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"Hey, is Xiaojun at home, open the door for me!"

At this time, a shout suddenly came from outside, and the voice of the middle-aged woman had a unique flavor of the local dialect.

The person listening to the voice must have been in a small alley, standing at the iron fence gate and shouting inside.

"Eh, it's coming!" Zheng Xiaojun hurriedly responded in the house, she turned her head to look at Chen Li, took out a bunch of keys from under the pillow next to the bed and handed it to him, "Son, help me go and open the door, the landlord and aunt are here." ”

Chen Li took it and nodded, "Okay." ”

He walked briskly towards the gate, and after passing the corner, he saw the middle-aged and elderly woman standing at the iron fence gate, carrying two transparent plastic bags in her hands.

It was the landlord of the house that their family was renting.

Immediately afterwards, a series of news popped out of his mind again, and Chen Li's face did not change, and he quickly digested the news very experienced.

Then, looking at the plastic bag in the landlord's hand, he had a little thoughtfulness.

"Hello landlord mother-in-law." He smiled and said hello, then quickly unlocked the door and opened the door, "You woke up so early." ”

"Uh-huh, hello, your mom is at home, right? This is a big steamed bun we made, and you can eat it when it is steamed. She stepped forward and handed over one of the plastic bags in her hand.

The transparent plastic bag contained five large steamed buns, the kind with a diameter of more than ten centimeters, which were large and thick.

"My mom is at home, and she was still in the house to answer you."

Chen Li replied, looking at the plastic bag she handed over, and didn't know whether to pick it up or not.

The landlord seemed to be in a good mood, seeing that Chen Li hesitated and didn't answer, he simply walked directly to the yard, and Chen Li hurriedly followed.

Halfway through, she took out her mobile phone from her pocket, then looked at the time, and asked suspiciously, "Today seems to be Tuesday on the 24th, my grandson is still in school, don't you have to go to school?" Or is it a holiday today? ”

"Well, I have something to ask for leave from school, come back for a few days." Chen Li casually dealt with a few words.

In the memory of the original owner, there is not much news about this landlord, but there is one characteristic that is particularly impressive, that is, this landlord always likes to bring over items that he can't eat or don't want at home, and ask them if they want it.

For this, Chen Li's parents are actually quite embarrassed.

Because Zheng Xiaojun is a believer in the Truth Sect, although he has not attended church services for a long time and has not prayed, he is still relatively taboo about some things.

For example, the food that has been worshiped has never been eaten, and the two brothers Chen Li are also required not to eat it.

Because they were all baptized by the "holy water" ceremony when they were children, Zheng Xiaojun would bring them to pray every Sunday.

As far as the memory of the original owner is concerned, there are probably only a few clear dogmas of the Truth Sect, such as "do not disrespect the true God", "do not believe in other sects", "do not eat food that has been worshipped", etc.

But here in Nanming Province, there is a general custom of "worshiping the lord" and "worshipping the ancestors".

In Chen Lijia's house, naturally there are not so many customs and habits, and holidays are at most days of rest, and local customs cannot affect the customs and habits of outsiders.

Well water doesn't interfere with river water, that's probably the case.

But with this mother-in-law, who is in her sixties, the situation is different. Every time the locals worship, they must prepare a lot of food.

But she couldn't finish eating, and she was reluctant to waste it, so every time she gave the extra food to a few out-of-town tenants who rented her old house.

In the memory of the original owner, every time she came over with food, Zheng Xiaojun was helpless.

Because neither the mother nor the son, nor the three of them, could eat this kind of food that had been worshipped.

The only thing that can be eaten at home is Chen Fuzheng, who is not religious.

But I said it several times and persuaded it several times, but it didn't work, and the landlord's mother-in-law still took it, and it was not ambiguous at all.

After that, Zheng Xiaojun took it with a smile every time, and then waited for her to leave to another neighbor in the yard.

If people don't want it, they feed the chickens to another friend who has a few chickens at home, and if it doesn't work, throw them in the trash can and dispose of them directly.

…………

Just a few steps away from the road, Chen Li thought about it in his mind, and he could already foresee the next development.

Sure enough, under Chen Li's gaze, Zheng Xiaojun really did the same as in his impression, took the bag of steamed buns with a smile, thanked him, and then said goodbye to the landlord and mother-in-law with his eyes and walked to the villager's house there.

