When he arrived at the commune, the first thing Zhou Huaian did was to go to the post office. He was going to call home to tell his parents about the good news and make them happy.
"Mom, it's me, Huai'an. It's nothing serious. Yes, yes, you guessed right. My wife gave birth to three daughters. You have three granddaughters now. Are you happy?"
"Go home? Probably not. The kids are still too young. Even if it's Chinese New Year, the triplets are only four or five months old. There's no way to take care of them. My grandson is only a little over one year old and less than two years old. There are only two of us, my husband and I, and we can't take care of five kids. Let's wait until next year and see if I can get some time off. If I can, I'll go back with my wife and kids to see them."
"Don't worry, if I can take a leave next year, I will definitely bring them back. I know you want to see your grandchildren. Don't worry, they are good to watch and I will definitely not let you down."
"Okay, okay, don't worry, mom. I will definitely take good care of them. Okay, okay, okay. If you have nothing else, just hang up. If you have anything else, just send me a letter. Okay, bye."
After hanging up the phone, Zhou Huaian sighed in his heart. With grandsons and granddaughters, his beloved son no longer had any status.
But he was not jealous. After all, the child was his own child. Qingxue and I loved them. It would be even better if they were loved by their grandparents. Only children who grew up in a honey pot would be happy.
We talked for about four minutes, and probably because it was a long-distance call, the call bill was several dollars.
After Zhou Huaian handed over the money, he asked in passing if he had any package of his own.
I didn't expect that it really was here. Sun Rui's package was also here, but I didn't know which relative of his sent it.
Because Zhou Huaian's family received packages almost every month, the people in the post office were very familiar with him. Knowing that Sun Rui was with them, they let him pick up the packages.
Although it was a bit against the rules since he didn't have his ID, we were already so familiar with each other and had been dealing with each other for two or three years, so we still had some trust in each other, so we just turned a blind eye and let it go.
Zhou Huaian looked at his own big package and Sun Rui's package, and hesitated for a moment.
It was just too big, and I had to go to the black market to buy things, so there was no way I could get it back.
I wonder if the uncle driving the ox cart has come to the commune now?
I might as well rent his ox cart for the morning. It would be more relaxing to have a ox cart to store things.
I thought about tying the two packages on the back seat of the bicycle and hurried to the place where the old man usually parked his ox cart to look for someone.
I was in such a hurry when I arrived in the morning that I didn't even notice whether the ox cart came out of the village.
When I went to see it, I saw the old man taking a nap on the ox cart. There was no one around him. I guess he went to buy something.
I quickly walked up to him and asked, "Uncle, did you pull a lot of people today?"
When the footsteps just came over, the old man had already opened his eyes. Seeing that it was Zhou Huaian, he relaxed his vigilance and said, "Not many, only four people."
"That's good, sir. Can I rent your ox cart to transport my things?"
"Okay, just bring your things over here, and I, an old man, will definitely take care of them for you."
Anyway, they earn a lot of money, so helping out is not a big deal, so the old man nodded and agreed.
Zhou Huaian: "Uncle, I'll leave these two packages with you first. I have to go buy other things. I have a lot to buy. Please wait for me for a moment."
The old man nodded and said, "Okay, then go quickly."
After all, I have known this young educated youth for so many years, and I can trust his character.
It would be good to have someone to help watch over the things. After we finish shopping, I'll buy some candy for the old man and ask him to take it back for his grandson. It won't be a waste of our time to ask for help.
He rode his bicycle in the alleys, turning here and there, and disappeared in an instant, going straight to where the black market was.
When he came out again, it was already an hour later. The car was filled with large and small bags, three sacks tightly tied together.
It was filled with all kinds of meat, brown sugar, milk powder, malted milk and other nutritional supplements. The eggs I bought were not even in there because there was really no room for them.
Put all the things on the old man’s ox cart first, and then go back to get the eggs.
When he returned to the ox cart, the people who had gone to buy things had not returned yet, and the old man was the only one guarding there.
"Sir, I am sorry to trouble you."
"It's all right."
Although the old man is not good at speaking, he was still a little shocked when he saw the things inside. What a wealthy family is this?
Buying so many things at one time, they are no wonder that they are a family with the spendthrift women in the village. Both husband and wife are so good at spending money.
It wasn't a lie. People in the village all had the same opinion of Su Qingxue as a spendthrift who was fertile, but there was nothing else special about her.
It’s no wonder that Zhou Huaian bought so many things at one time. A batch of milk powder and goat milk powder had just arrived on the black market. Goat milk powder was extremely scarce, and it was rare for him to come across it, so he must have bought them all.
I don’t know when I will meet you next time, maybe I won’t even meet you, but since we have met, I will definitely not miss it.
I have three children who drink milk, and the two older ones need a cup of milk powder every day. If I don’t stock up more milk powder, it will definitely not be enough.
"Uncle, please keep an eye on it for me. I'm going to buy some more eggs. My wife gave birth to triplets, so we have to give two red eggs to everyone in the village. We don't have enough eggs at home, so I have to buy some more."
The old man also knew that Su Zhiqing gave birth to triplets yesterday. Some people thought she was very lucky to have three babies at once. But there were always some trouble-making women who thought she was very unlucky to have given birth to three money-losing babies at once. If they were in her own family, they would have thrown away those three money-losing babies long ago.
To be honest, as an old man, he got angry after hearing this. He was glad that Comrade Zhou and his wife didn't hear it, otherwise it would have caused them trouble.
Seeing Comrade Zhou so happy now, I knew that he was not biased towards boys, and my worries about Su Zhiqing were slightly relieved.
I feel that such a good couple should not have conflicts because of the improper words of outsiders.
"Comrade Zhou, you are so thoughtful. Go ahead. Don't worry. I will help you keep an eye on these things."
When they said they were helping to watch, they really were staring at it without blinking, as if they were worried that someone else would take it away if I wasn't paying attention. The package above was like a good thing.
It's really too responsible.
Zhou Huaian felt that if he didn't treat the old man to a good meal, he would be unworthy of his kindness.
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