Chapter 625: Making a Phone Call (Page 1/2)
Huo Qingci saw Zhu Yongsheng looking at him strangely, and he knew what he was thinking, but he didn't say anything. He just wanted to work hard and try to get transferred back to Beijing as soon as possible.
Although Haishi is prosperous, it is not my hometown after all. Moreover, most of the dishes in the cafeteria are sweet. It seems that sugar is free and sugar is added to all the vegetables.
Although the vegetables grown by his wife are indeed slightly sweet, the sweetness of the vegetables themselves is definitely different from the sweetness of vegetables with added sugar.
Anyway, he didn't really like the food in the cafeteria, otherwise he wouldn't have bought a coal stove and cooked his own food as soon as he arrived in Hai City.
I didn’t cook because I had to take a nap at noon. I had to go to the cafeteria to get food.
Huo Qingci planned to just go to the cafeteria to get white rice at noon today, and then eat the spicy beef jerky and beef sauce sent to him by his wife, as well as the kimchi from the space.
After get off work, Dan Ke went to the cafeteria with Huo Qingci to get lunch. He found that Huo Qingci only had white rice at noon, so he asked with concern: "Director Huo, why didn't you have any vegetables at noon today?"
"There are some leftovers from last night at home. We can just go back and eat the leftovers."
Shan Ke didn't expect Huo Qingci to be so frugal that he would eat leftovers to save money.
So he opened his lunch box and said, "I ordered some sweet and sour pork ribs. Take a few pieces!"
Huo Qingci smiled and waved his hand, "No need, I really have food at home."
Seeing that Huo Qingci really didn't want it, Shan Ke quickly covered the lunch box. It was a rare opportunity to eat sweet and sour pork ribs twice a month, so he had to go back to the dormitory to taste it.
The two of them were carrying lunch boxes as they walked towards the dormitory. Shan Ke suddenly said to Huo Qingci, "Director Huo, since you bought a coal stove, why don't I come and cook with you?"
Huo Qingci naturally didn't want to live with Shan Ke. He had his own space, and sometimes he wouldn't go out to buy groceries, but would just take ingredients out of the space and cook.
What if I cook with Dan Ke and he finds something unusual?
Huo Qingci asked Shan Ke, "Doctor Shan, can you cook?"
"No, my wife cooks at home."
"Oh, but I'm used to adding chili peppers to my cooking, and I often cook noodles for myself at night."
Shan Ke knew that Huo Qingci was politely rejecting him, so he smiled awkwardly, "I like sweet food, and Hai City's local cuisine is very much to my liking. Director Huo, cooking is hard work, so I won't cook with you."
Huo Qingci smiled sheepishly and said, "How about this, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, I'll buy two more dishes and invite you and other colleagues from the department to come to the dormitory for a meal."
"Really? That's great, let's make it a deal then."
Huo Qingci thought that it would be boring to celebrate the holiday alone, so he decided to invite his colleagues from the department to have a meal together to make things lively.
Lin Man thought that the Mid-Autumn Festival was coming soon, so she simply made some mooncakes in advance and sent a few pounds to Huo Qingci.
Traditional mooncakes are sold everywhere. This time she plans to make a few kilograms of fruit mooncakes and a snow skin durian mooncake.
Of course, I made the snow skin durian mooncakes for myself, and sent the fruit mooncakes to Huo Qingci.
As for my family, of course they eat traditional mooncakes. Every Mid-Autumn Festival, relatives will give my grandfather mooncakes and fruits, which he can never finish.
Besides, the children didn't seem to like mooncakes very much. If she took out fruit mooncakes, her grandfather would definitely notice something unusual. Without Huo Qingci's protection, she didn't dare to do anything wrong.
Lin Man came to the foggy space and went to the orchard to pick two durians, five pounds of tangerines, and six large mangoes. She also went to the field to pick a winter melon, two honeydew melons, and a basket of strawberries.
The filling of fruit mooncakes is usually made by stir-frying winter melon puree and various fruit sauces.
Lin Man plans to make fruit mooncakes in orange, honeydew melon, mango and strawberry flavors, and of course durian will be used to make durian snow skin mooncakes.
Since Hai City is far from Jing City, snow skin mooncakes must be kept in the refrigerator and cannot be mailed. Lin Man plans to make more fruit mooncakes for Huo Qingci.
She was busy with housework during the day. In order to dispel her grandfather's doubts, she took out two kilograms of wool and knitted a sweater for her grandfather.
After finishing her housework during the day, she would knit a few stitches. She would only go into the space to work when her grandfather was not at home.
It took two days to make mooncakes for Huo Qingci. On the first day, I picked fruits and made the mooncake filling, and on the second day, I started to make the mooncakes seriously.
