Zhou Cheng sat down on the bed. The bed was bouncy, soft, yet firm, making it very comfortable to sit on.
He was as happy as a child and tried it over and over again.
Liu Mei couldn't help but be disgusted: "You are so old, but you are still making a fool of yourself in front of Xiu'er. Shh - don't disturb Xiu'er's study."
Zhou Cheng fell silent.
Liu Mei urged her husband to go to bed quickly, and Zhou Cheng whispered, "It's such an expensive place, I can't sleep well."
If it weren't for the free cost, Zhou Cheng would rather sleep in the unfinished house on the construction site.
Yes - Liu Mei looked around. It was as beautiful as what was shown on TV. It was a place only rich people could afford to live in.
Liu Mei didn't dare touch the exquisite crystal ashtray, porcelain, silver-inlaid tableware, and even every object in the room, for fear that she would break them and not be able to afford the compensation even if they were held here.
The light silk quilt, the air conditioner that runs all night, and the large LCD color TV make people live in warmth without shivering in the middle of the night like their co-workers.
Liu Mei even sweated from the warmth. She took off her sweater to stop sweating.
"Leave the light to Xiu'er, go to sleep."
Zhou Cheng called Zhou Xiu: "Xiu'er, stop writing and go to bed early."
Zhou Xiuwei paused, turned off the lights in the room, and moved to another place to do her homework.
It was less than six in the morning when the family of three woke up together.
At seven o'clock, the waiter personally delivered breakfast to the door. Zhou Xiu had finished washing up and had been concentrating on memorizing words for half an hour.
Zhou Cheng and Liu Mei looked at the delicious breakfast in surprise. How much would it cost to stay in a hotel and have breakfast delivered to them?
Zhou Cheng secretly went to the corridor and caught a waiter to ask, and found out that a regular double suite costs 1,088 per day.
When he got the answer, he was struck by lightning. If he had not squatted on the stairs for a long time in the cold wind and calmed down, Zhou Cheng would probably have lost control of himself when he saw his daughter again.
He hesitated to speak, and finally gave up the idea of asking his daughter where she got the card from.
Zhou Xiu said to her parents, "I want to take half a day off so that I can help you find a house. You just came to the city and you are not familiar with anything."
Zhou Cheng refused: "Just focus on your studies. Why do you need to take leave for such a small matter? Don't treat your parents like children. We are not disabled."
Zhou Xiu was not worried that they couldn't find a house, but was worried that they would live in the shabby houses on the construction site in order to save money.
But Zhou Cheng's face gradually turned red. He carried Zhou Xiu's schoolbag and followed her to school. He didn't feel relieved until he saw her enter the school.
Before leaving, Zhou Cheng bought some buns, leaving the vegetarian buns for himself and the meat buns for his daughter.
"Xiu'er, study hard."
Zhou Xiu nodded.
Zhou Cheng watched his daughter walk into the school with his own eyes. This beautiful and solemn school obviously had a high tuition fee. Zhou Cheng gritted his teeth, turned around and merged into the crowd.
…
After arriving at the classroom, Zhou Xiu started to prepare for her lessons as usual.
However, Zhou Xiu, who was usually focused and attentive, turned his pen and stared at the blank draft paper for a long time on this day.
She finally asked the system: [In what reasonable form should I give out the reward I received from you? 】
Zhou Xiu couldn't bear to see her parents being so cautious about where to live and what to eat, so she just wanted to use the money she had earned during this period to rent a house so that her family could be reunited.
The system said slowly: [I am trying to guess how long it will take you to pay attention to this problem. 】
It joked humorously: [Given by the Xi family? 】
Zhou Xiu was angry, [No! 】
Zhou Xiu would be so depressed that she would vomit blood if she had to give the money she had worked so hard to her parents under the name of the Xi family.
The system calmly replied: [In various forms, young man, don’t worry, you just need to study hard. 】
After school, Zhou Xiu went to the construction site to find her parents, and only then did she understand what the system meant.
Zhou Xiu saw Zhou Cheng holding a lunch box, half squatting on the ground and eating it with relish.
