Chapter 86 Chapter 86 Uncharacteristic
Zhao Ruyue turned the rice cooker over, fixed it upside down with the bottom facing up, and took a look at the screws that secured the base.
She turned to her son and said, "Go to the small warehouse and help mom get that green plastic box."
The small box was originally used by a relative from her mother's side to store mahjong tiles. Later, some of the mahjong tiles were lost by the relative's children and could no longer be used.
The remaining mahjong pieces were given to the children as toys, and more and more were thrown away. The box was no longer useful, and when the relatives wanted to throw it away, Zhao Ruyue happened to be there, so she had to come back to pack the miscellaneous small parts and tools at home.
Ning Shiqiu quickly brought the small box over.
Zhao Ruyue opened the box, found a suitable screwdriver, and removed the base of the rice cooker.
The structure of this old-fashioned rice cooker is not complicated. Zhao Ruyue simply checked it and quickly found the reason why the rice cooker was not powered on.
"The fuse is burnt. I'll go to the repair shop and buy a new one. Just replace it," she dusted off her hands and told the two children, "Don't move the things here, and don't let anyone else move them, or else it will be troublesome if parts are missing."
The two children nodded seriously and sat beside the dining table to help her watch over the table.
Ning Shaoming made honey-fried meat and came out of the kitchen. He wanted to put the meat on the table, but they both refused to let him: "Mom said no one is allowed to touch it."
Ning Shaoming had no choice but to take the meat back to the kitchen.
He also saw the rice cooker with its base removed from the table: "Did you two take it apart?"
Both children shook their heads.
Ning Shiqiu said: "No, it was my mom who took it apart. She said that something was burnt and needed to be replaced."
Ning Shixia added: "Fuse."
"She can actually repair the rice cooker? It seems like she has never learned it before." Ning Shaoming had never seen her repair anything before.
Ning Shixia said as if it was a matter of course: "What can't my mother do? My grandfather said that she is the smartest child in the family."
Ning Shaoming nodded. He had heard his father-in-law say this before: "Your grandfather did tell me that, but your mother has never learned how to repair electrical appliances."
Ning Shixia unconditionally affirmed her mother: "My mother is so smart that she will definitely know it at a glance."
"Repairing electrical appliances is also a skill. You can't just learn it by being smart. You have to learn it. Otherwise, how can the repair shops on the street make money?"
Ning Shixia said that he was young and didn't understand what his father said.
She insisted on her point of view: "Others may not be able to see it, but my mother is so amazing, she can definitely do it!"
Ning Shaoming thought the child admired his mother too much and thought his mother could do anything, so he stopped arguing with the child and coaxed him jokingly, "Okay, okay, she's the best, she'll definitely be able to watch it."
Anyway, he can earn money now, and a rice cooker is not expensive for the family, so his wife can tinker with it. If it really gets so bad that the repair shop can't fix it, they can just buy a new one.
Zhao Ruyue hadn't come back yet, so Ning Shaoming turned around and went back to the kitchen to make another dessert.
He didn't expect that Zhao Ruyue could really see it.
Ning Shaoming finished making the dessert and when he came out of the kitchen, Zhao Ruyue had already returned.
Changing the fuse in the rice cooker.
After replacing it, I put the base back as it was, added some water into the rice cooker, turned on the power and tried it, and it was actually fixed.
Ning Shaoming looked around the repaired rice cooker in surprise and said, "You really know how to fix it! When did you learn it?"
When Zhao Ruyue heard his words, her heart skipped a beat.
She was just thinking that the rice cooker just had no electricity, and it was probably just a minor problem. She could just fix it and she wouldn't have to buy a new one. Of course, one should save money and spend money in life. If something can be done with one dollar, there's no need to spend a hundred.
When I was asked, I realized that I had never learned it before. I learned it by watching those repair videos on the Internet in my previous life.
Now that the work is done, there is no way to remedy it. I can only try hard not to reveal the truth and say in a very relaxed tone: "This is not difficult. I have seen others repair it before, and I can learn it at a glance."
Ning Shixia immediately stood up in front of her father: "See, see, I told you my mom will be able to do it right away! My mom is a genius at repairs!"
Zhao Ruyue was a little nervous at first, but when she heard her daughter speaking in such an exaggerated tone, she instantly relaxed and couldn't help laughing.
"If I were a genius, you would have moved to a big city, lived in a high-rise building, and gone to the Children's Palace every day to learn talents. Why would you still have to live in a bungalow in town with us?"
Unexpectedly, the son followed his daughter and said, "The teacher said that people like mom who only discovered they are particularly talented in a certain area after growing up are called late bloomers."
Ning Shixia nodded vigorously: "That's right, and I don't want to live in a high-rise building in a big city. Brother Saw lives in a very tall building. His parents are so busy that they are not home all day long. When they come home, they quarrel. He can only live with the nanny every day. I don't want to live with a nanny. I want to live with my parents and brother."
Zhao Ruyue also knew the Saw Brother that Ning Shixia mentioned. His name was Yao Ju. Ning Shixia thought that the "Ju" in Yao Ju meant "saw", so he called him Brother Saw.
