urban life

Chapter 285 Souvenirs

Before returning to the company, Zhou An took a special look at the "neighbor". Hongtai Company is a small company with few employees, and looks lazy.

This broken company can still be valued at [-] million?

People are not enough to swallow elephants!
Stepping into the office, Zhou An threw his body onto the sofa in an instant and breathed a long sigh of relief. It would be nice to have a deputy general manager, and he could finally fish and lie down in a serious manner.

Suddenly, thinking of something, he turned over and sent a message to the old mother: "Mom, how long will you be here?"

Time flies, and the National Day is approaching. Thinking of the meeting between the two families, Zhou An is very excited, and has been grinning in bed recently.

Lu Yulan replied quickly: "Soon."

Zhou An: "Mr. Zhou is really not coming?"

Lu Yulan: "I really can't leave."

As a civil servant, Teacher Zhou usually reads newspapers, drinks tea, and is leisurely and carefree. However, there are things in the town that need to be done. Recently, the superiors have assigned work, and they have to stay in the town even on National Day.

So only Lu Yulan and her second aunt Yu Zhifang came to the magic capital.

The second aunt came to Shanghai because she wanted to see Zhou Zihui, her younger sister was working in Lixin Media during the summer vacation and missed her children because she didn't go home;

The old mother lived her life calmly and calmly, but faced with her future daughter-in-law and in-laws, she was at a loss for a while.

Lu Yulan: "You, Tingting and Shuhua, please explain, don't complain."

Zhou An: "Okay! Don't worry, Hou Mengting is not that kind of stingy person."

Lu Yulan: "Tingting is a good girl, she always thinks of the two of us, after this meeting we have to settle things down."

The mother and son chatted casually for a few words, and then ended the conversation. Lu Yulan was still busy bringing souvenirs to her daughter-in-law and in-laws.

Peach Blossom Town, office.

The sun gradually fell from the horizon, rendering the entire sky.Or slightly dyed purple, or red like fire, or orange like maple leaves, beautiful and spectacular.

The setting sun seeps in through the windows, dyeing the room orange.

Teacher Zhou carefully looked at the document in his hand, picked up the pen, and made a few strokes, with each stroke, the words seemed to stretch naturally.

"Flowing clouds and flowing water, the writing is like clouds and smoke, magnificent!" The colleague took the document, and even though he had seen it countless times, he still couldn't help admiring, "If you have time to teach my grandson calligraphy, that little boy writes like a ghost."

"I can't teach it." At first, Teacher Zhou was smiling, but after hearing the words, he froze for a moment, sighed and said: "My child's writing is not much better. I used to watch him write, but I still write randomly. Take it to the coffin."

"Then teach your grandson." The colleague patted his shoulder, "Aren't you going?"

"I can't go away." Teacher Lu shook his head and made a clicking sound.

"There's nothing you can't get away from. Many people in our office buy air tickets for travel, so they don't pay attention to those regulations." The colleague raised his head, motioned to the person who was looking at the air tickets, and said lightly: "Anyway, I'm fine on National Day, how about me for you?"

"Hey, forget it, thank you for your kindness." Mr. Zhou stood up and stretched his waist, "Eating public meals, you should keep your responsibilities, and you will have plenty of time in the future."

"What a pity!" the colleague said, "Old Zhou, do you know what I admire most about you in my life?"

"what?"

"I have a good son." My colleague looked at Teacher Zhou enviously, "Xiao An is about the same age as my son. In order for my son to get married, I asked a matchmaker to arrange a blind date while working overtime to buy a car and a house for him. All my savings in the first half of my life It's all gone. After having a grandson, I have to raise that little bastard."

"I watched Xiao An grow up, and I never let you worry about it. With my own hard work, I settled down in Shanghai and established a business. I am still a big boss. I don't have to worry about any mundane things for Xiao An. Now even my daughter-in-law has to come in. The family Instant consummation, how could I not be envious."

"That kid is quite naughty sometimes." Mr. Zhou smiled slightly and retorted subconsciously.

Even though he was overjoyed, Mr. Zhou still kept a low profile, otherwise he would appear arrogant.

"Old Zhou, you live too happily." The colleague took a sip of water, "Do you know how much the house price is in Shanghai? It's worth your salary for one or two years; have you calculated how much it costs to hold a wedding? Raise grandchildren Do you know how much it costs? Xiao An doesn’t need you to worry about it, everything will be taken care of.”

"Now you just need to be a good father-in-law. After retirement, go to Shanghai, eat, drink and have fun. When you are bored, you can tease your grandson. If your grandson is too naughty, leave it to the nanny. You are really blessed. If my son is half as capable as Xiaoan , I wake up laughing when I sleep."

Teacher Zhou looked up at the red glow in the sky, silent and ascetic, what his colleague said was the truth and could not be refuted.

