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Chapter 87 87 cups of green tea
After the rise in salary, the material level of the family also went up.
Usually, you have to save on eating meat, and sometimes you only eat one meal every two or three days. Now you don't have to save at all. The Tong family only ate so little that their faces became round.
Tong Mianmian was raised white and red, and her little face was flushed, looking particularly likable.
In fact, there is no need for her salary, because their grandfather, Commander Xiao, left hundreds of yuan for their living expenses before he left the capital.
After returning to the northwest, he also sent some things from time to time, such as wheat cream and milk sugar, as well as all kinds of bills and money.
In short, he can not come back for the time being, but his thoughts and things have not been absent.
On this day, the postman sent a letter to the Tong family, which was sent from the Northwest Army.
Tong Jiaming brothers and sisters did not open the letter when they received it, and waited until after work to read it together.
The letter was sent by their grandfather, Commander Xiao. In addition to the words of concern, this time he also talked about the Tong family.
The letter said that after investigation, their grandmother Tong Manzhi was forced to get married at that time, and the premature hemorrhage was not an accident, but Tong Manzhi was pushed by Xie Jinhua and hit the corner of the table, so she gave birth on the same day as Xie Jinhua.
If it hadn't been for the premature birth and being depressed all the time, Tong Manzhi would not have died at all. It would have been murder!
If Xie Jinhua didn't do this, even if they lied last time, Commander Xiao didn't want to kill them all for the sake of Tong's family saving his life.
But now that he knew the result, he could not sit idly by, so he asked his nephew to set up a game. Now Xie Jinhua is already in the cell, waiting for her to be shot.
As for what it is, Commander Xiao did not specify that for Xie Jinhua's two sons, although they were involved in lying, they did not participate in the events of that year.
For the sake of Tong Manzhi's nephews, and their father Tong Genlai also saved Commander Xiao, so Commander Xiao let them go.
Because Xie Jinhua is going to be shot, Tong Erzhu and Tong Sanzhuang are both scared, and they should be a man with their tails between their legs in the future. As long as they don't die again, he won't pursue it any more.
Commander Xiao also removed Tong Dajun and his family from the family genealogy, and from then on they had nothing to do with the people of Tong's hometown.
When Tong Xuelu saw this letter, he felt that a big stone in his heart could finally be put down.
In the book, the tragedy of Tong Jiaming's three brothers and sisters comes from people from Tong's hometown, especially Xie Jinhua, who is simply an old witch.
Because she was continuously molested as a child, lived in the shadow all her life, and finally chose from the shark, Tong Jiaming and Tong Jiaxin two brothers are no better.
Now that the old witch is coming to an end, their brothers and sisters will not repeat the tragedies in the book.
Tong Xuelu chose some of the letters to read, such as setting up a frame to frame Xie Jinhua, she did not say, only that Xie Jinhua committed an illegal thing to be shot.
Tong Jiaming and Tong Jiaxin were shocked on the spot when they heard the news.
"Sister, milk. I mean, will her uncle and aunt affect us? " Tong Jiaming frowned.
Kui Xuelu shook his head: "you don't have to worry about this. Grandpa's side is all done. In the future, we are members of the Xiao family, not the Tong family."
Tong Jiaxin: "doesn't it mean that my sister and I don't have to change our last name?"
Luo Xuelu: "you don't have to have the same surname in a hukou. Our future hukou will fall in the Xiao family, which has little to do with whether we change our surname or not."
Their hukou later fell on the side of the Xiao family, but she and Tong Jiaxin did not change their surnames and took the surname of their grandmother Tong Manzhi.
In this day and age, don't know if it can be done in this way, but with their grandfather's identity and connections, it is certainly not a problem to operate such a small thing.
So they don't have to worry about this kind of thing.
The two brothers breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that their families would not be implicated.
Tong Mianmian looked at this and that with her eyes open to one side, with a blank look on her face.
The moon cake tilted its head and looked very cute with the same style bewilderment in its big watery eyes.
When got up that morning, Xiao Xuelu found that it was snowing outside.
Snowflakes fluttered, the eaves, roofs and trees were covered with a layer of snow, the branches were frozen into glittering and translucent snow strips, and the whole world seemed to be dressed in new clothes.
Xiao Xuelu let out a breath of cold air, and he didn't want to go to work very much.
In such cold weather, you should stay in bed and do nothing.
