The two of them ate happily, and Li Laifu also ate happily. After finishing the meal, Li Laifu didn't ask him to send it away. After all, it was only two kilometers away from Nanluogu Lane.
Li Laifu used a large front door to get an inside message. The pastries delivered by the food factory today were all in short supply. He went to three supply and marketing cooperatives before he used up the 13 kilograms of pastry tickets. The distance he walked was longer than his way home. The cakes I bought the first time were really good. I bought five kilograms of beef tongue cake, three kilograms of donkey rolling, and five kilograms of mung bean cake. My grandparents were definitely happy to see them. I really missed the old man and lady after not seeing each other for a few days.
After an afternoon stroll, it was already five o'clock when we reached Nanluogu Lane.
"Blessing…."
The monkey actually came back on a tricycle.
"Xiao Wu, wait a minute and let my brother come up," the monkey said to the young man riding a tricycle.
"Brother Monkey, you have a driver for all your goods," Li Laifu said jokingly.
"If you really give me a driver, I have to let Qian Erbao be my driver. I will scold him every day," the monkey said, but he moved the things to make room.
"Okay, little Laifu, sit down."
"Brother Monkey, we've seen the supply and marketing cooperative here. If I don't want to sit down, you should leave quickly," Li Laifu refused.
"Come up here, do I have something else to tell you?"
Although Monkey asked, he held Li Laifu's hand and showed no intention of letting go.
Li Laifu got into the car helplessly. He finally knew why someone sent the monkey back. The car was filled with bottles of wine and a small wine vat with the aroma of wine.
"Little Laifu, here you go!"
Monkey suddenly took out a lighter from his pocket and handed it over.
Lighters in this era were really good things, and they were all imported. Although they were imported, they were not bought with money from the country. They were all seized from the battlefield. In later generations, the United States had no history, and even this kind of lighters became cultural relics. No one cares about it in China.
It was a novelty for people of this era, but Li Laifu didn't like it that much. He still liked the smell of matches lighting cigarettes. At this time, the lighter was filled with kerosene, and after lighting it, there was a kerosene smell.
"Monkey, you stole our section chief's lighter," Xiao Wu looked back while riding his bike and said.
"It's none of your business, just ride on your bike," the monkey glared at him.
"Brother Monkey, I don't want you to take it back!" Li Laifu refused.
"Take it! I just got it for you. Last time you gave me field mice and apples, I didn't have anything to give you. I have long been interested in my uncle's lighter. Every time I go there, he acts like a guard against thieves. Yes, this time I finally got the chance."
What he said made Li Laifu feel warm in his heart, but Uncle Monkey was a little pitiful.
Li Laifu said in a calm tone: "Brother Monkey, I have received your thoughts. I really can't take the things. Please return them as soon as possible!"
The monkey said confidently: "I managed to steal it, how can I return it? Put it in your pocket quickly. When Qian Erbao sees that beast, he is as thick-skinned as a city wall. What will he do if he follows you?" "
The monkey didn't give him a chance to refuse, so he opened his schoolbag and put the lighter inside.
Li Laifu also knew the monkey's personality. The two of them were giving in for a while? He is so stubborn that he might not fall to you again, so he can only say tentatively: "Brother Monkey, how about you leave it here for two days first, in case your uncle goes to your house and asks you to take it back?"
The monkey said with a proud smile: "Xiao Laifu, my old uncle doesn't dare to come to my house and ask for something? It would be great if my mother doesn't beat him."
Li Laifu sighed when he heard what he said. There was an old lady who was protecting the calf, and his uncle had to step aside.
The tricycle rode to the door of the supply and marketing cooperative. Qian Erbao and Old Man Qiao were both standing at the door.
"Laifu, how did you come back with him?" Old Man Qiao asked
Li Laifu jumped off the tricycle and replied: "We met at the intersection ahead. Brother Monkey is not only equipped with a driver now, but you, Uncle Qiao, are also there to greet him."
"I'm still greeting him? It's his wicked uncle who was so anxious that he asked me to ask."
Old man Qiao turned to the monkey and asked, "Did you steal your uncle's lighter? It's his lifeblood. He even called me."
