Chapter 157: Promotion
When grandma came back with green onions, she happened to hear Xia Hibiscus say, "Zhang Hao, let me stir-fry." ”
"Hibiscus, let you try my craft first, and you just want to see where all the condiments are placed, and you will be the chef next time." Zhang Hao looked at Xia Jian with a confident face, sure that she would not refuse.
"Okay!" Xia Jin couldn't hear the meaning, avoided his gaze, and turned his head to inspect the furnishings in the room.
Although the furniture and cabinets are a little old, they have been wiped spotlessly, with a bright green shine, the cups, plates and bowls are also well organized, and the stove is not stained with the slightest oil, so you can see that grandma is a person who loves to be tidy.
Grandma listened to their conversation, smiled and quietly put the green onion on the windowsill, and went to the bamboo recliner under the tree to close her eyes and recuperate.
The dishes are almost ready, and seeing that grandma hasn't come back yet, Xia Jin is a little worried, "Grandma said to pick green onions, and I haven't come back for so long, I'll go find out." ”
"It's just so good that the dish is ready, let's go together when I turn off the fire." Zhang Hao brought out the dishes from the pot neatly.
As soon as the two of them reached the house, they were amused by the grandmother who was dozing under the big cherry tree in the yard.
I saw that the dazzling sunlight was blocked by the dense foliage, and the crown of the tree was like a canopy, and the sun around the tree and the shade under the canopy, one bright and one dark became a sharp contrast.
And the grandmother who was enjoying the shade of the tree was not really asleep, and when she saw her grandson running out, she also narrowed her eyes into a slit and secretly watched them.
Zhang Hao looked at his grandmother, and then at the green onion on the windowsill, and suddenly understood, a meaningful smile rose at the corner of his mouth, and said in his heart: Grandma, I love you to death! was about to come forward to call grandma to eat, but Xia Jin grabbed him and whispered: "It seems that grandma is sleepy, wait for grandma to sleep first." ”
And grandma also woke up in time, sat up and stretched her waist carefully, squinted her eyes and said: "It's really useless, I suddenly feel so sleepy, you are hungry!" ”
Xia Jin hurriedly stepped forward to help her grandmother, "It's okay, grandma!" We've just done it too. ”
The three of them ate happily, and sure enough, the dishes grown by pure natural pesticides and fertilizers were delicious, coupled with Zhang Hao's good cooking skills, Xia Hibiscus added a little good impression of him, and couldn't help but admire: "Zhang Hao, you make me more and more impressed with you, I didn't expect you to not only do an excellent job, have a good character, but also have such good cooking skills! You can make ordinary side dishes so delicious, where did you learn it? ”
Zhang Hao laughed, "I'm a high-performing stock, so you have to hold on to it and don't miss it!" ”
Xia Jin blushed and pursed her lips with a smile, and stopped answering when she was bored eating.
Zhang Hao knew that Xia Jin was shy again, "Xiao Hibiscus, when I was young, my parents were very busy, I grew up with my grandmother, and cooking skills naturally learned from my grandmother, if you want to learn from my grandmother, my grandmother will teach you, grandma, right!" As he spoke, he turned to look at his grandmother.
Grandma lovingly gave Xia Hibiscus a dish, "Mmmm, Xiao Hibiscus is so smart, she can learn it, grandma, I am willing to teach, and I will teach you when I come back with Hao'er next time I rest!" ”
"Thank you, Grandma!" Xia Hibiscus continued to bury her head in eating, her face as red as the amaranth water in a bowl.
After eating, the grandparents and grandchildren moved chairs to cool off under the tree, Zhang Hao carefully knocked the nails on the grandmother's bamboo recliner into it, and waited until the sun gradually converged some of its dazzling light, and after the lunch break, the cicadas on the tree also turned on their full horsepower, pulling their hoarse voices and screaming non-stop. The air is filled with the smell of plants being sun-greened, which makes people smell very pleasant.
Grandma got up and went into the house, and after a while, she came out of the house with a basket, "Xiao Hibiscus, you are in the yard to enjoy the cool, Hao'er and I will pick some vegetables to bring back, I can't eat alone." ”
"Grandma, I want to go too, I like to live such an idyllic life the most." When Xia Hibiscus heard that she was going to pick vegetables, she immediately bounced up from her chair and jumped like a little girl.
