Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 463 Let me get it for free again?
Fangyan took the bus and arrived home in one stop.

After returning home, he put all the antiques in the study and waited for the furniture factory to deliver the goods.

About an hour later, someone finally knocked on the door.

When Fangyan opened the door, he saw two middle-aged men in blue work clothes standing at the door.

The other party asked him:
"Hello, is this the home of Comrade Fangyan?"

Fang Yan nodded and said:
"Yeah, that's right, I am the dialect."

Then he glanced behind them and saw a military green Jiefang truck with two large boxes covered with tarpaulin in the bed.

Fangyan asked them:

"You two are the comrades who delivered the box, right?"

One of them nodded and said:
"Yes, that's right. The boxes on the car are custom-made according to the request of Professor Ji from the Palace Museum. He asked us to deliver them to you."

The dialect said:

"Okay, please help me get it down."

The two men quickly climbed into the car and carried the box down.

The box was quite large, and even without anything inside, it looked like it would be quite strenuous for two people to carry.

Fang Yan rushed to help, but the other party said:

"No, no, no, you don't know how heavy this thing is, just let us do it."

Fang Yan saw that their faces were flushed from moving, so he didn't care whether they wanted help or not, and just went up and lifted the bottom of the box.

Suddenly, they both felt that the box was lighter.

But it turned out that it was the dialect that helped, and it actually helped to reduce so much weight.

Both of them were shocked. How could this seemingly gentle young man be so arrogant?

One of them couldn't help but ask:
"What does Comrade Fangyan do? You are so strong!"

"I'm a Chinese medicine practitioner." Fang Yan said to them.

The two were stunned, as they did not connect Chinese medicine with great strength at all.

I thought I had heard it wrong.

Seeing their confusion, Fang Yan said to them:

"There is strength in numbers."

Then, the three of them moved the second box off the car in the same way.

To be honest, this box is really heavy. I don’t know what wood it is made of. Its density is only slightly lower than that of iron birch.

Fangyan feels that this thing should not be cheap.

Then the younger brother and the older sister came out, and even Director Feng from the opposite street office came with people to help. Finally, a large group of people carried the box and delivered it to Fangyan's study.

He expressed his thanks to Director Feng and the people from the street office verbally, and then asked the two delivery guys in dialect:

"How much is the box? I'll give it to you two right away."

In the end, the two shook their heads and said:
"No, Professor Ji has asked for this. Just check it and sign it."

"Have you said hello?" Fangyan didn't understand what he meant.

Seeing Fang Yan's puzzled look, one of them said:

“It means you don’t have to pay.”

"No need to pay?" Fang Yan was stunned.

That’s not what Old Ji said at the time.

This is just a cooperative unit of the Palace Museum. You just need to pay money for private customization.

Now you don’t want money?
The other party smiled at Fang Yan and said:

"Comrade Fangyan, if you have any questions, just go to the professor. We are just responsible for delivering the goods."

"Okay." Fangyan nodded.

Then Fangyan began to open the boxes and check them.

I found that it was indeed beautifully designed, with various items having their own separate storage locations.

There is also a light wood scent in it.

Fangyan put a few antiques in to try it out and found it very useful, so he quickly put all the original antiques into the two boxes.

After the arrangement was completed, there was still some space left in the two boxes, so if there were more antiques, they could be placed inside.

Fangyan patted the box and was very satisfied with the design.

Then he signed the delivery note for them and escorted the two delivery workers to the door.

Only after watching them get on the car did Fangyan return home.

Thinking about not asking for money for the two boxes, Fangyan wanted to ask Lao Ji what was going on.

Fortunately, before I left, I asked for Lao Ji’s home phone number.

Fangyan then went directly to the street office and called Lao Ji's home.

Then the person on the other end of the phone replied that the line was busy at the moment.

In other words, Old Ji is still on the phone right now.

"This Old Ji..." Fang Yan muttered, but he didn't think it was a big deal.

He felt that it was most likely Old Ji who helped give the money.

It was not a good idea to keep making phone calls at the street office, so after hanging up the phone, Fangyan thanked Director Feng and went back home.

After the college entrance examination, I will ask Lao Ji how much money he spent, and then make up the money.

Judging from the materials of these two boxes, they should be expensive. Although Lao Ji, an expert at the Forbidden City, has a high salary, Fangyan does not want to receive any reward without doing anything, so how can he accept it for nothing?

I glanced at the time and it was almost eleven o'clock.

Fangyan went home and started cooking.

There are actually a small number of greenhouse vegetables these days, but ordinary people still cannot afford to eat them.

Therefore, vegetables are scarce on the dinner table in winter.

The dishes are all cabbage, potatoes, white radish, carrots, and I feel happy...

There are also BJ’s pickles, pickled cucumbers, pickled radishes, and pickled dumplings.

Most of the time we eat in the cafeteria at noon, but since Fangyan is having a day off today, he cooked a meal for himself to improve the taste for everyone.

The main thing is that I don’t know what’s going on in the Union Hospital cafeteria. After eating there for a long time, I feel like all the dishes have the same seasoning.

Although it is still edible, the monotonous seasoning makes it a bit uncomfortable to eat it for a long time.

Some mung bean sprouts also sprouted in Fangyan's home.

Bought some tofu.

I got some minced pork at noon and made a pot of authentic Mapo Tofu.

A serving of stir-fried bean sprouts.

Plus a portion of "authentic Sichuan pickles" made in your own dialect jar, which is not very authentic if you don't know how to make them.

After mixing with red oil, it looks pretty good.

There’s no need to learn the dialect for the staple food, just wait until my mom and the others bring it back from the canteen.

Finally, I made a sauerkraut vermicelli soup.

Three dishes and a soup, it's a simple meal.

When I got off work at noon, my wife and mother came back with some steamed buns.

The family had a meal of Sichuan cuisine accompanied by large northern steamed buns.

This heavy-flavored Sichuan dish paired with big steamed buns is actually quite delicious.

The dishes cooked in the dialect once again received unanimous praise from the whole family.

After dinner, my wife and mother went to work, and Fangyan prepared to go to the China Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

But before that, he planned to go to Concorde to refuel.

Just as I opened the door and was about to go out, I met a postman delivering mail on a bicycle at the door.

After the last spy postman Zuo Fugui was arrested, a new postman was replaced.

I sent letters to Fangyan's home several times and I already got to know him.

The weather has been cold recently, so they don't deliver mail in the morning. They only come out to deliver mail in the afternoon when it's warmer.

When Fangyan opened the door, the postman said:
"Comrade Fangyan, I have a telegram for you. Please sign for it with your seal."

Fang Yan was startled and asked:

"From what place?"

The postman said:

“From Guangzhou.”

(End of this chapter)