New Year's gift of 125 yuan

  The New Year's Day is coming soon.

  For those who open shops, the busier it is during holidays. However, Chen Mei's luck was good, last National Day Cao Jia and another person helped out, this New Year's Day Zhang Qian helped take care of things.

  Zhang Qian came to the store to help, initially just wanting to accompany Chen Mei, and also as a way to repay Zhao Yang for helping Tan Shuai lose weight. Unexpectedly, she quickly fell in love with this work of dealing with beautiful clothes. And Chen Mei was full of praise for her talent and ability in this area, and they were already discussing opening a branch store or children's clothing store together!

  Zhang Qian was very moved by this.

  In the evening, when they returned to Guoyuan, a bright moon hung in the air. Zhao Yang had Chen Xie in his right arm and Chen Mei on his left, with Xiao Hei following behind them. The three of them walked slowly along the quiet country road that had become desolate with the arrival of winter. Chen Mei told Zhao Yang about their plans.

  Since the store opened, Chen Mei has been very fulfilling every day, and the sad atmosphere on her body has slowly faded away. Zhao Yang naturally had nothing to say, expressed his support, and only asked her not to neglect her body and not to overwork herself.

  Chen Mei smiled and moved a bit closer to Zhao Yang's side.

  There is Zhang Qian helping in the store, and Zhao Yang continues to live a leisurely and "shameless" life with Chen Xiu and messing around with medicinal materials.

  However, thinking of Chen Mei and the others working hard in the store, and now it's winter, women generally have cold hands and feet, so I used a warming and nourishing recipe with apple wine brewed in autumn to make a few bottles of medicinal wine called "Ai Qi Jiu" (Love Wife Wine) for internal use and "Xiao Yao Yang Shen Jiu" (Free and Nourishing Body Wine) for external use. Let them warm up and drink one or two cups during meals, also made a "Bu Qi Yang Yuan Gao" (Supplementing Qi and Nourishing the Origin Paste) for them to soak in water and drink, and a specially made braised meat dish with a fragrant but not greasy flavor that goes well with rice.

  When Wei Xun arrived at Zhao Yang's house with a large pile of gifts, Zhao Yang was pounding a prepared dose of medicine in a mortar.

  These medicines are for Zhao Bingxing's medicinal diet, Sun Zhenxiang's portion is already done, wrapped in clean white cloth.

  Chen Xiu was used to seeing others come to give gifts, and when she saw Wei Huan walking over, she sat down on a small stool with a serious expression and said: "Uncle doesn't accept valuable gifts, take it back!"

  Wei Xun placed the gift on the table in front of the door, smiled and said: "Little friend is really clever!" As he spoke, he reached out to touch Chen Xi's head.

  Chen Xiu leaned over to Zhao Yang's side and shouted "Xiao Hei!" Then she glared at Wei Huan and said: "You dare to move, I'll let Xiao Hei bite you!"

  Wei Xun looked at Xiao Hei, who was walking towards him like a male lion, as if he would be torn to pieces the moment he made a move. How could he dare to touch Chen Xi's head? He quickly withdrew his hand and stood still, swallowing hard, saying: "Zhao Yang, I came to thank you and apologize!"

  Zhao Yang stroked the embroidered flower on Chen Xi's head and said indulgently, "Don't be naughty!" He then pointed to a stool near the door and told Wei Xun to sit down.

  Zhao Yang collected the crushed medicinal herbs with a clean white cloth, tied it up with a string, and Wei Xun spoke again: "Zhao Yang, this time I really admire you! If you hadn't pointed it out, I wouldn't have known that I had such a stubborn illness!"

  Zhao Yang waved his hand and said, "I'm all nonsense!"

  Wei Xun pointed at Zhao Yang, smiling: "Zhao Yang, don't be modest, your vision is absolutely accurate! I came here this time to thank you first and foremost. These gifts..."

  As soon as Zhao Yang saw Wei Huan coming to find him, he understood that he was either seeking help for his own illness or still because of Chen Qinglong. However, no matter who it was for, Chen Qinglong's words had made it clear that he would not help treat him! As for Wei Huan himself, although diabetes is difficult to cure, controlling it is not hard for the wealthy or those who don't need to spend money on treatment, so Zhao Yang naturally wouldn't lift a finger! Moreover, Zhao Yang had always hoped to be free and easy, not wanting to become someone else's tool, and Wei Huan's methods were exactly what he detested!

