Chapter 68
Is someone calling now?
Shi Xiaoai looked at the man moving things onto the tricycle outside.
"It should be a call from the army. I'll pick it up." Cheng Yang said, patting the dust on his hands and walking outside.
Because Xiao Ai had already discussed the future with him last night and understood his thoughts, so she didn't worry about anything. After packing up with Xiao Feng, she took her children to the stall together.
The business in the afternoon was naturally different from that in the morning and lunch, but more than forty baked buns and thirty stone buns were sold one after another.
In addition, a few days ago, Xiao Ai asked someone in the office to help put the electricity back on. Light bulbs were already inside, so it would not hinder their business even if it were dark outside.
Because there were few pancakes to bake at night, Xiaofeng didn't go back after coming over and stayed here to help.
With her here, Shi Xiaoai felt much more relaxed.
Because that person is restless, he doesn't need help from anyone else, such as rolling vegetables and pouring tea.
So Shi Xiaoai sat at the table, occasionally collecting money and playing with Mingrui and Mingxi most of the time.
When she went out a few days ago, she passed by a Xinhua Bookstore. She originally wanted to see if there were any suitable textbooks for enlightenment, but she couldn't find any books, so she found a pair of Go games instead.
The Go chess set was placed in the corner of the bookstore counter. I don't know how long it had been there and was covered with dust.
Shi Xiaoai bought it without hesitation.
She doesn't know how to play Go.
When she was a child, her parents sent her to a Go class for a few days, but her personality soon gave up, and she decided not to go.
In Shi Xiaoai's mind, how can it be as fun as boxing?
She didn't repurchase Go Now for practice but to teach her two children how to play backgammon. After all, following 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 to play with other children.
Shi Xiaoai also knew this was not good for the two children, but there was no other way for the time being.
She can only hope to wait until school starts in the second half of the year to send the two little ones to preschool together.
By then, they should be able to have many playmates of the same age.
At this moment, Mingrui and Mingxi sat at both ends of a small table, playing chess in front of a chessboard.
Shi Xiaoai glanced at it from time to time.
But she didn't need to look at her to know that Ming Xi was better.
The more Xiao Ai came into contact with her, the more she felt that Ming Xi was talented in mathematics.
The same thing; while Mingrui was still confused, she had already fully understood it.
She now gives the little girl extra daily food and teaches her some more things. Currently, Mingxi can calculate the multiplication of more than two digits in vertical form.
Shi Xiaoai even discovered that Mingxi was willing to do the vertical pose because she asked for it. She could calculate the result mentally.
She was worried she was incapable and would bury this tiny seed of genius. But Shi Xiaoai didn't have the opportunity to contact any professional talents.
Besides, based on the education she received, she still hopes to put happiness first and let the children grow up healthily.
As for further exploring Mingxi's potential, I am not in a hurry; look at it first.
While watching the two children playing chess, Shi Xiaoai would glance outside from time to time.
The main reason is that Cheng Yang has been out for too long.
Why do you have to answer phone calls for two hours? Nothing happened, right?
She wanted to visit the office but couldn't leave her two children to the busy Xiaofeng.
I can only sit here and worry and wait patiently.
Today, Cheng Yang kept waiting for her for a long time. It wasn't until they had closed the stall and shipped everything home that he returned in a weathered condition, looking like he had walked a lot.
"Where have you been?" Shi Xiaoai couldn't help but ask.
"Went to the chemical plant."
"Go to the chemical plant?" What were you going to the chemical plant for? Could it be that Xiaomei did something wrong at that time?
"Go to get the money." Cheng Yang explained.
Shi Xiaoai then remembered, right? Today is the fourth day, and it is already the time when the money has to be paid back.
This time, Xiaomei happily paid back the money.
No more trouble?
She didn't even believe it.
At this time, Wang Xiaofeng walked out of the house and said to them: "Sister, brother-in-law, I'm going back first, and I'll come back after dinner."
Shi Xiaoai agreed.
With no outsiders at home, Shi Xiaoai pulled Cheng Yang into the back room to listen to his details.
As soon as he entered the house, Cheng Yang took out an envelope from the pocket of his cotton-padded jacket. It was bulging, and it contained much money.
Shi Xiaoai took it and didn't count it but raised her eyebrows amusedly: "They agreed so easily? Why, I couldn't believe it!" Cheng Yang smiled lightly: "It's not that easy either. It's just that I can't speak well."
We learned from Cheng Yang's words that when he answered the phone, Shi Xiaomei came over with people from the chemical plant.
They went to the office first, probably because they wanted to go business-to-business, and both sides had a witness.
It happened that Cheng Yang was here, so Director Yu and the others stopped looking for Shi Xiaoai and immediately made room for them to discuss on their own.
Shi Xiaomei's suggestion was to repay them two hundred yuan first, and the union would guarantee the other four hundred yuan. She would personally send ten yuan to them every month.
The posture was clearly that the installments of future generations had been 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 Cheng Yang to reject it on the spot, shamelessly in front of the public.
Cheng Yang put it very simply - how your family provides the money is your family's own business.
Whether you borrow money from the factory or find other ways, it's all you have to deal with and has 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 monthly for the treatment of our children and other costs, so why should we agree to your payment method?
Cheng Yang's reasons are hard to refute, as they have produced proof of hospital charges.
So even the people from the chemical plant union who helped speak could not persuade him anymore and finally had to turn around and convince Shi Xiaomei again, asking her to think of another way.
Two people from the union discussed with Shi Xiaomei for a long time, and the final decision was that Shi Xiaomei wrote an IOU to the union, and the union guaranteed that she would borrow 400 yuan from the factory and return it to Cheng Yang.
After that, she would repay the money to the factory every month.
The union's daring to make this guarantee is not without barriers. Firstly, their family still lives in the factory's courtyard. Secondly, Shi Xiaomei and Shi Yunpeng still work in the chemical factory, so they do not fear defaulting on their debts.
It didn't matter how the people in the union trusted Shi Xiaomei. Anyway, he didn't trust this inexplicable woman.
After confirming that the union was willing to pay him back, he proposed going back with the people from the chemical plant to get the money to prevent long nights.
He wants the 600 yuan right away. As for the rest, they can discuss it on their own, which has nothing to do with them.
People in the chemical plant did not expect Cheng Yang to be so determined, but his request was not unreasonable.
What's more, he is a fighting hero.
So they didn't refuse and took Cheng Yang back to the chemical plant.
Ask for approval to raise money... It was already dark when Cheng Yang finally got the money.
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