Lin Dongzhe hung up the phone, paid the bill, and headed back. As soon as he got inside, he excitedly told Huang Ling, "Mom, I told Dad about Xiaoting's pregnancy! Dad is so happy. He said he's going to buy Xiaoting a mobile phone as a reward, and he's also going to buy pagers for me and Tu Nan!"
"Really? As long as you're happy, that's all that matters. Why buy a cell phone? They're so expensive, it's not worth it. You'd be better off buying more baby formula!"
Zhuang Xiaoting looked at Lin Dongzhe in disbelief and said, "Lin Dongzhe, tell me honestly, what exactly happened? Did you ask Dad for a mobile phone, or did he ask to buy one himself?"
Perhaps feeling guilty, Lin Dongzhe didn't dare to look Zhuang Xiaoting in the eye. He deliberately sat down next to Zhuang Tunan's hospital bed and said to Zhuang Tunan, "Brother, my dad said he's buying three pagers. One for you, one for me, and one for Pengfei. They're cheaper there!"
Zhuang Tunan smiled and said, "You're so thoughtful to buy three at once, or Uncle Lin is so thoughtful to give one to each of us!"
Lin Dongzhe said somewhat embarrassedly, "Brother, please don't be as aggressive as Xiaoting, okay?"
At this moment, Huang Ling said, "Alright! Let's stop talking and eat first. We can talk again after we finish eating!"
Meanwhile, Xiang Pengfei sped along, driving at his usual top speed. By the time he reached the neighboring city, it was already dark. He put all the pirated videotapes in the yard, poured gasoline on them, lit a match, and threw it on. Instantly, the yard was brightly lit, as if it were daytime, and billowing black smoke filled the air with a pungent stench.
Fortunately, the courtyard he rented was a bit remote, with only a few households. However, there were still some alert people who smelled the pungent plastic odor and looked around to see where the fire was, fearing that their own electrical wires might have caught fire.
Fortunately, Xiang Pengfei had poured gasoline on the fire, making it large and burning quickly. By the time someone followed the smell and found the place, there was very little left. However, someone was still worried and asked him, "Young man, what are you burning? It smells so strong!"
Xiang Pengfei hurriedly explained, "It's nothing, sir, just some trash and plastic. I saw it taking up space in the yard, so I burned it!"
"Oh, burning trash is fine, but we're warning you! If you do anything wrong, we'll call the police!"
"Don't worry, sir, it's not a bad thing!"
After Xiang Pengfei dismissed the villagers and saw that the fire was almost burned out, he extinguished it with water. After examining the ashes and finding no trace of the videotape, he felt relieved. He then found a loose patch of soil, dug a pit about one meter square, and pushed the ashes of the videotape into it to bury it.
By the time Xiang Pengfei finished everything, it was already past midnight. He drove back to Suzhou, but instead of returning to the alley, he went back to the transportation company.
Xiang Pengfei only slept for three or four hours at the company before getting up, finding a few workers, putting the security booth at the entrance on a large truck, and then driving the truck to the alley entrance himself.
When he entered the yard, it was already six or seven in the morning. He found Lin Dongzhe brushing his teeth in the yard. Xiaoting and her husband hadn't gone back yet.
Xiang Pengfei ignored Lin Dongzhe and went straight into the house, calling out, "Auntie!"
Hearing this, Huang Ling, who was cooking in the kitchen, came over from behind and said, "What's wrong, Pengfei? Have you been busy all night?"
"No, I slept at the company in the middle of the night!"
"Oh, why are you here so early? Aren't you going to sleep in?"
"Isn't it because I wanted to eat my aunt's breakfast?"
"Stop rambling on and on, what's the matter? Just tell me!"
"Didn't I agree with my brother Tu Nan to open a newsstand? I've brought the stand over. What do you think would be the best location for it?"
"Oh, the location isn't up to us. The factory committee has to decide where it is. We can't just occupy the road and operate a business without permission, right?"
