"Chief, does this family have some ulterior motive...?"
Seeing Chen Jianguo go shopping and earnestly prepare his apprenticeship ceremony, the driver couldn't help but find an opportunity to remind his superior.
"What's the purpose? Besides, didn't you say you wanted to become my apprentice?" Dou Guowei looked at him like he was an idiot.
The driver immediately covered his mouth, but then said, "Then why didn't you want to become an apprentice before, but now you want to?"
"Why worry about so much? Besides, I don't know anything about my own aunt. She's only half-baked. Back then, her family talked about everything from music, chess, calligraphy, and painting..."
"If you're talking about a teacher, she's not as good as me!"
Looking at the arrogant section chief, even the driver began to feel sorry for the couple.
Chen Jianguo returned shortly after, bringing with him gifts for the apprenticeship ceremony: cigarettes and alcohol...
The driver's eyes widened, and he hurriedly grabbed his superior, exclaiming, "Director...this is good stuff!"
Dou Guowei looked over and had the same expression: "Moutai... the cigarettes are Zhonghua...!"
The driver looked at the leader, who was itching to make a move, with disdain, but remained unmoved by the sight of fine cigarettes and alcohol.
Smoked goods, alcohol, meat... and some crackers...
To be honest, this gift is both generous and valuable. He wanted these two good things, but he had to wait and wait.
The last few people watched as Niu Niu and Er Bao knelt down and bowed, saying, "Master, please accept this disciple's bow!"
"Good, good...!" This was the first time the old lady had smiled so broadly in front of Su Xia's family.
When Su Xia and Chen Jianguo saw the two children becoming apprentices, they had only one thought: the apprenticeship gifts had finally been delivered. In the beginning, they had said they wanted to become apprentices.
The old man was unwilling, saying that he hadn't taught them and that the children had learned everything on their own.
"Alright, now that you've paid your respects to your master, Auntie, can you leave now?"
Grandma Dou nodded happily, "Alright, I'll let you finish decorating and then leave!"
After saying that, he looked at Erbao Niu Niu and was particularly happy. Even if he left, he would have a disciple.
"Grandma, I'll go make you something to eat!" Su Xia thought that since she didn't need her help, she would make something to eat on the way.
"Okay, no rush, take your time!"
Su Xia... I understand, you're ordering food!
Su Xia had no choice but to take Niu Niu with her, as it would be too slow for her to go alone.
After everyone left, Dou Guowei immediately went up to the old woman, grinning obsequiously, and asked, "Auntie... these..."
Pointing at the cigarettes and alcohol, Old Mrs. Dou glared at him and waved her hand, "Take them away, your eyes are practically bulging out of your sockets!"
"Hey... your nephew just likes this kind of thing, there's nothing you can do about it!"
The old lady was speechless. "By the way, I want to give the house to Su's family!"
Dou Guowei tucked the bottle into his pocket and nodded, "You want to give away your house? I'll give it to you!"
"But I don't think they'll want it!"
"Get out! I won't ask for less money!" The old lady isn't stupid.
"That's more like it, but Aunt, you have a good eye. This whole family is great!"
"Hmph... I've always had excellent taste!"
"Forget it, if it were so good, why are you always alone?" Dou Guowei regretted his words as soon as he finished speaking.
With an awkward smile, she said, "Auntie, I was wrong!"
The old lady sighed, "It's alright...!" and then started to space out.
Dou Guowei.....
Su Xia brought Niu Niu back and started making dumplings. She told the old lady, "Don't rush, take your time." This meant she wanted to eat dumplings.
Luckily, I ate dumplings yesterday, and there was still some filling left after I prepared the filling.
"Mom, I'll knead the dough now!"
"Go ahead and do it, I'll do something else!"
In the kitchen, the mother and daughter worked together, boiling water, rolling out dough, making dumplings, boiling eggs, and pickling eggs.
