Chapter 72 Debt-Free
The following days seemed to pass particularly quickly, and it was National Day of 1993 in a flash. During the seven-day National Day holiday, the couple took their daughter and did not go anywhere, but stayed at the newsstand wholeheartedly.
On the evening of October 7, the couple returned home, curled up on the sofa and began to count the accounts. Lin Qiu carefully drew the curtains on the balcony.
Wang Xiuren was in charge of counting the money. He poured all the money earned over the past month onto the coffee table. The coins made crackling sounds as they fell on the table, and some even rolled off the table onto the carpet.
When Wang Shan saw it, she immediately lay on the carpet and searched carefully.
Wang Xiuren carefully folded the whole and small banknotes one by one according to their face values, then tied them into a small circle with a rubber band, and then divided the coins into piles according to their sizes.
Lin Qiu took out the account book and did the vertical calculations one by one. After figuring out the total, he lowered his voice and said, "We have made a lot of money in the past few months!"
From May to October, in just five months, Wang Xiuren's salary was another 7,500 yuan. With the work introduced by Director Huang and A Xing, he took home more than 3,000 yuan. The newsstand added pocket romance novels and freezers, and also sold water at the gymnasium for more than a month. After deducting the expenses for food and drink at home, the money for the freezer and ring, and the fees for Shanshan's nursery, the family's cash and savings totaled more than 28,000 yuan.
"We will definitely be able to pay Brother Man back next month!" Lin Qiu finally let go of the stone in his heart and felt joyful.
After all, I always feel uncomfortable when I'm in debt.
Wang Xiuren put the money back into the box and soon said with some melancholy: "In a few months, it will be the New Year again!"
Even though there are still a few months left until the Chinese New Year, time flies and a few months will pass in the blink of an eye.
When Wang Xiuren was working alone, he was very active in going home for the New Year. For him, it was just like the saying goes, whether you have money or not, you should go home for the New Year. But since my family of three came to Shenzhen last year, I cannot go home due to the newsstand. Although I sometimes feel homesick as a stranger in a foreign land, my wife and children are my place of peace and security. My place of peace is my hometown.
Lin Qiu wanted to go home very much, to the place where she was born and raised, to seek a blood reunion, but the objective fact was that it would take at least two years before she could go home for the New Year, and she was reluctant to leave the newsstand, which was her golden goose, so she said calmly: "We bought a new house this year, and according to the customs of our family, we must celebrate the New Year in the new house in the first year."
"I don't care. Wherever you and Shanshan are, that's where I'll be!" Wang Xiuren said sincerely as he looked at the mother and daughter.
"Where else do you want to go?" Lin Qiu deliberately argued.
Wang Xiuren quickly smiled and expressed his loyalty: "Where else can I go? I will definitely stay at home!"
Lin Qiu looked at Wang Xiuren's flattering look, and the corners of his mouth curled up secretly, thinking that he was sensible!
By the end of October, Lin Qiu and Wang Xiuren found Yang Guiman with 21,000 yuan. On the way, Lin Qiu also bought a net bag of Red Fuji apples.
"Brother Man, after deducting six months' salary from the 30,000 yuan I lent you before, I still owe you 21,000 yuan. Now I am returning the 21,000 yuan to you. Please count it!" Wang Xiuren handed the bag of money to Yang Guiman.
Yang Guiman took the bag and put it aside, "I still trust your character, brother!"
Then he found the IOU written by Wang Xiuren and said, "Yes, I'll return this IOU to you!"
Wang Xiuren put the IOU in his pocket and pointed at the bag, "Brother Man, you better count it. I'm afraid I missed it."
Yang Guiman waved his hand, "How can there be any mistakes when you two do things?"
"Thank you so much, Brother Man, for your help and trust in us!"
Lin Qiu pulled Wang Xiuren who was about to say something and said, since Brother Man had already said so, he should stop being so polite. Besides, Wang Xiuren and I had counted the money twice, so there couldn't be any mistake.
"Sister Lin is the right one! Why should our two families be so estranged?" Yang Guiman smiled and nodded at Lin Qiu. "But you two are really good at making money. It's only been a few months and you've already paid back 30,000 yuan!"
"It's all because Brother Man thinks highly of me and takes me to do things!" Wang Xiuren is still very grateful to Yang Guiman for his help all the time.
Yang Guiman has been in the underworld for so long that he naturally knows that there are not many people who are grateful these days, and Wang Xiuren is one of them.
