Chapter 117 Being a tour guide for foreigners?!

After Shi Yue got off work today, he was delayed by something. At 6:30 in the afternoon, when it was getting dark, he remembered to go to the school to pick up Shi Qiu Shui.

He hurried to the school gate, saw the sign of the canteen, and remembered that he had promised to buy Shi Qiu Shui a pudding. He turned on his toes, turned into the canteen, and bought six puddings.

I was already late to pick up the child, and if I also forgot to buy her the pudding she wanted, she would probably be very angry.

Shi Yue arrived at the school gate carrying a bag of small puddings. The security guard at the gate saw Shi Yue and called out, "Hey, Shi Qiushui's parents, are you here to pick up your child?"

Shi Yue came to pick up the child every morning and evening, and had long been familiar with the security guard at the door. When he heard the security guard's question, he replied without surprise, "Yes, I came to pick up the child."

Security guard: "You're quite late today."

Shi Yue smiled sheepishly and said, "Something delayed me, so I'm a little late. Could you please help me check if my child is still in there?"

The security guard waved his hand. "Your child is still in there. I just saw your child when I went to the cafeteria to get food. She was on the playground with a few other kids. They seemed to be doing some sports activities."

Shi Yue: "Ah, yes, isn't the school holding a sports meet at the end of the month? She and her friends have signed up for the relay race. They said they weren't very good at it before and needed to practice more at school."

The security guard nodded and said, "Your child made the right decision to sign up for running. I see she runs really fast. Boys of the same age can't run as fast as her."

Shi Yue: "My child is a very fast runner. She has practiced on her own. During the summer vacation, she used to run every morning."

After hearing this, the security guard looked at Shi Yue in surprise.

He thought Shi Yue would be humble enough to say it was nothing after hearing his praise for Shi Qiushui. After all, he had been a gatekeeper at the school for several years, and whenever he praised other people's children, he always got the same response. Of course, these parents didn't really think their children's performance was nothing, they were just being humble. Unexpectedly, Shi Yue didn't say anything polite to him.

However, the security guard quite appreciated Shi Yue's impoliteness.

Parents are naturally happy when they hear outsiders praising their children. Even if they don't say it, they can't hide the smile on their faces. So if that's the case, why be so humble? It's so hypocritical.

The security guard patted October's shoulder appreciatively and said, "Yes, you want to pick up your child, right? Go quickly."

Shi Yue: "Okay, I'll go over first then."

It was getting late, he really had to go in and get the child.

After all, it wasn't just his Xiaoqiu who stayed at school, but also Zhao Ran, Xiaopang and the others. He had already made an agreement with other parents and took the responsibility of sending them home.

It’s already this late, and the child hasn’t been sent back yet. The parents might be getting anxious!

Shi Yue hurried to the playground with little pudding. He thought he would see a few children huddled together at the gate waiting for him to pick them up. But when he got to the playground, he found that the children were still practicing baton handover seriously and didn't notice him at all.

Oh, that’s not right. It’s not like I didn’t notice him coming.

Little Taozi, who often played with his son Xiaoqiu, glanced in his direction and obviously noticed him coming.

However, after Xiao Taozi looked at him warily at first, he turned his head away and ignored him as if he had not seen him at all.

Shi Yue was filled with confusion. How could a man this tall and strong with such a strong presence be ignored like this?!

He rubbed his nose and coughed twice deliberately, trying to attract the attention of the group of children.

Sure enough, Shi Qiu Shui turned his gaze over after hearing the cough.

"dad?!"

Shi Qiu Shui shouted in surprise.

Seeing that Shi Qiushui had noticed him, Shi Yue was finally satisfied. He walked over to Shi Qiushui with little pudding in his arms and said, "Daughter, I'm sorry, Daddy is late. You must have been waiting for a long time, right?"

Shi Qiushui was stunned for a moment, then he saw that it was getting dark. He asked confusedly, "Dad, what time is it now?"

Shi Yue looked down at his watch: "It's almost seven o'clock now."

Shi Qiushui's eyes widened: "It's already so late?!"

