Go back to the prosperous days and become a layman

Chapter 517 516 Gift
When Lu Dexian got home from get off work, he also heard about what happened today, but the process was not very pleasant. His wife seemed to be gloating.

Lu Dexian didn't say anything. He was glad that he didn't receive any news about asking Chu Chunxue and Liu Jiaming to return home, so Liu Chengzhi's family would not be broken up.

But before they could celebrate for long, Liu Chengzhi came to Lv Dexian and said, "Master, the 20 kilograms of food coupons from the beginning of the month have been used up, and my mother's ration has been taken away. We really can't afford that much food. What do you think..."

Lu Dexian was a little angry. Although Liu Chengzhi was telling the truth, he was not polite at all. It was obvious that he had taken advantage of him. Was he so confident? He was still worried about him just now, and then he sent him such a big gift?
"Oh, I get it." Lu Dexian sighed exhaustedly and waved his hand to drive Liu Chengzhi away. Regardless of whether Liu Chengzhi was his own son or not, he had to acknowledge it since he had guaranteed Liu Zhang, otherwise the neighbors would eat him alive.

"Look, look, you expect him to take care of you in your old age even though he's so irresponsible? There are so many apprentices in the factory, but you choose such a loser instead. He hasn't even been promoted to a second-level fitter in several years. You'll regret it sooner or later!" Lu Dexian's wife started to mock him again.

"Okay, I get it. I won't care about his family's affairs anymore." Lu Dexian was a little disheartened. Liu Zhang had insisted that the child was hers, so she bought the land and helped Liu Chengzhi find a job. But this ungrateful character didn't seem like his own child at all.

At the same time, Zhang Guifang was also talking about the Liu family, saying that Liu Jiaming cursed his grandmother to die early, and before he finished, he did not forget to tell Fengzhi: "Liu Jiaming is your classmate, you are not allowed to play with such a child in the future."

Tang Zhitong understood what his mother meant. Worrying that his child would be led astray by Liu Jiaming was only a small part of the problem. The more important factor was that Liu Jiaming's behavior would hardly gain the favor of the older generation.

From ancient times to the present, there has been a saying that "relatives should protect each other". Except for extremely heinous crimes and crimes that are against human ethics, direct relatives of criminals will not be punished even if they assist the criminals in escaping, hiding, or giving false testimony.

What's worse, in addition to these crimes, if family members accuse relatives who should be covered up, not only will they not be commended, but they will also be punished.

As time goes by and the legal system improves, the scope of application of the rule of "protecting one's relatives" will become smaller and smaller...

"Mom, I don't play with the boy. He saw me around when he saw it. I was able to fight. He was so small. I could beat three of them." Feng Zhi was eating red roast meat with a bun. After a bite, the steamed buns were soft and back. Zhang Guifang wants the second one.

"Eat slowly, you are just a kid, if you keep fighting and killing, be careful that no one will want you in the future." Zhang Guifang broke off half of the steamed bun and handed it to her daughter, then glared at her son, thinking that he had corrupted her daughter.

Tang Zhitong chuckled, probably because his mother felt that her daughter didn't need to have strong fighting skills. But he still didn't regret it. He planned to let his sister continue to learn boxing and kicking when conditions improved. Without sufficient martial arts skills, how could she compete with the young warriors?
Fengzhen ate in silence. She liked the fried hairtail fish very much. After eating two tails, she wanted to pick up the fish head.

"At least have something with meat on it. You're so busy with your studies, so you need to replenish your brain." Tang Zhitong handed a piece of thick hairtail to Fengzhen.

"But, I just want to eat the fish head." Although Feng Zhen took it, her eyes were still fixed on the fish head.

"Okay, there are only two fish heads. Let's share them." The fish head and fish tail were specially fried by Tang Zhitong. They are crispy. It is very delicious to drink with them.

Since Fengzhen asked for it, Tang Zhitong would not be reluctant. He gave her a fish head and took the other one and took a bite.

"What's so delicious about fish head, Fengzhen? Try the meat. It's delicious, but a little spicy." Classmate Xiao Wang didn't understand the brother and sister's point, so he picked up a piece of twice-cooked pork for his sister-in-law.

"Thank you, sister-in-law." Fengzhen was a little hesitant. Is it really not spicy?
"Sister-in-law, I want to eat too!" Fengzhi took half a steamed bun and ate slowly this time. She took a bite of the vegetable and then a small piece of the steamed bun. The vegetable was more fragrant than the steamed bun.

"This is spicy, be careful or you'll cry." Tang Zhitong kindly reminded.

"I'm not afraid of spicy food!" Fengzhi raised her head, quite proudly.

Seeing that his sister didn't know what was good for her, Tang Zhitong stopped trying to persuade her and decided to just watch the fun.

"Here, then you try a small piece first." Classmate Xiao Wang picked out a small piece of meat without skin, which was 30% lean and 70% fat. He peeled off a small piece of chili skin on it and put it on Fengzhi's steamed bun.