"But there are a lot of insects in the ground, and the vines will itch on your body, where can you stand such delicate skin?" Grandma actually wanted to ask her grandson's attitude behind Xia Jin's back, and she also wanted to tell Zhang Hao that she liked this girl.
"It's okay, I'm not afraid." Hibiscus is ready.
"This is easy to do, why don't you come with me to live with grandma, and live the idyllic life of the cowherd and weaver girl and I will carry water to you to water the garden?" Zhang Hao took the opportunity to tease.
The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl? Suddenly, a blush flew onto her pretty face, and Xia Hibiscus's thoughts began to be uncontrollable, spreading like a tide to the end of the cape in her heart, and she began to fantasize that the Weaver Girl must be very beautiful, probably similar to me, what about the Cowherd? Xia Jinqing glanced at it, and happened to look at Zhang Hao with a wicked smile, well, it's him! A voice in my heart told Xia Jin, it's okay! The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl love each other a lot! How cute their children are, and what is the boy's name? What is the girl's name - Hibiscus in the fugue is suddenly interrupted by a voice.
"Grandma, you said that Hibiscus only cares about blushing and in a daze? Could it be that you are thinking about the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl with your grandson! Zhang Hao saw Xia Hibiscus's face crimson, and knew that she must have been shy again because of her words, looking at that look, she should have been distracted, so he continued to tease her.
"Oops, who wants to talk to you Cowherd and Weaver Girl, hate it!" Xia Jin didn't know why she suddenly thought about this, her fair face was like a ripe peach in an instant, and she lowered her head and held her grandmother's arm to be coquettish.
"Okay, let's go!" Grandma saw it in her eyes and was happy in her heart, and leaned Xia Jin's head on her shoulder and stroked it gently, it seems that there is no need to ask, isn't this clear? The two young people are attracted to each other. So he brought a sunhat and long-sleeved gloves for Xia Hibiscus to put on, and went to pick vegetables together.
Looking at the green and red peppers hanging on the branches, the hibiscus was like picking up a treasure, and in a short time the basket was full, loofahs, cucumbers, tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, and greens.
After picking the vegetables, Xia Jin walked in front with her grandmother's arm, Zhang Hao followed behind with a vegetable basket, and when she came to the road, her grandmother said kindly: "Xiao Hibiscus, although grandma and you are meeting for the first time, we are very close to each other, I like you very much, as long as you don't dislike it, you are welcome to play with Hao'er often in the future." ”
"Grandma, I like you too, let's go, take care! I'll be back to see you! Xia Jin leaned over and hugged her grandmother before turning to leave.
Grandma stood under the big cherry tree in the yard and watched Zhang Hao and Xia Jin leave until she couldn't see them.
With the vegetables picked back from her grandmother's garden, Xia Jin sat on the back of Zhang Hao's motorcycle, and for some reason, the song "Back to My Mother's Home" that I often heard my mother sing when I was a child suddenly came to mind, and I was afraid that Zhang Hao would see his hot red face in the rearview mirror, so he had to hide his head behind Zhang Hao.
The subtle changes behind him did not escape Zhang Hao's closely watched eyes, thinking why girls love red faces so much, what was she thinking?
Xia's mother had prepared the meal early, and she had been looking on the balcony for a long time, when she suddenly saw Zhang Hao and Xia Jin appear downstairs, and hurriedly beckoned Xia's father to help serve the food.
Looking at the dishes that Zhang Hao brought back, Xia's mother looked puzzled: "Are you going to the farmhouse today?" ”
Xia Jin took Zhang Hao to put the dishes into the kitchen, "Mom, no, these dishes were picked in Zhang Hao's grandmother's garden." ”
What the? They have already developed to the point of meeting their parents? Why didn't this kid tell me anything? Xia's mother hurriedly asked, "Huh? Are you going to Zhang Hao's house today? Did you bring any gifts? Zhang Hao, you go wash your hands, and the meal will start in a while. ”
"Okay!"
Seeing Zhang Hao enter the bathroom, Xia's mother pulled Xia Hibiscus aside, lowered her voice and asked eagerly, "What is their family's attitude towards you, do they like you?" ”
Seeing her mother's anxious look, Xia Jin had to quickly explain: "Mom, where do you want to go, not to Zhang Hao's house, but to his grandmother's house." ”
"Does Grandma live alone? Is she in good health? Did you bring a gift with you? Xia Mu was a little confused and nervous when she heard this.