Unfortunately, no matter how cold it was, she had to get up and go to work. She quickly put on her clothes and got up to cook.
As soon as she opened the door and a cold wind came out, she sneezed, startled Little Six, who was looking for food in the snow, and left a string of bamboo leaves on the snow.
Tong Xuelu boiled the dumplings made last night in the pot, and the two brothers Tong Jiaming and Tong Jiaxin got up before they were done.
During the meal, Xiao Xuelu asked them, "I think it was today's final exam, right?"
Tong Jiaxin shrank his neck when he heard this and buried his head even lower.
Tong Jiaming nodded, "well, today's final exam."
Tong Xuelu glanced at Tong Jiaxin: "take a good exam. Although we are no longer a family from Tong's hometown, the original bet is still valid. Although I can't send you back to Tong's hometown, I can send you to keep company with your grandfather!"
Tong Jiaxin, who took a chance, said, "…"
He had been studying hard before, but when he learned last week that he was no longer a family with Tong's hometown, he could not help but relax.
He thought the bet didn't count, but he didn't expect the mantis to catch the cicada sparrow.
Oh, sister is terrible!
After breakfast, those who go to work and those who go to school are still sent to the Wei family.
Before the Wei family saw that the Tong brothers and sisters were so pitiful, they were willing to take care of them. Later, when they learned that they were the grandchildren of Commander Xiao, they were more willing to love them as if they were their own grandchildren.
When Tong Xuelu took Little Tian to go shopping, she found that mutton was sold today.
So she bought some mutton and mutton and went back to make a pot of mutton soup.
Like this cold weather, have a bowl of spicy mutton soup, that is called Shuang.
She boiled mutton and mutton into lamb soup and made some big cakes.
Later, someone who wants to eat Pita Bread Soaked in Lamb Soup can eat steamed meat steamed buns, the pocket is not very rich, you can also directly have a bowl of sheep soup.
Pita Bread Soaked in Lamb Soup cut the mutton into slices, then put in vermicelli and garlic coriander, and finally poured lamb soup to eat.
Pita Bread Soaked in Lamb Soup sheep soup is rich, the mutton is fat but not greasy, the aroma is attractive, and then a big cake, a mouthful of soup cake, that cool ah.
Before noon, Dongfeng Hotel put a cauldron at the door, boiling sheep soup in the pot. As soon as the wind blew over, the aroma could float far away.
Many people did not intend to come to a restaurant for dinner, after all, they are not rich these days, so they can save as much as they can, but the fragrance is so attractive and overbearing that they can hardly move their legs when they smell it.
Especially those who take children past restaurants, children do not want to go when they smell the fragrance, and they have to drink sheep soup.
So soon there was a long queue at the door of the hotel.
A bowl of sheep soup is 22 taels of food stamps plus 15 cents, a large cake 10 cents, if you want to add other things to give extra money and tickets.
Some people eat in restaurants, while others bring rice pots directly from home to pack.
On the first day of snow, many people drank steaming mutton soup.
The chili peppers are hemp and spicy, the green onions are green, the sheep soup is full-bodied and mellow, and the spicy and salty taste are so good that they almost eat their tongues.
What's more, the whole body is warm after eating, and it doesn't seem to be cold at all.
Luo Xuelu was upgraded to a first-class hotel manager, and the fact that she was the granddaughter of Commander Xiao, the Tong family of the general rear courtyard only learned about it from the rest of the population.
After knowing this, the whole Tong family was silent.
It's okay to upgrade to a first-class hotel manager. At most, they don't go to a restaurant for dinner, but Xiao Commander's own granddaughter!
This is so shocking!
Even if they want to break their minds, they never thought that a family like the Tong family would have anything to do with Commander Xiao!
Although the Tong family works in the unit, outsiders look very prosperous, but in fact they are strong and hard-working inside and outside.
Father Tong will retire next year, and the ability of the two brothers is mediocre, so it is difficult for them to rise to the top.
If they had known that Tong Xuelu was the own granddaughter of Commander Xiao, they would not have broken the relationship.
At that time, so many things had happened to the Tong family that even the Fang family reached out to help. The whole family sat by and ignored it. Now they want to get close to it, and they are ashamed to think about it.
Sister-in-law Chen Yueling felt even more uncomfortable. At first, she and her husband wanted to lend a helping hand to Li Xuelu, but her mother-in-law refused to let them help and did not even let them go to see them.