Fengzhi didn't even think about it and put it in her mouth in one bite.

It's fine when it first enters your mouth, but after chewing it a few more times, the taste is wrong.

"Is it spicy?" Tang Zhitong asked at the right time.

"Hiss... not spicy!" Once the words are spoken, the water is spilled. How could Feng Zhi admit defeat so easily? She forced herself to swallow the half-chewed twice-cooked pork.

"Hey, I'm honoring you for being a man!" Tang Zhitong was happy. He stood up, scooped a ladle of water from the water tank, poured it into a cup and handed it to Fengzhi.

Fengzhi took the cup of water and stopped being stubborn, she just kept talking and drinking.

"Okay, drink less. You kid, why did you let her drink cold drinks in such a cold weather?" Zhang Guifang rolled her eyes at each of the two children, insisting on being impartial.

"Hehe, a childhood without drinking raw water is incomplete." Tang Zhitong didn't take it seriously. The water used at home was either spring water or tap water. Theoretically, it could be drunk directly, but it was a little cooler. However, the coolness also helped to relieve the pain caused by the chili peppers.

Fengzhen laughed out loud when she heard this. When she was little, her brother also fed her cold water in the middle of winter, and now it was her sister's turn.

The food was delicious. Everyone finished eating quickly, except Tang Zhitong, who was a little slower because he had a glass of wine.

Classmate Xiao Wang watched the two sisters-in-law doing their homework, while Zhang Guifang held a pair of scissors in one hand and a lotus leaf in the other, cutting the lotus leaves into pieces over the pot. The broken lotus leaves floated into the pot one by one. It seemed that they would be able to drink lotus leaf porridge tomorrow.

Beibei squatted at Tang Zhitong's feet, looking at the male owner with an innocent and cute face, waiting to be fed.

Although the people of Beijing attach great importance to domestic cats, they are not given particularly good treatment in terms of diet. When the cats are still young, they can only chew some steamed buns, which is the limit for most people's families.

Tang Zhitong didn't dare to feed the cat meat openly, but if he dared to feed it himself, Zhang Guifang would really dare to do it.

But it's still okay to do it secretly.

When Tang Zhitong was gnawing on the row of bones on the top of the hairtail, he deliberately took off some extra meat and placed it in front of Beibei.

This row of bones is not big and is relatively soft, so cats can eat it directly. But forget about the fish bone in the middle, as the bones on it are hard and can easily get a cat stuck. You have to wait until the cat is a little older before you can feed it.

At present, the bone in the middle of the hairtail can be thrown away, but by the time of next year, the fish bones will have to be roasted and chewed.

After Tang Zhitong finished his meal, he felt lazy today and didn't study English, so he called Xiao Wang and went back to the room.

Turning on the lights, Tang Zhitong put the thermal suit on the stool, and then took out the gift he had prepared a while ago from his bag: "Ting ting ting ting! Happy birthday, Teacher Xiao Wang!" "Thank you!" Student Xiao Wang happily took the comb and hairpin, and was so happy that his eyes narrowed into crescent shapes, just like the moonlight tonight.

"Why does this pattern look familiar?" Student Wang looked at the white-headed bird above his eyes and then looked at Tang Zhitong.

"How can it not look familiar? You drew it yourself. Are you surprised? Are you surprised?" Tang Zhitong smiled and waited for Xiao Wang's performance.

"Yeah, I like it!" Classmate Wang held one in each hand, snuggled into Tang Zhitong's arms, and hugged her husband tightly.

"As long as you like it, it means my efforts were not in vain." Tang Zhitong rubbed his chin on Xiao Wang's hair and patted Xiao Wang on the back: "It's my first time doing this and I have no experience. Try it and see if it works."

"Okay." Upon hearing this, Xiao Wang came out of her husband's arms, pulled the hair tie, and her hair spread out. Then she combed her hair with a comb, skillfully tied a flower on her head, inserted the hairpin into it, tilted her head, and asked, "Does it look good?"

"She looks good. My wife looks good no matter how she dresses." Tang Zhitong looked at Xiao Wang's bun, and then at her snow-white long neck. It would be nice if she had a turtleneck sweater so that he could plant strawberries tonight.

"You are good at talking. I like it very much. Thank you!" Student Xiao Wang walked forward, put his arms around Tang Zhitong's neck, hung himself in front of him, and smiled happily.

Tang Zhitong didn't reply. He held Xiao Wang's head with both hands and pulled it forward. Xiao Wang closed his eyes...

"Go look in the mirror first, I'll boil a pot of water." After a long time, Tang Zhitong touched Xiao Wang's head and said.

"Hmph, you're thinking of nothing good." Student Xiao Wang's cheeks were rosy as he trotted to the mirror to admire the world's famous paintings.

That night, many foreigners gathered around the pine tree near the Sun Altar and sang "Jin Gou Bai, Jin Gou Bai, Jin Gou Ao De Wei..."