  "Now that I know his purpose, Zhao Yang didn't want to beat around the bush either and said directly: 'No need to thank me, I won't accept the gift!'"

  Wei Xun glanced at Zhao Yang quickly, sighed and said: "Brother Zhao, are you blaming me for bringing Chen Sheng's son to see you last time? Alas, this matter indeed caused a lot of trouble for you! However, Zhao Yang, you also know that in our unit, I am also helpless! Let's not talk about it, this matter is indeed my fault! This time I came specifically to apologize to you!"

  "Let's just forget about what happened in the past!"

  Wei Xun let out a long sigh and then said hopefully: "Zhao Yang, for this illness of mine, do you have any good treatment methods?"

  Zhao Yang called out Sun Zhenxiang, handed her the medicine package, and told her which one she should use, what to steam with it, which one was for Zhao Bingxing, and what to steam with that. Then he said to Wei Xun: "Doctor Wei, I've long told you that I'm not a doctor, just coincidentally know a few prescriptions!"

  Wei Xun thought of the last scene, his face immediately flushed with heat, but after all, it was related to his own physical health, so he steeled himself and said: "Do you have any prescriptions for diabetes?"

  Zhao Yang patted his own hem and said: "Dr. Wei, you've come to the wrong place! If you want to see a patient, you should go to the hospital!"

  "Wei Xun smiled and said: 'Aren't they all inferior to you?'"

  "Go away!" Zhao Yang frowned and said.

  Wei Xun's eye muscles suddenly twitched! As a well-known doctor, except for treating some powerful or influential leaders and their families, he had always been the one people came to ask for help, never having been looked down upon by others. But now he didn't even have the courage to get angry!

  Thinking that Cao Huaxiang and Zhao Yang had a good relationship, and he had been Cao Huaxiang's health doctor, asking Cao Huaxiang to be an intermediary might still have hope! So he hastily stood up, "I'm leaving now! Don't get angry!"

  "Take these things away too!" Zhao Yang pointed at the gifts on the cement platform and said.

  ……

  Cao Weifeng's father's long-time personal physician, who used to be the head of the provincial organization department and is now the secretary of the Huanghai Municipal Party Committee, has indeed accumulated a lot of emotional capital from this experience, which still has great potential for appreciation. Wei Xun originally didn't want to use it now, but it seems that there's no other way out!

  Although Cao Huaxiang's body did not recover under Wei Huan's care, there is a saying that goes: "No merit but hard work!" So when Wei Huan said he had diabetes and went to find Zhao Yang but was rejected, wanting him to put in a good word, Cao Huaxiang couldn't refuse either. He said: "I'll help you ask, but whether it will be successful or not I dare not guarantee!"

  Wei Xun hastily said: "Lord Cao is able to help me, I already feel deeply grateful!"

  Cao Huaxiang smiled and thought that although Wei Xun was a bit arrogant, he knew when to advance and retreat, and did his job conscientiously, which wasn't bad.

  After connecting the phone, Cao Huaxiang mentioned Wei Huan being at his place, Zhao Yang immediately added: "Secretary Cao, you don't need to say anything! When I went to the provincial city to see Jiajia, he had Chen Sheng's son ask me to go and treat him!"

  Cao Huaxiang's eyes narrowed, and he smiled: "Alright, I know! By the way, have you been in touch with Jiajia recently? Last time you came back early, Jiajia called me to complain about you! She wanted to see you before going to Huang Hai, but didn't make it due to tight schedule..."

  He hung up the phone and Cao Huaxiang's smile disappeared, looking at Wei Xun said: "Xiao Wei, I'm powerless in this matter, you'd better ask someone else for help!"

  Listening to the conversation between the two, Wei Xun could roughly guess what Zhao Yang would say. The current result is also very obvious: no chance! Looking at Cao Huaxiang's expression again, this time not only did he use up that emotional debt, but it seemed like he had also offended him! This is really a case of losing twice with one move!

  Meng Xuehui also arrived at Longwo Village on New Year's Day.

  As usual, he drove directly to the orchard and stood outside with a woven bag, just as a burst of chicken calls.

  However, this time there was no response for a long time. Just as he wondered if something unexpected had happened, such as being made into "chicken soup" by Zhao Yang, he turned his head to see Xiaohong rushing over from behind, which scared him and hurriedly threw the knitting bag over.

