Pie in the sky
Jian Jianan was in a very good mood. She originally thought that her good mood could last until she returned home on the weekend, but she did not expect that her brother Jian Jiabei would come to visit her on Thursday.
Jian Jianan came back from dinner. There was still about half an hour before the evening self-study class started. Usually at this time, students would chat and rest in the classroom, or take a walk on the campus. In any case, they would not devote themselves to studying so early.
Therefore, when Jian Jianan was blocked by his brother at the door of his classroom that night, he felt very strange.
"Brother!" Jian Jianan was very surprised when he saw Jian Jiabei for the first time, "Why are you here?"
You know, after Jian Jiabei entered high school, his thoughts became more and more difficult to guess. He always had a stern face and kept a distance from Jian Jianan on campus. The two siblings would not meet each other easily. Now that this rare guest came to visit, how could Jian Jianan not be surprised?
Facing his sister's enthusiastic teasing, Jian Jiabei didn't intend to respond. He asked directly, "Do you want to go home with me tomorrow?"
Jian Jianan: "Go home? Go home to what? Aren't we on holiday on the weekend? We can't go back tomorrow!"
Jian Jiabei: "Don't worry about that. I'm just asking if you want to go home tomorrow. I have a basketball game this weekend at the city gymnasium. I can tell the coach that I want to go home a night early to rest up. The coach will definitely agree."
Jian Jianan was puzzled: "But brother, why did you come home a night early?"
Why are you in such a hurry to go home on Friday night? It’s clearly early the next morning when school is supposed to be over. Can’t you just go home then?
But Jian Jiabei seemed to be determined as if he had eaten a weight, and he showed no intention of changing his mind in the face of his sister's questions.
"I'm always worried that without us knowing, Mom and Dad will have another fight like last weekend. I've been on edge all week. If I didn't have to live in school every day and couldn't go out without a valid reason, I would have to go home to check on them."
Jian Jiabei worriedly said to his sister, "I'm really worried about this. I dream about it every day. A few days ago, I dreamed that this quarrel became the fuse that caused a big fight between my parents. From then on, our family has never been peaceful. Mom and Dad quarreled day and night, and in the end, they were even going to get divorced!"
Jian Jiabei finally found a relative to whom he could confide, and he quickly expressed his true thoughts with all his heart.
"I dreamed yesterday that my parents decided to divorce. They sat on opposite sides of our living room. Dad held me in his arms, and Mom hugged you. They asked us both, if they separated, who would we live with?"
Jian Jiabei's face was filled with shock, and it seemed that recalling this incident was also very difficult for him.
Another thing he didn't say was that although he asked for the opinions of both his parents, what they actually wanted most was their younger sister Jian Jianan, and both of them wanted to fight for the custody of Jian Jianan!
I am just a cabbage, wilting in the field, and no one cares about me!
The more Jian Jiabei spoke, the more scared he became. He felt that his nightmare could easily become a reality, and he couldn't help but worry more.
After he finished speaking, he looked at his sister and said, "Nannan, this is what I dreamed about. But they say dreams are a secondary shadow of reality. Do you think there is any theoretical basis for the things I dreamed about?"
Jian Jianan nodded thoughtfully: "There is such a saying, and what you said makes sense, brother." One thing Jian Jianan didn't say was that dreams are the product of people's subjective consciousness. It is possible that Jian Jiabei is thinking too much, so he has the same dream. It does not necessarily mean that the dream will become a sign of reality.
Jian Jiabei clenched his fist and said, "Really? You also agree to go back tomorrow night?"
Jian Jianan nodded, "Since you are so worried about the situation at home, let's go home tomorrow night!"
She changed the subject, "But then we won't be able to notify the driver to pick us up. After all, we have to hide it from Mom and Dad and conduct a surprise inspection."
Jian Jiabei didn't care. "Hey! Why do we need a driver? We can just take a ride home by ourselves!"
That was the deal. After the last class on Friday and a few hours before evening self-study began, Jian Jiabei came to see his sister on time as agreed.
He helped his sister carry her schoolbag, and the brother and sister went home with light luggage, taking advantage of the loopholes in the school rules.
Jian Jiabei had a stern face all the way, as if he was thinking hard about some major event in the world. When they entered the community gate, Jian Jianan still felt in his heart that his brother was really worrying too much this time and was making a big deal out of nothing. Dad and Mom were only alone at home for five days, so what could possibly happen? They had been living like this for so many years and they had quarreled before.
