Chapter 94 Aunt Shen, Canned Food
"Brother Scar, my friend doesn't like to show up. He wrote the price on a piece of paper. If you can accept it, he will find a place as the transaction location. When the time comes, we will exchange the money and the goods."
Scar Brother motioned him to take out the note, and Shen Shuyu handed him the prepared note.
Scar Brother saw that the price was a bit high, but he could make a lot of money by selling the food.
Scar Brother pretended to hesitate for a moment, "Brother Su, this price is too high. Can you talk to your friend and get a slightly lower price?"
In order to lower the price, Scar Brother began to take a sympathetic approach, "Brother Xiao Su, you also know that it is not easy for us to be in the black market.
In order to make a living, I have to live on the edge of a knife. The money I earn is only enough for my family to have a full stomach. If I didn’t have a bedridden mother and children who need to be fed, I really wouldn’t choose this path…”
He choked up and wiped the non-existent tears from the corners of his eyes. "I treat you as my own brother. I'm not afraid of you laughing at me if I tell you something. Last week I found out that my wife was secretly keeping another man outside without my knowledge.
She used my hard-earned money to support other men outside, Brother Xiao Su, I am so miserable..."
He slapped his thighs and beat his chest like an old lady in the village.
He has a scar on his face and sharp eyebrows and eyes. One can say that he looks scary. Now that this has happened, Shen Shuyu doesn't know how to describe it. Well, the style is quite funny.
Shen Shuyu was a heartless person, and no matter how pitiful he acted, she remained unmoved.
"Brother Scar, my friend said that this is the price. He spent a lot of effort to get this batch of grain. He won't sell it at a lower price."
Scar Brother: “…” He performed so hard, and this big brother didn’t even sympathize with him?
After a struggle between the two, Scar Brother accepted the price on the note.
The price of so much food was not low, and he could not come up with so much money in a short time. Scar Brother said, "Brother Su, I still need to raise such a large sum of money. Can you discuss with your friend and make the transaction in a week?"
"My friend has told me about this. As long as you can accept the price on the note, he can give you a few days to raise the money."
Scar Brother's trepidation was immediately relieved. If he was not given time to raise money, he really could not afford such a large batch of goods with the funds he had.
He couldn't eat it, but his colleagues could. If so much food fell into the hands of his colleagues, he would be so angry that he would vomit blood.
The transaction time was set, the deposit was paid, and Scar Brother personally sent Shen Shuyu out of the black market.
After leaving the black market, Shen Shuyu walked into an empty alley, entered the space and removed his disguise.
After I came out, I wandered around the county town for several times. I remembered what Gu Jiandong said about wanting to read comic books.
Shen Shuyu turned around and went to the scrap yard to find a few picture books, and bought a stack of newspapers before going back.
At the same time, Shen Xue came to the staff building of the textile factory and knocked on Shen Chunhua's door. She did not return home until it was almost dark.
When I went home, I was holding a can of food in my hand.
Seeing his daughter carrying canned food, Liu Pan looked happy and asked, "Daughter, where did you get the canned food?"
Shen Xue was very proud, "My aunt gave it to me."
Liu Pandi was a little bit unconvinced. Her elder sister-in-law who married and went to the city to enjoy a good life had become stingy. Every time she went back to her parents' home, she either came back empty-handed or took two eggs. She was reluctant to buy even a pound of meat to honor her parents-in-law. How could she possibly be willing to buy canned food for Xiaoxue?
"You went to your aunt's place? Your aunt, that stingy girl, was willing to give you a can of food?"
"Well, I missed my aunt, so I went to her house. She has always liked me, so giving me a can of food is nothing. She said she would come back tomorrow."
Liu Pan didn't care whether his sister-in-law came back or not. They had separated now and he wouldn't eat at her house.
She found it incredible that her daughter could actually take a can of food from her sister-in-law.
The girl said that the elder sister-in-law liked her, but Liu Pan didn't believe it. The elder sister-in-law didn't like girls, she only liked boys. Xiaoxue didn't even have a brother, so the elder sister-in-law despised her and had never looked at Xiaoxue in the eye before.
No one knows a daughter better than her mother. Liu Pan looked at her daughter suspiciously, "Xiaoxue, tell me the truth, what did you say to your aunt when you went to her place? Why did she give you the canned food?"
Shen Xue thought of what she had said to her aunt today, and a calculating look flashed in her eyes, "Oh, mother, what are you talking about? What can I talk to my aunt about? It's just a small talk.
I missed her, so I went to see her. After all, I am her niece, so it is only right that she gives me a can of food when she comes back."
She brought a bowl over, opened the can, and poured out half a bowl of canned water and a few pieces of fruit pulp.
"Mom, you've never eaten canned food, come and try it."
With canned food to eat, Liu Pandi didn't want to think about anything else. He picked up the bowl and drank a sip of canned water, smacking his lips, "Xiaoxue, this canned water is really delicious."
"Mom, eat a piece of the flesh. The flesh tastes better."
Liu Pandi was so happy that she thought, who said her daughter was useless? Look how filial she is to her mother.
The mother and daughter were in the house, and Zhang Cuicui and Li Caixia were whispering in the yard.
"I just passed by the door of the third room and heard Xiaoxue say that the eldest sister-in-law will be back tomorrow."
Li Caixia paused while sewing the soles of the shoes. "Why is she back here when it's not a holiday?"
"Who knows? I listened at the door for a while. Xiaoxue went to her place today and got a can of food when she came back. Now the mother and daughter are eating the canned food in the house."
"And a can? Tsk, that's really strange."
Zhang Cuicui also found it strange. Her elder sister-in-law married into the city and her life was much better than theirs in the countryside. Her husband's family was well-off, and her parents-in-law and husband were all workers.
Logically speaking, the mother's family should get some benefits, but their eldest sister-in-law is very stingy. Not to mention bringing gifts back to her mother's family, when they were thirsty in the county town and wanted to go in to ask for a drink of water, the eldest sister-in-law gave them a cold face.
Every time a Hui returns to her parents-in-law's home, she complains to them about how hard life is for her family, and tries to get money and food from them to bring back to her husband's home.
Fortunately, my mother-in-law was not a stupid person and she didn't give me any money or food.
"I don't know if she will come back empty-handed tomorrow."
"Why would you guess? She will definitely come back empty-handed. You know how stingy she is."
She understands how stingy she is to her younger brother and sister-in-law, and she is also very stingy to her own parents. After being married for so many years, she has never bought anything for the old couple when she came back.
It would be fine if her life was hard, but she was living the most comfortable life.
The two of them were mumbling to each other when Shen Xue passed by them with a half-empty can of food.
Liu Pandi chased after her, "Xiaoxue, where are you going?"
Her father was not at home, so Shen Xue didn't care what he said, "Jing Chen is tired from work, let him eat some canned food, it's good for his health."