The pine trees belong to China. In order to entertain these foreign masters during the festival, they were specially cut down and transported to the shops near Jianguomen for sale.

Mr. Yang was used to putting gifts in the socks at the head of the bed early in the morning, but Tang Zhitong didn't do that. In addition to giving Xiao Wang a comb and a hairpin, he also asked Xiao Wang to cosplay a Christmas tree and stuffed the tree with gifts...

On Saturday, December 12, a north wind blew early in the morning.

"Wow, it's going to snow!" Tang Zhitong pushed aside the door curtain and looked up at the sky. Should he let Xiao Wang cosplay as a elk again tonight?
"Don't you know how to be gentler? It still hurts a little." Xiao Wang gently pushed her husband and turned around to close the door.

"Hey, I can take you sledding tomorrow. You sit and I'll pull." Tang Zhitong gave up his previous idea. He was not a rapper, so he would not harm the elk. He would be the elk pulling the cart himself to make Xiao Wang happy.

The lotus leaf rice porridge I had this morning was fragrant and oily, and it went well with the pickles. It tasted pretty good, and Tang Zhitong drank two bowls.

After arriving at the Post and Telecommunications College, Tang Zhitong wrote two letters in class.

One letter was a reply to Cheng Hai. After some necessary courtesies, he thanked him for telling him about Zhang Xinping's transfer and suggested that the three of them get together in the near future. He said he could get together anytime after get off work and asked him when he was free.

The other one was written to Zhang Xinping, saying that he learned about his job transfer from Cheng Hai, and expressed his surprise and happiness for him. He also asked about his family's situation and told him to just ask if he needed anything and he would not hesitate to do so.

At the end of the letter, he mentioned that he wanted to get together in the near future, depending on his and Cheng Hai’s time.

After checking that everything was correct, Tang Zhitong sealed the envelope and planned to deliver it during the break. If all went well, the letter would reach the two of them in the afternoon.

In the adult world, "Contact me anytime if you have anything" means don't bother me unless necessary, "Keep in touch in the future" means basically no contact, and "Let's sit together some other day" means that day is far away.

Although Tang Zhitong had not encountered such a situation in more than a year, the letter made it very clear that it was just these few days, and looking at their schedules, the urgency was evident.

After sending the letter, a classmate told Tang Zhitong that Teacher Zhou wanted to see him.

Tang Zhitong thanked him and went straight to Teacher Zhou's office. Teacher Zhou was holding his forehead with one hand and his stomach with the other, looking uncomfortable.

"Teacher Zhou, are you okay?" Tang Zhitong walked forward and asked with concern.

"It's okay, it's an old problem. The cotton shoes have been settled. The school will subsidize part of it, and the students will pay part of it themselves." Teacher Zhou let go of her hand, raised his head, his face full of fatigue, put on his glasses, and said, "The part that individuals have to pay is not much. Different shoe sizes have different prices. You can ask the logistics department for the specific proportion. You are familiar with them, so I won't get involved."

"Okay, thank you, Teacher Zhou. Please take care of yourself and take care of your health." After hearing this, Tang Zhitong politely said goodbye, but in his heart he was thinking, is Teacher Zhou suffering from stomach problems? How can he get some food for Teacher Zhou?
As snow was about to fall, and the students' foot health was at stake, Tang Zhitong did not have time to attend classes and went directly to the logistics department to find Wei Zhizhen.

"Comrade Xiao Tang, thank you for what you did last time." Wei Zhizhen treated Tang Zhitong very warmly and started to thank him as soon as he came up.

"Look at what you said, we are all family members, and the escort department has not lost anything. Teacher Wei, I heard from Teacher Zhou that the cotton shoes prepared by our college for students have arrived. I came to ask, what kind are they? How much are they?"

"Look, this kind of rubber sole has cotton stuffed in the upper. The style is a bit simple, but the price is cheap." Wei Zhizhen picked up a pair of new shoes from the desk and handed them to Tang Zhitong, then took a prepared price list from the table and handed it over.

Tang Zhitong took them and looked at the shoes first. The style was indeed not very good-looking, but the upper was high and looked quite warm. The bottom layer of the sole was made from used tires and had a certain degree of waterproofness.

Take another look at the price. It is probably because of the amount of materials used. The price increases from small shoe size to large shoe size, but the personal share is no more than one dollar. With such a conscience price, what else do you want from a bicycle?

"Teacher Wei, can I take this back?" Tang Zhitong put down the shoes, but did not put down the price list. He had to collect money from the students based on the quotation.

"Okay." Wei Zhizhen nodded.

"I'll go back and do the math right away. Can I hand in the money and get the shoes today? It's going to snow soon." Tang Zhitong was very anxious. This matter had to be done quickly.

"Okay, I'll do it for you first." Wei Zhizhen still nodded, trying his best to provide convenience to Tang Zhitong within his authority.

"Oh~ Thank you Teacher Wei for your support." Tang Zhitong folded up the price list and asked again: "Teacher Wei, how many pairs can each student buy?"

(End of this chapter)