"What you said is fine. We can just send the pumpkin over and he can eat it however he wants. The pumpkin seeds can be dried in the sun and fried, and they can also be a snack during the Chinese New Year." Zhao Hongtiao nodded.
After the things were packed, Zhao Hongtiao took her eldest and second sisters to the town with the things on their backs. After taking a bus to the county town, they finally arrived at the post office after a bumpy ride.
"Comrade, is there anything I can help you with?" the staff member asked.
"I want to send a package, this is the address." Zhao Hongtiao said to his colleague with a smile, and took out a piece of paper from his pocket.
When the staff saw this, they immediately became more respectful: "So you are a military wife! Did you buy stamps? Sending so many things is charged by weight."
"I'm not a military wife, but my good friend is. She took her children with her to join the army. I was afraid that she would miss the food at home, so I sent some to her." Zhao Hongtiao explained immediately.
The staff member's attitude immediately dropped: "You want to send so many things. Did you tell them beforehand? Don't let them all be returned. We don't want to cause so much trouble."
"We have a very good relationship, don't worry! We have always been exchanging letters, and she has also sent me things. What you said will not happen. I didn't buy stamps, so please help me calculate the cost." Zhao Hongtiao smiled innocently. She was also afraid of working for nothing, and she couldn't say anything about her.
The staff member glanced at her and took them to weigh the package, then put stamps on it. After Zhao Hongtiao paid the money, the express was sent out.
"Comrade, I would like to ask how many days it will take to send it to the army!" Zhao Hongtiao pulled the staff member aside and asked.
"It's so cold today, it will take at least half a month at the earliest," said the staff.
"Okay, okay, thank you so much." Zhao Hongtiao replied with a smile after hearing the answer.
After leaving the post office, Zhao Hongtiao took her two younger sisters to the supply and marketing cooperative. They came to the county town not only to send things, but also to buy New Year's goods.
"Let's go quickly! I heard that a large batch of things will be delivered at noon today. Just take whatever you want to buy. We only celebrate the New Year once a year." Zhao Hongtiao said to her two sisters.
The second sister Zhao Hongying and the third sister Zhao Hongxia were holding hands and jumping around happily. In the past few years, during the Spring Festival, let alone buying delicious food and New Year's goods at the supply and marketing cooperative, the food they ate was not even as good as when they were in school.
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"Mom and Dad, I'm ready. Let's go out and play together!" Goudan carried his small bag and skipped from the house to the living room.
"Our Goudan is so cute today!" Zeng Yike walked over, picked up Goudan and praised him.
"Grandpa, grandma." Goudan came out and called out respectfully to Zeng Yike and Chen Yitang. After hearing what Zeng Yike said, he replied, "Mom and Dad said they would take me out to take photos today, so I chose this outfit on purpose."
"Oh! We are going out to take photos today! Can we bring grandpa and grandma with us?" Chen Yintang said in a teasing tone after hearing this.
"Of course! The whole family should take photos together." Goudan said sweetly.
"Goudan is such a good talker." Zeng Yike freed one hand to touch Goudan's head and praised him. Then he turned to look at Zhao Jianguo and Zeng Wenjuan in the room: "Goudan is fine, are you two fine?"
"Okay, okay." Zeng Wenjuan walked out of the house, and Zhao Jianguo walked behind her with a cane.
"You will have to walk a long way today, so you should bring your wheelchair with you. When the time comes, you will go out in the wheelchair. Don't walk around until your leg is fully healed." Chen Yintang looked at Zhao Jianguo seriously and said.
Zeng Yike said beside him: "I've asked the army to pick up the car, and we'll drive out later."
"Grandma, can we take the train today?" Goudan said happily.
Zeng Yike nodded: "Yes! Goudan can buy anything he wants today! The car can hold it all."
"Let's talk on the way! Let's go out now, otherwise we won't be able to grab many good things if it's too late." Chen Yintang said anxiously after looking at the time on his watch.
The whole family walked out together and got into the car.
Goudan was moving around in the car, and Zeng Wenjuan saw it and warned him: "Don't move around, or you might hit the door button or something."
"It's okay to move around, but you must fasten your seat belts, otherwise it will be very dangerous." Zeng Yike reminded.
Chen Yitang also turned around and looked at Zeng Wenjuan and the other two, and said seriously: "The three of you fasten your seat belts, we are leaving now."
"Okay," Zeng Wenjuan fastened her and Goudan's seat belts, and then said to Chen Yitang after seeing that Zhao Jianguo had also fastened his seat belt.
"Okay, then let's set off now." Chen Yitang said with a smile in a teasing tone.
When they arrived at the door of the supply and marketing cooperative, Chen Yitang saw that there were still quite a lot of people in the cooperative, so he turned to Zeng Wenjuan and said, "Nannan, why don't you three wait in the car while we go in to buy. There are too many people here now, and it will be so uncomfortable to be squeezed in!"
Zeng Wenjuan glanced at Goudan who was sitting between them, and said to Zhao Jianguo: "How about Goudan stay in the car with you? I'll go shopping with my parents."
Zhao Jianguo looked down at his legs and nodded in agreement: "Okay, then you guys go, Goudan stays with me in the car, I'll take care of him. Be careful here, there are too many people here."
The matter was decided, and Zeng Wenjuan, Zeng Yike and Chen Yitang got off the car and went into the supply and marketing cooperative. If you don't walk on tiptoe in the crowded place, you might step on someone else's foot in the next second.
"Grabbing New Year's goods is also a part of the New Year. Grabbing together with everyone else makes the New Year feel more festive. But there are too many people here," Chen Yintang said to Zeng Yike and Zeng Wenjuan with a smile after entering the supply and marketing cooperative.
The next second, his expression changed: "Ouch, who stepped on my foot? Everyone, watch the road! As long as you step on me and I step on you, my foot will be swollen when I leave the supply and marketing cooperative."
"Sorry, sorry, I really couldn't stand steadily just now." A young man next to him apologized to Chen Yitang awkwardly.
"Young man, you don't have enough concentration. You can't even stand steadily. Look, my heels have not touched the ground since I came in. You need to practice more! Not everyone is as easy to talk to as me." Chen Yintang patted the young man on the shoulder and said earnestly.
"Yes, yes, I'm so sorry." The young man apologized sincerely.
Chen Yitang didn't hold on to the matter any longer. He just kept squeezing in. The guy who stepped on Chen Yitang spat on the ground after leaving the supply and marketing cooperative.
"Look at what he's wearing. Can he slip away? I didn't expect so many of them are cleaner than my face. I have at least a few fogs on my face. Put it in his pocket. He is a money-sucker, and he's rotten."
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