Repairer

Chapter 5: Enemies on a Narrow Road

Translator: Zayn_

“It didn’t test anything. The content was similar to the usual ones.”

Su Xiaoxiao thought for a moment and said, “But our school organized a physical examination before the exam. In the past, the physical examination was to measure the height and weight. This time, they had to draw blood. Brother, you didn’t see that there were several boys in our class who went dizzy on seeing blood. They are usually very boisterous and manly, but this time, they were so scared that they cried like ghosts and howled like wolves when their blood was drawn. It was so interesting.”

“A physical examination and even a blood test?” Su Xiaofan was stunned for a moment, but he didn’t think much of it. Students often had physical examinations in high school, and it didn’t seem to have anything to do with the entrance examination. However, Su Xiaofan felt that something was wrong with his sister’s special enrollment this time. There were so many people in the school, but why did they choose his sister out of everyone?

“Forget it, I’ll prepare for my sister’s school fees first. When I send her to Yanjing, I’ll go to the school and see.” Su Xiaofan shook his head and took the chicken out. He smiled at his younger sister, who was staring at him with eager eyes. “Hurry up and eat, it’s all yours.”

Su Xiaofan had missed the college entrance examination because of his illness, and he hadn’t encountered any special recruitment, so he didn’t know much about these things. There were more than a thousand candidates in his sister’s batch, and she was one in a thousand. Since it was confirmed that it was true, he’d better go first. As for the tuition fees, Su Xiaofan had also thought about it. If there was no way in the next few days, he would borrow 30,000 Yuan from Brother Gang for emergency use.

“Brother, you eat too.” Su Xiaoxiao picked up a piece of chicken with her chopsticks and put it in front of her brother’s mouth.

“I’ll take it myself, you can eat your food.” Su Xiaofan didn’t open his mouth. He picked up some food with his chopsticks and said, “The epidemic seems to be getting worse. You have to pay more attention to hygiene in school. When you have dinner with your classmates, you must use public chopsticks. Don’t act like a crazy girl.”

At the beginning of last year, an epidemic swept across the world. At its worst, the antique market was closed for several months. Although it was opened later, it was still affected. The number of people visiting the antique market every day was significantly reduced, only about one-third of the usual number. Even Su Xiaofan’s business was affected.

Furthermore, the weather had become unpredictable. It was only the middle of may, but it was already summer. The temperature at noon was 36 or 37 degrees, but at night, it would drop to 10 degrees. Just like today, the sun was shining brightly in the day, but dark clouds covered the night sky. The clouds were very low, and a storm was about to come.

After the siblings finished eating, the rain finally stopped. It was very sudden, and the bean-sized raindrops hit the glass, making a pattering sound. After Su Xiaoxiao cleaned up the dishes, she cut a plate of watermelon and looked at the heavy rain outside with worry. “I still want to go to the supermarket. How can I go in such heavy rain?”

“What are you buying? Can’t you just get the delivery to deliver it?”

Su Xiaofan’s rented house was located in the old city center. Although the community was old and broken, life was very convenient. If he wanted anything, he could call the small supermarket downstairs, and it would be delivered in three to five minutes. If the supermarket downstairs didn’t have anything, he could use an app to order the delivery staff to send it to his home.

“It’s not convenient for them to send you there.” Su Xiaoxiao, who had always been carefree, suddenly looked a little embarrassed. Her voice was a few degrees lower than usual. “They are daily and night use. I can’t explain it to them clearly, so I have to buy it myself.”

“Eh? You want to buy sanitary pads, right?” Su Xiaofan, who had sharp ears, heard his sister’s mosquito-like voice and immediately reacted. He had been in society for several years and was not a nerd in school, so he naturally understood what his sister meant.

“Then all the more you can’t get wet in the rain. I’ll go buy you some.” Su Xiaofan stood up and said, “It’s not like I haven’t bought you one before. Alright, you can watch TV at home. I’ll be back in a while.”

When Su Xiaofan was studying in the city, his sister was still in junior high school in the countryside. He often bought things like this for his sister from the city’s supermarket. Not to mention sanitary napkins, he even bought underwear and br*s. Speaking of which, he was both a father and a mother. Their cheap father had never worried about these things.

When the rain eased a little, Su Xiaofan found an umbrella and went downstairs to the supermarket. Although the community supermarket was not big, it was still well-stocked. Su Xiaofan was too lazy to go to the big supermarket in the city in such a heavy rain.

“Uncle Niu, you just ate.”

When they entered the supermarket, Su Xiaofan shook the umbrella and put it away. He greeted the supermarket owner. This small supermarket was opened by Uncle Niu, who lived in the community. Uncle Niu usually looked after the store here, and Aunt Niu would send the prepared food over when it was time to eat. Su Xiaofan had lived in this community for three years and was very familiar with Uncle Niu and his wife.

“Everyone knew that it was going to rain today. There were too many people who came to buy things just now, so we didn’t have time to eat.” Uncle Niu put down his chopsticks and threw a cigarette to Su Xiaofan. “It’s raining so heavily. There might be a power outage soon. Xiao fan, you should buy some candles and go home. We’ve made so many reports, but this f*cking electric company just doesn’t want to spend money to fix it. Wouldn’t it be great if it was fixed in one go?”

Although life in the old community was convenient, it also meant that the facilities were old. In the community where Su Xiaofan lived, the power line was still the telephone pole pulled in the 1980s and 1990s. When it reached the peak of electricity in summer, it would trip every two or three days. It was the same in stormy weather, so the people in the community were experienced and would prepare a few candles at home every time it rained.