take Comrade Gu Jianhua to his work position."

"good."

After leaving the office, Xiao Liu asked Gu Jianhua, "Comrade Gu, are you from Meng Province?"

Gu Jianhua smiled and nodded, and took out two beef jerky from his pocket, "Try it."

Xiao Liu took it and said, "Thank you." Gu Jianhua took out a small piece of milk tofu and said, "This is milk tofu. Try it too. It's delicious."

"And this milk skin..."

"Thank you, thank you."

Xiao Liu was very fond of this new customer, he was so enthusiastic.

"Comrade Gu, do you all live in yurts over there? Do you also ride horses to work and school?" Xiao Liu asked a question that people from other provinces would ask.

Gu Jianhua, "No, our hometown is not a grassland. It is just like the villages around Beijing, but every village has some cattle, sheep and horses."

"Well, it's the same over there as it is here. Those with better conditions ride bicycles to work, and eating is the same."

Xiao Liu suddenly realized, "Is that so? I thought you Mongolians all lived in yurts and rode horses to work and school."

"No, no, that's grassland, we are just like everyone else."

As they chatted, they arrived at the office door, and Xiao Liu introduced the new comrade to everyone.

"This is Comrade Gu Jianhua."

"Comrade Gu, your seat is over there." Xiao Liu pointed to the seat and went back.

With snacks like beef jerky and milk tofu, Gu Jianhua quickly became familiar with his colleagues.

What should be hidden should be hidden, but some things cannot be hidden.

For example, a colleague asked, "Hey, Comrade Gu Jianhua, you are from Inner Mongolia, why did you transfer to the capital?"

Gu Jianhua said, "Last year, the college entrance examination was resumed. My two children and my wife were admitted to college and came to the capital to study, so I transferred my job here."

When people in the office heard that Gu Jianhua's two children and his wife were admitted to university, they were all surprised.

"Your child and wife have both been admitted to college? That's amazing!"

"My wife used to be a teacher, teacher." Gu Jianhua actually wanted to be humble, but that was the fact.

Colleague: "That's amazing, where did the three of them study?"

Gu Jianhua smiled and said, "My wife and daughter are studying at Peking University, and my son is studying at the Medical University."

Colleague, "Your family is amazing, you are a winner in life! Both your children are admitted to college."

Having a child in the family who goes to college is already a great honor to the family. This guy's family has three college students.

The ancestral tomb must be a smoke hole.

Gu Jianhua sighed, "I still have two little ones at home. If they can get into college like their older sister and brother, then I won't have anything to worry about."

Colleague: "You have four kids?"

"Yes, two daughters and two sons," said Gu Jianhua.

Colleague: "That's good, it's symmetrical."

Gu Jianhua: He thinks so too.

Colleague, "How old is your daughter? Is she 20?"

Gu Jianhua, "No, they are both sixteen years old."

They were both 16 years old. Their colleagues were surprised and asked, "Are they twins?"

"Yes, we came out together."

Colleague, "That's great!"

Gu Jianhua, "The third and fourth children are also twins of dragon and phoenix."

Is this showing off? Probably not.

My colleague was impressed and said, "Your wife is really good at giving birth."

Other colleagues said, "Giving birth to twins must be genetic, but there are not many people like your wife who can give birth to two pairs of twins."

Gu Jianhua, "Yes, my wife's family has that gene. My wife and her third brother are also twins."

...........

In Su He, after waking up in the morning and having breakfast, I took my two little ones out for a walk. Anyway, I was free at home, so I took a walk outside for a while and went to the vegetable market to buy some vegetables.

Good.

It was very hot in August. The two kids couldn't stand the heat and wanted to eat popsicles. So Su He took them to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy popsicles and ate one himself.

"What would you two like to eat for lunch?"

Chang Yun, "Mom, I want to eat fish."

Su He, "We just had fish the day before yesterday, do you want to eat it again today?"

Her little son really likes eating fish.

Changjun, "I want to eat it. I will never get tired of eating fish even if I eat it every day."

Su He: "Okay, let's buy a smaller fish and grill it too."

Changjun: "Okay." He loves grilled fish.

"What does Chang Huan want to eat?"

Chang Huan, "Mom, I want to eat shredded pork with Beijing sauce!"

Su He, "Okay, you two just like these two dishes." Either grilled fish or shredded pork with Beijing sauce.

The eldest and second oldest children had the fried meatballs and braised spareribs made by their grandmother, which they never got tired of.

Su He took her two children to the market to buy vegetables. She saw plums on sale and after tasting one and finding it not sour, she bought ten kilograms.

After buying vegetables, the mother and her two children went home. On the way, they ran into their neighbor, Aunt Zhang, and her daughter.

"Are you going to buy groceries?" Aunt Zhang asked with a smile when she saw Su He carrying a basket.

Su He also smiled, "Yes, Auntie, where did you go for a stroll?"

Aunt Zhang: "No, I went with Meili on a blind date."

Interestingly, when my mother was accompanying me on a blind date, Su He stopped and gave Zhang Da Ma and Zhang Meili some plums, "I just bought them at the market, they are quite sweet."

"Did the photo shoot succeed?"

Zhang Dama took a bite of the plum and shook her head. Su He glanced at the girl next to Zhang Dama and asked, "You don't like her beauty?"

Aunt Zhang nodded, "Right. I don't know what kind of person this damn girl wants to find."

Su He glanced at Zhang Meili. The girl might be a little shy. She looked at her without saying anything.

