Back To The 80s-Chapter 509 - 501: Calculation _1

This method Xiaobei uses is called investing in people, plus if you raise employees this way, they’ll be more loyal and down-to-earth working for you.

Chen Xiuxiu’s face was almost bursting with joy, she could learn without spending a dime, her family would probably agree too, then she suddenly said: "Speaking of that, Sister Xiaobei, a few days ago a woman claiming to be your mother came and took two packs of tea from here."

Xiaobei became slightly irritated, she even came to this shop, she must be watching closely every day, but it was not appropriate to say too much: "What tea did she take? I’ll pay for it, and from now on whoever takes something without paying, it’s not allowed, not even if they are unwilling, you ask them to look for me."

Chen Xiuxiu nodded: "Alright, understood."

Xiaobei paid five yuan for the tea, feeling quite annoyed. This Chen Qiumei, she didn’t take the jasmine tea that costs one or two yuan, but took two packs of Tieguanyin tea instead.

She surely knows how to drink!

Leaving the tea shop, Xiaobei was feeling a bit restless. Looking at Qin Li she says, "I want to go home first, can you go to the shop on your own?"

Qin Li nodded, she didn’t ask why. She noticed that Xiaobei was not in a good mood.

After saying goodbye to Qin Li, Xiaobei goes to the bus stop. In the beginning, she considered confronting Chen Xiuxiu but ultimately decided to let it go. Otherwise, for the sake of two packs of tea, she would become the laughingstock to her neighbors and would be left humiliated.

Unbelievably, when she got home, she saw Chen Qiumei and Gu Weimin sitting under the grapevine drinking tea and Liao Zhe with them.

Right next to them were Xiaopang and Mo Wang sitting together with Bai Xiaolan who was pregnant, holding DouDou on her lap and speaking in whispers.

As soon as Xiaopang saw Xiaobei come in through the gate, he got up and yelled excitedly, "Mom, Mom, I missed you."

Xiaobei chuckled, squatting and hugging Xiaopang, "How can a mouth be so sweet?"

Sitting on the side, Chen Qiumei laughed, "He gets that from you. When you were little, you had quite a sweet mouth as well."

Xiaobei turns to Chen Qiumei with a smile, "What brings you and dad here today?"

"We have free time every day. Today I came to discuss something with you." Chen Qiumei even offered Xiaobei an extra stool. Her voice was slightly wheedling.

"What’s up?"

Chen Qiumei glanced at Gu Weimin and laughed, "You see, looking at Xiao Zhe, it’s about time he started schooling. We thought if it’s possible, could we admit Xiao Zhe in the kindergarten over by your place?"

Xiaobei looked at their expectant faces and said, "Isn’t that kindergarten still under construction?"

"I was talking about the old one, it’s a bit of a distance from your place, and only admits military children, So we thought, could you please help us get Liao Zhe admitted there?" Chen Qiumei proposed.

Xiaobei shook her head, "We don’t know anyone there, besides regular kindergartens are also good, don’t they teach all the same things?" 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Chen Qiumei swallowed her discontent and said, "Regular ones cost five yuan a month. I heard that military kindergartens are free, why should we pay if we don’t have to?"

"We can’t do anything about it. If it really is free, the check would certainly be strict, not everyone can go there." Xiaobei refused.

Gu Weimin cleared his throat lightly, "Xiao Zhe is your nephew after all, it’s your duty to care for him." Turning towards Lu Songyuan he asked, "Isn’t that right, Chief?"

Lu Songyuan nodded, "Indeed, if you can help, you should."

Xiaobei didn’t get irritated and laughed while holding Xiaopang,"This would mean Lu Zhanguo has to deliver gifts and beg people, and it’s not certain whether it could be done."

Lu Songyuan didn’t beat around the bush, "That doesn’t work, that’s encouraging bad behavior, we can’t do that."

Gu Weimin was irritated, his daughter’s elbows are turning outwards more and more.

Chen Qiumei started acting belligerently, "Then you should look into the kindergarten tuition, it’s only five yuan per month."

Xiaobei didn’t want to give even five cents, she glanced at Liao Zhe digging in Grape Gully and said in a low voice, "You can ask his mother Liao Qing, doesn’t he still have parents?"

Chen Qiumei got heated up, "Don’t mention that vile woman. She abandoned the child and ran away. Now that the child has grown up, she mustn’t see him."

"Whether she can see him or not, she is Liao Zhe’s biological mother, it’s her duty to look after him." Xiaobei said.

Chen Qiumei thought that made sense as well, it was right to ask Liao Qing for money, "But we don’t know where she is, how are we supposed to go looking?"

Xiaobei lightly said, "You managed to find me, if you want to find Liao Qing you could use the old method."

Gu Weimin felt a bit embarrassed and chugged several sips of tea.

Chen Qiumei nodded as if it made perfect sense.

Wen Xiuqing was preparing lunch in the kitchen, half a basin of braised pork, stir-fried leek with eggs, cold tossed purslane, millet porridge, and cooked green onion pancakes.

While eating, Chen Qiumei kept placing slices of meat on Liao Zhe’s plate, "Are these leeks from your backyard? They are so great! We rent a house and live with the landlord. The landlord has a small leek field and guards it like a treasury, scared that we would steal and eat them."

Wen Xiuqing very candidly replied, "We have some in our backyard. When you leave, cut some and take them home, they’re good for dumplings and pancakes."

Chen Qiumei was overjoyed, "Alright, alright, then I won’t be courteous."

After eating, Chen Qiumei offered to cut the leeks herself without letting Wen Xiuqing help.

With a knife in hand, she squatted in the leek field and started cutting. She was too lazy to pick them later so she did not cut close to the ground but slightly above it.

Xiaobei watched Chen Qiumei carrying a whole bundle of leeks, eyes twitching, can they even finish eating? If she took everything, who would dare to be courteous in the future?

Wen Xiuqing wasn’t distressed about her cutting too much, but seeing the leftover stubs in the field made her heartache. The leeks cut like that wouldn’t grow very well in the future.

Chen Qiumei happily carried away the bundle of leeks with Gu Weimin and Liao Zhe. On the way out, she could not help but say, "We should have Qiangzi look for Liao Qing, it’s so unfair that we’re raising her child while she enjoys her life."

Gu Weimin also felt they should look for Liao Qing, to make her pay Liao Zhe’s monthly expenses at the very least.

"The problem is, Qiangzi doesn’t know who Liao Qing is, where should he go looking?" Gu Weimin fretted.

Upon hearing it, Chen Qiumei’s joy fell instantly, "I guess she might be in the provincial city, but unfortunately, we don’t have her picture, or Qiangzi could definitely help."

Gu Weimin started planning, "Liu Mei seems to be serving her last days, it should be time for her to get out. When Xiaodong gets out, I’ll ask him whether he is willing to remarry Liu Mei."

"What? She is the woman who caused trouble with Xiaodong, and you still want her to get back with Xiaodong? Are you trying to harm our son? Let’s save money diligently for our son so when he comes out, he can afford a good wife." Chen Qiumei confidently stated.