Chapter 53: New Year's Gifts
(Thanks to the book friend TGCAO for the reward and the peace charm gifted)
When he returned home from the town, Lin Zhu invited Aunt Li over. Seeing that Lin Zhu had that big roe deer in his house, Aunt Li asked Lin Zhu with a smile, "Yo, where did Xiaozhu get such a big roe deer?" It's not easy to catch. "I bought it on the set, it's almost the New Year, you and Uncle Wang and Dr. Zhang have helped me a lot, and I always have to give some New Year's gifts. Aunt Li listened to her words, she was very moved, and a little sad, such a sensible little person, how could anyone be willing not to want her?
"You, a little big villain, there are still a lot of things in your heart, and you know how to give New Year's gifts, the things you give are so good, what kind of gift will the lady give you." Aunt Li tapped Lin Zhu's forehead with her finger. Lin Zhu smiled and rubbed the place where Aunt Li had ordered, "You can do anything." The two of them divided the roe deer meat while talking and laughing, mainly because Aunt Li used the knife, and Lin Zhu put the meat cut by Aunt Li in a basin on the side.
Lin Zhu asked Aunt Li to leave the two hind legs of the roe deer whole, ready to give it to Dr. Zhang, although for a long time, Dr. Zhang has been eating and drinking in Lin Zhu, but Dr. Zhang often helps Lin Zhu to check the pulse, because Lin Zhu had a fever at the time, he didn't take any medicine, for the sake of safety, he will often give her a pulse. Plus the drying method of wolfberry that he taught for free. So not only Lin Zhu, but also the village chief's family have great respect for Dr. Zhang. So for the matter of giving Dr. Zhang's two roe deer legs, Aunt Li not only has no opinion, but also wants to take out some more from her own share to add to Dr. Zhang, or Lin Zhu persuaded that there are not many things, so it is better to try them. This was not added, but Aunt Li knew it in her heart and was ready to go home to prepare some more New Year's gifts for Dr. Zhang.
After the two were divided, Aunt Li took ten catties, and gave the Wang family ten catties of roe deer meat, and Lin Zhu still had more than ten catties left. Lin Zhu divided the fish he bought back, and the two families divided one each, and it was finished.
The New Year's gift for Dr. Zhang's family was not only roe deer meat, but also two catties of goji berries with grade A that she specially left. Aunt Li also knows about this matter, and she agrees with Lin Zhu's approach. In order to improve the quality of wolfberries, Lin Zhu also deliberately put these two catties of wolfberries in the space and collected them for a month.
After everything was ready, Lin Zhu and Aunt Li went to the village with the New Year's gift, Aunt Li went home first, and Lin Zhu went to his house with the share given to Dr. Zhang. As soon as I entered the gate, I found a few boxes in the yard that had been packed. When I saw Dr. Zhang and asked, I realized that he was going back to his hometown for the New Year, and he would leave in seven days. Hearing his words, Lin Zhu was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect Dr. Zhang to leave. Doctor Zhang saw that Lin Zhu was still holding something in his hand, so he asked her, "Xiaozhu, what is this holding in your hand?" "Oh," Lin Zhu, who came back to his senses as soon as he called him, handed over the things to Steward Zhang, "This is roe deer meat and wolfberry, roe deer meat was bought at the market today, I want to celebrate the New Year, I want to send you something to eat." ”
"Hehe, you kid," Doctor Zhang and Steward Zhang smiled at each other, "Is this a New Year's gift for me?" "Hmm." Lin Zhu nodded. "You've taken care of me a lot, just a little bit of heart." Doctor Zhang looked at those things, shook his head and said, "You still have something to do this New Year's gift." "Huh?" Lin Zhu blinked, not understanding what he meant. Steward Zhang said to her with a smile on the side, "What my lord means, why didn't you send some cabbage, that one is the best New Year's gift." Lin Zhu glanced at Doctor Zhang, who was nodding, "There are fifty trees that I sent you last time, are they all finished?" Looking up and seeing Steward Zhang nodding, Lin Zhu always had a strange feeling, based on the "bad habits" of the two of them in eating, Lin Zhu felt that it was necessary to strictly guard his own vegetable cellar. "Well, I don't have much." Seeing that the two of them had expressions of disbelief, they hurriedly said, "Do you still want those Chinese cabbages that were planted before?" ”
"Little girl, learn to play tricks with the old man," Doctor Zhang said with disbelief on his face, "Why don't you take the old man to your vegetable cellar to have a look." "Yours definitely haven't finished yet." Lin Zhu immediately exposed his old bottom, Doctor Zhang didn't have anything, but Steward Zhang listened to it, coughed twice embarrassedly, and felt uncomfortable about his behavior of asking for cabbage, but the cabbage planted by Lin Zhu was really delicious, and he was embarrassed to ask for it. "Xiaozhu, you can come over with thirty more."
Lin Zhu heard Steward Zhang's lion open his mouth, wishing that he had never heard his words, but it was too late to pretend to be deaf, Doctor Zhang was looking at himself with fierce eyes, "There are not so many, at most ten trees." "Lin Zhu hurriedly lowered the price, if he didn't lower the price, he was afraid that Steward Zhang would climb down the pole, and if he opened his mouth again, there would be no one left." No, it's too little. Dr. Zhang was very dissatisfied with this number, "You have collected more than 60 trees for your own share." There are still more than fifty of them. Besides, you still have spinach. "How do you know about the Dao?" Lin Zhu was a little surprised, and accidentally asked casually, and as soon as the words came out, he understood that he had told all his family background. "Look, the old man is right. As much as you can eat, according to what the steward said, thirty trees will come over. Get some more spinach. Because of his own mistakes, he caused a lot of losses, and although he didn't care about it in his heart, he still had to make a show on the surface, so he pretended to cry, "You bully people." ”
I have been looking at Lin Zhu's face with a mature expression that does not match his age, and this time he finally looks like a child, making Doctor Zhang and Steward Zhang laugh. Until Lin Zhu left dejectedly, the two of them had not withdrawn the laugh lines at the corners of their mouths.
After Lin Zhu went out, Dr. Zhang asked the housekeeper, "Are the things left for Xiaozhu ready?" "Master, I have already prepared, two muslin cloths, two boxes of snacks and snacks, and some eye-catching jewelry, so I have prepared a pair of silver bracelets." "Hmm," Dr. Zhang nodded. "The things given are not too eye-catching, I guess the village chief's family will also come, and you can weigh it back for his family." "Yes," Steward Zhang bowed in agreement.
Old Doctor Zhang got up and walked for less than two steps, then turned back to the housekeeper and said, "You give her the piece of jade pendant you got in the Jinchuan Prefecture last time, jade raiser." With that, he turned around and went back to the house. Leaving Steward Zhang stunned there, as a housekeeper, he naturally knew the value of the jade pendant, he couldn't buy it without a hundred or ten taels of silver, and this jade pendant was prepared by his master for the youngest granddaughter, and he wanted to give it to Lin Zhu at this time, Steward Zhang was a little puzzled. But since Dr. Zhang said so, he could only follow the instructions. The next morning, he sent the return gift to Lin Zhu.
Lin Zhu left Dr. Zhang's house, went to Wang's house, and gave them the New Year's gift. Looking at the roe deer meat and fish, familiar with Lin Zhu's character, Wang Shudun's family did not refuse, but said that when his family killed the pig, she was not allowed to refuse to send pork, and she had to accept it, until Lin Zhu nodded yes, they put the meat and fish into the kitchen.