The Beginning of the World: Going to the Countryside as an Educated Youth

Chapter 121 Gifts

"Unit? How can you, an educated youth who went to the countryside to work as a sent-down youth, have a unit?" Zhuzi pointed it out directly without any hesitation.

"You silly Zhu, don't look down on others. Our Dongchuan is a formal employee now!" Zhao Dongchuan's mother Guo Ping couldn't help but retorted.

He Zhu finally understood what was going on. It turned out that Zhao Dongchuan seemed to have been recruited.

"Oh, is this true?" He Zhu asked loudly with an incredulous look on his face.

"Of course not. Our Dongchuan is successful now and works in a big company in Huangyuan City!" Guo Ping said with a proud smile.

"I haven't heard that there are other people in your family over there. How much money did you spend to get it done?" He Zhu rolled his eyes and chuckled.

"In our family's situation, we don't have that kind of money, so don't guess blindly. It's really Dongchuan's own ability. We have been asking people to find connections to transfer him back, but it has never worked out. Unexpectedly, he succeeded on his own and found a job locally! Speaking of which, Guo Ping and I feel quite guilty!" Zhao Zhengguo saw that He Zhu was still talking nonsense, his face darkened, and he said slowly.

Seeing Zhao Zhengguo's face darken, He Zhu didn't dare to make jokes anymore. He just smiled and showed his honest smile with wrinkles on his face.

"Congratulations to Uncle Zhao and Aunt Guo. Xiaodong has a bright future. You can rest assured!" He Zhu realized that he had said the wrong thing and quickly made amends politely.

He turned to Zhao Dongchuan and said, "Xiaodong, I'm not well educated, so I'm quite straightforward. Don't mind me. I'll cook a few dishes and come to our house for dinner to welcome you!"

"Brother Zhuzi, you don't have to spend any money on this. I haven't eaten my mother's cooking for a long time. I'll eat at home. Thank you!" Zhao Dongchuan said with a smile.

"Hehe, you've really made progress. You can even speak nicely. It's okay. I'll treat you next time when I'm free!"

"By the way, what unit is recruiting you? What level are you assigned? How much is your salary? How much is your quota?"

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A series of questions came one after another.

Seeing that He Zhu was still ready to chat, the kind that couldn't stop, as if he was checking the household registration, Guo Ping quickly winked at Zhao Zhengguo.

Zhao Zhengguo responded with a look that said “Got it!”

"Zhuzi, we just came back from Dongchuan. We must be very tired after the long journey. Let him have a rest. He is also hungry. The meal will be ready soon. Would you like to eat with us?" Zhao Zhengguo interrupted He Zhu's questioning and said with a smile.

"Oh... uh, no need, no need, you guys eat, you guys eat, Xiaodong, have a good rest, we'll talk later!" He Zhu was frank but not stupid. He clearly felt that this was an "order to evict him", so he felt embarrassed to stay any longer, so he decided to quit while he was ahead and hurried back to report to Qin Xiaoru.

"Goodbye!" Zhao Zhengguo said politely as he sent He Zhu out.

After the people walked away, he closed the door and locked it to prevent anyone from breaking in through the door.

"Good guy, he treats our Dongchuan like a spy, asking all kinds of questions. When did He Zhu become so troublesome? I never saw him care about these things normally!" Guo Ping was speechless.

"Who knows? Maybe someone instigated him to ask about me!" Zhao Dongchuan said with a meaningful smile.

"Dongchuan, what you said makes sense. It is probably true. Everyone in the hospital knows that you went to the countryside to join the production team. You came back suddenly, so you must be trying to get information!" Zhao Zhengguo said with a serious face.

"You really can't stand to see others doing well. If you don't explain this clearly, who knows what kind of trouble will happen later!" Guo Ping said as she opened the suitcase.

"Let me do it!" Zhao Dongchuan saw Guo Ping's actions and hurriedly said while holding the suitcase.

"Um, do you have any dirty clothes? I'll wash them for you!"

"Mom, no, I washed all my clothes myself!"

"Haha, you used to never touch your dirty clothes, and I had to wash them for you! Now you've finally grown up and become sensible!" When she said this, Guo Ping's eyes began to turn red again.

"Mom, I'm sensible now, why are you still crying! Dad, Mom, look, I brought you gifts!" Zhao Dongchuan said as he opened the suitcase.

"This is malted milk, this is brown sugar, and this is canned lychees... You can eat more of these to supplement your nutrition!"

Zhao Dongchuan took out a large variety of nutritional supplements from his suitcase.

When he arrived, he took out the prepared things from the space and put them in the suitcase.

"Our little Dongzi has become successful and sensible!" Guo Ping smiled with satisfaction and said while touching Zhao Dongchuan's head.

"Cough cough cough!!!" Zhao Zhengguo suddenly started coughing for some reason.

"Dad, don't be envious. I have prepared things for you as well." As he said that, Zhao Dongchuan took out a lot of cigarettes and alcohol from the suitcase.

"I don't know what you like, so I bought some randomly. This is Daqianmen, this is the popular Xifeng wine from Huangyuan, and this is the local loose tea. You can try them all..."

"Kid, where do you get so much money and food coupons to buy so many things?" Seeing Zhao Dongchuan taking out another pile of things, Zhao Zhengguo couldn't help but ask with a little surprise.

"Dad, I ordered a lot of food from the company. I couldn't finish it or spend it all by myself, so I kept it all. Now, thinking about coming back soon, I bought some more!" Zhao Dongchuan said with a grin.

"Oh, son, you still have to save money to marry a wife, why do you spend money so lavishly? You can save your money and tickets, you can use them when you do things, it's a waste to use them now!" Guo Ping said with a distressed look on her face.

"Don't feel bad, I still have plenty of money and tickets!"

As he spoke, Zhao Dongchuan took out a large stack of Da Tuanjie banknotes and various bills from his pocket. The money was at least a hundred yuan, and there were all kinds of bills.

Seeing that his parents were about to question him again, Zhao Dongchuan explained before they could say anything: "Part of this money and tickets is the salary and quota issued by the unit, part is the writing fee given to me by the magazine, and some is the reward given by the unit and the Revolutionary Committee!"

"These tickets are all national tickets, and it took me a lot of effort to get them!"

Some of these tickets were rewards from the magazine, and some were national food coupons leaked from the system.

He came in a hurry and did not think about exchanging the national food coupons. It was not until he mentioned this matter inadvertently while chatting with Geng Weiguo on the train that Zhao Dongchuan realized that he had completely forgotten about it. There was nothing he could do as a modern person from later generations and he would always ignore some common sense.

Fortunately, what the system revealed were national food coupons, and there were also quite a few national food coupons among the coupons obtained from the Huangyuan black boss, which was enough for him to use.

After hearing Zhao Dongchuan's explanation, Zhao Zhengguo and his wife couldn't help but smile with relief and nodded.