"Sister Li, are the streets in the city really full of cars?"
"Do you city people eat meat every meal?"
"Do city people really poop in the rooms where they sleep?"
Grandma Yu’s grandson Hu Zi kept asking Li Xiyue questions.
Li Xiyue was at a loss for words and was about to reply.
At this moment, Hu Zi heard the noise and immediately ran to the door, "Dad, you're back!"
Li Xiyue looked over and saw that it was the team leader Xu Guoqiang. Only then did she realize that Grandma Yu was actually the team leader's mother. She quickly stood up and said, "Team Leader."
Xu Guoqiang didn't know his mother had invited the educated youth to dinner at her house. He thought she was asking him for a reward, so he said, "Don't worry, you saved the ox, and the team committee will reward you for your merit. Go back and wait."
Li Xiyue was a little embarrassed, she didn't come here to ask for a reward.
"What are you saying?" Grandma Yu came out carrying dishes. Upon hearing her son's words, she said angrily, "Yueyue is my guest. If you dare to chase her away, I will never forgive you."
Xu Guoqiang remembered that the benefactor his mother had mentioned was Li Xiyue, and he slapped his forehead, "Li Zhiqing, please sit down."
"Thank you, Captain." Li Xiyue sat down and asked, "How are the oxen?"
Xu Guoqiang said, "It's nothing serious. Thanks to your timely treatment, Li Zhiqing, I really want to thank you for this. I will commend you in front of everyone in the production team at tomorrow's morning meeting."
"Thank you, Captain."
For some reason, the villagers here are very disgusted and disgusted with the educated youth. This time she saved the oxen, which may improve everyone's view of the educated youth.
"Hello, Captain. Yueyue and I are sorry to bother you." Huang Xinrui came out of the kitchen with a bowl of food and said with a smile.
Xu Guoqiang frowned and looked at her, then nodded in response.
Could it be that all the educated youth have come?
Sun Xia followed behind Huang Xinrui and saw what her husband was thinking. She smiled and said, "Mom invited Li Zhiqing and Huang Zhiqing to dinner at home. Guoqiang, Li Zhiqing saved Mom's life on the train."
Xu Guoqiang felt relieved, as long as not all of them came. He glanced at Li Xiyue, who looked humble, and went into the house to get a bottle of wine.
The dishes were ready and everyone sat at the same table.
"Uncle, hug me." A little girl of two or three years old with two small pigtails stretched out her little hands to Hu Zi for a hug.
Hu Zi carried her onto the stool and said, "Hold on tight, don't fall down."
Sun Xia quickly sat next to her granddaughter and supported her.
Xu Guoqiang has two sons. The eldest son, Xu Dalong, is 20 years old, married, and has a daughter, Xu Lanlan, who is being raised by Sun Xia.
Both of them work in the supply and marketing cooperative. They usually eat and live in the cooperative and only come back during holidays.
The youngest son, Xu Xiaohu, was only twelve years old. After graduating from elementary school, he refused to study and spent every day running around with a group of kids in the village making trouble.
A family of five plus Li Xiyue and Huang Xinrui, a total of seven people, sat around the table.
The dishes were very rich, including fish, meat, vegetables, soup, rice and steamed buns.
Xu Guoqiang took a look at the food on the table and knew that his mother really valued Li Xiyue, so he opened the wine he had treasured and was reluctant to drink.
"Come here, Li Zhiqing, you saved my mother's life and saved the oxen for the production team. As a son and a team leader, I offer a toast to you."
Li Xiyue said modestly, "Captain, you're too kind. I know medicine, and it's my duty to treat illnesses and save lives. As for the oxen, I'm a member of the production team, and it's my duty to contribute to the production team."
Xu Guoqiang was very satisfied with her words. He filled her glass and then poured another for Huang Xinrui.
"Captain, I don't know how to drink. I didn't save anyone nor did I do anything meritorious. I just followed Yueyue here to eat for free. You don't have to care about me. Just thank Yueyue." Huang Xinrui quickly refused.
Her words made everyone laugh.
Grandma Yu said, "Guoqiang, thank Yueyue for me. If she hadn't been there on the train, you wouldn't have a mother."
"Mom, who told you to run around?" Xu Guoqiang got angry when he mentioned this.
Grandma Yu said, "Who told you not to let me go see Cuiyu?"
Cuiyu is her daughter. She married and moved to Ontario. She gave birth to her third child before the New Year. The child was too young, so she didn't come back to pay New Year's greetings. She missed her daughter and wanted to go over to see her, but her son wouldn't let her, so she went secretly.
"Did I tell you not to go? I said I'd go with you when I'm not busy. Why are you in such a hurry?"
"When are you not busy? I don't know how long we'll have to wait like this."
Seeing her mother-in-law and husband arguing, Sun Xia quickly advised, "Guoqiang, there are guests here, so keep your mouth shut." Then she turned and advised her mother-in-law, "Mom, Guoqiang is the team leader, in charge of five production teams. Of course he's busy, you have to be more understanding."
"Grandma, my dad was so worried during those few days when you were gone that he almost called the police." Hu Zi also followed suit.
"You little brat, you still have the nerve to say that. Did you secretly write the letter of introduction for your grandma?" Xu Guoqiang raised his hand and hit his son.
Hu Zi covered his head and explained, "I saw that grandma was so worried, I was afraid that she would get sick..."
"You guys..." Xu Guoqiang lost his temper instantly. These old and young people were about to piss him off to death.
The old one dared to go out alone at such an old age, and the young one dared to secretly issue a letter of introduction. If this matter were to get out, would he, the team leader, have any good consequences?
"Guoqiang, there are guests here!" Sun Xia didn't expect her husband to tell this to outsiders, so she quickly winked at him.
Only then did Xu Guoqiang realize that he had said the wrong thing and felt a little regretful.
Li Xiyue looked bewildered. "I was just eating and drinking, I didn't hear anything."
Huang Xinrui shoveled a mouthful of rice into her mouth. "What are you talking about? The rice is so delicious, I really can't think of anything else."
"Don't worry, Yueyue and Xinrui are not those who are short-sighted...Okay, stop talking and eat." Grandma Yu waved her hand.
She also knew that it was not easy for her son to manage such a large production team alone, and that she had indeed done something wrong, so she stopped nagging him.
Xu Guoqiang took a deep breath and raised his glass. "Li Zhiqing, I toast you."
Li Xiyue picked up the empty wine glass, feeling a little embarrassed.
Sun Xia quickly filled her glass. "I didn't expect Li Zhiqing to be so good at drinking."
Li Xiyue said with a smile: "I have been drinking a lot of medicinal wine with my grandfather since I was a child, so I have learned it."
"I've done it, you can do whatever you want." Xu Guoqiang raised his head and drank the wine in one gulp, very generously.
After three rounds of drinks and halfway through the meal, the room was bustling with activity when someone hurried over and said, "Captain, the deputy captain asked me to call you back to the office. There's something important going on."
Xu Guoqiang's eyelids twitched, and he roared, "What's going on? Can you please be quiet all day? It's always this or that. Do you still want to continue production? Do you want to get the mobile red flag?"
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