He was a kid she and her brother met in the county town. He was a little older than Ning Shixia and was in the first grade of elementary school.
Ning Shiqiu had no idea what Ning Shixia said: "When did Saw tell you? I thought he was Huanhuan's neighbor."
Huanhuan is also a friend they met in the county town. She has the same surname as Zhao Ruyue. When she first found out, she felt that they were quite compatible. However, they just happened to have the same surname Zhao and were not related.
Ning Shixia said: "That's what he told me when he took me to the stationery store next door to buy lollipops on the day we went to play with them.
Brother Saw said he was Huanhuan's cousin and that his family had two houses, one in the county town, which was the house next to Huanhuan's house, and the other in the city. The house in the city was a very tall building with an elevator.
He also said that the building was like a big cage and he didn't like it. He preferred the one in the county town. Although the house in the county town didn't have an elevator and he had to climb stairs, he still felt that the house in the county town was better. He didn't even want to go back to the city to go to school. ”
"Saw is so pitiful... No wonder he always says he wants to transfer back to the county school." Ning Shiqiu still doesn't quite understand what it means to be able to afford a high-rise apartment with an elevator in the city.
Like his sister, he felt that not being able to see his parents every day was a very painful thing.
The nanny is not a member of your family, so why should you live with her?
The two children changed the topic of the repair and Ning Shaoming did not ask any more questions. Zhao Ruyue breathed a sigh of relief.
However, she relaxed too early.
In the evening, the two children went out to play and came back home, bringing someone back with them.
Zhao Ruyue was sitting at the doorstep to enjoy the cool air when she saw her daughter holding her mother's hand and walking towards the house.
I also heard my daughter loudly boasting to her grandmother: "Grandma, you must not know that my mother is now the most talented repairman in the universe!"
Zhao Ruyue covered her chest when she heard that, and suddenly felt like she was having a heart attack.
She could already imagine how her daughter would brag about herself in front of her friends.
What made her even more troubled was that her mother actually believed it and was asking her granddaughter, "Did your mother really fix your broken rice cooker?"
"Really? I promise it's more real than pearls!" Ning Shixia exaggerated seriously, "It took my mom less than a second to fix that rice cooker!"
"She was waving a stick with stars on it, and with a few swishes, she put the rice cooker together. When she put the last piece together, the rice cooker emitted a golden light, and with a series of sounds, the rice cooker was fixed!"
Zhao Ruyue heard that Ning Shixia even added music to the golden light special effects she mentioned, and she didn't know which cartoon she heard it from.
The grandparents and grandchildren chatted animatedly all the way to the yard.
Deng Ximei actually asked Zhao Ruyue: "Where is your repaired rice cooker? Take it out and let me see it. I remember that your rice cooker is the same as the one I use. I wonder if you can fix mine too. Mine has been broken for a while, and I have been using an iron pot to cook rice recently.
Rice cooked in an iron pot tastes good, but there will be rice crust at the bottom. It is just too troublesome to cook. It is not as convenient as an electric rice cooker. You have to keep an eye on the fire and control the heat, otherwise the rice will easily be burnt if you are not careful. I dare not be distracted to do other things for too long.
I took it to a repair shop a few days ago and asked about it. They said it would cost fifty dollars to fix it. My God, that's so expensive! I can add a little more money and buy a new rice cooker. ”
She thought that the rice cooker at home had been used for so many years, and it would be better to buy a new one instead of spending fifty yuan to repair it. However, she couldn't help feeling sad about spending so much money, so she kept putting it off.
Zhao Ruyue really didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Mom, you really believe what the child said?"
Deng Ximei knew, of course, that her granddaughter's description was a bit exaggerated, but the child was happy to say it and she was happy to hear it, so what was wrong with a little exaggeration?
Wouldn't it be fine if the rice cooker was just really repaired?
Zhao Ruyue: "Let your granddaughter take you to see it. Bring yours here tomorrow and I'll see if I can fix it. If it can't be fixed, don't blame me."
"That's great. I'll come over in the morning and help you wipe the tables and wash the dishes." Deng Ximei knew that Zhao Ruyue and her husband were very busy running the store every day.
Sometimes she was so busy that she didn't even have time to drink a sip of water, and she also wanted to come over and help.
But Ning Shaoming's parents didn't come, and no one knew what was wrong with the old couple. They didn't help at all.
Since none of them came, Deng Ximei always felt it was not good to come alone, for fear of gossip. She could only come occasionally, and did not dare to come too often, lest others say that Ning Shaoming was close to his father-in-law and mother-in-law and neglected his own parents, being unfilial.
Zhao Ruyue watched her mother search the rice cooker inside and out but couldn't figure out what was wrong. She had no idea what was broken and how it was fixed.
But I just wanted to look and touch it, and at the same time brag to my granddaughter. Then I looked up and saw that it was getting late, so I went home reluctantly.
Ning Shixia reluctantly saw her grandmother off before pulling her mother to give her a bath.
Usually after taking a shower, Ning Shixia would go straight back to her room to read her picture book. When she felt sleepy for a while, she would consciously climb into bed and go to sleep.
But tonight he was acting out of character and pulled Zhao Ruyue to insist that his mother accompany him.
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