Chapter 81: I like the feeling of spending money on wheat ears

Xu Jianzhong went to the post office early this morning to send an expedited telegram, guessing that Shen Xingchen might call back.

So he has been waiting.

Seeing Ji Yu coming over from the factory office, he trotted forward and asked first:

“Xiao Ji, is it my Xingchen who called?”

Ji Yu smiled and said, “Director Xu, you are really as good as a god.”

Xu Jianzhong has not yet been officially promoted to deputy director, but it has basically been finalized.

He only needs to wait for seven days after the public announcement to take office.

By then, he will not only have a separate office, but also a dedicated phone.

That way, there will be no need for so much trouble.

Xu Jianzhong ran to the factory office and waited for another ten minutes before the phone rang.

He could almost answer it in seconds: “Xingchen, is that you?”

Ji Yu was very tactful. Seeing that Xu Jianzhong was on the phone, he deliberately took a thermos to get water.

But the factory office is a large office, and there are several people sitting not far away.

Xu Jianzhong could only lower his voice and ask Shen Xingchen what was going on.

Shen Xingchen then told him about Mai Sui, including how Mai Sui helped the People’s Liberation Army catch spies and that he was about to join the army.

This proved that even if Mai Sui’s brain was not working well, it was only mild, and she was not the kind of fool with a crooked mouth and squinting eyes who drooled all day long as Xu Jianzhong imagined.

“Then why do you suddenly want to have a partner?” Xu Jianzhong asked.

He remembered that Director Cai from the street office had always wanted to introduce a partner to Shen Xingchen because he was a good-looking man, but Shen Xingchen said that he didn’t want to find a partner so early.

How could he suddenly find a partner after going to the countryside for a month?

This inevitably made Xu Jianzhong think more.

Shen Xingchen turned his head to look at Mai Sui who was waiting for him outside. His eyes unconsciously softened a little, and he said seriously to the microphone:

“Of course it’s because I like you.”

Shen Xingchen paused and continued, “Uncle, don’t worry. I’m fine, and she’s fine too. I begged her to be with me.

I’m afraid if I don’t make a move, she’ll be snatched away by someone else, and I’m afraid I’ll be single for the rest of my life.”

Xu Jianzhong was stunned when he heard his nephew say this. He obviously didn’t expect that it was Shen Xingchen who took the initiative.

But he was finally relieved, at least he wasn’t framed.

“Then bring her back to me and your aunt during the Chinese New Year this year.

I warn you, you are not allowed to get married privately. You must wait until we see it before discussing it.” Xu Jianzhong said in a serious tone.

Shen Xingchen tightened his hand holding the microphone and said lightly, “I know.”

Xu Jianzhong thought Shen Xingchen agreed, and asked him some questions about life, such as whether he was tired from work and whether he ate well.

After ending the call, Xu Jianzhong felt relaxed and smiled.

On the other side, Shen Xingchen listened to the busy tone on the phone and whispered, “I’m sorry, uncle, I’m afraid I can’t listen to you this time.”

It’s still half a year before the Chinese New Year, and Shen Xingchen can’t wait that long.

He must get married.

Fortunately, after the educated youth went to the countryside, their household registration was also transferred to the countryside.

As long as the team leader gives him a letter of introduction, he can get married without his uncle’s consent.

By then, it will be a done deal, and no one can separate him and Mai Sui!

However, he believes that as long as he really likes her, his uncle will definitely understand him in the end.

So, it doesn’t matter if he does it first and ask for permission later. But Shen Xingchen never expected that Mai Sui might not agree.

Even though the letter of guarantee says that no matter what happens, he will not abandon him, it doesn’t say that they must get married.

This “want” can be divided into many kinds.

Before the two returned to the village, they went to the supply and marketing cooperative on the commune side and bought a lot of things.

Since they were all here, they might as well buy some.

Shen Xingchen didn’t think Mai Sui was spending money recklessly. On the contrary, the more Mai Sui spent, the more at ease he felt.

Because they had to leave in a hurry this time, Mai Sui didn’t bring any money with her, so Shen Xingchen paid for everything.

The more money they spent, the deeper the bond between them, which also indirectly showed that Mai Sui didn’t treat him as an outsider.

Shen Xingchen liked the feeling of spending money on Mai Sui.

Especially when the salesperson praised him as a good man who would love his partner, the desire to spend money reached its peak.

“Buy! Buy them all!”

So, when the two returned to Lianhua Village with bags and bags, they were met with a wave of envy and jealousy from the villagers.

“See? Shen Zhiqing bought a lot of things for Mai Sui. The front and back of the car are full of them.”

“Shen Zhiqing is really generous!”

“To be generous, you have to have money. This shows that Shen Zhiqing is not short of money!”

“I heard that besides Shen Zhiqing, there is another Chen Zhiqing who also works at the Beijing Machinery Factory. Do you think he will be like this?” Wang Chunhua asked.

“How should I know? If you want to know, go and ask.”

“How can you ask such a thing?”

“You know it’s not easy to ask, so why are you asking me!”

Wang Chunhua was criticized, but she was not angry. Instead, she lowered her head and thought carefully.

In her opinion, her daughter Qiao Da Niu is no worse than Mai Sui, and is even better than Mai Sui. She is a good hand at work inside and outside the house.

Since Mai Sui can find Shen Zhiqing as a partner, her daughter can also find Chen Zhiqing as a partner.

Chen Zhiqing and Shen Zhiqing came from the same place, and their family conditions should be similar.

The more Wang Chunhua thought about it, the more she felt that this was feasible!

………

When Mai Sui and the others got home, they saw Mai Hongcai with his head wrapped like a mummy, lying on Mai Sui’s hammock and swinging.

He was injured and naturally couldn’t go to work in the fields.

Mai Laosan had just fried a few scallion oil cakes and was lying on a bamboo chair next to him, eating while sighing about his comfortable life.

Seeing Mai Sui coming back, the two immediately stood up to greet him.

Mai Laosan helped bring the things into the house and put them in order.

He is now a person with a lively mind, not the kind of person who just puts things away casually.

Because it looks messy, Mai Sui doesn’t like it.

When he doesn’t like it, he will be in a bad mood, and when he is in a bad mood, he will want to hit someone.

Mai Hongcai came directly to Mai Sui and cried miserably: “Sister, you are finally back. If you don’t come back, you won’t be able to see me! Wuuwuwuwuwu…”

Shen Xingchen: ….. I saw you were having a lot of fun swinging on the swing just now, and now you are talking with full energy, you really don’t look like you are about to die.

Mai Sui knew that Mai Hongcai was exaggerating, but as the boss, she couldn’t just sit back and watch her little brother being beaten into a pig’s head!

“What happened? Who did it!” Mai Sui asked in a deep voice.

“It was Cao Gang who did it, and Hu Siping, Liu Wei, and Sun Haiyang. The four of them beat me up, and they also said that you…”

Mai Hongcai spoke in a burst of words, using a lot of exaggeration, parallelism, and personification.

He portrayed himself as a heroic brother who defended his sister’s reputation, and described Cao Gang and the others as a group of thugs and bullies.

Excluding those rhetorical techniques, everything else is true.

Mai Sui was furious and shouted, “Let’s go! Let’s settle accounts with them!”

Mai Hongcai immediately stood up and said, “Dad, come quickly, grab some weapons!”