My courtyard shelter

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"Dong dong dong...Aunt Cao, are you at home?" Xu Dong stood at the door and knocked on the door. He had been here as many times as Chief Li's house and was already very familiar with it.

With a "clang" sound, the security door was opened. The person who opened the door was a strange woman, wearing a pair of rimless glasses. She looked to be in her thirties or eighties and was dressed very formally.

"Who are you?"

Xu Dong quickly introduced himself: "Hello, is Aunt Cao at home? I am Xu Dong. I am a colleague of Director Cao and I also work in the electric power company."

"So you are 'Xiao Xu', come in quickly, my mother is at home!"

Xu Dong guessed the identity of the other party at once. This person looked a lot like Director Cao. She was probably not a daughter-in-law, but most likely a daughter. He had long known that Director Cao had two sons, one daughter and three children.

"How may I call you?"

"Call me Sister Cao. My mother often mentions you at home, and my ears are numb from hearing it." Cao Zhenzhen said humorously.

"Sister Cao, please give me a moment and I'll move the salted fish in first." Xu Dong said and lifted the bag with force.

Cao Zhenzhen quickly stepped forward to help.

After putting the salted fish away, Xu Dong wiped his sweat and said, "There are still three bags in the car. I have to go down a few times, so don't rush to close the door yet."

"There are so many. Are these all salted fish?"

Cao Zhenzhen was shocked. Last night, her mother informed her to come and get salted fish today, but she never expected that there would be so much.

"There are 200 kilograms in total." Xu Dong nodded.

"I'll help you."

Cao Zhenzhen's eyes were full of fire.

After a lot of effort, the two finally finished moving all the salted fish. Xu Dong was almost exhausted. Today, he was not very lucky. It happened to be the year-end maintenance, and the entire street here was experiencing a power outage.

Aunt Cao quickly brought over a cup of tea: "Xiao Xu, are you tired? Drink some water quickly."

"Mom, what kind of hot tea do you want to drink? Let's drink this!" Cao Zhenzhen gasped. She was exhausted just now.

Xu Dong caught the bottled water, drank most of the bottle in one breath, and said with a smile: "Sister Cao still understands me!"

"Xiao Xu, I'm really troublesome for you today." Aunt Cao said gratefully again.

Xu Dong quickly waved his hand: "Fortunately, it's not too troublesome. I usually don't exercise much, so today I will just go out and exercise."

After resting for ten minutes, Xu Dong took his leave. Before leaving, he also told the other party that the salted fish must be cooked before eating.

After Xu Dong left, Cao Zhenzhen couldn't wait to open a bag of salted fish and said with excitement: "Mom, there are so many salted fish, our family will make a fortune this time."

"Xiao Xu is really capable. He made the dried shrimps and emperor goose meat last time." Aunt Cao said with emotion.

"So powerful? But looking at him, he doesn't look like a rich second generation at all. He has no arrogance at all. He is too easy-going."

"I have a good tutor!"

Cao Zhenzhen nodded, then her expression changed, and she said to her mother to please her: "Mom, can you share fifty pounds of these salted fish with me?"

"Why do you want so much?"

Aunt Cao immediately became vigilant. Her daughter's family was simple, with only three people. Fifty kilograms of salted fish was a bit too much for them. She originally only wanted to give their family thirty kilograms.

Thirty pounds is enough to feed a family of three for a year.

"Can't I pay for it?"

Aunt Cao rolled her eyes: "Is this about money? Don't be careless with me and tell me what's going on?"

"I want to give some to the child's grandfather."

"Your father-in-law is also a retired cadre after all. Doesn't he usually get extra subsidies?"

Cao Zhenzhen sighed and said: "Yes, there is, but at most it is some rice and white flour, and usually there is not even a single pig hair."

"You, other people's daughters always go to their parents' house to get things. It's better for you to just do the other way around."

"Mom, it's not easy for my father-in-law. He is over seventy years old, and his health has been getting worse every day since his mother-in-law left." Cao Zhenzhen explained.

Cao Zhenzhen shook her head: "Fifty kilograms will definitely not work. I will give you thirty-five kilograms at most. You can keep thirty kilograms for yourself and send the remaining five kilograms over!"

"Thank you mom!"

Cao Zhenzhen looked happy. Her original expectation was only thirty kilograms, but thirty-five kilograms was already beyond her expectations.

"Don't thank me. I'm your mother. What's there to thank you for?" Aunt Cao then said earnestly:

"Daughter, it's not what mom said to you. At any time now, taking good care of your little family is the most important thing. Don't worry about other things. It's not like your father-in-law only has a son-in-law, and your family is poor and generous."

Cao Zhenzhen smiled awkwardly. She did gather wool at her parents' house quite frequently.

Milk powder, dried shrimp, various supplements, emperor goose meat...

Back and forth, I got a lot of good things and went back. Fortunately, my two younger brothers were not at home, otherwise there would have been a quarrel.

…

On Xu Dong's side, next is Manager Yuan's house.

Originally, this matter could have been left to Father Xu, but it was a pity that the other party was preparing for the annual meeting and could not spare the time at all.

In the end, Xu Dong could only do it for him.

After learning about Xu Dong's intention, Manager Yuan rushed back from the company without stopping.

"Brother Xu, you are too polite."

Manager Yuan personally brought Xu Dong a cup of tea.

Xu Dong quickly took over: "I happened to go to Minzhou for work a few days ago. It's a famous yellow croaker hometown. I was lucky and brought back a batch of salted fish. The quality of the salted fish is not very good, which is a pity."

"I hope there will be more of this kind of regret." Manager Yuan sighed.

Thirty kilograms of salted fish, what a big deal.

"It's best to have it every day." Mrs. Yuan agreed with a smile. Both the father and son are thoughtful.

"To be honest, you can see that there are signs of decay on the salted fish, so it's best to choose high-temperature cooking when eating it." Xu Dong reminded.

Mrs. Yuan nodded, tied the bag again, and then carried the salted fish into the bedroom.

Although the salted fish smells strong, she will only feel at ease if it is placed in the bedroom.

And it's almost the New Year, and relatives are inevitable, and the bedroom is the most private place.

Manager Yuan took out his cell phone and asked, "Brother Xu, how much is the salted fish?"

"2,400 yuan per pound, forget the change, just give 70,000 yuan!" After all, the other party is a public official, so it's better for brothers to settle accounts clearly.

If the other party really gets into trouble, it won't implicate him. Manager Yuan probably has the same idea.

"Then I won't be polite with you."

After the transfer, Xu Dong went to see the baby and then said goodbye.

Mrs. Yuan tried to persuade him, "It's almost noon, stay for dinner?"

"No, I've already made an appointment, next time!" Xu Dong said.

After leaving Manager Yuan's house, Xu Dong came to Zhao Jian's house, the last stop of this morning.

(Good night, everyone, happy every day!)

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