Chapter 117 Compensation
Chen Baomei couldn't help rolling her eyes.
His big gift bag must have cost him twenty or thirty yuan in the supermarket, right?
She bought daffodil bulbs worth nearly a hundred dollars before she managed to grow two pots!
Chen Baomei said unhappily, "I asked Teacher Fang to bring you your gift package. I bought the flower pots and bulbs for a total of 150 yuan. I'll send you my bank account number. Please transfer the money to me immediately."
When he heard that it would cost 150 yuan, Old Yang immediately changed his tone.
"When did I damage your flowers? Do you have any evidence? I'm telling you not to blackmail people, or I'll sue you for defamation!"
"My house is under surveillance. If you don't pay me, you'll be exposed to the public and laughed at by others."
Chen Baomei pouted, "What do you call a retired cadre? You have no manners at all. I'm letting all my classmates see what a piece of crap you are!"
Chen Baomei hung up the phone.
She found her bank card and sent the account information to Lao Yangtou.
If she wasn't leaving for vacation tomorrow, she would definitely rush to Old Yang's house and spread the disgusting things he did.
Unfortunately, she has to leave tomorrow and doesn't have time.
Give him a few days' grace period. If he doesn't transfer the money to you before you come back, you can settle the score with him later.
Qiqi and Niuniu have replanted the daffodils in other pots, but a few of the flower buds were crushed and cannot be used.
Qiqi came up to Chen Baomei with a smile.
"Grandma, someone introduced you to a boyfriend, the old man just now?"
"Go away, go pack your things quickly. Why should children butt heads with adults' affairs?" Chen Baomei felt embarrassed by her granddaughter's question.
She didn't feel that way in front of people of the same age, but when the younger ones said that, she inexplicably felt a sense of disrespect for the elderly.
Jiang Qiqi covered her mouth and laughed secretly, while Niu Niu hid behind her, unable to hide the smile on her face.
Jiang Qiqi: "We've packed our things long ago!"
Chen Baomei was too lazy to pay attention to the two little girls.
She picked up the car keys and said, "Pack up and go out. We won't cook tonight. Let's eat outside."
"Oh yeah!" Jiang Qiqi and Niuniu jumped for joy.
"Grandma, let's go to KFC. Niuniu and I both want to eat hamburgers and French fries."
Jiang Qiqi is very good at making requests.
Chen Baomei doesn't like that stuff. It's too greasy for her and she can't get used to it.
However, since the children liked it and didn’t eat it often, Chen Baomei didn’t refuse.
"Okay, I was originally planning to take you guys to eat stir-fry, so let's go to KFC."
Taking them to a KFC restaurant, Chen Baomei ordered food for the two little girls and asked them to sit there and wait for the food to be served.
"I'll go get a bowl of noodles and come find you later."
"Grandma won't eat with us?" Niu Niu asked.
"I can't eat this, you guys eat it yourselves."
There is no need to force yourself if you can’t eat the same food as everyone else. You don’t have to accommodate anyone else. Just pick what you like.
Chen Baomei went to the side and packed a bowl of clear soup noodles. When she returned to the KFC restaurant, the two sisters had already started eating.
Jiang Qiqi and Niuniu both felt that Chen Baomei's noodles were too bland, but Chen Baomei felt that they were too greasy.
After finishing a bowl of noodles, Chen Baomei's cell phone rang.
She opened it and found it was a text message reminder from the bank.
One hundred and fifty yuan had just been deposited into her bank card, and the transferor was Yang Shulin.
Old Yang didn't want to pay compensation, but when he heard Chen Baomei say that there were surveillance cameras in her home, he became scared again.
After thinking about it for a long time, he called Teacher Fang and asked if there was really surveillance in Chen Baomei's home.
Teacher Fang started scolding him, saying he had a bad temper and was a dishonest person.
Old Yang, who only knew that he was in the wrong, didn't feel comfortable retorting to Teacher Fang. Only after knowing that Chen Baomei's home actually had surveillance cameras installed did Old Yang reluctantly compensate Chen Baomei with the money.
