Chapter 36: Xin Coal
Under Yuan Dabao's constant urging, Xin Tianyi and he searched the surrounding area together. It was not appropriate to ask everyone if they knew Bai Xue, so the two of them waited in various habitable places under the scorching sun.
In Yuan Dabao's words, he didn't believe that Bai Xue wouldn't leave the house. As long as she came out, he should be able to find her.
At the beginning, this searching team consisted of only Yuan Dabao and Xin Tianyi. In order to get Xin Tianyi to help him find the person, Yuan Dabao bought Xin Tianyi popsicles many times.
This summer was the one in which Xin Tianyi ate the most popsicles in his life.
After two days of searching, Wei Ran and Zhang Yang also joined the team, and the four of them were assembled.
As more and more people came, Yuan Dabao stopped buying popsicles and urged Zhang Yang to buy them every day. His reason was that Zhang Yang was the son of Director Zhang and the richest.
Yuan Dabao was right about this. Although Pei Juanjuan was indifferent to Zhang Yang, she had never been stingy with money. Perhaps she was trying to make up for the lack of maternal love she had, because whenever she gave Zhang Yang money, she didn't even bother counting it. She simply pulled a handful out of her pocket, without even looking at it, and stuffed it into Zhang Yang's hand.
Not only Pei Juanjuan is like this, but Zhang Liangpeng is even more so.
If Pei Juanjuan wanted to make up for the lack of maternal love, then Zhang Liangpeng wanted to make up for both aspects. Moreover, when Zhang Liangpeng gave money, he would remind Zhang Yang not to tell your mother.
So the two of them never communicated about this matter again, and Zhang Yang's small treasury became increasingly full.
Zhang Yang was not stingy and was very generous. He went to buy popsicles without Yuan Dabao's urging.
Xin Tianyi and Wei Ran like the mung bean ones, while Zhang Yang and Yuan Dabao like the cream ones.
The four of them sat side by side on a bench in a nearby living area, licking popsicles and waiting for the sudden appearance of white snow.
"Ever since you came, there's someone to eat mung bean popsicles with Wei Ran." Yuan Dabao said to Xin Tianyi while biting a popsicle. "Before, every summer, he was the only one who ate mung beans."
"You only eat mung beans?" Xin Tianyi asked Wei Ran, "I eat anything."
"I only like the mung bean ones." Wei Ran said with a smile.
"Zhang Yang only likes cream," Yuan Dabao said. "They're both so stubborn. If they try something else, it'll make them snap."
"Hahaha." Xin Tianyi laughed. "What about you? You said they're stubborn, so doesn't that mean you can trade for mung beans?"
Yuan Dabao thought for a moment and said, "It's not that it's not possible, it's just that the mung bean one isn't sweet enough. I prefer the cream one."
The four of them finished their popsicles in no time. They didn't feel the heat while eating, but they couldn't stand it immediately after. Under the scorching sun, Zhang Yang kept complaining, "What are we waiting for here? Why are we looking for her all of a sudden? It's like getting sunburned."
"I didn't ask you to come." Yuan Dabao choked him, "Tianyi and I were having a great time, it's you two who suddenly wanted to be together too."
Zhang Yang glanced at Xin Tianyi and explained, "Isn't it just that I'm bored at home?"
"Are you here to sunbathe because you're bored?" Yuan Dabao rolled his eyes.
Although he talks tough, Yuan Dabao is the most afraid of heat among the four people.
He was fatter than the others, and the sun made him pant, and the hot sweat poured down like a shower. His vest was soaked in a short time, then dried in the sun, soaked again, and dried again.
After repeating this process, Yuan Dabao's face became sunburned, but the strange thing was that after he got red, he would go home and sleep for a night, and his face would recover and become as white as before.
It's just a pity for Xin Tianyi. He is really not white, and after just a short while in the sun, he becomes several shades darker, and the darker color is irreparable.
After a few days of waiting, Wei Ran developed a slight case of heatstroke. He had a headache and was vomiting. Yuan Dabao had to stay quiet for a day, not daring to go out and sunbathe again. He brought half a watermelon to see Wei Ran, but when Wei Ran saw the watermelon, he immediately ran away and vomited.
Xin Tianyi was not idle either, because she finally didn't have to accompany Yuan Dabao to find someone, and was just wanting to take a leisurely rest, but her mother refused to let her go.
Wang Fang went out to purchase goods and didn't come back for several days. When she returned home and saw Xin Tianyi's face, she immediately screamed.
"Are you crazy? Why are you so dark? Your face, arms..."
Wang Fang looked him up and down and felt that Xin Tianyi could be renamed Xin Coal.
"It's okay." Xin Tianyi jumped out of her mother's encirclement and said immediately, "It will be fine once summer is over. Just cover yourself up and you'll be white."
Wang Fang crossed her arms over her chest and looked at Xin Tianyi critically: "What do you think? When did you get tanned? Can you hide your tan? You were dark to begin with, and now it's gone. I was thinking of asking you to help me behind the counter."
Upon hearing this, Xin Tianyi immediately asked, "What counter are you standing at?"
"Your mother," Xie Mei said, "is planning to rent a counter in a department store to sell women's clothing. She said she's too busy, so why not let you help out during the summer vacation?"
Xin Tianyi glanced at her mother and knew what Wang Fang was planning. She also knew that she would not rent the counter in the end because it would not be long before her current boyfriend proposed to her and she would marry far away.
Xin Tianyi agreed with Xie Mei and said, "Sure, I don't have anything to do right now anyway. I'll help out this summer."
"Are you willing?" Wang Fang was very surprised by this answer.
"I have nothing to do anyway." Xin Tianyi said, "Just treat it as social practice. But you have to pay me, I can't work for nothing."
"Okay, okay!" Wang Fang said with a smile, "Then I'll get the counter down, and you go stand behind it for me. You have to keep your word and you can't go back on your word."
Xin Tianyi thought to himself, "You can start the business first, then we'll talk." But he quickly said, "Okay, no regrets. But I have to make it clear that I'll only be here until school starts. After that, I'll be going to high school. Also, you can't delay my salary. We need to sign a contract before I start."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk." Wang Fang smacked her lips. "You even know how to sign a contract?"
"That's right." Xin Tianyi added, "We can go ask other counters how much they make per month, and you can give me half of their salary. After all, I'm not that professional. Half the salary is reasonable."
"Oh, you still understand what's reasonable?" Wang Fang curled her lips. "No need for half, I'll give you the full salary."
Wang Fang thought she'd just use her salary to keep her going. If the child really worked the counter for over a month and realized she could earn so much, she probably wouldn't go to school. Besides, she wouldn't be able to get into high school anyway. Repeating a grade was so hard, how could it compare to living a life of nice clothes and a salary?
Wang Fang made the decision immediately and decided to do it!
But she didn't know that Xin Tianyi had already understood her intention, and he also knew that Wang Fang would soon agree to the man's proposal and hurriedly marry and move to another place.
But in the previous life, Wang Fang also took Xin Tianyi away.
As a result, Xin Tianyi completely lost contact with his friends. When he came back to visit his grandmother during the summer vacation of his second year of high school, he found out that only three of his four friends were left.
Wei Ran just left like that.
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