"Thank you both so much!"
Adhering to the principle of not offending anyone, Xu Haiguo politely thanked the two deliverymen and offered them two cigarettes.
After the two tough-looking guys nodded, they turned the speedboat around and sped out of the residential area in the blink of an eye.
"If only we had a transport machine that could climb stairs!"
Xu Chao, who was panting heavily from helping to move things, felt his legs go weak when he looked at the pile of supplies that was taller than him.
They live on the seventeenth floor! Just climbing up empty-handed is exhausting enough, let alone carrying heavy items like rice and noodles.
"What are you daydreaming about, kid! Get over here and move your things!"
After hearing his son's words, Xu Haiguo jokingly scolded him before reaching out and placing the four 20-pound bags of rice on his shoulder.
"Lai Lai, you and Rui's wife stay down here and watch over this pile of stuff!"
Among these people, he is the elder and should set an example.
Moreover, in his mind, it has always been the man who is in charge of external affairs and the woman who is in charge of internal affairs, so the heavy work of moving things should be done by the men.
Although Xiao Rui was a man of few words, as the tallest and strongest among the five, he was no less capable.
Without a word, he deftly placed the five 20-pound bags of rice on his shoulder.
He is a surgeon who performs surgeries on patients every day. Sometimes he stands for a whole day, which is very physically demanding.
Fortunately, he enjoys working out in his spare time. Although he looks thin despite being 1.85 meters tall, he has eight-pack abs.
Although Xu Chao hoped for a quick way to transport these supplies home, he also considered himself a responsible man.
From childhood, his second uncle and parents instilled in him the idea that a boy should take care of his older sister.
Seeing his father and Brother Xiao carrying the heaviest bags of rice upstairs, he went over without hesitation, trying to put the four 20-pound bags of rice on his shoulders.
Although he is tall, he is still young and lacks stamina; he can only carry a maximum of 60 kilograms.
After delivering the supplies upstairs, when they came down to the third floor, Xu Jiangming, Xiao Shan, and Song Qiu'e also came down to help.
Seeing this, Xu Lai and Li Qingya quickly pulled Song Qiu'e and the two old men over to guard the pile of things, and the two of them joined the moving team.
As a result, neither Xu Jiangming nor Xiao Shan, the two old men, were willing to admit their age. They picked up some supplies and started climbing the stairs.
Although these two old men are the oldest, their perseverance and resilience are even greater than those of Xiao Rui, the strongest young man.
"Alright, this is finally the last trip!"
The seven people ran up and down seven times, and finally managed to move almost all of the purchased supplies.
Climbing up and down the stairs, everyone's calves were sore and weak, and they were trembling.
In Xu Chao's words, this was much more tiring than climbing a mountain for half a day.
They used the fire escape route to go upstairs, and there was a fire door on each floor.
Most of the fire doors are either half-open or closed, and outside the fire doors is the elevator space. After going in from the elevator, you turn into a passage about two meters away, and at the very end of the passage are the doors of the two households.
So during the first few trips transporting supplies uphill, they didn't encounter anyone else.
The less attention they receive, the safer they are.
Xu Lai and his team thought the move of supplies would go smoothly, but unexpectedly, on their last trip up to the fifth floor, they were spotted by Xu Yongqing, who happened to be leaving the house.
"Wow, you guys have gotten your hands on quite a few good things!"
Xu Yongqing leaned casually against the fire door frame.
He then took out a lighter and a cigarette from his pocket, lit the cigarette, took a puff, and then exhaled a large smoke ring.
Xu Lai walked in the middle of the line, carrying a black plastic bag of sanitary napkins in one hand and a box of fried rice noodles with seasoning packets in the other.
Upon hearing Xu Yongqing's words, she retorted irritably, "None of your business!"
As for the rest of the Xu family, none of them paid any more attention to Xu Yongqing, that dissolute scoundrel.
During this period, Xu Yongqing made many bad friends outside, and was called "Brother Qing" by many of his brothers.
He thought he had some standing outside, but he never expected that his second uncle's family would look down on him so much.
Then, thinking about how his wealthy second uncle's family had been treating his family like thieves all this time, a plan immediately formed in his mind.
"Hehe, let you run wild for a few more days, then I'll make you kneel before me and beg for my life!"
After being ignored, Xu Yongqing's expression changed from anger to smugness when he saw the family go upstairs. He then flicked the ash off his cigarette, hummed a couple of lines of an unknown lewd song, and went downstairs with a smug look on his face.
"Uncle, Uncle, Aunt, we bought a lot of food today. Why don't you have dinner at my house tonight?"
After transporting the supplies home, Li Jingya immediately invited the Xu family.
They went out for a big meal with someone else last time, but they haven't reciprocated yet!
The father and son from Xiaoshan, who were standing to the side, also extended an invitation.
Xu Jiangming glanced at his former boss and his family, who were covered in sweat from exhaustion, and smiled as he declined.
"Old squad leader, you've all been carrying things up and down all day, you must be exhausted. We can eat later!"
"Besides, what kind of relationship do our two families have? There's no need to be so polite!"
The head of the Xu family spoke up, and Xu Haiguo and Song Qiu'e, the couple, also smiled and offered words of comfort.
"My second uncle is right. Everyone is so tired that they can't even lift their legs. Let's all eat something simple at our own homes tonight, wash up early, and get some rest!"
The three members of the Xiao family then gave up.
Back home, I organized the supplies I bought today.
The things I bought today were purchased with the Xiao family, and since they were officially registered, I simply left them outside while tidying up.
Song Qiu'e really didn't want to make dinner, so she simply made half a bowl of cold braised beef salad, and everyone made their own cup of instant noodles or rice noodles.
With staple food, meat, and soup, a bucket of noodles and half a bowl of beef were eaten, and the exhausted family finally felt a little more energetic.
After dinner, everyone boiled water and took a bath. They didn't even feed the poultry and livestock in the space and went to bed early.
"Ouch, my leg hurts so much!"
"Mine too!"
I thought that after a night's rest, everything would be fine the next day.
Unexpectedly, the next morning, everyone woke up complaining of leg pain.
Some of them even felt that their legs were more uncomfortable than the day before after resting for a night.
Fortunately, the soreness will disappear on its own in a few days.
My leg is not feeling well today, so everyone will be taking a break from training for the day.
After breakfast, the family went into the space and fed the hungry poultry and livestock.
The family watered the crops and vegetable garden that needed watering before leaving the space.
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