“Thank you Uncle Zheng for your concern, my sister is much better and recovering quite well.”
“That’s good, that’s good.”
Uncle Zheng chucked a green vegetable and ate it before taking a bite of rice.
“Haitong, Uncle told you something, give me your opinion, is it reliable? I told your Auntie Zheng and she scolded me.”
Hai Tong smiled, “Uncle Zheng, tell me, what is it? I’ll help you refer to it and give some advice.”
“I don’t know how to read faces, but I don’t really have a master to lead me, I learnt a bit of introductory by myself by following others haphazardly, and then relied on myself to read books and grope around by myself.”
Uncle Zheng stopped eating, whispered, “But I think I can now go to the footbridge or the park to set up a stall to read the face, that is, to set up a stall in his spare time, so that I can make some extra money to help make up for the family, although our grocery shop is also getting by.”
“But as the children are getting older, the elderly are getting older, the pressure on us middle-aged people is getting bigger and bigger, the family relies on the income from that shop, always feel stretched, I would like to go to make some extra money, but your aunt scolded me to death.”
“She asked me to tell her tonight, oh no, it’s tomorrow, it’s Wednesday today, the lottery is only on Thursday, and asked me to tell her what the seven numbers of the Mark Six lottery will be tomorrow night, and that she’s going to put her entire fortune into it to buy the Special Bumps, which have a higher payout than winning the special code, and that winning a dollar gets you a hundred dollars.”
Uncle Zheng said spitefully, “If I knew what the Mark Six numbers were, I would have been richer than the richest man in the world. What’s the point of going to the flyover to set up a stall? She scolded me for being lazy and trying to sneak out to play.”
Hai Tong laughed, “Uncle Zheng, if you know what the Mark Six lottery is going to be tomorrow night, remember to call me and let me know, and I’ll put my entire fortune in to buy the special touch.”
“Hai Tong, don’t tease me. I do think that I’m at a level where I can go to a stall, any amount of money I can make is money.”
“Uncle Zheng, if you want to earn more money, you don’t have to go to the park to set up a stall to read faces, many people think that those who set up stalls in the park are cheaters, and those who are really good don’t have to go out and business comes to their doorsteps automatically.”　Uncle Zheng said after a silence, “I do not have other skills ah, just interested in this area, study for many years before I think I know a little.”
He felt that Hai Tong’s phase was quite accurate when he looked at it.
He had told his wife long ago that Hai Tong was a wealthy person, and that rich families usually couldn’t afford to have Hai Tong’s wealth.
Now that Hai Tong has married into the richest man in the war family, Uncle Zheng thinks he’s got it right.
That’s why he sprouted the idea of going to the park to set up a stall to earn a little money.
“Three hundred and sixty lines of work. I support Uncle Zheng to do what he wants to do, I always feel like I’m propagating superstition, but I still think that if you want to do something, just do it and try it out, no matter if it’s a success or a failure, if you go ahead and do it, you won’t regret it.”
“Uncle Zheng still need to go back and talk to auntie properly, you are using your free time to go out, and it doesn’t affect the business of your shop, auntie will understand and will agree, after all, you are also for the sake of this family.”
Hai Tong didn’t stop moving things while she was talking to Uncle Zheng, when she was done moving things, she went back to the cashier to get her bag, then picked up her mobile phone and put it into her trouser pocket, and said to Uncle Zheng, “Uncle Zheng, couples can only live their days better if they have a discussion.”
After thinking about it, Uncle Zheng laughed, “Haitong, you’re a dozen years younger than Uncle, you can see more clearly than Uncle, you really woke me up as a dreamer with a single word. You’re getting off work, right? Then I won’t bother you anymore, I’ll go back and discuss it slowly with your aunt.”
Uncle Zheng left happily.
Back to his family’s grocery shop.
Hai Tong eyed Uncle Zheng’s back, and after a long while, he converged his eyes back, then pulled down the roller shutter and locked it.
Uncle Zheng’s life is a reflection of thousands and thousands of ordinary people.
He is in his middle age, has an old man on top and a young man underneath, dares not get sick, dares not be lazy, and tries to make money to support his family.
It’s a lot of pressure.