If she hadn't been blocked by her mother-in-law, she wouldn't be so shameless now.
When she thought of this, she couldn't help blaming her mother-in-law.
Under the persuasion of her husband, Mother Tong has given up resentment against Li Xuelu, only as if she had never raised such an adopted daughter.
In her opinion, Luo Xuelu's brothers and sisters have no father or mother, and Tong's hometown has a lot of drag, even if she has the ability, she will be like that in her life.
She never expected that things would develop like this. Luo Xuelu was actually Commander Xiao's own granddaughter, and her object was Commander Wen's own grandson!
At the thought of this, her facial expression twisted and her heart began to regret it.
If she hadn't said that in the hospital that day, she and Xue Green wouldn't have torn their faces, and now she just wanted to get up there and didn't go down the steps.
When Father Tong saw the appearance of his wife, he guessed what she was thinking.
He sighed and said nothing.
He also felt regret and pity, but when something happened to them, they pretended not to know, and now they found that they were the commander's own granddaughter, and they looked too ugly.
In the whole family, the one who fears most, regrets most and worries most is Cai Chunlan.
The last time Cai Chunlan went to a restaurant and quarreled with Luo Xuelu, she spoke ill of her in front of so many people. When she came back later, she was angry and publicized her white-eyed wolf everywhere.
Now that she knew that she was Commander Shaw's own granddaughter, the more she thought about it, the more miserable she felt.
Because she was worried that she would deal with herself, Cai Chunlan ran to Dongfeng Hotel after work.
Dongfeng Hotel has two floors. Xiao Xuelu, as the manager, has a small lounge on the second floor.
When it is not time to eat or when there are not many guests, she will go to the lounge to have a rest.
When Cai Chunlan came over, she was reading in the lounge.
Meng Qingqing ran upstairs and said, "Manager Li, the woman who claimed to be your second sister-in-law came over again. She said she wanted to see you!"
Sister-in-law?
When Tong Xuelu thought of Cai Chunlan's big cake face, she felt unappetizing: "I don't see it!"
Meng Qingqing ran down to inform Cai Chunlan, and then ran up again: "Manager, that woman says she won't leave until you go down!"
Xixue green lips gently pulled: "if she wants to eat, then let her eat, if she does not eat, invite her out, how long she wants to stand outside is her business."
Meng Qingqing smelled the words and ran again.
When Cai Chunlan heard this, she blushed with anger.
It was so cold outside now that she certainly didn't want to go out and stand outside, but she couldn't see the snow green, and she was not reconciled to leaving like this.
Having no choice, she had to buy something to eat with money and tickets.
But she drank bowl after bowl of mutton soup, and her stomach stood up, but the snow green still didn't come down.
She didn't have enough money on her and was invited out soon.
Cai Chunlan's face turned pig liver, but she just stood outside and deliberately put on a pitiful look.
If anyone asks her, she will say that she has offended her before, and now she wants to come and apologize to her. She doesn't want to see her even if she doesn't want to see her.
When Meng Qingqing heard this, he ran upstairs to announce it.
Tong Xuelu said with a smile, "Let her go. Didn't she say I was a white-eyed wolf?" Since he is a white-eyed wolf, isn't it a matter of course to ignore her? "
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Meng Qingqing thought for a moment and felt that there was some truth in what he said.
So she left it alone.
Cai Chunlan stood outside for an hour, but didn't wait for the snow to turn green.
Her lips were purple with cold and she was almost stiff.
Finally, couldn't bear to run back and had a high fever that night.
She didn't know that Cai Chunlan deserved it. As soon as she got home, she saw Tong Jiaxin's cheeks flushed with excitement.
She glanced at her brothers and sisters and asked, "what happened? why are you so happy?"
Tong Jiaxin hurriedly took out the examination paper: "Sister, I got 61 points in math and 60 points in Chinese. I passed!"
Tong Xuelu took a look, although from the passing line can be skimmed, but it is indeed passed.
Tong Xuelu returned the test paper and said, "good, you don't have to be sent away. You can eat meat this winter vacation and Chinese New year."
Hearing this, Tong Jiaxin felt that he was too difficult.
It's not easy for him to have a bite of meat!
"I will continue to make further efforts in the future," she said. "if I fail, the bet is still valid."
Tong Jiaxin: "…."
Then he remembered that there was no time in the betting contract, which meant that could say it was valid whenever wanted.
He's been tricked!
