I sat down at my desk, picked up the teapot and took a sip of water. Then I took out a book and started reading. My heart slowly calmed down.
After eating in the cafeteria at noon, when Li Chu was walking to the office, Director Liang stopped him: "Xiao Li, will you go out during the three days of vacation?"
Li Chu thought for a while: "I should go to my sister's house tomorrow. I'll go back to her house with my wife on the second day of the second grade. Then I'll be fine on the third grade."
"Is your sister's house far from the hospital?"
"It's at the family home of the District Grain Bureau. What can I do, director?"
"That's right, our department doesn't have people on duty during the holidays. If anything happens in the hospital, the third grade students will ask them to come to your home to find you. If you go there then, usually nothing will happen. Look,
How about it?" Director Liang discussed with him.
"No problem, director." Li Chu agreed simply.
Director Liang smiled and patted Li Chu on the shoulder: "Okay, I will report to the medical office in a moment."
Director Liang, the leader, has a very difficult job. Counting him in the Traditional Chinese Medicine Department, there are seven doctors in total. Except for Dr. Li Chu and Dr. Luo, the remaining four doctors are all older and difficult to manage. Director Liang is always busy with whatever tasks he has to do.
The assignment does not move.
If the task of going to the countryside in the past two years was not uniformly required by the city, and Dr. Li Chu and Dr. Luo had already gone there in the first year, it would have been impossible to even think about arranging for those two doctors to go there in the second year.
Fortunately, Li Chu's medical skills are now considered to be great, and he is now well-known in the hospital. Every time he attends in-hospital consultations, other department directors also recognize him.
After finally getting off work, Li Chu ran home like an arrow from a string.
From time to time, someone would set off firecrackers on the road, and a group of children would follow behind, watching, laughing, and making fun.
As soon as he entered the courtyard, Li Chu smelled the fragrance wafting in the courtyard. Yes, it's the Chinese New Year. Whether you have money or not, you have to find a way to make dumplings and stir-fry meat and vegetables today.
When I walked to the door of my house, I found that the Spring Festival couplets had been pasted on the door. No need to ask, it must have been posted by the third uncle. Every year during the Chinese New Year, the third uncle wrote Spring Festival couplets for the people in the courtyard in exchange for some melon seeds and peanuts. It was also regarded as his reserve item.
The first line is: May you have everything you wish every year, the second line is: Be safe every year, and the horizontal line is: Spring breeze brings blessings
It's a pretty decent couplet. Not to mention, the calligraphy of the third uncle is actually quite good.
As he was watching, the third uncle's voice came from behind him: "Xiao Chu, you are back from get off work. You were not at home at noon. I asked Jie Cheng to post them for you. What do you think of the Spring Festival couplets I wrote for your home? "
Li Chu turned around and gave a thumbs up: "Not bad, not bad, the content is good, and the writing is good. Third uncle, your writing is now in the hall!"
"Xiao Chu, you praise me too much, you can barely see." The third uncle said modestly, but the smile on his face could no longer be suppressed.
Li Chu opened the door: "Third uncle, please come in and sit down. I'll get you some melon seeds and peanuts."
When the third uncle heard what Li Chu said, the smile on his face became even brighter: "I won't go in. I'm making dumplings at home, and I have to go back to help." He said this without moving his feet at all.
Li Chu entered the room, grabbed a handful of melon seeds and peanuts from the plate on the table, and walked out.
When the third uncle saw that Li Chu had brought so much, he could see his happy molars, and he said: "Oh, that's a lot more, Xiao Chu." His hands were not slow and he hurriedly pulled up the hem of his clothes.
Pick it up and hold it in your pocket, "Thank you. You're so polite. I'll just write a Spring Festival couplet for you to get so much."
"You're welcome, Mr. San. Please help me write the Spring Festival couplets, and I'll give you some melon seeds and peanuts to polish your pen. This is what you should do."
"If you don't tell me, Xiao Chu, you are a college student, so you are sensible." The third uncle praised.
"Then, third uncle, you are busy, so I won't invite you to come in and sit down. I will go back and clean up."
"Xiao Chu, please get busy. Your wife will be back soon. I'm going back to make dumplings." The third uncle happily returned with melon seeds and peanuts in his pocket.
When the third aunt saw her old man coming back with so many melon seeds and peanuts, she also burst into laughter: "Good guy, if you give me so much, I'll have two or three taels."
The third uncle poured the melon seeds and peanuts into the plate on the table, and then said to the third aunt: "I told you at noon, let's post the Spring Festival couplets to Xiao Chu. He will definitely not miss our things when he comes back. Why?
Well, let me tell you."
The third aunt said with a smile: "Yes, yes, you are right."
"That's when I said I missed it. There is no one in our courtyard, and Li Chu is the one who is least likely to rely on our things."
The third uncle's four children gathered around the table, looking at the plate of melon seeds and peanuts, silently counting in their hearts, how many more can they share tonight?
After Li Chu returned to the house, he took out a bag of tea leaves from the cabinet. This tea was given by the system when he signed in. He planned to take this when he went to Uncle Wang's house later. There was no need to take anything else. If he took too much, he would be scolded.
Before his wife came back, he took out a piece of meat and chopped it into stuffing. Although he didn't have to cook at home today, he still had to make the dumplings when he came back in the evening.
While I was chopping stuffing, I heard Xiao Hei's cry coming from far to near. "No problem, Ding Qiunan is back from get off work."
"Li Chu, why don't you start cooking and start chopping stuffing?" Ding Qiunan walked into the kitchen without smelling the aroma of the food at home.
"Daughter-in-law, you don't need to take off your coat. I'll be ready in a minute. We're not having dinner at home tonight. We're going to my Uncle Wang's house."
"Uncle Wang? Oh, is it the Uncle Wang you told me about in Hainan? Is he back?" Ding Qiunan stopped taking off his coat and asked.
"Well, I just came back last night. Someone was sent to inform me this morning. My sister and her family will also come over in the evening."
"Then what things should we bring? I'll pack them up."
"Just put the bag of tea leaves on the table, and take everything else. He's not short of it. If I take it, I'll be scolded."
While they were talking, the minced meat was chopped, and Li Chu didn't waste any more time. He put on the hat and gloves that Ding Qiunan knitted for him, put on his bicycle, and went out with his wife.
When they arrived at the gate here, Li Qin, Wang Ziwen and their children must have just arrived and were talking to the sentry at the gate.
Li Chu got off the bicycle, pushed the car and walked over, "Sister, brother-in-law, have you just arrived too?"
"Uncle, aunt." The sweet-tongued Wang Jiayuan shouted first when she saw the two of them.
Ding Qiunan also called out: "Sister, brother-in-law." He smiled at Wang Jiayuan and touched her face.
Wang Ziwen looked back at them: "We thought you both went in, but you were still behind us for a long time. Wait a minute, the phone call has been made, and Zhang Meng will come out soon."
"Qiunan has a long way to go from get off work, so I wasted some time."
Li Qin walked to Ding Qiunan and took her hand, asking: "Qiunan, is it cold on the road?"
"Sister, it's not cold. The cotton coat Li Chu bought for me is very warm."
Wang Jiayuan ran to Li Chu, and Li Chu picked her up with one hand, put her on the front bumper of the bicycle, and then chatted quietly with his brother-in-law. Only Wang Jiadong stood aside, pretending to be serious like a little adult.