roccoschili Chapter 130 Pay back the money
Chapter 130 Pay back the money
Sha Zhu rode his bicycle, having just left the alley and traveled less than 100 meters along Nanluoguxiang Street.
A middle-aged man walking towards them heard the sound of a bicycle and quickly looked up.
Seeing that it was Sha Zhu riding a bicycle, he hurriedly called out as he passed by, "Zhu Zi, stop for a moment."
Upon hearing his name called, Sha Zhu abruptly braked on his speeding bicycle.
The bicycle glided forward for seven or eight meters before coming to a stop.
He put his feet down and turned to look at the person who had called him. To his surprise, it was Uncle Liugen.
The weather isn't very good today. When I saw Brother Li off this morning, the sky was already a bit overcast.
The north wind was blowing at this time, and the cold weather seeped straight into our bodies with the gentle north wind.
Yesterday was sunny and bright, and there were crowds of people going out to play and buy New Year's goods.
This morning when I went out, there was no one at the entrance of the alley. Everyone was curled up at home and didn't go out. What is Uncle Liu doing now?
At this moment, Uncle Liugen walked over quickly, wearing a tattered cotton-padded coat, his hands tucked inside the coat, and his arms crossed over his chest.
He walked up to Sha Zhu's bicycle and said, "Zhu Zi, I was just about to look for you. It's so cold, where are you going?"
"What do you want? Is it to pay back the money? I'm not in a hurry, so why is Uncle Liugen more anxious than I am?"
"Uncle Liu Gen, I need to go to my master's house on Qianmen Street. Uncle Liu Gen, is there something you need?" Sha Zhu asked.
"I heard you set up a stall to sell steamed buns yesterday?"
The neighborhood committee confiscated all your belongings. It's almost the end of the year, and I'm worried you might need the money urgently.
I've recovered now, and it's not good to keep owing you money. I was just about to go to your house to pay you back.
As he spoke, Uncle Liu looked around a few times, and seeing that it was such cold weather and there was no one else around,
He reached into his pocket, pulled out a small paper packet, and prepared to open it and hand it to Sha Zhu.
Sha Zhu then realized why Uncle Liu Gen had come to repay the money at this time.
A while ago, as the weather got colder and colder, Sha Zhu was afraid that some of the families in courtyard number 95, who harbored good intentions,
There were no cases targeting Sha Zhu's family, and two other families who had just moved there wouldn't survive the winter.
They secretly followed several heads of households, rounding up the money they had borrowed from them.
He calculated a roughly approximate amount of money and projected it into their mind's eye as they passed by.
This way, the money from their family was returned to them, and Sha Zhu no longer felt guilty.
Of course, Uncle Liu also found money on his way home from get off work, when he happened to be walking alone.
The only difference was that the money found was twenty or thirty yuan more than the money stolen from his own home.
Sha Zhu was hiding in the distance at the time, and Uncle Liu Gen was really conflicted.
He stuffed the money he found into his pocket and stood there for more than half an hour.
I looked around the area where the money was picked up twice, but the person who lost it didn't come back.
It wasn't until I met a colleague who was going the same way that I went home with them, and I followed them home with a heavy heart.
When his colleagues asked him questions on the way, he kept saying he was waiting for someone, but he wouldn't say who.
As the two parted, the colleague muttered "crazy" under his breath.
Sha Zhu genuinely suspected that if he returned double the amount of money stolen from Uncle Liu Gen's house,
Would this honest man disregard his family's situation and hand over the money to the police?
Sha Zhu thought for a moment. Uncle Liu Gen's family wasn't short of money now, so he could take back the borrowed money.
It didn't affect his family much, so he just took it, took off his gloves, and counted it casually.
He said happily, "Uncle Liugen, why don't you go buy some clothes? Look how tattered your clothes are!"
I was just short of money myself, and I was thinking of going to my master's to ask for some money to buy New Year's goods, and you brought it over here.
