In Liu Guifang's view, an apology was just a matter of words. Su Qinghu did not insist on their mistakes and even offered to compensate her for the loss of her pomegranate tree. It was no different from pie falling from the sky.
Fifty-two yuan, even if I take five yuan to compensate Su Qinghu, there is nothing wrong with that.
But when Dadan mentioned foreign products, not only Liu Guifang but even the onlookers could not help but fall silent.
How much does this cost?
Nowadays, a round-neck men's shirt is only two yuan. Even if domestic children's coats are expensive, they are not much more expensive. But they are talking about foreign clothes...
Liu Guifang unconsciously retracted her outstretched hand, and her eyes looked at Su Qinghu with a bit of a wandering look. What if this dress cost more than fifty-two yuan, then she...
Su Qinghu also looked at Dadan in surprise. She had no impression of this dress.
Dadan didn't look at Su Qinghu or Liu Guifang, but at the half-grown girl beside Liu Guifang. "Aren't you going to say anything? I told you how much that dress cost."
In order to prevent her from treating the coat carelessly, he carefully explained to her the value of the coat.
Liu Guifang savored the meaning behind Dadan's words, and her heart beat faster. Could it be that it was really as she had guessed just now, that this dress cost more than fifty-two yuan!
The girl didn't say anything, but just lowered her head even more, and her hands at her sides were nervously scratching the seams of her pants.
Liu Guifang blocked Dadan's scrutiny and forced a smile. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have accused you of being a hooligan without asking clearly." After that, she patted her daughter and said, "Apologize."
The little girl still lowered her head and stammered an apology, "I'm sorry."
Seeing her daughter apologize, Liu Guifang quickly said, "I don't want this money either. Just consider it as compensation for your son's coat."
After saying that, he took the little girl's hand and left.
Su Qinghu: "Wait!"
Liu Guifang couldn't help but stop and looked back at Su Qinghu, but Su Qinghu didn't look at her. He only asked Dadan, "Do you want a coat or compensation?"
"The coat." Dadan chose the former without hesitation. He met Su Qinghu's beautiful eyes that were inquiring seriously, paused, and added, "Someone offered a hundred yuan to buy this coat before."
One hundred yuan!
The onlookers took a breath and the air became silent.
Liu Guifang turned around and slapped the little girl. "Don't you think about who you are? How dare you take someone's coat? One hundred yuan! Do you know how much one hundred yuan is? Do you know how much our family can afford with one hundred yuan? Do you know that your tuition and fees are almost due? Who do you think you are? Even a wealthy landlord can't waste money like you!"
Seeing her slapping the little girl again and again, Su Qinghu narrowed his eyes and suddenly looked at Erdan.
This is what the little guy meant by making indirect accusations and being sarcastic, right?
Erdan was originally watching Liu Guifang beating her daughter with great interest. When he noticed Su Qinghu looking at him, he grinned at her.
"This..." Su Qinghu thought about the names of married women in this era, and then said, "Sister-in-law, please stop hitting the child. I don't think you are hitting me in the face and losing my dignity."
Almost immediately, Liu Guifang stopped beating the child, and Erdan nearly coughed up his lungs from choking on his own saliva. Even the onlookers felt a momentary pain in their faces.
Su Qinghu raised her eyebrows imperceptibly, a smile on her red lips as she walked over to the little girl. "Come, tell...Auntie, where did you put Zhang Anyan's coat?"
After being beaten by her own mother and being stared at by so many people, the little girl's psychological defenses collapsed and she finally cried and told the truth.
The little girl had her first period, and her pants were stained with blood. Dadan couldn't stand the way a street scoundrel looked at a little girl, so he took off his coat and gave it to her. The girl thought she was going to die, and wanted to leave the world beautifully, so she exchanged Dadan's coat for a beautiful dress...
Later, Liu Guifang came to ask for an explanation.
Su Qinghu choked. She never expected this to be the reason. Liu Guifang didn't know whether she should continue fighting or not, so she had to grit her teeth and ask where her coat was.
"Don't ask." Su Qinghu stopped Liu Guifang, "This is like finding a bargain. Who can give it back to you after you get the treasure?"
Liu Guifang wanted to refute, but Su Qinghu raised his hand to stop her. "I'll still give you the money for the pomegranate tree. Ask your father-in-law to weave something for me. I don't want too much, just fifty yuan."
"Bamboo or rattan will do. I'll give you the pattern tomorrow at noon."
Liu Guifang breathed a sigh of relief. Bamboo and rattan were cheap, and both her husband and father-in-law knew how to weave them. Having saved several months' expenses, she felt strangely happy, as if she had earned something.
So he nodded readily.
Su Qinghu waved to Dadan to come in and get paper and pen, and simply wrote a document. After both parties signed, each got a copy, and then they left.
After entering the yard, Su Qinghu went into the kitchen to pour out the water from the cucumber strips, put them in the sunniest place in the yard to dry in the sun, and then went to check on the little tail behind him.
"What's the matter?" Su Qinghu asked without turning his head as he walked back to the kitchen to check the seasonings.
Erdan scratched his head. "Is she stupid? Why does she believe my brother's exact price for the coat?"
Su Qinghu took out a ceramic jar, opened the lid, and confirmed that it was made of sugar. Then he scooped a spoonful into the bowl and looked at him with a smile, "Go ask your brother."
Erdan turned around and looked at Dadan. Dadan pointed to the clean and tidy yard and said, "Think for yourself."
The tacit understanding between Su Qinghu and Dadan made Erdan feel excluded and lonely. He curled his lips and muttered, "If you don't want to tell me, then don't tell me. I don't want to know yet..."
"You must know." Dadan looked at him coldly, "If you still can't figure it out before the meal is ready, then don't eat the meat."
"Why are you like this? Are you still my brother? I almost risked my life for you just now!" Erdan was furious. "I always save all the delicious food for you. Have you forgotten?"
Dadan: "I haven't forgotten. But you have to think it through."
Su Qinghu did not get involved in the lawsuit between the two people. He just mixed the ingredients in the bowl. After mixing the bowl, he took the cucumber strips that had been dried to remove the moisture from the surface and put them into the large bowl, poured the seasoning on them, and then found another large bowl to turn it upside down on top.
When she turned around, the two men had stopped arguing and were just staring at her, or to be more precise, at the bowl behind her.
"What's wrong?"
Su Qinghu turned around to look at Haiwan, but didn't find anything unusual, so he turned back.
Dadan wanted to say something, but Erdan took the lead and jumped in front of Su Qinghu. While praising her for the delicious cucumber she mixed, he gestured behind him to tell his brother not to speak.
Su Qinghu is tall, 1.66 meters tall. Looking down at a child, what can't he see clearly?
She narrowed her eyes at Dadan, full of threat. Dadan pursed his lips and told the truth, "We don't have any tickets at home. Please cook for us."
Just a pickled cucumber strip. He saw she added a spoonful of sugar, ginger, garlic, vinegar and sesame oil...
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