Shi Yue was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Oh, so you don't know it's so late?"

Shi Qiushui wiped the sweat from his head and said, "I really didn't notice it was so late."

Shi Yue looked at his daughter's uncivilized actions and the sweat on her head, and thought that he had to give this dirty little kid a good bath when he got home in the evening, otherwise she would definitely be smelly when she woke up tomorrow morning.

He took out some toilet paper from his pocket and said, "Look at how sweaty you are. Wipe yourself with some toilet paper first."

While Shi Qiushui was wiping his sweat, Shi Yue waved to the remaining children, "Come on, come on, let's stop practicing here today. It's getting late, let's practice tomorrow. Now pack up and get ready to go home. Otherwise, if you're late any longer, your parents will be worried."

Upon hearing this, several children came over wiping their sweat.

Shi Yue took out a small pudding from a plastic bag and handed it over: "You must be thirsty and hot, come and have a small pudding."

Xiaopang was not polite at all. He took the little pudding from Shi Yue's hand first and said loudly, "Thank you, Uncle Shi!"

Next was Xiao Taozi. She took a small pudding from Shi Yue's hand and said sweetly, "Thank you, Uncle Shi."

When Shi Yue saw Xiao Taozi, he remembered what happened just now. He asked, "Xiao Taozi, when I came over just now, how come you acted as if you didn't see me? Uncle Shi thought you had forgotten me."

While talking to Xiao Taozi, he distributed the remaining puddings to the other children. When there were two left, he gave one to Shi Qiu Shui and opened the package of the other one and started to eat it.

Little Taozi stared at Little Pudding and mumbled, "Shisusu, I didn't forget you. Just now, we were training ducks. Xiaoqiu said, during training, no one except the spy can make any noise to disrupt the training. I see you're not a spy, so I won't say anything."

Shi Qiushui probably understood what Xiao Taozi meant. He asked with amusement, "Wow, how come there's a spy involved in your school's sports meet? Where did the spy come from?"

Shi Qiushui: "It's a spy from the class next door! Their class has also signed up for the relay race!"

After saying that, she added, "And among the students from their class participating in the relay race, there's Chen Xin!"

"Oh, I see!"

Speaking of Chen Xin, Shi Yue understood.

Isn’t Chen Xin the bad boy who fought with her daughter Xiaoqiu some time ago?

Shi Qiushui: "Yes, because of Chen Xin! That Chen Xin just came over to provoke us and issued a challenge to us!"

Shi Yue raised his eyebrows: "Oh? A challenge? What challenge?"

Shi Qiushui: "He made a deal with us. Let's take the relay race at the sports meet. Their team will compete with ours. Whichever class runs slower will lose, and the losing class will be ridden like a horse by the winning class!"

Shi Yue: "Wow, girl, the stakes are quite high, aren't they?"

He approached Shi Qiushui and said, "Girl, think carefully. If you lose, you'll be ridden like a horse by others. Isn't that too much?"

Take riding a big horse, for example. It's not very harmful, but it's very insulting.

Especially when Qiu Shui was a little girl.

Shi Yue gave Shi Qiushui some advice: "Listen to me, my daughter. Even if you lose, don't admit it. Even if he says you're dishonest, don't admit it. Anyway, we parents can come to the sports meet. I'll stand in front of you and see if he dares to come in front of me and let you be his horse."

As he spoke, he shook his arms. He didn't believe that the bad boy Chen Xin really dared to come.

Shi Qiushui frowned and pouted: "Dad!"

She said dissatisfiedly: "What are you talking about? We haven't even started the competition yet, so why do you think we will definitely lose?! How can you lose without a fight?!"

Shi Yue was stunned for a moment, then heard Shi Qiushui continue: "Anyway, I don't think we will lose. I think we can definitely win!"

She paused and said, "And our strength is worthy of my confidence!"

Shi Yue was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then he laughed.

He patted Shi Qiushui's head and said, "Good girl, you have great ambitions."

Regardless of whether she can win or not, it’s good that his daughter has this confidence!

Shi Yue: "I also believe you can beat them. On the day of the sports meet, I'll hold up a sign and cheer for you!"

