Chapter 270: Money-obsessed
After they finished watching TV, Gu Nan promoted his comic books and three children rented one each.
Before leaving, Gu Nan asked them not to come in the afternoon and not to watch TV in the afternoon.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, there was no one outside the store. Wen Zhaodi was so bored that she used a fly swatter to swat flies.
There are more than two baskets of buns left. You can go home after they are sold out.
The weather is cold, and the buns get cold as soon as they come out of the pot, so they are not selling well recently.
More people are unwilling to brave the cold wind early in the morning to buy buns to take home. Instead, they prefer to have a hot breakfast at home before going out to work or school.
As a result, the business of the braised food shop has been very average recently.
Only the noodle shop business has not changed much, it is still as good as before. In winter, people prefer to eat a bowl of steaming hot noodles.
"Zhao Di, give me two buns." An older sister walked to the bun shop and said to Wen Zhao Di, who was idly swatting flies inside.
"Okay." Seeing that there was business, Wen Zhaodi quickly got up, opened the lid of the basket and picked up the buns.
"Zhao Di, did you go to Xiao Yu's house to watch the news broadcast last night?"
Wen Zhaodi paused, then smiled and said, "Why would I go to her house to watch the News Broadcast? Besides, what kind of News Broadcast can she watch at her house?"
"You may not know this yet, but Xiao Yu's family bought a TV. It's a 14-inch black and white TV, very big and clear." The woman said while gesturing with her hands.
Did Yu Hui buy a TV?
She really didn't know about this. She was busy like a top every day. She would go home, clean up, and go to bed. She didn't pay any attention to her neighbors at all.
Wen Zhaodi didn't respond, but wrapped the two buns in oil paper and handed them over.
The latter took the bun, took a bite, and then took out money from his pocket to give it to her.
"You said you and Xiaoyu opened the shop almost at the same time. Her family has already bought a TV. When will yours buy teeth?"
Wen Zhaodi: "...it's almost there. I'm asking Hongbing's dad to find a way to get the tickets."
Her family had no plans to buy a TV at all, but she didn't want to lose to Yu Hui, so she said so anyway.
"Really? Then I'll have to go to your house to watch TV. Xiao Yu and I are still not familiar with you, so I feel embarrassed to go to her house to watch TV so often."
"Okay." Wen Zhaodi heard herself nodding.
Yu Hui helped to finish up the morning's work and said to Qian Lan and Gu Hongmei, who were resting on a stool, "It's getting dark quickly now, and it's very cold at night. After 6:30, there are basically no people outside. Starting tomorrow, should we stock less goods for the evening market? That way you can leave work earlier."
Gu Hongmei didn't say anything and looked at Qian Lan.
Now that the weather is cold, there are indeed fewer people at night. There are few people after 6:30.
Qian Lan looked at Gu Hongmei, then at Yu Hui, and thought: "Xiao Yu brought it up today, and she must have discussed it with Hongmei at home beforehand. Since they've already agreed, it's useless for me to object alone."
"Okay." She said, lowering her eyelids.
"That's settled then." Yu Hui said, "Let's go home after get off work and take a nap."
The three of them closed the door and went home. Gu Hongmei slept for half an hour, then got up to watch TV with Gu Nan and the others. She knitted a scarf while watching TV.
Because Gu Hongmei is not at home at night, Yu Hui no longer prepares any big meals at night. She just cooks something simple and hot to eat.
We had cabbage and egg soup with rice for dinner, which was hot, fresh, simple and delicious.
Yu Hui took a sip of the soup from the large bowl and looked at Gu Huai and said, "The winter solstice is next month. Let's buy some mutton and have some mutton soup."
Gu Huai swallowed the food in his mouth and nodded, saying okay, "When I receive the goods tomorrow, I will ask the meat processing factory Dongzhi if they have mutton for sale. If they do, I will ask him to get a few pounds."
"A few pounds might not be enough," Yu Hui frowned. "When the time comes, we'll have Sister Qian and her family over to eat together. We'll have to get at least ten pounds of mutton."