"Okay, I'll go to the factory committee and the street office later and ask them to help me choose a good location, so that Brother Tu Nan can make money right at his doorstep!"
"That's great, thank you so much, Pengfei! Once your brother makes money, he'll definitely thank you properly!"
“Aunt, aren’t you being a bit too forward? We’re relatives, family. Besides, my brother injured his leg because of me. Isn’t it only right that I do these things?”
"Sigh, no matter how badly your brother Tu Nan injured his leg, you two are still cousins. Helping each other out is a sign of friendship. Friendship is priceless, and family ties are even more so, so I still thank you!"
"Aunt, look at you, you're being too polite. I'll go and put the kiosk by the roadside right now. After we finish eating, I'll go to the factory committee to discuss where to put the newsstand!"
"good!"
Xiang Pengfei turned and walked away, wanting to find someone to rest his booth. But as soon as he stepped out of the alley, he found a lot of people surrounding his truck, trying to unload his security booth.
Seeing that things were getting out of hand, Xiang Pengfei quickly said, "What are you doing? This is my pavilion, what do you want to do?"
Xiang Pengfei's words silenced everyone.
At this moment, Wu Shanshan, who was directing the unloading of the pavilion, became impatient and hurriedly asked Xiang Pengfei, "Xiang Pengfei, what are you doing?"
Xiang Pengfei was somewhat bewildered by the question and immediately said, "What do I want to do? This is my pavilion, what right do you have to dismantle it?"
"Your booth? Pshaw! This is clearly our kindergarten's security booth, which we just bought. How did it become yours?"
"This is a gazebo I just brought from our company. What do you mean by yours?"
“We arranged with the manufacturer yesterday, and it was delivered first thing this morning. Isn’t it our product?”
"Please, this is my transport company's vehicle. Why should we deliver pavilions to you?"
Just then, another truck drove up from a distance, bringing with it an identical security booth.
As soon as Wu Shanshan saw the approaching vehicle, she knew she had made a mistake and quickly smiled at Xiang Pengfei, saying, "I'm sorry, Pengfei! Our kindergarten is opening today, and we were just missing this security booth, so I was a little impatient. I'm so sorry!"
"It's alright, they're all neighbors!"
"By the way, our kindergarten put up a security booth for the children's safety. What are you doing with a security booth?"
"This isn't a security booth, it's a newsstand, selling newspapers and magazines!"
"Really? That's great, it's all about serving the people, that's wonderful!"
After speaking, Wu Shanshan was about to direct people to unload the newly arrived security booth.
Xiang Pengfei suddenly seemed to remember something, and called out to Wu Shanshan, "Sister Shanshan!"
Wu Shanshan turned her head and asked Pengfei with a smile, "What's wrong, Pengfei? Is there something else?"
Xiang Pengfei said somewhat embarrassedly, "I see you have a lot of workers dismantling the pavilion, and I was worried about not having enough help! Could I borrow your workers to help carry it down?"
Perhaps feeling guilty about the misunderstanding earlier, and also because they were all neighbors, Wu Shanshan felt embarrassed to refuse, so she said, "Okay, it's alright, I'll have them help you. We're all neighbors, everyone needs someone's help!"
"Thank you, Sister Shanshan!"
"Don't mention it, you can come to our kindergarten when you have children!"
Xiang Pengfei chuckled sheepishly and said, "I'm still a long way from having children! But Xiaoting is pregnant, and their child will definitely be in kindergarten in a couple of years!"
"Really? That's great! Xiaoting is having a baby? I have to go congratulate her, after all, we grew up together."
"I don't think you're here to offer congratulations; you're probably out trying to attract customers!"
"They're all the same, they're all the same!"
While they were talking, the kindergarten's security booth had already been removed, and Wu Shanshan busied herself calling on her workers to remove the security booth for Xiang Pengfei as well.
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