Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

Chapter 18 In my Cao family, the last thing to worry about is the cost of food and clothing

When Cao Zhiqiang took a group of people to a nearby restaurant to eat steamed buns, Huaihua continued to ask about Cao Lili and Qiao Simei's situation.

"That's right."

After listening to Cao Lili's statement, Huaihua thought about it.

"So Lili, your original name was Qiao Sanli. Besides this younger sister, there are two older brothers, one younger brother and one father. Mother is gone?"

"Yes." Cao Lili nodded.

Huaihua said again: "So, you were sold by your father..."

"Cough!" Cao Zhiqiang suddenly coughed.

Sophora froze for a moment, then realized that she had asked something she shouldn't have just asked, and stuck out her tongue, feeling a little embarrassed for a while.

"Come on, have another bun." Cao Zhiqiang picked up another bun and handed it to Qiao Simei.

"Thank you Brother Cao." Qiao Simi called out sweetly, picked up another bun and started to chew.

"Simei." Huaihua said again, "It's not my sister who said you, even if you miss your sister, you can't come alone? It's so far from Jinling to the capital, it's too dangerous for you to come here alone as a child. Why don't you tell your father and ask your father to bring you here?"

"Father won't bring me here." Qiao Simei said while chewing on the steamed stuffed bun, "He's afraid of spending money and he doesn't have time, so he can't bring me here.

Not only that, but he wanted to sell me to others. I didn't want to be sold to others, but I was afraid, so I ran here alone to join my sister. "

"Ah?" Huai Hua subconsciously said, "Your father is going to sell you?"

"Yes." Qiao Simei said while eating the steamed stuffed bun, "A strange uncle and aunt came that day, and they kept looking at me and asking me questions.

I didn't know what was going on at first, but then my second brother told me secretly that my father was going to sell me, just like selling my sister back then.

I don't want to go to a stranger's house to be someone else's daughter, and I saw a letter from my sister, saying that here is delicious food, there is endless meat, milk, all kinds of weird fruits and snacks, and There are endless new clothes and shoes, and there is a separate room and a separate big bed. I am so envious.

I saw that my sister was doing so well, so I wanted to come to see her. "

Speaking of this, Qiao Simi said: "Sister, I don't plan to leave when I come, you have to take good care of me, there are delicious food and drink, remember to share some with me!"

Cao Lili frowned and said, "Fool, if you really came, how worried should elder brother be? By the way, you came to see me, did you tell elder brother?"

"No." Qiao Simei shook her head, "I'm going to tell my elder brother, he definitely doesn't agree. By the way, my elder brother knew that I was going to be sold, and he seemed to have gone to that family. The family who wanted to buy me probably wanted to sell me." Plead with them not to buy me.

However, when my elder brother came back later, I saw that he threw away all the previous awards in anger, and was depressed all day long. He must have failed to talk well, knowing that I was definitely going to be sold, so he was very angry.

It was only when I saw this situation that I felt that I couldn't stay anymore, because if I stayed, I would be sold by my father, so I secretly came to find my sister alone. "

"That's right." Cao Lili, or Qiao Sanli, sighed faintly, "It's really embarrassing for big brother."

Hearing this, Cao Zhiqiang squinted his eyes and looked at Cao Lili, hehe, but said nothing.

Well, if the TV plot Cao Zhiqiang watched in his previous life is correct, or if the history here is not too different, then Qiao Simi’s current situation has a high probability of being adopted by a family named Shen in Suzhou. of the plot.

If that is the case, then the reason why Qiao Simei's eldest brother went to that family is probably not to prevent Qiao Simei from being sold, but to sell himself on his own initiative so that the family will accept him instead of Qiao Simi.

In this way, once Joe becomes himself, he can escape the home that he hates, get a better life and support, and have a better future.

Cao Zhiqiang still remembers that in the plot of the TV series, Qiao Yicheng knew that Qiao Simei was going to be adopted, and after the family was rich and powerful, he was very angry on the surface, but in fact he was moved and secretly took a bunch of them. For my own certificate, I went to the guest house to find the family.

But he didn't persuade that family not to adopt Qiao Simei or separate them, but he hoped that they could adopt him, Qiao Yicheng instead.

At first glance, it seemed like a replacement, for the sake of my sister, but in fact, I wanted to escape from that impoverished home and live a better life by myself, and I wanted to snatch my sister's opportunity.

It's a pity that the family only took a fancy to Qiao Simei, and said that Qiao Simei looked very similar to the dead daughter of the family. In fact, they didn't like Qiao Yicheng, which made Qiao Yicheng angry from embarrassment. Throw it all away, thinking that those things are useless at all.

It was also this experience that made Qiao Yicheng determined to take the university entrance examination, change his life through self-reliance, and never ask for help.

Of course, this same encounter made Qiao Yicheng feel a little ashamed, so he paid more attention to his younger brothers and sisters later on, and completely ignored those who were not selfish.

Generally speaking, Qiao Yicheng's character is not bad, at least much better than his scumbag father.

"Ah!" Thinking of this, Cao Zhiqiang couldn't help sighing, "It's not easy."

"Yes." Huai Hua, who had no idea what Cao Zhiqiang was thinking, also sighed, "It's really not easy. I never thought there would be such a father."

Speaking of this, Sophora Huai looked at Qiao Simei lovingly: "Simei, it's really pitiful."

"No." Qiao Simei looked at Cao Zhiqiang while chewing the steamed stuffed bun in her mouth and said, "I don't feel pitiful?