After all the trouble, not only did he not meet the person, but he also lost 150 yuan and the round-trip gas fare. Old Yang was so depressed.
Of course, my resentment towards Chen Baomei increased.
In the evening, Chen Baomei received a call from Shen Rui, who wanted to borrow her car to drive during the New Year.
"Aren't you going on a trip? You don't need the car, so why not lend it to me? It will make me look good when I go back to my parents-in-law's house."
Shen Rui had a good idea. He was bringing back so many valuable gifts this year, so he had to have a good car.
His mother is out traveling, and the car is just sitting there anyway, so why not lend it to him?
He had a good idea, but unfortunately Chen Baomei disagreed.
"No."
Shen Rui: “…”
"I will drive carefully and will not let your car get damaged in the slightest. When you come back, I will wash it clean, fill it up with gas, and send it back to you!"
"I don't need that little bit of car wash money and gas money."
Shen Rui begged: "Mom, please..."
Chen Baomei: "Have you ever heard the saying, 'Your car and your wife are never loaned out?'"
"Am I an outsider? I'm your son!"
"If you have something important to do, I can use the car, but the problem is that you borrow the car just to act like a big shot. Is that fun?"
Chen Baomei doesn't indulge him.
"Xiaoxiao, you don't know about borrowing the car, right?"
Shen Rui: “…I don’t know.”
"Okay, let's hang up. I won't tell her anymore."
Shen Rui had a sad face. His mother suddenly treated them so well. He thought she had changed.
It turns out it’s still the same, I always keep a clear boundary between us!
Guo Xiaoxiao came out of the shower and saw that Shen Rui was in a bad mood, so she asked him what was wrong.
Shen Rui didn't dare tell her about borrowing the car, for fear of being scolded by Guo Xiaoxiao.
He pretended to be regretful and said, "Mom and the others are flying to Sanya tomorrow. This is the first time in all these years that I haven't been able to celebrate the New Year with her."
Guo Xiaoxiao chuckled, "You're so pretentious. I haven't celebrated Chinese New Year with my parents in years."
Jiang Qiqi and Niuniu were so excited about going on a trip that they couldn't sleep. They huddled in their small room, whispering to each other, until midnight before falling asleep.
When Chen Baomei woke them up in the morning, both sisters had dark circles under their eyes.
Jiang Qiqi looked at the time, it was only half past six!
"Grandma, the flight is at 11 o'clock, it's too early now!"
"Go over early and prepare."
It takes more than an hour to drive from home to the airport. I get up, wash up, and do a few things here and there, and time passes quickly.
Prepare early so you have more time and don't have to rush around.
Jiang Qiqi got up sleepily.
Sure enough, the two sisters took their time, eating and cleaning themselves up, and it was almost eight o'clock when they finished everything.
I went out to take a taxi and arrived at the airport at exactly 9:30, with still an hour and a half left before the flight.
This was the first time Chen Baomei had taken a plane in her life, and she was really afraid that something might go wrong.
Only when she arrived at the terminal did Chen Baomei finally relax.
Chen Baomei said, "Fortunately, our city's airport is small, so an hour and a half is enough. If it were a large airport, an hour and a half would definitely not be enough."
"No matter where you go in the future, it's best to plan ahead to avoid being rushed when you're short on time."
Qiqi spent thirty or forty minutes just on makeup. Why don’t we call her earlier so she’ll have enough time?
The time is too tight. If we encounter a traffic jam or something else, it will be too late.
The two sisters said in unison that they understood.
However, Chen Baomei saw how excited they were and didn't listen at all.
Jiang Qiqi picked up her phone and said, "Grandma, let's take a photo together!"
"Okay."
Jiang Qiqi turned on the front camera and took several photos with Chen Baomei and Niuniu.
After taking the photo, she picked up her phone and started editing it.
She fiddled with it for a long time and finally posted a satisfactory message to her friends before boarding the plane!
Shen Jiao, who was playing with her phone at home, saw Jiang Qiqi's updates for the first time.
She raised her phone and went to find Wu Wenwan, "Mom, that damn girl Lu Caoniu actually went on a trip to Sanya!"
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