Chapter 43 I lost money buying flowers
“The flowers are back.”
At about dinner time, the old lady came back and asked everyone to go out and help carry the flowers.
“Wow, why did you buy so much?” Everyone went out and saw that the car borrowed by Ah Yao was fully loaded with dozens of trays of various flowers, and they couldn’t help but sigh how much it cost. ah.
"You guys move quickly, I'll seal a red envelope to the driver first." After Lao Dou moved the biggest peach blossom home, he didn't want to do anything. A Yao quickly stopped him, "No, Lao Dou, I It’s all done.”
"Is it done?" Lao Dou was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Then have you thanked him?"
"Thank him a lot? It's only right that he thanks me. Give him a chance to make extra money." Yao never forgets to work even when talking, this is the second time he has moved.
"Wow, what a beautiful peach blossom." The second sister-in-law also came out. She didn't need to move things, she had been cooking inside just now. But it was so busy outside that she couldn't stay still.
"If it weren't for being cheap and beautiful, why would you, Old Dou, be so stubborn that you would go to Chencun to buy flowers?" The old woman praised the beauty of the peach blossoms and also laughed at her wife, haha.
"Master, how much does this peach tree cost?" The second sister-in-law was more concerned about the price.
"This pick flower tree is a good deal. They asked for one hundred and twenty-eight yuan. I counter-offered fifty yuan and he sold it to me." Old Dou got angry when he mentioned the price of the peach blossom.
"Fifty yuan? Isn't it? So cheap? Master, you can't buy it at several times the price in Guangfu." What the second sister-in-law said was half truth and half exaggeration. It is indeed cheap, but it is not as exaggerated as the second sister-in-law said. He coaxed Lao Dou out of his sight.
"Old Dou, you bought so many flowers, how much did you spend?" Kang Qirui asked curiously.
“Less than two hundred yuan.” Lao Dou was very proud.
"Isn't it? Such a bargain?" Kang Qirui was shocked, it was really cheap.
"Old Dou, you have to add my two hundred yuan." Ayao brought back another plate of flowers and interrupted when he heard the price being discussed.
“What’s your two hundred yuan?” Lao Dou was very confused.
"Have you forgotten? The bridge toll is 40 yuan, plus 150 yuan for labor costs, and a red envelope for the driver. The total is not more than 200 yuan, right?" Ayao put the flowers on the ground. He and Lao Dou started counting.
"Old Dou, isn't it very cost-effective to calculate like this?" Kang Qirui calculated and found that the total cost was four hundred yuan. These flowers can be purchased in Guangfu for only around 300 yuan.
"Yes, Abba, everyone knows that after twelve o'clock on New Year's Eve, spending five yuan on Dou is no longer worth it." Boss Guang was also there to give Lao Dou a touch up.
"Hmph, those five-yuan dishes are rubbish. Can they compare with mine?" Lao Dou's face turned dark and he said sternly.
After moving for a while, the second brother came out to ask Lao Dou to eat. Lao Dou still looked depressed and said he was not hungry yet. The second guy laughed at him: "Why are you gambling? If you don't eat, the two hundred yuan will come back?"
Kang Qirui, who was beside him, also advised Lao Dou: "Forget it, it's just for a purpose. Money." Just spend it as long as it looks good." Old Dou's face improved after hearing this.
"Ah" just as they were talking, the second sister-in-law shouted in the dining room, and the second brother hurriedly ran in, followed closely by Kang Qirui. It would be bad if something happened to this New Year's Eve person.
As soon as he entered the dining room, he saw the second sister-in-law vomiting. The second brother quickly asked: "Wife, what's wrong with you?"
Kang Qirui also expressed concern: "Second sister-in-law, are you okay?"
Second sister-in-law took a big mouthful of water from the second brother, rinsed her mouth and spit it out. After several times in a row, she Pointing to a plate of something made of garlic on the table, he said, "What is this? Is it so unpalatable?"
"Isn't this your garlic sprout from the south?" My sister-in-law pointed to it. Dicai said.
"Where did you buy it? You must have been cheated." The second sister-in-law thought she bought the wrong pandan.
“Why does it feel like a narcissus?” Kang Qirui fiddled with the dish and it looked like a narcissus.
"I didn't buy it, I took it from the refrigerator." Xiang Lantian pointed to the refrigerator at the back. "That should be Narcissus." Kang Qirui was almost sure it was Narcissus.
“There really aren’t any.” The old woman opened the refrigerator and saw that she couldn’t find Lao Dou’s daffodils.
"You are the same, how can you use daffodils to speculate?" The boss just saw the second sister-in-law like this and could only scold Xianglan to calm everyone down.
"Is it poisonous?" the sister-in-law asked cautiously.
"Yes, yes, narcissus is poisonous." The second brother suddenly panicked, lowered his head and asked the second sister-in-law: "How do you feel? Is your mouth numb?"
"I don't feel anything." The second sister-in-law licked her lips, indicating that she didn't feel anything. "Then did you swallow it?" The second guy asked again.
“I just ate one piece and vomited it out.” The second sister-in-law pointed to the vomit on the ground.
"It should be fine. The roots, stems and leaves of narcissus are poisonous, but they are not very toxic. At most, it is just diarrhea. Second Brother, please pour a cup of salt water for Second Sister-in-law. The salt water can detoxify even if you swallow it." Kang Qirui popularized the poison of narcissus and asked the second brother to get salt water. When the second brother heard about it, he hurried there. The relationship between the second brother and his sister-in-law was still very good.
Sachiko was also advising from the side: "Second sister-in-law, don't be angry with your elder sister-in-law. If you eat narcissus, you will become the Lingbo fairy." Lingbo fairy is a figure in ancient Chinese myths and legends. Heavenly life, known as the incarnation of narcissus.
