Chapter 222
What did he do?
Tian Bajiao didn't see Zhou Erye often, and didn't think there was anything wrong.
Could it be that she saw it but didn't pay attention, so she heard such words now?
Forget it, never mind.
Tian Bajiao didn't care. He went downstairs humming a song and said to Boss Shen, "It needs to be wiped. A lot of dust blew in."
"Then go clean up first. Come down when you're tired and I'll take your place."
"OK."
Tian Bajiao fetched some water and went upstairs, not planning on letting Boss Shen replace her at all.
It would be so nice to do it slowly by yourself, and just dawdle a little. The day will pass by without having to deal with anyone. You can seal your ears with spiritual power and not even hear the noise outside the window. It is such a rare and good time. Even if Boss Shen calls her downstairs, Tian Bajiao can say that she was working and didn't hear it.
Apart from the nights, only days like these when I clean the house can bring me peace and quiet.
Tian Bajiao cherishes it so much that he doesn't want to share it with anyone at all.
Boss Shen felt that she was very tired and hard-working, so he took the initiative to take over the task of cooking dinner in the evening.
What a nice person!
While eating pork liver, Tian Bajiao thought of Li Sanniang again.
"Boss, are you familiar with Madam Li San?"
"Mrs. Li San? Which Mrs. Li San?" Boss Shen recognized several of them.
Tian Bajiao said, "It's the one from the Hu family butcher shop who always wears a red skirt."
"Ah, her," Boss Shen said, "she's okay, barely familiar. The Hu's Butcher Shop is an old shop. I bought meat there when my parents were still alive. Their meat is cheaper than other places. Mrs. Li San is also from town. Her home is in the alley behind the Hu's Butcher Shop. So she and the son of the Hu family were childhood sweethearts and got married. Her parents are dead, and she has a brother who is a scholar and a teacher. That's all I know. Why are you asking her? Did she cheat on the weight or did you overpay?"
Boss Shen felt that Tian Bajiao and Li Sanniang had nothing to do with each other, and apart from this they should have no connection, right?
Tian Bajiao said: "Nothing, I just thought she was a nice person, so I asked casually."
"Oh, that's true. I think she's a nice person too. She's always very welcoming every time I go there. Unlike the old lady at Liu's butcher shop, she always gives people a cold look, as if customers are not going to buy meat, but to have her cut it."
If the Hu family butcher shop was closed due to something, they would go to the Liu family butcher shop. The meat there was also good, but the people were not very nice. Occasionally, they would mix meat that had been stored for a few days with fresh meat and sell it.
Tian Bajiao said, "That old lady seems to be dead. I haven't seen her for a long time."
"No, I saw her on the street yesterday. She seemed to be confused and couldn't help to look after the shop. Only her son and daughter-in-law were left."
The attitudes of the two men were not much better. Sometimes they were cheerful, sometimes they were gloomy, it all depended on their mood.
Boss Shen suddenly remembered: "Oh right, we need to eat less meat. I've seen the bill for this month. If we keep eating like this, we'll be out of money. Let's eat vegetables for a few days. Vegetables are in season now and they're cheap. If there are any leftovers, we can buy some cheap offal bones to enhance the flavor. Business isn't very good this month and all the customers have gone to the next door."
Boss Shen gritted his teeth at the thought: "They must not let me get their hands on the supply, otherwise I will have to win back all the customers I lost!"
She was so angry that she sat in the yard and glared over the wall, as if she wanted to glare at Liu Suniang and Zhou Erye's faces.
Tian Bajiao took the opportunity to grab two more pieces of meat and stuffed them into his mouth. While eating, he said, "Don't be sad, boss. We will find it sooner or later."
"I hope so..." Boss Shen was discouraged again. "I really don't know where they get their goods from. They have new things every now and then, especially during festivals. It's not enough for them to show off. They don't have them on the first day, but they put them out as soon as the day comes..."
"That's also because of our ability!" Madam Liu's happy face appeared on the wall. "Are you envious? Jealous? Angry? Let me see your face, hahahaha."
She smiled like a bad guy and said something like, "You don't know how much I like seeing you like this, Shen Niao, don't be afraid, even if your shop closes, you can sell it to me, and then I will buy you together. You just stand next to me like this every day, and I can eat two more bowls of rice just by looking at you."
Boss Shen laughed in anger: "Why later? I'll just stand there now. You can eat two more bowls just by looking at me. Then you can just look at me for thirty or forty times first. I'll stuff you to death!"
"You will think like this every day from now on, hahaha!"
Madam Liu was not angry at all and laughed even more happily.
Duofu, who changed her name to Liu Hexiang, called her from the other side: "Mom, it's time for dinner. Come down quickly. Dad said the ladder is not strong and you will fall."
"My baby is so considerate," Madam Liu listened to her voice, ignored the two words "father" and asked Boss Shen proudly, "Do you have such a considerate daughter? You don't, you have nothing. You only have employees who can eat and a shop that is about to go bankrupt."
She jumped down happily, and then sprained her ankle with a cry of "ouch".
Boss Shen cursed, "I'll throw you to death."
Turning around, Tian Bajiao was eating without even raising his head, and there was only one piece of meat left on the plate.
A feeling of powerlessness washed over Boss Shen. She angrily said, "You're just eating? Why didn't you scold her with me just now?"
"It's not worth it, Boss. We've never gotten any good results against them. A draw is pretty good. But don't be angry. They're growing aloe vera again. I'll steal it for you and pull it out by the roots!"
Tian Bajiao had no intention of helping her, but he seemed really sincere and very wicked.
Boss Shen: "That's about right."
Madam Liu: "I knew you stole it!"
"Why are you such an eavesdropper?" Boss Shen said angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about? What evidence do you have?"
"I heard it myself."
"We were just joking!"
The two of them started arguing again. Tian Bajiao stuffed the last piece of meat into his mouth, went out from the front door while cleaning up the dishes, went around to their back door, stole the aloe vera and put it in the kitchen, then went out again seriously and swept the yard. When they finished arguing, Liu Suniang decided to dig the aloe vera into the yard, and the door was empty.
The first person she thought of was Boss Shen and Tian Bajiao.
But they said, "You're talking nonsense, we didn't even go out!"
She was so angry that she cursed for a long time.
Boss Shen felt relieved when he saw the aloe vera in the kitchen.
The price they paid was that when they woke up the next morning, the tree in front of their door... had been scalded again.
Hurting each other endlessly and never getting tired of it, how can this not be considered a kind of friendship?
What Tian Bajiao wanted was friendship. She didn't even let Boss Shen go buy vegetables. She went out with the basket and went straight to Hu's butcher shop.
What a coincidence, both of the people she liked were there.
"Mrs. Li San, Miss Mei'er? What a coincidence, you're here to buy meat too."
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