In fact, I was a little hesitant at first, because I was afraid that the brother Cao mentioned in my sister's letter was ugly, and I couldn't see it as ugly.

But elder brother Cao is very good-looking, even better-looking than elder brother, which is not bad, I am very satisfied.

Well, brother Cao, if you treat me as well as my sister said in her letter, I will be your daughter. What do you think? "

Cao Zhiqiang couldn't laugh or cry: "Hey, Simei, right? Your sister is my sister. If you were my daughter, wouldn't you want to call your sister Auntie? This life will be messed up!"

"Ah?" Qiao Simei was taken aback, "Yes, this is a problem."

But soon, she smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, then you can just be my big brother, I'm just like my elder sister, I'll be your younger sister, anyway, you just need to take good care of me.

I don't have high requirements. I can eat meat once every two or three days. It is best to change two or three sets of new clothes a year. "

Cao Zhiqiang was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "I'll talk about this later. Since we're in the capital, let's eat, drink, and have fun first. Take your time with the rest. Maybe after a long time, you'll feel homesick and want to go back. You don't want to be here." This stay."

"No way!" Qiao Simei shook her head, "I don't want to go back, I will be sold if I go back."

"That's right." Cao Lili nodded, "My father can definitely do such a thing!"

Immediately afterwards, Cao Lili looked at Cao Zhiqiang: "Brother Cao, why don't you accept my sister.

Anyway, anyway, you are not short of this money now, you only need to give half of what you give to my sister, it is enough, and it doesn't matter if I eat less. "

Cao Zhiqiang shook his head, then smiled and said, "Lili, it's not about money or not.

If it's just an extra mouth, it's nothing to me, it's just an extra pair of chopsticks.

Even if she comes, the food standard of our family will not be lowered, it will only be improved.

Didn't I tell you earlier, in my Cao family, the last thing to worry about is food and clothing.

The thing is, it's not something I just accept, it's complicated.

To put it simply, I am too young, and I am still single. Legally speaking, I am not eligible to adopt a child. Even if I have the ability, do you know? "

"But, but..." Cao Lili frowned.

"Let's eat first." Sophora Hua suddenly smiled, "There will always be a solution, and then discuss it slowly, don't worry.

Today is a good day for your sisters to reunite, let's not talk about those who are unhappy! "

"Yes, yes, yes." Cao Zhiqiang immediately followed, "Today is a happy day, don't mention these disappointing things, there must be a way for the car to reach the mountain, there are more ways than difficulties.

Eat quickly, take a shower after eating, and then I will take you shopping, let's go to Wangfujing, eat, drink and have fun together! "

Next, Qiao Simi quickly finished eating the steamed stuffed buns and beans, and then led Cao Lili to a bathhouse with Sophora japonica.

And Cao Zhiqiang was not idle, he also took a shower and rubbed his back.

After everyone finished taking a shower, Cao Zhiqiang called two more three rounds, and dragged the four of them to Wangfujing.

That's right, at this time in Beiping, when it comes to shopping, the first choice is Wangfujing, and the first choice of Wangfujing is the Beiping Department Store.

At this time, the Beiping City Department Store is still the best shopping mall in the entire capital, not one of them.

Thanks to policy issues, the department store in Beiping City has a fairly complete range of goods, and almost all the good goods from all over the country are here.

Especially if you want to buy all kinds of household appliances and the like, only department stores have the most comprehensive ones here.

Of course, if you just go shopping and buy clothes and other things, department stores may not be the best and trendiest places, but some time-honored brands nearby are better.

For example, Ruifuxiang's silk and satin, Neiliansheng's cloth shoes, Donghua's ready-to-wear, Majestic's suit shop, etc., are all excellent.

Cao Zhiqiang's plan is to go to time-honored stores first, buy outfits for everyone, and finally go to department stores to buy home appliances.

In the spring of 1983, although the cloth ticket had not been completely canceled at this time, it was not far from canceling the cloth ticket.

In fact, when buying imitations of clothing at this time, except for places like department stores, most shops that sell clothing basically don’t need cloth tickets, just pay for it.

Obviously, Qiao Simi's eyes were dazzled by the prosperity here, she had never been to such a prosperous place before.

Even Sophora japonica, although she has been here many times before, she has always just stopped by for a look and has never dared to buy anything here.

Without him, it is too expensive to afford.

On the contrary, Cao Zhiqiang and Cao Lili are very calm, after all, they have been shopping here several times before.

It's just that before Cao Zhiqiang brought Cao Lili here, he only bought some low-end and middle-end clothing with high cost performance. He has never bought high-end clothes like he is now.

There is no way, although Cao Zhiqiang earned a lot of manuscript fees before, but it is incomparable with before publishing his personal poetry collection, so he didn't dare to spend money lavishly, and he always looked for bargains with high cost performance.

It's different now.

Ever since the Poetry Magazine helped contact the Writer's Publishing House and published a collection of personal poems for Cao Zhiqiang.

In just over half a month, Cao Zhiqiang received a manuscript fee of 6000 yuan, plus various tickets including industrial papers.

So Cao Zhiqiang at this time is really not short of money.

Now that you have money, why don't you hurry up and start the prodigal mode of buying, buying, and buying.

If you have money and don't spend it, it's like walking at night in brocade clothes, it's so uncomfortable!
He Cao Zhiqiang is not an ascetic monk and miser, so he will not treat himself badly in life.

Therefore, he has long wanted to make a big purchase, but this time there are two more people, which is more lively.

(End of this chapter)