Tong Jiaming still got a double 100 this time, and Luo Xuelu rewarded him with two yuan.
Seeing that her two brothers were praised, Tong Mianmian hurriedly took out her daytime painting and showed it to her sister: "Sister, Flaafy/continuous painted it!"
Tong Xuelu brought the picture over and saw several characters who could vaguely identify people on it. Count a total of three people.
Tong Xuelu rubbed her head and asked her, "what is the painting?"
Tong Mianmian said in a milky voice: "Sister, second elder brother and Mianmian, as well as third elder brother, moon cake and Xiao Liu."
Tong Jiaxin leaned over to have a look, and after looking for it for a long time, he did not find himself: "Mian Mian, didn't you say you painted me?" Where am I? "
Tong Mianmian pointed a chubby finger and pointed to a mass of things and said, "this is the third brother."
Tong Jiaxin twitched at the corner of his mouth: "Why am I different from you, and what are the two next to me?"
Tong Mianmian: "Moon cakes and Xiao Liu."
Tong Jiaxin exclaimed, "Why do I look exactly the same as moon cakes and Xiao Liu? what are you thinking? I'm a man, not a dog or a chicken!"
Tong Mianmian poked her finger: "but Brother San is ugly!"
The implication is that you are ugly and you don't deserve to be human.
Tong Jiaxin was stabbed: "…"
Xiao Xuelu couldn't help giggling, and the heart-binding kung fu of Xiao Tuanzi became more and more powerful.
Tong Jiaming on one side also stirred up the corners of her lips.
At this moment, the atmosphere of the Wen family froze and became very heavy.
Father Wen threw a bunch of things on the ground and smashed his crutches at them: "what does that woman want?" She thinks I'm really afraid to hit her, doesn't she? "
Uncle Zong quickly appeased and said, "Commander, please calm down and don't ruin your body for that kind of popularity."
Today, the postman delivered something from Jinshi.
The Wen family doesn't have any relatives in Tianjin, only that woman is there.
Usually just send something over, this time also wrote a letter, the letter is mixed with a picture, said to be a warm sister.
The woman said shamelessly that she wanted to meet Wen Ru and let them meet their brother and sister.
Not to mention that the commander will be angry, even he will be very angry when he sees the letter!
After what she did to the Wen family at that time, what face does she have to go home now?
Father Wen said gloomily, "Xiao Zong, go and make a phone call tomorrow and let her be at peace, otherwise don't blame me for being impolite!"
He would put up with that woman all these years, just for the sake of her biological mother.
When she did something like that, the Wen family had already let her live. If she insists on dying, then don't blame his men for being merciless!
Uncle poured a glass of warm water and said, "OK, I'll go tomorrow. Commander, drink some water quickly. I'll take these things out and burn them."
Father Wen nodded, frowning tightly.
It's all evil!
The Spring Festival is approaching day by day, although there is no holiday yet, the smell of the Spring Festival can be felt in the streets.
Although the weather is very cold, the children are not afraid of the cold. After the holiday, they run up and down the street, frolicking heartily.
There were a lot of New year products in department stores and supply and marketing cooperatives, but they were robbed by everyone as soon as they were released.
Tong Xuelu had no way to rob if she wanted to go to work. She originally wanted to give the task of buying New year's goods to Tong Jiaming and Tong Jiaxin.
But their grandfather, Commander Xiao, called and told them not to be prepared. he had got the orderly ready and said he would go back to Beijing to celebrate the Spring Festival with them.
As soon as Tong Xuelu went to the hotel, she received a call from the Ministry of Commerce and asked her to hurry over to the Department of Commerce and they went to the airport to pick people up.
It should be the UN translator who can get Minister Lin to pick him up in person.
Tong Xuelu was a little speechless. If she had known they were coming today, she would not have worn this thick cotton-padded jacket.
But now it's too late to go back and change, and she's not an important person, so it doesn't matter what she wears.
Tong Xuelu rushed to the Ministry of Commerce and then took a bus from the Ministry of Commerce to the airport.
When arrived at the airport, was told that it would take more than an hour to arrive at the airport.
Xiao Xuelu could not help swearing in her heart.
When everyone waited until their hands and feet were almost frozen, the translator finally arrived late.
Two men in long black overcoats came out of the plane, the cold wind blowing, and the long overcoats fluttering in the wind.
The snow green looked at the past and met a pair of narrow young black eyes.