I Get a Share Too?

This program was produced by Tomato Listening. Episode 47: I Get a Share Too!

"Little sis, why did you only get here now?"

"Quick, stand up front!"

Fatty winked at her and said.

Lin Yuzhu froze for a moment, then watched Fatty keep edging backward, forcibly squeezing out a spot for her.

Though cutting in line was shameful, Lin Yuzhu shamelessly stepped into the spot anyway.

Then she heard Fatty mutter quietly, "Sis, let me tell you, they only steamed two batches of these pork buns. If you line up at the back, you won't be able to buy any at all."

Lin Yuzhu looked enlightened. She nodded and muttered back softly, "Oh, thank you, Brother Fatty!"

"Am I... really that fat?"

"I've lost quite a bit of weight lately."

Looking at his round, jiggling face, Lin Yuzhu's eyes curved with laughter as she said.

"I can't say you're a little fat. I can only say you're very fat." She still remembered Fatty calling her short.

Harm had to be mutual.

Fatty was struck by that remark. Lin Yuzhu hurriedly said with a grin, "Hehehe, I was just teasing you, Brother Fatty. You're not fat, not fat at all!"

Fatty Li was speechless. Did she think he would believe that now?

"I heard that as long as people have firm conviction, they can accomplish anything."

"There was a fat girl on my street. After hearing that, she got up every morning, knelt beside her bed, and muttered, 'I will lose weight.' Guess what happened?"

Fatty Li was engrossed and asked along with her, "What happened?"

"Well, she really did lose weight. She got as thin as me. Really!"

Fatty Li's slit-like eyes widened a little, and he shouted as if he somewhat believed her.

Lin Yuzhu had not expected people in this era to be so easy to fool. Back at the Black Market, Fatty had not been so easy to trick when bargaining. Why did he seem a little lacking in intelligence today?

Lin Yuzhu gave a light cough and said with great sincerity, "Whether she truly lost weight or not, I don't know. Anyway, that fat girl said so."

"I think you could try it. It won't cost you a piece of flesh. What if it really works? Don't you think?"

Lin Yuzhu continued spouting nonsense with a straight face.

She did.

"The important thing is, you need firm conviction. Believe in yourself."

Fatty Li blinked, mulling it over and over before asking suspiciously.

"That girl really got thin. She looked so pretty after losing weight."

Lin Yuzhu nodded with a smile, then asked, "Brother Fatty, your living conditions are really good. I see you eating at this restaurant every day. What kind of job do you do to have so much money?"

After circling around for so long, Lin Yuzhu finally got to the point. Taking it as casual conversation, Fatty Li said, "Sigh, I'm just a salesperson in Liang Village. My monthly wages are only enough to cover my meals. No one at home looks after me, so I have no choice but to eat at restaurants."

"And I bring some for Jun too. Ever since he became a postman, he's had even less time to eat. He doesn't have any family here, either."

Halfway through, Fatty stopped talking, as though he feared something.

Lin Yuzhu pretended not to notice and continued chatting with a warm smile.

"From the sound of it, Brother Fatty, your family doesn't look after you?"

She sounded somewhat sympathetic after saying that.

Perhaps because he felt understood, Fatty Li began to feel sorry for himself. He sighed before saying, "Sigh, my mother died, my father remarried, and my stepmother didn't like me."

"Once I got a job, they kicked me out."

Lin Yuzhu was speechless. This stepmother was not very clever. She had kicked him out even though he could earn money now. That was quite excessive. She had let him go without plucking him clean; she had been a stepmother for nothing.

A salesperson in Liang Village was even more sought-after than one at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative. The pay was not much, but they could buy grain without ration coupons. That made Fatty's Black Market business somewhat more understandable.

Lin Yuzhu was still very curious about the ultimate purpose behind the postman and Fatty following her that day. She had deliberately analyzed it afterward. They had probably followed her because she had not sold much of her goods before that auntie tested her. They might have wanted to find out her source. If they wanted to know her source, that meant they preferred the quality of her goods.

Yet those words at the restaurant made it seem as though they were not especially invested in it.

Lin Yuzhu boldly guessed that they might have their eyes on the source of the female lead's goods as well.

Following her had merely been incidental.

She had once suspected that the two were spies sent by Liang Zhan, but then one of them had suddenly become a postman.

She had also been confused. How had a perfectly good salesperson become a postman?

Now that she thought about it, he might have been filling in for Fatty that day. But why would a postman and a grain station salesperson investigate the source of the female lead's grain?

Did they want to monopolize the source and resell goods for profit?

That was not impossible.

Lin Yuzhu could not make sense of it no matter how much she thought.

Before Lin Yuzhu could sort it out, Fatty said again, "Sis, I know. You asked so much because you actually wanted to find out about Jun. Sigh, but I can't say much about him. Once you two really get together, let him tell you himself."

Lin Yuzhu's head filled with question marks. Looking at Fatty's sly expression, she was utterly baffled. What did that mean?

Seeing her play dumb, Fatty wore an expression that said he understood everything and mysteriously muttered, "You two obviously like each other, so why won't you say it?"