But the moment Jian Jianan stepped into their building, she suddenly had a strange feeling, as if her brother had really come true this time!
When the brother and sister went upstairs, they felt as if they had entered a bustling supermarket. Along the way, there were people wearing some kind of store uniform going up and down, carrying something in their hands.
The object being carried is heavy, and it usually requires four or five people to move it together. The space in the corridor is limited, and if they make room for those people walking up and down, there will naturally be no room for the brother and sister.
These people blocked the brother and sister's way home, causing their journey, which usually took only three minutes, to double in length, now taking a full five or six minutes.
When Jian Jianan dodged to the side, he clearly saw words like "refrigerator" on the outer packaging boxes of the heavy objects these people were carrying.
The next box carried on the porter's shoulders had the words "TV" written on it.
Along the way, Jian Jiabei watched this lively scene, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets in surprise.
He was completely bewildered. "Sister, did we go to the wrong building? Why is it so different from usual? If I hadn't seen the familiar couplets on the first floor, I would have thought we had accidentally walked into some home appliance store!"
When they moved into their new home in Donghu Liyuan, Jian Jiabei, led by his parents, went to the furniture store with his sister to buy furniture for the house. The atmosphere at that time was similar to the present, very lively and bustling, and he still remembers it vividly.
Her brother's excited voice rang in Jian Jianan's ears, "How could something like this happen after just a few days of not being home? Sister, could it be that one of the neighbors is moving to a new house? Who do you think it is?"
If Jian Jiabei wasn't so upset and instead paid attention to his sister's expression, he would know that this matter was a bit serious and beyond his expectations. Jian Jianan was not in the same good mood as he was at the moment.
Jian Jianan murmured to himself: "Why do I feel that they are all heading towards our house when they come in and out this time..."
Jian Jiabei didn't hear clearly what his sister was saying, but soon, he didn't need to hear clearly, because at this moment, the two of them had already walked to the door of the house, and were stunned by the scene in front of them.
What is... happening?
I saw that the door of my house was open, and many people in uniform were constantly coming in and out. When I looked closely, these people looked quite familiar. Aren’t they the people I just met in the corridor?
They placed large cardboard boxes with different names on them in their homes, then got up and went out to carry new ones in.
Just when the brother and sister were so surprised that they didn't know what to do and thought they had walked into the wrong house, a familiar voice sounded and finally rescued them.
"Hey, Boss Jian, I'll put these things here first. It may be a bit messy, sorry." This was a stranger who seemed to be the leader of the group of porters.
"Okay, okay, just leave it there. It doesn't matter if it's a little messy. My children and my wife won't be back today, so I'll move somewhere else tomorrow." The brother and sister were very familiar with this voice. It was their father Jian Yangping!
Jian Yangping walked towards the door with someone, "Okay, then I'll take you there. Take care, take care. You've worked hard today!"
"dad!"
“Dad!”
When Jian Yangping sent the people to the door, he heard two voices behind him. He looked carefully and found that they were his two children who were studying at school. Why did they come home now?
But no matter what, he was still very surprised to see the child.
"Nannan! Beibei! Why did you two come back today? You didn't even tell me you were going home so I could have asked Lao Fang to pick you up!"
Jian Jiabei explained to his father, "I have a competition the day after tomorrow. My coach told me to come back today and have a good rest. I don't need to be so tired the day after tomorrow. The school is not far from home. My sister and I can just take a ride back. It won't be tiring."
After greeting his father, Jian Jianan no longer participated in the parent-child communication. Instead, he turned around and went to the cardboard boxes, bending down to read the words written on them.
"Caifeng refrigerator, manufactured by XX Factory in Guangdong Province."
"Rice color TV, manufactured by XX Factory in Shaanxi Province."
The small living room is actually occupied by these electrical appliances. If I hadn't changed the layout of the house and moved the sofas and other things to the sides, I would have barely made some space to put these large items.
"Dad! What are these things? Where did you get them?"
Seeing that his daughter seemed very interested, Jian Yangping hurried over to her and introduced it to her.
"These are the goods that Dad got from his partners. They are all good stuff."
From the actions of the porters and the words on the outside of the cartons, Jian Jianan judged that these were different types of household appliances, including refrigerators, electric fans, and color TVs.
She still has these appliances at home, having just bought them two years ago. She just doesn't know why these things appeared in her home. And judging from her father's reaction, it seems that they are closely related to this matter, and he may even be the instigator of this matter.
