I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 305: Time to Wrap Up (50+ Monthly Tickets Added)

Chapter 305: Chapter 305: Time to Wrap Up (50+ Monthly Tickets Added)

"Suizi, why did you eat so little today?"

Wang Cuihua noticed that Suizi had "only" eaten a bowl of rice for dinner, which suddenly made the large grains in her bowl of porridge unappetizing.

Normally, Suizi had two bowls, and the mother and daughter of the Yu Family always felt that even drinking two bowls of porridge didn’t count since it was just full of water.

"I had a big piece of fish stewed by a colleague at school during the day."

"Was it good?" Yu Jingting paused his porridge drinking, perking up his ears for Teacher Xiaochen’s verdict.

"It was a bit bland."

"That must be because they didn’t prepare steamed buns for you, so they used less salt."

"Oh? How did you know?" Suizi raised an eyebrow, so it was indeed him who stewed it.

No wonder it wasn’t appetizing at all, but she still ate a lot of it.

"Ahem, I just overheard that, catfish stewed with eggplant, it could stuff an old man to death."

"Wasn’t it ’Suffocates an old man with a Catfish stewed with Eggplant’?"

"The doctor didn’t ask you to eat catfish — eat up!" Feeling like he was about to give himself away, Yu Jingting quickly changed the topic.

Wang Cuihua chaired the family meeting.

"Now that we have a bit of surplus, I see that our neighbor, Teacher Wang, has bought a TV. Should we get one for our home too?"

A 12-inch black-and-white TV could be bought for just under 400.

Wang Cuihua felt that the family was now no longer strapped for cash, so it was about time to improve living conditions.

"Great!!!" Jiaojiao excitedly raised both hands in agreement, almost lifting her feet too.

Those days of enduring wind and rain to walk on muddy paths to watch TV at neighbors’ homes are gone for good!

"I think we can hold off on buying a TV for now and consider our children’s education."

With Suizi’s words, Jiaojiao froze, nervously grabbed at her clothes, feeling there was going to be some unpleasant news from her sister-in-law....

"I’ve discussed with Auntie, we should buy Jiaojiao a piano. Pianos require tickets for purchase, we still can’t get the tickets, but we’re waiting for an opportunity."

Jiaojiao’s world turned black, feeling like her life had lost all its brightness.

The TV grew wings and flew away, while a piano fell from the sky. A double punch!

"Sister-in-law, I can practice piano at my teacher’s house... Let’s just buy a TV... As the new generation’s socialist successor, I also want to watch more news and understand the world."

Suizi smiled, looking at the young girl trying hard to find excuses.

It seemed that when every child wanted their parents to buy these distracting toys, they really did exhaust their brains to come up with reasons why the toys would be beneficial for their studies.

"Pianos are so expensive- Oh, just look at my brother!" Jiaojiao suddenly pointed at Yu Jingting.

The man, who was head down gulping down his porridge, nearly choked.

"Yu, Jiao, Jiao!"

"Just look at his poor face, a big man carrying just a few pennies in his pocket. What kind of a family are we to be able to afford a piano?"

To fight for her benefits, Jiaojiao did not hesitate to expose her brother’s poverty.

The poorest person in the family must be Yu Tiegen.

His pockets were cleaner than his face, and everyday just to act rich, he had to forcefully shell out five cents for Jiaojiao.

"No matter how poor, we can’t skimp on education. The costs of learning piano have been covered by Auntie; we cannot economize on buying the piano. Once we have the piano, you don’t have to go to Auntie’s house in the wind and rain."

"Yes, your sister-in-law is right. Practice for five hours a day, and your brother will replace it with a giant light bulb to ensure it doesn’t tire your eyes."

Jiaojiao, feeling devastated, thumped her head on the table and couldn’t come up.

"Jiaojiao is right, pianos are quite expensive, so —" Wang Cuihua tried to smooth things over, and Jiaojiao came back to life.

She looked at her mother hopefully; this was her last hope for a TV!

"Even if it’s expensive, we still need to buy it so that we don’t quit halfway."

Suizi shattered the last bits of Jiaojiao’s hope, and turned helplessly to Yu Tiegen.

Regrettably, her omnipotent brother was henpecked, he naturally wouldn’t support his own sister in a crucial time, lowering his head pretending to sip porridge while Suizi pinched at his leg.

"Well, listen to your sister-in-law." Yu Jingting was forced to take sides.

As Suizi got up and picked up the bowls, Yu Jingting took the opportunity to whisper in Jiaojiao’s ear when Suizi was not looking.

"Really?!" Jiaojiao’s face lit up with joy, but soon cast a wary glance at him, "You don’t even have much pocket money, will my sister-in-law give you money to buy a TV?"

"Yes, I just got Jiaojiao a library card from the City Library. Reading is the key to-" Teacher Xiaochen preferred children to read more than watching TV.

"To a pedantic and impoverished life?" Yu Jingting chimed in.

Suizi glared at him, and he zipped his mouth in a gesture, reserving his opinion.

"Brother!!!" Jiaojiao, despairing, pulled at Yu Jingting’s sleeve, her happy childhood depended on him!

"Don’t worry, watch how I deal with this little lady who’s lost her mind by reading!" Yu Jingting spoke the toughest words in the softest voice.

While he was talking, he kept one eye on Suizi, fearing she would hear it.

"What are you two whispering about?" Suizi came over after washing the dishes.

"I’m disciplining Jiaojiao for you! You little mischief! Study hard! All you think about is playing, no serious business!"

Jiaojiao was wide-eyed, she had never seen such a shameless two-faced man!

Suizi looked at Yu Jingting with amusement, and turned her head to ask Jiaojiao.

"What did your brother just say?"

"He said you are a little lady who had become cuckoo from reading too much."

The siblings began to betray and hurt each other.

Usually in this situation, only one would end up hurt.

"Ah! Go easy! In front of the child! Where’s my face?" Yu Jingting grimaced, whispering to Suizi. This little lady was pinching his waist!

"Come! Wait till I get you back in our room, come inside with me!" Yu Jingting’s voice raised, his hands on hips.

Some men were born two-faced.

In order to keep up the charade in front of his little sister, he was willing to risk being disciplined by his wife back in their room.

As soon as the West Room door closed, Jiaojiao immediately put her ear to it. When she looked up, she saw her mother was also eavesdropping.

"Tsk, he yelled really pitifully." Jiaojiao shrugged, she shouldn’t have relied on a man who was scared of his wife.

"What happened to the noise?" Jiaojiao found the situation with her brother and sister-in-law more entertaining than television. But now, it’s like the television has lost signal.

"Ah, this shameless..." Wang Cuihua probably guessed why it was quiet in the room, she quietly cursed Yu Tiegen, really shameless.

She speculated that Suizi must be disciplining him and this rascal was probably either nibbling or groping her. Tsk.

"Mom, listening to people’s private conversations isn’t very decent, is it?"

Wang Cuihua knocked her head a bit, what could a child understand!

If she had a TV to watch, she wouldn’t have gotten so bored - cough cough, she was simply worried about her son bullying others. It’s all for the family harmony.

Just as the family was blissfully content, someone arrived.

"Brother Jing, the Factory Director wants you to go over." Fan Hua’s little Nanny came with a message.

Yu Jingting lazily moved his mouth away from Suizi, meeting her anxious gaze.

"Could it be—" Suizi guessed why Fan Hua wanted him to go there this time.

It was probably not going to be good news.

"No worries, he must be wondering why we’re so idle, and kindly offering us some entertainment."

The television, here we come.

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