Chapter Eighty-Nine: Help at the Commissary
"Hahaha, I didn't expect grandpa to have a business mind!" Wang Bowen joked with a smile.
Aunt Li took out the DVD cable from the cabinet, inserted each corresponding socket, and continued: " I remember when I first met him, he only rented a small yard and adopted five or six children, and at that time he was alone, in order to feed those children, the old dean went to the street every day to sell things, and he sold whatever was in demand at that time, and I don't know where he got so many in-demand goods.
Later, the old dean saved some money, so he bought the yard where you live now, as an orphanage, at that time the yard was big, but there were only a few big tile houses, and the houses built now were built with government subsidies later, which I didn't expect that after so many years, you little children have grown up, and we are all old. ”
"Auntie, you're not old! you're still so beautiful!" Chen Yi said with a smile.
Aunt Li glanced at Chen Yi with disgust, and said with a smile: "You kid, why is your mouth so sweet!"
Chen Yi laughed.
After plugging in the cable, Aunt Li turned on the TV and DVD player, and watched that the machine was running normally, Aunt Li took the disc from Chen Yi's hand again, put it in the DVD, and then clicked to play, and the picture immediately appeared on the TV.
Aunt Li patted the dust on her hands and said, "Okay, you can watch it, you are watching here, my aunt has gone to see the store!
"Hey, thank you, auntie!" said Chenyi politely again.
After Aunt Li left, Chen Yi and the others each found a small bench, sat in front of the TV and watched it with relish.
"Hey, hey, Brother Xiaoyi, look, the long-haired one standing in the middle of those people seems to be Haonan!" Wang Bowen pointed to the person played by Ekin Cheng and said excitedly.
"That's called Chen Haonan, Causeway Bay carries the handle!" Wang Gang reminded.
"Yes, yes, it's him, I heard that he is the most powerful in this!"
"I feel like there's still a pheasant in here!" Wang Gang said.
"I still feel that Chen Haonan is domineering, I am the leader of Causeway Bay! Whoever is not convinced will cut whom!" Wang Bowen said as a gesture of slashing in front of him with his hand as a machete.
Chen Yi sat between the two of them, completely unaffected by them, and watched the picture on the TV seriously.
Maybe because of the afternoon, there are not many customers in the store, and Aunt Li is not busy, sitting at the counter and munching melon seeds.
After the film was played, Wang Bowen couldn't enjoy watching it, so he had to play it again, and Wang Gang also wanted to watch it again.
Chen Yi looked at the two of them concentrating, shook his head helplessly, and then got up and went out.
At this time, Aunt Li was carrying a box of goods to be placed on the shelves, and Chen Yi went to help Aunt Li with a lot of eyes.
Aunt Li was unwilling: "This kid, go play with you, my aunt can get it herself." ”
Chen Yi snatched the box in Aunt Li's hand and said, "Auntie, it's okay, what can't I do as a young man." ”
Aunt Li looked at Chen Yi with some surprise, and said with a smile: "This child, I don't know where the old dean got the blessing, with such a sensible grandson as you, my aunt has not had a child for so many years, when you were young, the old dean often carried you to play with me, I told the old dean at that time that I wanted to adopt you, and he was anxious on the spot, saying nothing." ”
"Hahaha!"
Listening to Aunt Li tell her about her grandfather's past, Chen Yi was amused.
Aunt Li watched Chen Yi keep placing the shelves, and she turned around and grabbed a large handful of peanuts from a plastic pocket in front of the counter.
"Xiaoyi, come, this is the fried peanuts that my aunt just bought yesterday, you can taste it!"
Chen Yi looked at a large handful of peanuts in Aunt Li's hand, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I don't eat my aunt, you keep these peanuts and sell them, I can't ask for them!"
Aunt Li was anxious: "This kid, what are you polite to me, peanuts are worth a few dollars!"
As she spoke, Aunt Li put the peanuts in her hand into Chen Yi's pocket, Chen Yi knew Aunt Li's personality and did not refuse again.
"Thank you, auntie!" Chen Yi said gratefully.
Aunt Li looked at Chen Yi and said with a smile: "Thank you! If you catch fish in the first two months and don't send a few to your aunt, if you take it out and sell it, it won't be more expensive than my peanuts!"
Chen Yi smiled and didn't speak.
"Auntie, there is usually no one to talk to, if you come to play with your aunt often when you are fine, you can still come to play with your aunt when you are fine!"
After hearing this, Chen Yi felt that his heart was not a good feeling, he knew that Aunt Li had been alone for so many years, and she didn't have any children, although there was a small shop guarding her, but who could fill the vacancy in her heart.
Chen Yi looked at Aunt Li with some distress, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration.
"Auntie, there's something I tell you, do you think it's okay?" asked Chen Yi.
Aunt Li didn't even think about it, so she said, "What are you polite to your aunt, say it!"
Chen Yi smiled shyly and asked, "Auntie, are you busy with this small shop every day?"