The monkey carried the wine and said confidently without raising his head: "I threw it into the river. It won't light the fire. Why use it?"
Li Laifu originally wanted to take it out, but he was too embarrassed to take it out even after the monkey's words. He took it out as if betraying the monkey, so he simply didn't say anything to him. He would compensate the monkey in the future. If this brother could hand it over, he would be better off. After all, the lighter was given to him. He should keep the secret,
Xiao Wu was stunned, thinking that he doesn't treat me as a human being. Should I tell him when I go back, or not?
Old man Qiao said with a smile: "Don't throw it away next time, just give it to me." He was not angry, but rather happy. If you bring a bastard thing to me, don't think twice about it.
"Big brother, big brother."
Li Xiaohong ran over with her short short legs, and Li Laifu walked towards the house and happened to pass by Old Man Qiao.
Old man Qiao sniffed his nose and asked, "Little Laifu went to eat barbecue today."
Picking up Li Xiaohong, Li Laifu said with a smile: "Uncle Qiao, you can do it. It seems that you haven't eaten less. It's been two or three hours since I finished eating, and you can still smell it!"
"That's right, I know it as soon as I smell it," Old Man Qiao said proudly.
"Where did you eat?"
"I had it for lunch during the barbecue season," Li Laifu replied, handing him a cigarette.
Old man Qiao took the cigarette and said with a smile: "For laymen, let's eat barbecue in the capital? The most authentic one is the barbecue Wan. Mei Lanfang and Zhang Daqian all like the barbecue there. That place is a time-honored brand and the taste is amazing. I won’t say it anymore, I won’t say it anymore, I’m a little greedy when I say it.”
"Big brother's fragrance is fragrant, and the little girl is holding Li Laifu's neck and smelling it.
Seeing Old Man Qiao go back to the house to wipe his saliva, Li Laifu shouted to Zhao Fang: "Auntie, I took Xiaohong home."
"Go, go," Zhao Fang was also helping to move the wine.
Holding her sister's little hand, she walked towards home. The little girl was so happy that she didn't even walk. She was jumping up and down. When she arrived at the gate of the hospital, "Laifu is such a good boy. I went to pick up my sister again," Grandma Liu praised.
"Grandma Liu, who did you pay for the soles of your shoes?"
The old lady was grinding a needle on her head and said, "Your uncle's feet look like long nails. He needs to replace his soles every two to three months."
"Grandma," the little girl called in a sweet voice.
"Hey! Good boy," the old lady said, touching the little girl's face.
These days, old ladies are very conscious. They sit at the door whenever they have nothing to do. One is to look after the house, and the other is to guard against spies. If there is any big or small incident, they will report it directly to you. These days, if the police want to solve a case, they first go to the neighborhood committee. The leader of the neighborhood committee then goes to find the aunt of each hospital. This is a normal process.
He took out the key and opened the door, put Li Xiaohong on the ground, took a big bowl and made a bowl of malted milk, and gave her two pieces of beef tongue cake and mung bean cake. Don't worry, don't worry, these things can easily choke children.
Li Laifu went to the kitchen and got a big fish weighing three kilograms. The braised fish was put into the pot in 20 minutes, and the big pancakes were stuck to the edge of the pot.
"Brother, are you there?" Li Xiaohong said with a flip of her hands when she saw him entering the room.
This was to tell him that he had finished eating. Li Laifu smiled and took another piece of mung bean cake and put the malted milk on the edge of the kang. If it were a large kang in the northeast, the shortest would be one meter high. The hot kang in the capital was not high. She stood there Just drink it on the ground.
Li Xiaohong took a sip of malted milk and took a bite of mung bean cake. She looked so cute.
Li Laifu went to the kitchen and cut some braised large intestine, pork liver, and pork belly. He just cut a plate of it. This was for Li Chongwen. There must be a lot of hard work in the factory during this time, so he had to make up for it. , and took out another bottle of Moutai. I will definitely not be short of Moutai in the future. There is no need to be stingy with me.
Watching the little girl eating mung bean cake and seeing the wine and vegetables on the table, she suddenly felt very satisfied. There is nothing more joyful than giving an orphan the opportunity to take care of his family.
