Seeing her mother pulling her back, Xia Chutang quickly spoke: "Mom, I didn't pick this money up, I'm just teasing you. Don't worry."

I had already guessed that the money I picked up would definitely not work.

I just didn't expect that my mother would react so strongly.

"Didn't you pick it up?"

Li Hui stopped and frowned, looking at her daughter.

Clearly dissatisfied with this ever-changing statement: “Where did the money come from?”

Six hundred yuan is not a small amount of money.

Xia Chutang's CPU was burning and smoking, and he said nonsense: "It's the coach from last time. She applied for the subsidy for me to let me participate in the provincial team competition."

"Are there so many subsidies?"

Li Hui still didn't believe it.

"Didn't you say you rejected the teacher last time? Why did they apply for a subsidy for you again?"

Did you apply for so much money?

"What a shame, the coach of the provincial team came to me with so much money. How can I not be tempted?"

Xia Chutang held her mother's arm and said her plan obediently: "For the sake of this subsidy, I will agree to play this game first."

"this is not good."

Li Hui's expression was serious, and she carefully considered her daughter's words: "You can apply for so many subsidies, but you shouldn't give up halfway."

"Mom, don't worry. I will play this game well."

Xia Chutang pointed to the grocery store at the corner in front and changed the topic: "Let's buy some snacks."

Li Hui clutched the 600 yuan given by her daughter with a relaxed smile on her face, but her heart was extremely heavy.

Regardless of whether what the daughter said is true or false, asking her to supplement the family income at such a young age shows her incompetence as a mother.

I really hope that the job Dr. Lu assigned her will work.

If that doesn't work, she has to think about how to make money in the future, whether to continue to stay in the supply and marketing cooperative, or to resign.

Anyway, I can’t let my daughter, who is in school, worry about money anymore.

With 600 yuan, Li Hui and her daughter not only bought rice dumpling leaves, glutinous rice, and red dates, but also cut ten pounds of pork belly, three pounds of eggs, two old hens, and weighed one pound of shrimp and one fish.

In the non-staple food store, Li Hui weighed many pastries and candies that children loved.

Looking at the things spread all over the floor, Aunt Zhao looked confused: "Why did you buy so many things? The three of us can't finish them all!"

The most important thing is that my daughter said she had no money when she went out. Why did she buy so many things?

The meat and poultry snacks here cost a hundred and eighty yuan.

Where did the money come from?

"Mom, I bought this with Tangtang's money."

Li Hui explained the origin of the money to her mother, pointing to the meat on the ground: "I cut some more pork belly, and those pastries and candies, all for my brother."

"Your brother?"

Aunt Zhao was stunned, "What do you mean..."

"Grandma, my mother and I have discussed that we will go visit uncle together during the holiday tomorrow."

Xia Chutang held her grandma's arm and said obediently: "He is in a remote place and can't buy these snacks, so we weighed more candies."

"Be good! You are such a good boy!"

Aunt Zhao's eyes turned red again, "The teacher gave you this money and you spent it, so what should you do with the money..."

"Grandma, what can I spend?"

Xia Chutang smiled and said, "As long as you are happy, my money will be spent meaningfully."

"This kid's mouth looks like it's been smeared with honey."

Aunt Zhao felt warm in her heart, and the more she looked at her granddaughter, the more she fell in love with her.

The family decided to go to the country and began preparations immediately.

After dividing the meat and freezing it in the refrigerator, Aunt Zhao started making rice dumplings.

"The house Dr. Lu found is really nice. It even has a refrigerator."

This is the first time for Aunt Zhao to use a refrigerator. "I have to buy these things that cost thousands of yuan. I'm afraid I won't be able to use them in my life."

"Mom. Let's make rice dumplings and send some to Dr. Lu."

Li Hui turned around and asked, "Tangtang, what flavor of rice dumplings does Doctor Lu like?"

Xia Chutang was speechless, how did she know?

"Give him a few of each."

Xia Chutang thought for a while and said, "Anyway, he has a refrigerator there, so it won't spoil if you can't finish eating it and freeze it."

Aunt Zhao kept wrapping her hands with rice dumplings and said, "Give Dr. Lu some more, and he can share them with his colleagues. We are hospitalized this time, thanks to her."

The grandfather and grandson made rice dumplings together. From afternoon to evening, they made hundreds of rice dumplings before wrapping up all the rice dumpling leaves.

After finishing the wrapping, I started cooking the rice dumplings in the pressure cooker again.

