Quick Travel System: Age Strategy

"Just listen to your father. This is for your own good."

"..." Zhang's father's love came late and was intense. I was not able to enjoy it before and now I can't bear it.

Chengcheng was forced to put on a scarf and go out. Not long after she left, Zhang's father hurried to the window, his eyes fixed on what was happening downstairs.

"How was it? Did you see where she went?" Zhang's mother asked curiously.

"Shh, don't talk yet, let me take a look." Zhang's father replied perfunctorily, his eyes never leaving the window.

But after a while, he looked out the window with his eyes wide open.

"Wife, Minling went to the fruit store again."

"Ah?! Why is she going there again?"

During lunch, Chengcheng brought back the dessert she had made herself. They thought she had made it somewhere else, but then they saw her go into the fruit shop.

Zhang's father frowned and pulled the corners of his mouth downwards. He looked at the fruit shop downstairs and said with dissatisfaction: "What's so good about this shabby shop? It's so attractive to her."

"What's going on? I want to take a look." The more Zhang's mother listened to what Zhang's father said, the more confused she felt.

Zhang's father walked over quickly, picked up Zhang's mother, and came to the window to show her, "She left long ago and went into the store so we can't see her."

"Oh, forget it, I can't see you. Just carry me back."

After Zhang's father put Zhang's mother down, he said, "I think I must see clearly what they are doing today." After that, he went back into the house.

After a long time, he came out and went to the window with a telescope in his hand to take some pictures.

Seeing him like this, Zhang's mother looked at him with amusement, "What can you see just like this?"

Zhang's father snorted, "That's clearer than seeing with the naked eye."

Thinking of Zhang's father's presbyopia, Zhang's mother smiled and said, "That's true."

He stopped trying to stop Mr. Zhang and squatted on the window to look down, but after a while he gave up.

How can you see clearly? The people are hiding inside and won’t come out.

"Isn't our strategy of using stillness to control movement too passive? Do you think I should go to the fruit shop downstairs and take a look?"

"It's up to you. I can't go downstairs. If you want to go, go by yourself."

Seeing that Zhang's mother was not going, Zhang's father also looked a little listless, "Forget it, I'm not going. What am I going to do if you're not going?"

Zhang Ma ignored him and continued, "Remember to take care of the work in our store, otherwise the old customers will come here in vain if they don't know that we don't open the store."

During the two days that Zhang's mother was sick, Zhang's father actually forgot about opening the store.

Now that she reminded me, I remembered and said quickly, "I know, I'll go there in a minute."

……

In the fruit shop downstairs

When Chengcheng arrived, Lu Xiao was already there. What was rare was that there was a customer in the store at this moment, and he was an old neighbor who lived nearby.

Seeing that he was busy with business, Chengcheng walked around him and tried to find an empty chair to sit in for a while.

She also knew that it was a job that Lu Xiao was capable of doing, so it was better not to go up and help, so just let him do it. He was a service-oriented man and was happy to do these things.

The more you try to stop him, the more excited he gets, just like when they first met, she wanted to help him move things but he ended up moving three boxes in one go to prove that he could do it.

Not helping is not a sign of being hard-hearted, but a matter of assessing the situation.

However, when the old neighbor saw her, he took the initiative to interrupt her.

“Isn’t this Minling? Haven’t you found a job yet?”

Chengcheng nodded indifferently, found a seat to sit down and did not directly answer these questions.

The old neighbors here are warm and welcoming, but they also have shortcomings.

They always pay too much attention to the well-being of others, and will take the initiative to interfere in other people's affairs as soon as they hear any news. They like to meddle in other people's affairs, regardless of whether the people who hear it feel uncomfortable or embarrassed.

The old neighbor ignored her impatience and sighed frequently, saying, "Hurry up and find a job. I see you stay at home or hang out in the fruit store. Young people should be energetic and not waste their time. When you get old, how can your parents support you forever?"

Cheng Cheng just thought she was farting and didn't take it seriously at all. She had seen many people like this before.

The ugliness of human nature is that when something happens in other people's families, they will release some unnecessary excessive concern, but when something happens in their own family, they would like to hide it in the ground.

He's already busy with his own family's mess, but he's already busy with other people's affairs.

Seeing that she didn't say anything, the old neighbor became more and more excited, "Your parents paid for your college education, so you should give them something in return, right?! When they get old and can't walk anymore, they won't be able to help you."

"You young people don't understand how hard it is for your parents to earn a little money. When we were young, we had a formal job and could split our salary into two halves to support our family. You earn much more money now than we did, and you have more opportunities, but you are unwilling to suffer."

……

Lu Xiao frowned, raised his voice and said without thinking: "Why do you care about other people's family affairs when you have nothing to do with them? Auntie, you can't even solve your own problems."

"Hey, I'm trying to persuade her, why are you rushing at me?"

"Why don't you take care of other people's business? Take care of your own family first. How come I heard that your son didn't give you alimony this month, and you called to say that your daughter-in-law didn't come?!"

"Who!... Who told you that?! This is a rumor. I told you that my son is very filial to me."

"Hmm, huh?"

The old neighbor snatched the fruit from Lu Xiao's hand, dodging his gaze and said firmly, "Of course, how can the son I raised not be filial? How much is this fruit, boss?"

"You know whether your son is a mule or a horse. The total is twenty-four dollars." Lu Xiao said expressionlessly with his lips clenched.

The old neighbor immediately started to chatter, as if he had eaten dynamite. "Twenty-four dollars?! Your store is so shady, are you so poor that you are robbing people?!"

"You don't have to buy it if you don't have money, Auntie." Chengcheng stood up and walked over gracefully and said.

"How could I not have money? My son gave me some money as a gift."

The old neighbor was concerned about his reputation, so he lowered his head and took out money from the secret pocket in his pants.

I counted them one by one, but they were still not enough for twenty-four dollars.

Feeling that they were all waiting to see if he could not pay, he could not help but blush. The old neighbor said stubbornly, "That's all. I didn't bring enough money with me today. Wait for me to go back and get some."

Cheng Cheng and Lu Xiao looked at each other, and both could see the disbelief in their hearts.

Go back to get the money? I'm afraid she won't admit her debt once she leaves this door, so I can't let her leave so easily.

"We don't sell on credit in our store. Why don't you buy less fruit? I think this money will be enough."

"Yeah, if we buy more, the money won't be enough."

The old lady rolled her eyes. Since she couldn't avoid it and couldn't afford it, she might as well say something official: "Oh, I really didn't bring enough today. OK, I'll buy less. I'll buy more next time I come."

As he spoke, he took out the fruits, and only stopped when the number of fruits in the bag was clearly visible.

“That’s all I want today.”