Su Xia wasn't idle either; she was making pancakes on the coal stove, and soon one pancake after another was cooked in the pan.
"Mommy, it smells so good!" Ge Bao, along with the greedy twins, reluctantly left.
Su Xia immediately gave half of the food to Ge Bao, saying, "You guys eat first, we'll be there in a while!"
Ge Bao nodded and took her younger brother and sister to eat.
We packed egg pancakes, pickled eggs, and jars of side dishes, and then boiled dumplings, about 40 in total, which was the limit for the mother and daughter.
After getting everything ready and packing, Su Xia took Niu Niu to the old lady's house.
Fortunately, a neighbor saw this and, out of jealousy, said, "They really got a good deal!"
"Hey... what are you looking at?"
"It's that Su Xia again. Now that the old lady is leaving, all those things in the house will definitely go to her again!"
Hi.....
"I thought it was something serious. It's normal for them to take care of an old lady!"
"Pah, what do you know? We neighbors have helped out a lot, haven't we?"
"How dare you spout such nonsense! People were fetching water, chopping wood, and delivering food... what were you doing?" The neighbor was also unhappy, never expecting such a shameless person.
The female neighbor was immediately embarrassed, then snorted and left.
"Pah... What a piece of trash!" the female neighbor said disdainfully before leaving. Although she wasn't a warm-hearted person, she hadn't taken advantage of anyone!
After Su Xia Niu Niu arrived, she handed the things to the old lady and told her, "Eat them while they're hot on the way!"
"Here's my address in Kyoto, and my phone number. I wonder when you guys got your phones installed?"
The old lady was a little disappointed. After Su Xia took the box, she saw the door number and was shocked. It was another courtyard house. When did courtyard houses become so common these days?
"And give me three dollars, and you can transfer the ownership of this house yourselves!"
"What...?"
Su Xia's shout attracted the attention of Chen Jianguo, the driver who was carrying the load.
Dou Guowei was also there, but he simply walked away, clearly not wanting to pay any attention.
The old lady scolded her impatiently, "You're acting like a child, yelling and shouting like that!"
"You're not an old lady, look at what you're saying!" Su Xia was speechless. Could she be blamed for this?
"This house is now at least 600 yuan, 300 is half of it, I don't know what you think?"
Su Xia even wanted to pry open the old lady's head to see what was inside!
"If you don't pay, I'll just give it to Niu Niu directly. No need to pay!" the old lady said directly.
Su Xia was shocked and immediately shut up...
snort....
"I can't handle you!" Although Old Mrs. Dou was old, her mind was still sharp.
Niu Niu... This newly appointed master should take a look in the mirror. When was the last time you saw such an arrogant look?
In the end, Su Xia had no choice but to agree. She went home again, found an envelope, and stuffed money in it. She was about to stuff in 500 yuan, but then she took out 200 yuan instead.
Sigh... Knowing the old lady's style, she'll definitely open it and look at it, and I'll still give it to her eventually.
After thinking about it, I had no choice but to stuff my saved grain coupons in there. There were 30 jin of national grain coupons, which I could exchange for fine grains later.
It seems another ancestor has arrived, following the same standards as the old leader: nothing can be left out during holidays.
When the old lady passed away, all the neighbors came to see her off.
"Grandma, drive carefully!" Some of the older folks looked at the elderly woman with reluctance.
For the first time, Grandma Dou didn't have a serious face; instead, she smiled slightly and nodded in response to everyone.
"I don't know when we'll meet again after this departure?"
"Hey... what's the point of seeing each other anymore? We're both getting on in years!"
"Don't say that. The old lady is going to enjoy her retirement. We should all be happy!"
"Yes, yes...!"
Some people tried to get close to her, because the old lady's nephew was clearly not a simple person, given that he was riding a bicycle and had a driver.
There are also people who openly covet her house, and they all wish they could rush over there.
Grandma Dou immediately frowned and then gave her nephew a look.
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