Chapter 645: Rather than visiting during the Spring Festival, it is better to send New Year's goods before the festival
Seven days later, the announcement was made, and Secretary Meng became Deputy District Mayor Meng. I didn't send him any well wishes, nor did I call him.
This is a strategy, don't add icing on the cake. At this time, your blessing will only be buried among many blessings.
Returning home, it's the 24th day of the lunar calendar, the day of the Little New Year in the south. A reunion dinner is being held on the island. Everyone toasts to a great start to the new year.
A few personnel remained on duty, while the rest of the group left the island. I joined the main force in the evacuation. Then it was the same old story: all of China was preparing for the Lunar New Year.
But I still have one thing to do. On the 25th day of the lunar calendar, I will hold a tea party in General Deng’s conference room to discuss with the doctors that Xiao Liming brought back from the Philippines.
Everyone was waiting in the conference room, and Mr. Deng and I discussed two things.
First, I specifically asked Xiao Liming to bring Jiang Chunlai back and planned to keep Chunlai in my studio.
Second, Nanli Town Secretary Meng has been promoted to deputy district chief of Xiaoqu District, where Fuming Hospital is located. I'll introduce them to each other later.
Mr. Deng nodded.
The two of us walked into the conference room, spent the morning discussing with the doctors, and then had lunch together.
After dinner, I called Chunlai to Mr. Deng’s tea room and told him that he didn’t need to go abroad after the New Year and that he could stay and open a studio with me.
"There are currently four vacant offices on this floor. We'll be working here from now on. Go home and celebrate the New Year. Have some fun."
Come over on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year. I'll issue you a purchase order and you can buy some office supplies according to the order.
Once the four offices are set up, you'll be on duty here every day, studying. Eat in Mr. Deng's cafeteria. I'll come to work in mid-March and give you a test.
If you pass, you can stay. If you don’t, you have two options: continue to go to Sanhe Hospital or go home.”
He smiled.
"Don't laugh. My master just threw a few books at me."
He stopped smiling and said, "Okay. Don't worry."
Then he added, "Don't buy pork or fish for the New Year. I called my dad and wanted to buy a pig from someone else. I have a pond in front of my house."
I said, "Okay, mainly because my mother likes people giving her gifts. If you really want to give her something, don't forget it."
Chunlai blushed and said, "Master, am I that kind of person? My parents are so grateful to you."
After finishing my conversation with Chunlai and chatting with Mr. Deng for a while, I drove home.
On the way, I received a call from Driver Mo. He said, "Mr. Wan, Secretary Meng asked me to prepare the chicken, duck, fish and meat for the New Year. It will be delivered at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Are you home?"
I said, "Thank you so much. I'm home."
When I got home, my mother asked, "Are you done with your work?"
"I'm done."
"Go to the study. I'll tell you to remember what I say, and then go do some shopping for the New Year."
I said, "Just go buy some fruit and candy and the rest will be brought by our friends."
My mother asked, "Who is it?"
I said, “Some of them I know, and some you don’t.”
My mother asked, "You will come when you understand, right?"
I was unsure and said quickly, "I will come."
My mother is gone. I went upstairs and called Mingbai:
"Commander Ming, no one has ever taken the initiative to call others to send New Year's goods. But I must ask you to send some."
Mingbai laughed heartily: "I know. First, I should have come to wish you a happy new year in advance. Second, my mother can't see me. She thinks I'm a mean person."
I laughed until I was out of breath, and then I said, "You know my character now. She has no objection if others don't come, because she knows you've been promoted.
She stopped coming after she got promoted, and she felt that there was no true love in this world, only exploitation."
Mingbai smiled and said, "My wife is simple and honest. Every time I come to your house, she calls me aside and tells me not to take money that is not my due. She also tells me that my wife is very good and I should cherish her."
I said, "That's right, worrying about others every day."
In the afternoon, driver Mo delivered a lot of local specialties. The next day, Chunlai delivered fish and meat. In the afternoon, Mingbai delivered beef and a live chicken.
Chen Xiaoxia, Yu Fang, Qing Ruo and Principal Hu also brought some gift boxes.
Chen Ting still came to my house as he did in the past, and brought a lot of gifts.
Yu Shuichun also came and brought me a bag of live fish on behalf of Sister Yu.
