Chapter 10 Getting Small
His mother's shout came from downstairs, and Xu Ziling remembered that he had just returned home and heard the good news about the lion and forgot about it. He left his mother aside.
He hurriedly interrupted his conversation with the lion and came downstairs.
Zhang Lan, who was sitting on the sofa, saw Xu Ziling coming down and said, "You two, the older one rarely comes home every three to five days. The younger one rarely shows up when he's on vacation, and when he comes back, he still hides and can't come out. I said
, you two treat this place as a hotel."
Xu Ziling hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "Look what you said, a classmate just happened to call me. If you didn't look at it, your son, I heard your call and hung up the phone quickly and came down."
"Don't be poor. How are your grandparents doing during this time?" Zhang Lan looked at Xu Ziling with disbelief and asked.
Xu Ziling poured a glass of water for his mother, took out a bottle of ice water from the refrigerator, unscrewed the lid and took two sips, then sat on the sofa. "Still the same as before, I can eat and sleep, and I'm in good health.
.Grandpa can still carry a hundred kilograms and walk as fast as flying."
"Okay, that's fine. I haven't been back for a few months. Let me tell you what you have done in the past few days. The results will be out tomorrow. If I don't call you to come back, you won't come back."
"Mom, let me tell you, it's worth going back this time."
"Then tell me, what's the value?" Zhang Lan asked.
"I shot a big wild boar, a two hundred kilogram big wild boar. I also left a leg of meat for Aunt Xiaoling, and put it in the car. We will go to her house to have a meal later. The two of us are too lazy to cook.
"Xu Ziling said.
"Even if you understand, it's not as if your Aunt Xiaoling is so kind to you."
"Why don't you call her and see if she's at home? We'll go over there later. The weather is hot, so I packed the wild boar meat back in ice. I think the ice has almost melted by now."
"Okay, let me call her and see if she is at home?" After Zhang Lan said that, she picked up the phone next to the sofa and started dialing.
Aunt Xiaoling, whose full name is Xie Xiaoling, is Zhang Lan’s best friend since childhood. Like Zhang Lan, she is also a teacher. Not long after Xu Haoran and Zhang Lan got married, she also married Wang Zhijun, who was working in the township government at the time, and now
She also became the wife of the director of the county finance and political bureau, and her son, Wang Jian, had been classmates since Xu Ziling moved to the county seat. They had been studying together from elementary school to high school graduation. The two became best friends who could wear the same pair of pants.
The two families have always had a very close relationship. Zhang Lan and Xie Xiaoling also treat each other's sons as their own. Xu Ziling and Wang Jian also treat both Xie Xiaoling and Zhang Lan as mothers.
"Okay, then we'll come back later."
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Lan said to Xu Ziling: "Son, your Aunt Xiaoling and her family are all here, just call us over."
"Okay, we'll go there in a moment." Xu Ziling then told Zhang Lan about his acquaintance with Li Cheng and Yang Kaiming.
"You are talking about Li Cheng from your Uncle Li's family. Not long after I gave birth to you, your Uncle Li and his family came back. I even hugged Li Cheng at that time. The last time your Uncle Li was transferred back, your father and I
I went to their house and didn’t see anything.”
"He hadn't changed his job at that time. Of course you couldn't see him in the army. Now that he has changed his job and returned, there is always a chance to see him." Xu Ziling interjected.
"That's true. As for the Yang Kaiming you are talking about, he is really well-established. General, he is one of the world's top 500 companies. He is usually so far away from ordinary people like us. Haha... You young people are as good as you young people.
Friendship, please invite them two to come over and play when you have time. Mom will definitely entertain you."
"I know, there is a chance, for sure. The two of them have already said that they will buy gifts and visit you next time, haha." He looked at the wall clock hanging on the wall of the living room, "It's getting late, Mom
, let’s go there, I’m afraid if it’s too late, the ice will melt completely.”
"I'll go in and change my clothes and leave. Please wait."
After Zhang Lan changed her clothes and came out, the mother and her son went downstairs, got into the car in the parking lot, and drove towards Wang Jian's house.
Wang Jian's home is in the family building of the County Finance and Political Bureau, which is a dozen minutes' drive from Xu Ziling's home, and he arrived there very quickly. Xu Ziling moved the box containing the wild boar out of the trunk, and the ice in the foam box was almost gone.
It turned into more than half a tank of water. I dumped the water in the sewer next to the parking lot, and went up to Wang Jian's house with Zhang Lan.
After ringing the doorbell, the door inside opened immediately, and a fat face stuck out to look at it, "I knew it was you. You ran back as soon as the holiday was over and didn't take me with you. I thought you wouldn't come either today."
You'll be back soon, Aunt Lan, you're here too, come in quickly."
This is Wang Jian. He has always been chubby since he was a child, slightly shorter than Xu Ziling, and he is also a restless man.
Xu Ziling waited for his mother to go in first, then put the box in his hand into Wang Jian's hand who was standing next to the door, "Fat man, who asked you to go out to play that day when I went back, otherwise I would have taken you there.
"
Wang Jian looked at the box in his hand. The box was covered, so he couldn't see what was inside, so he asked Xu Ziling: "What is inside? It's quite heavy."
Xu Ziling changed his shoes, turned around, closed the door, and said to Wang Jian: "This is what I got from going back this time. I brought some for you to eat." Then he said to Xie Xiaoling and Wang Zhijun, who were chatting with his mother Zhang Lan: "Xiao
Aunt Ling, I'm here. Uncle Wang, you're at home today and you didn't go out."
