??Chapter 510: 510. Young people should be thorough when doing things_1
Chapter 510: 510. Young people should be thorough when doing things_1
Director Zhu hung up the phone and, after much thought, still couldn’t contain his irritation. Clutching his cell phone, he rushed outside—
“This Xiaoqi, young and healthy, how could it take so long to fetch a peach?”
As he pondered, he couldn’t resist scrolling through his social dia feed—great. Old Zhou also didn’t seem to have gotten his peaches.
“Hmph, these shaless lot, always relying on my Zu Jun so smoothly. Don’t they have their own kids and grandkids?”
But then he thought: “It’s still my own ability that counts! My kids are so popular…”
During the short walk, his thoughts twisted into a chaotic ss, uncertain whether to feel proud or annoyed.
Just at that mont, Xiaoqi appeared in front with 4 boxes of peaches!
Looking behind him, there followed other familiar young folks, but they each carried only one box of peaches!
Director Zhu instantly perked up: “Look, look!”
“What was that about?!”
“A granddaughter is still a granddaughter!”
He hurried forward two steps, “Xiaoqi, hurry up, open one box for
to take a picture!”
Xiaoqi helplessly stopped, then swiftly tore the tape off the box and opened it. Old Zhao had already pulled out his phone and “click” took a photo—though the sponge wrappers were still on the peaches, but that didn’t prevent him from squinting and frowning as he held the phone at arm’s length, awkwardly typing:
[Granddaughter sent peaches from thousand miles away. This is the child’s filial piety, and it cannot be refused] along with a standard smiley emoji.
Then he couldn’t resist holding his phone even farther away, his eyes nearly squinting into a slit—
“Not bad. Xiaoqi, should I post it like this?”
While he asked Xiaoqi, his fingers had already swiftly hit the send button.
Looking at the familiar minion emoji, Xiaoqi couldn’t help feeling resigned at that mont: When will these older folks realize that a minion’s smile can signify resignation, speechlessness, and even mockery… but it’s hardly ever used by young people to signify a smile?
In any case, Director Zhu had taken the lead with this social dia post, now holding onto the box of peaches with delight.
Xiaoqi still tried to stop him, “Let
do it…”
“Go on, get lost!”
Director Zhu waved him off, “Can’t I even carry one box of peaches myself? You’ve still got three boxes, haven’t you? Off you go. You’ve been quick on your feet today; we’ll eat together first!”
Xiaoqi thought about the bowl of silver ear mushroom soup he had tasted that day and involuntarily swallowed his saliva, then felt an itch in his heart.
He really wanted to ask, could they share the WeChat of the shop owner who sent the chili sauce previously?
Just by slling it, he could swallow two bowls of white rice with his saliva alone. It was just too fragrant!
As for the rest… soone like Director Zhu, prone to getting hot-tempered, knew eating chili would cause hemorrhoids, yet he couldn’t resist finishing half a bottle in one al!
Of course, although it was a pleasant surprise not to end up with hemorrhoids, it also ant that the flavor was absolutely incredible!
The food on the mountain was bland and healthy, and Xiaoqi, with his taste for strong flavors, found everything from mouth to stomach insipid when he ate with them.
…
Walking into the house, a draft passed through coolly and refreshingly, making both the old and the young feel entirely comfortable.
“It’s hot, why didn’t the kid think to send them chilled? The peaches are warm to the touch.”
The Director Zhu of today is not the Director Zhu of the past.
In the past, he wasn’t picky about what he ate. Apples for three yuan per pound or thirty yuan per pound in the supermarket, he thought they were not much different, even complaining that it was a waste of money.
But now, even the delivery ti of one and a half days from Ning Province to Imperial City by Wind Speed Express seed too long, and he wanted to add refrigerated shipping…
Xiaoqi took out two peaches and removed the sponge wrappers, “These are crispy peaches. I’ll cut them into pieces for you later.”
“Cut what?”
Director Zhu waved his hand, “My teeth are still good! Back in the day, I could crunch on beef bones, surely I can bite into a peach? Don’t underestimate .”
Xiaoqi, resigned: You said it yourself, those were the old days, and now is not like before…
But the old kid was just like that, and he eventually responded and then took two peaches to go wash.
Director Zhu was not the type to let others do the work, personally stuffing the peaches into the fridge. Then, suddenly, it occurred to him, “These must be delicious, one is not enough! Xiaoqi, wash 4 more, let’s have 3 each!”
Oh boy, if it hadn’t been for the four boxes of peaches, he really wouldn’t have wanted to share!
Xiaoqi could certainly eat them, but…
“These peaches are too big, we’re going to have lunch in an hour, let’s just eat one first to try it,” he said.
“It’s better to enjoy things slowly to make them last, so we don’t run out too soon.”
Director Zhu was not pleased: “If we run out of peaches, we can just ask Xiaojun to send another box, what’s there to worry about. Besides, when has anything she sent us stopped at just one?”
“Hurry up, go wash them.”
Xiaoqi: …that is true.
With no other choice, he had to pick up a basket and wash each peach carefully. He hesitated for a second between slicing them or not, only to be hurried by Director Zhu again.
Back in the living room, Director Zhu was already grinning from ear to ear, scrolling through his phone. He must have already received quite a few comnts in his friends’ circle, right?
—And indeed, there were many comnts.
Old Zhou: [What’s the deal, Xiaojun? I have a pension too, why did she just send one box to
and 4 to you?]
Old Zheng: [You all got yours, I’m still out, heading back now]
Old Wu: [I can’t chew properly, the peach doctor told
not to bite directly, said I’d have to wear a full set of dentures, so I can only eat them in slices]
Zu Jun: […]
There were several other comnts below, almost all of them from Zu Jun’s “grandpas”.
Looking at that string of ellipses, Director Zhu pondered and couldn’t help but show it to Xiaoqi:
“What does Xiaojun an by using punctuation? Does she have a lot to say? Wants to avoid speaking?”
Xiaoqi: …
He glanced at the friends’ circle and the comnts below, and quickly drawing from the context, he begrudgingly concluded—
“I guess what she ans is, by you posting this in the friends’ circle, it’s going to make things difficult for her over there.”
Of course it would!
Secretary Xiaozu was swamped with calls by now, everyone was reproaching her with a surprisingly unified script—
[Wasn’t Old Zhou nice to you, Xiaojun?]
[…I even took you out to play back in the day, why did you send
just one box…]
[Xiaojun, you’re grown up now, if your salary isn’t enough, just tell grandpa…]
That stinky old man!
She gritted her teeth in anger at her own dear grandpa and apologized profusely to all the grandpas, finally taking a deep breath of relief.
…
In Imperial City, Director Zhu suddenly felt a bit guilty.
But he still bravely said, “Young people should be more thorough in their actions. Can I be blad for this?”
Xiaoqi asked curiously, “Does that an Secretary Zhu should also send four boxes to each of them?”
“Nonsense!”
Director Zhu glared at him: “She’s my beloved granddaughter; those old guys can’t expect to take advantage of her! So what if they have money? Money can’t buy my granddaughter’s filial piety!”
“She should have called
in advance to tell
not to post about the 4 boxes, just one box—that’s called being thorough.”
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