Though it was supposed to be dry rations, there were egg cakes, biscuits, and some pastries.
"Isn’t that the team leader?"
"Who’s that woman beside him? She doesn’t seem to be his wife, does she?"
"She doesn’t indeed."
"Let’s go have a look, the team leader wouldn’t be up to something while his wife is not at home, would he?"
"Could he be?"
But when they got closer and saw Mrs. Zhao, they were taken aback.
This woman had bee quite a bit fairer and her skin had improved greatly after her trip to the Capital City.
"Shitou’s mother?"
Mrs. Zhao greeted each of them in turn.
"Did you dye your hair black?"
Before, Da Shu’s mother, who’s the wife of the team leader, had some gray hair.
As one ages, whose hair doesn’t turn white?
They hadn’t paid it much mind.
But now they were surprised to see that the wife of the team leader had no more visible grays.
"Laosan’s wife took me to get a haircut, and she dyed my hair too, said it won’t fade easily and should last quite a while."
"How e you look so much younger after just one trip to the Capital City?"
"I didn’t go out in the sun at home, and Laosan’s wife also bought me some face cream."
And hand cream too.
Her hands had bee much softer.
"Your clothes look nice."
"So do your sandals."
"All bought by Laosan’s wife."
Zhao Tianhai saw his mother surrounded by people, after sitting on a train for a few days and then on a bus, wasn’t she tired?
"Mom, you’ve been on the road for so long, why don’t you go home and rest a bit first?"
Only then did Mrs. Zhao e back to her senses and said to them, "Tomorrow, e over to our house, I’ll tell you about the Capital City. Laosan’s wife took a lot of photos for me, I’ll show them to you then."
"Sounds good."
Only then did the three of them go home.
"Mom, I’m going back first."
Mrs. Zhao stopped Zhao Tianhai and gave him a bag of items, "Laosan’s wife prepared these for your family; take them home yourself."
Laosan had prepared things for him too?
"Then thank my sister-in-law and them, I’ll head back first."
Once home with the bag of items, Da Shu, his mother, and his siblings came to greet him.
"Dad, Dad....."
Da Shu’s mother’s eyes were shining, fixated on the things her man had brought back.
"Laosan asked mom to bring these back for us."
She still thinks of them?
As Da Shu’s mother opened up the package, she found a red silk scarf and was thrilled at the sight of it.
As for Da Shu and Xiao Shu, they got pencils, the kind that came in packs, as well as pencil sharpeners and two pencil cases.
As for Zhao Tianhai, he got several packs of cigarettes, and not just any but Daqianmen brand.
The rest were candies and a box of biscuits.
"Brother Xiao Hai, who would have thought, Laosan even bought us all these things."
It made her feel a bit embarrassed.
"Your uncle says you both must study hard, do you hear?"
Da Shu and Xiao Shu, seeing the pencil cases and pencils, nodded their heads.
"It’s getting late, go to your room to sleep," Zhao Tianhai gave his sons some candies and told them to go to bed.
"Wife, make me something to eat; I didn’t have lunch."
After putting everything away, Da Shu’s wife hurried to the kitchen to make food.
Now that their home had electricity, even though they were still reluctant to pay for it, they used it when needed.
The package for Zhao Tianxiang was sent by Captain Zhao.
"Dad, you’re back?"
"This is from Laosan for your family."
After handing over the package, he left without staying for a moment.
"What did Dad want?"
"Mom’s back, and Laosan has sent us some things."
Things?
Upon opening it, they saw a silk scarf, a whole pack of girls’ hair ties, as well as five pencil boxes and pencils, cigarettes, candies, and a box of biscuits.
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