Shi Qiushui: "Yeah!"

Shi Yue: "But, Xiaoqiu, look, shouldn't we pack up and go home today?"

He pointed to the darkening sky and said, "It's time for your friends to go home."

It was indeed getting late, and Shi Qiushui knew this. She turned to Xiao Taozi and the others and said, "Let's eat quickly, finish the popsicles, pack our bags, and go home!"

"good!"

The children reached a consensus and sped up their eating of popsicles and quickly finished their puddings. The children returned to the classroom and quickly packed their schoolbags. Shi Yue led the group of children home.

Although Shi Yue wanted to send them home one by one, in fact, these children's homes were not far away. After all, they all lived near the machinery factory's staff quarters, so even Xiong Jie's home, which was the farthest away, was only separated from Shi Qiu Shui's home by two alleys.

It didn't take Shi Yue much effort to send Xiao Taozi and the others back to their respective homes.

Finally, only Zhao Ran was left. Shi Yue held Shi Qiu Shui in his left hand and Zhao Ran in his right hand, and took the two children back to the compound.

When Shi Yue and the others returned to the compound, Li Xiuying had already finished her meal. Seeing Shi Yue, she asked in surprise, "Hey, Shi Yue, you just came back?"

Shi Yue: "Ah, yes, I just brought Xiaoqiu back."

Li Xiuying: "Wow, you're back at this time? It's really late!"

Shi Yue: "It's getting late."

He noticed the square dance fan in Li Xiuying's hand and asked, "Have you finished your meal and are you ready to go dancing?"

Li Xiuying: "Yeah, I'm home alone. I ate early, and now that I'm done, I'm ready to go out and dance. It was so hot before, our square dance team took a long break. Our arms and legs are stiff from not dancing for so long."

Shi Yue: "Then I won't keep you any longer, go ahead."

"Well, you should go home with Xiaoqiu and make some food. I'm leaving now." Li Xiuying walked away in a leisurely manner.

Gao Cuifen, who was washing the dishes after eating, found it hard not to feel jealous. She said sourly, "It's so cool when one person eats and the whole family is not hungry."

Da Liu came out to pour water and just happened to hear what was said. He smiled and said, "Aunt Gao, if you want to follow Aunt Li's example, you can also ask Uncle Zhang..."

Gao Cuifen glared at him and said, "Go away, what are you talking about? Don't you want people to be well? I have a good relationship with my old man. Why would I follow Li Xiuying and divorce my old man?"

Da Liu: "Oh, no, who told you to divorce Uncle Zhang? Why didn't you listen to the whole message before you got angry? I mean, if you want to be like Aunt Li, you can also let Uncle Zhang cook for himself."

Gao Cuifen: "You better go and poop. With our old man's cooking skills, if he were to cook for himself, he would probably set our kitchen on fire."

Da Liu spread his hands and said, "There's nothing we can do about it. You can only watch Aunt Li live so carefree."

Gao Cuifen looked at Da Liu while gnashing her teeth. Why did it sound like this kid was deliberately trying to piss her off?

She began to wonder in her mind whether she had offended Da Liu at some point, so Da Liu was taking advantage of this moment to be sarcastic to her.

Gao Cuifen usually speaks too much and offends many people. For a moment, she really couldn't remember whether she had offended Da Liu or not.

Moreover, Liu's expression was so sincere that even if she wanted to lose her temper, she couldn't. In the end, she could only hold her breath, turn her head away, and wash the dishes vigorously to vent her anger.

Seeing that Gao Cuifen ignored him, Da Liu shrugged and went home with his washbasin.

Shi Yue and Shi Qiu Shui, father and daughter, could hardly hold back their laughter as they watched from the side.

Gao Cuifen didn't see it just now, but they, the father and daughter, saw it. When Gao Cuifen was speechless, Da Liu raised the corners of his mouth and smiled. This guy was deliberately being sarcastic to annoy Gao Cuifen.

As for the reason.

Shi Yue thought that Gao Cuifen was acting weird because Liu Da won the lottery last time.

