Chapter 166 Everyone Gets a Gift

Yao Shula quickly poured them both some cooled boiled water.

Seeing the two of them gulp down the water in their glasses, Yao Shula felt a little embarrassed.

"I was so busy looking at all the things you brought that I forgot to pour you some water."

"Oh, right, there's a watermelon under the bed. Let me cut you one! Shuli!" Yao Shula quickly glanced at Yao Shuli.

Yao Shula immediately ran under the bed where she and Xiao Tiantian slept to retrieve a watermelon.

Xiao Tiantian didn't move and remained sitting next to Yao Shula.

Yao Shula turned the electric fan in the main room to its highest setting and was fanning herself with a banana leaf fan.

Little Tiantian enjoyed the breeze from Yao Shula's banana leaf fan, her eyes crinkling with happiness.

"We'll stay here all day tomorrow and have lunch at your house."

I'm going to my third uncle's place tonight. He said he has something to give to the old man.

We'll take Tiantian with us tomorrow evening, and we'll leave from the guesthouse the day after tomorrow morning.

"Tian Tian, ​​are you going to have to take a break from selling popsicles for a while?" Lei Jingwu teased little Tian Tian.

Xiao Tian shook his head smugly, his neck still covered in the prickly heat powder Yao Shula had just applied to him that evening.

"No way! I already told my older sister that we can still sell popsicles."

My eldest sister, second sister, and Brother Shuli are here too; they'll help me sell them.

"I'll buy meat for everyone to eat then," Xiao Tiantian said.

Yao Shula and Yao Shuxin quickly nodded.

Yes, after learning that she was going back to Shanghai to celebrate her grandfather's birthday, Xiaotian also made arrangements for her popsicle selling business.

He knew that he had gone to Shanghai to celebrate his grandfather's birthday, and Shulige also had new study arrangements.

After testing Yao Shuli, Miao Yamin immediately made a new plan.

"There's still a month left in August, so we can preview the fourth-grade curriculum."

Yao Shuli, who had originally planned to make a big money-making scheme in August, was completely dumbfounded.

Yao Shula wholeheartedly agreed with Miao Yamin's arrangement.

Xiao Tiantian thought about it and realized that Shuli's studies were very important. If he didn't study well, his older sister would definitely be unhappy.

Faced with the choice between making money and making her older sister happy, Xiao Tiantian decisively chose to make her older sister happy.

"It's okay, Brother Shuli. We'll continue selling popsicles once you've finished your studies."

Think about it, if we can even sell popsicles, we can definitely sell other things too.

We sell popsicles not to make money, but to... prove that we can make money.

"This proves we can support our eldest sister!" Xiao Tiantian comforted Yao Shuli.

Yao Shuli looked at Xiao Tiantian.

That makes some sense, but doesn't Xiaotian herself believe it's all about making money?

Just when Yao Shuli and Xiaotian decided to temporarily give up their popsicle business, Yao Shula and Yao Shuxin stepped forward.

“It’s okay. Just buy the popsicles every day and leave them at the door. Your older sister and second sister will watch over them for you.”

"Yes! I can look at your popsicle box while reading my book, it won't interfere with my studies."

And so, Xiaotian's popsicle selling business in Shanghai could continue.

...

"Tian Tian has made a lot of money this month?" Gu Changqin teased Tian Tian.

Xiao Tiantian nodded immediately.

“I did the math again last night, and Shuli and I each earned forty-five yuan.”

I bought scarves for my eldest and second eldest sisters, a fountain pen for my cousin, and wine and cigarettes for my uncle.

I made a pair of shoes for my grandfather and my maternal grandfather.

I bought food for Grandma, and also bought two big bones for Xipan and Yuanbao. My older sister cooked them in cornmeal, and Xipan and Yuanbao ate them very happily.

"Oh, when we get back to Shanghai, I'll treat my older brother, cousin, and Xiaoman to Kaisiling's cake." Xiaotian counted on her fingers for Lei Jingwu, one by one.

Lei Jingwu became more and more pleased as he listened.

Little Tiantian truly lives up to his reputation as the child of both the Lei and Gu families.

They know how to make money and how to spend it, and they spend every penny just right.

"Didn't you buy anything for your dad?" Gu Changqin asked deliberately.

"How could I not buy it? Of course I bought it!"

"Two pairs of nylon socks, five cents in total. I'll bring them to him when I go back tomorrow night," Xiao Tiantian said with a smile.

Lei Jingwu, Gu Changqing...

Well, it's better than nothing!

Lei Jingwu glanced at Yao Shula. She was taking very good care of Xiao Tiantian, treating him like her own younger brother.

"So you've run out of money? Do you want some more from your cousin?" Gu Changqin asked Xiaotian with a smile.

Yao Shula also turned her head to look at Xiao Tiantian.

Little Tiantian quickly shook her head.

"My older sister said that money is meant to be spent, and only money that is spent is real money."

"Also, I can make money, and I'll make even more money in the future! Big sister, when I make a lot of money in the future, I'll buy you lots and lots of things." Little Tiantian quickly looked at Yao Shula as well.

Yao Shula tapped Xiao Tiantian's nose.

"Focus on your studies first! You'll be starting elementary school in less than a month!"

Xiao Tiantian's face immediately fell.

Actually... he didn't like going to school either.

Xiao Tian was just about to say that going to school shouldn't interfere with making money...

Yao Shuli brought in a plate of sliced ​​watermelon.

"Jingwu, Changqin, let's eat watermelon!"

My sister had someone buy this watermelon for me, and it's incredibly sweet!

...

After finishing the watermelon, Lei Jingwu took Gu Changqin back to the guesthouse.

Yao Shula looked at the washing machine, electric fan, and rice cooker in the west room and was in a good mood.

"Let them calculate how much this is tomorrow and deduct it from their share of the money," Yao Shula thought to herself.

Thinking that she wouldn't have to waste time doing laundry anymore, Yao Shula started thinking a little more.

It's a pity we can't bring back a TV, because if we did, we'd have to put up an antenna in the yard.

Once an antenna was installed, everyone knew that they had a television.

No, we can't do that!

Anyway, now that all the younger kids in the family are going to school, it's fine without a TV. When they're a bit older and everyone in the neighborhood has a TV, I'll secretly get myself a color TV...

Yao Shula took a walk around the yard.

Yao Shuli had already put Xiao Tiantian to sleep, and Yao Shuxin had also gone back to her house, leaving Yao Shula wandering around in the yard alone.

Yuanbao, who had grown quite a bit, also tried to open his eyes and follow Yao Shula, rubbing against Yao Shula's legs.

Yao Shula suddenly missed her old life.

...

The next day at noon, Yao Shula prepared a sumptuous lunch for Lei Jingwu, Gu Changqin, and Xiao Tiantian as a farewell dinner.

Yao Shula only realized that there wasn't much soy sauce left after she had prepared all the food.

"Shuli, go get two cents' worth of soy sauce!" Yao Shula said as she handed the soy sauce bottle and two cents to Yao Shuli.

Yao Shuli immediately grabbed the soy sauce bottle and took Xiao Tiantian to buy soy sauce.

The soy sauce was a bit of a mess... the two of them didn't return until half an hour later.

"Big sister, we just did another good deed! We saved someone!" Xiao Tiantian's face was full of smiles.

"Huh? You saved someone? Who did you save?" Yao Shula asked, a little confused.

“That Sister Zhang from Hongguang Second Alley next door!” Yao Shuli said with a smug look on her face.

“Yes, a man beat her in her house, and we helped report it to the police!” Xiao Tiantian added.