I was busy until 10 o'clock in the evening before the rice dumplings were ready.

Xia Chutang sat on the sofa to rest, thinking of the past festivals.

Every Dragon Boat Festival, because Zhao Lanying wanted too many rice dumplings, her grandma would often be busy in the kitchen until dawn.

Except for the Dragon Boat Festival, grandma also works hard on other festivals.

Especially before the Spring Festival, Zhao Lanying would take Xia Chutang and Aunt Zhao to her home to "help".

Xia Chutang is responsible for cleaning the windows, while Aunt Zhao braises meat and fried fried dough cakes and twists in the kitchen...

Zhao Lanying's family, on the other hand, was watching TV and eating melon seeds in the living room.

Thinking of this, Xia Chutang felt that the life she had now was not easy and she should cherish it even more.

Until 10 o'clock in the evening, Lu Chengyuan did not come back.

The old lady was exhausted after a long day's work, so she went back to her room and lay down.

Li Hui came out after washing up and saw her daughter still sitting on the sofa at the door reading a book.

There is a pot of rice dumplings on the table beside her.

He couldn't help but said: "Tangtang, I can give you the zongzi leaves tomorrow. If Dr. Lu is on night shift, will you have to wait all night?"

"Mom, I can't sleep so early. I just want to read a book."

Xia Chutang raised her head and smiled: "You go to bed first. At worst, I will sleep in the car tomorrow."

They have to get up early to take a long-distance bus tomorrow morning.

Xia Chutang felt that disturbing others' sleep so early in the morning was very hateful.

It would be better to give the zongzi to Lu Chengyuan today.

Li Hui couldn't persuade her daughter, so she yawned and warned: "Then don't wait until it's too late. We have to rush tomorrow, so don't get up if you can't."

"I know!" Xia Chutang responded.

Xia Chutang memorized the formula for a while. Seeing that it was still early, she took a set of papers and started to answer the questions.

She didn't know how long it had passed, but she keenly heard a slight sound outside the door.

Putting down the pen for the first time, Xia Chutang opened the door.

Lu Chengyuan, who was opening the door, was startled by the sudden sound of the door opening behind him.

When he turned around, he saw the girl holding a basin of rice dumplings, staring at him with bright black eyes and smiling, "Doctor Lu, you are back."

"Well. Why aren't you asleep yet?" Lu Chengyuan asked softly.

Xia Chutang raised the basin in her hand, "I'll give you rice dumplings!"

Lu Chengyuan: "..."

Looking at the protruding basin, he estimated that there were at least fifty rice dumplings in this basin.

"So much, I can't finish it."

"I'll freeze it in the refrigerator for you. Just take it out and heat it up when you want to eat it."

"My grandma asked you to take some to give to your colleagues. Thank you for taking care of us during this time."

The girl opened the refrigerator and put some rice dumplings in her hands. "I'll leave some for you outside. Tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, so I have to eat some rice dumplings."

Noticing the darkening of Xia Chutang's eyes, Lu Chengyuan said helplessly: "Actually, you don't have to wait so late. I will rest tomorrow. You can give me rice dumplings tomorrow."

"I wanted to give it to you tomorrow. But I can't."

Xia Chutang spread her hands and said, "Early tomorrow morning, I will go to the bus station to take a long-distance bus."

Thinking of the bad road conditions in the countryside around Xihai in this era, the girl sighed subconsciously: "I will probably vomit to death on the road tomorrow."

Lu Chengyuan took off his coat and paused: "Are you carsick? Are you going to the countryside?"

The long-distance buses on the Xihai side are particularly worn out, and the road is extremely bumpy.

Lu Chengyuan was "lucky" to sit there once when he went to the countryside.

After getting off the bus, it took him a full thirty minutes before he could walk normally.

If it is a person who gets motion sickness, the road conditions + the car conditions will definitely be a disaster.

"It's the holidays, and my grandma wants to go to the countryside to visit my uncle." Xia Chutang replied.

It turned out that the old lady missed her son.

Lu Chengyuan nodded understandingly and said nothing more.

"Okay, I'm going home."

Xia Chutang put the rice dumplings away and waved: "Doctor Lu, then I wish you a healthy Dragon Boat Festival in advance. Good night."

"Have a happy Dragon Boat Festival and good night."

After closing the door, Lu Chengyuan thought for a moment and picked up the phone: "Hey, I'm calling the logistics department..."

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