Although Gao Cuifen herself may have forgotten about this incident, the people in the hospital still remember it, and Da Liu certainly remembers it too.

So, he found an opportunity and came back as Yin and Yang.

Shi Yue and Shi Qiu Shui were almost dying of laughter when they saw Gao Cuifen unable to tell whether Da Liu did it on purpose and could only sulk by herself.

In order to avoid laughing in front of Gao Cuifen, Shi Yue told Zhao Ran to go home by himself, and then he quickly took Shi Qiu Shui into the house.

After entering the house, Shi Yue closed the door and laughed wantonly with Shi Qiushui for a while. Then he suddenly remembered something, patted his forehead and said, "Oh, I forgot. Xiaoqiu, I'll add some water for you. You can take a bath at home first. I have to go to your Uncle Zhao's house."

Shi Qiushui: "Hmm? Dad, do you have something to talk to Uncle Zhao about?"

Shi Yue: "Yeah, I have to ask him for leave."

Shi Qiushui: "Ask for leave?"

Shi Yue: "Hey, this is a bit complicated to explain. I'll tell you when you come back later. Now, drag your bathtub out for me. I'll use the water in the thermos to make bath water for you."

He was busy with his work as he said, "Take a shower at home first. I'll go to your Uncle Zhao's house and then buy two lunch boxes from the small restaurant at the entrance of the alley. What do you want to eat?"

Shi Qiushui swallowed and said, "I want to eat sweet and sour pork with rice."

"Pork with Sweet and Sour Rice?" Shi Yue recalled the restaurant's menu and said, "I don't think they have pork with sweet and sour rice, but they do have sweet and sour pork a la carte. I'll order one for you."

Shi Qiushui: "Okay!"

After Shi Yue mixed the bath water for Shi Qiu Shui, he hurried out. Shi Qiu Shui took off her clothes and took a bath herself.

As she rubbed the foam, she sang a bath song: "I love taking a bath, it's so good to take a bath, oh oh~"

She rubbed her hair, body, and little face. After making sure her whole body was washed and smelled good, she rinsed herself clean and then cleaned up what could be cleaned up. She couldn't carry the rest of the big bathtub, so she waited for Shi Yue to come back.

Just when Shi Qiu Shui had almost finished packing, Shi Yue also came back.

Hearing the noise outside, Shi Qiushui came running out with a towel on her head. She said, "Dad, you're back so soon."

Shi Yue: "Have you finished your shower? That's perfect! I bought the sweet and sour pork you wanted. Let's eat."

"good!"

Shi Qiu Shui went to the kitchen to get chopsticks, quickly ran back to the table and sat down. After waiting for Shi Yue to open the takeaway box, she picked up the chopsticks and picked up the sweet and sour pork that she wanted to eat.

When Shi Qiu Shui put the crispy sweet and sour pork wrapped in syrup into his mouth, a happy smile immediately appeared on his face.

Wow, sweet and sour pork is really delicious, sweet and crispy.

Shi Qiushui ate several pieces in a row before she remembered what Shi Yue hadn't finished saying before he left. She asked, "By the way, Dad, why did you go out to see Uncle Zhao just now?"

Shi Yue: "Oh, I went to ask your Uncle Zhao for leave."

"Ask for leave?" Shi Qiushui was puzzled: "Dad, what are you going to do?"

Shi Yue put down his chopsticks and said, "I've taken on a private job from your Uncle Gong. I'm a tour guide for his foreign clients, taking them to Panjiayuan to shop. I'm making this much a day."

He made a slap gesture.

Shi Qiushui's eyes widened: "Being a tour guide for foreigners?!"

After she was done being surprised, she noticed Shi Yue's gesture and asked, "How much does Uncle Gong pay? Five hundred a day? He's so rich!"

Shi Yue shook his head: "It's not five hundred, it's five thousand, five thousand a day."

Shi Qiushui slid down from the chair with a "pop" sound. "How much, five, five thousand?! Five thousand a day?!"

She stood up, suppressed the urge to scream, and asked as quietly as possible: "Dad, you are right, right? Five thousand a day?!"

