Siheyuan: Silly Zhu is not my father

Chapter 138

"It's okay, it's all settled before, just a few days in advance, when your brother comes out, just tell the Tang family."

Qin Huairu didn't care much about it, the Tang family didn't know about the stick yet, so it was impossible to disagree.

"Uh, okay."

Xiao Dang opened his mouth, but did not dare to continue speaking.

"..."

Forget it, if my brother doesn't need the things mom bought, she can use them too. At worst, they can be used as her dowry, so they can't be wasted.

He Daqing sat opposite, listening to Qin Huairu's conversation with the two daughters, he felt a little strange in his heart.

Several people have been holding sticks, but where is this person?From yesterday to now, he has not seen the real person.

After another glance, the old man didn't bother to think about it.

"Silly Zhu, I haven't been back to the capital for more than ten years, you can go shopping with me today."

"You can walk around by yourself, but I don't have time."

Silly Zhu didn't even think about it, and directly refused.

He still remembered that the old man shut him out just now.

"I'm over 70. If I fall down on the road like yesterday, there's no one to help me. Silly Zhu, I'm old, and I'm only a few days away."

Upon hearing this, Sha Zhu immediately hesitated.

Seeing the pitiful appearance of the old man, he sighed and said, "In the afternoon, I have to accompany Huairu to the department store to go shopping in the morning."

"Department store? I'll go too."

"What are you going to do? There are so many people in the store, in case you are crowded again."

He Daqing tugged at the sweatshirt with holes on his body, let Shazhu look at it, and he said helplessly:

"I don't have any clothes to wear. You can help me buy two clothes and sandals. I still need a tea mug in my house, so I have to buy one..."

Silly Zhu got a headache when he heard it.

The old man wanted clothes and sandals, and he wanted to buy some other things from the voice.

Not to mention anything else, clothes and shoes are not cheap, but he doesn't even have a steel jumper in his hand, so what can he buy?
There was no way, the old man's undershirt was really torn, Sha Zhu had no choice but to turn his head to look at his wife.

"Huairu, look..."

Qin Huairu lowered his head, picking at the porridge in the bowl, as if he didn't hear it.

There was no expression on her face, but she was about to die of anger in her heart.

It's fine if the old man comes back to grab the stick's house, well, now he even wants to grab the money.

Clothes, shoes, tea mugs, none of them are cheap, and it will cost at least half a month's salary to buy them all, and the old man is really rude.

On the opposite side, He Daqing put down his chopsticks.

He finally understood that all the money in this family was collected by the widow, and he didn't know what to say about his son.

I'm afraid that in the entire capital, there are not a few "good men" like Sha Zhu.

"Daughter-in-law, look at my sweatshirt, I'm so old, you can't let me be naked in the yard, right?"

"Bah, old rascal."

When Jia Zhang heard this, she couldn't bear it anymore, and she gave the old man a hard look.

He Daqing ignored Jia Zhangshi, he had no expression on his face, and just stared at Qin Huairu blankly.

"Ah? Oh, Dad, how can I buy it? Shazhu and I will go buy you a new one."

"That's good, save me from embarrassing you."

Under the table, Qin Huairu secretly clenched her hands.

The old man has said all this, and she won't do it if she doesn't agree. In the courtyard, she has met her opponent.

After dinner, the three members of the Jia family, together with Sha Zhu and He Daqing, went to Wangfujing Department Store in a mighty way.

……

In the west room in the backyard, He Xiao was still lying on the bed.

He didn't feel it yesterday, but as soon as he woke up this morning, he felt sore all over his body.

Especially the lower back, bursts of pain.

"Hey, let's ride this motorcycle in the capital from now on."

Frowning, he got up from the bed.

Holding the enamel basin, he was just about to wash up when he heard someone knock on the door.

Walking over and opening the door, he saw Qin Jingru standing outside the door.

"busy?"

He Xiao took a look at her. Qin Jingru was still wearing yesterday's clothes, and her eyes were dark circles. I'm afraid she didn't sleep well last night.

"It's nothing else. Seeing that you haven't woken up, I brought you something to eat by the way."

Qin Jingru raised the object in his hand, then walked into the room and put it on the table.

