Chapter 364: Money-minded? Asking for Yuan
"Okay, see you at the hotel later." Chen Hui nodded.

"Hurry up, tell Wen Jing to come right away, don't delay too long." Chen Yaozu gave instructions and rode away on his bike.

Chen Hui had never been to Chen Yaozu's house, so he had to go to the hotel to meet him first, and then go to his house together.

Time is tight and there is no time to go to the county town to buy things.

Chen Hui returned to the village and shouted to the store, "Boss Lin, weigh two kilograms of flour and two kilograms of sugar for me. I'll come and get them later!"

No one else usually calls me that.

With the familiar voice, Lin Jiao knew it was Chen Hui as soon as she heard it.

Confused, he ran to the store door and asked, "What do you want these for? Aren't you going to the county town to sell fish?"

"Weigh it first, I'll come over later."

As Chen Hui spoke, he rode his bike to Wu Jinhua's house.

He explained the situation in a few words and took An Wenjing back to the store to get the things.

"Chen Hui, I've prepared everything for you."

"By the way, where are you going? Where is your fish?" Lin Jiao asked.

"The fishmonger took it away, and I'm going to go get the money back."

"Wenjing and I didn't have dinner at home this afternoon. I'll give you the money when I get back."

Chen Hui explained hurriedly, picked up his things and was about to leave.

"No! You can only take the things after you pay for them."

Lin Jiao trotted forward and blocked the two people's way.

"Mom, we are the boss, can we still run away?" An Wenjing said.

"You have to pay for things you buy. This is natural, even if you are the boss!"

"If you guys come back late, or I'm busy and forget, and the bill doesn't match, you'll have to pay for it yourself."

"I don't have much salary in total, I can't afford it!"

Lin Jiao stopped the two of them and spoke seriously.

Chen Hui couldn't refute this.

He felt relieved that Lin Jiao could handle things so clearly.

He took out a five-dollar bill from his pocket and handed it to her.

"Mom, prepare the change for me. I'll come back to get it later."

After saying that, he took An Wenjing away.

"Oh, by the way, Mom, let's stew a chicken tonight. Brother Chen Hui said he wanted to drink chicken soup!"

An Wenjing followed Chen Hui and did not forget to say something loudly to the store.

"I know!" Lin Jiao's reply came from the store.

Chen Hui and An Wenjing rode away on their bikes, smiling.

Li A Lian stood at the door of her house, curled her lips and muttered quietly, "If you want to drink chicken soup, then drink it. You don't have to worry about dying if you eat so well!"

When he saw Lin Jiao coming out of the store, even though he knew she wouldn't be able to hear him because he was speaking so softly, he still turned around and went back to the house with a guilty conscience.

Lin Jiao didn't even look at her.

He walked a few steps outside, toward the direction of Chen Shouchang's house, and shouted loudly for An Wenyi to come home.

Chen Hui and An Wenjing sped up all the way, and when they arrived at the state-owned hotel, Chen Yaozu had already finished his business and was waiting at the door.

Seeing An Wenjing holding two bags of things, he said, "Didn't I tell you to come after picking someone up? Why are you still buying things?"

"I didn't go out to buy it specially. I just got it from the store." Chen Hui said with a smile.

"Oh, I forgot, you're your own boss now."

Chen Yaozu said, handing the money in his hand to Chen Hui, "Here, it's the money from selling fish! I used the bucket to pack seafood, just in time to bring it to my house!"

Two for ten dollars, two for one dollar.

Chen Hui took the money and said in surprise: "Huh? It's a lot more than expected?"

"The price of fish at the dock has gone up recently, so I'll give you a little more according to the market price."

"Let's go, we're going over there!"

Chen Yaozu said this and rode his bicycle to lead the way.

Chen Hui followed with An Wenjing.

Chen Yaozu's house is at the end of an alley. If you walk along the road beside the house, you will find his vegetable garden. If you walk further along the road beside the vegetable garden, you will find other people's gardens.

Chen Yaozu's vegetable garden is well maintained.

His three sisters were picking vegetables in the vegetable garden with their children.

The old man and the old woman had not returned from the vegetable market yet, so Chen Yaozu took Chen Hui with him.

A small tree behind the house immediately attracted Chen Hui's attention.

Chen Hui walked over, picked a leaf, crushed it in his palm, put it to his nose and smelled it, and asked Chen Yaozu: "Is this a lemon?"

"Lemon? Isn't this an orange?" Chen Yaozu asked back.

"Uncle Yaozu, the fruit on this tree is yellow and longer than normal citrus fruits."

"And then, it's sour! Not sweet at all?"

It is summer now, and it should be the time when lemon fruits are swelling.

The tree in Chen Yaozu's house was left unattended, and its branches grew too luxuriantly, consuming the energy that should have been used to grow fruit.

It looks like a nice tree, but there is not a single lemon on it.

There is no more ready-made fruit.

Chen Hui could only gesture the appearance of the yellow lemon in his memory so that Chen Yaozu could make the connection.

"Um"

"It's not long and round, and it's not very big."

"It's really sour. Other oranges are at least a little sweet when they turn yellow, but this one is sour. No one eats it."

"In the past two years, it still produced some fruits, but in the past two years, it has not produced any fruits at all, just some flowers in the spring."

Chen Yaozu thought for a moment and said.

"Uncle Yaozu, where did you get this tree?"

"This is a rare thing."

As Chen Hui spoke, he lowered his head and observed the branches of the lemon.

I found a branch that grew straight from the branch.

The branches have grown well and will definitely survive if I take them back for cuttings.

"You are quite knowledgeable. This was brought to me by a relative of mine who came back from a long sea voyage."

"When I got back, it was just a bare, thick branch that looked like a dog-beating stick."

"I just stuck it in the ground, and it started growing by itself without me noticing."

"Why? Do you like it?" Chen Yaozu asked.

"like!"

"Uncle Yaozu, can you cut a branch and sell it to me?" Chen Hui said, pointing to the branch he had chosen.

When Chen Yaozu heard that Chen Hui was going to spend money to buy branches, he couldn't help but burst out laughing.

While making fun of him for having too much money to burn, he went into the house and took out a saw.

In a few seconds, he sawed off the branch that Chen Hui wanted, handed it to him and said:
"Take it. It's for you."

"It's just a thick branch. Isn't it embarrassing to ask for money?"

"After all, this was given to me by someone else. If you want the whole tree, it's hard to give it to you."

Chen Hui happily took it and said, "Thank you, Uncle Yao. This is a good thing that is hard to find even if you have money!"

"Is this true? Seeing you like this, I actually regret not taking the money."

"Or I'll just charge you some money, how about a hundred dollars?" Chen Yaozu joked.

Chen Yaozu's second sister Chen Xiangdi saw him bringing his friends over and took the initiative to come over and say hello.

When I heard my younger brother was selling a broken branch for 100 yuan, I jumped up and slapped him on the back of the head.
"Are you obsessed with money? You dare to ask for a hundred? You can win if they sue you for robbery!"

Chen Yaozu was shocked.

He rubbed his forehead and turned back and said, "I was just kidding. Who is so stupid as to really take the money?"

Chen Yaozu's parents came back from buying vegetables and heard that the vegetable garden behind was very lively.

He shouted at the top of his voice: "Come and eat watermelon!"

(End of this chapter)