Back to the 80s: Pretending to Be in Debt to Escape Misery

In this story of daily life during the 80s, the once fat and ugly Chu Xuan is reborn in a small fishing village in 1983. In this life, she doesn't want to cause Mu Chenze's family to be rui...

58. Chapter 58: Half Sell, Half Give Away (Explosive Update 4)

Chapter 58: Half Sell, Half Give Away (Explosive Update 4)

"Here's a 200 yuan deposit. Can you help me find 30 pieces? Men's shirts might be more expensive. Your Aunt Liu can only pay the balance after the goods arrive and are sold."

Chu Xuan didn't dare to accept it, not because she was worried about the balance, but because she had no source of goods, so she had to ask Mu Chenze about this.

"There's no rush to pay the deposit. I need to find out more first. Wait for my call, okay? I'll get back to you as soon as possible."

"good."

After Chu Xuan said goodbye, she walked to the street with more than 700 yuan in her pocket. She had some cash at home, but she didn't need so much money for the time being, so she might as well deposit 500 yuan in the bank. She would carry her ID with her every day when she went out.

More than twenty minutes later, Chu Xuan had his first deposit slip in this life.

He folded it with a slight sense of ceremony and put it in his trouser pocket.

Just as she was about to go to the bus stop to wait for the bus back to town, a familiar voice came, "Catch the thief! Catch the thief..."

It was Mu Chenze's voice.

Chu Xuan's heart skipped a beat. Mu Chenze had to carry several thousand dollars in cash with him every day. If a thief really escaped, the Mu family would be heartbroken and the thief would become rich.

Just then, a thin man ran over in a panic.

Mu Chenze shouted again, "That's him! The thief!"

Chu Xuan kicked quickly and the thief was tripped.

Mu Chenze chased after him and twisted the thief's arm behind his back, "I told you to run! And you dare to steal my money! It's not a small amount, enough for you to stay in prison for most of your life!"

As he spoke, he took out a thick stack of money from the thief's pocket. The denominations were all fifty yuan, which looked like there were about three thousand yuan.

Mu Chenze's left trouser pocket was cut open.

Chu Xuan knew that he also had a stack of money in his right pocket, and it seemed to be still there.

Ten minutes later, the thief was sent to the security team.

Chu Xuan and Mu Chenze each took a statement before leaving.

"Chu Xuan, thanks to you today, the thief might have gotten away. I couldn't even run away at that time."

"You were lucky. I just happened to stick my foot out. You better think about how to hide your money next time!"

"I should go back and talk to my mother. It's not safe to keep too much cash at home. I'll save what I have on me for now. You go back first! I'll thank you properly when I get home!"

"Don't be so polite to me. You've helped me so much, and I haven't thanked you enough! I'll be your bodyguard for free. I'll leave after you've saved up all the money, to prevent other thieves from coming."

"good."

Mu Chenze was no longer polite to Chu Xuan.

They walked towards the bank...

More than 20 minutes later, Mu Chenze received the deposit certificate and sighed, "This is the first deposit certificate in my name."

Chu Xuan couldn't help but pull out his own from his pocket, "Me too."

Just one zero less than him.

Mu Chenze joked, "I didn't expect that we both got our first savings certificates on the same day. What a coincidence!"

"It's quite fate indeed. Shall we go back?"

"good."

After walking out of the bank, they headed towards the bus stop. Chu Xuan remembered what Uncle Long had asked him to do.

"Mu Chenze, is there any way to get a men's Dacron shirt?"

Mu Chenze looked embarrassed. "This is a bit difficult. The boss who sold us the goods yesterday only got women's shirts. Otherwise, I would have rewarded myself with one a long time ago."

"Nothing. I was just asking. The car is coming!"

After the two got on the bus, neither of them spoke again.

After returning home, they continued to catch up on sleep.

Chu Xuan didn't wake up until after five in the afternoon.

Qin Mahua, who was killing fish in the yard, immediately put down the knife, washed her hands, and took out a handkerchief from her pocket to wipe them dry when she saw Chu Xuan.

"Xiao Xuan, my second son told me that today, thanks to you, otherwise the money he earned from selling goods would have been stolen. I don't have much to thank you for. My second son just bought me a new watch. I already have a watch, and it works well. I plan to give this new watch to you! The watch chain is long, so it will definitely fit you."

