Chapter 40

Today, Saturday, business was especially good, and the stalls closed much earlier than usual

Lin Minjun rode her tricycle towards Yueya Hutong, thinking about her own store as she walked

Walking to the door of a small hutong, suddenly she glanced at her eyes, and saw a lesbian walk out of the alley, walked to the street side of the store room, in the door pasted a pink paper, written on it in four big words: store for rent

I was thinking of opening a store, but I wasn’t thinking of doing it so soon

But just dozed off and then came a pillow, things are so coincidental, Lin Minjun footsteps, can not help but stop the tricycle to the side of the road

Ask, I just ask the rent, ask is not a crime, she thought in her heart

Walking over, just before the lesbian left, Lin Minjun politely asked, “Sister, is this store owned by your family? Do you want to rent it out?”

“Yes, do you want to rent it?” The lesbian looked at Lin Minjun with a smile and patted the door of the store, “This store is in a particularly good location, it used to be rented by the state to open a barber store, but now it’s returned to us, although the place is small, but the market is very good, look, people come and go”

This place is really good, is a crossroads, no matter where to go have to pass through the store, if you can be down the business must be good

Lin Minjun calculated in her mind, from the New Year to now open store has been more than four months, the cost has long been recovered, she has no expenses, currently saved more than 800 yuan, less than a thousand dollars in savings, enough to open a store, right?

So she gathered enough courage to ask, “Yes, I want to rent, how much?”

The lesbian murmured, “This house hasn’t been entered for a long time, you have to clean it yourself, the rent was originally one thousand, for the first year I’ll only charge you eight hundred, you’ll come and clean it yourself”

“So expensive?” Lin Minjun was dumbfounded

“Now a lot of people are setting up stalls and opening stores, this price is not expensive anymore, just ask around a few stores next to you and you’ll know, I’m very polite with this price” The lesbian said with a smile

Lin Minjun did not speak for a time, she only a total of one thousand dollars in savings, rent for a year on eight hundred, not to mention the opening of the point also have to buy pots and pans, tables and chairs, which is another big expense

She quickly did the math in her mind and realized that she wouldn’t be able to open a store for a while

“What’s wrong? Why don’t you say anything?” The lesbian asked tentatively, “Do you think the price is too expensive? It’s actually negotiable, how about this, 1750”

“It’s still too expensive” Lin Minjun came back to her senses and said frankly, “Thank you sis, but I don’t have enough money right now, I still can’t afford to rent it, but if I don’t rent it out in the six months I’m waiting, I’ll come to you to rent it”

“There are not many girls who come out to do business nowadays, you have the heart, you can definitely save enough”

Lin Minjun said hello to her and rode the tricycle again

At first, she was quite disappointed, but on second thought, she had saved a small thousand dollars in only four months after setting up the stall, which was already very good, one step at a time

Besides, her current speed of saving money is not slow, and then save up four months can also be rented to open a store, not urgent this half a time

Thinking about it is happy, all the way back to the hutong

After arriving home, lock the car first, when passing by the concierge Lin Minjun took a special look, saw Erwa at home, then greeted, “Erwa, what are you doing?”

“Writing homework” Erwa held up his homework book, brushing it and shaking it

Lin Minjun nodded, “Come over for dinner in a while, today there’s red three chopped that you love to eat” Sour and spicy, both of them love it

When eating, Lin Minjun remembered the matter of the watch and asked, “Cao Bin, how did you find out? Did you find out what happened at that time?”

This is asked out to know the situation is not good, Erwa at first still in the brush pulling the rice, heard this rice are eating slowly, a face difficult and embarrassed

Lin Minjun: “What’s wrong? Can’t find out?”

“It’s not that I can’t inquire, it’s that I can’t see anyone at all” Erwa said a little depressed, put down the chopsticks and told Lin Minjun, “Things are frozen, I want to start from the previous Little Red Soldiers to investigate, ask them about the situation at that time, looking around to realize that the Little Red Soldiers at that time either went to the countryside, or still out of town, to stay in the capital city almost have a job, I’m a little kid to go to their workplace to look for, can’t even see people ”

“You are right in this line of thought, find the then Little Red Soldiers and ask for the situation, there should be someone who knows, but can not find anyone ” Lin Minjun said, thinking of mindlessness and unhappiness

These two brothers since the last time they ate fried yam, I do not know whether they feel embarrassed, or fell in love with the taste of fried yam, every three to five to eat, eat, eat, and Lin Minjun is also familiar with, and occasionally will also talk to Lin Minjun about the recent state of life

