"Brother Li, you'll get two thousand this time, since you need to take care of everything! Xiami, fifteen hundred! Kiki has made a contribution to the roller skating rink, since he did all the graffiti inside and outside. So, Kiki will give you thirteen thousand! How's that?"
Looking at Li Dewen with an excited face, Du Chen told him about the arrangements for Li Dewen and Xiami.
"Really? Two thousand for me?"
Li Dewen originally thought that he would only get 1,000 yuan, but he didn't expect that he could get 2,000 yuan.
"Is this fake? It's up to you to decide when to send the money, but you have to be quick. If you're late, the banks will be closed for the holiday!"
Du Chen gave Li Dewen another reminder.
"And you?"
"Forget it. I don't need this little bit of money, and you guys don't have a holiday for the New Year. So that's it!"
Du Chen waved his hand indifferently. He was waiting for the dividend after one year. The one or two thousand yuan now was of no use to him. After all, he had no place to spend the money.
"Okay then. Otherwise, I'll ask Jiji and Xiaojun to go to the bank with me to withdraw money."
"You can handle it yourself. You don't need to ask me everything. You are one of the bosses too!"
Du Chen knew that Li Dewen asked Ding Xiaojun to go with him in order to avoid suspicion, which made Du Chen quite satisfied.
"Chenchen, the van is coming! Shall we go?"
Suddenly, Du Bin knocked on the door and entered the office, then spoke to Du Chen.
"Let's go, it's getting late, and we bought a lot today!"
When Du Chen heard the van coming, he stood up from the sofa. Today was a tight schedule and a heavy task. Besides, he had already said everything he needed to say to Li Dewen. There was no point in staying here, so he simply stood up and walked out the door.
"Okay, Du Chen, you can go ahead and do your work. I won't keep you here. Let's have dinner together after the New Year!"
Li Dewen also said to Du Chen.
Du Chen turned his back to Li Dewen and waved his hand to indicate that he understood.
Du Chen left the rink and found Xiami waiting at the door in a van. Du Chen opened the passenger door and got in, while Du Bin and Ding Miaomiao sat in the back seat.
"Brother Chen, where are we going first?"
Xiami asked Du Chen who was standing beside him.
"Let's go to the fruit and vegetable market first. I'm going to buy some fruit. Oh, you have a driver's license, don't you? Don't drive your car into a ditch!"
Du Chen asked Xiami with a smile. He was really worried about whether Xiami could drive. Private cars were rare these days, so there were very few people with a driver's license.
"Don't worry, Brother Chen, I've had my driver's license for more than two years!"
Xiami said to Du Chen confidently.
"Oh, that's great! Then why don't you find a job as a driver?"
Du Chen asked Xiami curiously, being a driver is also a good job, so Du Chen was a little surprised why Xiami didn't find a job as a driver.
"I used to do it, but I was driving a truck, hauling coal long distances every day. It was dirty, tiring, and dangerous. Later, my father stopped me because he was afraid something might happen to me."
Xiami held the steering wheel with one hand and the gear lever with the other, while speaking to Du Chen. Du Chen saw that Xiami was a very skilled driver and did not say anything more.
After a while, Xiami arrived at the fruit and vegetable market. After parking the car, several people walked into the market.
The entire market is a large open-air market, but there are rows of bungalows serving as storefronts. It’s almost New Year’s Eve, so there are still quite a lot of people in the market.
"Let's go, let's take a look at the rows. Brother, Sister Miaomiao, see if there are any fruits you like. If you want any, let me know!"
Du Chen said to Du Bin and Ding Miaomiao.
"Let's go, let's see if there's anything delicious!"
Ding Miaomiao nodded quietly, and Du Bin curiously urged Du Chen to leave quickly.
"Master, how much do you sell apples for?"
"Hey, give me a basket of these oranges!"
The sounds of inquiries and purchases coming one after another were mixed in everyone's ears.
After wandering around for most of the day, Du Chen took Du Bin and Ding Miaomiao to buy a box of apples, a box of oranges, a box of navel oranges, as well as melon seeds, peanuts and a bunch of other miscellaneous dried fruits.
"Chenchen, these beautiful almonds are so delicious!"
Du Bin muttered to himself.
"How about some more?"
Seeing Du Bin eating so happily, Du Chen asked Du Bin.
"Master, please open another two pounds!"
Without waiting for Du Bin to answer, Du Chen asked the master to weigh another two pounds.
"Chenchen, that's enough! Dubin, this much is not enough for you!"
Ding Miaomiao persuaded Du Chen, then turned and spoke to Du Bin.
"I didn't say anything. Chenchen bought it himself."
Du Bin felt a little wronged.
"It's okay! It's New Year's Eve, just have fun!"
As Du Chen spoke, he looked around to see if there was anything new in the market.
"Watermelon! Greenhouse watermelon! Anyone want to buy some watermelon?"
Suddenly, a hawking voice caught Du Chen's attention. Du Chen looked in the direction of the voice and saw a farm vehicle slowly stopping by the side of the road, with the back bucket full of watermelons.
"Let's go! Brother, Sister Miaomiao, let's go there quickly!"
Du Chen's eyes lit up at the sight of the large watermelon. "During Chinese New Year, we'd been feasting on fish and meat every day, and now it was time to have a piece of watermelon afterward—how wonderful!" As he spoke, Du Chen pulled Du Bin and Ding Miaomiao toward the farm vehicle. Xiami stood there, looking at the things they had just bought.
"Master, how much is a pound of watermelon?"
Du Chen had just arrived next to the farm vehicle when he heard someone asking the price.
"One dollar and five cents a pound!"
"This is too expensive! It's only 1.1 cents in the summer!"
"You said it was summer, but it's winter now!"
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