Chapter 93 How could his precious child suffer like this!

This is a high-end product that many ordinary people couldn't afford even if they didn't eat or drink for a year!

Moreover, with a large family, buying one for each person would be quite expensive.

"Honey, this is too expensive. How about we buy a cotton-padded coat instead?" Qiao Changdong suggested.

"It's okay, Dad. There are two more clivia plants here, even prettier than the ones we just sold. We have money!" Qiao Qiao just wanted to buy some nice things for her family.

She had this idea about the 30,000 yuan her mother had left her.

However, Grandma Qiao and Qiao Changdong absolutely refused to touch that money, saying that they would give it all to her when she grew up, and that it absolutely could not be touched before then.

Qiao Qiao couldn't persuade the two of them, so she had no choice but to give up.

She has just earned 20,000 yuan, and she knows she can earn even more in the future. All she wants to do is give her family the very best!

This time, Qiao Changdong couldn't persuade her otherwise.

Including the eldest son and his wife who haven't returned from Kyoto yet, plus Fu Yu, the Qiao family has a total of seventeen people, and all of them were given a down jacket.

The shop owner was overjoyed to receive such a large order so early in winter.

They were very generous and gave the father and daughter a 12% discount.

After rounding down the price, the sixteen down jackets of various sizes cost a total of four thousand yuan. The shopkeeper also promised to deliver them to the guesthouse where they were staying when they left the mall.

The father and daughter continued shopping.

When they passed the TV sales counter, Qiao Changdong and Qiao Qiao couldn't walk any further.

"How about we buy it and leave it at Aunt's house? Aunt's house has electricity!"

Qiao Qiao loves watching TV. In her previous life, she was imprisoned, and her daily activity consisted of watching TV. She also obtained a lot of information about the outside world through television.

Qiao Changdong actually thought about things more deeply than Qiao Qiao.

Hongfeng Town is poor.

Only the town center had electricity; none of the villages and towns below had it.

Who knows when we'll be able to get electricity?

He's thinking of moving out.

In addition, Qiao Qiao will also start school when she is five years old. When her younger nephews were young, they would get up early and walk two or three kilometers to the central primary school in town to study. Qiao Hai is the same as that now.

That's how children in the countryside all grew up.

In the summer, it was a bit better because it got light early, but in the winter it was pure torture. We often had to carry torches to school.

On rainy or snowy days, my trouser legs might be soaked all morning, and before lunch, my hands and feet would be stiff, to the point that I couldn't even hold a pen.

As for why my hands weren't stiff after lunch, it's because after lunch, I could go to the cafeteria and wash the dishes with the hot water from steaming the rice, which helped restore my hand's dexterity.

This is how it was for all of us, whether we were young kids or adults back then.

Qiao Changdong never felt that this was anything special, nor did he feel that it was particularly difficult.

But when it comes to these things for his precious daughter, he can't bear it.

How could his precious child suffer like this!

Absolutely impossible!

How about... we buy a plot of land in town and build our own house?

Or should we ask his sister if anyone in their tenement building is selling their apartment?

That way, when his daughter attends the preschool, Meng Zihuan can take care of her both on and off the way to and from school. How great is that? Free labor!

"Okay, we'll buy a color TV! Come on, Dad's going to find someone to exchange the tickets!"

Finally, Qiao Changdong treated his friend in Baoyi City to a big meal and successfully exchanged the money for a color TV voucher, which he used to buy a 14-inch color TV for 998 yuan.

The father and daughter then happily went home together.

"Dongzi, have you gone mad?"

Seeing the color TV that had been moved to the living room and the neighbors who had come to watch the commotion, Qiao Xiaoyun grabbed Qiao Changdong's arm and pulled him into the house.

He then pointed to the three down jackets of different sizes spread on the bed, his face looking very grim.

She lowered her voice and questioned, "Dongzi, did you take any of Guaibao's money?!"

"Have you forgotten what Mom told me? You're not allowed to touch this money until our little one is capable of making his own decisions!"

Qiao Xiaoyun wasn't ignorant of quality. After marrying Meng Zhengcheng, she took advantage of Meng Zhengcheng's trip to the provincial capital for a meeting and went to a large shopping mall in the provincial capital to broaden her horizons.

She knew that a down jacket cost several hundred yuan, which was more than she could afford with a year's salary.

Qiao Changdong bought three pieces of such expensive clothing.

Based on current market prices, it would probably cost six or seven hundred yuan.

With so much money, even if he earned a lot more, he couldn't afford to squander it like this. So Qiao Xiaoyun's first reaction was that Qiao Changdong had touched Qiao Qiao's 30,000 yuan deposit.

You need to know.

When Qiao Changdong bought the truck and sports car, they didn't touch that money. Instead, each of them contributed over two hundred yuan, raising more than a thousand yuan in total. Then, with the help of her in-laws, they applied for a government subsidy to buy it.

It cost more than 20,000 yuan in total.

In order to pay off the debts of each household in the previous year, Qiao Changdong was almost never at home, and was out driving his truck every day.

It was around that time that he began to consider marrying Chen Yulian.

But little did they know that they had married a woman with a heart of stone.

It wasn't until the first half of this year that Qiao Changdong finally paid off all the debts owed to each household, but he still needs to pay the government more than 100 yuan every month.

It will take more than ten years to repay.

Qiao Changdong's current salary is not low; if he works hard, he can earn more than 1,500 yuan a year.

But after paying off the government subsidies, only a little over four hundred yuan was left.

Especially starting in the second half of the year, after learning that Chen Yulian wasn't treating his daughter well, he stopped driving his car as often as possible, fearing that his daughter would be bullied while he was away from home.

Monthly income naturally declined significantly as a result.

Where can I afford such expensive clothes?

"Sister, do I look like that kind of person?" Qiao Changdong asked speechlessly, rubbing his arm that had been pinched so hard.

His gaze fell on Qiao Xiaoyun's fingertips, wondering how she could pinch his flesh so precisely through such a thick military coat!

And it hurts so much when you pinch me!

Those who study medicine are definitely different; their touch is better than anyone else's.

“It looks like it!” Qiao Xiaoyun glared at him.

"..." Qiao Changdong.

Alright, what's there to talk about? What's there to talk about!

Qiao Changdong made a move to leave, but seeing Qiao Xiaoyun's hand reaching out again, he quickly begged for mercy, saying, "Sister, sister, no, no, no, I'll talk, I'll talk, okay?"

“This money was earned by my darling.”

"You've probably heard of it. There's a type of herb that's become incredibly expensive these days."

“When we went to Baoyi City this time, we sold one of those plants for 20,000 yuan. The seller even gave us a red envelope containing 88 yuan as a token of appreciation.”

Qiao Changdong whispered these words in Qiao Xiaoyun's ear, afraid that the neighbors watching TV outside would hear them.

Qiao Xiaoyun's eyes widened when she heard this.

She looked at Qiao Changdong in disbelief: "Really? Twenty thousand yuan for a single plant? What's the point?"

Buying a potted plant for 20,000 yuan? Are they crazy?