It’s the original owner’s fault!
Su Chen sighed inwardly.
It seems that the original owner's fall when returning home late at night really left a shadow on the elderly and children.
He secretly reminded himself to come back earlier next time so that they wouldn't worry.
While he was eating noodles, Honghong brought a chair over without saying a word, and kept patting his shoulders and back with her little hands. Then she thoughtfully brought hot water to wash his feet.
Su Chen was struggling at first, but the little girl insisted, so she had to give in to her.
This child is so sensible that it makes people feel distressed.
He sighed, and then he heard Liu Chunhua exclaim, "Hey, Ah Chen, this bag is full of abalone?"
Turning his head, Su Chen nodded when he saw that they were the ones forced upon him by Boss Zhang.
"I helped someone solve a problem, so I had to give it to him."
"So many?" Liu Chunhua put down the bag and opened another one. "Squid this big, each one must be five or six yuan, right?"
Old man Su took a puff of his water pipe and secretly felt disgusted.
This is almost as big as a wash basin, and you can buy it for five or six yuan? You have no sense.
Liu Chunhua opened six bags in a row, and when she opened the last one, she found red mushrooms. She was delighted: "I'm thinking of stewing chicken for the New Year's Eve dinner. I'll put some red mushrooms in it later. It will be delicious."
Su Chen had finished eating all the noodles by now. Seeing two eggs at the bottom of the bowl, he called Honghong over and stuffed one into her mouth. Then he ate the other one in one bite and finally opened the briefcase on the table.
In fact, Old Man Su and Liu Chunhua saw this leather bag as soon as they came back. It looked quite expensive, but considering that Su Chen had spent a lot of money on buying clothes and shoes for them these days, it was nothing if the child just bought a leather bag for himself to show off.
Just watching Su Chen slowly unzip the bag, the two of them couldn't help but look at the bag.
After unzipping the bag, Su Chen took a peek inside and quickly took out some loose change. He counted it and found twenty bills. He handed them to Liu Chunhua, "Mom, take this money. The New Year is coming soon. I'm probably going to be a bit busy these days. I don't know if I'll have time to buy New Year's goods. If I don't have time, you guys will have to come."
Liu Chunhua opened her mouth wide and covered it in shock.
"Hey, Ah Chen, this, so much money?"
She couldn't help but ask again, "Ah Chen, you're not going to rob money, are you?"
Old Man Su banged his pipe against the leg of a stool. "What nonsense are you talking about, old woman? Who would spend so many years wandering around?"
"Besides, is Ah Chen that kind of person?"
"I'm not..." Liu Chunhua felt guilty, "I'm a little uneasy."
"Mom, if you're not at ease, I'll pay for it..."
Liu Chunhua had just said half of her words when she immediately hugged the money tightly in her arms.
"Don't worry, don't worry, Mom is relieved. Oh, our Ah Chen is so promising. It's only been a few days, and he has earned so much money."
As she spoke, Liu Chunhua secretly glanced into the purse a few more times.
Su Chen explained: "I want to use this money to see if I can buy a house in the city."
Old man Su paused while rolling the tobacco.
"You want to buy a house in the city?"
Su Chen nodded.
He originally thought of renting a house in the city after the New Year. He also asked his grandma and found out that a house on Chunming Street only costs 15 yuan a month, which he can definitely afford.
But plans cannot keep up with changes.
Who would have thought that I would meet a Boss Zhang who gave me more than 20,000 yuan in one go.
You have this much money and still rent a house, you must be crazy.
Thinking of this, Su Chen explained, "Dad, I know a friend in the city who is quite familiar with Cuicheng. I'll ask him to help me find out. If there is a good house, we can buy it. Since we are in the city, it will be more convenient for the children to go to school."
Old Man Su puffed on his water pipe and nodded slowly: "Then I'll listen to you."
Liu Chunhua muttered a few words, and then Old Man Su glared at her: "What? Do you have any objections?"
"No, no, no, what I mean is that there are a lot of beautiful girls in the city, definitely better than the women in our country. Ah Chen, I will definitely check carefully for you and find you one who can take care of the family. What do you think?"
Su Chen laughed awkwardly: "Hehe~"
Then he stood up and said, "Honghong, let's go to bed."
"This child..." Liu Chunhua stomped her feet when she saw this.
Old Man Su said in disgust: "Just shut up! I don't know why Ah Chen has become better? How long has Ah Hua been gone and you're already making trouble? Where's your brain?"
"Achen is only thirty, and he has five children at home. How can he survive without a woman?"
"You're not?"
"You old man, are you deliberately provoking me?"
