Being a guest (3)

"Hello Grandpa Zhang, my name is Lu Xiaoxiao, you can call me Xiaoxiao."

"Lu Xiaoxiao, what a good name. Don't be polite when you come to the house, just treat it as your own home."

"good."

"Ahua, you continue to play with Xiaoxiao, I'll buy a bottle of wine and come back."

"Master, you don't have to buy wine. My mother bought it for you yesterday."

"Okay, I'll go to the kitchen to see if the food is ready. By the way, I'll ask your mother to prepare two dishes to go with the wine. I'll have a drink with your father at noon."

After hearing Zhang Weiguo's words, Zhang Aihua wanted to say that her father would not drink at noon, but when she saw Zhang Weiguo's happy look, she was too embarrassed to pour cold water on him, so she watched Zhang Weiguo enter the kitchen.

"Ahua, is your grandfather also a teacher?" Lu Xiaoxiao asked Zhang Aihua.

"Yes, my grandfather is indeed a teacher, but he has retired and now works as a janitor in a clothing factory. How did you know that my grandfather used to be a teacher?"

"Temperament and tone of voice."

"You are so observant. To be honest, very few people in the county know that my grandfather was a teacher, because he used to be a teacher in the village and only moved our family to the county after retirement."

"Why did your grandfather suddenly want to move to the county seat?"

"Because my dad teaches in the county town, he didn't want the family to be separated, so he simply moved to the county town."

"So that's it. If you hadn't told me, I would have thought your home was in the county town, because Aunt Chen knows the county town so well."

"My mother is just an inquisitive person, and her personality gets along well with everyone, so it's normal for her to know so much."

"Ahua, clean up the kang quickly, the meal is ready." Chen Zhenzhen called to the main room after taking the chicken soup out of the pot.

"I understand." After Zhang Aihua finished speaking, she began to pack away the things on the kang table. She had packed away her things in a short while.

"Mom, I have cleared the Kang table. You can bring the dishes over."

"good."

"Xiaoxiao, you get down under the kang first. I'm afraid my mother will accidentally spill it on you when she's serving the food."

Lu Xiaoxiao nodded after hearing Zhang Aihua's words, and then she got off the kang.

"Ahua, go to the door and have a look. Why hasn't your dad come back yet? There's no school today. I really don't know why he went to school." Chen Zhenzhen put the chicken soup on the kang table and said to Zhang Aihua.

"I'll go right away."

Lu Xiaoxiao saw Zhang Aihua walking towards the outside of the hall, so she followed Zhang Aihua towards the outside.

"Dad, you're finally back. If you don't come back, Mom will probably be angry with you again." When Zhang Aihua came to the door of her house, she saw Zhang Xuejun walking towards the door of her house and said to Zhang Xuejun.

"I forgot the time when grading homework. I won't do it next time."

"How many times have you said it won't happen next time, but you always have a next time."

Zhang Xuejun felt a little guilty after being told by Zhang Aihua, so he immediately turned his attention to Zhang Aihua and asked, "Ahua, who is the little girl next to you? Why have I never seen her before?"

"Of course you haven't seen her before. Xiaoxiao just moved to live nearby. Today is the first time Xiaoxiao has come to our house."

"So you are Xiaoxiao, and I am Ahua's father. You can call me Uncle Zhang."

"Hello, Uncle Zhang, my name is Lu Xiaoxiao, you can call me Xiaoxiao."

"Lu Xiaoxiao, what a good name. The person who named you must have put a lot of thought into it."

(End of chapter)