Chapter 30

Xu Di left her grandma’s house, using the excuse of a stomachache to make Xu Jun wait for her on the road, she pretended to go to the bathroom.

A few minutes later, Xu Di came out carrying a bag, inside was a rooster, she had already tied it up.

“Sis, what are you carrying?”

“Keep it down, that family has roosters to exchange.”

Xu Jun was delighted, his gums were showing, his sister was so generous, since she started working, she always bought delicious food back home.

“Stop grinning like a fool, you carry this, I’ll take these vegetables.”

Xu Di didn’t pamper Xu Jun, he was eleven years old, he could do a lot of work.

“Okay, I’ll carry it, I can even carry another one.”

He carried the chicken with one hand, and a small basket with the other, inside were over a dozen eggs.

Grandma had three hens, and she saved all the eggs they laid, she didn’t sell them. Knowing that eggs were in short supply in the city, she kept half for them and ate half herself.

The siblings entered the family compound with bags and baskets, attracting envy from everyone.

“Look at the Xu family, their parents and siblings in the countryside take such good care of them, they never run out of vegetables all year round!”

“Vegetables are worth a few cents, how much stuff does the Xu family send back to the countryside every year?”

“Huang Zhaodi, you haven’t stopped sending things back to your parents’ home in the countryside all year round, but you haven’t brought back a single green vegetable.”

Someone who couldn’t stand Huang Zhaodi immediately retorted. She was always sending things back to her parents’ home, but what about her own children, they were starving. No wonder her husband beat her, he was too lenient.

Huang Zhaodi had angered everyone, she slipped away and went home.

Xu Di didn’t know about this, she used all her strength to carry this big basket upstairs.

“Oh my, you child, so many things, why didn’t you make two trips? Where’s your brother, why isn’t he helping you carry?”

“Mom, I haven’t been idle either.”

Xu Jun popped out from behind his sister, he didn’t know where his sister bought the chicken, it was really heavy!

“What are you carrying?”

Xu’s mother didn’t expect her youngest son to have something in his hand, a basket and a bag.

Xu Jun put the things on the ground, closed the door, and whispered, “Grandma gave me eggs, and my sister bought a chicken, it’s so heavy.”

“What, a chicken? Xu Di, you’ve almost spent your whole month’s salary, right? How much did the chicken cost, I’ll give you the money later.”

Xu’s mother knew that this child wanted to contribute to the family, she had been working for over a month and had bought a lot of things back home.

“Forget it this time, next time, next time you give me the money. For my first month’s salary, I bought some food and necessities for the family, next month, I’ll save it.

Mom, I also need to send some vegetables to Aunt Wang’s house. Grandma heard about my job and picked a lot of vegetables, even the first batch of cucumbers were contributed.”

There were no greenhouses at this time, most vegetables in the north wouldn’t come out until July.

Grandma Xu had specially grown seedlings in the pot, her cucumbers, green beans, eggplants were a few days earlier than other people’s.

“Take more, take some eggs too.”

Xu’s mother was very grateful to the Liang family, they were willing to give anything.

“Mom, no need for eggs. Brother Liang has connections, he doesn’t lack these. I’ll take some fresh vegetables, otherwise they’ll give us even more things back.”

“That’s true, then take more vegetables.”

Xu’s mother packed a lot into the basket and told Xu Di to hurry and deliver them.

Xu Di got up from the sofa, went to the kitchen to drink a glass of water, and went out carrying the basket.

Xu Di got off the bus one stop early and went to the nearby public toilet, luckily, there was no one.

She went into her space, went to her vegetable patch, picked cucumbers, eggplants, green beans, tomatoes, and some other small vegetables, filled a whole basket.

She took the ones from her grandma’s house to give to Sister Tang and the team leader at work tomorrow, and she also brought the chicken and eggs that Sister Tang wanted, she would sell one if she could.

After packing the vegetables, she went to catch two chickens, one for Grandma Qian and one for Aunt Wang.

She took a look, there was no one in the public toilet, she quickly came out.

Carrying the basket and the bag, Xu Di didn’t plan to take the bus anymore, it was hot, there were too many people, and the smell on the bus was also very strong.

Fortunately, it was only one stop away, not far, it would only take ten minutes to walk.

