Chapter 080 Pay Back the Money
Fearing that her parents would be reluctant to part with the house and land, Bai Zhenzhu could only complain:
"And my clothing store's business picked up immediately, with a lot of customers every day."
"The clothes I sell are very expensive, hundreds of dollars a piece."
"There are a lot of thieves at the train station. I heard that some stores lose hundreds of dollars every day. When Dad comes over, he can help me keep an eye on it when I'm busy."
"And my second sister-in-law is pregnant too. As a mother-in-law, are you willing to let your beloved daughter-in-law work with a big belly?"
Li Xiufen laughed and cursed:
"You're the only one who can speak."
"I thought your sister-in-law was here to recuperate after giving birth. I even prepared a small blanket and diapers."
"We also raised a lot of chickens, waiting to kill them while she's in confinement to nourish her body."
Li Xiufen is not the kind of stubborn old woman. Since her children need her help, she and Old Man Bai will of course support them.
Houses and land won’t run away here.
After thinking about it for a while, Li Xiufen said:
"Okay, let's go."
Bai Zhenzhu couldn't help but hug her mother and acted coquettishly:
"I knew my mother was a wise old lady."
While the mother and daughter were chatting, Li Xiufen stir-fried bacon with onions, fried eggs, and quickly cooked three bowls of noodles.
After dinner, Bai Chenglei was not idle. He picked up his hoe and went to the field to find Old Man Bai.
Bai Zhenzhu looked at the time.
It was almost three o'clock, and she was ready to go to town.
Buy some woven bags for packing.
Then take the opportunity to visit Zhang Minmin and Bai Jingsi.
The students have finished their exams, but the teachers in the school are still grading their papers.
Bai Zhenzhu packed a braised chicken and a braised duck and took nothing else with her, then rode Bai Chenglei's bicycle to town.
At this time, Zhang Minmin and Bai Jingsi were still in school.
Bai Zhenzhu went directly to Zhang Minmin's clothing store.
When Dong Juan saw Bai Zhenzhu, she almost didn't recognize her.
Bai Zhenzhu was wearing a red down jacket and a big scarf. She had fair skin and shiny black hair.
"Is it Pearl?"
Seeing Bai Zhenzhu's signature smile, Dong Juan clapped her hands:
"Oh it's Pearl, you're back?"
Bai Zhenzhu took off her gloves.
While taking a cloth bag from the handlebars, he said with a smile:
"Yes, ma'am, I came back for something, so I came to see you guys."
"How are you, ma'am? Is business going well?"
Dong Juan quickly pulled her over to warm herself by the fire:
"Business is booming. Fortunately, I took your advice and opened this store."
There was also a young girl in the store, who was recruited by Dong Juan in the town.
Neither she nor Principal Zhang are from this town, and their relatives live far away.
He winked at Bai Zhenzhu and said nothing more.
Bai Zhenzhu handed over the bag in her hand:
"I brought it from the store for you and Uncle Zhang."
Dong Juan could already smell the fragrance through the cloth bag and said with a smile:
"Oh, to be honest, I really miss your braised meat. How are you guys doing?"
"Everything is fine. I came back this time just to bring my parents over and spend the New Year there."
Bai Zhenzhu warmed her hands on the stove.
Dong Juan also started a small open stove in the store.
"Are you going to take your parents to the city?"
Dong Juan added a piece of anthracite to the stove and said with a smile:
"The city is good, it's convenient there, you brothers and sisters are all there, you can bring the old man over there."
She also knew that Xu Yin was about to enter her confinement period, so Li Xiufen would definitely go over.
She felt quite emotional in her heart, because she really thought the Bai family was poor before.
Now that her in-laws are living a better life, she is happy and her daughter is under less pressure.
Then he patted Bai Zhenzhu's hand:
"Wait a minute, I'll call your third brother and Minmin. It's getting late, so don't go back tonight."
After saying that, without waiting for Bai Zhenzhu to speak, she hurriedly went to make a phone call.
The young girl who was roasting fire together looked at her with sparkling eyes, full of curiosity.
Bai Zhenzhu smiled at her, then looked at the goods in Zhang Minmin's house.
Zhang Minmin doesn’t have much stock at home, and some unsold summer and autumn clothes are still hanging.
Most of them are winter clothes, some flowered jackets, sweaters, cotton-padded clothes and the like.
These clothes cannot be compared with those in the city, but they are definitely high-end products in this town.
Dong Juan came back soon and said with a smile:
"Minmin said she'd be down soon."
Bai Zhenzhu said hurriedly:
"Auntie, let me go buy some woven bags for packing. I have to pack tomorrow."
Dong Juan stopped her:
"You want woven bags? No need to buy them. We have seven or eight woven bags left for the goods. Are they enough?"
Bai Zhenzhu smiled and said, "That's enough."
Zhang Minmin went to purchase goods again later, but she did not go there in person.
Originally, she was going to go to the city for the school holiday. There are nine days of holidays here, one in the first semester and one in the next semester.
As a result, grandma in my hometown fell ill, so the family went back to visit her.
There happened to be a truck driver in the town who was driving to Chengdu, so she asked him to help her bring back a batch of winter clothes and paid him the freight.
This saved her the trouble of making a trip, but she couldn't select the goods herself.
She kept talking about going to Chengdu in person during the winter vacation.
Hearing that Bai Zhenzhu had returned, Zhang Minmin went back home and hurried over.
As soon as she entered the room, she handed Bai Zhenzhu a large envelope:
"Here, I'll return your money, plus the money for the lights and rolling shutters, a total of eight thousand."
White Pearl smiled and said:
"I'm not in a hurry to use it."
Zhang Minmin looked relieved:
"I was always worried when I owed people money. Now I am debt-free and relieved."
Bai Zhenzhu explained her purpose:
"Third sister-in-law, I came here to tell you that I came back this time to take my parents to the city to celebrate the New Year, and I will stay in the city from now on."
"Wenbin and his family will go to school in the city from now on. I'd like to ask my third sister-in-law and third brother to go back and check on our house from time to time."
Zhang Minmin was also surprised:
"Mom and Dad are going to the city too. Okay, don't worry about the house. Jingsi and I will go back whenever we have a holiday."
Bai Zhenzhu saw that it was getting dark, and she was still anxious to go back, so she said:
"Then I'll go back. It's getting late."
Zhang Minmin and Dong Juan wanted to keep her for one more night, but they knew she was busy.
"Then I won't keep you. I'll go visit my parents during my vacation."
She was thinking of going to Chengdu to select goods during the winter vacation, and they could see each other again then.
"Okay, come find us when you get there."
White Pearl remembered something:
"By the way, please harvest the vegetables from my parents' garden. I see there are a lot of cabbages, onions and other things. We can't take that much."
Zhang Minmin urged her:
"Got it, go now."
Bai Zhenzhu took the woven bag that Dong Juan gave her, got on her bike and hurried away.
As a result, halfway through the journey, she met Bai Chenglei who came to pick her up.
When I got home, it was just getting dark and Li Xiufen was already preparing dinner.
Old Man Bai filled a half-rotten ceramic basin with some charcoal and placed it in the small living room of Bai Chenglei's house, where several children gathered around to watch TV.
As for moving to the city, Old Man Bai was silent for a while.
Finally agreed.
Just after finishing dinner, my uncles came.
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