When Zhou Cheng saw her, he shouted with joy, turned around and said proudly to his co-workers: "Look, see, that's my daughter."
The workers around him were amazed. They didn't expect that although Zhou Laoer was not good-looking, his daughter was so pretty and smart.
However, they lost interest after just one look and continued discussing the issue of buying lottery tickets. They became more and more excited as they discussed it, and even dragged Zhou Cheng to the welfare station to buy lottery tickets.
"Old Zhou, it would be unreasonable for you not to buy. We are not gambling. I heard that buying lottery tickets can also support mountainous areas and help poor households."
Zhou Cheng himself is a hard-core poor household. Who else can he help when he can’t even take care of himself? But looking at this group of new workers, I feel torn. If I buy it, I will feel bad about wasting money, but if I don’t buy it, wouldn’t I be looking down on these workers?
In the end, Zhou Cheng chose to pretend to be deaf rather than waste money like this.
Zhou Xiu couldn't bear to see his father in such a dilemma, so he took out ten yuan and paid the money.
Zhou Cheng randomly picked a lottery ticket and scratched it with lack of interest. After scratching off the coating, he saw a few numbers on it. He put the lottery ticket in his pocket without even looking at it.
To show participation politely.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Xiu glanced at the numbers on the lottery ticket and said, "Wait... Dad, I think I won the lottery."
A look slowly appeared on Zhou Cheng’s face: “???”
"Xiu'er, don't make fun of your dad."
Zhou Xiu didn't joke. She took out the lottery ticket and gave it to the owner of the lottery station. The owner lazily checked the winning numbers.
"Well, let me see..."
After seeing the number clearly, he suddenly became excited, "Fuck, Mr. Zhou, you won 6,000 yuan!"
[Ding——The reward has been redeemed and credited to your account. The account balance is cleared, keep going young man! 】
The workers who casually brought Zhou Cheng to scratch the lottery tickets and never won a prize for several years said: "..."
Jealousy brought them to tears.
They held Zhou Cheng back, not letting him go: "You're so lucky, why don't you try scratching another one? If you don't want to buy it, you can scratch it for us."
Zhou Cheng rubbed his head innocently and smiled reservedly, "No more scratching. My luck for today has run out."
Zhou Cheng never believed this. If he got it right once in a while, he would just regard it as a blind cat catching a dead mouse, something that can only be encountered by chance.
If you have ten dollars, you might as well buy a few more buns for Xiuer. Aren’t the big meat buns delicious enough?
Zhou Xiu returned to Xi's house, opened his savings box, counted the money and found that six thousand was missing. The living expenses given by the Xi family and the 30,000 yuan given by Tan Ming were still lying safely in the money box.
She curled her lips and said to the system: [Thank you. 】
Zhou Cheng and Liu Mei stayed at the construction site for one night, and went to look for a house the next day after receiving the award.
When Zhou Xiu came back from school, they had already cleaned up the house quickly. The newly painted walls were spotless, and bright light poured in through the windows.
It's better than the house Zhou Xiu found.
Zhou Cheng said: "Your mother ran herself to pieces to find it, how good is it?"
Liu Mei puffed out her chest proudly, "Your father and I can each earn 150 yuan a day now, and the rent is only 700 yuan, so we can afford it."
"I heard you say that Mrs. Xi really likes the herbal foot bath. Your father and I specially brought a lot of it from the mountains to the city this time. We will go to the Xi family to thank Mrs. Xi in person someday."
Zhou Xiu nodded continuously, feeling warm in her heart.
The house has been found, and Zhou Xiu has started planning to move.
…
Xi family.
Xi's mother took a rare few days off, and since she couldn't see Zhou Xiu, she went to chat with her son.
When she had some free time, she heard some trivial voices. A friend learned that she had taken over Zhou Xiu's matter and jokingly said that she should not leave the poor student she sponsored at home. Problems are likely to arise when young boys and girls spend a long time together.
"Are you so confident in leaving a girl at home? To be honest, Shao Yuan is tall and handsome, and girls like him very much."
Then Xi's mother remembered that her son asked her to buy clothes for Zhou Xiu, and she reacted belatedly.
She called her son over and chatted with him for a while.
