"Lend me your bicycle. Your sister-in-law and I are going to the city."
Xu Yan didn't hesitate and explained his purpose right away.
Xu An didn't expect Xu Yan to be so direct, which made it difficult for him to refuse. He smiled and said, "Oh, I thought it was something else. But this bicycle is not mine. I rented it in the city. The rear seat is about to break. Maybe it's not too..."
Before he finished speaking, Xu Yan walked over and shook the bicycle, and indeed a few pieces of rust fell off. This action made Xu An feel distressed, and he quickly said: "Brother, please be gentle. If you shake it a little, you will be fined."
Without even raising his eyelids, Xu Yan said, "It's okay. If you come back with one less dollar, I'll compensate you. I'm leaving now."
As he spoke, he stepped over the bike with his long legs and got on it. He put a piece of his clothes on the big bar in front and was about to pick up Tang Yiyi and put her on the bar. Then, Zhang Guangyun's voice sounded behind him.
"Hey, Xu Yan, are you guys going into town? It's just right that you brought back two pounds of meat for Second Aunt, so I can save myself a trip."
It costs another dime to take the bus back and forth!
I can use their car, so I have to give them some money. Then I don’t have to pay them for the meat.
Tang Yiyi saw that she had no intention of giving him money, so she smiled and said, "Auntie, one catty of pork is 0.79 yuan, and two catties is 1.58 yuan. Give me two yuan, and I will give you the rest when I come back. You know that Xu Yan and I don't have any money on us, so we really don't have the money to cover your expenses.
Auntie, you understand us, right?"
It is obvious that one of them does not want to pay and the other does not want to indulge her.
Zhang Guangyun didn't expect Tang Yiyi to react so quickly, and he cursed in his heart.
But after hearing this, his old face turned red and he smiled awkwardly: "Oh, of course I understand, you see I'm old, have you forgotten?
I'll get it for you right away. Anzi just gave it to me today. You see, it's a ten-yuan allowance a month. I send five yuan home every month, and I brought it back this month. It's just enough to buy meat.
An Zi is still the best. He can earn so much money and still care about his family. He is such a good man."
Tang Yiyi: What a big word.
If this can be said to mean that your son is a good man, then are all other good men dead?
Besides, isn’t it his responsibility to give money to the family?
But I still gave him a few words of praise, because it was his fault for using someone else’s car!
"Yes, good man, I will definitely find you a good daughter-in-law in the future, but Second Aunt, you'd better take the money first, it will be dark if you wait any longer."
Zhang Guangyun was a little overwhelmed by the flattery, but Tang Yiyi poured a basin of cold water on him.
But he still happily took out a dollar and sixty cents and said generously: "Here you go, 1.6, and you don't have to pay the remaining two cents. It's just for running errands for us."
Compared with my daughter-in-law, these two cents are a drop in the bucket. It's not money at all. I just give it to her.
Tang Yiyi took the money and put it in his pocket. He ignored Zhang Guangyun's painful expression and grinned, "Auntie, you are quite nice. So generous that you even gave me two cents for running errands!"
"Then I'll listen to Second Aunt and accept it."
Zhang Guangyun thought that Tang Yiyi would not accept it. After all, he was an educated youth from the city. How could he care about these two cents? But when he heard Tang Yiyi say that he would accept it, the expression on his face fell.
He is an educated youth from the city, and he won’t let go of even these two cents!
No longer able to see the two of them, he turned to Xu An and said, "Look, their whole family is like this. It's true. They are like family. They want every penny. They are just too poor to care about their lives."
"Look at her, she's still sitting on the big bar in front. How shameless! What other woman is as shameless as her? It's embarrassing!"
"Liu Xiaofeng is really something. She doesn't care about discipline at all. If people see this, won't they gossip about it? Even we will be implicated."
He went back to the kitchen cursing and continued cooking.
Xu An stared at the direction where the two people disappeared. He didn't know why, but when he saw Tang Yiyi today, he always felt that her eyebrows and eyes were somewhat familiar, but he couldn't think of where he had seen her.
Unexpectedly, he turned around and entered the kitchen. Looking at the cabbage stewed with potatoes, he had no appetite at all. However, he couldn't stand his hunger, so he forced himself to eat a bowl of rice.
Thinking that I would have meat to eat in the evening, I felt a little comforted.
As soon as he left the village, Tang Yiyi burst into laughter.
"Brother Yan, did you see that? Your second aunt's face turned green."
Xu Yan smiled and said, "Yeah."
"She even wanted us to advance the money. I don't know what she's thinking. When the meat comes back, she'll say we used the bicycles and then find an excuse to pay less.
I won't spoil her. If she tries to take advantage of me, she'll never get rich in her next life."
"Not only did we not let her take advantage of us, we also charged her two cents for her errands. It's not much, but it's better than having to pay for it ourselves."
Tang Yiyi was talking happily in front, and Xu Yan was laughing all the way. It felt like she was making a fuss and he was laughing.
Along the way, Tang Yiyi said whatever he thought of, and Xu Yan always responded. When they arrived in the city, it was almost two o'clock, and the two went directly to the supply and marketing cooperative.
There were very few people in the supply and marketing cooperative in the afternoon, and there was no one at all today. There was only a teller leaning on the counter, who stood up when he saw someone coming in.
He asked with a smile what the two needed.
These tellers have requirements and will smile at the right customers.
Tang Yiyi was in a good mood today and didn't care about these things. He was only thinking about his 28-bar bicycle, so he said, "Do you have a Phoenix brand 28-bar bicycle? Give me one."
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