  Xiao Hong didn't have a good impression of Meng Xuehui, but she was very familiar with the car and even more fond of the delicious things in the woven bag. So when she saw the car while chasing a dog in the village, she ran back!

  There was a wild cobra in the sack, specially caught from the south. In this weather, it was already lacking in vitality, and facing Xiaohong, an expert at killing snakes, it didn't even have the chance to counterattack, and soon became a dead snake!

  Meng Xuehui just sat there quietly watching until Zhao Yang came to find him, and he patted the dirt on his butt and stood up.

  After sitting for a while, Meng Xuehui said somewhat bewilderedly: "Big brother, oh no, I'm getting engaged this year!"

  Zhao Yang added a drop of "Shen Jing Bu Yuan Lu" to the cup, which was made from the wild ginseng as the main medicine, and handed it to Meng Xuehui. He said, "Oh, you're back home for a family visit? Getting engaged is a good thing! Why do you look so listless? Is your partner not good?"

  Meng Xuehui didn't say a word, and after drinking several mouthfuls of water with "Ginseng Essence and Yuan Qi" added to it, he suddenly felt a surge of clear energy rushing up to the top of his head, and he felt much more spirited. He downed the rest of the water in one gulp, smacked his lips a few times, raised his thumb, and said: "Delicious! Another cup!"

  Zhao Yang poured him another cup.

  Meng Xuehui sighed, holding his tea cup: "The object is the daughter of my father's comrade-in-arms, 20 years old this year, and a member of the cultural troupe. She looks quite pretty! But it can't be said whether she's good or bad, just... Alas!"

  Zhao Yang smiled and said: "Isn't that great? Did you get pre-marital syndrome?"

  Meng Xuehui shook his head with a wry smile, unsure of what to say.

  Zhao Yang took a sip of water, held it in his mouth, and waited for the medicinal properties of "Shen Jing Bu Yuan Lu" to become rich in his oral cavity before swallowing it down.

  Meng Xuehui slowly drank water and sighed after a while: "I always feel that something is wrong!"

  "Pre-marital syndrome!"

  Meng Xuehui smiled wryly: "Big brother, don't tease me!"

  Zhao Yang said disdainfully: "What's the point of being troubled! You have to abstain from desires for three years, what's the use of thinking so much!"

  Meng Xuehui wiped his nose and said, "What's the point of talking about this? It's meaningless!"

  But by this time, his mood had improved a lot.

  After chatting for a while, Meng Xuehui suddenly slapped his forehead and said, "I almost forgot, Cao Jia that little girl asked me to bring you a gift!"

  She ran outside and moved into a box, saying: "That little girl said that only you can open it yourself, don't let others see!"

  Zhao Yang smiled and said: "Just open it, anyway she doesn't know!"

  Meng Xuehui's face twitched and he waved his hand, saying: "Forget it, I don't want to provoke her!"

  Zhao Yang saw it was time for dinner and took him back to the old mansion.

  After dinner, he waited until Chen Mei returned and chatted with her for a while. Meng Xuehui didn't leave until after 9 o'clock.

  After Zhao Yang and the others returned to the orchard, they saw the package box. When they learned that it was a gift from Cao Jia to Zhao Yang, Chen Mei smiled and asked, "What's inside?"

  "Open it and take a look, then you'll know."

  "But it's a gift for you, how can I possibly look at it?"

  Zhao Yang smiled bitterly.

  After putting down the already sleeping Dawn, he held Dawn Mei and smiled: "What's the difference between us? Let's watch together!"

  Chen Mei stood still, Zhao Yang personally took action, and placed the package box on the table. On the package box, there were some express lists, with "computer accessories" written in the product name column.

  Zhao Yang suddenly had an ominous premonition!

  But when he saw Chen Mei standing beside him, he quickly used a fruit knife to cut open the tape. As soon as he opened it, his eyelids jumped up!

  Chen Mei couldn't help but burst out laughing, and then she fell onto the chair, laughing so hard that her body was shaking uncontrollably!

  All I saw was an inflatable doll and a nameplate with numbers one, two, three...

  Zhao Yang remembered that the last time Cao Jia called him, she found out that he was still sleeping in separate rooms with Chen Mei. She sympathetically said: "Brother Zhao Yang, you're so pitiful! I want to help you!"

  Is this what she calls lending a hand?!

  P.S: A bit late...