After returning home, Sheng Yanchuan, Shen Nian and the other two did not stay long before riding back home, leaving Nanqiao alone at home. Thinking about going to work tomorrow, Nanqiao washed up, watched a drama in his space and went to sleep.
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Next door to Nanqiao's house, after sending Nanqiao and Sheng Yanchuan away, Mr. Zhu looked at the food that Nanqiao had prepared thoughtfully in the yard. Not only did he take care of the elderly's stomach and teeth problems, he also gave thoughtful explanations. The old couple who had lived in obscurity for so many years felt warm in their hearts, and their eyes were slightly red.
Mr. Zhu is a famous Chinese medicine expert. The policy of overthrowing the landlords, the rich, the counter-revolutionaries and the bad elements in recent years has made the Zhu family's situation increasingly difficult. If Mr. Zhu had not decisively handed over all the family's property to the state and then brought his wife back from Kyoto to his ancestral home, I'm afraid he would still be reforming a farm in some mountain valley.
However, despite this, his son and daughter-in-law had a hard time in Kyoto, and they had to look at people's faces everywhere. But fortunately, they were still at home. Although it was a little difficult, as long as they were safe and sound, he was content.
It’s not like Mr. Zhu had never thought about moving here with his son, daughter-in-law and the whole family. After all, life would be better away from the political center. But it seemed that some people in Kyoto didn’t want them to leave so smoothly. In the end, Mr. Zhu’s son was worried about the old couple facing all this in Kyoto, so he took the initiative to stay.
Although the present life is not the same as the past, at least they had hidden a lot of money before, so life was not that difficult. It's just that many things cannot be used now. If it weren't for the delicious smell from next door at night, they couldn't take out the black pearl. He hesitated for a long time whether to take the pearl, but they didn't have much money in their hands, and they still needed to buy food, so when they looked at the Nanqiao Gate, Grandpa Zhu had one pocket of money and the other pocket of pearls. Seeing that Nanqiao and Sheng Yanchuan were both upright and on the right path, he took out the pearl.
But smelling the aroma of the food in front of him, Mr. Zhu did not regret taking the food out at all.
"Old lady, come and eat," said Mr. Zhu, as he sat in front of the stove and cooked vegetables and meat. He also gave a skewer of lamb to Grandma Zhu.
If we were to ask what the old couple of the Zhu family like, then they probably have nothing else to do except medical skills. Before the family fell into decline, Mr. Zhu's favorite thing was to take his wife to eat delicious food in his spare time. However, later on, the whole country was short of food and clothing, and their identities were sensitive, so they couldn't be too arrogant.
"That girl is a good kid." Grandma Zhu took the kebab and sat down to eat it.
"He is a good kid indeed, with this skill," said Grandpa Zhu.
Listening to Grandpa Zhu's words, Grandma Zhu burst out laughing. "Is that what I'm talking about? So if you say that, you're not a good person if you can't cook?"
"That's not true, but I definitely don't have anyone who can cook here. Come on, eat. The meat will get hard when it gets cold. Now is the time to eat it." Grandpa Zhu smiled and picked up another skewer to eat. Seeing that he was enjoying the meal, Grandma Zhu stopped arguing and started eating.
The meal was not over until both of them were full. At the end, Mr. Zhu drank a bowl of soup, which he called "slippery seam soup".
At night, the old couple took a digestive pill, and the day was over.
A rare good dream
The next day, Nanqiao went to work as usual. After finishing his work, he went to Minister Zheng.
Boom boom boom~
"Enter"
"Brother Zheng, are you busy?"
"Xiao Nan, come in and sit down." Minister Zheng took off his glasses and glanced at the person who came. Thinking about the other party's question, he said, "I haven't had anything to do recently. Do you have any plans?"
Nanqiao nodded and said a little embarrassedly, "Yes, there are some things. I want to take a few days off and go home."
"Go home? Is there anything wrong at home? Do you need any help?" Minister Zheng thought that something was wrong at home and asked worriedly.
"Everything is fine at home. I just want to take Sheng Yanchuan home to see if you have any work arrangements," Nanqiao said a little embarrassedly.
“Are you planning to get married?”
"Yes, I have this plan, so I want to tell my family."
"That's a good thing. I don't have much to do at the end of the month, so I'll give you a week off. You may have work at the beginning of next month," Minister Zheng thought for a moment and said, then he took out a small notebook and signed a note for Nanqiao.
"Thank you, Brother Zheng." Nanqiao happily took the note and thanked him happily.
"By the way, Xiaonan, you are going to Shanghai this time, can you help Brother Zheng?" Minister Zheng asked awkwardly.
"You tell me, given our relationship, I will definitely do it if it works," Nanqiao replied cheerfully.
"When you return to Shanghai, can you buy me a women's watch? Your sister-in-law's birthday is coming up soon, and I want to give her a gift, but as you know, the styles here are all the same... I think there must be a lot of styles in Shanghai."
"That's no problem. Do you have the budget for it?"
"Two or three hundred, it's all fine, take your pick, I'm sure you have good taste."
"Okay, within 300 yuan, I will definitely choose a good one for my sister-in-law." Nanqiao readily agreed. With 300 yuan, she couldn't go to the Friendship Store, but the department store was still okay. If there was really no suitable one, she could choose one from her space, which was not a big problem.
After successfully applying for leave, the next problem was to buy a ticket. Nanqiao said hello to Minister Zheng and went to Wu Weige's office.
After explaining the reason to Wu Wei, Wu Wei looked speechless and stuttered for a long time before finally asking, "Does your elder brother know?"
After hearing Wu Wei's question, Nanqiao instantly understood why Wu Wei looked so strange.
"Um...I did say that...but my brother just said we can talk about it when we get home..."
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