strictlysupreme Chapter 83 Collecting Interest
Chapter 83 Collecting Interest
"Where's the stuff? Give it back to me!"
Anjiu raised his foot and stepped on his chest, pressing him to the ground.
She was on high alert in the other world, and she never expected that her home back home would be robbed!
If it weren't for the fact that people couldn't be killed at will in the beehive, she would have sent them to reincarnation with her own hands no matter what.
When I returned to his house with the pig-headed man, I saw a red plastic bucket on the ground. I opened the lid and saw only bowls and chopsticks.
She frowned fiercely, "Where's the water cup?"
"Yes, under the bed."
"And an aluminum lunch box?"
"It's also at home... I forgot where I put it..."
"I'll help you think about it."
Ten seconds later.
The pig-headed man struggled to open his eyes that were swollen like walnuts, huddled in the corner, and watched the skinny girl rummaging around in his house looking for something. He was extremely scared.
She looks skinny, but she's stronger than him. I can't beat her at all...
And there was always murderous intent in her eyes when she looked at me, which made my neck hairy...
Anjiu stuffed what she found back into the bucket, and also picked up two teacups, a saucer, and two spoons - no one knew where this man had looted these things from, and they just happened to be cheap for her, so she just considered it as interest.
Then he rolled up the thick and thin mattress on the bed and carried it on his shoulders. Before leaving, he asked, "Why don't you have a quilt and pillow?"
The pig-headed man was trembling visibly.
"No, I just sold it two days ago..."
An Jiu muttered a pity, and then asked, "Which room does your companion live in?"
The pig-headed man widened his eyes, leaned forward, and said in a much louder voice: "He lives next door!"
Three seconds later, the door next door was kicked open.
"You, you, what are you going to do!?"
"Charge interest."
……
After Anjiu returned home and put down her things, the first thing she did was to carry her grandmother down and quickly make the bed so that her grandmother could lie comfortably. Then she picked up the cup and rushed to the 30th floor.
The water sales office has fixed opening hours and will not release water before the time limit, no matter who knocks.
On the front of the house, there is a small water-selling window, which is located at a low position - too high when standing and too low when squatting, so it is in an awkward position where one can only do horse stance.
Fortunately, Anjiu hasn't grown up yet, so he just needs to bend his waist more.
Behind the window, a staff member was sitting idly, and when he saw Anjiu, he just glanced at him from the corner of his eye.
"Knock knock."
"Knock knock..."
He looked like a scoundrel who would keep knocking unless there was any response.
The staff rolled his eyes, stretched out a finger impatiently, and swiped it towards the water supply time sign at a dizzying speed.
"Knock knock."
The glass snapped open.
"I'm telling you, are you crazy? Can't you read the big words? It's water supply time now and you come to knock? Can't you see I'm busy--"
A chocolate with only a small piece left was thrown in front of her.
She was startled, and quickly grabbed it in her hand, peeled off the packaging, put it under her nose and took a deep sniff. Then she raised her eyebrows and turned up the corners of her mouth, and her impatience disappeared.
"Give me a glass of water." Anjiu handed over the glass.
"Urgent need?" The staff happily stuffed the chocolate into his pocket and stood up to get her some water.
"Yeah, I'm very thirsty."
The staff unscrewed the water cup and turned to let Anjiu look at the stain on the bottle mouth. "It's a bit dirty. Let me rinse it off for you."
"……Thanks."
"You're welcome. You know, our work is so busy that it takes a while. When it's over, I have to be idle. There is no one to talk to. It's so boring. If it weren't for the half-day work, I couldn't stand it in this small house."
The staff member was chatting while getting the water, and at the end he turned around and smiled at Anjiu.
The water flowed slowly into the cup, making a hissing sound.
"Our shifts are not fixed. For example, today is the afternoon shift, and tomorrow is the morning shift. We switch shifts every day." After filling the water bottle, she turned around and slowly screwed the lid on. "If you need water urgently in the future, come to my class and find me. Just like making friends."
She put the glass of water on the counter but did not release her hand.
An Jiu understood what she meant. After paying the contribution points, he smiled back, "Sure."
She waved her hand in satisfaction, "Go slowly on the road."
……
After returning home, Anjiu closed the iron door, inserted the bolt, took out a bowl from the bucket, poured a little water to wash it, and took out the antipyretic medicine from the space.
Tear it open and pour it into a bowl. After dissolving it with water, I helped grandma stand up and slowly fed the medicine into her mouth.
Grandma swallowed it subconsciously, and Anjiu took the opportunity to feed her the anti-inflammatory and cold medicine as well.
At first, she was not sure what disease her grandmother had, until she saw circular splash marks on the windowless ground - it must have rained a few days ago, and without windows to block the wind, the rain blew into the room at an angle.
The night rain was cold and the old man was already weak, so it was easy for him to catch a cold sleeping in such an environment.
Anjiu rolled up a piece of the mattress to use as a pillow, took off his shirt and covered his grandmother with it. Then he put the red bucket back in the corner, went out to the neighbor's house across the street to borrow a broom, and cleaned up all the accumulated dirt near the window.
After doing all this, Anjiu touched his grandmother's forehead again and felt that the temperature had obviously dropped, which seemed to indicate that the medicine was taking effect.
After locking the door and returning the broom to the neighbor, Anjiu took the simple elevator and went straight to the small shop on the 28th floor.
Boss Zhang was still sitting behind the counter.
He got an old-fashioned phonograph from somewhere and was happily wiping it with a small rag.
Even when customers came to the store, he would say, "Feel free to look around, and feel free to ask for prices," without even raising his eyes, contrary to his usual behavior.
Anjiu went straight to the glass display stand on the counter.
Perhaps the peak sales period has passed, the display stand is no longer as clean and exquisite as the last time I saw it.
“How much is this glass?”
"Wait a moment, let me put this record on!" Boss Zhang carefully took out a vinyl record and put down the needle.
As the needle moved along the groove, intermittent singing came out from the speaker on the top.
It's a very sweet old-fashioned love song with a female voice.
Boss Zhang narrowed his eyes and tapped the table with his fingertips in enjoyment.
Music, a kind of sentiment-cultivating thing, was rare among the sixth-class citizens. Even for An Jiu, who came from another world, his brain froze for a moment when the sound appeared.
Then - "Boss, how much is the glass?"
She was not in the mood to listen to music right now, and the important thing was to seal the windowsill as soon as possible.
Boss Zhang's fingers paused in the air and seemed to tremble twice.
The needle was lifted for a second and the singing stopped.
He then looked straight at Anjiu, then moved his head back a little, squinted his eyes as if he was shortsighted, and recognized her after two seconds.
"It's you! A potential customer whose home is integrated with the outside environment and who urgently needs a glass windshield!"
He walked quickly out of the counter and took out a glass display stand, revealing eight standard teeth.
"After you came last time, I went back to the warehouse and searched everywhere, but I couldn't find the old-style glass you mentioned. But it doesn't matter. Based on our close relationship from the past few transactions, I'll sell this brand new glass at a low price, as a favor to you!"
"Remember, Lao Zhang, I only gave you a discount!"