Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Chapter 198 We need to bring a big meat bun to our classmates in a book box

Yucheng's face turned red, and Dundun beside him also had sweat on his forehead. He was worried that Shen Yu would teach Yucheng a lesson, but for a moment, he didn't know how to help him out.

Yu Cheng always listens to Shen Yu. He listens to whatever Shen Yu says and always does what he says.

Seeing that Shen Yu had guessed it, he had to confess honestly: "My classmates wanted to eat it, and I promised them that I would bring meat buns for breakfast and lunch tomorrow."

After Yu Cheng finished speaking, he reached into his sleeve pocket and rummaged around for a long time before pulling out a small piece of silver. He then took Shen Yu's hand and tried to force it into his pocket.

Shen Yu had no choice but to take it and weigh it in his hand, estimating that the small silver coin must weigh about one or two taels.

Shen Yu frowned slightly and said nothing.

Seeing that his elder sister did not continue to scold him, Yu Cheng became bolder and explained: "My classmates all wanted to eat meat buns, but they insisted on giving silver coins first. Copper coins were too heavy to carry all the way home, so I didn't want to bring meat buns for them."

"As a result, a classmate gave me this silver coin and asked me to bring 100 big meat buns in my book box. I didn't have to give him the extra money, but gave it to me as errand fee. So I gave him all the money from my classmates."

After Yu Cheng finished speaking, he added: "Brother Dun Dun and I have agreed that each of us will bring fifty big meat buns."

Shen Yu already felt that his head was full of black lines.

You two are such silly boys, you only know how heavy money is. Do you know how heavy one hundred buns are? You even dream of packing them in a small school box together and walking such a long way to deliver them to the school.

Dun Dun explained quickly, "That classmate has a servant. When he goes to school, the servant helps him carry his book box. The servant also helps him collect money. He doesn't have to carry it himself."

Shen Yu looked at the silly little brothers and asked with a smile: "You have all followed me to set up a stall before. Do you know how many buns there are in a hundred?"

Dun Dun and Yu Cheng looked at each other, as if they had just remembered the amount of one hundred meat buns, and were both dumbfounded.

Yutao listened for a while and couldn't help it anymore. She giggled and her eyes curved. She no longer had the angry expression she had when she first got home.

The two young boys who claimed to be manly men felt even more embarrassed when a little girl laughed at them.

Yu Cheng snatched the silver coin angrily and said, "Then I won't give it to them. I'll return the silver coin to them."

Seeing that Yu Cheng was angry, Shen Yu had to hold back his laughter and tried to find a solution for them: "Forget it, a gentleman values ​​his word and keeps his promise. How can you break the contract casually?"

"Tomorrow morning you will carry your own bookcases to school as usual. I will ask Zhou Dalang to hire a mule cart to deliver them to you. I guarantee that they will still be warm when they arrive at the college."

"But don't do this again in the future. If they like to eat, let them figure it out. You should just focus on your studies. We won't make this money from running away."

Yu Cheng was overjoyed, and bowed to Shen Yu in a proper manner: "Thank you, big sister. I knew that big sister is the most powerful and can do anything."

Dun Dun also followed suit and saluted, and both of them were giggling.

Shen Yu waved his hand and told the two silly elementary school students to go back to their rooms quickly.

Shen Yu sent Dun Dun and Yu Cheng away, thought about how Li had just looked, gave Yu Tao a few instructions, and went to Li and Jiang's room.

Li no longer had the depressed look she had when she first got home. She was now filled with righteous indignation and was speaking excitedly.

Instead, it was Jiang who had a sympathetic look on her face and sighed.

When the two saw Shen Yu come in, they stopped talking.

Li then remembered to care about Yucheng and the others, and felt relieved when she heard that they had returned to their room to study.

Shen Yu smiled and said, "What's going on? First it was my mother who was unhappy, and now even Aunt Jiang is sad too."

Jiang forced a smile: "Zheng Sanniang is so pitiful. What will she do in the future after meeting such a husband?"

Shen Yu went to pour two cups of warm water, handed them to the two Lis and said, "What exactly is going on? Tell me first."

Li had been talking to Jiang for quite a while. She felt thirsty at the moment, so she took the cup of water handed to her by Shen Yu and drank most of it in one breath before she started talking again.

Shen Yu listened carefully, and with the help of Jiang's supplementary information, he finally understood the bad things that Li and Yutao encountered when they went to deliver the Chongyang cake in the afternoon.

In the afternoon, seeing that there were not many customers in the store, Li and Yutao packed Chongyang cakes and went to Mrs. Liu's house.

It just so happened that Madam Qi came over to deliver Chongyang cake after closing her stall, and she and Madam Li happened to meet at Madam Liu's house.

Madam Qi laughed and said that it was a good thing now and she didn't have to make another trip, and then she went home to get the Chongyang cake that she was going to give to Li.

Mrs. Li and Mrs. Liu were chatting about their respective businesses recently. Just as Mrs. Li was about to brag about how good her own shop's business was, there was a knock on the door.

Mrs. Liu was wondering why Madam Qi came back so quickly. When she opened the door, she saw Zheng Sanniang standing at the door with disheveled hair and tear-stained face.

Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Li were both shocked. They quickly let Zheng Sanniang into the house and asked what was going on.

Zheng Sanniang said nothing, but just sobbed softly.

At this time, Madam Qi came over with a homemade Chongyang cake with a happy look on her face. She was quite surprised to see this scene and came forward to inquire.

After Zheng Sanniang calmed down, the three of them learned the whole story.

The three ladies plus the little girl Yutao were all so angry that their faces turned pale. They wished they could roll up their sleeves and go back to fight for Zheng Sanniang.

Zheng Sanniang's husband, Li Changgen, works as a shop assistant in a store. It is said that he is highly appreciated by his boss and if he can work hard for a few more years, he will be able to become a shopkeeper in a branch store.

Everything was fine at first, but starting this summer, I don’t know who lured me into becoming addicted to gambling.

Cheng Rijie would spend his free time in the gambling house, and his family's belongings, which were not much to begin with, slowly went into the pocket of the gambling house owner.

Li Changgen is the only child in the family. As an old man, Li has always held his son in the palm of his hand.

In the past, Li Changgen was the pride of the family. He was motivated, honest, and promising. He was the pillar of the family.

But now, the elderly parents-in-law could not stop Sun Dalang from pawning things at home and exchanging the money for gambling.

After Zheng Sanniang's brief persuasion, Li Changgen became impatient. At first, the couple just had a few words in their own room.

But later, Zheng Sanniang discovered that several pieces of jewelry she had carefully hidden were missing. When she asked, she found out that they had already been pawned by Li Changgen.

Zheng Sanniang was a soft-hearted person, but when she saw that her only dowry was gone, she finally couldn't help but ask Li Changgen.

In the end, Li Changgen, who was obsessed with gambling, pushed him to the ground and went to the gambling house as usual.

Zheng Sanniang couldn't control Li Changgen, and her parents-in-law didn't step in to discipline her. Instead, they advised Zheng Sanniang to obey her husband as a wife.

The cowardly Zheng Sanniang could only hug her little son and cry silently at night, and she didn't even dare to tell her cousin Liu Sao who lived across the street.

She just hoped that God would open his eyes and Li Changgen would control his temper and live a good life when he really had no money to gamble.

However, today when Li Changgen came back he acted out of character and bought some food and toys, saying that he wanted the whole family to have a good meal and celebrate the Double Ninth Festival.