Reborn In The ’80s

Xu Fan immediately grabbed it with his small meaty hands, his milky voice squeaky as he shouted, “Daddy!”

Xu Zhao’s laugh immediately came from the other side, “Daddy heard you.”

Xu Fan asked with a serious face, “Daddy, did you eat yet?” He learned this common phrase from the adults.

Xu Zhao knew Xu Fan and earnestly replied, “I ate.
Did you eat yet?”

“I ate too, but I’m hungry again.”

“You’re hungry so soon.
What did you do this morning?”

“I collected veggies!” Xu Fan said matter-of-factly.

“You collected vegetables? What vegetables did you collect?”

“I collected tomotos, cumbers, limps.”

Tomatoes, cucumbers, and leeks.
He didn’t say the name of a single vegetable correctly.
However, Xu Zhao still cheered him on and said, “Wow, our Xu Fan, Xu Sanwa is so amazing.”

Xu Fan’s small face immediately bloomed with a smile as he earnestly said, “Mn, I’m amazing!”

“That’s right, Xu Fan is amazing.
Daddy needs to go sell vegetables.
You stay at home and continue being amazing.
We’ll see each other at noon.”

“Bye, Daddy.”

After saying goodbye, Xu Fan handed the phone to Mother Xu.
Since Daddy praised him by saying he was amazing, he was extremely happy.
Standing beside Mother Xu, his beautiful body swayed side to side as if he was drunk.
Mother Xu knew that the little guy was secretly happy again.
Who did his personality take over? Xu Zhao wasn’t like this.

But it was still very cute.
Mother Xu led Xu Fan, Father Xu, and Da Zhuang’s grandma to the big greenhouse to collect vegetables again.
No one had time to watch Xu Fan and Da Zhuang as they were naturally busy working inside the big greenhouse.

After busting about for a while, they heard a bicycle’s ring from outside the big greenhouse.
Xu Fan immediately dropped a sentence “Daddy is back,” then quickly padded his short legs to run outside of the big greenhouse.
He naturally saw Xu Zhao ride the bike over.

“Daddy! Ahh! Daddy!” Xu Fan was so excited he started jumping as he quickly ran toward Xu Zhao.
“Daddy, you’re back! Daddy!”

Why was this little guy so excited?!

Xu Zhao quickly got off the bicycle and steadied it.
Before he even reached Xu Fan, he bent down, then strode to Xu Fan as he lifted Xu Fan into his arms.
He kissed Xu Fan’s tender cheeks a few times before asking, “What are you doing?”

“I’m collecting veggies!” Xu Fan said.

“Where are your grandparents?”

Grandma, Grandpa, Granma Li, and Da Zhuang are collecting vegetables.”

“Then we should collect vegetables too.”

Xu Zhao hugged Xu Fan as he entered the big greenhouse.
He collected vegetables as he spoke of the circumstances of selling vegetables at the vegetable market to Mother Xu and the others.
This year was different from previous years.
Besides the bumper harvest, since the government policy had relaxed, all professions developed very well.
Especially those who went out to work had increased, therefore everyone had more money on hand.
It was rare to come home to celebrate the new year together, so they all wanted to eat and dress a bit better, so they weren’t stingy with spending money.

In addition, there were too few vegetables during the winter.
Therefore, when Xu Zhao pulled his ox cart to the county town, once there were more people, they all fought over it.
Even though the price was a bit more expensive than usual, it didn’t prevent the vegetables from becoming chart-toppers.

The Xu and Li families were happy to hear this and became even more energetic as they worked.

Mother Xu smiled and asked, “Where are Da Zhuang’s father and Da Zhuang’s grandpa?”

Xu Zhao said, “Behind me.
I rode the bicycle back so I can harvest vegetables with you guys.
We’ll wait for them to arrive and then we can head back to the county town again.”

“Are there still people buying vegetables now?” Da Zhuang’s grandma asked.

“Yes.
There will probably be people buying vegetables until noon.
Since the new year is coming up, everyone wants to buy vegetables to prepare.”

“That’s true.”

After a while, Da Zhuang’s father and Da Zhuang’s grandpa pulled the ox cart back.
The two were very diligent as they joined the team collecting vegetables.
Half an hour later, the ox cart and bicycle were filled with various vegetables.

Neither Da Zhuang’s father nor Da Zhuang’s grandpa knew how to ride a bicycle, so the two pulled the ox cart.
Xu Zhao rode the bicycle to the market first, but on the front handlebars sat—Xu Fan.

Today, the Xu and Li families collected vegetables three times.
It truly was very tiring, so they didn’t have the energy to watch the child.
Da Zhuang could be watched by the pregnant Da Zhuang’s mother, so that Da Zhuang’s grandma could rest.
Xu Fan could only be brought away by Xu Zhao or else Mother and Father Xu would get sick from exhaustion.
And so, Xu Zhao peddled the bicycle to the vegetable market first.

At the entrance of the market, in addition to Cui Qingfeng who was standing in the space beside the ox cart, there were also those who were looking to buy onions, garlic shoots, potatoes, and etc.
Xu Zhao placed a sack of vegetables onto the ox cart, and a crowd of people immediately rushed forward.
Xu Zhao and Cui Qingfeng quickly took the scale.
One weighed the items as the other rang them up.

After a while, Da Zhuang’s father and Da Zhuang’s grandpa pulled the ox cart over and quickly laid the items out in the vegetable market.
When all the vegetables from the three ox carts and one bicycle were completely sold out, there were still people coming to buy vegetables.
Xu Zhao and the others never excited business to be so good.
They were exhausted and sore, and could only tell the customers that they wouldn’t have more vegetables to sell until tomorrow.

They squatted beside the ox cart to rest.
At the time, Mother Cui, who was resting today, specially carried over a pot of hot water to quench their thirst.
When she saw Xu Fan, she naturally pulled him into her embrace and gave him a huge hug, then turned to Xu Zhao and asked, “How many vegetables do you still have at home?”

Xu replied, “About half more.”

“That much?”

“Mn, we planted a lot.” Mainly, it was because Xu Zhao was very attentive to the big greenhouse, therefore the harvest was more impressive.

“Then why didn’t you bring more over to sell?” Mother Cui pointed around and said, “I see a lot more people wanting to buy.”

Xu Zhao truthfully said, “We can’t bring anymore.
We only have one ox cart, so we can only bring a limited amount.
However, I plan to borrow the village’s tractor tomorrow.”

Mother Cui added, “Right, you should find a bigger vehicle so you can bring more.
If Qingfeng’s youngest uncle was home, it would be so convenient to use his company’s truck!”

Xu Zhao smiled and said, “Youngest uncle is currently in the imperial capital.
He won’t be back for a few days.”

Youngest uncle was currently in the imperial capital—

Hearing this, Cui Qingfeng looked at Xu Zhao and asked, “Xu Zhao, how do you know Youngest uncle is in the imperial capital?”

Xu Zhao smiled and answered, “Youngest uncle called me yesterday.”