Li Chu walked to the counter, pretending to take out a wad of cash from his pocket. Just as he was about to count the money, he asked, "Manager Tian, ​​if I find any problems with this refrigerator after I buy it, can I return it?"

"Dr. Li, please rest assured. We tested this refrigerator on the spot when we received it. Later, I even had the staff from Snowflake Factory come and take a look. There are no problems."

After listening to Manager Tian's words, Li Chu began counting the money and handing it over to the sales clerk.

In fact, the quality of items sold in trust shops during that era was generally guaranteed, just like the antiques sold on the other side. You could buy anything with your eyes closed; even the worst items were from the late Qing Dynasty or early Republic of China, and they would still be valuable decades later.

Unfortunately, Li Chu wasn't really interested in those antiques. He glanced at them while walking around and didn't see anything particularly good.

Two years from now, when the era of the "Great Era" arrives, someone will be specifically tasked with collecting these items and centrally destroying them at the street office, euphemistically called "breaking that thing."

When that time comes, he will go to the neighborhood office to pick and choose, and if he finds a good one, he will find a way to save it.

After paying and getting the invoice, Li Chu went to the door and found a deliveryman. The two of them lifted the refrigerator onto the cart, greeted Manager Tian, ​​and then led the deliveryman home.

When we got home, Aunt Wang was sitting under a tree in the yard with her two children. The children were playing in their strollers, and Xiao Hei was sitting next to the strollers watching.

Xiao Hei seems to care about its two young owners much more than the adults do, spending almost every day revolving around them.

The two puppies that Little Black brought back had also recovered. They couldn't climb out of their kennels and were just playing and fighting inside.

"Xiao Chu, what did you buy?" Aunt Wang asked curiously as she saw Li Chu and Uncle Ban carrying in the things.

"Auntie, I just went out for a walk and saw a refrigerator at the trust store, so I bought it."

Li Chu and the old man put the refrigerator in the kitchen together, then Li Chu took out two cents from his pocket, handed it over, and sent the old man away.

Aunt Wang walked around the refrigerator and looked at it: "I've heard of refrigerators. Why did you buy this thing for the house? It's not cheap."

"You can put leftover food in there, it won't spoil easily. In the summer, you can buy more popsicles and freeze them in there, so you can eat them as soon as you get home. It's so convenient."

"You spendthrift! All you ever think about is food. How much did you pay for this?" Aunt Wang reached out and tapped Li Chu's forehead.

"Auntie, it's not expensive, only three hundred and eighty."

"Only? And it's not expensive?" Aunt Wang stared wide-eyed at Li Chu: "You brat, you're really getting cocky now."

Li Chu said with an embarrassed smile, "Auntie, this is so convenient, and it can be used for many years."

"Alright, I won't say anything more. Wait until your uncle finds out, then we'll see how he deals with you." Aunt Wang waved her hand and walked straight out of the kitchen.

When Li Chu was cleaning the house, he specifically asked an electrician to install an outlet here. Now it came in handy. After the power was turned on, the refrigerator started humming immediately. The sound was quite loud, but it didn't bother them much. If it were in the living room, they would definitely be able to hear it when they were sleeping at night.

I clapped my hands in satisfaction. I can go out this afternoon and buy some ice cream to freeze inside. Just thinking about it makes me happy.

After washing his hands, Li Chu walked to the stroller, picked up each of the two children, and kissed them.

When he kissed Wenxuan, nothing happened; his son laughed heartily. But when he kissed Wenhui, his daughter slapped him across the face.

"Pa...Pa," Wenhui patted his face while calling out.

"Huh?" Li Chu was a little stunned, then became excited again: "Auntie, is Huihui calling for Daddy?"

Aunt Wang put down the book she was reading: "Can he say 'Dad' now?"

“Auntie, listen,” Li Chu said to Wen Hui, “Hui Hui, call Dad—Dad.”

"Dad," Wen Hui called out respectfully, and her pronunciation was much more accurate than before.

Li Chu's heart melted at his daughter's "hehe," and he couldn't stop giggling.

Wenxuan sat in the stroller and, seeing that no one paid attention to him and everyone was surrounding his sister, he burst into tears.

Aunt Wang quickly picked him up and gently rocked him to comfort him.

Li Chu handed Wen Hui to Aunt Wang, then took Wen Xuan's place in his arms and gently patted him a few times to comfort him. Wen Xuan finally stopped crying, though tears still clung to his eyes as he sobbed, looking very aggrieved.

Wenhui sucked her thumb in Aunt Wang's arms, quietly watching her younger brother.

Seeing that Wenxuan had stopped crying, Li Chu started teaching him to call him "Dad," but Wenxuan didn't cooperate and just kept making "ah ah" noises.

Wen Hui kept calling out to him from the side, making Li Chu laugh so hard he was completely lost.

After playing with the two children for a while, and seeing that it was almost time, she put the children in the stroller, said goodbye to Aunt Wang, and went back to the hospital.

Ding Qiunan was furious at noon today.

She was initially in a good mood when she returned home at noon and saw that there was an extra refrigerator. However, as soon as her daughter started calling her "Dad," her mood plummeted, and she didn't give Li Chu a kind look all afternoon.

As a result, after dinner that evening, when only the four of them were at home, an even bigger blow came.

When her son started calling her "Dad," Ding Qiunan felt her life had turned completely bleak.

She was indignant and told her son and daughter to call her "Mom," but the two children refused to do so and only called her "Dad."

The father of two suffered terribly; his wife could pinch the soft flesh on his waist off.

After the two children fell asleep, Ding Qiunan sat cross-legged on the sofa, arms crossed, looking angry.

Li Chu stood obediently beside her, his hands still rubbing his waist, which had been pinched until it turned purple.

"Tell me, what should I do? Why won't either of the kids call me?" Ding Qiunan said expressionlessly.

"Wife, wait here. I'll go and bring them both out for you and give them a good beating to vent your anger. How dare they anger my wife? They're simply ignorant and don't know who's the boss in this family." After saying that, Li Chu pretended to walk into the bedroom.

The word "pfft" immediately broke Ding Qiunan's defenses, and she couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"I think giving you a good beating is the right thing to do. Who told you not to teach them to call her 'Mom'?"

"Wife, don't you know whether I've been teaching them or not?" Li Chu said with a forced smile.

"Hmph, who knows if you secretly taught them to call him 'Dad'?" Ding Qiunan saw him still rubbing his back and beckoned him over: "Come here and let me see, does it hurt that much? You've been rubbing it for so long."

Li Chuzhen wanted to tell his wife that they could remove the "ma" character.

He walked over to Ding Qiunan and pulled up her clothes to show her.

Ding Qiunan looked at the bruise on his waist where she had pinched him earlier, stuck out her tongue, and reached out to rub it for him: "Why didn't you dodge earlier?"