Chapter 86 We have money!
After hearing what Shi Xiaoai said, Cheng Yang lowered his head and smiled: "Why wouldn't I believe in your abilities? I'm mainly worried that you might feel uncomfortable."
"I'm not feeling unwell."
Shi Xiaoai pinched her brows with her hands and sighed, "I'm not made of mud, how can I be so fragile? I really don't need to take this matter to heart.
There will be plenty of opportunities to make money later, so let's build the house first. A house is a big deal, and I really can't finish it if you're gone."
With Shi Xiaoai's words, Cheng Yang felt relieved, and in the days that followed he devoted most of his energy to various matters related to building the house.
Although Shi Xiaoai had said before not to let Cheng Yang do those physical work.
But building a house involves not only physical labor but also a lot of trivial matters.
All those miscellaneous things are really beyond the ability of Cheng Lin, that immature boy, to handle.
So for about ten days, the two brothers stayed at the construction site and spent much less time at the stall.
Wang Xiaofeng still went to the school gate to sell stone buns every day as they had agreed in advance.
But because the workers at home had to rush to finish the work during the day, and the yard was a mess with people coming in and out from time to time, the efficiency of making steamed buns was very low, so the amount that could be sold every day was very limited.
The combined revenue from the two places over the past ten days is not as much as the previous tea stall alone sold.
However, everyone had anticipated this when they started building the house. Neither Shi Xiaoai nor the others were anxious. Instead, the regular customers complained a lot because they often came late and couldn't buy anything.
Two weeks later, the project has reached the final stage. The house in the yard has been built and the kitchen has been successfully renovated.
All that was needed now was to use the stove to dry out the newly built houses and remove the moisture, then level the yard, and air the newly built stove in the kitchen for a few days, and the whole project would be completely completed.
By this time, it was almost time for Cheng Yang to start school.
"This is the bicycle ticket Brother Chen found for me. Don't go to the stall tomorrow afternoon. Let's go buy the bicycle."
That day, Xiao Ai had just returned home from closing her stall when Cheng Yang walked in excitedly and held a small white piece of paper in front of her.
Shi Xiaoai took it and took a look at it. She saw that the piece of paper was very simple, just a piece of white paper with the official seal of the department store on it, and the word "bicycle" was written on it.
That’s it?
She turned the piece of paper over and over for a long time, her eyes full of disgust.
She really couldn't believe that the thing that took so much effort for so many people to find was just such a small piece of paper.
Cheng Yangke didn't know what his wife was thinking, but he was very happy to get the bicycle ticket before leaving.
"I went to check it out earlier, and the red Phoenix car is still there. Let's go buy it back tomorrow."
"Don't worry, let's talk about it after a while." Shi Xiaoai was not as excited as he was.
"What's wrong?" Cheng Yang looked a little disappointed.
He thought for a moment and said, "Are you worried that our family doesn't have enough money? The five hundred yuan Kaikai's mother sent..."
"That's Kaikai's living expenses, you can't touch it." Shi Xiaoai interrupted him.
Some time ago, Huang Yunqiao sent a telegram asking the two children to call her back.
She asked about the details on the phone, and then agreed without hesitation to let the brothers stay here.
Cheng Yang was so angry that he felt that neither of the former couple was a good person!
Dasa is very good at playing and is not responsible towards the children at all!
When he came back, he kept complaining to Shi Xiaoai that he had been sulking for several days.
Cheng Yang’s idea was - as an older brother, I have no choice but to take my younger brothers in.
But as parents, you cannot shirk your responsibilities so decisively.
To be honest, Xiao Ai doesn't want to get involved in their family's troubles at all.
The two children came running over and she was helpless, but she was too lazy to follow Cheng Yang to evaluate the couple.
She didn't know him, so she couldn't comment.
But what they didn't expect was that a week later they received a remittance slip from Huang Yunqiao, which contained 500 yuan, saying it was half a year's living expenses for the two children.
The remittance instructions also specifically added that if Kaikai needs to pay fees for transferring schools, she will pay it separately at that time.
Holding the remittance slip, Cheng Yang didn't speak for a long time.
Shi Xiaoai didn't say anything after seeing this, but her evaluation of this person improved a lot.
After hearing what Shi Xiaoai said, Cheng Yang said unhappily, "They eat and drink our food, so what if I borrow it temporarily? It's not like they're not going to return it.
Didn't I tell you before that Qian Yingming is coming? He'll bring back my salary for the past two years. Even though my rank was low in those years, the various subsidies added up to nearly 2,000 yuan, so I'm not so far from being unable to afford a bicycle.
This time, building a house at home was a big project. Because Shi Xiaoai had high requirements, she felt that since it was just one construction, it would be best to do it right the first time, so the cost was higher than that of other families.
The entire project cost about 1,200 yuan.
This amount of money was already a huge expense in an era when the average salary was only a few dozen yuan.
When Cheng Yang came back, he gave Shi Xiaoai a total of more than 1,600 yuan, which was his salary for a year and a half.
The rest of the money was still in the old unit because of a temporary job transfer while on the front line, and the salary relationship had not been transferred in time, so it had not been withdrawn in time.
Some of the sixteen thousand yuan had been spent before, and the family had bought a lot of new things, so by the time the house was built, there was less than a thousand yuan left.
Shi Xiaoai has made some money recently, but she has been doing business seriously for less than a month. Even if she makes more money, how much can she make?
What's more, some of the money is tied up in inventory, and some working capital must be set aside.
So after completing this project, although the two of them were not short of money, they did not have much spare money.
Seeing that she was unwilling to buy a car, Cheng Yang thought she was worried about money.
But Shi Xiaoai actually wanted to buy him a men's bicycle. Knowing that he would definitely not agree if she told him, she decided to do it first and ask him later, and buy it when he was not at home.
So even if Cheng Yang tried to settle the score with her and told her that her family was not short of money, Shi Xiaoai still refused.
The man was very angry.
Cheng Yang took a deep breath and wanted to argue with Shi Xiaoai, but Cheng Lin suddenly pushed open the gate and rushed in from outside.
As soon as he entered the door, he began to shout: "Sister-in-law! Sister-in-law!"
The sound was so loud that the veins on Cheng Yang's forehead jumped.
"What are you yelling about? Who would think you're mute if you speak softly?!" He shouted to the outside.
The sound outside choked, but was followed by a burst of hurried footsteps.
Before Cheng Yang could scold his brother for being impulsive, Cheng Lin had already rushed into the house.
Without even looking at Cheng Yang, he said to Shi Xiaoai anxiously, "Sister-in-law, go check it out! Someone's setting up a tent in front of the hospital! It's exactly the same tent as ours, right across from our tea stall!"
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