Chapter 102
Wu Qiaoer sighed. "Actually, I don't know what kind of person I'm looking for. At least he has to look good, have a decent job, and come from a decent family. And most importantly, he has to have good character. Really good, not just someone who looks honest."
"Okay, I'll keep an eye on it for you." Ye Fuyue said.
After buying the canned food, Ye Fuyue went to the supply and marketing cooperative to do some shopping. She bought a lot of milk candies, fruit candies, and meat.
After returning home, Ye Fuyue started frying meatballs.
She made two kinds, one with pure meat and one with radish.
When Chen Shun and Chen Guifeng returned home one after another, they smelled the fragrance of meatballs all over the yard.
“Sister-in-law, are you frying meatballs?” Shen Shun’s eyes lit up and he quickly ran into the kitchen.
Ye Fuyue hummed, and seeing how greedy he looked, she said to him, "There are fried meatballs and radish balls next to it, help yourself."
"Okay!" Shen Shun responded excitedly, waiting for Ye Fuyue to say this.
Just as he was about to pick up a meatball and eat it, Chen Guifeng slapped his hand away.
"Have you washed your hands? Just use your hands. You don't have to worry about getting an upset stomach."
"I'll go wash my hands now!" Shen Shun immediately ran to the yard to wash his hands.
After washing, he ran into the kitchen and showed his clean hands to Chen Guifeng from front to back.
"I washed it all and it still smells good."
Chen Guifeng smiled and gave him a glare: "Eat, but don't eat too much, you still have to eat dinner later."
Shen Shun immediately took a meatball and stuffed it into his mouth, his eyes shining: "Sister-in-law, it's delicious! Especially delicious!"
After saying that, he took another carrot ball and stuffed it into his mouth, his eyes shining even brighter as he said, "Carrot balls are delicious too!"
Ye Fuyue laughed.
Chen Guifeng said to Ye Fuyue, "You bought candy and meat today. How much did you spend? I'll give you the money later."
"Mom, no need. It's not like Shen Yao and I won't eat these things after we buy them." Ye Fuyue said.
Chen Guifeng disagreed and frowned, "That won't do. You and Shen Yao contribute to the household expenses every month. How can I ask you to pay for the New Year's goods?"
Ye Fuyue took a step back and said, "Give me the money for the groceries. You don't have to pay for candy, canned food, or anything like that. We youngsters usually eat a lot of that."
"That's fine." Chen Guifeng agreed.
Ye Fuyue was making a lot of money now, so she wasn't so fussy about small amounts of money with Chen Guifeng. The main reason was that Chen Guifeng wasn't someone who would take advantage of someone younger than her.
While Chen Guifeng and Ye Fuyue were talking, Chen Shun put a few meatballs in a bowl, held the bowl, and ate while showing off and strolling in the slum.
Soon, many people in the compound knew that the Shen family was frying meatballs and radish balls today.
Chen Shun found his best playmate Fan Hua. In front of Fan Hua, he picked up a meatball and stuffed it into his mouth, smacking his lips exaggeratedly and exclaiming, "It's so delicious, wow!"
Fan Hua's family conditions were not as good as Shen Shun's. Seeing Shen Shun eating so happily, he swallowed his saliva and said eagerly: "How many delicious ones are there? Let me try one too."
"One? You are too greedy! These are meatballs, meatballs! They are fried in so much oil! I'll give you half one, no, a quarter is more like one." Shen Shun said.
"A quarter is fine too. Let me try it." Fan Hua was almost dying of greed.
Shen Shun then broke off a quarter of the meatball with his hands and gave it to Fan Hua, and of course the rest went into Shen Shun's own stomach.
Fan Hua swallowed the quarter of the meatball in one gulp and found it really delicious, full of meat and oil, so satisfying!
After finishing the quarter of the meatball, Fan Hua was still not satisfied. He stared at the bowl in Shen Shun's hand, which still contained a few meatballs and some vegetarian meatballs.
Catching a glimpse of Fan Hua's eyes that looked like he was looking at prey, Shen Shun quickly protected the bowl in his hand.
"These are all mine. You can't eat any more. I haven't had enough myself!"
Fan Hua swallowed his saliva and said, "Do you still have carrot balls? Give me a quarter of one to try."
"No!" Shen Shun flatly refused. He rolled his eyes and said, "If you want to eat, you have to buy it with money!"
"How much?" Fan Hua asked.
Chen Shun and Fan Hua have some pocket money every month, but it's not much.
Shen Shun silently counted the meatballs in the bowl. There were still five in total. He thought for a moment and said, "Two cents, no, three cents, no, four cents!"
Fan Hua: "...Your prices are rising too fast!"
Shen Shun said confidently: "I still have three meatballs and two radish balls here. One meatball is one cent, not expensive, right? Two radish balls are one cent in total, not expensive, right?"
Fan Hua didn't know whether it was expensive or not. He only had 20 cents of pocket money every month, and asking him to take out 4 cents at once was a huge sum of money.
He said, "It's just two cents. You know I don't have much pocket money."
“Three cents.” Shen Shun said.
"Okay, three points is three points."
Fan Hua and Shen Shun reached a consensus, and the two exchanged money for goods.
Shen Shun happily put the three cents into his pocket, while Fan Hua happily ate all five meatballs.
After the transaction was completed, both of them returned home satisfied.
Shen Shun wanted to go to the kitchen to get some meatballs, but was seriously stopped by Chen Guifeng, who was helping Ye Fuyue in the kitchen.
"How much have you eaten just now? Why are you still eating? You don't want to eat dinner anymore, right?"
Shen Shun curled his lips: “I gave all the meatballs just now to Fan Hua.”
Chen Guifeng became even angrier: "You kid, it's rare for our family to spend oil and meat to fry some meatballs, why did you give them all to others?"
Although the Shen family's conditions were among the best in the compound, Chen Guifeng didn't want her son to be too ostentatious, and she didn't want him to develop the habit of spending money lavishly and not paying attention to food.
"I didn't give it to Fan Hua for free, he bought it from me!" Shen Shun defended himself.
Now, Chen Guifeng became even angrier. Not only was she furious, she was also a little nervous.
Chen Guifeng patted Shen Shun's back heavily. "How can you be so ignorant of the seriousness of the matter! If someone with bad intentions saw you doing this and accused you of speculation, no one would listen to your explanation. You would then be paraded through the streets with a sign hanging over your head and people would throw rotten leaves at you!"
Shen Shun also panicked: “Fan Hua and I are good friends, so nothing should happen.”
He felt a little guilty as he spoke.
He had seen firsthand how miserable those who were paraded through the streets were. He had also witnessed the ferocity of those wearing red armbands when they came to arrest people. He had also heard from the aunties in the compound about countless similar incidents of relatives reporting each other.
Shen Shun was just hot-headed at the time and was joking with Fan Hua. Plus, they had a good relationship to begin with, so he didn't think too much about it.
"It's enough for you to give a few to Fan Hua to eat. How could you let him spend money to buy them! Go to Fan Hua's house now, return the money to him, and explain clearly to him and his family that you asked him for money just now just to play a joke on him." Chen Guifeng said.
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