"Yes, yes, Fairy Lingbo." The second sister-in-law said angrily: "I think you will die first after eating narcissus." When the old lady heard it, she quickly let out a sigh and asked the second sister-in-law to spit.
“It’s okay if the second sister-in-law can still joke.” Kang Qirui had a strange angle and took the initiative to serve a bowl of soup to the second sister-in-law. “Second sister-in-law drank a bowl of soup and rinsed her mouth.”
As soon as the second sister-in-law took the soup and was about to take a bite, the second brother stopped her, "Wait a minute, this soup is also made by the sister-in-law. What if the sister-in-law puts the chrysanthemums into the soup as cauliflower?" The second brother was worried, but This is a bit much to say.
Even the second sister-in-law couldn't stand it and scolded: "Why are you talking? This meal was cooked by my sister-in-law. If you have the ability, don't eat it." The second sister-in-law took the initiative to speak to her sister-in-law, too. Quite rare. The second sister-in-law actually didn't care. But it’s understandable if you think about it. It’s not like my sister-in-law doesn’t know how to cook. She just made a mistake when she accidentally put the narcissus in the refrigerator. How could she make a mistake with other dishes? The second brother went too far, so the second sister-in-law had to step in to calm the matter.
"Uncle, there will be no daffodils this year." The old lady said to Old Dou with some pity. Cantonese people must have three essential flowers during the Chinese New Year: New Year oranges, peach blossoms and daffodils. Now I feel less depressed.
"That's not easy. Just ask Lao Dou to go to Chencun again." Azu was a bit rebellious, and he would not pick up any pot. Lao Dou was still angry about losing money just now.
“You are a righteous young man, you are specifically against Lao Dou, right?” Lao Dou patted Azu, and Azu became intimidated and did not dare to speak any more to irritate Lao Dou.
"Okay, okay, don't talk about this." The old lady stopped Erlao and Azu who were fighting, "I want to ask you, how was the deep-fried fried horn today?"
When the Kang Qirui brothers heard the old lady’s question, they all looked at each other, “Oh, they’re all fried.”
“So fast? What kind of things were fried?” Old lady Somewhat surprised.
Everyone looked at Azu, who knew best when he went to buy it. Azu said: "There are oil horns, fried dumplings, scattered eggs, and sugar rings."
"Huh? Sugar. Rings?" The old lady suddenly interrupted, "You can make sugar rings?"
"Yes, you can make them if you like them." Zu is still insisting.
“It’s time to wear a clay pot.” Boss Guang said it directly, and Kang Qirui also lamented that Azu seemed to be quite smart, but he couldn’t buy anything well. The old lady has not been able to make something as difficult as a sugar ring for decades. When he bought it, he said it was made by a few brothers. How could the old lady believe this?
The old lady picked up the chopsticks in her hand and pointed at each of the Kang brothers, "Aguang, tell me the truth, where did you buy the oil horn?" How can the boss answer this? He didn't buy it, so he had to signal Azu to tell him. Azu could only tell that he bought it at Hongyun Building.
"You are such an old man, and you are still working together to deceive grandma." The old lady said angrily, and then looked at Tianxiu who was watching the show, "奺子, how do you think they should be punished?"
" Bad boy, be careful what you say, the fortunes this year can be big or small." The second brother immediately threatened his son.
"The game console is fun." Azu said seductively, and the boss just followed the seductive route: "Do you want to drink Coke first?"
"The New Year gift may be a toy. It could also be a test paper." Kang Qirui found another way.
Tianxiu completely ignored everyone and said without any fear: "Just punish them by depriving them of sleep and frying fried noodles all night long."
There was nothing we could do now. After dinner, everyone had to go to battle together as a family. Fortunately, there were many Kang family members, so the oil horn thing was not too difficult. After the old lady demonstrated it twice, everyone could basically do it. It was finished before eleven o'clock. After it was done, everyone took turns to take a shower. Now that the decoration of the Kang family's house has been completed, the three bathrooms are still very convenient. They all finished washing and went to bed around twelve o'clock.
When he got up the next day, Kang Qirui saw his eldest sister-in-law, his second sister-in-law, Yukiko, and his old lady doing hygiene. "Sister-in-law, you are busy." After saying hello to his eldest sister-in-law, he said to the old lady: "Mom "My wife, wearing such a big bag, hahaha." It's really funny that the old lady wears a red plastic bag on her head.
At this time, the second brother also got up and said to Kang Qirui: "Brother, look at this scene. Only now can we reflect the status of our men."
Kang Qirui was eating breakfast. Said: "Don't say that, it's just about division of labor and cooperation." Kang Qirui, as a new human being, still respects women.
"Azong, come here." When the old lady saw the second brother, she called him over, "Take Tian'u to take a bath quickly. Bathing is filthy on the 28th of the year. You are not allowed to take a bath on the 30th of the year."
"On the 28th of the year, wash away the filth" is one of the traditional customs of people in Guangdong Province. On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, people in Guangdong Province will go out as a family to clean their homes from top to bottom. According to folklore, "washing away the filth" can sweep away "bad luck" and "bad luck". After sweeping away the bad things of this year, people can enjoy a new environment and bathe in an auspicious atmosphere during the New Year.
But you’re only twenty-seven today? Kang Qirui was surprised to see everyone doing hygiene just now, and now he asked his second brother to take Tianxiu to take a bath. Kang Qirui asked directly: "Mom, aren't you only twenty-seven today?" The second brother also nodded, equally curious.
"There is only New Year's Eve this year, not New Year's Eve." The old lady said while working.
It turns out that if there is no New Year’s Eve, then everything will be moved forward by one day. So today, the twenty-seventh day of the year, I have to clean myself up. Kang Qirui asked the second brother to wait for him, and he went with him.
(End of this chapter)