"My brother too, and you too. If you like someone, just say it openly. Don't hide it until neither of you knows anything in the end."

Lin Yuzhu was a little dazed. What had Fatty imagined? She asked in confusion, "Your brother likes me?"

Fatty looked around, then muttered in a low voice, "Yesterday, when you and your sister went back, Jun specifically followed behind to keep you safe. We only left after watching you enter the courtyard."

Lin Yuzhu's eyes widened. She had not even noticed someone following them.

Thinking of yesterday's wild winds and pitch-black night, she had ridden back entirely on instinct and truly had not noticed what was behind her.

"Your brother really is a kind person."

Lin Yuzhu said with a laugh.

Eh, why did her reaction not seem to be what he expected?

Fatty wondered inwardly.

After the two had chatted for so long, the waitress standing beside the counter finally lifted the lid and prepared to sell the food.

It was time.

Lin Yuzhu was genuinely impressed. They would not start even half a minute early. Only then did the line begin to move.

By the time it was Lin Yuzhu's turn, only half a jin of pork buns remained. Seeing the long line behind her, how could she possibly buy them all? She asked for half a jin of buns. As usual, the waitress did not have a smile on her face and lazily placed three buns into oiled paper for her.

Lin Yuzhu took the hot meat buns and left the line. After waiting for Fatty to come out, and after he had finished buying as well, Lin Yuzhu said to him, "Brother Fatty, when I talked with you today, I wasn't trying to pry."

"Um, I think you misunderstood. We barely even know each other."

Seeing how serious she was, Fatty wondered if he had really misunderstood.

Fatty nodded somewhat blankly and said, "Then maybe I got the wrong idea."

"Sigh, maybe my brother is just pining after you alone."

Lin Yuzhu stared at Fatty for a long while, speechless.

With a brother like that, it was lucky he had not been angered to death.

"Who knows."

Lin Yuzhu chuckled.

After the two parted ways for no apparent reason, Lin Yuzhu shook her head and ate a bun while thinking, Maybe he really was just being kind. Who falls for someone after meeting only once? Even if I am good-looking, I still need some self-awareness.

Lin Yuzhu decided not to take Fatty's words to heart. How normal could someone who believed her nonsense be?

After the educated youths gathered, Lin Yuzhu's basket still held half a basket of grain.

Zhang Yanqiu stared at the half basket of grain for quite a while before sighing faintly. "When you borrowed money before, you said you had none. I was even worried about you. Now it seems you were only making excuses because you didn't want to lend me any."

Some people were just like that. They clearly knew what was going on, yet still insisted on asking for proof. In the end, aside from losing face, what else could they gain?

"After deducting the money I spent on grain, I really don't have any extra money to lend people!"

Lin Yuzhu looked at her cousin-in-law with a smile. Was that not normal?

Did she expect her to starve herself just to get close to her?

Dong Tiantian now knew that Zhang Yanqiu was interested in Li Xiangbei. Thinking of someone from an ordinary family who did not even have money to buy grain, how did she have the nerve to try to climb the social ladder?

Like a sparrow turning into a phoenix?

Keep dreaming!

What Dong Tiantian despised most were people who overestimated themselves and could not see things clearly. She immediately mocked her. "Sister Qiu, that's your fault. How could someone starve themselves for another person? How much face would someone need to have for that?"

Zhang Yanqiu's face instantly turned livid. Was Dong Tiantian calling her full of herself?

Dong Tiantian covered her mouth and laughed at the side. Lin Yuzhu lowered her head and said nothing. This had nothing to do with her.

Zhao Xianglan hurriedly played peacemaker and said with a smile, "All right, now that everyone is here, let's go. This pile of broken furniture is meant to be taken back, fixed up, and used by us. Everyone help out and carry a little."

Looking at the pile of tables, chairs, and benches behind Zhao Xianglan, all missing legs or arms, Lin Yuzhu was utterly speechless. How much effort would it take to carry all this back?

Her eyes sparkling, she looked at Zhao Xianglan and asked.

"Do we get a share too?"

Lin Yuzhu's question nearly made Zhao Xianglan lose her composure. Even the smile on her lips became less natural.

"I figured your new home already has everything, so I didn't get a share for you and Xiao Wan."

Lin Yuzhu nodded, then said eagerly, "Then should I help you carry some?"

Zhao Xianglan had originally intended that. Had she not gotten so much furniture because Lin Yuzhu had stirred things up? If she did not make Lin Yuzhu put in some effort now, how could she vent her frustration?

But seeing Lin Yuzhu's eager look, she hesitated. Considering Wang Xiaomei's temperament, what kind of good person could someone who stayed with her be?

The words on the tip of her tongue were swallowed back down.

"Uh, no need. There isn't much. We can carry it ourselves."

Hearing that, Li Xiangwan happily stood there without moving.

The Dong Sisters were unwilling to look at the pile of filthy broken wood.

Dong Tiantian pouted and said unwillingly.

"I can't."

Zhao Xianglan's expression became even more unnatural. She was angry inside, thinking that she had paid for all of this. If they did not carry it back, how could she ask them for money?

"This is all for us to take back and use."

Zhao Xianglan said as though making a concession.