Chapter 396: Differences in Thought, Generation Gap
Zhang Baiyan asked with a headache: "Aren't these crabs shipped from Yangcheng Lake? Why are they still so active?"
Even if the crab is strong, it is impossible for it to be alive and kicking for so long. It is too unscientific.
Qin Wenjun shrugged. "I don't know. They seemed to be very active when I put them in the basin yesterday. The boss said it was a good thing they were tied with pliers, otherwise there would be no way to deal with them. I didn't expect them to rebel overnight."
It was a real rebellion, and they almost climbed up the wall.
Zhang Baiyan was speechless. After thinking for a while, he said in silence, "When my mother wakes up, tell her. If possible, kill them first, or press them down with something. They can't be suffocated to death anyway! I still have to go out to deliver the goods, so I can't help you. By the way, do you want to ask your parents to come over here for dinner tonight?"
Zhang Baiyan thought simply. Qin's father and mother were both used to being frugal. If they were given food, they probably wouldn't cook it and eat it. They would definitely save it for later. Then there would be no point in celebrating the festival.
Qin Wenjun shook her head. "Yesterday, my aunt told me to go spend the holiday with my parents. It would be uncomfortable for them to come here."
Zhang Baiyan did not force him, and then said: "Then I'll cook the food and send it over, so you don't have to cook it yourself."
After saying that, Zhang Baiyan packed up and went out.
Qin Wenjun sent him to the outside of the old house, and then turned and went in after listening to the sound of the truck starting.
Around seven o'clock, Zhang Wanwan got up, had breakfast and prepared to make snacks, but Li Zhijie came over and gave her two large boxes of foam boxes.
Zhang Wanwan was stunned for a moment and asked in confusion: "What is this?"
"What else? My aunt and my dad ordered seafood yesterday. My dad went to get it early this morning and asked me to send it to you. You can ask my aunt to come and check and see if there is anything missing." Li Zhijie said while panting. He felt that it was not easy for him just thinking about it. He was a decorator, but now all the miscellaneous work fell on him. That was fine, but his father didn't even give him any appreciation after he got the job done.
Zhang Wanwan quickly called her mother out. Her mother's eyes lit up when she saw these things, which scared Zhang Wanwan. "Mom, why did you buy so much seafood?"
"Aren't there going to be guests at home tonight? I have to prepare more. Also, Wenjun and the others will send some, plus some close friends and relatives will also send some, and that's it! By the way, everyone likes your snacks, so you can make some and we'll give them to you as a token of our appreciation." Zhang's mother said cheerfully.
Zhang Wanwan rolled her eyes and laughed angrily, "Mom, when did you become so generous? My dim sum is so expensive! How much is one point? How many should I make to give to others?"
It’s not that Zhang Wanwan is stingy, but they paid the people they hired from the village. They were just temporary workers, not like Qin Wenjun’s family who were her employees. If she included those people, then she would have worked for nothing today.
Mother Zhang paused, frowned and said, "Give two small mooncakes to each of the people in the village who often come to help. That won't be too much, right? Your uncle and aunt's family should give you a box and decorate it beautifully. Wenjun's family should also give you a box. That should be fine, right?"
Zhang Wanwan muttered softly, "I have already prepared for my uncle and Wenjun's family. I haven't thought about anything else."
"Hah!" Zhang's mother held her breath and widened her eyes, pulling Zhang Wanwan to lecture her, "We are all from the same village, and some of those who came to help are distant relatives. Isn't it reasonable for you not to show some appreciation during festivals? Besides, we only give two mooncakes on Mid-Autumn Festival and two handfuls of vegetables during Chinese New Year. I won't be so generous at other times. If you don't give anything, people will go out and make up stories about our family. How will we still have a good reputation?
It's not easy for our family to become popular, and everyone is jealous. If you don't know how to behave, others will teach you how to behave!"
"Hmph!" Zhang Wanwan still felt unhappy. She had lived in the village for so long and was used to the villagers' greedy and stingy behavior. Normally, when they picked eggs, they would secretly put one or two into their pockets, but she turned a blind eye to it. Now they wanted her to pretend to be generous and give gifts. She felt like she was being taken advantage of!
Seeing that the mother and daughter were about to quarrel, Li Zhijie quickly advised: "Aunt, if my cousin doesn't want to pay, then forget it. After all, they are paid to work, and we don't owe them anything. If they really make up stories outside, we can just not hire them. Anyway, there are so many people who want to work in this area, so we don't have to worry about not having people, haha."
"I'm going to work!" Zhang Wanwan walked into the bakery with an unhappy look on her face, and Qin Wenjun quickly followed.
Zhang's mother got even angrier. "Look at her attitude. Am I not doing this for their reputation? They haven't even gotten married yet! If people gossip about her and make up stories about her, how can she get married in the future?"
Li Zhijie's face was like constipation. He held it in for a long time before he said, "Aunt, I think you are worrying for nothing. With my cousin's ability, there is probably no man in this county that she would like. If she wants to find someone in the future, she must find someone who is a good match for her. Why would she care what the people in the village say?"
He doesn't care about these things. He does what he wants and lives a very carefree life. It's just that people in the village gossip about him occasionally, which affects his parents' ears and makes them feel unhappy, but it doesn't really matter to him. However, people of Zhang's mother's generation cannot understand this. They had lived this way before, and it is harder than climbing to the sky for them to let it go now.
Mother Zhang did not agree and shook her head, "I don't know what young talent you are, I just know people's words are scary, forget it, you won't listen to me, by the way, how much are these things, I will give them to you directly, you can take them back to your father."
Li Zhijie quickly handed a list written by Li Yongfu to Zhang's mother, "Aunt, it's all on this, the total is two thousand and two."
"Wait a minute," Zhang's mother said as she went back into the room to get some money. She then took out a few white plastic bags, put a little of each seafood in them, and said to Li Zhijie, "One bag for you, one bag for your uncle and his family, and one bag for you to send to your aunt. Oh, and there are mooncakes too."
Zhang's mother hurried to find Zhang Wanwan and brought out three bags of mooncakes before sending Li Zhijie away.
Li Zhijie was speechless when he got on the motorcycle. Why did he go through all this trouble?
At around 3:00 p.m., a car stopped outside the Zhang family's old house. Zhang's mother was washing food in the yard. When she saw Tian Sen coming in, she was about to go over to say hello, but she was startled by Leng Ziyue who was behind Tian Sen. She stared at him for a long time and exclaimed, "What a handsome boy! Xiao Tian, is this your friend?"
(End of this chapter)
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