Chapter 15: Giving Holiday Gifts
"One box each of tomatoes, peppers, apples, and oranges, 10 kilograms of beef and mutton each, and two bottles of homemade fruit wine for each person." Li Gensheng said after thinking for a while.
"Okay, then I'll go pack it and send it over later." Li Xuezhu responded immediately.
Considering that he has been very busy these days, he plans to deliver it tonight.
"The chicken, duck and goose eggs at home are piled up like a mountain. Otherwise, I would like to give you 200 chicken, duck and goose eggs each." Li Guoer continued.
There were too many eggs at home. She told her family during dinner that she would go into the space tonight to pickle some salted duck eggs and goose eggs, and make some preserved eggs.
Eat it with porridge for breakfast, but don’t overdo it!
The family quickly took out cardboard boxes and started packing. These were cardboard boxes specially bought by Zhou Ruolan to pack fruits and vegetables.
After packing, it will be neater to put them in the storage ring, which is better than just piling them up in the storage ring.
Although they lived in the same village and not far from each other, there were a lot of things. The cartons of vegetables and fruits were all big, and the father and daughter couldn't carry them all, so they had to drive to deliver them.
My great grandfather and second grandfather's families live next to each other. Both of them have two sons and no daughters. My four uncles have also bought houses and settled down in the city.
My great-grandfather and second grandfather used to live in the city, but they came back because they couldn't get used to it.
There's a reason why the barren hills belonged to Guo'er's family. My great-grandmother's three older brothers all joined the army, two of whom died, and one was injured and disabled. Later, during the Special Period, my great-grandmother's parents and her disabled brother were sent down to the countryside, but they all died before they could make it.
Great-grandmother herself was also decisive and donated most of her dowry, leaving only a small portion of gold jewelry, jade pendants and other small items, and only then was she able to escape.
Later, after the rehabilitation, all the properties and other things in my great-grandmother's family were returned.
Although the family had fallen on hard times, they still had a lot of real estate. For some reason, my great-grandmother wanted to exchange the real estate for the more than 500 acres of barren hills that my parents had given her as a dowry.
I don’t know what happened in between, but the barren mountain became my grandmother’s.
Later, when the family split up, my grandfather chose the wasteland, and my great-grandfather and second grandfather chose jewelry.
Before they died, the two old men divided their final property into three parts, and the Canglan Space was in the part given to Li Gensheng.
The four uncles settled down and bought a house in the city, which was bought by my great-grandfather and second grandfather by selling their jewelry. They didn't want their children to spend their whole lives working in the countryside.
The sound of a car in the yard attracted the attention of two families. When they came out, they saw that it was Li Guoer and his daughter. Li Genlin asked, "Xuezhu? Guoer? Why are you out at this late hour? Aren't you cold?"
"Uncle, I'm here to give New Year's gifts to you and second uncle. I've been busy lately and I'm afraid I'll forget. What date will Brother Xuesong and the others be back?" He said as he opened the trunk and took out all the things.
"They will be back tomorrow night. Your family can come to our house for dinner tomorrow night." The always cheerful grandmother said to Guo'er and her daughter, then turned to the second grandfather and his wife and said, "Genshu, your family should come too. Let's have a get-together as three families." Several uncles lived in the same residential complex in the city, and they would come back together every time they returned to their hometown.
Li Guoer quickly refused: "Grandma, tomorrow night is not possible. I have some classmates coming to our house tomorrow night."
When grandma heard that Guoer’s classmates were coming, she asked them to come to her house for dinner as well.
How could Guo'er agree? She was afraid that if she asked them to go to a relative's house for dinner with her, her girlfriends would feel uncomfortable and embarrassed.
Seeing the pile of things on the ground, the second grandfather said speechlessly: "Did you and your daughter move your entire home here? Why are there so many things?"
"Uncle, these are fruits, vegetables, beef, mutton, chicken, duck, goose eggs, and homemade fruit wine. They all taste good, you can all try them."
"This is too much. There are only two people in each family, your uncle and I. How can we eat it all? It will be a shame if it goes bad." Li Genshu disagreed.
The elderly are used to being frugal and hate waste the most.
"Uncle, Xuewei and the others will be back tomorrow. With so many people, the food will be consumed quickly. Don't worry, it won't go bad or be wasted." Li Xuezhu was confident in the food at home. How could it go bad? There would just not be enough to eat.
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