"You think highly of me, brother!" Yang Guiman said sincerely, "After the master left me last year, I relied on you to support me here. I will always remember this kindness in my heart."
"Brother Man, there's no need to say anything more between us brothers!" Wang Xiuren hugged Yang Guiman and patted his shoulder.
Yang Guiman also hugged back.
On the way back, the couple felt debt-free and even walked briskly.
"To celebrate our family paying off our debt, why don't we leave work early tomorrow and go to Guomao to have something delicious? The last time we went there, we were willing to eat in the revolving restaurant." Lin Qiu suddenly suggested.
"We have to make reservations in advance. If we go there after get off work, there may not be any seats. I heard that we have to queue everywhere." Wang Xiuren thought about it and told Lin Qiu the information he knew.
Lin Qiu suddenly remembered that he could look up the revolving restaurant's phone number through the phone. "I'll see if I can make a reservation over the phone tomorrow. If I can't make a reservation, we'll go to another restaurant. Remember to come back early!"
"That's no problem!"
A little after six o'clock the next day, Wang Xiuren took the extremely excited Wang Shan to the newsstand.
"Mom, are we going to have dinner at that tall building with the fountain today?" Wang Shan suddenly spoke up, startling Lin Qiu.
Lin Qiu patted his chest in shock. When he saw it was Wang Shan, he breathed a long sigh of relief and slowed down his voice. "Shanshan, don't be so reckless next time. You almost scared your mother!"
Wang Shan saw that Lin Qiu's face was a little pale, so she grabbed the corner of her mother's clothes and lowered her head, "Mom, I will never do it again."
Looking at her daughter's expression, Lin Qiu couldn't bear it and comforted her: "Shanshan, just remember it. Mom doesn't blame you!"
After that, she tied Wang Shan's hair again, straightened her clothes, and then kissed her little face: "My Shan Shan is so pretty!"
In Lin Qiu's opinion, his daughter is always beautiful.
Wang Xiuren nodded, "Shanshan is very beautiful!"
Wang Shan then raised her head and smiled.
Lin Qiu and her daughter had come to the revolving restaurant in the China World Trade Center once before, accompanying the elderly couple. Wang Xiuren had only heard of it, and this was their first time there.
When he reached the gate, Wang Xiuren felt inexplicably lacking in confidence and whispered, "It looks so classy!"
Lin Qiu was only here for the second time, and was not much better than him, but he still pretended to be calm and comforted him: "It's okay, we brought money with us."
Wang Xiuren was fascinated by the magnificent lobby on the first floor. Wang Shan then took him to see the musical fountain. Finally, under Lin Qiu's impatient gaze, the father and daughter reluctantly got on the elevator.
When we arrived at the revolving restaurant, we told the front desk our reservation number and were led to table 20 by the waiter.
Table No. 20 is by the window, overlooking the city and offering a different view. This was when Lin Qiu called to make the reservation and someone just canceled the reservation.
"It's so beautiful! The view is wide too!" Wang Xiuren couldn't stop praising. Seeing someone taking pictures nearby, he pushed Lin Qiu's arm and said, "Shall we take a picture too?"
When she heard that she was going to take a photo, Wang Shan immediately looked at her mother with hope.
Lin Qiu remembered that the last time the three of them took a photo together was when Wang Shan was one year old, so he nodded in agreement.
Just like the one downstairs, these are instant photos for ten yuan each. The photographer asked the family of three to come closer, and soon a photo was taken.
Against the somewhat dim background, the smiles of the family of three are particularly bright.
"I'll buy a photo frame when I get back and put it next to the TV!" Wang Xiuren carefully put the photo into Lin Qiu's bag.
"Great!" Wang Shan cheered in cooperation.
The lunch was very sumptuous.
Lin Qiu thought that he would not be able to come here many times, so he ordered all the signature dishes. After all, there were three people in his family, and if he couldn't finish the food, there was Wang Xiuren, the big eater, to help.
But they ordered too much, and even with Wang Xiuren around, they still packed three lunch boxes of leftovers and took them home, planning to put them in the refrigerator for tomorrow night.
The family of three touched their bellies and, at Wang Shan's request, watched the musical fountain again after getting off the elevator, and then took the bus back.
The weather in Shenzhen in November was just right, neither too cold nor too hot, and the evening breeze felt very comfortable. A family of three sat together at the back of the bus. The couple tightly protected their daughter in the middle and whispered to each other from time to time.
The bright moonlight makes the night hazy and also illuminates the little happiness in the world.
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