Things turned out just as Jian Jianan had expected.
Jian Yangping had no intention of hiding anything: "Nannan, do you still remember your Uncle Guan? It was when the Nanbei Restaurant first opened that we bought two black and white TVs from him to put in the restaurant, and we also bought a few other things for our own home."
Jian Jianan nodded, indicating that he remembered.
Jian Yangping continued, "Just remember, these goods were all given to me by your Uncle Guan. After graduating from elementary school, your Uncle Guan started working. Later, he felt that working for others wasn't a job he could sustain long-term, so he simply went out on his own."
"After the policy of reform and opening up was introduced, the home appliance market has been growing, and people's demand for various home appliances has also increased. Many people have had the foresight to target this market. Your Uncle Guan is one of them. He was very foresighted and bought home appliances from other places at low prices and then sold them at a higher price. Although his prices were high, he didn't need coupons, so his sales were not bad. The home appliances that our family bought from him that time were those that didn't require coupons."
Jian Jianan listened to his father rambling on for a long time and couldn't help but interrupt him: "Dad, you haven't told me where these big things that appear in our house now came from. We shouldn't need to buy home appliances from him anymore, right?"
The home appliances in the new house were bought two years ago. They look very new now and don’t look like they need to be replaced at all.
Jian Yangping: "Oh, haven't I told you about these things at home? It was your Uncle Guan who came to me and told me about the way to make a fortune. He told me that these home appliances were damaged by water on the way from Hong Kong to Shenzhen. Their factory bought them at a low price, took them apart, repaired them and made them into new ones. Even though they were completely scrapped after being soaked in water, they are now as good as new after being repaired."
"Look at these color TVs. Take this refrigerator, for example. When he bought it, it was only a little over 130 yuan, but now a brand new refrigerator can be sold for over 500 yuan. That's a profit that has doubled instantly!"
Jian Jianan was not as happy as her father when she heard this. She frowned. This was indeed a way to make money. It sounded good. The profit was so high that it was even higher than the profit of the catering industry represented by their Nanbei Restaurant.
But this also brings problems.
"But why would Uncle Guan tell Dad about this way of making money?"
Jian Jianan was right in asking the question. They were not related, nor were they close friends. If he remembered correctly, Guan Shan and Jian Yangping had only had a few meals together. Even if there was really a way to make money, how could Guan Shan tell Jian Yangping and be so open about it?
"Your uncle Guan originally wanted to go this route alone, but he had limited funds and couldn't handle it all by himself, so he wanted to bring me in. I'll invest a little money and work with him, and we'll split the profits in half."
Jian Jianan thought about it carefully and found that the logic of this statement was correct. For example, when Su Qinxuan wanted to open Jinhuiju in other cities in Guangdong Province, he also found people to invest capital or technology, and then everyone would divide the money earned according to their agreed shares.
It makes sense if Guan Shan wanted to get Jian Yangping to join him in the home appliance business because he didn't have enough money.
However, when Jian Jianan thought of Guan Shan's pointed and mean face, he had a bad feeling in his heart. He always felt that based on Guan Shan's personality, he would not be the kind of person who would kindly help others make money and give others a share of the profits.
Instead, he will plot against you behind your back, cheating and deceiving you. In short, Guan Shan's reputation is not very good, and I don't know why my father believed it.
While Jian Jianan was pondering this, Jian Yangping had already started to talk. "Don't worry, Nanbeibeibei, this is a good business that's guaranteed to make money! If Guanshan wasn't short of money right now, how could I have come with him to take advantage of this opportunity and share a piece of the pie?"
Jian Yangping chuckled, his tone full of the smugness of having gotten a great deal. "You two didn't see it at the time. Guan Shan was so hesitant when he came to me, and he didn't want to tell me the news. If I hadn't pressed him repeatedly, he would have definitely gritted his teeth and borrowed money from others to hold on a little longer."
Jian Jiabei was very excited. "If that's the case, Dad, you're not going to make a fortune, are you? The cost of 130 yuan plus the 30 yuan repair fee is only 150 yuan. 150 yuan can be sold for over 500 yuan. Isn't that a huge profit?"
Jian Yangping waved his hand modestly, "How could I possibly do that? I don't want to sell it for the price of a brand new one. After all, it was soaked in water and repaired. I'll mark that clearly when the time comes, and then give it a few dozen yuan off. A profit of two hundred yuan would be good."