Sha Zhu stuffed the money into his pocket, then suddenly said, "Uncle Liu Gen, how did you get money so quickly?"
Could it be that they were worried I'd lose money selling steamed buns, so they borrowed the money from someone else and are paying me back now?
"No, I said, Uncle Liugen, really, there's no need. My master's family is rich. I'll just go over there and we'll have the New Year over." As he spoke, Shazhu pretended to take out more money and hand it to Liugen.
Seeing this, Uncle Liugen hurriedly blocked him with both hands and said, "No, Zhuzi, it's really not. This money, this money, oh dear, I really don't need money right now. Don't ask anymore, I'm leaving first."
With that, Uncle Liu turned and left, afraid that Sha Zhu would chase after him. He turned into a small alley as he passed by.
Sha Zhu stared at Uncle Liu Gen's inscrutable expression until he disappeared from sight, then suddenly looked up and laughed.
Just as he was laughing happily, a snowflake landed on Sha Zhu's face, bringing a chill.
I opened my squinting eyes and saw tiny snowflakes falling densely from the sky. In the blink of an eye, they were on the ground.
A timely snowfall promises a bumper harvest; next year may be a season of abundance for the people.
The anti-bacterial warfare and blocking operations against the US and aiding Korea should have begun. The enemy would have cowered and dared not show their faces again.
Sha Zhu hurriedly put on his gloves and rode his bicycle into the distance.
Inside the seafood supplier's shop in Fengzeyuan, a shop assistant was haggling with Sha Zhu.
This seafood store not only supplies Fengzeyuan, but also picks up goods from major restaurants in Beijing.
In addition to various aquatic products from the lake, there are also some aquatic products from the sea, although the variety is not as great.
There were quite a few fish and shrimp in the river and lake, mostly frozen fish and shrimp, which had just been delivered recently.
It's the end of the year, and we specially stocked up on a lot of fish and shrimp to cater to the guests and restaurants. But today the weather suddenly changed, and there are very few guests.
“Zhu Zi, I really can’t give you these shrimp. They were ordered by Fengzeyuan. If you take less, I can find an excuse.”
It's impossible for you to take so much. You used to come here to pick up goods all the time.
You know what's going on; if the amount is too small, I can't keep working.
The waiter in the shop obviously knew Sha Zhu, and at this moment he was arguing with Sha Zhu in a heated exchange.
"Okay, okay, I'll take less, alright?" Sha Zhu sidled up to the waiter.
He said in a low voice, "I'll give you an extra dollar privately. You can decide how much you can give me, just weigh it all out for me."
The waiter's expression suddenly turned sour as he shook his head. "There's not a single one left. I risked a lot of trouble to get these two pounds."
"Pillar, please don't make things difficult for me. If it were summer, you could come and get it anytime, but in the dead of winter, even if I tried to exchange it at another store, they wouldn't have any in stock."
"Alright, alright, that'll do then," Sha Zhu said, having no other choice but to stop troubling the waiter since money was the only option.
I was planning to buy more lobsters and deliver some to the two chefs' homes, but it seems that's not an option. I'll just have to buy more fish and shrimp from the lake.
After purchasing the fish and shrimp you selected, say goodbye to the waiter.
Carrying my things, I went out of the store. The snow outside was falling heavier and heavier.
I gave up on the idea of going to my master's house and quickly rode my bicycle home.
If we don't hurry, we won't be able to ride our bicycles later.
It's not too late to visit my master's house tomorrow or the day after. Counting today, there are still three days until the Lunar New Year. I'll rest at home tomorrow and go on New Year's Eve.
Having made up his mind, Sha Zhu rode his bicycle home at breakneck speed through the heavy snow.
Park the bicycle at home.
The fish and shrimp I bought included two pounds of large lobsters, two pounds of small shrimp, and a grass carp.
He took out two small earthenware jars from his storage space, filled them with homemade milk powder, put them in a cloth bag, and carried them out of the house.