He Yue was dumbfounded.
Then, she saw her dad co into the living room, open the drawer of the TV cabinet, and take out a box.
The box was filled with rows of batteries, brand new, unopened.
There were both AAA and AA!
And in the drawer, there were more than a dozen of red and green, oddly-shaped "radios" piled up!
"...Dad, you, you!"
Struggling to swallow a mouthful of spit, He Yue wanted to say sothing, but after "you" for half a day, she couldn’t say a complete sentence.
What could she say?
Her dad was just so magical!
Funny that she had worried earlier that her dad would be cheated by people selling health products!
With her dad’s frugal personality, it’s good if he doesn’t cheat others.
He Yue gave He Tiantian a big thumbs-up out of genuine admiration.
He Tiantian saw He Yue’s conflicted yet admiring expression and couldn’t help but chuckle to herself.
This child was probably truly shocked by her dad’s clever antics.
"Alright, stop joking around! Hurry up and eat. Today, I’ve prepared one of those trendy foods you youngsters love!"
He Tiantian closed the drawer, stood up, and entered the kitchen.
While busying herself, she boasted: "Xiao Ma from the second floor just graduated this year. Sigh, he’s a nice person but spends money extravagantly!"
"It’s been almost half a year since he started looking for a job, but he hasn’t found one yet, and he still buys stuff online every day, a whole box each ti!"
"Xiao Yue, let tell you, these instant foods from the internet are okay to eat once in a while, but you can’t have them every day!"
"They’re full of preservatives, gutter oil, unhealthy, and unclean—"
He Yue listened silently, and when she heard familiar lines, she couldn’t help but quietly add in her mind, "and expensive!"
Well, all the stuff before was nonsense, "expensive" was the key.
"Just a small pack of noodles costs several bucks! A pound of flour costs only a few bucks!"
He Tiantian continued to nag just like the original character.
She ca out holding a porcelain bowl, which was a free gift from the supermarket, filled with spicy oil noodles, shredded cucumber, and bean sprouts.
The bright red spicy oil and the "fresh" vegetables looked really appetizing.
"It slls so good!"
He Yue swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "Dad, co join us for the al!"
"Of course, I’m going to eat together with you. This is our dish for today’s lunch!"
He Tiantian knew that the original character wouldn’t say sothing like "you eat, dad doesn’t like it" as a well-intentioned lie.
The original character wasn’t without affection for children and was willing to make sacrifices for them.
But he wouldn’t completely burn himself out.
His greatest affection for the children was probably eating most of the leftovers, letting the kids eat less or none!
As for saving all the good stuff for the children, haha, what are you thinking!
He was frugal, but not foolish!
If there’s good stuff, of course, the whole family should enjoy it.
At most, the kids would eat a bit more, while he’d eat a bit less.
He Yue: ...knew it would be like this.
She actually wanted to say that spicy oil noodles are a main dish, not a side dish.
But to her frugal dad, he could pair stead buns with cold noodles, consider cold noodles a side dish, and noodles like a different form of "cold dish".
Sure enough, just as He Yue was quietly complaining, she saw her dad co out from the kitchen with a plate of steaming buns.
These buns weren’t bought, but stead at ho.
In her dad’s words, buying two buns costs a dollar, while a dollar could buy a pound of flour to steam a whole tray of buns!
"Hurry and eat. I need to attend an event in the afternoon. I heard that if you go, you can get a bag of flour, a full five pounds!"
He Tiantian urged her daughter to eat while speaking excitedly.
He Yue had a blank look.
Alright!
Now with the "event" held by health product salespeople, dad can even save on flour money!
He Yue bit into a bun with a hearty bite, then started fighting for the "cold dish" with dad.
After finishing a big bowl of spicy oil noodles mixed with side dishes, He Tiantian imitated the original character’s routine, using a stead bun to mop up the spicy oil thoroughly.
He Yue then comfortably burped.
"Alright, finish up and head to class. I need to get busy and head out!"
He Tiantian tidied up while urging.
He Yue helplessly had to pack up her backpack again and rush back to school.
After sending off He Yue, He Tiantian changed into her going-out clothes—which wasn’t anything fancy, just clean with no patches.
She picked up the free bus pass obtained using a disability card, shoved the knock-off large-screen elderly phone into her pocket, closed the door, and leisurely strolled downstairs.
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