Aunt Li said solemnly: "Busy, why not busy, sometimes you have to get up at four or five o'clock in the morning to buy goods in the market, and when you come back from the goods, it is already seven or eight o'clock, sometimes you are busy during the day, and you can't be idle for a while, and when there are not many people at night, you will take inventory to see if you need to buy the next day, and sometimes you will be tired and have a sore back!"
As she spoke, Aunt Li also slapped her waist with her hand.
"Auntie, do you think this will work, how about I come to help you look at the store every day in the future?" Chen Yi said with a firm mind.
Aunt Li said in surprise: "You help your aunt look after the store?" Xiaoyi, don't you joke with your aunt, you don't go to school?"
Chen Yi said with a smile: "Auntie, you forgot, we have already started the winter vacation, and we have more than 20 days of vacation!"
Aunt Li suddenly realized, clapped her hands and said happily: "Yes, look at my aunt's memory, I forgot that you were on winter vacation, but ......"
Aunt Li didn't finish her words with an embarrassed face.
Chen Yi asked, "What's wrong with my aunt?"
Aunt Li sighed and said, "You can come to help your aunt, your aunt will definitely welcome it, can your grandfather and your two mothers agree?"
When Chen Yi heard this, he thought what was the matter, he patted his chest and said reassuringly: "Auntie, don't worry, I will solve their problems!"
"Really, that's great, as long as you can come, you can say anything!"
The corners of Aunt Li's eyes were crooked, and she took Chen Yi's hand, insisting on getting Chen Yi something else delicious.
Chen Yi refused again and again, and said: "Auntie, I really don't want it, I don't like snacks very much!"
"If you don't eat it, give it to the children in the yard!"
No matter how Chen Yi refused, Aunt Li just couldn't do it, and all the pockets on Chen Yi's body were stuffed, which made Chen Yi embarrassed.
Chen Yi always didn't want to take other people's things, and then he began to help Aunt Li work, Aunt Li looked at Chen Yi's busy figure, and liked this child in her heart.
After a while, Wang Bowen and Wang Gang walked out of it with an aftertaste on their faces.
"Aunt Li, we're done, thank you Aunt Li!" Wang Bowen said to Aunt Li after he came out.
"Thank you, thank you, we are all a family, and I will often come to my aunt to play when I have nothing to do in the future!" Aunt Li said enthusiastically.
Wang Bowen and they also knew that Aunt Li was polite to her, but after all, she borrowed someone else's DVD player for an afternoon, so she couldn't come often.
"Well, I know Aunt Li, if you have any heavy work in the future, you can go directly to the courtyard to find us, and we will help you do it!" Wang Gang said politely.
Seeing that the children were so polite and polite, Aunt Li's heart warmed: "These children are so considerate!"
Chen Yi looked at the sky outside and it was not early, Chen Yi said to Aunt Li: "Auntie, it's not early, let's go back first, I'll go to discuss with grandpa in the evening, there's no problem, I'll come over tomorrow!"
"Hey, okay!"
"Auntie, let's go, you're busy!"
"Slow down!"
"Hey!"
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Saying goodbye to Aunt Li, Chen Yi and the three came out of the commissary, a cold wind blew, and Chen Yi tightened their clothes.
"Hey, Brother Xiaoyi, you just told Aunt Li to go back and discuss with Grandpa, what are you discussing?" Wang Bowen suddenly remembered what Chen Yi said to Aunt Li just now, so he asked.
Chen Yi put his hands in his pockets and shrunk his neck: "Today, I see that Aunt Li is very busy alone, and there is no one to talk to, I feel that she is strangely lonely, so I told her that when she is okay this winter vacation, I will come over to help her." ”
Wang Bowen said in surprise: "Ah, isn't it that I can't find you to play this winter vacation?"
"I'll just come over to help during the day, it's such a cold day, I guess there is no one at night, it's not easy for Aunt Li to be alone, let's help a little!" Chen Yi said.
Wang Bowen thought for a while: "Yes, it is indeed not easy for Aunt Li to run a commissary alone for so many years, if I am free in the future, I will also come with you to help!"
Wang Gang heard this and quipped: "You can pull it down, I don't think you kid is going to help!"
Wang Bowen said unconvinced: "Why didn't I go to help?"
"I see that you kid, you just went to the commissary for delicious food, if you can't go back and let Xiaoyi talk to you, let Aunt Li recognize you as a son!" Wang Gang teased.
"Hey, you stinky gangster, you are a dog biting Lu Dongbin, you don't know the hearts of good people, fat man, am I such an uncaring person?" Wang Bowen said angrily.
"Just you, I know what you're, I don't understand your little bit of caution!" Wang Gang sneered.
Wang Bowen had nothing to say, and secretly gave Wang Gang a middle finger.
Chen Yi looked at the two living treasures, and he really shook his head helplessly.
When I returned to the courtyard, I just in time for dinner, Chen Yi and they finished eating, Wang Bowen took Wang Gang to play, and Chen Yi wanted to deliver food to the old dean, so he didn't go.
Chen Yi put the lunch box he had prepared for the old dean in his arms and walked to the communication room in the cold wind.