Chapter 342: Dog Legs (Eighth Update)
The children also came to help. Wow, An Zhixia looked at them with a slightly raised eyebrow. They actually took out almost a sack of things, including fruits, milk candies and chocolate candies, melon seeds, peanuts, walnuts, red dates, glutinous rice sticks, peach cakes, popcorn balls, etc. They prepared everything and more.
But they have to visit fifty households, and if they give each one a share, they can use up most of the gas.
In addition, Fang Yuan also found a lot of things from the closet, such as cloth, pillowcases, noodles, rice, etc., as well as six baskets full of eggs and six baskets of palm-sized cakes. "There is a lot of frozen pork, chicken, duck, and goose meat in the lower layer of the refrigerator..."
"Why are there so many?" An Zhixia was a little stunned.
Fang Yuan smiled and said, "The gift book only records the accompanying gifts, but many guests will bring some congratulatory gifts in addition to accompanying gifts. This is all that's left for each person," he pointed to the cakes and said, "These are wedding cakes that Sister Deng borrowed from several sisters-in-law in the cafeteria's big pot to bake according to custom. Every guest will take some home for celebration.
There are six baskets left. When you get to work, take some to give out to your colleagues."
An Zhixia smiled and nodded. She couldn't help but pick one up and taste it. The biscuit was very dry, but it was very chewy when she bit it. The sweet aroma of wheat flour filled her nostrils. "It's delicious."
She looked at all the stuff and felt a little worried. "Can't we just carry a sack of stuff and distribute it door to door?"
Fang Yuan raised his eyebrows and took out a number of beautiful woven baskets, each 20 cm in diameter and 10 cm high, from the cabinet under the kang. "Han Qian's wife sent them to me, saying that you might need them."
The small basket has a yellow background with red stripes of varying densities around it.
An Zhixia smiled and moved a small stool to sit down, picked up a small basket, filled it half with candy and half with dried fruits, and placed some cakes on top. It was convenient, decent, and particularly beautiful and practical to take out.
The children's eyes sparkled and they followed her example to fill the other forty-nine baskets.
Next, An Zhixia took the three of them to knock on doors one by one to deliver gifts, recognize people, and chat for a while. She was afraid that she would not remember it, so she specially recorded it and organized the information into a table on the computer.
The two rows of family members walked around, and she and her three children were so tired that their throats were smoking. They had delivered the things, but they also had a lot of things stuffed back. An Zhixia saw that the value was almost the same as what she had delivered, and thought about the interaction just now. She had a surprisingly good impression of the family members in the team.
Fang Yuan bought a meal from the state-owned restaurant, including stewed pork ribs with potatoes, fried shrimp with rapeseed, eggplant with garlic oil, tofu pudding, and freshly baked pancakes! "Let's eat first. The pancakes are freshly made. They are crispy and filled with lard, crushed peanuts and cooked sesame seeds. They are very delicious.
My sisters-in-law specially recommended it to me.”
When the three children, one adult and three children, smelled the food, their stomachs started to growl, so they quickly washed their hands and gathered around the dining table.
An Zhixia bit into the still slightly hot pancake with a crunchy sound, squinting her eyes and nodding repeatedly: "It's really delicious."
"Really? I heard that the chef is from Dongshan Province and is first-rate at making pancakes. Even several other city residents come here specially to eat it," Fang Yuan said with a smile.
"We have to start cooking from now on. It's not easy to buy or get food every day," An Zhixia said as she watched her three children eating and thought about the small kitchen and the new refrigerator at home. "Although the TV station is busy with rectification, I have trained a group of people. They won't be too busy. They only need to check on the site occasionally. They can go to work and get off work on a normal schedule, and our home is relatively close. I just heard from my sister-in-law that there is a small gate on the east side of our factory, very close to the family quarters. After passing it, there is a street that leads directly to the west gate of the TV station. It only takes five minutes to get there by bike."
"Will you be tired after cooking after coming back from work?" Fang Yuan asked hesitantly.
An Zhixia smiled and shook her head, pursed her lips and said with a smile: "I really like to cook for my family, but later my brother learned how to cook and took away the job."
"Then I'll help mother wash the pots and dishes," Fang Lixi raised his head and volunteered enthusiastically.
"I can help my mother wipe the table and sweep the floor," Fang Songyan thought about it and happily took the job.
Fang Gexin looked at her ten-year-old brother and seven-year-old sister, bit her chopsticks and thought for a while, then immediately said with a smile: "Mom, I can help you massage your shoulders and legs! Am I the best?"
The little brother and sister laughed and poked her cheek, poking her baby face out of shape, and then laughed and said, "Little dog legs!"
An Zhixia felt a sense of relief like an old mother, "Then I can only make delicious food to reward our little hardworking man."
Fang Yuan chuckled: "You deserve praise for taking the initiative to work, but doing housework is something you can do, and everyone has to do it, so you can't use the word 'help'."
The children nodded repeatedly in agreement.
He looked at An Zhixia, and put his hand under the table around her waist, smiling lovingly, "As long as it's not tiring, you can do it if you like. We also have two acres of vegetable garden in front of the building. I hoeed it twice, applied farmyard manure, and built a rack around the vegetable garden. I planted some cucumbers, tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, coriander, celery, green beans, etc. Anyway, Sister Deng gave me a lot of vegetable seeds, and I planted some of them.
By the way, are the grapes in Dongcheng District ripe? Shall we take the kids to pick some tomorrow morning? "
An Zhixia nodded. "They are ripe. They brought some for me. The grapes are big and purple, and very sweet."
After dinner, Fang Yuan went to wash the chopsticks, plates and bowls.
The three little guys were wiping the table, arranging the chairs, and sweeping the floor, and each of them seemed to be competing for the job.
An Zhixia waved her hand, called the children over, and asked with a smile, "What do you usually do at home?"
"Reading books, studying, and doing exercise books," Fang Lixi was a little shy after all, but he wanted to be praised by his elders, so he whispered, "Mom, I have finished the primary school curriculum and am now studying for the second semester of junior high school. Mom, I want to go directly to junior high school when school starts in September."
Fang Songyan immediately responded, "I'm studying the fourth grade second semester curriculum. Mom, can I go directly to the fourth or fifth grade after school starts?"
"Mom, I'm so smart that I can go straight to the third grade!"
An Zhixia raised her eyebrows. "Your own words don't count. I'll give you a test. As long as you can pass the test, I'll agree to your request."
They nodded with sparkling eyes, and some were eager to show off their intelligence in front of her. They had lived in the tube building for a month, and they could hear other family members talking when they went in and out.
Adults all like children who are smart, obedient and good at studying. If a child does well in an exam or gets praised by the teacher, it will be as if something happy has happened in that family. The adults will show off everywhere and even cut meat and make pancakes for lunch.
(End of this chapter)
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