Turning around, she looked at He Xiao, and said rather embarrassedly:

"He Xiao, I have to borrow the side room of your middle courtyard for a while, how much do you think I will give you?"

"Rent? Do you still have money?"

He Xiao went to the table and took a look. Two deep-fried dough sticks and two big steamed buns were still warm.

The things are not worth much, but he feels very comfortable, at least he has a heart.

"You don't even have a job now, so let's forget about the rent. You can live in it first, and we'll talk about it later."

"Thank you."

Qin Jingru's face was a little complicated, she bowed, then turned and left.

She had to continue looking for Xu Damao today, she couldn't believe that she couldn't find this old rooster in the capital.

"This guy is quite interesting."

Shaking his head, He Xiao picked up the washbasin and went to the courtyard to wash up.

After breakfast, it was almost noon. After thinking about it, he prepared to go to the shop at the entrance of the street.

When passing by the inner courtyard, he took a special look at it. It was quite quiet in the courtyard today, and he didn't see Jia's family.

"It's really strange."

……

Riding a small Suzuki, as soon as He Xiao arrived at the entrance of the street, he heard a burst of singing "Walking, Wandering".

Glancing around, he turned his head to look at his shop, where the singing came from.

A little surprised in his heart, he twisted the handlebar, and little Suzuki rushed over immediately.

After parking the car, He Xiao walked in and saw the third master sitting behind the table dozing off.

On the table in front of him, there was an unfamiliar tape recorder, and the singing came from it.

"Third Master, where did this come from?"

He Xiao pointed at the tape recorder, a little surprised.

He has always wanted to buy a radio recorder and put it in the store to play songs to attract customers, but Jia's family has too many things to do, and he has never been free, so he didn't expect someone to bring it for him today.

Yan Bugui rubbed his face, said with a smile: "Taozi, let alone, the business of the store has improved a lot with this thing."

"Yes, with a business mind."

He Xiao was quite satisfied, and gave Taozi some bonuses when he turned around, and gave him the VCR money by the way.

Picking up the ledger on the table casually, He Xiao glanced at it, then froze.

"Hey, so many."

Seeing the turnover of the past two days, he was startled. Yesterday alone, the store earned [-] yuan and [-] cents.

One hundred and five yuan is the equivalent of two or three months' wages for ordinary workers, which is quite a lot.

Pulling open the curtain at the door, He Xiao poked his head in and took a look. He counted the people sitting on the benches in the hall watching videotapes. There were at least 30 people.

This business is really good.

"Huh? Third Master, why are there children inside?"

"Isn't it summer vacation? There are more children in these two days."

"Well……"

He Xiao took a closer look, and found that on the row of benches on the left, all the children were sitting. They were only in their teens, and even the youngest were seven or eight years old.

Shaking his head, he lowered the curtain and walked out.

After thinking about it, he said to Yan Bugui, "Third Master, don't let children who are too young."

Yan Bugui was taken aback for a moment, and then felt distressed about the fare.

"That day can save a lot of money."

"Forget it, children's money is too troublesome to earn. By the way, if an adult comes looking for it, you can just return the ticket money to him, but don't make a fuss."

"Then... that's fine."

He Xiao smiled helplessly, he was also afraid of the brat.

If something happens to this, he can't bear the responsibility.

There was nothing to do in the afternoon, and He Xiao was not in a hurry to leave. He sat down with a pen and paper in his hand, and began to think about the room.

His outhouse is not enough to be used as a screening room, but it's a pity that it has been empty all the time.

"Third Master, what do you think of opening a trust store in the outhouse? It specializes in collecting old things."

After hearing this, Yan Bugui shook his head after thinking about it.

"No, the outhouse is too small, don't say too much, it won't fit a few big pieces of furniture, and this trust store doesn't match our video hall either."

"Too."

He Xiao nodded, thinking that what the third master said was quite right.

If this is to open another store, it has to be matched with the video hall. It is best for the person who watches the video to take care of his new business by the way.

"It seems that we still have to sell food."

Forget about snacks, there is a supply and marketing store next door.