Shi Yue: "That's right, five thousand a day."

Shi Qiu Shui's face was full of ecstasy.

Five thousand, her father’s annual salary is not even five thousand!

She was extremely happy, and looked at Shi Yue who was calm, feeling very confused.

Shi Qiushui: "Dad, you are so calm."

Shi Yue: "Ahem, it's just five thousand yuan. We've earned more money before, so why are we so excited?"

Although he said so, Shi Yue was actually no less surprised than Shi Qiu Shui when he found out that he could earn 5,000 yuan a day as a tour guide for foreigners.

He almost slipped off Gong Fa's passenger seat at that time.

Shi Qiu Shui tilted his head and stared at Shi Yue for a while, then stopped dwelling on this issue.

She had a lot of questions, and she had more to ask.

Shi Qiushui even stopped eating his beloved sweet and sour pork. Turning into a curious baby, he chased after Shi Yue and asked, "Dad, Dad, why did Uncle Gong ask you to be a tour guide for foreigners when you can't speak foreign languages? And why does he pay you so much for being a tour guide for foreigners? Dad, is Uncle Gong Fa going to sell you out? Dad..."

Shi Yue's face was filled with black lines. He pinched Shi Qiushui's mouth and said, "Stop it. I'm a grown man with arms and legs, tall and strong. Your uncle Gong can't sell me even if he wants to, okay? Besides, I can run away by myself."

Shi Qiushui: "Wuwuwuwuwu..."

Shi Yue let go of his hand, and Shi Qiushui, who was able to speak again, asked, "Then why did Uncle Gong let you be a tour guide for foreigners? For 5,000 yuan a day, he could hire a better tour guide, right? Why would he hire you when you can't even speak a foreign language?"

Shi Yue leaned back on the chair. It turned out that his daughter's cautiousness was somewhat like his. He had asked Gong Fa the same question when Gong Fa first came to him at the factory gate this afternoon.

Even though the person who came to him was Gong Fa, with whom he had done business twice, he could not trust him completely.

Five thousand yuan a day to hire him as a tour guide, what's the difference between this and pie in the sky?

He doesn't believe that pie will really fall from the sky!

As expected, Gong Fa later confessed honestly that there was a reason why he was looking for him.

Shi Qiushui: "Dad?"

Shi Yue came back to his senses, raised the corner of his mouth, and said, "Do you think Dad has any advantages over your Uncle Gong?"

Shi Qiushui thought about it and nodded: "Yes, you are good at collecting antiques."

Shi Yue snapped his fingers: "By the way, your Uncle Gong invited me for this."

He said, "Your Uncle Gong's foreign clients wanted to find antiques on their own, but they didn't know anything about it. So they wanted someone to take them hunting, so your Uncle Gong thought of me. As for the money, it was the foreigners who asked for it. They have money, so five thousand a day is nothing to them."

In fact, after hearing Gong Fa's request, Shi Yue was reluctant to agree. Shopping by yourself is different from shopping with others, especially with a foreigner.

What if those foreigners just fell in love with fake things at first sight? What should he do? Should he tell them the truth? If he did, would they feel embarrassed? There were so many things to consider, it was overwhelming.

But, it’s five thousand yuan a day!

When Shi Yue heard the amount of money, he was no longer annoyed.

No matter how difficult those foreigners are, he can tolerate them!

Moreover, Gong Fa also told him that those foreigners knew nothing and just talked big, saying that they liked Chinese culture. If they really couldn't find any good stuff, they could just find some fake goods to fool them.

When Shi Yue thought about how easy it was, he agreed decisively.

Shi Qiushui's eyes lit up: "Dad, are you going to be a tour guide for foreigners tomorrow?"

Shi Yue: "Yes, your Uncle Gong will come to pick me up early tomorrow morning, so I can't take you to school. But I have already made an appointment with your Uncle Zhao, and he will take you and Zhao Ran to school tomorrow morning."

Shi Qiu Shui nodded while chewing the sweet and sour pork.

She is still very curious about foreigners.

But her father has never seen a foreigner yet, so she can only wait until her father comes back tomorrow to ask.