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Chapter 103 It’s better to find a godparent

After coming out of the electrical appliance counter, he pushed his cart to the intersection below the supply and marketing cooperative and saw Fatty and his mother walking towards him, talking and laughing.

"Aunt Ding... Ding Yu!" Qiu Huoming was overjoyed and waved his hands while standing in place.

"Hey, Huozi!" The fat man immediately left his mother and ran towards him.

"Why are you here?"

"I want to buy a fan, do you have a coupon?"

Mother Ding walked closer and smiled when she heard this: "You can use the shopping voucher for the fan. I just need to buy summer clothes for Xiaoyu. Come in with me and buy whatever you want. Let's buy it together. I'll bring it all."

"Excuse me, Auntie. I brought some money and I want to buy three of the smallest oscillating fans."

"Mom, Huozi made all his money from writing books. That's amazing." Ding Yu put his hand on Qiu Huoming's shoulder and boasted to his mother with a smile.

"Look at him..." Mother Ding said halfway, looking at her son's innocent face, and suddenly changed her mind, "You... are not bad, Huo Ming, let's go in and take a look."

After all, they were outside here, and she had to give her son some face. She had just praised him against her conscience, and she felt immediately disgusted and went straight in.

Qiu Huoming responded immediately, pushed the car back to its original position, parked it and locked it.

Ding Yu whispered beside Qiu Huoming: "What my mother wanted to say just now was, look at others, then look at yourself, how could I give birth to a stupid son like you..."

He imitated Ding's mother's voice and tone perfectly, which amused Qiu Huoming. "Hey, Fatty, I think you have a talent for acting. Really, why don't you apply to the Capital Film Academy and stay in the same city as Li Ming and Gu Xiaoran. I heard that their school doesn't require high academic performance, but has high requirements for professional courses."

"What is a professional course?"

"Just now you imitated your mother's tone and expression. As an actor, you have to act out whatever you want. The teacher will assign you a theme. For example, you are strolling on the street after having a full meal and suddenly you see an old man fall down. You have to improvise..."

Qiu Huoming didn’t know much about the professional courses, but he had watched some talk shows in his previous life and some senior actors’ recollections, and they seemed to have said something similar.

"I'm good at it. I'm not afraid of the situation. I can just shoot wherever I point." Ding Yu looked excited, as if he had found his life goal again.

"Go back and ask your parents if they support you."

"Of course I support it. It's the capital, a big city!" Ding Yu laughed and grabbed Qiu Huoming and trotted forward. Ding's mother walked so fast that her shadow could no longer be seen.

Ding's mother was standing next to the electrical appliance counter, greeting the young cashier inside. It seemed that they not only knew each other, but also were quite familiar with each other.

After a while, Qiu Huoming and Ding Yu arrived.

"Mom, this is too fast. Fortunately, Huozi said you must be at the electrical appliance counter. Huozi, what did you want to buy?" Ding Yu spoke rapidly.

"Comrade, please help me get the one in the middle." Qiu Huoming pointed at the desktop fan in the middle and said to the teller.

"Xiao Qin, help me get three machines over here." said Ding's mother.

"Okay, wait a moment." Without saying a word, the young teller went over to look through the shelves.

Qiu Huoming quickly counted out 190 yuan from his schoolbag, folded it up and held it in his hand. Ding's mother took out three shopping coupons from her shoulder bag and stuffed them into his hands.

"Thank you auntie."

"This child is so polite to me. I have always regarded you as half my son. If Xiaoyu can be as sensible as you, I will be very lucky." Mother Ding sighed.

"Mom, why don't you let Huozi worship you as his godmother? He has two younger sisters and an older sister, so wouldn't that mean you have three daughters in disguise?" Ding Yu had a sudden idea when he heard this.

Mother Ding was about to say that he was talking nonsense, but she stopped herself. What her son said made sense. After all, she had watched Qiu Huoming grow up and really regarded him as half her son. She knew their family situation inside and out. Huoming was showing signs of success, so if they became godchildren, it would be more helpful to her silly son in the future.

"Xiao Yu is right, Huo Ming, why don't you just call me godmother from now on? I'll go to your house and tell your mother later."

Qiu Huoming was dumbfounded. How could he have recognized a godparent in such a short time? Was it so hasty? !

To be precise, by adopting their family as godparents, he was marrying above his station. Ding Hao, the future elder brother of Ding Yu, was the richest man in Wucheng County. His business spanned the entire province. At the turn of the millennium, he retired from the business world and moved to the United States with his family.

Ding Yu bumped into him and said, "Hurry up and agree to it. Don't keep my mother waiting."

"Uh..." Qiu Huoming was speechless for a moment. Ding's mother was looking at him expectantly.

His heart softened and he whispered, "Godmother...godmother." When the name came out, Qiu Huoming, who was usually thick-skinned, blushed for the first time.

Hearing the word "godmother", Ding's mother was overjoyed. "Oh!" Ding's mother responded cheerfully.

"Huo Ming, Xiao Yu will be buying clothes later, so you can choose one too. Godmother will prepare everything for you from head to toe!"

"Okay!" It was Ding Yu, not Qiu Huoming, who agreed.

He looked at Qiu Huoming with a smile and said, "I've seen a pair of sandals made of cowhide. They can be worn on rainy days and they're not slippery. Let's get one pair each."

"Get a white short-sleeved shirt and a pair of trousers, and it will be very stylish in summer!"

"Godmother, Fatty, I really don't need it. I just bought new clothes not long ago." Qiu Huoming quickly refused.

As we were pushing and shoving, the teller Xiao Qin came over holding three cardboard boxes and said, "Your fans are all in place. Do you want to try them?"

"No thanks, Comrade Qin." Qiu Huoming said as he handed over the money and shopping coupons.

"You don't have to give me the money, just give me the shopping vouchers." Xiao Qin said.

Qiu Huoming slapped his forehead, he had forgotten it again.

After a while, the order was opened and clamped on the clip above. Xiao Qin pushed his wrist forward with force, and the clip slid along the slide rail above the cash register.

Qiu Huoming happily ran to the cashier to pay the fee, then returned to the counter with the receipt.

Xiao Qin kindly tied his three fans together with ropes and reserved a space for him to carry them.

In small places, it is a society based on personal relationships. It is easier to get things done if you know someone well. This phenomenon is reflected in all walks of life.

"Huo Ming, leave the fan here with Xiao Qin first, and come back to get it when you go downstairs."

"Okay, put it here with me." Xiao Qin answered with a good temper.

Mother Ding said goodbye to Xiao Qin and led Qiu Huoming, who was eager to go home, upstairs. Ding Yu had no intention of saving money for his mother and directly acted as an escort.

Many places for clothing are under the jurisdiction of department stores, but Wucheng County is too small. It is said that the new department store has already been selected for a site, but when it will open is still unknown, so they are still concentrated in the supply and marketing building.

Qiu Huoming was dragged upstairs by Ding Yu. The clothes were on the third floor, together with the cloth.

All the clothes that Ding Yu liked were available. Qiu Huoming took the time to glance at the pair of leather sandals he mentioned, which cost 15 yuan. His own pair of Huili shoes only cost 4 yuan. He then looked at the short-sleeved shirt and trousers, which cost 5 yuan and 2 yuan respectively. In other words, Ding's mother would have to spend 1 yuan to get the whole set.