In an instant, He Xiao thought of fast food, how about selling fried chicken?
This thing is simple, you can buy a gas stove and set up an oil pan to fry it, and the taste is still delicious, he doesn't believe that the people watching the video can resist it.

At that time, I will give it a foreign name, and the business will definitely be good.

Think about it, He Xiaole is happy, isn't this the same as KFC and McDonald's.

These two foreign stores do not exist in the capital now, and they will not enter the country until at least seven or eight years later.

Looking up at the store, he felt a little pity that his small house really didn't match his good idea.

But he felt in his pocket, he is really not rich now, the family only has a total of 1 yuan, which was given by Lou Xiaoe, he wants to be tall, but he can't get it now.

"Forget it, let's start with small troubles."

Yan Bugui looked at He Xiao for a long time, listening to him muttering all the time, he was still a little curious.

"He Xiao, what do you think of?"

"Hey, I have to think about it again. This business can't be sloppy, and I have to find someone else."

He Xiao shook his head, put down the pen and paper, and stood up.

After collecting the ticket money for these two days, he rode a small Suzuki to the vegetable market.

After walking around, he stopped in front of a chicken stall.

Take a closer look at the chickens in the cage, they are all very energetic, and they are all authentic local chickens.

Hey, it's hard to find foreign chicken now.

"Comrade, do you help kill? Can you pull out the hair?"

The saleswoman was stunned for a moment, and then said angrily, "Kill? I sell chickens here, not kill chickens. If you want to buy, don't make trouble."

"..."

Well, the state-run salesman couldn't be offended, He Xiao rubbed his nose and asked helplessly, "How much is a catty of live chicken?"

"One piece and two."

"It's quite expensive."

He Xiao frowned when he heard this, but he didn't need a meat ticket to buy chicken, so it was still not as expensive as pork.

Glancing at the chicken cage, he pointed to a big rooster and said, "Give me this."

The saleswoman weighed it, and it weighed exactly six catties.

He Xiao paid seven yuan and twenty cents, and left with the big cock.

After shopping around, he bought some seasonal vegetables, and then rode back.

When he arrived at the gate of the courtyard, He Xiao pushed Xiao Suzuki and was about to walk towards the inner courtyard when he saw a woman walking towards him.

She was wearing a white dress and her long hair fluttered...

He Xiao just felt dazed for a moment, and didn't recognize who the woman was for a while.

"He Xiao."

"what?"

"You're back."

Huaihua smiled, passed him, and walked out quickly.

"Sophora pagoda, who do I think it is?"

"Huh? Why is your attitude so good today? Did you take the wrong medicine?"

He Xiao curled his lips, pushed the motorcycle, and continued to walk in.

In the yard, He Daqing was wearing a new white undershirt, complaining to Sha Zhu.

"Silly Zhu, that widow of yours is really willing to buy things for her daughter. One skirt and eight undershirts for me. When it was my turn to buy sandals, she refused to buy them for me."

"Just save some morals. Didn't Huairu say that I didn't bring enough money, so I'll buy it for you next time."

Silly Zhu was so bored, he shouldn't have agreed to take the old man to the department store.

Just now, his wife and the old man almost had a quarrel in the store.

Thinking about it made him panic, he picked up the things he bought on the table, and strode back to the backyard.

He Daqing looked at Shazhu's back, but also had no choice.

"Hey, a dress is worth a month's wages for you. I feel sorry for the money for you."

"Hey, what do you feel bad about? People are willing to spend money for their daughters and wives, and they are also willing to become poor."

He Daqing turned his head and saw that it was He Xiao who came, a smile appeared on his face immediately.

"Sun..."

"Don't talk about this, I have nothing to do with you, I will change my surname to Lou when I return to Xiangjiang."

As soon as the old man opened his mouth, He Xiao knew what to say, so he quickly interrupted the old man's words.

Pushing little Suzuki, he strode back to the backyard.

"It's a crime, silly Zhu is really a crime."

He Daqing sighed and said, he really couldn't figure it out, Shazhu has his own son, why would he raise a child for someone else?
But when I think about myself in the past, I also left behind Sha Zhu and Yu Shui to raise the widow's two children...

"Snapped."

"It's really nothing!"

(End of this chapter)