I said to my mother, "Give some of each to the Master and I will send it to his home."
My mother said, "If you want to send it, send it over early."
So, she gave me 10 kilograms of beef, 20 kilograms of pork, 5 live fish, 3 cleaned chickens, some ancient Chinese health essence, donkey-hide gelatin powder, and ten-ingredient tonic pills.
I went upstairs and told Xiaolin that I was going to Wuxiang to give Master some New Year's gifts.
Xiaolin said, "During the Spring Festival, you should go to my house and then visit Master's house."
I said, "The meanings are different. Delivering New Year's supplies before the festival proves that you are truly thinking of Master. And visiting during the Spring Festival is something anyone with a discerning eye can tell is just a side trip. Because your mother's family is from Wu Township."
Xiao Lin said, "Then give him some money in the next two days."
I said, "He's not a beggar. He comes to me to show respect. Do you understand respect?"
Xiao Lin said, "It's almost Chinese New Year, and Master's family is busy too. You have to come back in the evening."
I said, “That’s what people say.”
She gave me a sidelong glance.
I said, "I didn't learn anything good, but I did learn my mother's authoritative sidelong glance."
She stamped her foot and said, "Wan Shanhong, you think I'm easy to bully? You bully me every day."
On the afternoon of the 27th day of the lunar calendar, I drove to Wuxiang. Two hours later, I arrived at Ginkgo House and honked the horn outside.
The master's wife came out to look.
When I got off the car, she saw me immediately, ran over, grabbed my hand, and said, "Oh, it's my Shanhong who's back."
He turned his head and shouted inside, "Old man, Shanhong is back."
The master came out and said, "My words are effective. I asked you to come and sit with me, and now you come more often."
The nanny also came out, and I said to her, "Please help me move some things from the trunk."
The nanny and I moved twice, then washed our hands. The Master's wife said, "Come and sit in the study."
The master's wife served tea and fruit. She sat aside and looked at me, smiling:
"Except for not being my biological child, she's no worse than my biological child in every other way. I'm unlucky. It would have been great if I had you."
The master scolded, "You are pregnant with him, but which one is his mother pregnant with?"
The master's wife smiled and went to the kitchen to busy herself.
I was chatting with my master when I suddenly remembered that I should call Dongzi over. So I made an excuse to make a phone call and went outside to call Dongzi.
"In Wu Township?"
"Yes."
"I'm here with my master. Please come over. He helped you in the past. It's okay if you don't come normally. Now he's an official. If you don't come, then..."
He interrupted me and said, "I'll be right there."
Entering the study again, I said to the master, "There is a man from my village named Dongzi, whom you once helped."
The master said, "That's what happened."
"He didn't have a good life before, and felt a bit ashamed to face the people of Jiangdong. Now that he's deputy director, he said he must come and visit you."
The master said, "Come, come, I am not afraid of crowds."
About twenty minutes later, Dongzi arrived, carrying many gifts. The wife didn't remember who he was.
Master reminded her, and his wife said she had a slight impression. Then she said, "Why bring gifts? Just come and have fun."
At that dinner, I was supposed to be drinking with my master, but Dongzi said, "During the New Year, there's a guard every three steps and a sentry every five steps. It's better to be careful when traveling."
Master said, "I hope driverless cars will be on the road soon."
Dongzi smiled and said, "Your thoughts are still so modern."
Master said: "You should be able to age physically but not mentally."
After dinner, I said I wanted to go home.
The Master's wife said, "I won't keep you here at this time. Drive slowly; there are too many cars on the road."
When you are tired, you go find something... Yes, take a rest at the harbor before sailing again."
When I got in the car, Dongzi said, "Stop at the next intersection."
After leaving Master's house, Dongzi led the way. At the entrance to the ring road, he stopped the car and gave me some cooking oil and rice. He said, "These are from my employer. Don't worry about the quality."
After shaking hands at the intersection, they got into the car, honked their horns, and went their separate ways.
I drove onto the highway, and sure enough, there were a lot of cars.
Home is an eternal attachment for the Chinese people. No matter how far away, people are always on the road.
I feel happy, enjoying the love of both my father and my mother.
One is in Shangzhou and the other is in Wuxiang.
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