Chapter 56 smoke cloud.9

When Mrs. Tao "must do something", it really "depends on when". Summer vacation is here, and she suddenly wants to "how" to get up. That day, not a Saturday, suddenly the distant nephew came and said that the school was on summer vacation and he would return to Shanghai in three or two days. This word entered Mrs. Tao's east ear, and immediately came out of the west ear. The nephew hadn't left yet, but unexpectedly another guest came, Mr. Zhu. Every Saturday when Mr. Zhu came across the river, it was as early as 6:30, so he always arrived at Huang's house first.In the past three or four months, Mr. Zhu has come to Tao's house to "visit", and this is the second time.

Mr. Zhu seemed a little disappointed when he saw a guest, but after exchanging a few pleasantries, he said happily again: "Coincidentally, Mrs. Tao and her nephew are also here. Mrs. Huang didn't go out even though she thought about it. The four of us just went to play a few laps." "I won't." Nephew evaded. "What are you talking about! You are so young, there is no one who can't cross a sparrow!" Mr. Zhu yelled loudly and grabbed the nephew's arm. Mrs. Tao asked her nephew with a smile, "You really don't know?" "I have no capital."

After hesitating for a moment, my nephew answered with a blushing face. "Heheha! What a joke! What are you afraid of! Your aunt has the capital!" Mr. Zhu's voice can probably be heard on the street. It was no more than three o'clock at that time, and by the time Tao Zutai rushed home from "off work" and rushed to Huang's house, eight rounds of cards had already been played.Mrs. Tao won some, which just equaled her nephew's output. The poker game was over, and everyone chatted; Mr. Zhu mentioned that the school was on vacation, and he would go back to his hometown in a few days——in the Shanghai-Hangzhou Road area.

Mrs. Tao's heart skipped a beat when she heard this; she wondered, "It's summer vacation anyway!" That night, the distant nephew had dinner at Tao's house.When Mrs. Tao heard her husband and nephew talking about "Have you bought the boat ticket?", her heart skipped a beat.She who never calculated "what about tomorrow" suddenly began to calculate.She felt that from now on her days would become Mondays every day; Mr. Zhu would also leave in three or four days. She immediately said: "I also want to go back to Shanghai to see my mother!" "Oh!" Tao Zutai responded casually, but he forgot after a while.

But the next day Mrs. Tao went to buy a lot of things, all of which were brought back to Shanghai.When Tao Zutai came back from get off work, he saw his wife and children unwrapping and repacking the same thing. "Where did--these things come from?" Tao Zutai asked casually, and then collapsed in a chair as if extremely tired. "I bought it." Mrs. Tao said with a smile, pointing to a small cupronickel hookah, "This is for my mother..." "There are too many parts, I'm afraid your nephew can't carry them!" "I'll take it myself."

Mrs. Tao laughed like a child. She thought her husband was "fun" and always seemed to be dreaming there. "What? You want to go back?" Tao Zutai was surprised and stood upright from the chair. "Haha, didn't I say that last night?" Mrs. Tao pursed her lips and smiled. "Father, I'm confused. Mom and baby go back." The child also clapped his hands and shouted. Tao Zutai didn't smile at all.He sat down lazily, stopped talking, and stared at his wife and child with wide eyes.He felt that Madam's abrupt behavior this time could be "studied".No, Mr. Zhu is going back too?However, the wife's nephew is also going back, so naturally he left all the way, so there seems to be no "suspiciousness".

While bandaging things, Mrs. Tao said, "Buy a boat ticket. I can't get it, so I want you to go. The baby doesn't need a ticket." "Heh - hey!" Tao Zutai woke up from his contemplation. "A ticket? I have no money. Salary at the end of the month, there are still ten days left!How about you? " "Bought something,—let me figure it out, oh. It's enough for the journey." "Well, we'll have to wait until the end of the month." "Everything has been bought, and we have to wait until the end of the month!" Mrs. Tao said as if she was disappointed, and stopped the bandaging work in her hand.

"However, I'm afraid your nephew won't be able to wait that long." Tao Zutai said after pondering for a while, and suddenly he was "researching" whether to let his wife go back or not.His "research" has not yet come to fruition, but his wife suddenly cheered up and said: "It doesn't matter. He can't wait, let him go first. Mr. Zhu may leave one day, if you ask him to wait a few more days, he will agree." Tao Zutai stared straight at his wife, and immediately suspected that there was a plan between his wife and Mr. Zhu; and he guessed that all of this was probably Mr. Zhu's idea.He felt that Mrs. Zhu was too pitiful and Mrs. Zhu was too hateful. He shook his head, sighed, and said in a low but firm voice:

"No! Let's go all the way with your nephew. I'll try the boat ticket money and pay the salary in advance."