Chapter Eighty-Seven: Gratification
After Lin Lishan said goodbye and left the family home, she took the two of them back to the guest house with a flashlight. There was only one waiter sitting at the counter wearing a sweater in this hall, and when she saw Lin Lishan coming in with Xizi, she immediately stood up and conveyed the old man's explanation, asking them to go directly to his room.
After Lin Lishan thanked the other party, she took Xizi to the second floor and came directly to the old man's room.
Mr. Lin's room is used to entertain distinguished guests, and in addition to the bedroom, there is also a living room outside.
In the living room, there were only the old man and Zhang Guoqing, and the two were talking about something. The old man softly analyzed the military positions of the leaders accompanying him today and the background of the forces behind them, and then talked about the history of these people, their personalities, methods of acting, and their preferences and weaknesses.
After finishing speaking, listening to Zhang Guoqing's questions, appreciation flashed in his eyes from time to time. After the grandparents and grandchildren talked and commented, the old man had a smile on his face, and carefully told him how to deal with interpersonal relationships after leaving him in the provincial capital in the past few days, who needs to pay attention to them, and whose children and grandchildren.
Zhang Guoqing listened carefully to the old man's arrangements for the next few days and the banquet he participated in, and he had a rough idea of what he would do.
After Mr. Lin talked about the situation in the provincial capital, he talked about the major forces now, analyzed the difficulties that Zhou Xiaozheng would face after returning to the army, and roughly described some of the things that happened after Zhou Xiaozheng arrived in the capital from the Northeast Military Region, so that Zhang Guoqing could pay more attention to it when interacting with others.
For Zhou Xiaozheng, the son-in-law, Mr. Lin loves and hates.
Seeing Lin Lishan come in with Xizi, the two stopped talking.
Old Man Lin asked Lin Lishan with a smile: "Why did you come back, I originally wanted someone to look for you, seeing that there are already things in your room, I guess you didn't see us go out when you came back." Later, Xiaofei said that you probably went to his aunt's. Kiko took the little car and looked at the kid and guessed correctly. What do you think? Are they good here? ”
After Lin Lishan pulled Xizi to sit down, she frowned slightly, looked at the back room, saw that the door was closed, and there was no one guarding outside, and said softly: "Little Meihua asked me to say hello to you for her, I guess I am embarrassed to come to see you, there are many people." ”
After a pause, he continued: "It's not good, it's definitely not as good as it is in the compound." The couple and their two sons live in two rooms, the place is quite crowded, and she doesn't seem to be very used to it, but she said that she can't have children so old that she doesn't join the army.
I didn't want to go to her this time, but the two of us said that we were from the same unit, but we didn't have a deep friendship. For Xiaofei's sake, it's not good not to see each other, and the overseas Chinese remittance coupons in my hand are about the same, so I will go to her by the way to see if there is a way to find some bills, and leave some for our Jiaojiao to spare. As a result, she didn't have many overseas Chinese remittance bills in her hand, even ordinary bills. Fang Jianmei seems to have been here for two years, and in my opinion, the couple is not very comfortable here. Dad, what position does Uncle Xiaofei have? ”
Old man Lin pointed at Zhang Guoqing, Zhang Guoqing smiled and whispered to his mother-in-law: "Commander of the second battalion, there is no one in the crowd to greet grandpa, Xiaofei went out to accompany his uncle and has not come back yet." ”
After listening to this, Lin Lishan said thoughtfully, "Fang Jianmei mentioned the three girls in our family at night, which means a little bit, I pushed it, saying that the emotional matter is still their own, if they make the wrong mandarin duck score, they will be embarrassed." You see, I just don't like her.
In the evening, I asked for another thing, let me take care of her niece more, saying that I had already found someone to say that the little girl would join the art troupe next year, you see that she is smart, right? Without me nodding and agreeing, it's still unknown whether I can get in or not, but now it's okay, just take care of it, and then I can't nail it.
Dad, do you still remember the eldest daughter of the Fang family? The one who works in a department store, and the one who loves to raise his chin to look at people, is talking about her daughter. ”
Old Man Lin nodded when he heard this, "Just go back and talk to your mother about your niece and Xiaofei, and you don't want to get involved." Her niece's matter, since she has mentioned it and you have agreed, you will wait for the documents to come down. You're going out together tomorrow, right? I also have some bills on me, do you want to give them to you?