The two of them were arguing quietly, and as they were arguing, they heard a gentle knock on the door.
Liu Chunhua and Old Man Su paused. Old Man Su winked at Liu Chunhua, who coughed lightly, "Who is it?"
"Mom, it's me, Chunjiao."
When Liu Chunhua heard this, her eyes were no longer eyes and her nose was no longer a nose.
He lowered his voice and said to Old Man Su, "These shallow-sighted people accused us of being partial when we split up the family business. Now you know what Ah Chen is capable of, right? They come to our house eagerly. Hey, you're still embarrassed to come at this late hour."
Old Man Su ignored her, put down his hookah and stood up.
Seeing him trying to open the door, Liu Chunhua grabbed him and said, "What are you doing, old man? Do you dare to open the door?"
Old Man Su glared at her unhappily.
"They haven't come over in a few years. Maybe there's something urgent. What if something happened to the child?"
Liu Chunhua snorted: "If something happens, it happens. What does it have to do with you and me? We have no contact with each other since we died."
Having said that, she still let go of Old Man Su's hand.
The bolt was pulled open, and Old Man Su immediately saw Lin Chunjiao with red eyes. He looked behind him and shuddered: "Ah Jiao, didn't Ah Mao come with you?"
Liu Chunhua also noticed it and immediately cursed: "You unlucky star, did something happen to Amao? It was you who whispered in Amao's ear before to let Amao separate from us, and now you are trying to harm Amao... No, what happened to our Amao? Tell me!"
Her voice was so loud that not only Su Chen inside heard it, but someone next door was also woken up and the lights came on.
Su Chen put on his sweater again and came out. He saw his sister-in-law Lin Chunjiao sniffing, with a hint of embarrassment on her face. She endured it and shook her head while speaking hoarsely: "Mom and Dad, I, I'm looking for my little brother."
"Sister-in-law, come in and talk."
When Lin Chunjiao saw him, tears immediately fell from her eyes.
"Ah Chen, please help my sister-in-law and A Liang. A Liang went into the mountains with others to hunt wild boars today, and he hasn't come back yet. Your eldest brother and A De went to look for him, but they haven't come back either. I, I...I wonder if something happened to them?"
"What?!" Liu Chunhua was stunned, and then she started cursing, "You asked Aliang to hunt wild boars? Don't you know how fierce wild boars are? You idiot..."
"Okay!" Old Man Su roared.
Only then did Liu Chunhua glance at Lin Chunjiao listlessly and said nothing.
Su Chen looked at Old Man Su: "Dad, do you have Aliang's horoscope?"
"Yes, yes, yes, I'll get it for you."
Liu Chunhua ran into the house in a hurry and accidentally bumped into a bench. She rushed in without even rubbing it and quickly came out with a piece of red paper.
"Ah Chen, our family's horoscope is all above, take a look."
Su Chen had already poured a bowl of hot water for Lin Chunjiao and urged her to drink some. He took the red paper, scanned it, and began to calculate.
Old Man Su's hands were shaking slightly, but seeing his eldest daughter-in-law like this, he still advised: "Don't worry, Gillian, she should be fine. She probably just can't find the way back after dark. Don't worry, Ah Chen is here."
Lin Chunjiao didn't answer, nor did she drink the water. She stared at Su Chen with her eyes wide open.
Liu Chunhua snorted softly and asked her, "Why are you here? Didn't A-De go with them? Where's A-Ying? Isn't she in a hurry?"
Lin Chunjiao hurriedly explained, "Aying was going to come with us, but she was weak and it was cold, so I asked her to stay home and look after the children."
"One is a jinx, the other is a sickly woman. Our Su family is so unlucky. How could we marry someone like you?" Liu Chunhua muttered, pointing at the bowl with disgust. "What are you standing there for? Drink some water! Don't you know how bad your throat is? Don't get sick again and have to spend money on medicine!"
Lin Chunjiao lowered her head silently, picked up the bowl, and was about to drink when Su Chen stopped calculating.
She hurriedly asked: "Achen, what happened?"
"We're trapped, but it's not a big problem now. It's just a little cold," he said, looking at Old Man Su. "Dad, bring me all the big cotton clothes at home. I'll go to the mountains and bring them back."
As he spoke, his eyes fell on the kettle and bowl: "Mom, put the hot water and bowl in the basket. By the way, is there any food at home?"
"Yes, yes, yes, a box of cookies you brought back earlier."
"Let's put it on together."
Lin Chunjiao looked at him anxiously: "Ah Chen, are you really... okay?"
Su Chen knew that she might not believe him yet, so he smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, just wait at home for a while. I estimate that she will be back in two hours at most."