Chapter 68 Go get the money
Is there someone calling right now?
Shi Xiaoai looked at the man outside who was moving things onto the tricycle.
"It should be a call from the army. I'll go take it." Cheng Yang said as he patted the dust off his hands and walked outside.
Because Xiao Ai had discussed his future with him last night and was clear about his thoughts, he was not worried at the moment. After packing up with Xiao Feng, he took the child to the stall.
The business in the afternoon is naturally not comparable to that in the morning and at noon, but we have sold more than 40 baked steamed buns and about 30 stone steamed buns.
In addition, a few days ago, Xiao Ai asked the people in the office to help pull an electric wire over, and there is already a light bulb inside, so even if it is dark outside, it will not hinder their business.
Because there were not many pancakes to be baked in the evening, Xiaofeng did not go back after coming here and stayed here to help.
With her around, Shi Xiaoai felt much more relaxed.
Because that person is a person who can't sit still, he doesn't need anyone's help in rolling dishes and pouring tea.
So Shi Xiaoai simply sat next to the table, occasionally collecting money and spending most of her time playing with Mingrui and Mingxi.
A few days ago, when she was out, she passed by a Xinhua Bookstore. She originally wanted to go in to see if there were any suitable enlightenment teaching materials. However, she didn't find any teaching materials but instead found a Go set.
The Go board was placed in the corner of the bookstore counter. I don’t know how long it had been there, and it was covered with dust.
Shi Xiaoai bought it without hesitation.
She is not very good at playing Go.
When she was a child, her parents sent her to a Go class for a few days, but because of her personality, she soon decided not to go.
In Shi Xiaoai's mind, how could Go be as fun as boxing?
She bought the Go board not for practice, but to teach the two children how to play Gobang. After all, with her, Mingxi and Mingrui were destined to be trapped in the house most of the time, and they had almost no chance to go out and play with other children.
Shi Xiaoai also knew that this was not good for the two children, but there was really no other way for the time being.
She could only hope to send both children to preschool together when school started in the second half of the year.
By then they should have many playmates of the same age.
At this moment, Mingrui and Mingxi were sitting at the two ends of a small table playing chess in front of a chessboard.
Shi Xiaoai glanced at it from time to time.
But she knew without even looking that Mingxi was definitely more skilled.
The more Xiao Ai interacted with Mingxi, the more impressed she was that he was extremely talented in mathematics.
While Mingrui was still confused about the same thing, she had already fully understood it.
She now gives the little girl extra lessons every day and teaches her more things. Mingxi can now use vertical form to calculate multiplication of numbers above two digits.
Xiao Ai even discovered that the reason why Mingxi was willing to do the vertical formula was because she asked her to do so. In fact, she could calculate the result by mental arithmetic.
She was worried that her own abilities would not be enough and that this little seed of genius would be buried. However, Shi Xiaoai did not have the opportunity to meet any professional talents.
Besides, with the education she received, she still hopes to put happiness first and let her children grow up healthily.
As for further exploring Mingxi's potential, there is no need to rush, let's wait and see.
While watching the two children playing chess, Shi Xiaoai would glance outside from time to time.
The main reason is that Cheng Yang was out for too long.
Why would someone take two hours to answer a phone call? Did something happen?
She wanted to go to the office, but she couldn't leave her two children with the busy Xiaofeng.
I can only sit here anxiously and wait patiently.
Today, Cheng Yang really made her wait for a long time. He didn't come back until they had closed their stall and shipped all the goods back home. He looked weathered and seemed to have walked a long way.
"Where have you been?" Shi Xiaoai couldn't help but ask.
"I went to the chemical plant."
"Go to the chemical plant?" What for? Could it be that Shi Xiaomei was up to something again?
"Go get the money." Cheng Yang explained.
Shi Xiaoai then remembered that today was the fourth day, and it was time to pay back the money.
This time, Xiaomei actually paid back the money happily?
No more trouble?
She was a little bit unconvinced.
At this time, Wang Xiaofeng came out of the house and said to them, "Sister, brother-in-law, I'm going back first. I'll come back after dinner."
Shi Xiaoai agreed.
Since there were no outsiders at home, Shi Xiaoai pulled Cheng Yang into the inner room to listen to his details.
As soon as he entered the house, Cheng Yang took out an envelope from his cotton-padded jacket pocket. The envelope was bulging and it was obvious that it contained a lot of money.
Shi Xiaoai took it and didn't count it. Instead, she raised her eyebrows and said with a smile: "They actually agreed so easily? Why do I feel a little bit unconvinced?"
Cheng Yang smiled faintly: "It's not that easy, it's just that I'm not good at talking."
From Cheng Yang's words, we learned that when he was answering the phone, Shi Xiaomei came over with the people from the chemical plant.
They went to the office first, probably because they wanted to have a public witness on both sides.
Cheng Yang happened to be there, so Director Yu and the others did not go looking for Shi Xiaoai anymore. They immediately made room for them to discuss it themselves.
Shi Xiaomei's suggestion was to pay them back two hundred yuan first, and the union would guarantee the remaining four hundred yuan, and she would personally deliver ten yuan every month.
It was obvious that the installment payments for future generations were moved here in advance.
Of course, she chose the interest-free one.
However, when Shi Xiaomei came up with this idea, she probably didn't expect that Cheng Yang would reject her on the spot so disrespectfully in front of the public.
Cheng Yang said it very simply - how your family pays the money is your own business.
Whether you borrow money from the factory or find other ways, these are things you need to deal with on your own and have nothing to do with us.
The medical expenses we have to pay are paid in one lump sum, and no one allows us to pay the child's treatment expenses and other expenses on a monthly basis, so why should we agree to your payment method?
Cheng Yang's reason was irrefutable. After all, they had produced proof of hospital billing.
Even the people from the chemical plant union who came to help speak up couldn't persuade her anymore, so they had to turn around and persuade Shi Xiaomei to think of another solution.
The two people from the union discussed with Shi Xiaomei for a long time, and finally decided that Shi Xiaomei would write a promissory note to the union, and the union would guarantee that she would borrow 400 yuan from the factory to repay Cheng Yang.
After that, she would pay the factory back every month.
The union's courage to provide this guarantee was not without its barriers. First, their family still lived in the factory's housing estate. Second, both Shi Xiaomei and Shi Yunpeng still worked at the chemical plant, so there was no need to worry about them refusing to pay back the debt.
Cheng Yang didn't care how the union members trusted Shi Xiaomei. He just didn't trust this inexplicable woman.
After confirming that the union was willing to pay her back, in order to avoid any further complications, he immediately proposed to go back with the people from the chemical plant to get the money.
He wanted the six hundred yuan immediately, and as for the rest, they could discuss it among themselves and it had nothing to do with him.
The people at the chemical plant didn't expect Cheng Yang to be so determined, but his demands were not unreasonable.
What's more, he is a war hero.
So they didn't refuse and took Cheng Yang back to the chemical plant.
Ask for approval to raise money... It was dark when Cheng Yang finally got the money.
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