Gu Huai did some calculations in his mind and nodded, saying, "If it really takes ten kilograms, then let's get ten kilograms."
Yu Hui: “I hope I can get it.”
Gu Huai looked at her. She started talking about wanting to eat mutton soup so early. She must really want to eat mutton soup. So he must get these ten kilograms of mutton for her.
Just after dinner, many people came with their families to watch the news broadcast.
Everyone was watching with great interest when a discordant voice suddenly rang out.
"Why are you crying? Come in with me." A woman in her late twenties dragged a five-year-old child into the main hall of the Gu family.
Everyone who was disturbed frowned and looked at the mother and son.
"It's Duan Qiong and her son Ye Zongzong."
"Isn't this Captain Ye's house?"
"What are they doing?"
Yu Hui and Gu Huai stood up.
Duan Qiong pulled her son's hand and looked around the room, her eyes falling on Yu Hui and Gu Huai.
"Deputy Captain Gu, everyone in your family is really obsessed with money. Not only do they do business outside, but they also do business at home. They have to pay a penny every time they come to your house to watch TV. They make a lot of money both at home and outside." Duan Qiong said sarcastically.
Wang Tiaohua frowned and said, "What are you talking about? We came here to watch TV, but we didn't pay."
"That's right..." The others echoed.
Duan Qiong smiled, "Then I have to ask, since everyone doesn't have to pay to watch TV, why do you have to charge money from my Zong Zong?"
Yu Hui knew what was going on and looked down at Gu Nan, who hunched his shoulders guiltily.
"What's the matter? Do you think my Zong Zong is younger than me, so you want to bully him?"
"If my Zong Zong hadn't stolen my money today, I wouldn't have known that he was watching TV at your house and had to pay a penny each time he watched it."
Gu Huai also knew that his son Gu Nan rented comic books to others to read. After hearing what Duan Qiong said, he guessed who did it.
"Gu Nan, did you take it?" Gu Huai said in a slightly cold tone.
Gu Nan stood up with his head down, "I took it."
"How much money did you take from them? Return it to them immediately." Gu Huai said directly.
"Oh." Gu Nan pursed his lips, took out a penny from his pocket, walked up to Ye Zongzong and returned the money to him.
Everyone saw that Gu Nan only accepted one cent from Ye Zong Zong, and for one cent, Duan Qiong made such a fuss, and her expression was indescribable.
"For a penny?"
"You don't know this, do you?" someone said in a low voice, "Her husband is in Commander Zhou's regiment. Commander Zhou thinks highly of her husband, and she has a close relationship with Commander Zhou's wife. Once Commander Zhou was transferred, the remaining battalions were disbanded and assigned to other battalions. Although her husband is still the battalion commander, the people under him are no longer the same people as before. This makes the job more difficult, and she is..."
He hadn't finished speaking, but everyone understood it in their hearts. He was just taking advantage of the situation to vent his anger.
"I'm sorry." Gu Huai looked at Duan Qiong. "Children are ignorant. I will talk to Gu Nan and ask him not to do this again in the future."
"Gu Nan, you still took money from those people to watch TV. You have to pay them back tomorrow. Do you understand?"
"I heard it." Gu Nan said in a low voice with a pursed mouth.
Duan Qiong didn't expect the Gu family's reaction to be so calm.
For a penny, I brought my crying child here and did all this, but the other person was not angry at all. He was calm and asked the child to return the money calmly.
He wasn't angry at all, not even showing any anger, which made Duan Qiong feel powerless, as if he had punched cotton.
No one present said that the Gu family was wrong. Instead, it seemed like she was being unreasonable.
"Gu Nan, I'm sorry, woooo." Lin Zong Zong cried and apologized to Gu Nan.
Even though he was young, he knew that after his mother made such a fuss, Gu Nan would definitely not play with him or pay attention to him anymore.
Lin Zongzong was very sad.
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