It's a club card, it costs at least 100 yuan.

Chu Xuan couldn't accept it for free, but she really wanted a watch. "Aunt, I just helped out a little bit at that time. No, to be more precise, I just tripped the thief with my foot. I didn't help in any other way. I can't accept this watch, but you can buy it. 100 yuan, okay?"

Qin Mahua thought of her second son's reminder. "That won't do. It's too much! Sixty yuan. If you think the price is right, I'll sell it to you. I asked someone to get this watch from the manufacturer. There's a small scratch on the dial, so it's a defective product. Fixed price! If you miss it, I'll sell it to someone else. That Chu Zhi wants to buy it for his wife."

The other people working there were laughing so hard that they were rolling on the ground. Those selling things were lowering their prices as much as possible, and those buying things were raising their prices as much as possible.

In the end, Chu Xuan bought it.

But we can’t let Chu Zhi get away with it.

Chu Xuan put on the watch and found that the length of the watch strap was just right.

Is this really what Mu Chenze bought for Qin Mahua? The watch chain seems to be an extended version.

Could it be that Qin Mahua deliberately sold it to her at a low price? Mu Chenze knew that she needed a watch.

Do you want to ask Mu Chenze?

I guess it's useless to ask.

Another busy day.

At one o'clock in the morning, after Chu Xuan sat in the back seat of the truck, Chu Feng came over and reminded her not to forget to go to the county town to buy Chinese medicine.

I have finished the Chinese medicine I packed last time.

Chu Xuan smiled and nodded to indicate that he would remember it. He watched his younger brother enter the yard and lock the gate before letting Brother Lin drive.

After arriving at the city’s farmers’ market, Chu Xuan had just rented a stall and started setting up his business when he saw a group of people surrounding the first stall and shouting.

"Give us back our money! Give us back our money!"

"You profiteer!"

"They're just rotten fish..."

Zhang Dong's wife faced this group of customers without fear, and with her hands on her hips, she said, "I told you, no refunds! They were fine when I sold them, but they went bad in your hands. It's your fault for not storing them properly, it has nothing to do with me. If you keep surrounding my stall and disrupting my business, I'll call the security team!"

Customers all said, "You don't have to shout, we'll do it!"

After a while, two security officers came over.

They had all eaten the grilled fish fillets from Chu Xuan's family, which were delicious. But when they first smelled the grilled fish fillets from Zhang's family, they almost vomited at the stench.

The leading security officer responded impartially, "Give these customers a refund!"

Zhang Dong's wife acted like a dead pig, not afraid of boiling water. "I don't have any money! Even if I had money, you wouldn't return it! Who do you think you are? You can't control public security and stop me from selling grilled fish fillets, right?"

The security officer left a message, "Then call the food safety department to come over and take care of it."

Turn around and leave.

Zhang Dong's wife didn't take it seriously. "I'm not afraid even if they come! They'll all disperse! Didn't you see that the security team can't do anything to me?"

Customers who wanted to return goods were in a dilemma and wandered outside the market, hoping someone would come to take care of them.

At the same time, she would occasionally warn people entering the market not to buy the grilled fish fillets from the first shop, but to buy from the fat woman in the second shop.

Just like that, an hour passed and Zhang's grilled fish fillets were not sold at all, but Chu Xuan sold nearly 150 kilograms.

Zhang Dong's wife started cursing at Chu Xuan, "Fatty, you're a piece of shit! It was you who sent those people over to return the goods and cause trouble!"

Chu Xuan sneered, "Everyone knows you're a piece of shit. Those people want to return the goods, it has nothing to do with me, but it has a lot to do with you!"

"You...you called me a thing?"

"You were the one who cursed first."

"Fatty, you country bumpkin, I'm from the city, be careful or I'll make you pay for it!"

"Come on! I'm not afraid!"

Just then, Yuan Banyue, dressed in a suit and tie, with a small briefcase under his arm, walked into the market.

He was stopped by Zhang Dong's wife.

"Boss, don't be fooled! That fat guy and Liu Chao are working together to sell you grilled fish fillets at a high price! I have evidence! My grilled fish fillets are only one dollar. Would you like to consider it?"

In front of Chu Xuan, he openly sowed discord.

(End of this chapter)