By the time she sent out the six kilograms of mooncakes, there was still a week until the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Lin Man knew that Huo Qingci would definitely not receive the mooncakes she sent him before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and she regretted not making mooncakes for him a week in advance.
This time she did not write a letter to Huo Qingci, but called the dean.
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Qin Heming was shocked when he received Lin Man's call. He thought she was here to call him back, so he quickly asked someone to find Huo Qingci to answer the phone.
He said to Lin Man in a somewhat flattering tone, "Comrade Lin, I've asked someone to call Director Huo. Please call back ten minutes later!"
"Okay, thank you, Dean Qin. I'll hang up first."
After Lin Man hung up the phone, she waited for another ten minutes at the military post office. When the ten minutes were up, she picked up the phone and dialed.
When Huo Qingci learned that his wife was calling, he hurried to the dean's office. He greeted the dean first and was about to call back when the phone rang.
When Qin Heming heard the phone ringing on his desk, he quickly reached out and picked up the receiver and put it to his ear: "Hello, this is the Hai City Military Region General Hospital..." Before he could finish his words, the other party's anxious voice came over.
"Hello, Dean Qin, could you please ask Huo Qingci to answer the phone?"
The familiar female voice made Qin Heming react instantly. It turned out that it was Huo Qingci's wife calling again.
He couldn't help but smile slightly, then turned to look at Huo Qingci who was busy working not far away, raised the phone in his hand and said, "Director Huo, it's your wife calling you again!"
After saying that, he put down the microphone, stood up, and waved to Huo Qingci with a smile.
Huo Qingci stood up and thanked Qin Heming. He then reached out to take the phone and put it to his ear, asking gently, "Manman, is that you?"
A gentle response came from the other end of the phone: "Yes, it's me." These two simple words are filled with endless longing and concern.
"Qingci, are you busy these days?"
"I'm fine, how about you? Mid-Autumn Festival is only a week away, and I almost forgot to send you the crab meat and fresh meat mooncakes here."
"It's okay. I sent you the fruit mooncakes I made myself today. It will probably take half a month to arrive. Alas, it's a pity that I sent it too late. I guess you won't be able to eat the fruit mooncakes I made during the Mid-Autumn Festival."
"Then I'll wait until after the Mid-Autumn Festival to eat the mooncakes Manman sent me. Our company will give out a pound of mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival."
Huo Qingci didn't expect that his wife would specially make fruit mooncakes for him and send them to him, but he could do nothing for her.
His wife loves the pan-fried buns he makes the most, but it’s a pity that the buns cannot be mailed.
"Manman, do you like the fabrics I bought for you? You can use them to make cheongsams, and wear them for me when I come back."
Huo Qingci glanced at Dean Qin again after he finished speaking, and seemed a little embarrassed. He lowered his voice and whispered, "If Manman likes it, I'll find someone to exchange the ticket and buy you some embroidery fabric next time."
Lin Man looked around and saw that the staff were no longer staring at her, so she smiled and replied, “That’s enough, I haven’t touched the pieces of fabric you sent me yet, so don’t buy them for now.
Wenwen said you were partial, only buying gifts for me and Xinxin, but not for them brothers."
"Oh, how could that be! That brat was just talking nonsense. The bubble gum and those snacks were obviously prepared for the children!" Huo Qingci explained quickly.
On the other end of the phone, Lin Man smiled and nodded, "That's right. Look, you bought a beautiful dress and exquisite leather shoes for our Xinxin! Next time, don't forget to buy some comfortable and beautiful leather shoes for Wenwen and the other little ones."
"Okay, no problem! As soon as they come to Hai City during their winter or summer vacation, I promise to take them to the mall to pick out the most beautiful leather shoes.
"Oh, Manman, how are our parents' health? And is Grandpa doing well recently? Has he encountered any big troubles or difficult situations?" Huo Qingci asked with concern.
Lin Man thought for a moment and then replied, "Grandpa is in good health, and Mom is also fine.
However, I don't know what happened to your second brother. He inexplicably sent his precious daughter, Huo Yingzi, to my parents' house and asked my parents to help take care of her.
"This has become a big deal. Dad had a huge argument with your brother over it, and your brother had another huge fight with his sister-in-law when he got home. "Oh, it's such a headache!" Lin Man said, shaking her head helplessly.
In fact, she didn't want to tell you these little things, but after all, such a big thing happened at home.
If she hides it from her now, and if something goes wrong or unexpected happens to her parents-in-law because of this matter someday in the future, and Huo Qingci blames them, she won't be able to bear the responsibility!
So it would be better for her to tell Huo Qingci as soon as possible.
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