Xi Shaoyuan frowned and realized that his home had become much quieter recently.
Although it was usually quite quiet, as if Zhou Xiu wasn't there, her whereabouts had been erratic recently, and she even didn't go home on weekend nights.
Although she didn't want to pay attention to her, Xi's mother asked him about Zhou Xiu's situation for the first time.
Xi Shaoyuan couldn't answer any of them.
"How should I know where she went?"
Maybe he has money and is busy spending it. Xi Shaoyuan thought with little interest.
At this time, the doorbell rang.
Xi Shaoyuan stood up and went to open the door.
The visitors were a middle-aged couple, carrying two large snakeskin bags on their backs. They smiled shyly and greeted the handsome young man who opened the door with a reserved look:
"Is this Master Xi? Hello, Master Xi."
"We are Xiu'er's parents, and we came here to say hello to Mrs. Xi. Thank you for taking care of Xiu'er. I heard from Xiu'er that Mrs. Xi often has stomachaches, and soaking her feet with our country folk medicine recipes is good for her, so I brought two bags here specially."
At the end of the conversation, the heavy snakeskin bag was placed on the ground.
Zhou Cheng and Liu Mei walked in.
When Xi's mother saw these two enthusiastic and shy smiling faces, doubts arose in her heart at this moment.
Wait for Zhou Cheng to repeat what he had just said.
Mother Xi finally understood and looked at the two large bags of herbs piled at the door. She kept a smile on her face and said politely, "You are so thoughtful to carry them all the way here. Thank you for the trouble."
Zhou Cheng wiped his sweat and said quickly, "It's not a big deal. Madam, you helped our Xiu'er, so you are our great benefactor. Her mother and I have come to the city to work, and we want to earn money for Xiu'er's tuition in the future... I'm embarrassed to cause trouble to Madam again."
Even though Xi's mother had seen many people trying to please her, when she heard the Zhou couple say this, she understood that they had no intention of clinging to wealth and status. Her concerns just now were unnecessary.
I am worried that Zhou Xiu and Shao Yuan will develop a vague affection for each other during their adolescence, but the girl may not like living in the Xi family in the future.
Zhou Cheng thanked Xi's mother profusely and chatted with her for a long time.
Xi Shaoyuan was standing in the garden outside the door and saw Zhou Xiu pushing open the door with her schoolbag on her back.
She wiped the sweat from her forehead and stopped when she saw him. Zhou Xiu asked in surprise: "My parents came to Xi's house today?"
She peeked inside happily and saw the two iconic snakeskin bags, and it was basically confirmed.
She curled her lips and casually revealed her canine teeth, then said slowly, "Master Xi, please give me your WeChat ID."
Master Xi looked at her strangely.
Fortunately, Zhou Xiu knew his character and had asked Huaxu for his bank account number in advance.
Zhou Xiu said calmly: "Refused to give WeChat ID——"
"Are you worried that I'll pester you? Your attitude bothers me a little.
Actually, there is something I have wanted to say for a long time. Can you please not be so narcissistic? I am sure that I don't like you like this, but fortunately we have been getting along peacefully during this period of time, thank you. ”
The days of the two hating each other are finally coming to an end.
After Zhou Xiu finished speaking, Xi Shaoyuan's phone received a text message.
He opened his phone and looked at the text message. It was a transfer of 100,000 RMB from an unfamiliar account.
Zhou Xiu took out her cell phone and shook it. She had a quiet smile on her face, but a hint of mockery in her eyes: "This is to repay you and Mrs. Xi. Thank you for your care during this period. I think one hundred thousand yuan should be enough, right?"
Zhou Xiu pursed her lips and straightened her chest.
The girl's eyes were clear and she said to Xi Shaoyuan, "If it's not enough, come back and tell me."
After saying that, Zhou Xiu quickly turned around and went upstairs to pack her luggage.
The author has something to say:
Small theater:
Xi Shaoyuan: “…”
Take my money and give it back to me?
Xiu'er: I earned the money through my own ability, isn't that okay?
Reader: What for him?
Take it back!
I don't want to spend a dime on him!
Xiuxiu, use it to buy food, eat well and grow taller~
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