Xie Xiaoling, who had just come out of the kitchen wearing an apron, said: "Here you come, hurry up and sit down. It's rare that your Uncle Wang has a free day at home."
Wang Zhijun is of medium height, always has a smile on his face, and wears a pair of glasses in a polite manner. People who don't know him would never know that he is an official. "Come and sit down quickly. I am just like your dad.
I can't help myself, and I don't have much time for myself. It's just that he does it for business, and I do it for business."
Seeing Wang Jianzheng putting the boxes brought by Xu Ziling on the ground and unpacking them, he said to Xu Ziling: "You kid, what good stuff did you get again?"
Xu Ziling sat on the sofa, thanked Xie Xiaoling who was pouring water for him and Zhang Lan, and replied to Wang Zhijun: "I went back to hunt a big wild boar and brought some for you to eat."
Xie Xiaoling, who was sitting next to her after pouring the water, said: "In the past, it was either a hare or a pheasant, but this time it has been upgraded to a wild boar. Ziling, you are getting better and better at hunting."
"Don't praise him. He thinks about hunting all day now. The more you praise him, the more energetic he becomes." After hearing what Xie Xiaoling said, Zhang Lan said to her.
"Why can't you praise me? I have hobbies: if I want to eat, I can do it myself. It's much better than my family who just likes to eat and doesn't like to move." Wang Zhijun pointed at Wang Jian who was squatting there studying wild boar meat and said with a smile.
When Wang Jian heard Wang Zhijun talking about him, he picked up the box and walked to the kitchen and said, "Dad, don't you like eating this? If you don't like eating it, I'll eat it alone later."
"Well, if you see it, you know how to eat it. In order to eat it, even my father is running against me."
When several people heard this, they all laughed.
Xie Xiaoling stood up and walked to the kitchen: "You guys chat, I'll go inside to cook." Zhang Lan also stood up and followed into the kitchen, "I'll also help with the cooking, let them chat."
Wang Jian, who had put away the boxes in the kitchen, came out and pounced on Xu Ziling. Xu Ziling leaned back when he heard a gust of wind, grabbed hold of it with his left hand, pushed aside with his right hand, and took away one of Wang Jian's hands.
He was locked on the back, and his right elbow was firmly pressing him on the sofa. Wang Jian struggled a few times, but when he saw that he couldn't struggle, he quickly shouted: "Surrender, surrender."
Wang Jian, who was let go by Xu Ziling, climbed up and sat on the sofa, rubbed his hands and said, "Why can't I beat you every time? Do you have side eyes?"
Xu Ziling laughed sarcastically: "You are the only one who likes to eat but doesn't like to move. How can you sneak attack me? Even if there are ten of you like you, you will still get down." He turned to Wang Zhijun, who was watching the two of them having fun and said:
"Uncle Wang, do you think so?"
Wang Zhijun answered: "Well, follow Zi Ling, get up at six o'clock every day, run three to five kilometers, and then practice a set of military style boxing. If you practice for three to five months, you may be able to fight.
"
When Wang Jian heard this, he said with a bitter face: "Forget it, if you really do that, it won't cost me my life. I still can't beat you." Wang Zhijun looked at his son's look and shook his head with a wry smile.
Shaking his head, "You, if you can move, you definitely can't move. Look at all the fat on your body. If you don't exercise, you won't be able to walk."
Wang Jian answered his father with a smile, "I can definitely move around when I play, hehe." He turned to Xu Ziling with a beaming look on his face and said, "Ziling, please tell me how you hit the big wild boar?"
"Tell me about it and I'll listen too. Your uncle Wang and I are also interested in this."
Xu Ziling explained the hunting experience to Wang Zhijun and his son in detail. After hearing this, Wang Jian said it was fun and shouted: "Next time you go, you must remember to take me with you." "Okay, okay. I will definitely take you there.
Maybe I will go back when the results come out, and then you can come with me." Xu Ziling said.
"It's good to take him to the mountains to eat hard and see if he can lose a few pounds of fat." Wang Zhijun said with a smile.
A few people were chatting and laughing, but it was almost getting dark. Xie Xiaoling and Zhang Lan in the kitchen quickly prepared a table of sumptuous dishes. Xie Xiaoling stood in the restaurant and shouted: "You three, wash your hands and get ready to eat."
Xu Ziling and Wang Jian hurriedly washed their hands and went into the kitchen to help serve dishes and pack rice.
Wang Zhijun came out after washing his hands and asked Xu Ziling: "Ziling, do you want to drink some wine?" "It's hot, let's have a few beers. I won't drink liquor. I have to drive later, Uncle Wang." He was going to the kitchen.
Xu Ziling, who serves food in the restaurant, answered.
"Okay, there are a few bottles of beer chilled in the refrigerator. One bottle for each person. Don't drink too much and don't drive under the influence." Wang Zhijun took out three bottles of beer from the refrigerator and placed them on the dining table.
There were five people at a medium-sized table, and Xu Ziling was drinking wine with Wang Zhijun. Wang Jian, who couldn't wait, quickly scooped up a few large pieces of wild boar meat and put them in his bowl. He picked up a piece and put it in his mouth.
He stuffed it in, and before he could swallow it, he shouted, "It's delicious. When will you hunt a wild boar to eat?" Xu Ziling couldn't laugh or cry after hearing this: "You think this is one you raised at home, and you can just hunt it if you ask for it."
ah."
Chapter completed!