Chapter 22: The Gift
Zhang Fugui took the dozens of dollars that added up to these odds and pieces, squeezed them tightly in his hands, he looked at the white-haired Uncle Wang in front of him with his sideburns full of gratitude, at this moment he only thought that he could lead the people in the village to live a good life, so that every household could live a "well-off society in an all-round way" as Wang Weiliang, secretary of the county party committee.
Zhang Fugui reluctantly said goodbye to Wang Weiliang, secretary of the county party committee, and then walked straight out of the county party committee office building, before parting, he walked to the old man in the guard room and thanked him, and said to the old man with a smile: "Old man, my name is Zhang Fugui, I live in Zhangjia Village, Qilong Town, and when you have the opportunity to come to our Zhangjia Village, we will definitely receive you well."
After Zhang Fugui finished speaking, he walked straight to the streets of the county seat, which was not easy to come to the county seat once, he thought that it would be good if he could buy some things for his father Zhang Youcai or his daughter-in-law Li Jianmei and the two dolls, so he came to a department store not far from the office building of the county party committee.
He looked at the items marked with prices in the mall, and he felt that his father Zhang Youcai was short of a pair of shoes that fit, after all, his father Zhang Youcai gave him the tattered elastic shoes he was wearing a few years ago, but he was wearing his own woven straw sandals, which were easy to grind his feet, and he was not warm when it was cold, so the rheumatism on Zhang Youcai's legs and feet was getting more and more serious, so he wanted to buy a pair of shoes for his father Zhang Youcai.
Zhang Fugui continued to wander around the department store, and since his daughter-in-law Li Jianmei married him, he didn't necessarily wear any good-looking clothes, so he felt that he should buy a few good pieces of cloth for Jianmei to bring back, so that she could make a suitable dress for herself, so he bought a few pieces of cloth for his daughter-in-law Li Jianmei.
Zhang Fugui continued to shuttle back and forth in the department store, he felt that what Uncle Wang said made sense, he must let his two dolls study, so he bought some pens and notebooks for the two dolls.
When he was about to come to the counter to pay, he saw the bags of White Rabbit toffee on the counter, and thought that his two dolls "Shaoping" and "Shao'an" had not eaten this White Rabbit toffee since they were children, so he reached out and took a pack of White Rabbit toffee, and the salesman at the counter settled the items that Zhang Fugui bought one by one, and these items cost fifteen yuan and three cents.
Zhang Fugui held the things that the salesman packed for him, and his heart was happy, although none of the things he bought belonged to him, but he still felt very happy, he felt that the money was used on the blade of good steel, and it was nothing to suffer some hardships by himself, but he could not let his family suffer with him.
Zhang Fugui walked to the bus station with a heavy bag, bought a ticket back to Qilong Town at the ticket office of the bus station, and soon he took the bus back to Qilong Town, walked out of the bus station in Qilong Town, and swaggered all the way to Zhangjia Village, at first he crossed the Tianshui River to Yingshan, and walked from Yingshan to Zhang Renyi's house at the entrance of Zhangjiacun Village not long after.
Zhang Renyi took Fugui's two dolls, "Shaoping" and "Shao'an", in front of his own door and scribbled something on the ground, so that Zhang Fugui didn't know it when he came to his door.
Zhang Fugui saw his two dolls and Zhang Renyi half-squatting on the ground drawing something with a wooden stick, so he strode over and shouted, "Shaoping" and "Shao'an" heard this familiar voice and raised their heads and shouted "Dad" to Zhang Fugui, Zhang Renyi also raised his head and saw Zhang Fugui.
The two dolls, "Shaoping" and "Shao'an", hurriedly trotted to their father Zhang Fugui, looked at Zhang Fugui with heavy items in his hand and said with a smile: "Dad, what are you in this bag!" Isn't it delicious? ”。
Zhang Fugui touched the heads of the two dolls, and said with a smile: "Yes, go home in a while and go home to your father to bring it to you to eat", Zhang Fugui raised his head and looked at Zhang Renyi and said: "Uncle Renyi, these two dolls have you to take care of you, I will take the two dolls home first, and then let "Shaoping" and "Shao'an" come over to accompany you later."
"Well, okay, these two dolls, "Shaoping" and "Shao'an", can make me happy, you Uncle Renyi and I haven't been so happy for a long time", Zhang Renyi said to Fugui with a smile.
The two dolls said goodbye to Zhang Renyi with a smile, and then followed their father Zhang Fugui and jumped and ran home.
Zhang Youcai, an old man, saw that his son Fugui had gone to the county seat for some time, but he had not returned for a long time, sitting alone on the stone ridge in front of the door and smoking dry tobacco anxiously, his eyes looked down the dirt slope from time to time, looking forward to the return of his son Fugui.
Zhang Youcai watched "Shaoping" and "Shao'an" follow Zhang Fugui closely, then stood up from the stone and patted the dust on his buttocks with his hand, and shouted at his son Zhang Fugui and said: "Rich! How's it going? ”。
Zhang Fugui replied to Zhang Youcai with a smile: "Dad, don't worry!" Properly mile".