Zhang Guoqing returned to the room and took out a small box, and said with a smile: "Jiaojiao asked me to bring money and tickets because I was afraid that Mom, you would not have enough, and I left in too much hurry to say it." Mom, it's all for you, I don't need to go out these days. ”
Lin Lishan shook her head and pushed it back, "You two keep it for your family and use it slowly." I came to Fang Jianmei just to deposit some bills for you. Besides, I've bought everything I should have bought, and I'll go to the city tomorrow to have a look, and I'll go back to accompany Jiaojiao, it's useless if you give it to me. You take it back and put it away, and go to your mother's room to see if there's anything you haven't bought. ”
Zhang Guoqing took the small box and didn't give in politely to her, and took Xizi to her mother-in-law's room to see what she bought.
Xizi hugged the car in her hand with a smile on her face, and saw that it was normal time to go to bed, but the little guy was in good spirits and not a little sleepy.
"How's that, isn't there much in the mall? If you see something you like, you are embarrassed to mention it, you tell the uncle, wait for me to go back and bring it to you. You think about what you want to write down with a note. ”
When Xizi heard him say this, she hurriedly pulled him, "Uncle, you better save some money, keep it for your mother-in-law to spend." I don't have anything to buy. I've really seen a lot today, and I still buy things like this. I took a look, and she bought the same, and I didn't dare to look at it. ”
"Then you think about it at night, why can she be confident? Don't care if you buy so much? When you can buy it, what do you need to do next? Do you want to be like your grandmother, or like your ancestors in the village, to farm, hunt, drink a little wine, marry a nice mother-in-law in the village, give birth to a bunch of cubs, or what?
When you go out tomorrow, you will see what the people around you say and how they do it, and then compare what the people in the village do and say. If you read more, you will ponder more for yourself, in addition to studying hard, what else do you want to learn? ”
Zhang Guoqing took the opportunity to speak slowly and guide him to think. Xizi is ten years old, but she already has her own ideas, and she should have goals. At the age of five, he knew what he wanted and what to do to get what he wanted.
After speaking, he was left there to think in a daze, and nodded with satisfaction.
looked at a bunch of things on the table on the ground, sighed, the mother-in-law has a good eye, but her ability to handle housework is not good.
Zhang Guoqing carefully bandaged several pieces of fabric, and then made the remaining fabrics, wool and textiles into a big bag. Then the conspicuous things are all made into a bag, it seems that it costs a lot today, and the ones that are picked are all high-grade, this vision is really not an ordinary person, and I don't know how good his wife is, and how good his father-in-law is.
In Mr. Lin's room, the old man looked at his daughter waiting for him with his eyes in anticipation, secretly amused, seeing that she couldn't bear her temperament. Finally nodded.
Seeing that she was overjoyed, she said with a smile: "It's very good, it's stronger than our family's victory." Some people are born with unique talents, and Xiao Wu is a very good child. Ability and personality charm are excellent, and he has a gentle and polite attitude towards people and things, and he has a very good grasp of it. It is rare to be able to catch clues from small things and conversations.
18 years old, that's young. Zhou Xiaozheng is just like this. Don't worry, you've got a good son-in-law. Old man Zhou, then take a look and talk about it, you don't have to insert it. You have Zhou Jiao and their husband and wife to protect you, even if you don't have Zhou Xiaozheng, you will have no worries for a lifetime. ”
Lin Lishan nodded with a smile, a stone in her heart fell. She didn't think about what her daughter and son-in-law would achieve in the future, the young couple had a harmonious relationship, and it was enough for Zhang Guoqing to protect her family. I kept telling the old man that I was satisfied.
"Is this satisfied? Your best days are ahead. After Mr. Lin finished speaking, he laughed, even if Zhang Guoqing's grandson-in-law was better than his eldest grandson, he was also happy in his heart, thinking of his old friend's envious eyes, and secretly happy.
Seeing Zhang Guoqing coming back with the child, Lin Lishan finally told her father again and again not to drink too much wine. There is also the prescription given by Jiaojiao, after the doctor saw it, remember to use it on time for her mother.
Old Man Lin smiled and nodded, "Okay, you go to bed early." I'm going to rest too. Xiao Wu has seen something, right? See, huh? Then go to bed early, you take Xizi to a room, Xiaofei ignores him, he will come back by himself, you all go to bed early. After speaking, when Xiao Zhou came in, the old man waved his hand and asked them all to retreat.