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Chapter 57 smoke cloud.10

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The salary advance was unsuccessful, so Tao Zutai asked for leave at four o'clock the next afternoon and left the office to ask Huang Yinian for a loan.He went to Huang's house first, but unexpectedly, Mrs. Huang was not there.He returned to his home listlessly, just as he walked in the front door, his wife and children followed. "Okay, the boat ticket has been bought, and we will board the boat at eight o'clock tonight." Mrs. Tao reported to her husband with a happy face. The child walked up to his father, took out a bag full of candies, raised his face and said: "Daddy, candy! Mr. Zhu bought it, baby's!"

Tao Zutai was full of confusion, and felt that everything in front of him was spinning, but when he knew that Mr. Zhu had bought the ticket——Mr. My son also went on the same boat tonight, Tao Zutai understood and was at ease, and at the same time concluded once again that Mr. Zhu is really disgusting. Mrs. Tao took out the ticket and showed it to her husband, it was the official cabin No. 20. We had to board the boat at eight o'clock in the evening, so Mrs. Tao was busy packing her luggage. Tao Zutai sat and paced for a while in a daze, painstakingly "studying" the sudden change of situation.The more he "researched", the more he concluded that Mr. Zhu's intentions were unpredictable: it was Mr. Zhu who came to "visit", and it was Mr. Zhu who found out that Mrs. Tao volunteered to be "courageous" before buying a boat ticket. Fortunately, there was Mrs. Tao's nephew.Tao Zutai felt that he was in the vast ocean, and the only "sider" was this seventeen or eighteen-year-old middle school student.

Around six o'clock, Huang Yinian and his wife came.Hearing that Mrs. Tao and Mr. Zhu were leaving together, the pair of Tao Zutai's friends also seemed to be taken aback.But knowing that there was Mrs. Tao's nephew, Huang Yinian and his wife exchanged glances and smiled again. Huang Yinian and his wife invited Tao Zutai and his wife to dinner, and it was almost eight o'clock. Huang Yinian sent him aboard. I found the No. 20 official cabin, but unexpectedly there was a man with a fat face, it was Mr. Zhu. Tao Zutai quickly looked at the bronze plaque on the door, it was clearly number 20.His fingertips were cold and he couldn't speak.Huang Yunian was also surprised, and peeked at Mrs. Tao, but Mrs. Tao's expression was the same as usual.

"There are no vacant rooms." Mr. Zhu said with a serious face. "Old Zhu!" Huang Yinian took a step forward, "You bought the ticket, you shouldn't..." "There is no room, what can I do!" Mr. Zhu replied with a straight face. Huang Yinian turned his head to look for Tao Zutai, and happened to meet Mrs. Tao's eyes looking in his direction, so he asked: "Mrs. Tao, what do you—how do you feel?" "What? Oh, whatever." Mrs. Tao's voice and expression were the same as usual. The children clamored to see "The Great Warship".Mrs. Tao took the child out of the cabin.

At this moment, Mrs. Tao's nephew squeezed through the crowd.Tao Zutai grabbed him and grabbed him, and asked: "What's your number?" "I'm in the steerage." "Hey!" Tao Zutai shook his head, his legs suddenly became weak, and he sat on Mrs. Tao's luggage, staring straight at the bronze medal in the No. 20 official cabin. Seeing that the situation was a little stiff, Huang Yinian had no choice but to make a decision. He asked the waiter on the ship, and knowing that the official cabin No. 34 was still vacant, he asked the waiter to move Mrs. Tao's luggage to No. 34. No. go.But Tao Zutai sat there without moving, but asked Mrs. Tao's nephew to change from the steerage cabin to the 20th cabin.

"Hmph! Isn't that a joke? I—I don't like it, why can't I comfortably have a room by myself?" Mr. Zhu raised his face and yelled, and stood at the door of the room with his hands on his waist, as if he was guarding against others rushing in. Tao Zutai pretended not to hear or see, and just urged the nephew. "What about the money? The official cabin is the price of the official cabin." The nephew said softly. When mentioning money, Tao Zutai was stunned; where did he get the money, his wife's boat ticket was paid by others.But he exclaimed impatiently:

"Anyway, you go and move it up first!" Huang Yinian felt that Tao Zutai's move was too "traceless", but Tao Zutai was "crazy", so Huang Yinian had to sympathize with him.Pushing Mr. Zhu into the room, Huang Yinian said a few words in a persuasive and half-reproaching manner.At this time Tao Zutai had already forced the nephew to bring the luggage in. Mr. Zhu just sneered with sideways eyes. Watching his nephew spread out the bedding, Tao Zutai felt relieved, but then he thought of money.He whispered to Huang Yinian.Huang Yinian fumbled in his pocket. Unfortunately, he only had a few cents left. He smiled wryly and said, "Your wife always has it by your side. Let them settle it later."

The gong sounded from outside.This is the report that the ship is about to weigh anchor. Mrs. Tao and the children also came.Tao Zutai asked his nephew to help him get his wife's luggage to No. 34, and at the same time told his wife to go: "You've moved this way. Quiet." Mrs. Tao glanced into Room No. 34, nodded and said only two words: "Whatever."
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