Chapter 1531: Buying Gifts

Shi Xianxiao patted Jing Chen’s shoulder, "Yes, that’s exactly how it should be."

Ruoyan stood by the piano. Listening to the lovely music and watching her sister’s hands move like flying butterflies, it was truly beautiful.

After the song ended, Ruoyan applauded with a smile, "Sis, you played so well."

Tingting stood up with a smile, "No, it’s not familiar yet, and I am certainly not as good as Teacher Zheng or my sister, far from it."

Chaoyang had already arranged a time with Teacher Zheng. After all, they will go to school in the future, and the children need to go to school too, so they have to coordinate the time with Teacher Zheng.

"If you just want the kids to know how to play, then they can come to learn for half a day every Saturday and Sunday. But if you want them to learn well, they need to come every day."

"Teacher Zheng, could it be at night? We have school during the day."

"Alright then, in summer from seven to nine in the morning, and in winter from six to eight."

"Teacher Zheng, how about the tuition fees?"

"Two yuan per class. I can teach several kids together."

Chaoyang nodded and decided to start from today, from six to eight.

"Teacher Zheng, can my four-year-old son learn?"

"He can just play along, as long as he’s not crying or fussing; he still can’t reach the piano pedals.

Also, if capable, buy a piano."

Chaoyang nodded, he would ask Master Han.

Now that they’ve decided, the group went home.

Guodong didn’t go with them, he went to a deli to buy some prepared foods, there are too many people eating at home.

When Wei Kaiyun and Jiang Xinyu got home, the kids cheered and charged at Jiang Xinyu, churning out questions and statements.

Shang Zhenkun watched with a smile, the older he got, the more he enjoyed the liveliness, loving to have the children surround him.

After dinner, the two families left. Jianbin and Shi Jing took charge of washing the dishes and cleaning up, then rested a bit before going to learn piano together.

Jianbin wasn’t as good as Shi Jing, having not practiced these days, his fingers felt stiff.

Zheng Xinjie knew they had already gotten into college. It’s rare that they still diligently learn to play the piano.

This family has so many college students, it’s truly enviable.

His own sister took the college entrance exam this year, scoring only more than three hundred points, but didn’t want to leave the Capital, so she ended up staying at Film and Television University. There’s no comparison with others.

After class, "We have three more days of classes before it’s the Little New Year, and then we’ll break and talk again after the fifteenth of the first lunar month."

The three nodded, once they start school, they don’t know if they’ll have time to come and learn?

Their lives are quite comfortable, but the four brothers on the train burning water are truly bored.

At first, taking the train was quite novel, but after two days, it was enough.

Fortunately, they brought books; otherwise, it would be even more meaningless.

"When can we arrive?" Cheng Lin sighed.

"They say it should be around the fifth day of the first lunar month."

"Still so long, if only we could fly."

Every day they bring their own food to the dining car to eat, each with a bowl of millet porridge, accompanied by braised meat and pickles.

The four of them are reluctant to buy dishes to eat. All are children from poor families, so they’re very careful with their expenditures.

"Second brother, when we get to the Capital we’ll buy a watch." Hongling didn’t fancy the watches from the local mall, determined to buy one in the Capital, and convinced the other three brothers.

The three nodded, boys like watches, they are no exception.

Just finished eating and seeing many people dining, so the four got up to give others their seats.

At this time, two girls came over and stood shyly beside the table. They hadn’t found any empty seats after looking around, seeing the four were about to leave, they stood by waiting.

Coming closer, these four were truly handsome. The two girls were a bit embarrassed.

However, at this time, men and women were not so bold in speaking, so the two girls just watched them leave.

"Xiao Yan, they are really considerate."

"Indeed."

The two girls plan to come at this time tomorrow, maybe they could meet again.

Cheng Lin walked back and forth in the carriage.

"They announced the next stop, it should be a major station, we should get down and walk around; my legs hurt."

The three agreed, it’s either sitting or lying down, it’s too uncomfortable.

"No wonder Feifei doesn’t like taking the train, it’s truly uncomfortable."

At the station, they locked their room and got off. Now there are strict controls on small vendors, but there are still those selling goods.

The four are too frugal to buy food, how could they spend money frivolously on other things?

However, it didn’t stop them from watching the bustle.

Red Army suddenly spoke, "Come on, let’s check that out."

The three paused, but all followed over.

It turned out to be an old lady selling embroidery.

"Second brother, are you planning to buy something for the family?"

Red Army nodded, "Yes. Just looking from afar it’s very beautiful, the women in our family are all pretty and love beautiful things. So let’s buy one for each."

The four young men crouched down to choose. There are sixteen women in the family, so it fits perfectly for each person to buy four.

"Auntie, how much is this handkerchief per piece?" Red Army asked with a smile.

"Young man, is this for your girlfriend?"

"No, it’s for family."

"You see, the fabric is the finest cotton, and the thread is the best. I’m not boasting, my embroidery skills are genuinely good. How many pieces do you want to buy?"

"Sixteen pieces."

"Alright, let’s say one yuan per piece, this is the lowest price."

"Auntie, you haven’t sold any yet, have you?" Red Army still smilingly asked.

The elderly woman smiled awkwardly; indeed, not many buy these nowadays.

"If you buy sixteen pieces, I’ll give you one extra. But really can’t lower the price anymore, this is all my work, every stitch painstakingly done."

"Sure. Alright, but auntie, please give us one more extra. I won’t haggle."

The old lady made up her mind, "Alright, go ahead and pick."

Red Army took out sixteen yuan, and they picked eighteen pieces. Red Army thickened his skin and asked for one extra plain white handkerchief for wrapping. His reasoning was such exquisite embroidery must be preserved well to prevent damage later.

The broadcast hasn’t been heard, so the four aren’t in a hurry to return.

They’re frugal with food but generous when buying gifts for the family.

Cheng Lin saw peanuts and sunflower seeds for sale. However, in the end, did not buy any, still saving to buy a watch. Moreover, he plans to buy his mom a set of clothes and dad a pair of leather shoes in the Capital. Heard there are Zhongshan suits in the Capital too, so he’ll buy Dad one too. Everything needs money, still better to save where he can.