Siheyuan Fortune Telling: Starting from a Buyer to Become an All-rounder

Chapter 162: False Happiness? Banggeng's natural acting skills.

"You were really irrational today. You bought cotton clothes for Dongxu's whole family. This whole set cost more than 200 yuan at one time. It's only been a few months. If you keep squandering like this, what are you going to do in the future?"

After a long silence, the deaf old lady sighed, then looked at Yi Zhonghai and spoke. Yi Zhonghai was also drawn over by the deaf old lady's voice.

Thinking back to what happened during the day, he felt a little regretful. During the day, Banggeng's family had dinner here in the morning. Because it snowed last night, everyone wore cotton clothes. However, Jia Dongxu's family obviously did not have enough cotton clothes. Except for Jia Zhang, Banggeng was the only one who wore slightly better clothes.

But Bang Geng was shivering from the cold from time to time, so Yi Zhonghai asked him why he was wearing so little. Unexpectedly, Bang Geng told Yi Zhonghai that these were all the cotton clothes he had at home.

At that time, Yi Zhonghai was about to say that he would give Qin Huairu money to buy him a cotton coat later, but Qin Huairu kept saying no, saying that she would buy it for him later. Yi Zhonghai thought it was okay, after all, it snowed last night and it was really cold. Maybe she was not prepared.

So he didn't think much about it, but when Jia Dongxu came home from get off work in the evening, he rested for a while and then came to Yi Zhonghai's house for dinner. Jia Dongxu found that his lips were also purple from the cold. Yi Zhonghai immediately asked if there were any cotton clothes at home?

"I don't know what happened, but my cotton clothes were all bitten by mice. I took them out to dry when winter was about to start, but I don't know what happened and they were all bitten. There are no more cotton clothes coupons at home, and there are not many cotton and cloth coupons left, so I thought that our family will make do with it. I will save the cloth and cotton coupons for you to add a little more cotton and cloth to your quilt. Banggeng is a young man now, and he is not afraid of the cold. It's okay, Master, don't worry."

As soon as Yi Zhonghai opened his mouth, Jia Dongxu told him about the situation at home, and also mentioned that he was reluctant to use the cotton and cloth coupons in order to prepare a quilt for him.

For a moment, Yi Zhonghai was so moved that he could hardly stop crying.

"Bang Geng, are you cold?"

Yi Zhonghai pulled Banggeng, who was sitting next to his wheelchair and eating with his leaning against him, and asked him if he was cold. Banggeng bit his upper and lower teeth and said, "No, I'm not cold." Yi Zhonghai looked up and found that Jia Dongxu was staring at Banggeng. He immediately became angry.

"Dongxu, is this how you act as a father? How could you do this? If you don't have money, just tell me. We are a family now. I can't bear it if you do this. Banggeng, don't look at your dad. Tell me, are you cold?"

In fact, Yi Zhonghai knew it without asking that it must be cold, but he still let Banggeng speak, as if he was educating Jia Dongxu. Jia Zhang was watching from the side, moving her lips but not saying anything.

"It's cold, but my mother said that young men can't complain about being cold. We have a fire with us."

Banggeng's face turned pale, as if he was afraid that Jia Dongxu would lose his temper, but he said in a humorous tone that he was cold. Upon hearing this, Yi Zhonghai liked Banggeng even more, and expressed his approval of Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu.

"You, what nonsense! It's okay. It won't be cold today. I'll give you some money later. You can give it to your mother and ask her to buy some cloth and cotton tomorrow to sew a cotton-padded jacket for you. Okay?

Huairu, I don't have any cloth coupons, but I still have some money. I'll give you thirty yuan later to buy cloth. The cloth on the market now is about thirty cents per foot, which should be enough for our family's cotton clothes and cotton. It's easy to buy it at a ready-made clothing store, but I don't have coupons, so I can only trouble you to sew it for me, Huairu."

Yi Zhonghai patted Banggeng's head, then looked at Qin Huairu and said to Qin Huairu.

"Grandpa, if my mom wants to sew clothes, my classmates all have sewing machines. Can you buy one for my mom, too?"

Hearing Banggeng's words, Yi Zhonghai was stunned for a moment.

"Bang Geng, what are you talking about with your grandpa? Come here quickly."

It seemed that Banggeng said something wrong, Qin Huairu immediately got angry and yelled at Banggeng to come over.

"Huai Ru, Bang Geng feels sorry for you too, right?"

