Chapter 31: Uncovering the Routine

On the day the letter of understanding was signed, Lawyer Sun handed copies of the document to the procuratorate and the court respectively. The next day, Zhang Pei submitted a real estate mortgage application to the bank without stopping. The bank will send someone to take photos within seven working days. There will be other loan approval procedures afterwards. After going through all the review procedures, it will definitely be after the New Year that he will get the money.

No matter how much mental preparation they had done before, Zhang Pei and Liu Lan still felt uncomfortable when the huge debt of 3 million really fell on them.

On Saturday, the family ran out of food, so Zhang Pei and Liu Lan went shopping in the supermarket. Zhang Pei chose vegetables and fruits at discounted prices.

Zhang Pei picked up a bag of fresh spinach and looked at the price. It was 7.99 yuan for 500 grams. She thought it was too expensive and put it down. She said to Liu Lan, "Let's come to the supermarket in the evening next time. The vegetables before closing time should be the cheapest."

Liu Lan said "hmm".

Liu Lan got used to eating cold food and stale vegetables in the cold palace, and she was not picky about food, but she still felt sad for this originally happy family. In her memory, Zhang Pei never looked at the price when buying things in the supermarket, but only at the quality.

Zhang Pei also felt guilty towards his daughter, and said, "Bear with it for a while. We have to live frugally and count every penny. When your father comes out, he can at least help us share some of the burden. When you graduate from college, find a good job, and marry into a good family, life will get better."

Yes, in Zhang Pei's opinion, Liu Lan's only future is to get married. She knows her daughter too well. Apart from her appearance, Liu Lan is useless. How can she compete with those top students who graduated from prestigious universities in the workplace?

Previously, she was excited to say that the professor had chosen her to act in a movie, but now almost a week has passed and there has been no response. It's like an ordinary person looking for a job, asking someone to go home and wait for notification. If there is no reply within three days, it's basically hopeless.

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When paying, Zhang Pei used to use cash. She opened her wallet but found that she didn't have enough money. She took out a bank card and handed it to the cashier. The cashier swiped it and said to them, "There is no money in your card."

The cashier looked at them strangely. Both mother and daughter were very elegant and well-dressed, but they bought a lot of discounted items, totaling only about 40 yuan. However, the mother could not even afford this little money.

Zhang Pei suddenly felt more embarrassed than ever before. She even felt that the other customers in the queue behind her were laughing at her. She felt helpless and didn't know what to do.

"Pay with Alipay," Liu Lan opened her QR code.

The cashier scanned it and there was no problem.

After paying the bill, Zhang Pei pulled Liu Lan to a corner of the supermarket and said, "Do you still have money in your Alipay account? Don't use your father's credit card again. You have to pay it back."

"Don't worry, this money is earned by myself," Liu Lan showed her her Alipay balance, which started with 3 and actually had 5 digits.

Zhang Pei was incredulous, "Did you make the money from that live broadcast you did?"

Liu Man nodded, "There's also money from selling shoes. In fact, we have a lot of clothes at home that can be sold. Some of them haven't been worn for a long time."

Zhang Pei is a person who never buys second-hand goods. She can't understand why there are people in the world who are willing to buy second-hand clothes and shoes. "I'll go back and sort out my old clothes later. You can help me sell them online. I don't know much about the second-hand market. You can decide the price."

Zhang Pei finally cleared out a whole box of clothes, all of which were bought by her in recent years. Every piece was a branded product. She felt that new styles would always sell better than outdated ones.

These clothes are temporarily placed in Liu Lan's cloakroom. Liu Lan plans to put them on Xianyu during the day on Sunday. For her, there is another more important thing now, which is to get back the 500 yuan she spent on the fake cat food.

She has already sorted out the relevant information. Yesterday, she posted a preview on Weibo and in her live broadcast room, telling her fans that she will expose the tricks of fake cat food merchants on Taobao on Saturday night.

At eight o'clock, she started the live broadcast on time. Because of the preview, the number of online viewers reached 400+ from the beginning.

"Sunflower seeds, drinks, mineral water, sit in the front row."

"Miss, you are quite punctual today."

"Wow, as soon as I opened the live broadcast room, I saw a close-up of the sunlight."

On the screen, the sun was lazily lying on one side, its huge head taking up half of the space, its two ears lying flat on both sides of its head.

"Sunlight, muah."