Reborn In The ’80s

le Xu Fan, whose eyes were moving all around while he was under the blanket, and smiled and said, “Not yet.
He’s lying in bed.
He wants to talk to you.”

“To me? Okay, let him talk to me then.”

Xu Zhao carried Xu Fan to the desk and placed the phone beside Xu Fan’s ear.
Once he heard Cui Dingchen’s voice, Xu Fan was stunned, then started asking Cui Dingchen if his family still had milk or not.
The speechless Xu Zhao quickly stuffed Xu Fan back under the blankets then picked up the phone again and asked the main question, “Youngest uncle, why did you call?”

“…” Cui Dingchen was not in a hurry, and finally chose to speak on the topic Xu Zhao was most interested in, and that was greenhouse vegetables.
And so he started speaking, “It’s nothing.
I just wanted to ask how your greenhouse vegetables have been lately?”

“Very good.
There two were people who came by today, referred by Fan’s Little Shop, just to look at the vegetables in the greenhouse.”

“Who?” Cui Dingchen asked.

“A manager of a Jiang Ping County restaurant on Middle Street in the county town,” Xu Zhao answered.

“Did they buy vegetables?”

“No, they just came to take a look.
There’s no guarantee that they’ll buy some even if they like it.”

“They’ll probably buy some,” Cui Dingchen said.

“Even if they don’t, I have a new idea.”

“What idea?”

Xu Zhao was very serious but his tone strangely had a hint of childishness in it as he said, “Once the tomatoes and edamame are ripe, I’ll sell them to the restaurants in the county town!”

Hearing this, Cui Dingchen suddenly laughed.

Xu Zhao was shocked and asked, “Youngest uncle, what are you laughing at? That isn’t good, is it?”

“Okay,” Cui Dingchen’s voice sounded very cheerful, and was more pleasant sounding than usual.

Xu Zhao was a bit embarrassed and asked, “T-Then what were you laughing at?”

“Laughing at how cute you are,” Cui Dingchen bluntly said.

Cute—

Saying cute again! Xu Zhao was extremely embarrassed and said, “Youngest uncle, did you need anything else? If not, I’m hanging up.”

“Okay, let’s talk again next time.
Rest early.”

“Mn.”

After hanging up, Xu Zhao sat in place, stunned.
He really couldn’t understand how he was cute? He was clearly a mature and reasonable adult, so how could he be called cute?

Forget it.
He wasn’t going to think about it anymore.
Everyone had their own views.
For example, some people might get annoyed with Xu Fan, but people like him and Mother Cui thought Xu Fan was good and cute in all aspects.
Therefore, it couldn’t be forced.
He might as well go back to reading.
In the end, he hadn’t read for long before Xu Fan had to drink water and pee again.

In the end, Xu Fan placed the kerosene lamp beside the head of the bed and sat inside the blanket.
Xu Fan finally became obedient and crawled on top of Xu Zhao’s body and started listening to the radio.
He learned as he listened, looking extremely cute.
Xu Zhao thought about it, placed the book down, blew out the lamp, wrapped his arms around Xu Fan, and listened to the radio together with Xu Fan.

But not long later, the radio didn’t have any signal anymore.

Xu Zhao turned off the radio and had a heart-to-heart with Xu Fan.
This was knowledge that he would sometimes learn during the 21st century.
They said that chatting with the child at home would not only promote the parent-child relationship, it would lead the child into the correct mentality.

And so, Xu Zhao chatted with Xu Fan.
After chatting for a bit, Xu Fan spoke up, “Daddy, I want some money.”

Oh! Xu Sanwa knew how to ask for money.

“Why do you want money?” Xu Zhao curiously asked.

“To buy pickled plum powder,” Xu Fan answered.

“What? Xu Fan originally spoke in a milky tone and didn’t know much about it.
This was the first time Xu Zhao had heard of this so he didn’t know what it was.

“Pickled plum powder.
Erwa had pickled plum powder before, but me and Da Zhuang haven’t,” Xu Fan continued.

It was about eating again!

“Okay, I’ll give you a penny tomorrow,” Xu Zhao said.

“Thank you, Daddy.”

“You’re welcome.
It’s all because you’re my Baobao.”

“I’m Daddy’s Baobao.”

“Yes.”

And so, the next morning, Xu Zhao gave Xu Fan two pennies.
Xu Fan and Da Zhuang ran to the small shop inside the village and bought two bags of pickled plum powder.
There was a small spoon inside the bag, and the two little guys sat inside the courtyard scooping out the pickled plum powder to eat.
They looked very happy, and Xu Fan didn’t cling to Xu Zhao.

However, when Xu Zhao finished organizing the vegetables and was about to head to the county town, Xu Fan clung to him again.
And so, Xu Zhao dressed Xu Fan in thick and warm clothes and brought Xu Fan to the county town.
He delivered the vegetables to Fan’s Little Shop, then headed to the vegetable market to sell vegetables.

Xu Zhao had gained some popularity in the vegetable market.
His vegetables were fresh and not expensive, therefore, whenever Xu Zhao appeared, he would sell out in less than half an hour.

Today was also the same.
After he sold out, he rode the bicycle and brought Xu Fan to the furniture city.
He recalled that except for the bed and the large table, he didn’t have any stools or anything at home.
He thought of the three door wardrobe, five door cabinet, long narrow table, and the other furniture of this era, and especially the inlaid large mirror in the middle of the three door wardrobe.
Xu Fan would definitely love it. 

However, they didn’t have any money right now.
He’d have to wait and wait a bit longer.
Once he had money, he’d buy some furniture for their home.
Xu Zhao’s gaze quickly withdrew from the furniture and looked to the front.
He went straight home.
In the next few days, he continued to stay busy.

On this day, once he returned home, Mother Xu happily rushed over and said, “Xu Zhao, it succeeded.”

“What succeeded?” Xu Zhao asked with doubt.

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