Li Jianmei, a woman who was cooking dinner, heard the voice of her husband Zhang Fugui in the house, so she hurriedly rushed out of the house, "Shaoping" and "Shao'an", the two dolls, saw Li Jianmei, a woman, and shouted "Mother~".
Zhang Fugui carried heavy items and his father, daughter-in-law, and dolls into the house together, just sat down for a while, Zhang Fugui smiled and opened the bag, took out a pair of liberation shoes from the bag, handed the liberation shoes to his father Zhang Youcai, and said with a smile: "Dad, Fugui finally entered the city once, bought a pair of shoes for your old man, you try to see if it fits, don't wear your pair of straw sandals in the future, it is uncomfortable to wear and grind your feet."
Zhang Youcai took the liberation shoes and put them in front of his heels to try them on, and when they were just right, he stood up and walked a few steps, feeling that the liberation shoes were a thousand times better than the straw sandals, and the smile on his mouth was already closed.
Zhang Fugui continued to take out a few pieces of cloth from the bag and put them in front of Li Jianmei, a woman from the Taoist family, and said with a smile: "Jianmei! You have been wronged by marrying the rich and noble me all these years, and you have not worn any beautiful clothes for so many years, and it is rare to enter the city once, so I bought you a few pieces of cloth, and you made a dress for yourself."
Li Jianmei took the cloth, stroked the silky fabric with her hand, her eyes were already wet, she held back the tears of excitement falling onto the cloth, and said to her husband with a smile: "Fugui, I am not wronged at all when I marry you, you have been very good to me all these years, these fabrics you bought for me, I still keep them for you to make clothes, I don't show my face at home, but the clothes you wear should have been changed a long time ago."
Just as Fugui was about to say something, Zhang Youcai, the old man, took the lead and said: "Jianmei! Fugui is right, since you married Fugui, our family up and down, inside and out, is you alone in charge of the mile, the old man and I can look at the mile in my eyes, since Fugui bought you a few pieces of cloth, then you don't shirk, just make a dress for yourself according to your own size! ”
Li Jianmei didn't say anything after hearing what Zhang Youcai said, just sat aside and stroked the cloth with her hands, and a smile appeared from time to time in her mouth.
The two dolls sitting next to Zhang Fugui looked at their grandfather Zhang Youcai with a pair of liberation shoes, and their mother Li Jianmei had a few pieces of cloth, so they shouted noisily: "Dad, didn't you just say that you brought us delicious food at Grandpa Renyi's house?" Where? ”。
Zhang Fugui touched the old shell and said to the two dolls with a smile: "Look, I almost forgot your brothers' things, Dad, I finally entered the city once and bought a pack of White Rabbit toffee for your brothers."
Zhang Fugui took out a pack of White Rabbit Milk Candy from the bag as he spoke, opened the packaging bag of the White Rabbit Milk Candy, took out a few White Rabbit Milk Candy from it and handed it to the two dolls, the two dolls took the White Rabbit Milk Candy and put it on the bridge of their noses and smelled it, and then tore the candy paper and put the White Rabbit Milk Candy in their mouths, and after a while, they finished eating the White Rabbit Milk Candy in their hands, and shouted from their mouths: "Dad, give me a few more White Rabbit Milk Candy, I haven't eaten enough."
"Look at what your brothers said, if you two eat enough of this white rabbit toffee, even if you have another pack, it will not be enough, this is about to eat, let's eat a few sweet mouths first! The rest of the White Rabbit Milk Candy will be given to your brothers and sisters to eat slowly during the New Year's Festival, and your father, your mother and your grandfather promise not to steal your White Rabbit Milk Candy," Zhang Fugui said with a smile.
Zhang Fugui handed over the remaining White Rabbit toffee to his daughter-in-law Li Jianmei, and asked Li Jianmei to find a place to put it, provided that it could not be discovered by the two dolls, otherwise this pack of White Rabbit toffee would not be able to withstand eating!
Zhang Youcai noticed that there were still some things in this bag, so he smiled and said, "Rich! You bought so many things for your family in this bag, shouldn't the contents of this bag be yours! ”
Zhang Fugui responded with a smile: "Dad, don't you say it, I almost forgot, what is left in this bag is a few pens and a few books, which are used to let the "Shaoping" baby and the "Shao'an" baby study!" ”
Zhang Youcai took out the bag with his hand, took out a few books and a few pens, the bag was empty and noisy, there was nothing, Zhang Youcai said to Zhang Fugui: "Rich! You bought things for everyone in the family, but you didn't buy anything yourself! ”
"Dad, Fugui can't find anything suitable, so he won't buy it, and it's good to buy it when our family is doing better," Zhang Fugui said.
Zhang Youcai knew in his heart that his son Fugui had grown up, and he should have some responsibility on him, so he didn't say anything more, but he felt that he had no ability and couldn't help Fugui, so he was still a little uncomfortable in his heart, and it was difficult for the doll to be rich.