Xu Di carried the things into the family compound where the Liang family lived, luckily she didn’t meet anyone she knew along the way.

Although she had only been working for over a month, many colleagues from the department store lived in this family compound, they didn’t know each other well, but they all knew each other.

She went upstairs and knocked on the door a few times.

“Xu Di, come in quickly, Grandma Qian and I were just talking about you. I didn’t expect you to come.”

“You missed me, I missed you guys too.”

Xu Di carried the things into the room and greeted Grandma Qian inside.

“Grandma Qian, I was thinking about going to see you later. I went to Grandpa’s house this morning and brought some vegetables back.”

Xu Di put the basket on the ground, lifted the flower cloth covering it, revealing a basket of fresh vegetables.

“Oh my, these vegetables are so fresh, your grandpa and grandma are really good at growing vegetables.”

Aunt Wang and Grandma Qian each picked up a cucumber, they couldn’t put it down.

“Yeah, my grandma’s first thing every morning is to go to the vegetable patch, she takes good care of them.”

Grandma Xu didn’t work anymore, she had a large homestead at home, she had opened up a lot of vegetable patches, and she also had a private plot, she planted vegetables on all of them, and if she couldn’t eat them, she would dry them. She was thinking about her eldest son’s family in the city, she had prepared everything for them.

“That’s great, they’re so fresh and tender.”

Grandma Qian also liked to grow vegetables, but she didn’t have the chance now, she lived in an apartment building, there was no place to grow vegetables.

Last winter, Xu Di got her a flower pot to grow vegetables, she took good care of them all winter, the small vegetables grew one after another, she couldn’t even eat them all.

“Grandma Qian, Aunt Wang, I also brought back two roosters, one for each of you.”

Xu Di took the roosters out of the bag, she would suffocate them later.

“Oh my, these roosters are so big, their feathers are so glossy.”

Their attention was immediately drawn to the roosters, it was hard to see roosters that looked this good. The combs were bright red, and the feathers on the tail were long and brightly colored.

After admiring the big roosters for a while, Aunt Wang and Grandma Qian finally spoke to Xu Di.

“It’s been a long time since we’ve seen such a good rooster, we’ve been ignoring you.”

“It’s okay, I’m not an outsider.”

Xu Di really treated Aunt Wang and the others as close relatives now, and she was more casual in her speech.

“That’s how it should be, we’re destined to be together.”

Aunt Wang patted Xu Di’s arm, she felt that they were destined to be together with this child, it felt familiar.

“Xu Di, have you grown taller lately, why do I feel like something’s different about you?”

Grandma Qian hadn’t seen Xu Di for a while, and she felt something was different about her.

“Grandma Qian, I’ve already passed my 18th birthday, I can’t grow taller. It’s probably because I’m working now, I look like an adult.”

“How old are you, Xu Di, how old did you say you were?”

Grandma Qian was stunned, she quickly asked again.

“I’m eighteen years old, I just had my birthday in May.”

“Eighteen? I thought you were fifteen or sixteen. You just graduated from high school, how can you be eighteen?”

Grandma Qian couldn’t believe it, she always thought Xu Di was fifteen or sixteen, she didn’t expect her to be eighteen.

“I grew up at Grandma’s house when I was young, and I didn’t want to come back when it was time to go to school. Later, I couldn’t avoid it, so I came back to school, I started school later than others.

Later, there was a big movement in the city, and I dropped out of school for a year, I stayed at Grandma’s house for a year before coming back to class, I’m two years older than my classmates.”

Xu Di told her previous life story, her current height was exactly 1.65 meters, the same as when she first came here, she hadn’t grown at all.

Aunt Wang didn’t expect Xu Di to be eighteen years old either, she also thought she was sixteen or seventeen.

“I can’t believe it, our Xu Di is already a big girl, she can start looking for a partner!”

Aunt Wang joked, Xu Di smiled, if there was someone suitable, she wouldn’t mind taking a look.

Grandma Qian heard this and took it to heart, she pondered it in her heart, but she didn’t say anything.

Xu Di had to go to work tomorrow, she didn’t wait for Fang Jie to come back, she left.

Aunt Wang gave her a lot of food, Xu Di didn’t refuse.

In human relationships, give and take, you can deepen your bond!