Su He smiled and said, "Don't be impatient, Auntie. Meili is so young. Take a look at a few more."

Zhang Meili is 22 years old this year, which is not that old.

Aunt Zhang said, "She's not that young anymore. When I was her age, I already had two kids."

"Our times were different from now," Su He said.

Aunt Zhang nodded. Su He said, "Auntie, let's talk about it another day. I'll go back and cook for you first."

She remembered that when she saw Aunt Zhang's daughter going on a blind date, she remembered one thing: Third Sister Gu and Team Leader Wang had asked her to find a partner for Hong Xing.

In the afternoon, she would ask Hongxing first. If someone wanted to find one, she would recommend one to them.

After Su He left, Zhang's mother looked at her daughter and asked, "Why didn't you say hello when someone came over just now?"

Zhang Meili ate the plums and said, "I don't want to talk."

Zhang's mother was so angry that she glared at her daughter and said, "You don't want to talk but you still want to eat someone else's plum!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Meili threw the plum in her hand away and said coldly, "I won't eat it, okay?"

Aunt Zhang pointed at her daughter and was so angry that she couldn't speak. What she just said was that her daughter didn't like the man, but the fact was that the man didn't like her daughter.

Whenever she went there, she kept giving people a bad look, as if the other person owed her two hundred yuan.

After throwing the plums, Zhang Meili turned around and went home without waiting for Zhang's mother.

Zhang's daughter-in-law Chen Yun saw her sister-in-law coming back alone and asked,

"Beautiful, where's mom?"

Zhang Meili ignored her sister-in-law and went straight back to the house, slamming the door shut.

Zhang's daughter-in-law Chen Yun took a deep breath and muttered, "I'm not angry, I'm not angry."

But she still couldn't help getting angry. Her sister-in-law was a little sick. She had a sullen face every day and she didn't know who she was showing it to.

Zhang Meili was very upset. She said she didn't want to get married, but her parents kept forcing her to go on blind dates, and all the candidates they introduced to her were ugly and ugly.

Aunt Zhang was also very upset. Her daughter had not been working since she graduated from high school and had stayed at home for four years, which her son and daughter-in-law complained about.

She thought about finding a partner to marry, but after looking for five or six times, either she looked down on others or others looked down on her.

When Aunt Zhang came back, her daughter-in-law had already prepared lunch.

"Chen Yun, just wait for mom to come back and make lunch. Your waist still hurts, so you should have a good rest."

Chen Yun smiled and said, "It's okay, Mom. My waist doesn't hurt anymore. I'll go to work this afternoon."

"Meili's blind date failed again"

In response to this, Zhang's mother sighed.

Chen Yun understood, "Is it that she doesn't like the beauty or that she doesn't like the other party?"

Aunt Zhang: "I don't like either of them."

Chen Yun smiled and said, "We'll see later."

Aunt Zhang nodded and it was time for dinner. Zhang Meili came out without being called.

After dinner, I went back.

Whenever Chen Yun saw this scene, she couldn't help but wonder how her parents-in-law, who had been hardworking all their lives, could raise such a lazy daughter.

My sister-in-law is so lazy that she wouldn't even pick up the fallen soy sauce bottle.

She never washes her own clothes, her mother-in-law does it instead. She never tidies her own room, her mother-in-law does it instead. Not to mention cooking and cleaning the house.

It's really no wonder that she hates it. In this family, she and her husband are the only ones who work. Not only do they have to raise the children, but they also have to support their brother-in-law who works in the countryside and their sister-in-law who stays at home.

My brother-in-law went to the countryside in 1972, which was also the year she got married.

I have been working in the countryside for six years now, and I have to send thirty or fifty yuan every six months. My sister-in-law asks for money every few days, either to buy this or that.

My sister-in-law is very lazy. She does nothing at home. She just opens her mouth to eat and drink and ask for money. She also makes a sullen face and gives a cold shoulder at every turn.

If her parents-in-law weren't so nice, she would have probably fought with them eight hundred times. Every time her sister-in-law acted like a troublemaker, she kept silent for the sake of her parents-in-law's face.

I also thought that my sister-in-law wouldn't be around for many years, so it would be better if she got married.

Who would have thought that after several blind dates, I didn't find anyone I liked? I really have high aspirations!

Chen Yun was helpless and didn't know what kind of man her girl would be attracted to.

Su He didn't know about the twists and turns of the Zhang family. She enjoyed cooking and she found that as long as the ingredients were sufficient and the dishes were well prepared, cooking was a very interesting thing.

In addition to the two dishes ordered by the two kids at noon today, Su He also made two vegetarian dishes, one was a cold dish, cold lotus root slices, and the other was stir-fried Chinese cabbage.

The staple food is steamed buns, white flour steamed buns.

It was enough for their family of four.

Gu Jianhua is a good partner. No matter what dish Su He cooks, he will give it the right emotional value. He tasted a piece of lotus root and said, "Wife, your cooking skills are amazing. How can you make it so delicious!"

"You can open a restaurant with your cooking skills."

Su He, "Is it really that delicious?" She picked up a piece and tasted it. It tasted really good, but it couldn't compare to the master chef's.

Gu Jianhua, "It must be delicious!" and ate two more pieces.

Su He, "Eat the meat, don't just eat the cold vegetables." She gave him shredded pork with Beijing sauce.

Ten big steamed buns were made. Gu Jianhua ate three, Su He ate two, and the two children each ate two and a half, which was more than Su He.

As for the dishes, they were all gone, nothing was left.