Jian Jiabei exclaimed, "That's a lot of money, there's a lot of profit to be made here. Dad, you're such a business genius. Should we tell Mom about this so she can be happy too?"
Jian Yangping immediately stopped his son's action, "This hasn't been done yet. Don't tell your mother yet. Wait until I sell all of these. Your mother has something to do this week. She's going to meetings across the country to check out new store locations. She won't be back until tomorrow night. Don't tell her yet. Remember to keep it a secret for Dad!"
Jian Jiabei readily agreed: "Okay, no problem, leave it to me, don't worry, Dad!"
The father and son were in high spirits here, but the expression on Jian Jianan's face was not as happy as theirs.
Jian Yangping noticed his daughter's expression and asked curiously, "What's wrong, Nannan? Do you think there's something wrong here?"
Jian Jianan looked around, focusing on the nearly ten appliances of all sizes that filled the living room. He raised his head and asked his father, "Is this your first business venture?"
Jian Yangping nodded. "That's right. After all, Guan Shan and I haven't worked together on anything else before, and I was a little worried, so I only took these ten home appliances to test the waters and see how they work. If the results are good, I'll continue to order from him."
It has to be said that after resigning from the factory and going into business, Jian Yangping made great progress in the five or six years of hard work. Even amidst the ecstasy of having a piece of cake, he still retained his rationality.
He did not listen to Guan Shan's instigation and take all the items back at once. Instead, he only ordered about ten home appliances from him to test the waters and continue the cooperation if the results were good.
Jian Jianan nodded: "So that's how it is. Dad, you just said that these appliances were not repaired after being soaked in water. What if they were not repaired?"
As Jian Jianan spoke, she wanted to open the sealed cartons and check the condition of the home appliances inside, but the outer cardboard was extremely tightly sealed, and without a handy tool, she really couldn't open it for a while.
Seeing that his daughter seemed to be about to open each box and inspect the goods one by one, Jian Yangping immediately called her to stop her, "Hey, Nannan, don't be so impatient. Why are you already doing it before I even finish my words?"
Jian Yangping turned around and picked up something from the ground. "Uncle Guanshan packed these goods after repairing them, so I couldn't open them one by one to inspect them. But he gave me other samples. Look, this TV in my hand is a water-damaged one that has been repaired and looks brand new. All the functions are working, just like a brand new one."
No matter how much Guan Shan talked about it, Jian Yangping was still cautious. He would not spend a penny before seeing the real thing.
Little did he know that Guan Shan also understood his little thoughts. Although the goods that had been soaked in water had been repaired and packed and could not be unpacked, Guan Shan immediately took out a newly repaired TV from the side and showed it to Jian Yangping for inspection.
He made a firm promise, "Brother Jian, I'm telling you, I can guarantee that this is the finished product after being repaired after being soaked in water. The goods in the carton you receive will be exactly the same as these. Don't you still trust my character? Don't worry!"
Jian Yangping carefully looked at the sample Guan Shan gave him and saw that the outer shell of the TV indeed had signs of being soaked in water. It was definitely a parallel import product. After plugging it in, he tried the functions of the TV. The image was clear without any snow or flickering black screen. The effect was no different from a new one.
Very good, Guan Shan did not fool himself with bad things, he is an honest businessman!
Jian Yangping patted Guan Shan's shoulder on the spot, calling him brother, praising him as a loyal brother, and said that as the eldest brother, he should not be left behind.
"...So, what you see now is the quantity I bought from him on the spot."
Seeing that his daughter still looked worried, Jian Yangping simply told her the whole story. However, his daughter's bitter face did not relax at all. Her son Jian Jiabei was imagining that his father would make a lot of money and take him to contract the entire convenience store. His daughter Jian Jiabei was still very worried.
"Dad, how much did you spend on these things? I estimate it was around two thousand?" Jian Jianan asked his father with blinking eyes.
Jian Yangping was very generous: "How can it be so few? These are all good things. There are at least three thousand in here!"
Jian Jianan couldn't help but feel despair. My silly dad, why are you so happy about having more money? What if someone cheats you? Wouldn't the three thousand yuan you invested be wasted?
When Jian Jiabei heard that it was three thousand yuan, he was shocked. "Oh my God? How can there be so much money? Where did you get all this money from, Dad? Does Mom know about this?"
Jian Yangping sighed, "Your mother is busy out there, so of course she doesn't know about this. I haven't told her either. I plan to wait until the deal is settled and I make some money before I tell her. This three thousand yuan is my personal savings from the past few years!"
