Chapter 3 Strive for small goals
Li Xinke listened to Du Muhao's words, and his heart was difficult to calm down for a long time.
Before that, she never thought that as long as she could have an easy job, she would be able to make ends meet. At the very least, you have to save a little money, and when you have the money to buy gifts to honor your parents during the New Year's holidays.
If you have a long vacation, you can also spend money to invite your family to travel.
When I have free time, I get together with my colleagues, classmates, and friends. Have more contact with other people, start a business in the future, and find someone to consult about some things.
Li Xinke felt that she could only be happy if she could meet that kind of small requirement.
But when she came to this world, she found that her mother Du Muhao's requirements for her were so low. When she heard this, a sour feeling came to her heart.
She was led by the hand by Du Muhao and strolled along the narrow country road paved with layers of gravel. My heart warmed slightly.
This road is the only rural road in Meiling Village, although the road is not very wide, and can only accommodate a large truck. However, the villagers in the village rely on this road to sell livestock such as pigs, medicinal herbs such as gastrodia, potatoes and other vegetables, and so on.
For those who are a little further away from the road, they have to carry potatoes on their backs and wait at the door of the commissary early. When the big trucks looking for the vendors arrived, they weighed the potatoes for them and grasped the quality.
In recent years, the vendors have become more and more discerning, and the villagers' potatoes have become more and more difficult to sell.
Du Muhao was angry outside, and when he returned home, he never told Li Xinke and Li Shanshan about these things, let alone his in-laws at home.
However, when Li Xinke went to her aunt's house for the Dragon Boat Festival, she still heard her cousin tell her about it.
Li Xinke just felt that her mother was working too hard to earn money. I just wanted to save some travel expenses, walked the road for more than two hours, and then went to the Lulan River to take the country bus.
But who would have thought that Li Xinke didn't remember that road very well, and when he took the path, he got lost.
As soon as Li Xinke heard the sound of the car, he ran from the edge of the field in the direction from which the sound came, and he accidentally fell down without paying attention to the road under his feet. I fell into someone's melon field and fainted.
When Li Xinke woke up, he would become the current Li Xinke.
Two women came to meet them, the two mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law of the Zhang family, Huang Duanxiu and Chen Siwen, who opened a shop by Meiling Creek.
As soon as Huang Duanxiu saw Du Muhao and Li Xinke, he greeted with a smile:
"Mu Hao, your family Xinke went to her aunt's house for the Dragon Boat Festival and came back?"
"Yes, I'm back. Du Muhao nodded and said.
Huang Duanxiu approached Du Muhao and asked softly, "How is the matter with the matter I asked your family Xinke to help me ask? What is the price of the potatoes in Kumquat Village from her aunts?" Tell me about it. ”
Du Mu listened to it, so he looked at Li Xinke and said softly:
"Your mother-in-law Zhang asks you something, tell her quickly. ”
Li Xinke thought for a moment and replied to Huang Duanxiu:
"My uncle said he sold the potatoes to the restaurant owner. The boss only picks the big ones, the ones that look good, and the ones that are powdery. A pound of potatoes can be sold for up to six cents. ”
Huang Duanxiu and Chen Siwen listened, and both of them felt a little incredible.
Just because Kumquat Village is close to Yu City and Yili County, the potatoes they grow are more valuable. This really doesn't make sense.
In Meiling Village on their side, the best potatoes are sold for less than three cents a catty!
Huang Duan raised his eyebrows delicately, stretched out his hand to roll up his cuffs, and whispered to Du Muhao: "Muhao, you see, we have also been fellow countrymen for many years. Your sister also married out of our Meiling Village before, let's ask her for help, she should be able to consider it. ”
Du Muhao's face was embarrassed.
Some are easy to help, some are busy, it's really hard to ask relatives for help.
Chen Siwen only heard her mother-in-law mention it, so she whispered to Du Muhao: "Sister Muhao, look, your Xinke is also back." Our two families are not far away, and in the evening, when I have finished the meal, I will invite you and your family to my house for dinner. ”
Li Xinke thought in her heart, I'm afraid this meal is not so delicious, right?
Looking at Chen Siwen's eyes, you can know that the person is shrewd. I don't know if Chen Siwen wants to invite them to dinner, whether she wants to ask her mother to help and find her eldest uncle to sell potatoes for the Zhang family.
"Sister Siwen, I appreciate your kindness. Tomorrow afternoon, Xinke will also go to school. I won't go there at night. When I have the next chance, I invite your family to come over for dinner. ”
Du Muhao said with a warm smile on his face.
"Oh, girl, what are you polite to me?" Chen Siwen waved her hand and said:
"That's it, I'll finish the meal in a while, and I'll let my family Yongru pick you up. ”
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Yongru really came to Li Xinke's house, still carrying two bags of cookies. As soon as he walked in the door, he put the gift on the wooden table in the hall and said:
"Xinke, Shanshan, this is what your Aunt Siwen asked me to give you. ”
Li Xinke and Li Shanshan listened and thanked them with a smile.
At the kind invitation of Zhang Yongru, Li Xinke and Li Shanshan followed behind Du Muhao and went to Zhang Yongru behind the streamside store.
When they entered the living room, Li Xinke saw two elderly people dressed plainly, who were her grandparents.
The corners of her lips curled up with a warm arc, and she was about to speak when she heard the words of her grandfather Li Zonghong.
"Xinke, how did you do it, you still broke your forehead and swollen? You also have a knee injury, you kid......"
"Grandpa, I'll pay attention next time. Li Xinke said with a trace of shyness in his eyes.
In other people's homes, why do you say this?
Besides, she is not particularly familiar with her grandparents here. When I saw my grandparents, I didn't feel much intimacy, of course, the two elders were still more amiable than others.
She didn't know why, she could quickly accept Du Muhao and Li Shanshan, but she felt that her grandparents and them were a bit like a family.
For this feeling, she just quietly hid it in her heart and never mentioned it to anyone.
While sitting in Zhang Yongru's living room for dinner, Li Xinke found that Ms. Jing, who drove her back, was also dining here.
It turned out that Ms. Jing's name was Jing Qianya, a person from the imperial capital. Graduated from D University, but came to work in a small city like Yushi.
Jing Qianya was driving back to Yu City when she happened to meet her colleague, Zhang Yongru's eldest sister's daughter, Zhang Jingxian.
Zhang Jingxian looked at the familiar license plate number of the car, so she waved her hand. When the window was rolled down, I realized that the person driving was Jing Qianya.
So, he left Jing Qianya behind and ate with her at Zhang Yongru and celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival. Then drive back to the city to work.
At the dinner table, Chen Siwen was looking for Du Muhao to inquire about selling potatoes.
But Du Muhao is looking for Chen Siwen to inquire about Zhang Jingxian's contact information.
When Chen Siwen heard this, she wrote Zhang Jingxian's phone number on the stationery, and took the letterhead to Du Muhao with a smile. said: "If there is anything, ask my mother-in-law's niece for help." She, like my mother-in-law's two sisters-in-law, is quite enthusiastic. ”
Du Muhao put away the letter properly and thanked him.