After Watermelon Head heard the price.

I was almost scared to death. The drunkenness disappeared instantly, and all that was left was worry and nervousness.

His family was not wealthy, but was slightly better off than Zhao Dajun's. When he heard that he had to pay more than two hundred yuan in compensation, his face turned pale instantly.

It's not that he can't come up with so much money, but after paying the compensation, the small treasury that he had accumulated with great difficulty would be empty, including the extra money that Han Chudong made for him.

I didn’t have much pocket money in the past, and I recently started working but haven’t received any salary.

This collision wiped out most of the salary for the next half month. How could I not be heartbroken.

I admit that I was in the wrong. I am not very familiar with this person, just an acquaintance. There is no way I can easily let it go.

At this moment, he looked at Han Chudong with hope and pleading eyes, saying, "Brother Xiaodong, can you fix it?"

"It should be repairable, but the shell is cracked. I can't restore it unless I find the exact same parts."

Han Chudong told him.

I have experienced the era when walkman was popular. At that time, almost every household had a tape player. Some were even combined with a radio to add a recording function, which was suitable for learning English.

It was rare in the early 1970s. Even the last time I went to the mall to buy prizes, I didn't see a similar tape player, so I was quite interested in the machine in my hand.

The young man said with a sad face: "Even if it is repaired, there is no way to sell it. Brother Han, look at what has happened. It's worth more than two hundred and ninety dollars. I want to forget it, but I really don't have the money to help pay for it..."

Understand what he means.

Watermelon Head was at fault first, he bumped into someone without paying attention while walking, but he was his friend after all. Han Chudong nodded and said, "Okay, I didn't bring that much money with me today, so I'll go to the electrical appliance repair shop at the Tianxiaweigong Archway tomorrow to get the money, and I'll buy it. Is that okay with you?"

"Sure! But you have to give me the tape inside. I had a hard time finding the Beatles tape. Boss, this is it."

"The tape is just a bonus. You've used this tape player before, right? It's considered a second-hand item, so I should pay you less, so..."

After Han Chudong finished speaking, the other party understood immediately and agreed decisively: "Then I'll send you there. Will you go tomorrow morning or afternoon?"

"I'm always here after 7:30 in the morning, so it's best to go early."

…

Entered the ballroom and sat at the same table as last time.

Watermelon-head fiddled with the broken tape player, looking hopeless, and said, "Liu Feng will come to your place tomorrow to get the money. I'll give it to you before I go to work. We agreed that there are lots of coins. You guys can drink tonight. I can't afford it. I'll find a place to cry later. I'm so unlucky."

Da Jun gloated: "Why did he have to hit the person holding this thing? It looks like my radio, how can it be sold at such a high price?"

Still worried about Watermelon Head, he turned around and asked Han Chudong, "Is it really worth that much money? Don't be fooled by him. If he dares to deceive me, I will block him in his alley tomorrow. I know where he lives."

"It should be quite valuable. There are not many of them on the market. Anyway, I haven't repaired it."

I glanced at Zhou Nan, who had the signature watermelon-like haircut and a round face. He had gotten into trouble only two days into work and was now complaining to himself.

Han Chudong continued to say to him: "It should be repairable, just consider it as selling it to me, I don't mind the cracks on the shell.

Give me another... fifty dollars, and consider it a lesson learned, okay? Maybe I can sell it after a while, and I'll pay the rest."

As friends, it’s better to make some things clear.

If Watermelon Head didn't mention it at all and pretended nothing happened, Han Chudong would inevitably feel a little uncomfortable, and maybe they would gradually become distant from each other in the future.

You can't think you can do whatever you want just because you are good friends. Friendship is not maintained that way.

Although I despised Han Chudong's ignorance and aesthetics, I have to admit that the guy did have a group of very good friends.

Based on what Watermelon Head said, it would be worth it even if he had to pay for it himself. The reason he asked for fifty dollars was mainly because he was afraid that Zhou Nan would feel bad.

"Brother Dong, don't just swallow your anger. I can pay for that. I've been doing charity donations for three days, and I haven't spent the $150 I got from you yet. The casing is broken, who would buy it? And it's hard to say whether it can be repaired."

"It's really okay. Let's not talk about this anymore. I'll tell you if it can't be fixed, okay? The outer shell is broken, but the inside is new. I was planning to spend money to buy one of these things and take it home to listen to music."

Han Chudong opened a bottle of beer, poured it in, raised the glass and drank it first, then glanced across the dance floor.

There was a young girl who was quite pretty, but unfortunately she lost all interest in her when she saw a short, fat man wearing a big gold chain and a big gold watch, with his hands wandering on her back.

Nightlife these days is always inseparable from drinking, movies, and dance halls. In Chinatown, there is also a mahjong table. Apart from that, there is not much fun.

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

In comparison, coming to this disco, listening to music, drinking and watching people dancing is already a very good way to spend time.

Da Jun suddenly said after remembering something, "Do you know why the little yellow-haired Ye Ronghao didn't block us last time we came? I just heard today that they got into a fight with others while eating barbecue, and in the end the yellow-haired guy was stabbed with a wine bottle, and it seems that even one of his kidneys was removed. It was really refreshing!"

"real?"

Watermelon Head found a chance to reduce his losses and came back to life. When he heard the "bad news", his face was full of joy.

"My sister is a nurse in the hospital, how could this be false?" Da Jun said happily.

This was the first time Han Chudong had heard of this. That guy didn't deserve sympathy. Not clapping was already a way of giving face to her father's boss. Her focus was on Da Jun's words. She asked curiously, "Why do you have a sister?"

"…Not my biological sister, but my cousin, who is one year older than me. You have forgotten everything you have seen before."

As soon as Da Jun finished speaking, the watermelon-headed guy quickly added, "You wanted to pursue her before, but she didn't like you and threw your gifts directly into the trash can. I just saw her last week, and she is more beautiful than before. It's different when you know how to dress up!"

Han Chudong recalled the round-faced girl and couldn't believe that with the aesthetic taste at that time, he could fall in love with such a beautiful girl.

He shook his head speechlessly and said, "It's all in the past. I don't remember it at all."

"She's really beautiful! Dajun, why don't you call her out to dance with you next time?" The watermelon-head guy urged.

Zhao Dajun immediately shook his head. "I don't have any contact with her family, and neither does my mother. I'm still angry when I mention the loan. I clearly lent her father $1,000, but she turned against me after my father left. We are brothers after all, ugh! But my cousin is not bad. She privately said she would pay the money back, but I didn't take it. Being born in that family, it's really... unfair. Even the money I earned from work was taken away by her father."

There were so many things Han Chudong didn't know, for example, this one, after asking, he realized it was a bloody dispute over borrowing money between relatives.

Because there was no IOU, the money owed was just defaulted on. As an old gambler, it was not surprising that he could do such a thing. He should not have lent money to such a relative in the first place.

After finishing the beer he ordered, he took the broken tape player home. The next day, he got up early and went straight to the repair shop to find tools with the money and the broken machine.

Recently, he was worried about where to start his own business, and he was quite interested in the tape player that will be very popular in the future...