When Jian Jiabei heard the word "private money", he was so excited that he said, "What? Dad, you even took out your private money! Wow, you really are fighting a desperate battle!"
Jian Yangping rolled his eyes at his son: "That's not true. I'm finally trying to build my own big business. Remember to keep it a secret for me, don't tell everything when Mom asks!"
Jian Jiabei surrendered: "Don't worry, I will definitely keep it a secret from you! When all these are sold and a large sum of money comes in, you can tell mom about it. It will definitely impress people!"
When Jian Yangping heard his son say this, he immediately burst into laughter.
Seeing the happy faces of the father and son, Jian Jianan felt embarrassed to continue to maintain his bitter face and spoil their fun, so he forced a smile and said, "Then I'd like to wish Dad a lot of wealth and make a lot of money soon!"
But although Jian Jianan said this, he still had some doubts in his heart. According to what his father said, he wanted to partner with Guan Shan to start a small business of reselling home appliances.
He provided the money and Guanshan provided the goods, and the two of them became partners.
The ten home appliances now displayed in his home are the maximum quantity that Jian Yangping can buy now. He will transport these ten home appliances back home and start looking for buyers tomorrow. After selling these ten, he will use the first batch of funds to buy back more small home appliances and continue to resell them. If it works, he will also bring Su Qinxuan in to do this business together.
But will things really go so smoothly?
Jian Jianan slept with deep worry, and when she woke up the next morning, she still hadn't changed her mind at all. It's hard to think optimistically, but it's really impossible to think positively. She didn't know what kind of magic potion Guan Shan had fed her father, so that he didn't even discuss it with his family and spent three thousand yuan to buy this bunch of so-called water-soluble small appliances without blinking an eye.
When Jian Jianan walked out of the room to have breakfast in the living room, she passed by the crowded living room again. She looked at the neatly stacked sealed boxes and thought of what her father said yesterday.
"Nannan, be careful. These have been repaired and packed neatly. Don't take them apart easily, otherwise they won't be able to be restored."
I always feel like something is wrong.
So when his father was getting ready to go out today, Jian Jianan strongly requested that he take him with him.
Jian Yangping was a little embarrassed. "But Dad is going out to discuss serious matters today, not to go out for fun. It's a bit inconvenient to bring you along. Dad is going out today to inspect your uncle Guan's home appliance repair shop. That place is dusty, and there are roaring machines and dazzling electric lights everywhere. Dad is afraid that you might get hurt by accident."
But Jian Jianan insisted on going.
"I'll be careful, don't worry, Dad. I'm not a child anymore. If something goes wrong, can't I just avoid it?"
So, in the end, Jian Jianan followed his father to the repair shop in Guanshan.
Today, Jian Jianan was finally able to follow his father to check out this repair shop that he had heard of for a long time but had never seen in person.
Jian Yangping drove himself that day and took his two curious children to the factory with the words "Guan's Repair Factory" written on it. As soon as Jian Jianan got out of the car, he looked around carefully. He saw that although this was a repair factory, it was not large in scale. The most brilliant thing was the five golden signs outside the factory.
The venue was only a few hundred square meters in size and was in a mess. The ground was littered with scattered parts, pitch black and extremely dirty. If it weren't for their father, Jian Jianan and his brother would not have wanted to come here to take a look.
As soon as Jian Yangping got out of the car, a foreman-like man came up to greet him. He shook Jian Yangping's hand very enthusiastically. In Jian Jianan's opinion, this enthusiasm was even to the point of being humble.
"Boss Jian, Boss Jian, you're here! Why didn't you tell me beforehand when you came? I could have sent someone to pick you up at the door!"
Jian Yangping waved his hand nonchalantly: "Hey, why do you need to be so delicate? I can come here by myself. I'm already a grown-up and don't need anyone to greet me."
After saying the above, Jian Yangping turned to Jian Jianan and Jian Jiabei, "I'm not the only one here today. I brought my son and daughter with me. They insisted on coming with me. I had no choice. I hope I didn't disturb you."
Jian Yangping had already said everything, so what else could the man say? He could only say with a wry smile, "It's okay, it's okay. Don't bother me, don't bother me."
Jian Yangping introduced to his children, "This is the old director of Guan's Repair Factory. You can just call him Uncle Li."
After Jian Jianan greeted Uncle Li in front of him, he entered the factory under his guidance. Only after he actually entered did Jian Jianan feel that the noise inside was even louder than what he heard outside.
