But she felt sad when she thought that she had to pay ten cents more than the Li family for the goods.

　　”Zhou Zhou, your aunt helped you when you were a child. Can you give me this stove for ten cents less?” Aunt Wang asked.

　　Li Zhouzhou didn’t dare to agree, and said in a gentle voice: “Aunt Wang, this business is not mine. If I were to burn it myself, I would definitely give you a discount. I bought the stove a long time ago, and I heard from my father that I only charged for firewood, which was a waste of Zhumujiang’s hard work. How can I have the nerve to ask for this again?”

　　Aunt Wang couldn’t hold back her face, so she came up with another idea, “You bought two, and I saw you ordered one. I don’t mind if it’s used, can you sell it to me at a lower price?”

　　It only takes a few uses. It’s just a stove, so saving ten cents is the most important thing.

　　”Aunt, my husband is studying, and the stove is used in the inner room. I won’t sell it.” Li Zhouzhou shook his head.

　　After a while, Aunt Wang’s smile faded. Finally, she stood up and said, “Forget it. I won’t buy it. My family is in a tight spot. Adults and children are used to carrying it. It’s not freezing.”

　　After saying that, she took Lingling away.

　　Li Zhouzhou walked them out and came back to clean up the bowls that Aunt Wang and Lingling had drunk water from.

　　”Sir, why did you come out?”

　　Gu Zhao pulled his wife to sit down, deliberately pressed close to him, and pinched Zhou Zhou’s cheek, saying coquettishly, “Why is our Zhou Zhou unhappy?”

　　”Husband, you must have heard it, and you’re asking me.” Li Zhouzhou learned to be smart.

　　Gu Zhao pinched his wife’s fingers and said, “I’ve been at home for so long, and I’ve heard and seen what you said. Aunt Wang is a good person. She was really angry when she said that today. In fact, she was deliberately using words to provoke you and make you feel guilty so that you can sell the stove to her at a low price.”

　　What do you mean the kids get used to carrying it, it won’t kill anyone?

　　Isn’t this just transferring the conflicts in her family, the child crying from the cold, to Zhou Zhou?

　　”I know.” Li Zhouzhou sighed, “If it was in the past, it wouldn’t matter if I was a little cold, but now my husband wants it, I won’t give it to him.”

　　“I just feel bad.”

　　Gu Zhao threw himself into his wife’s arms and said with emotion: “I know Zhou Zhou loves me the most and treats me the best. I also love Zhou Zhou the most. I am so touched~”

　　Li Zhouzhou was originally feeling heavy-hearted, but after hearing his husband’s teasing, he couldn’t help but smile.

　　There is no solution to this problem. You said that if Zhou Zhou asked Zhu Nijiang to negotiate, maybe he could get a ten-cent discount, but if this was done, other people in the village would hear about it and come to ask for help, right?

　　Nothing can be hidden in the village.

　　The snow stopped at night, and the next day, five or six people were talking lively outside the gate of Li’s courtyard. They were planning to go to Shili Village to order a stove. Li Zhouzhou saw that Aunt Wang was not at home on Monday and knew that they really were not going to buy it.

　　In the evening, two people came back walking on the snow with stoves on their backs, while the rest came empty-handed. They said they had placed orders for a set for thirty cents, and could pick it up in three days.

　　During these three days, there were children crying and making noises at Aunt Wang’s house from time to time. Li Zhouzhou could only listen. However, the next day, Lingling and her second brother came to visit. They were very embarrassed. Before they even opened their mouths, Li Zhouzhou asked the two children to come in and sit down. They stayed there for the whole afternoon and were provided with hot water.

　　I didn’t cook date maltose this time. His family is not wealthy, so they can’t provide it to everyone who comes.

　　Li Zhouzhou only made one pot of tea for his husband.

　　Lingling and her second brother were happy to drink plain water. Another day passed, and this time Lingling’s second brother brought sweet potatoes and asked if they could be roasted. Lingling and her second brother roasted the sweet potatoes and asked Li Zhouzhou if he wanted to eat them.

　　Li Zhouzhou just ate a small piece.

　　That night, Li Zhouzhou was in a good mood, with a relaxed look on his face. He untied his belt and had a little fun with his husband. During the break, Li Zhouzhou hugged his husband’s neck, with sweat on his face, his face was ruddy, and his hair was stuck to his face. Gu Zhao gently brushed his hair aside.

　　”Are you relieved?”

　　Li Zhouzhou knew what his husband was asking, and nodded, “It’s not like they came here to warm themselves by the fire for nothing. I even ate their sweet potatoes.”

　　Just a small piece, rare. Gu Zhao kissed his wife’s lips and said seriously, “It’s my duty.”

　　Both husband and wife knew that they were talking about Aunt Wang using words to provoke Zhou Zhou.

　　On the day when the village went to get the stove, there were more people in the line, but Aunt Wang’s family was still not there. But Li Zhouzhou didn’t care anymore.

　　After seven or eight days, people started to order and carry stoves one after another. Even Uncle Wang’s family bought one. Aunt Wang’s eldest son also wanted to buy one, but he put it off until the 28th day of the New Year when he had discussed it with his mother. As a result, Zhu Nijiang’s family sealed the stove cellar and stopped making stoves that year.

　　Wait until next year to open the furnace.