Chapter 139 It's the end of another year
Ordinary times always pass quickly, and it’s the end of the year in a blink of an eye.
The little guy could already crawl, and as the weather was cold, Zhao Yi did not bring him to work. Instead, he carried him to the nursery only once a day.
Mother Li Daju came to the city and lived in Zhao Yi's house.
Zhao Xiaoxiao has been on vacation for more than a month. She is making matchboxes with her cousin's wife. Her mother also comes to help. There is not much work to do at home.
The pigs at home have been killed, leaving only two old hens, and the two brothers Zhao Gang and Zhao Yong are at home helping to take care of them.
They had never been to Zhao Yi's house, and Zhao Yi had never invited them.
Li Daju brought Peng Juan with her and took Peng Juan to the department store, took the bus, and went to the cinema. All the expenses were paid by Li Daju, and Peng Juan also stayed at Zhao Yi's house for two days.
Li Daju personally took her back to Shanyang County by bus.
Snowflakes were falling from the sky, and Zhao Yi walked on the snow to the garment factory to pick up Zhang Jing after get off work.
As soon as the family of three returned to the gate of the yard, they ran into Su Hong, who was carrying some luggage and seemed to be going back to Kyoto.
Su Hong seldom came to the region, but the two sides often wrote to each other to ask each other questions. Zhang Jing also asked Zhang Xiang to bring things over from time to time, and the two got along very happily.
"Going home?"
When Zhang Jing saw Su Hong, she took Su Hong's arm and smiled.
"Well, go home and report safety."
Su Hong smiled.
What Su Hong meant by "reporting safety" naturally meant telling the families of the people she was taking care of about their conditions. Some things were not convenient to mention in a letter.
"Does Dabao still remember Auntie?"
Su Hong smiled and touched the little guy's hand and asked.
The little guy looked at Su Hong and turned his head to hide in Zhao Yi's arms.
"You little brat, your aunt has hugged you before."
Su Hong scolded with a smile.
When Zhao Peng was one month old, Su Hong came to celebrate the full moon and naturally held Zhao Peng in her arms.
"When is the train?"
Zhang Jing asked, and as she spoke several people had already walked into the house.
"evening."
Su Hong nodded.
"Just in time. The cotton shoes I made for you are only a few stitches away from being finished. I was planning to wait for my second brother to come over tomorrow and ask her to bring them back for you."
Zhang Jing smiled.
Ever since the snow made the roads difficult to walk on, the man who collects roosters rarely gets any. He just carries the newly-grown roosters from the chicken coop over from time to time to sell them. Now he only comes every other day.
"I also brought some milk powder for Dabao. When I return to Kyoto, I will ask my friends to get some good tickets and let this kid taste what imported milk powder tastes like."
Su Hong smiled and took out two cans of milk powder from her luggage and placed them on the table.
Zhao Yi put the little guy on the bed next to the sewing machine. This small bed had a guardrail, so the little guy could stand by the guardrail and watch Zhao Yi cook. The bed was not far from the fireplace and was not cold.
Zhao Yi could understand what the little guy was saying despite the babbling he was saying.
After dinner, we chatted for a while. Zhang Jing and her colleagues in the garment factory had already closed for the holiday, and they would not go back to work until the sixth day of the New Year.
In the afternoon, I took the little one home with Su Hong to listen to the radio and chat.
As soon as Zhao Yi arrived at the repair shop at noon, he met Li Chao, who was smiling and carrying a lot of things.
"Brother Yi."
Li Chao shouted and put all the gifts on the table.
"What are you doing? Are you rich?"
Zhao Yi joked.
"These are all benefits given to us drivers by the steel mill. It's not like we've made any money."
Li Chao smiled.
If it weren't for Zhao Yi's help, Li Chao found that he might still be farming at home. If Zhao Yi hadn't asked him to work as a porter in the Transportation Department, he wouldn't have met his master Xu Wu. After learning the skills, he was originally clueless, but Zhao Yi reminded him that he could go back to the commune to try.
Only then did he become a formal worker in the steel plant. Only then did he divide the benefits he received at the end of the year into two and give one to Zhao Yi. He also had to visit his master's house.
"Well, I won't be polite then."
Zhao Yi smiled and accepted the gift.
As soon as Li Chao left, his cousin Li Baoguo came over with his uncle and aunt.
Also carrying a lot of things.
"Uncle, this is not the way it should be me, the younger generation, who should visit you."
Zhao Yi quickly declined.
"Without your hard work, we wouldn't be able to live like this. Don't talk about etiquette. You have to accept these things no matter what."
Uncle Li Dashun said with a smile.
Zhao Yi helped Li Baoguo become a formal employee in the food factory. His family had no money to buy him the job, so Zhao Yi paid for it. This favor can never be repaid.
Zhao Yi could have handed over the matter of selling eggs to his parents or his father-in-law, but he still thought of his uncle, which made Li Dashun even more grateful to Zhao Yi.
Selling eggs can earn me more than 30 yuan a month, which is no less than the salary of a formal worker.
Zhao Yi helped with all this out of consideration for his uncle.
Li Dashun thought so in his heart.
In fact, all this was because Zhao Yi saw that in his previous life, Li Baoguo's family had harvested crops and sold grain, and the family didn't have much spare money, so they lent Zhao Yi the thousand yuan from the sale of grain. Even though he knew that he might never get the money back, Li Baoguo still gave it all to Zhao Yi without saying a word.
After some excuses, Zhao Yi still couldn't tell his uncle's family of three. The three of them walked towards Zhao Yi's house carrying gifts.
"Auntie is here to see Dabao. Remember that auntie is not Dabao."
Seeing the little guy struggling in the crib and looking out, Aunt Lu Dongmei walked up to him and picked up Zhao Peng and laughed.
The little guy was babbling something, but I couldn't tell what he was saying.
"You still recognize my aunt, Dabao is really good. When you grow up, come to my house and play. I will pick delicious food for you."
Lu Dongmei was chatting with the little guy with a smile on her face. Neither of them could understand what the other was saying, but that didn't stop them from chatting.
"Uncle, aunt, cousin, have you eaten yet? If not, I will make you some right away."
Zhang Jing looked at the three people coming and smiled.
Knowing that my cousin's wife is busy now, Matchbox rarely comes out.
"Don't worry, we ate when we first came here. The New Year is coming soon, and you won't be able to take any holidays. We don't have anything to do in the village, so we came to see you so that you don't have to run back and forth and waste time."
Aunt Lu Dongmei took over the conversation.
"What are you talking about, Aunt? We should be the ones to visit you, but we are really too busy and don't have much time off. Let's just stay in the city until after the New Year."
Zhang Jing smiled.
"I'll spend the New Year here and then go back. Anyway, there's not much work to do at home, and the food factory is also closed. I don't have to collect eggs, so I can rest for a few days."
Uncle Li Dashun nodded in response.
Looking at Su Hong in the room, he was a little confused. He didn't know who she was. Seeing that Zhang Jing didn't introduce her, he didn't ask who she was.
"This is Su Zhiqing. We got along well when we were in our hometown. Now he is coming home and he came to visit us. He is a very good friend of mine."
Seeing her uncle's family looking at Su Hong, Zhang Jing hurriedly introduced them.
"This is my uncle, this is my aunt, and this is my cousin."
Zhang Jing introduced the two parties with a smile, but knowing that they would not have any contact in the future, she did not give a detailed introduction.
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