Chapter 414 Walking
Xia Zhizhi chatted with her parents for a while, maintained her relationship with her biological parents, and then took out the carefully prepared gift from her bag.
She has been doing this for many years and is very keen on giving gifts. She also has good vision and taste. Regardless of the intention, the gifts she gives can basically touch the heart of the person.
With sweet words and action, it's no wonder that he is loved by his family and liked by his friends.
Several elders asked about Xia Zhizhi's situation this year. Although Xia Zhizhi had told them roughly what she could say in the letter, what she said in the letter was naturally not as detailed as what she said in person.
After all, no matter how much you write in a letter, it's only a few pages long and you can only give a rough idea.
Several elders listened to her bragging. Xia Zhizhi had maintained family affection for several hours and felt that she had fulfilled her filial duty and was a qualified good child. So she put on a sleepy expression and prepared to go home.
Seeing her like this, Zeng Zelan touched her head and said lovingly, "We, Zhizhi, have come a long way. Hurry back to the house and rest."
Although Xia Sihua and his wife wanted to get closer to her, they also felt sorry for her and asked her to go back to the house quickly.
Xia Zhizhi was just pretending to be sleepy, but she wasn't actually sleepy. After all, she had been eating and sleeping on the train and had gotten enough sleep.
She lived in that room, and the old lady would clean it up every now and then. Ah Ju just had to tidy it up briefly, change the quilt cover, and then she could live in it.
After she returned to the room, Ah Ju had already tidied it up. She closed the door, went into the room to take a shower, ate some fruit and sewed some noodles. She stayed in the room until midnight, then came out yawning, climbed onto the bed, wrapped herself in the quilt, and began to sleep soundly.
Although I went to bed late the first day, I woke up early the next day.
Zeng Zelan originally thought that Xia Zhizhi was going to take a nap, and even wanted to ask the master to heat up the food for her in the pot. But she was a little surprised to see that she got up so early, and asked with concern: "Zhizhi, what's wrong? You got up so early. Didn't you sleep well last night? Are you used to your bed?"
Xia Zhizhi is not particular about her bed. She can fall asleep as long as she wants.
After washing her face, brushing her teeth, and applying perfume, she walked over to Zeng Zelan, hugged the old lady's neck, and began to act coquettishly: "I haven't seen grandma for a long time. I want to stay with grandma for a while. I will go to work with grandma today and visit the leaders by the way."
Old Mrs. Zeng was so coaxed that her teeth were exposed.
Based on Zeng Zelan's knowledge, she naturally knew that Xia Zhizhi was going to Zhonglanhai to show her presence.
My child is so sensible and can handle the ways of the world so well without any special reminders. Among so many children in the family, Xia Zhizhi is the most discerning one.
As an elder, she was naturally happy and proud. She didn't care whether what Xia Zhizhi said was to make her happy.
What's more, the granddaughter said something specifically to cheer her up. Wasn't it out of filial piety? Wasn't this a manifestation of her caring for her grandmother?
After breakfast, Xia Zhizhi dragged her bags and went to work with the old couple.
As soon as we arrived, we started to distribute gifts to each courtyard.
With her shrewd personality, she had already figured out the preferences of each leader, and the gifts she prepared were all satisfactory but not particularly expensive or out of the ordinary, in line with the current leadership's advocacy of cadres leading a simple life.
Xia Zhizhi ran around for the whole morning before she finally sent out all her love.
With her character of not doing anything without profit, it was impossible for her to arrange for all the comrades working here to be in place. After all, she did not need the reputation of being a virtuous, enthusiastic and socialite.
She only arranged for leaders of the same generation or above as Mr. Xia Bangguo, and she was too lazy to care about close ministers such as the leaders' secretaries.
After all, her character is that of a lively, cheerful, straightforward and simple-minded little girl. If she is too considerate in everything, people will feel that she is slick and will then doubt her sincerity.
Because of factionalism nowadays, not many people need to give gifts, but you can't just put the things down and leave, you have to reminisce and take some time.
After delivering all the things, it was time for lunch. Xia Zhizhi said hello to Grandpa and Grandma Xia and went to West Flower Hall for lunch.
She and Mr. Zhou Deng had not seen each other for more than half a year. Due to the times and health reasons, hard work and poor health, both of them looked older, especially Mr. Zhou, who had a lot more white hair on his temples.
When he saw Xia Zhizhi, Mr. Zhou raised his head from the desk, his frown slightly relaxed, and he said with some joy, "Xiao Chao has been ill recently and has been bedridden for a long time. She just told me about you yesterday. She must be happy to see you. If you have time, come and have lunch with her at noon."
Seeing that Xia Zhizhi was indeed happy, Ms. Deng ate half an extra bowl of lunch and felt much more energetic.
After dinner, Deng Nutu cheered herself up, finished the backlog of important work, and still had enough energy to chat with Xia Zhizhi about family matters.
The elders' concerns for their children are nothing more than their studies, work and marriage.
In terms of work and study, the Xia family's children were all quite obedient, except Xia Zhizhi who insisted on digging the land in the countryside.
Go to work when you should, go to school when you should. As long as you don't do anything stupid in the future, your future will be worry-free.
Naturally, the only thing the elders care about is marriage.
I don’t know what’s wrong with the children of the Xia family. They are all good-looking and have nice personalities, but they just have difficulties in marriage.
Let’s not talk about Second Uncle’s family for now. After all, it’s not time for the two younger ones to get married yet.
Xia Zhizhi has only a twenty-something cousin left in her uncle's family. Her own family is even worse. Except for her third brother who is relatively successful and has found a partner, her eldest sister and second brother are both single and are about to turn 30, which is considered old in this era.
Each era has its own ideas, and the concept of single aristocrats is not popular these days. Even though the elders don't say it, they can't help but be anxious in their hearts.
However, because of the incident with the Song family, the elders of the Xia family were afraid of putting pressure on their children and did not dare to say much about urging them to get married in front of them.
Zeng Zelan and Deng Nutu have a good relationship and can be considered old friends. Deng Nutu has also watched the Xia family's children grow up, so Zeng Zelan will occasionally talk to Deng Nutu.
Among the children of the Xia family, Miss Deng likes Xia Zhizhi the most. After all, she is sweet-mouthed, thick-skinned and clingy, and it is difficult for the elders to resist her.
People are all the same. If you like someone, you can't help but worry about them.
Ms. Deng took Xia Zhizhi's hand, learned about her recent situation this year, and asked, "Does our Zhizhi plan to find a partner? Will you go to the countryside next year?"
Like her family, Ms. Deng hopes that she will stay in Beijing to work.
I definitely won't go to the countryside, but the place I want to go is farther away, and my family won't agree. I can't say it openly, so I can only do it behind the scenes.
Xia Zhizhi blinked her big eyes, tilted her head, and began to play dumb: "I don't want to talk about a partner so early. As for going to the countryside, I haven't thought about it yet. I'll talk about it after the New Year."