Zhou Mingming's eyes followed Ling Shuang's movements, as if he had thought of something. He stood up suddenly and asked Lin Yi, "Dad, did the school charge you 400 yuan for car repairs yesterday?"
Lin Yixiao's stomach ached. He stretched out four fingers, smiled and nodded.
Zhou Mingming felt extremely heartbroken. He never regretted his prank once.
Ling Shuang and Lin Yi both thought that he would cheat and go back on his word, but he said nothing, pushed the agreement to Ling Shuang, picked up the 972 yuan in coins and returned to his room with heavy steps.
Lin Yi and Ling looked at each other, then smiled knowingly. Zhou Mingming suddenly leaned over and asked Lin Yi, "Dad, that billiard case isn't going to be paid from 2,500 miles away, is it?"
Lin Yi touched his chin and said, "You reminded me. Well, this is also a solution."
Zhou Mingming snorted angrily, wanting to slap himself: "Then don't buy it for now. I don't really like playing that anymore."
Lin Yi couldn't help laughing and whispered to Ling Shuang, "Forget it!"
Ling Shuang raised the corners of his lips slightly and snapped his fingers. It was obvious that he was in a very happy mood at the moment.
Not to mention the two of them who were busy resting, let’s just talk about Zhou Mingming in the room. He has always wanted to buy a Nintendo game console, but his parents always disagreed. Now he can finally put this goal on the agenda.
He sat on the ground, spread out 972 yuan in front of him, grabbed a piece of waste paper and a pencil, and began to write the budget clumsily and racking his brains.
Unfortunately, no matter how he calculated it, he couldn't afford to buy a Nintendo this month, so this business couldn't fail and he had to do it well so that next month and the month after, he could save enough money to buy his beloved game console.
How can we do business well?
He thought for a moment, put 72 yuan in change in his pocket, and ran upstairs.
It was Grandma Liu who opened the door. Seeing him coming, she was surprised: "You are here, why didn't you go to school today? Have you had breakfast? Come in."
Grandma Liu had never seen his "destructive power". Instead, she felt that this little fat boy who grew up in front of her was fair and clean, had a sweet mouth, respected the elderly and loved the young, and was a good child!
Zhou Mingming didn't go in. He stood outside the door and greeted Old Lady Liu with a smile: "Hello, Grandma Liu, I've eaten. I'm looking for your Xiaoxia. Is she here?"
Xiaoxia is the Liu family's nanny.
Grandma Liu was confused, but she still said yes and turned back to call someone inside: "Xiao Xia, come here, there's someone downstairs looking for you."
Xiao Xia came out with a confused look on her face. Mingming was downstairs. Looking for her? They hadn't even spoken to each other, so why would he look for her?
When Zhou Mingming saw Xiao Xia, his smile widened. He lowered his head and said to her affectionately, "Sister Xiao Xia, my grandma has gone to visit relatives, so the task of buying groceries for the family has been handed over to me recently. I'm not very familiar with the prices in the vegetable market. What time do you usually go shopping? Can you take me with you?"
Xiao Xia quickly glanced at Grandma Liu, then hesitantly said to Zhou Mingming, "Okay, sure, but I usually go with Jindi from the building behind."
Xiao Xia actually didn't want to bring him along. As nannies, they would usually take out a little from the grocery money. As long as it wasn't excessive, the host family would usually turn a blind eye. But this kid was not a nanny. If he let something slip and made the host family wary, that would be bad.
But Zhou Mingming just didn't seem to care. He waved his hand nonchalantly, "It's okay, it's okay. Then the three of us can go together. I'm strong enough and can help you carry your things. What time do you usually go? Or we can go now. I heard the food is fresh in the morning."
Xiao Xia looked at her watch in embarrassment and said nothing. Grandma Liu said with a look of relief, "Mingming has really grown up and can help buy groceries for the family. Xiao Xia, take Mingming with you now. Don't worry about the dishes in the kitchen. I'll wash them later."
Xiao Xia had no choice: "Well, okay, I'll go in and get the basket and change, you wait."
In the end, Xiao Xia did not go to find Jin Di, who was also a nanny, but took Zhou Mingming to the morning market with a heavy heart.
Zhou Mingming encountered many questions along the way and wished he could learn all of Xiao Xia's business skills.
When they reached the morning market, Xiao Xia asked him what he wanted to buy. Ming Ming politely said, "I haven't decided yet. You buy yours first and I'll take a look."
Zhou Mingming, who had no intention of buying anything, perfectly replicated Xiaoxia's shopping trajectory. Xiaoxia bought a cauliflower, two eggplants, a handful of Chinese toon, and a pound of pork. Then she said she was done.
Zhou Mingming: "Did you buy this for a day or a whole meal? Is this enough for the three of you? It's too little."
Xiao Xia said it was quite a bit, "We still have potatoes, cabbage, radishes, and dried black fungus at home. Grandpa Liu and Grandma Liu and I don't eat much, so these dishes are more than enough for today."
The situations of the two families were different. Not to mention others, even Zhou Mingming himself would not be able to eat enough if he made less. However, his family seemed to have potatoes, radishes, and other things. He pointed at the meat and asked Xiao Xia: "How do you eat this meat?"
Xiao Xia: "Grandpa Liu wants to eat braised pork, so I'll braise it." She bought pork belly.
Zhou Mingming was reluctant to give up the braised meat, and he thought it was a big dish. Since it was his first time cooking, he should not waste anything. He bought a pound of pure lean meat and asked the stall owner to cut it into shredded meat with a machine. This way, when stir-frying, he could just put a few shreds in the wok, and the meat dishes for half a month would be ready.
Including the meat and vegetables, he only spent 15 yuan in total. He also took advantage of his sweet mouth and young age to ask the stall owner to give him a few green onions and two heads of garlic.
After buying the vegetables, he didn't leave. He walked around the vegetable market for a long time. When he came out, he knew the prices here better than the market manager.
Xiao Xia saw that he was smart and thought that she didn't need to take him with her tomorrow, so she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
The two of them carried the basket into the unit door and first arrived at Zhou's house. However, Zhou Mingming did not go back to his own home, but went upstairs with Xiao Xia.
Xiao Xia paused: "Do you have something else to talk to Grandpa Liu about?" If nothing is wrong, just go home quickly.
Zhou Mingming grinned and snatched Xiao Xia's basket. "Xiao Xia, thank you for bringing me. Come on, let me help you carry it. It's quite heavy, isn't it?"
Xiao Xia fell behind with empty hands and a puzzled look on her face.
"Why--"
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