Chapter 83 Attitude
The nights in summer are no better than the days. As long as it doesn’t rain, the nights with the mountain breeze are much more comfortable than the days.
After the family shared a small pot of cold noodles in the evening, there was no need to cook dinner anymore.
Although Zhang An ate most of this pot of cold skin by himself, Wang Fang knew that his son was now very strong, so he ate more and did not worry about his stomach being full.
After eating in the evening, Zhang Jianguo and Zhang An, their father and son, moved a deck chair from home and just lay down in the yard. It was so cool and comfortable.
If such a day existed in his previous life, Zhang An would never have dared to think about it.
The father and son were discussing what to do after building the house, when Zhou Shuanglin came to the door.
"Shuang Lin is here, come and sit down."
"Uncle, stop working. I'm here to call Zhang An for dinner. It's a blessing to have him today, otherwise I would really My claws are numb.”
After Zhou Shuanglin came back from the hospital today, he went to the field to pick up his tools.
When I was in a hurry to come back during the day, I threw all the hoes and sickles in the ground and didn't have time to bring them back.
Now that Sister-in-law Zhou is bedridden, she has to leave all the work at home to him alone.
Fortunately, their two children, Zhou Song and Zhou Yanhong, are very sensible. During the day, they help the family cut pigs and vegetables, and when they come back, they also help feed some of the chickens raised at home.
I usually help with the laundry, but the coal stove at home is too high, making it difficult for them to cook
The pig food pot at home is a big, heavy pot , they can't help cook pig food.
Because they couldn't lift the pot or reach the coal stove, Sister-in-law Zhou was usually afraid that they would burn themselves when they lifted the pot, so she didn't let them cook pig food.
But he is considered a very sensible child in the village.
Fortunately, it is the slack season now and there is not so much work to do.
If it is the autumn harvest time, it will be too busy for one person at home to lie down.
Even if you ask people from the village to help, someone still has to cook for them.
Zhou Shuanglin is also a man who is not very good at cooking, and his talent for cooking is not much higher than that of Zhang An's father.
As soon as Sister-in-law Zhou lay down on the bed, he was completely at his wits end.
There is no other choice but to call Zhou Yang's grandma over to help cook, otherwise the family will have to wait for food.
If he is alone, he can still cook noodles to deal with it.
But the whole family is at home, so we can’t all cook noodles.
Besides, cooking this noodle is enough for one or two meals. If you cook it a few times, people will get tired of it.
And Yu Qing Yu Li wants to cook dinner tonight and invite Zhang An over for a meal.
After Mrs. Zhou made dinner in the evening, Zhou Shuanglin came to call Zhang An for dinner.
"Brother Shuanglin, our family has finished eating. Don't be polite. I will go there next time."
Zhang An had just finished half a pot of cold skin and sat down lazily. In the chair, I don't want to move at all.
"You can go over and eat some food. It's a good idea to eat more and eat less."
Zhou Shuanglin invited the old lady to cook. It was only after six o'clock when dinner was ready, which was normal for everyone in the village. Meal time.
But he didn’t expect that Zhang An’s family would eat so early.
"Brother Shuanglin, go back and eat quickly. I just finished half a bowl of noodles. I won’t be able to eat anything else. We are all a family. You don’t need to be so polite. I can’t eat it this time. I'll eat it next time."
Zhang An showed his belly to Zhou Shuanglin as he said it.
“Today I saw a noodle seller in the county. I bought some after a long time, and then I ate half of the bowl without paying attention. You see, I don’t want to move now. I’ll come to your house. When have you ever been polite during a meal?" Zhou Shuanglin saw that Zhang An didn't look polite, so he didn't continue the invitation.
"Okay, next time I will let the family cook breakfast."
Then he took out a hundred yuan from his pocket and handed it to Zhang An.
"Zhang An, please accept this money. I know that gasoline is quite expensive now. We are not close to the county seat. We can't let you spend the gas money in vain. You also have to buy food during the day. money.”
"Brother Shuanglin, what are you doing? Why don't you charge me for sending you there? It's all because my family doesn't want to do this."
Seeing Zhou Shuanglin give him money, Zhang An I refused without thinking.
His car was not driven much. Every time he went to the county, he filled up the gas and came back. He never paid attention to how much gas he burned while driving.
"Shuanglin, don't be too nervous. It won't burn much oil. It's a family matter. There's no need for this."
Now people in the village don't charge for helping each other. An example of doing things is to exchange favors. If you are helping your own family, you will not mention these things.
"Uncle, this is not a trivial matter. Listen to me, Zhang An's car is relatively large and consumes a lot of fuel. A trip of five to six hundred miles back and forth in this county will burn a lot of fuel. If I look for it alone, if everyone comes looking for me in the future, can Zhang An wipe his face and say he won't help?"
Zhou Shuanglin took a few puffs of the cigarette in his mouth before continuing.
"It costs about a hundred yuan for a round trip. No matter how good my family's conditions are, I can't pay like this. I'm not doing this to be polite, but to help Zhang An in front of other people. Uncle, you Believe it or not, if Zhang An doesn’t accept the money today, other people will come to Zhang An to help him give away this and that.”
Hearing Zhou Shuanglin’s words, Zhang An and his son became a little silent.
What Zhou Shuanglin said was true. Many people had actually wanted to talk to Zhang An before, but they had never been embarrassed to say so. They were all waiting for the first person to come forward.
Today, Zhou Shuanglin's family spoke up, and everyone was waiting and watching. When he came back in the evening, many people asked him if he could ask Zhang An for help in sending someone away.
People in the village only know that it is convenient for others to drive their cars, but they don’t know that today’s cars burn a lot of fuel.
The closer one is fine, but the fuel cost for the longer distance is a lot of money.
Especially when going to the county, one way trip is uphill and downhill.
The round trip was hundreds of kilometers away, and Zhang An’s car was so big that it had to burn a lot of oil.
This was all told to him when he was talking to the people next to him in the hospital today.
Otherwise he wouldn’t know that driving consumes so much gas.
“Uncle, Zhang An, I don’t have to give you this money, but when someone comes to ask you for help, when everyone sees that you have confiscated the money, some people are too shameless to give it to you. Do you always give money? Zhang An is kind-hearted and will help anyone who has something to do, but you can't just say that you have to give money to others for helping. It doesn't make sense, so what I give is not money, but an attitude, an attitude that everyone should know. You guys should stop pushing it around."
After that, he put the money in Zhang An's hand and asked him to put it away quickly.
Zhang Jianguo didn't think about it just now, but now he understands after hearing what Zhou Shuanglin said.
Although everyone is from the same village, not all of them are close relatives, and not all of them know what is happening.
There are also some people who often want to take advantage of others. Although there are not many such people, they are not absent.
"Take it, Brother Shuanglin is right."
Seeing that his father had spoken, Zhang An could only accept it.
"Then I'll accept it. This is what happened..."
"Zhang An, don't think about anything. Just by driving us there, you are already helping us." I'm very busy. The doctor said today that if we arrive more than half an hour late, your sister-in-law's big foot may be lame. Okay, I won't say more. I'm going back to eat."
Zhang. After An had eaten, he stopped being pretentious. After watching Zhang An accept the gas money, he said goodbye.
(End of this chapter)