You don't have to think about it to know that she is sending the rest of the bag of steamed buns.

What I just mentioned was two bags, one bag of five, and one bag was given to Chen Li's family, and the rest was naturally the one in the inner house.

For the matter of delivering food,

The landlord's mother-in-law has always been fair and open.

"Son, wait a minute, when the landlord leaves, give these steamed buns to Uncle Xiao and them, we won't eat these." Zheng Xiaojun handed the bag of steamed buns to Chen Li again.

Chen Li couldn't cry or laugh, "Since we don't eat it, then just don't want it, why do we have to take it every time?" ”

"You don't understand." Zheng Xiaojun gave him a blank look, "People are kind, can I be embarrassed to refuse?" ”

"After reading for so many years, you won't even understand this little truth, it seems that you still have to study hard, and now I'm starting to worry a little bit that you won't be able to handle the world well when you go to society, alas, you have to learn more and read more."

"......" Chen Li was directly speechless.

Where is this? Why did the topic deviate from this?

Is he still need to learn anything about the world?

As the saying goes, there is a golden house in the book, full of poetry and books, with knowledge unique to his own world, and he has read so many books in the library.

Chen Li really didn't believe that he didn't use the so-called so-called sophistication, and he would not be able to mix up in this society.

But he is not easy to refute his parents' preaching.

Just listen to it.

He made a teachable expression.

Sure enough, Zheng Xiaojun, who didn't hear his rebuttal, nodded with satisfaction and said, "Then it's decided, your father doesn't like to eat these steamed buns, your Aunt Tang and their family seem to like eating these steamed buns, so I gave them them." ”

"Well, I see. Let's put this one here first. Chen Li casually placed the bag of steamed buns on the table, and then took out his mobile phone from a box that had been opened.

He smiled and said, "Come on, Mom, this is your mobile phone, 12GB memory plus 512GB memory, 5G mobile phone, Kirin Z30, you may not understand when I say this, anyway, it is the top configuration, you just need to know that you will not be stuck when you sing and brush short videos in the future, and the photos are also very clear." ”

Chen Li took a box again, took out a mobile phone from it, and handed it to Chen Fuzheng on the side, "Dad, this is yours, it's the same brand as Mom's mobile phone, but I chose black for you, and cyan for her, you all like to sing, use this mobile phone to ensure smoothness!" ”

"Well, there's more."

He quickly opened one box after another and took out all the contents of the box.

"This is the karaoke equipment for you, holding a microphone, a mobile phone holder, a Bluetooth speaker, and the most important headphone ......"

"I don't know how effective these devices are, but I bought them all on the recommendation of acquaintances, and he also made a whole set of professional equipment for his own home, which is much more professional than the things I bought for you."

"But even so, the price of these two sets of equipment is not too cheap, it cost about twenty or thirty thousand, I think the effect should be good, I hope you can like it."

Chen Fuzheng and his wife couldn't help but glance at each other, and they both saw shock, joy and pain in each other's eyes, and then Zheng Xiaojun said with some complaints:

"Look at you, we just said that you should not spend money indiscriminately, which is to buy us these unnecessary things, and it costs so much money."

"Your money is not blowing in the wind, these things should be returned, you want to give us gifts, we will accept our hearts."

"Also, it's best to discuss with us in advance next time you want to buy something, even if you want to send it, buy something cheaper!"

"You see that the money you earn has been easily taken away by others, it's really ......"

These words made Chen Li cry and laugh, and he stretched out his hand to signal her to stop first, and then said, "Mom, this account is not calculated like this." ”

"Look, are you going to be distressed about spending a few bucks now? Probably not, our family's living expenses are one or two hundred every day. ”

"Let's take this as an example, it's like I have a total income of a few thousand dollars now, and I only spend a few dollars to buy you gifts."

"The money for buying gifts for you is only a very small part of my total assets, and if you spend some money, you will reap greater happiness, isn't it worth it?"

"How can I return the gifts I bought for you? Unless you really don't like it or don't want it or the quality is problematic, I'll just re-choose it for you. ”

"This is my filial piety as a son, you can't refuse." Chen Li said seriously.

