Chapter 36: Great jokes to show off!
Chapter 36: Great jokes to show off!
After Banggeng took Xiaodang to wash the apples, in order to show off in front of his friends in the courtyard, Banggeng let Xiaodang stay in the other courtyard to eat the apples, while he took the apples and went to the middle courtyard to find his friends.
"Banggeng! Is this an apple? I have never seen such a big apple in my life, and I don't know if it tastes good. Can you let me have a taste?" The second son of the Zhang family, who lived in the east wing of the front yard and was about the same age as Banggeng, saw the red apple in Banggeng's hand, swallowed involuntarily, and asked Banggeng with a longing look on his face.
"Banggeng! I have never seen such a big and red apple in my life. Can you let me have a taste?" The young man from the Li family in the middle courtyard saw the apple in Banggeng's hand, and put his head directly in front of Banggeng and asked him with a longing look on his face.
Yan Jie Di did the same, swallowing her saliva while staring at the big apple in Bang Geng's hand. She also wanted to eat it, but was too embarrassed to ask Bang Geng for it.
The behavior of the children greatly satisfied Banggeng's vanity, and he replied proudly, "These apples were given to my uncle by his comrades-in-arms. We have several more at home. If you want to eat some, I'll serve some to you later."
When Banggeng was showing off his apple in front of his friends in the yard, Qin Huairu walked into the middle yard carrying a cloth bag. She saw the big apple in Banggeng's hand at first sight and asked him in surprise, "Banggeng! Where did you get this apple?"
Bang Geng turned his head subconsciously when he heard Qin Huairu's question. When he saw Qin Huairu coming back from get off work, he immediately showed off to her, "Mom! This big apple was given to my uncle by his comrade-in-arms. My uncle gave me one and gave Xiaodang one. There are several more at home."
Since Jia Dongming came back, the life of the Jia family has changed dramatically in the past two days, and it is even better than when Jia Dongxu was alive.
Qin Huairu heard what Bang Geng said and saw the big red apple in Bang Geng's hand. She pretended to be unhappy and asked Bang Geng, "Bang Geng! Dinner is about to start. This apple is so big. After you finish it, will you still have room for dinner?"
When Banggeng heard Qin Huairu's words, he immediately thought of the cloth bag that Jia Dongming had just brought back. He clearly remembered that the cloth bag was filled with meat and sausages.
When Bang Geng heard Qin Huairu's words and thought about the fact that he could eat meat again tonight, he quickly replied, "Mom! I'm not going to eat this apple alone. I just promised Li Ergou and Zhang Daidi that I would share the rest with them after I finish it."
When Qin Huairu heard what Bang Geng said, she glared at him in displeasure and said to him in dissatisfaction, "Bang Geng! Since you promised to share the apples with Er Gou and the others, you should have cut the apples into pieces and shared them with Er Gou and Dai Di from the beginning, instead of waiting until you had some left and then sharing the rest with them. This is very impolite, don't you know?"
Bang Geng heard what Qin Huairu said, nodded as if he understood, and replied: "Oh! I see! Then mom, help me take the apples back and cut them up, and I'll share some with Ergou and the others."
Qin Huairu nodded in satisfaction after hearing what Bang Geng said, and replied, "That's good! Give the apple to mom, and I'll take it back and cut it for you."
"Sister Qin! This is the dish I brought back from the factory especially for you today. There are several pieces of braised pork in it." Just as Qin Huairu took the apple from Banggeng and was about to go home to cut the apple and share it with the little guys in the yard, Sha Zhu walked into the middle yard from outside and shouted to Qin Huairu with a proud look on his face.
In the past, Qin Huairu plotted against Sha Zhu because her family of five did not have enough food, and Jia Zhang was a big eater, so Qin Huairu had to wait in front of the water tank in the middle courtyard every day, waiting for Sha Zhu to bring back his lunch box. Now that Jia Dongming is back, Qin Huairu no longer has to worry about going hungry. In addition, Jia Dongming is the leader of the steel mill, so Qin Huairu naturally does not want her behavior to have a negative impact on Jia Dongming.
When Qin Huairu heard what Sha Zhu said and saw the lunch box that Sha Zhu handed to her, Qin Huairu, who had been eating meat for two consecutive days, no longer looked down on the lunch box that Sha Zhu brought back.
At this time, Qin Huairu did not reach out to take the food that Sha Zhu handed to her as she did in the past, but politely refused: "Zhuzi! Since Dongxu left, if it weren't for your help, our Jia family would have been unable to survive. Thank you on behalf of our Jia family!"
"Yesterday, Banggeng's uncle told me and my mother-in-law not to take anything from anyone in the courtyard. So I appreciate your kindness, but I absolutely cannot accept this lunch box."
When Sha Zhu saw that Qin Huairu did not accept the lunch box he brought back as usual, he was visibly stunned. Until he heard Qin Huairu's explanation, he remembered that the Jia family now had a pillar and did not need his help at all.
Sha Zhu looked at Qin Huairu, turned around and walked towards the courtyard, with a disappointed expression on his face, but he muttered stubbornly: "If you don't want it, then don't want it! It just happens that I can keep it for myself to drink."
Jia Dongming, who was resting in the main hall, saw Qin Huairu walking into the main hall with an apple. He asked her in confusion, "Huairu! Didn't I give this apple to Banggeng to fill his stomach first? Why did you take the apple back?"
Qin Huairu heard Jia Dongming's question and smiled as she introduced him, "Uncle! Banggeng was showing off his apples in front of the children in the yard. The children asked him for apples, but he said he would share the rest with everyone after he ate them."
"When I heard him say that, I took the apple back and planned to cut it with a knife, and then let him take it out to share, so that the residents in the courtyard would not know and say that our Jia family did not know how to teach their children."
After hearing what Qin Huairu said, Jia Dongming nodded with satisfaction and said to her with a smile: "Huairu! There are still apples on the table. See how many children there are, and then cut some out and share them with the children."
When Jia Dongming said this, he suddenly remembered that he would have meat in the security department canteen tomorrow at noon, so he told Qin Huairu, "Huairu! When you go to work tomorrow, remember to bring two extra lunch boxes. When you have lunch, bring your lunch boxes to our security department canteen. We will have braised pork tomorrow, and each person can take two boxes home."
When Qin Huairu was working in the workshop, she heard from her co-workers that the Security Department had obtained a large fat pig from Changping Commune. When she heard Jia Dongming's instructions, she nodded subconsciously and replied, "Uncle! I understand! I will come to your canteen to get food at noon tomorrow and then bring the meat back."
(End of this chapter)