Looking at Banggeng's pouting and aggrieved look, Yi Zhonghai thought of the repeated calls of "Grandpa" and felt like he was melting. He comforted Banggeng and said that he could buy a sewing machine for Qin Huairu, but Yi Zhonghai was not the kind of person who could easily take out money.

He told Jia Dongxu that there was no sewing plane ticket now, and when Jia Dongxu got one, he would pay for it.

"Grandpa, Dad has a plane ticket for sewing. I saw it the other day."

As a result, as soon as Yi Zhonghai finished speaking, Banggeng said that Jia Dongxu had a plane ticket for sewing. Yi Zhonghai was stunned for a moment, then looked at Jia Dongxu. Seeing that things had come to this point, Jia Dongxu touched his head awkwardly.

Then he told Yi Zhonghai that last time an employee in their workshop got a ticket for a Little Bee, but he got it by gambling and lost it, so he found him. He was not prepared to exchange it at that time, but the price was right and he also wanted to buy a sewing machine for Qin Huairu, so he exchanged it with him. Now that things had come to this, he said it.

Seeing this, Yi Zhonghai could only bear the pain. After dinner, he gave Qin Huairu the money for the sewing machine and the thirty yuan, a total of two hundred and ten yuan. At that time, immersed in this warmth, Yi Zhonghai didn't feel anything. The deaf old lady's dry cough had occurred several times and could not be stopped.

But thinking back on it, Yi Zhonghai felt extremely regretful.

"Alas, this is also an accident. Winter is coming, and Dongxu and his family care so much about me, I can't bear to let them suffer from the cold. This kind of thing doesn't happen often. I have a flexible mind, but I can't tell whether Dongxu and his family are sincere or not.

Even Lao Jia's wife didn't say much. If I had called her grandpa in the past, she would have killed me. But you saw the result. Now she just endured it and didn't get angry. In this kind of life, the real wine is what I planned and dreamed about before. Now even if I die like this, it's worth it. "

Yi Zhonghai didn’t know whether his thoughts were right or wrong, but he was now immersed in this happiness and didn’t want to extricate himself.

"You are just confused by the surface phenomenon. I, the old lady, have eaten more salt than you have eaten rice. I know very well what kind of character that girl Zhang is. The dog that bites doesn't bark. Now that she sees that you are rich, she will not object to anything you say. It is even possible that she taught you all this. As long as you spend all your money, you will be useless. I am afraid that by then, you will not even be able to eat a hot meal."

The deaf old lady's eyes were full of wisdom. She was certain that Jia Zhang would never compromise like this. Jia Zhang was so greedy that she would never be satisfied with just the monthly food expenses of the two of them. Therefore, the deaf old lady advised Yi Zhonghai to know the importance of money.

"Don't worry, I'm on guard. Jia Zhang can't make a scene in front of us. When the time is right, I'll let Dongxu take charge and just listen to me."

Yi Zhonghai's face darkened when he heard this, but then he said fiercely that if it really didn't work, he would teach Jia Dongxu to overthrow Jia Zhang's suppression. At that time, Jia Dongxu would be the master of the family. He knew that Jia Dongxu was a grateful and filial person, but he could teach Jia Dongxu not to be foolishly filial. At that time, Jia Zhang's power would be deprived and Jia Zhang would become a pig.

"Well, I don't have many years left to live anyway. You figure it out yourself. I'm leaving. Don't give so much money at once in the future. People will only become more greedy."

The deaf old lady left Yi Zhonghai's room, locked the door, glanced at Jia Dongxu's house opposite where the lights were turned off, and then went to the backyard. Neither the deaf old lady nor Yi Zhonghai knew that the lights on the opposite side were turned off, but Jia Dongxu was not at home. Although the black market is only open on Tuesdays and Fridays, today is Saturday, but it is the twelfth lunar month, and the market is basically open every night from early morning to dawn. Jia Dongxu's target is naturally the sewing plane ticket.

As for what Banggeng said before, they were all arranged by them last night. One has to admire Banggeng, his acting skills are natural and he doesn't even act like he is acting. However, although Yi Zhonghai's money has been obtained, a sewing machine has to be obtained because it will affect the follow-up. This is also a benefit that Jia Zhangshi gave to Qin Huairu. Everything was arranged clearly for Qin Huairu, and she would follow Jia Zhangshi's lead.

Jia Dongxu was happy to see that the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was good. Not having a fire in the backyard would be the biggest help to him, so he did not hesitate to take the risk and go to the black market.