The sizzling sound of machine cutting, the clanging sounds of various hammering, and the flashes of lightning all show how lively the maintenance scene is here.
Jian Yangping was talking to Uncle Li over there, and Jian Jianan could vaguely hear voices coming from that direction.
"Hey, Old Li, how many years have you rented this place?"
Lao Li replied, "It's been about three or four years. Boss Guan recruited all of us workers one by one. We are all good at maintenance. Boss Guan is generous and pays us this much every month, so we all followed him to work here."
While listening to Lao Li's answer, Jian Jianan carefully observed the surrounding environment, especially the hands of several maintenance workers who were busy working.
They do have a few thick calluses on their hands, but these days, which working people don’t have calluses on their hands?
Jian Jianan didn't pay too much attention to these maintenance workers. She separated from them immediately and looked around.
Refrigerators, electric fans, televisions, washing machines, all the household appliances you can name that are available on the market in this era are all available in this small factory, but they are all disassembled into pieces and not in a complete package.
Seeing Jian Jianan's gaze, Old Li took the initiative to introduce them: "These are the water soaking machines that our boss Guan found outside. Because they were broken when he bought them, they were very cheap. After he bought them, he gave them to us to repair, and then sold them at a high price."
Jian Jianan was very curious: "So, Uncle Li, your craftsmanship is very good. Otherwise, how could you repair it after it was soaked so badly?"
Old Li felt awkward for a moment, but he quickly adjusted himself. "No, no, practice makes perfect. We've spent most of our lives doing this job, so of course we're much better than normal people."
Jian Jianan seemed to be lost in thought. Not far from her, there happened to be a half-assembled color TV. Out of curiosity, she wanted to touch it.
Unexpectedly, the maintenance worker wearing big black sunglasses and doing something unknown next to her made much more noise than her and immediately stood up nervously. Old Li's reaction was particularly strong. He quickly took two steps at a time to stop Jian Jianan's actions.
"Hey little girl, please don't touch me!"
His movements were so large that if Jian Jiabei had not quickly pulled his sister, Jian Jianan would have been nearly hit by Lao Li.
Jian Yangping was very unhappy: "Old Li, what's wrong with you today? Even if your boss Guan was here, he wouldn't be so stingy. It's almost assembled, so what if my daughter touches it? She just wants to feel it, right?"
Old Li smiled and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I was just anxious at the time. This TV already cost a hundred yuan before it was repaired, and it's doubled after it was repaired. If it gets bumped or broken, it will all be paid for by us, the hard-earned money. I was just anxious at the time."
After he finished speaking to Jian Yangping, he turned to Jian Jianan, his eyes full of concern, and he looked very embarrassed: "I'm sorry, little girl, I didn't touch you, are you feeling unwell?"
Jian Jianan shook his head and said very reasonably, "I'm fine."
Old Li was worried and whispered in her ear, "That's good, that's good. It's too noisy here. Otherwise, little girl, you should go play outside with your brother."
Jian Jianan glanced at him and did not refuse. He followed his brother outside.
Jian Yangping had other plans today and just dropped by the factory. He felt bad about this unpleasant incident, so a few minutes later he made an excuse to leave and went home with his two children.
Today's lunch was also eaten at home. Jian Yangping planned to buy more good ingredients and make a sumptuous dinner in the evening to reward his lover Su Qinxuan who was working hard outside.
"Your mother has been away for several days. She finally came back today. I must make her a delicious meal. Dad will cook here. You two just stay home, okay?"
"Dad has arranged for someone to come and move the appliances. They'll be here soon. Make sure you clean it up before your mom comes home and don't let her find out!"
Her brother, Jian Jiabei, was very keenly aware of his sister's silence since her return. She was not at all like her usual cheerful and talkative self, so he asked, "What's wrong with you? Why are you a little unhappy?"
Seeing that his sister didn't answer, he continued to ask, "What's wrong, Nannan? Are you worried about something? Or was there something wrong with that factory just now?"
Dad Jian Yangping was cooking in the kitchen. He also heard the conversation between the brother and sister at this time and immediately burst out laughing: "Nannan, you are still thinking about those electrical appliances. Oh, don't worry, we have checked them, there is really no problem with them!"
After hearing these words, Jian Jianan seemed to have finally made up her mind and resolved to speak out her heart. She pointed to the boxes worth three thousand yuan and said, "Dad, do you believe it? If we open these boxes and plug in all the appliances inside, we will find that they are all broken."
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