Chen Fuzheng looked at his wife's thoughtful appearance, coughed, cleared his throat, and said: "Liliwa is right, we are now also a big boss's parents, and my son's intentions are always unspeakable if he refuses." ”

Pretending not to see the white eyes that his wife threw at him, Chen Fuzheng carefully groped for the glass case in his hand, which was pure black like a mobile phone with black jade, and the undisguised love in his eyes.

"You look at his KSong equipment,I like it very much,And this mobile phone is also very good,I also like it,Now the high technology is really getting more and more sophisticated,This mobile phone looks like glass from a distance,You can't see anything without the screen on。

"Well, you take your time first, I bought you more than that, I'll go and deliver this bag of steamed buns, and then come back to cook some porridge." Chen Li took the steamed bun bag and said with a smile.

Chen Li, who hadn't taken two steps after standing up, seemed to remember something, and hurriedly said to Chen Fuzheng: "By the way, Dad, when you come back from work today, you should say hello to your boss, and say that you won't go to work in the future." ”

"I've only taken a few days off, and I'm on a tight schedule, so I can come and pick you up to stay with me."

"Don't be in a hurry to refute me first, you guys can't be idle when you come to my side, I can also wait for you to recuperate, and then give you a travel fund to support you to travel, because you didn't say that the world is so big, you really want to see it?"

"Besides, Songsongwa will be better to study there, close to the city center, there are all kinds of institutions, and there is no shortage of educational resources, isn't his grades bad, I will enroll him in a few more cram schools, and ask the teacher for one-on-one tutoring, so that his grades should improve quickly."

Chen Song, who was still asleep in bed, didn't realize that his future had been arranged by his brother clearly.

In this way, I said a few words in the east and a few words in the west, and some popped out of my mouth from time to time. The unclear noun came out, and the two of them were stunned.

"Aren't we a family, why should we be so clear, isn't it good to say as the saying goes, it's called a family that loves each other, what you said before is like I'm about to draw a line with you, am I that kind of person?"

When he said this, Chen Li frowned.

"Well, how can it be, Mom just doesn't want to be a burden to you, and your dad thinks so too, right?" Zheng Xiaojun poked Chen Fuzheng, who was in a daze.

"Ah, yes, yes, that's what I thought." Chen Fuzheng hurriedly replied, for fear that if he didn't pay attention and didn't answer in time, it would cause some consequences that he didn't want to see.

"What burden is not burdened, how can anyone say that about themselves?"

"Is it easy to raise us to grow up?"

"It was so difficult at that time, why didn't you treat our brother as a burden?" Chen Li blamed him.

"Even if I don't do anything, it's more than enough to support you for a lifetime, I'll pick you up tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, Mom, you can quit your job."

Without waiting for Zheng Xiaojun to refute, Chen Li said: "Okay, don't talk about it, that's probably all I want to say, let's go and deliver steamed buns first." ”

He carried a plastic bag and walked towards the door of his neighbor.

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watched Chen Li leave.

After a moment of silence, Chen Fu was looking at his wife, and the only eye that could see things reflected a light called hope, and discussed:

"Liliwa seems to be saying a good thing, can we also go out for a trip and have a look?"

"Look." Zheng Xiaojun hated that iron could not become steel, "It's still the same sentence, there really is that kind of thing, Song'er Wa is so unenterprising, it's completely towards you." ”

"Tourism? Travel a fart tour! My son doesn't want us to work, and it's for our good to cultivate our bodies. But cultivation is cultivation, what else do you want to travel? Don't look at those short videos in which others are chic and other people's advertisements are good, it's because you haven't seen the truth......"

She babbled on and on, and finally concluded:

"I don't have the heart to travel, if you want to travel, you can go by yourself, I don't want to cause trouble to my son."

"Well, that's fine, don't go on a tour." Chen Fuzheng nodded, and said with some embarrassment, "Actually, I'm just talking casually, in the early years, I ran all over the north and south of the river, and there was nothing to travel." ”

"What my son said about recuperating and conditioning his body, I think it's time to recuperate, he suddenly earns so much money, I feel that the burden on my body is much lighter all of a sudden." Zheng Xiaojun said with relief.

Then she glanced at Chen Song, who was sleeping like a dead pig, and sighed faintly, "People can't be compared." ”

[To be continued]