"Grandma is in good health, she grew these dishes herself, and I didn't know that my grandmother lived by the sea, so I didn't bring gifts."
"You girl is really ignorant, how can you go to the old man empty-handed for the first time!" Xia's mother was blaming Xia Hibiscus, Zhang Hao came out and quickly explained: "Auntie, I don't blame Xiao Hibiscus for this, I didn't tell her, grandma was very happy to see Xiao Hibiscus." ”
"This is a lot of grandma, don't care, next time you go to see grandma, you must bring some gifts, this is the etiquette that should be done, sit down and eat!" Mother Xia's face turned into a flower with a smile, and she couldn't stop picking vegetables in Zhang Hao's bowl.
"Okay, next time I go to see grandma, I promise to prepare a gift! Uncles and aunts, you eat too! Zhang Hao sandwiched her favorite prawns into Xia Hibiscus' bowl, and Xia Hibiscus also smiled and gave Zhang Hao a piece of his favorite sweet and sour pork ribs.
Everyone ate happily at this meal, and after the meal, Zhang Hao played a few games of chess with Xia's father as usual before going back.
After sending Zhang Hao away, Xia Jin lay on the bed after taking a bath, playing with the shell, and waited for Zhang Hao's sentence every night, "Xiao Hibiscus, I have already laid down, good night!" Sweet dreams! See you tomorrow! After that, maybe I was tired from playing, maybe I wanted to hold that warm hand earlier, and soon I fell asleep peacefully and fell asleep.
Until the early morning, she woke up from her dream with a sweet smile, standing in front of the window, a breeze accompanied by the fragrance of flowers, listening to the birds singing happily outside the window, and she could see the person in her dream for a while.
Wondering if he slept well last night? Accompanied by a special attention prompt, you don't need to look at it to know that it is "Good morning!" sent by Zhang Hao! The corners of Xia Hibiscus's mouth rose, revealing a sweet smile, and her mood rippled, and a beautiful day began again!
After the catastrophe, Victorian became stronger and stronger, and every day was full, and the headquarters saw that the situation was good, and opened another chain store in the south of the city. At the same time, the business projects such as supermarkets and entertainment cities of the headquarters are also in full swing and developing rapidly. Xia Jin was promoted to regional manager, and Zhang Hao was promoted to general manager in charge of marketing at the headquarters.
During lunch, Zhang Hao, who was sitting alone by the window with Xia Jin, said excitedly: "Xiao Jin, let's go celebrate in the evening!" ”
Xia Jin put a piece of salmon fillet into Zhang Hao's bowl and said, "I was about to talk to you about something." ”
"What's the matter? You said. Seeing that Xia Jin seemed to be a little cautious, Zhang Hao quickly stopped chewing and looked at her eyes seriously.
"Blame me for not being so excited that I told my mother the news of our promotion, but she was so happy that she immediately said that she wanted you to come to our house at night to celebrate, and it is estimated that the vegetables will be bought back at this time." After Xia Jin finished speaking, he lowered his head and peeked at Zhang Hao from under his eyes to see how he reacted.
"Hibiscus, looking at your expression, I think something is wrong! Such a good thing, the more the merrier in the future, hehe! But it's hard to be an aunt! When I think of the dishes my aunt cooked, I can't help but swallow my saliva. Zhang Hao said and exaggerated the action of swallowing saliva.
Xia Hibiscus suddenly relaxed a lot more for me, just smiled and didn't say anything.
The people who hadn't seen Zhang Hao in the afternoon saw Zhang Hao hurrying towards Xia Jin when they got off work, "Xiao Hibiscus, let's go, get off work." ”
After the two went downstairs, Zhang Hao said I went to drive and left, Xia Jin found that some flour was stuck on his shoes at some point, so he took out a wet paper towel from his bag and wiped it. Just wiped clean and was about to stand up, a white Prado stopped in front of Xia Jin, Xia Jin quickly stood up, only to see Zhang Hao get out of the car, go around the front of the car and pull the car door, and make an elegant gesture, "Xiao Jin, please get in the car!" ”
"Where's the car? Did you forget about my motion sickness? Xia Jin's eyes widened as she watched the brand-new car and refused to get up.