Chapter 187: 187 is going further and further down the path of courting death.
After listening to Qin Xiaoxiao's childish speech, Qin Aiguo and the other bigwigs fell silent.
If this weren't my own granddaughter, I would have given her a good whack.
Qin Aiguo took a deep breath and looked at his old buddies with an apologetic expression. "I haven't been around to discipline the child since she was little. Don't mind me, I'll deal with her later."
Qin Xiaoxiao blinked, puzzled.
What did she say? Why did her grandfather want to punish her?
Qin Aiguo couldn't bear to look at her and ignored her, chatting with a group of old friends. However, everyone tacitly avoided mentioning helping Qin Xiaoxiao find a job.
When the big shots arrived at the house, Qin Xiaoxiao went to the kitchen with great care, and pushed Old Mrs. Qin and Ma Dahua out of the kitchen. After closing the door, she prepared to show off her skills and leave a deep impression on the big shots. Therefore, when they looked at the dishes on the table at dinner that night, the big shots fell silent again.
No wonder he's the captain; even if he retired and stayed in the countryside, he'd still be doing better than them.
Braised pork belly, steamed fish, sweet and sour pork ribs, stir-fried pork slices, sweet and sour pork, chicken stew with mushrooms, pork belly, potato and green bean stew, home-style eggplant, stir-fried eggs with wood ear mushrooms, cold seaweed salad, sweet and sour ginkgo nuts, tomato and egg soup. The staple food was rice, dumpling soup, and small corn cakes. The corn cakes were taken by Qin Xiaoxiao from her space and were much sweeter than the corn cakes available now. They were specially prepared for restaurants.
Eleven dishes and one soup filled the entire table, and Qin Aiguo's face immediately darkened.
This spendthrift child, is he tired of living?
Qin Aiguo took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed his anger.
Alright, we're all old comrades, let them eat. At worst, we'll deduct it from our granddaughter's meals.
"Eat up, it's getting late. Let's leave early after we finish eating, the roads are slippery in the dark and the village roads are hard to walk on."
Qin Aiguo picked up a piece of food with his chopsticks and, as if venting something, shoved it fiercely into his mouth.
Grandma Qin closed her eyes and remained silent, letting out a long sigh.
Granddaughter, it's not that Grandma doesn't want to save you, it's just that you're too reckless. You're going further and further down the path of self-destruction, so I'm pulling you back.
The meal concluded in silence, and the bigwigs all fled as if they were escaping, without even looking back.
Qin Xiaoxiao looked puzzled.
Was it because her cooking was bad? Or was there too little food, and it didn't meet the standards of the big shots?
As soon as Qin Xiaoxiao closed the door and turned around, she saw her dear grandfather rushing towards her with a stick in his hand.
A look of confusion flashed in Qin Xiaoxiao's eyes, and she quickly darted to the side. "Master, what are you doing? Let's talk this out. No player violence involved. You'll lose me if you keep acting like this."
"Pah, so what if it's gone? You little brat, what else do you have that I'm reluctant to part with? Come here, and I'll give you a discount if you run another errand."
"No, if I stop, my leg will really break."
"Stop right there, or I'll tell you to run."
Qin Aiguo chased after them with a stick in his hand, while Qin Xiaoxiao led the way in running ahead. The Qin family once again witnessed chaos and a love-hate relationship.
Half an hour later, Qin Xiaoxiao, panting heavily, covered her bottom and cried in Qin's old lady's arms.
"Grandma, my grandpa doesn't love me anymore. Am I not your granddaughter? How could he hit me like this? Waaah! My dear dad, my grandpa is going to beat me to death. Why aren't you coming to save your eldest daughter?"
Dad, your daughter is so pitiful, sob sob sob…
Grandma Qin looked annoyed and rolled her eyes at Qin Xiaoxiao.
"You're just asking for trouble. You deserve to get beaten by your grandfather."
Qin Xiaoxiao looked up at Old Madam Qin with great indignation and resentment, "What did I do wrong? You have to give an explanation for hitting someone, right? This is not how you bully people."