"By the way, can I ask you a question?"

"Say."

"How rich is Xiao An?" The colleague rubbed his chin and thought, "My daughter-in-law said that your old Lu's cosmetics cost tens of thousands of dollars."

"That was bought by Tingting." Teacher Zhou looked away, "I don't know how rich that kid is. Anyway, it's enough to support his family."

"Sometimes I don't like your personality, it's too low-key." The colleague talked while tidying up the documents on the table, "You can buy cosmetics worth tens of thousands of dollars, but if you were an ordinary person, the world would be turned upside down."

"Tingting? You don't even want to meet your future daughter-in-law, so you have the nerve to call her Tingting, cut it!"

Immediately after packing up her things, she smiled sarcastically at that penetrating gaze: "I'm off work, I'm off to pick up my grandson."

With the sound of five o'clock, the colleagues in the entire office packed up their personal belongings as quickly as lightning, and then left in groups of three or five. Everyone was an adult and had their own busy work.

Teacher Zhou shook his head, crossed his arms, and continued to look up at the red clouds in the sky. The corners of his mouth drew a perfect arc, rippling to his face, eyes, brows, and forehead, and he smiled from the bottom of his heart.

When the setting sun left a long shadow, it was blood red, and then sighed: "I hope Tingting doesn't mind."

The AWOL of colleagues around him made Mr. Zhou’s burden even heavier. Since God gave him such a good son and daughter-in-law, Mr. Zhou believed that he should give something.

When I retire, I have plenty of time to get to know each other.

Packed up his things, went home with brisk steps, walked on the street, and sometimes greeted and greeted the neighbors.

"What are you doing?" Teacher Zhou stared at his wife.

"Pick peppers." Lu Yulan put on gloves and looked cautious, "I'm going to bring some souvenirs to Shuhua."

"What kind of local specialty are peppercorns?"

"Our prickly ash is the famous green prickly ash, one of the famous native products in the whole country."

"Where can't I buy Zanthoxylum bungeanum?" Teacher Zhou put down his briefcase, put on his gloves, took over Lu Yulan's job, and then explained: "Green Zanthoxylum bungeanum can be found everywhere. Souvenirs specially advertised to open up sales”

Mr. Zhou knows the name of local products too well. Taohua Town is located in the inland, with hills and ravines everywhere, and it cannot attract industrial factories. It can only make a living from agriculture and sell various agricultural and sideline products.

In order to make the agricultural and sideline products of Taohua Town marketable and easy to sell, they tried every means to assign the name of local specialties to the agricultural products.

Peach is called Xiantao, pepper is called green pepper, pear is called golden pear
Anyway, there is only one purpose, to sell!
Lu Yulan gradually unraveled her doubts, frowned, and said in a deep voice, "Liar, you guys are really bad-hearted."

"." Teacher Lu looked back, his tone full of helplessness: "This is a normal marketing method, and it is everywhere in the city. Compared with them, we are quite shy. Besides, we are also thinking of everyone, selling The higher the income, the higher the income."

"Since you know all about it, you're still picking green peppercorns, aren't you sick?" Lu Yulan nodded, and immediately realized it.

"Always bring some so-called "souvenir products." Teacher Zhou found a pair of scissors, and the speed was much faster, and he said casually: "It's not good for you to go to see people empty-handed."

Lu Yulan moved the bench, sat in the middle of the yard casually, stared at the back of Teacher Zhou at work, scratched her head, and then said, "I'm leaving, do you have anything to say?"

"No! Get married early."

"Be careful when you are alone at home, take care of yourself, don't be too tired at work, if you can't do it, forget it, Xiao An is not bad for your three melons and two dates. I made dumplings and put them in the refrigerator, and you cook them yourself Eat, if you are busy, call Mom, she will cook your meals, don't be hungry."

"Okay!" Teacher Zhou turned his back to Lu Yulan, his eyes sparkled, "You should also pay more attention to yourself, the people in big cities are so complicated, don't be fooled. The road is no worse than our town, there are cars everywhere, cross the road and pay attention to your surroundings "

Before Teacher Zhou could say a few words, Lu Yulan waved her hand casually, with an impatient expression on her face: "All right, all right, why are you so verbose? I'm in my dozen years old anyway, so I need you to teach me?"

"By the way, give me 1 yuan when you leave."

"Huh?" Mr. Zhou stopped working, and slowly turned his head to look at his wife, "My monthly salary is on your card. Where did I get the money? And it's 1 yuan."

"You've made a lot of money in stocks." Lu Yulan swayed her body, looking proud.

"It's a loss, a blood loss."

"I don't care, anyway, if you give me 1 yuan, men will turn bad when they have money, especially when women are not at home."

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(End of this chapter)