Chapter 164 - 163: Doing What’s Shameless
"I heard a noise like something being smashed, so I came to see what’s going on." Li Nuanchun pointed to the iron basin in her hand, "What are you doing! Why would you smash a perfectly good iron basin?"
Such a good iron basin wouldn’t be cheap to buy and replaced. She just smashed it up right away, making Li Nuanchun feel heartbroken. To herself, she thought that young people these days haven’t experienced hardship, they don’t value possessions.
In front of outsiders, Li Meiyu couldn’t directly admit that she was protesting against Tong Yao, or else people would think she’s jealous of Tong Yao eating dumplings. So she euphemistically said, "This piece of junk is an eyesore, I planned to smash it up and sell it as scrap."
"Selling such a good iron basin as scrap is such a waste." Chen Yanmei wanted to put Baodan on the ground and take a look at the iron basin, but as soon as Baodan’s feet touched the ground, she curled up and didn’t want to put pressure on them. She clung to her neck and wouldn’t let go. Yanmei had no choice but to say, "Meiyu, this iron basin will only sell for twenty cents at most if it’s scrap. How about I buy it from you for fifty cents?"
If she were to buy this large iron basin for washing faces from the store, it would cost at least four yuan. So buying it back for fifty cents is like making a killing, even if the iron basin was broken and needed repair, it wouldn’t cost much.
Li Meiyu, already irate, expectedly didn’t appreciate the daylight robbery by Chen Yanmei. Li Meiyu replied grimly, "I haven’t bought a new basin yet; I still need this now." She thought, fifty cents for her four-yuan iron basin? Might as well rob the bank.
She needs it and still smashes it and says she wants to sell it? Is she making a fool out of her?
Chen Yanmei became unhappy. Her face became severe, her nose no longer looking like a nose, her eyes no longer looking like eyes, she said, "Meiyu, it’s not like this, our courtyard, there was never such noise whenever you are here. If you still need this basin, why did you smash it? You scared Baodan, she is definitely going to have nightmares tonight."