Grandma Qin rolled her eyes at Qin Xiaoxiao and said in a low voice, "Your grandfather and the others have all lived through hard times. Every year when they come over for a meal, there are only two or three dishes, and meat is rarely served."
They came to see your grandfather not just for a meal, but also to reconnect and reminisce about the days when they fought side by side together.
Can't our family afford this? No, we can afford it. I wouldn't dare say more, but one or two meals a day are no problem.
But your grandfather never let us do too much, partly to avoid suspicion.
They're all big shots; if they eat too well at their house, it would make people suspicious of Qin Aiguo's motives.
In addition, they also have discipline; there are standards for eating out. Qin Xiaoxiao served twelve dishes right away, which made everyone suspicious.
Fortunately, these people were all on their side, and they all knew that Qin Xiaoxiao knew nothing about what was going on here. Otherwise, they would have left long ago and would have stayed for dinner!
Qin Xiaoxiao was dumbfounded after hearing this.
Damn! I tried to flatter him but ended up making a fool of myself.
Qin Xiaoxiao was severely beaten and returned to the educated youth compound in dejection.
That evening, Qin Xiaoxiao's door was knocked on again.
Qin Xiaoxiao opened the door and looked at Su Lu, who was grinning foolishly outside. She gave him a smile that looked more like a grimace.
Su Lu immediately stopped smiling. "What's wrong? Who bullied you? Tell me, and I'll get revenge for you."
Qin Xiaoxiao pouted and said in a wronged tone, "My grandpa."
Go avenge me, I'm waiting.
Su Lu's fierce expression vanished, replaced by normalcy. He feigned ignorance and said, "Ah, don't cry. Look what good stuff I brought you. I guarantee you'll be happy."
Seeing Qin Xiaoxiao standing motionless at the door, Su Lu forced his way into the room, threw the bag he was carrying onto the kang (a heated brick bed), and began taking things out one by one.
"This is a Dacron shirt, these are the latest style of cotton-padded leather shoes, and this red wool coat was brought from Shanghai by someone I asked. It just arrived today. These cotton-padded shoes are super warm. If you don't like wearing them outside, you can wear them at home. Don't wear them when it snows, they get wet easily and you have to dry them in the sun. If you don't dry them properly, they'll burn."
And this, I finally managed to scrape together the money to buy this watch. It even has diamonds on it. I heard these things are incredibly expensive. Foreigners love to have them set in rings, and they usually wear a pair. I'll get you one sometime too.”
Su Lu happily showed Qin Xiaoxiao the spoils he had painstakingly acquired over the past three days. The first few items were fine, but the last watch surprised Qin Xiaoxiao.
She didn't know much about watches, but even with her poor eyesight, she could tell the value of this watch. If she wasn't mistaken, it was worth at least four hundred.
With a blush, Su Lu stuffed the watch into Qin Xiaoxiao's hand, then quickly picked it up, grabbed Qin Xiaoxiao's wrist, and solemnly put it on her wrist.
Taking advantage of this moment, Qin Xiaoxiao used her mental energy to rummage through her space and finally found more than a dozen watches of the same brand as this one.
Upon closer inspection, wow!
It's an internationally renowned brand; even a single piece from it would cost tens of thousands in later generations, none of them were cheap.
Qin Xiaoxiao silently put the dozen or so watches in her space together and marked them.
We'll distribute them to the children later. If they're ever unable to afford food, we can sell them and they'll live for another ten or eight years.
After putting the watch away, Qin Xiaoxiao looked at Su Lu with a complicated expression.
"Why did you buy such an expensive watch? Didn't I tell you to just buy a bicycle?"
What a waste! I have so many watches in my storage space, why would I spend this money?
Four hundred yuan today would be equivalent to more than 100,000 yuan in later generations, right?
186 is blocked, everyone please don't worry.
I'll write chapter 188 in a bit, and I should be able to post it around noon.
(End of this chapter)
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