After thinking about it, Lin Minjun reminded him, “This way, you go to Dajiejie that there is a big state-run restaurant, find Zhou Ran, say you are my brother, ask him what he said, he should say, they brothers know Cao Bin’s previous things”

“Sis, you still have friends working in the state-run hotel?” Erwa asked in passing

“It seems like they don’t work, they carry something? I’m not sure” Lin Minjun scooped up a bowl of soup and drank it slowly

Zhou family brothers are now her stall on the regular customers, have the effort to come to order two bowls of fried potatoes to eat while chatting, Lin Minjun is also in the chat with them when I heard, said the brothers are now no longer mixing with the community, to find a job, although it is not what the serious unit, is not a formal employee, but better than all day in the community around a little better

Lin Minjun came back to her senses and added: “Anyway, you just go over to them, it’s the brothers, it’s very conspicuous, once you say it’s my brother, they should say something”

“Okay, I’ll go right now” Erwa quickly finished the rest of his meal, got up and was about to rush outside

Lin Minjun stopped him, “Where’s your homework? You’re not writing?”

“Sis, those assignments are all multiplication and division, either that or one hundred word essays, I already know them, there’s no need to write them” Erwa said rather confidently

“Young man, why do I find you a bit arrogant now, you weren’t first in the final exam last semester”

“Two points were deducted for carelessness” Erwa scratched his head

“Since you know you’re careless, you should honestly finish your homework before you go ah, what do you think?” Lin Minjun was still diffident

Erwa did not say anything once he heard, while the sky is not completely dark, thump ran to the gatehouse to get his own workbook, and took a bench in front of the door, Lin Minjun peeling potatoes, he was next to the word by word to finish his homework

After writing the homework a collection, said hello and rushed out, that look like a fire, can not wait to immediately to the year’s things to understand

But Lin Minjun thought for a moment, that is someone’s mother’s things, maybe it is someone’s parents left him one of the few thoughts, so, the second child is so eager to understand

After going out for about an hour or so, Erwa went and returned, and when he came back, he jumped headfirst into Lin Minjun’s kitchen, and said excitedly, “Sis! I’m going to treat you to dinner tomorrow”

“You? Treat for dinner?” Lin Minjun almost laughed out loud

She looked at Erwa, clearly still a child’s appearance, the beard on the mouth hairs have not yet grown out, presumably running home, from the roots of the hair are sweating out, hit the eye to see is a small child’s appearance, he actually said seriously that he wants to treat a meal, he in the Zhou family brothers in the end to ask what it?

Lin Minjun so think, mouth will ask out, I did not expect the second child actually sold a pass, “This, tomorrow you will know” He also told Lin Minjun excitedly

He also told Lin Minjun, “Sister, after I have money, to give you that state-run hotel to disk down, so you open restaurant!”

Boy, before opening a store you want to open a restaurant, Lin Minjun was subdued and amused by his bravado, smiled and said, “I earn quite a lot of money on my own, why do I need you to help me open it, besides, people’s state-run hotel is open and doing well, why would they let me open a restaurant?”

“No, I saw it when I went over today, the business of the state-run hotel is not working, cut down some of the boxes, brother Zhou Ran is there to help lift the tables, lift the extra tables out and sell them”

Under the wave of reform and opening up, some people turned over in a desperate way, some people were completely crushed by the market economy, this is a very normal thing, Lin Minjun did not care, instead, she asked, “Then where are you going to treat your guests tomorrow?”

“You here” Erwa bit his lip, his face full of currying favor, “Sister, I’ll give you all this month’s money, will you help me make a banquet”

In fact, the two people are now living as relatives, but the money aspect is not too clear, not to mention the fact that it doesn’t take much money to make a banquet by oneself

“Money is not necessary, but I only know how to make Yunnan style dishes” Lin Minjun spread her hands and said

Erwa: “It’s okay, just do Yunnan flavors, let them taste it and talk better then”

Lin Minjun was even more confused when she heard this, “Who exactly are you inviting to your home for dinner? Why dinner?”

“Three people, Big Brother Zhou and Second Brother Zhou” Erwa said, “Inviting them over for dinner and chatting, I want to ask about what happened back then at the dinner table

“What about the other one?”

“There’s another one you’ll know tomorrow”

He’s learned to keep secrets?

And, how does he want to ask? It wasn’t like people were stupid enough to foolishly tell a little kid everything

Lin Minjun shook her head, thinking that this probably wouldn’t work, but Erwa’s eyes were bright and his skinny arms kept shaking her, so Lin Minjun said, “Alright, tomorrow I’ll close up early and prepare a table of food in advance, so take it easy and don’t harm yourself”

By the next day, she first went to the vegetable market in the morning to buy vegetables, and then in the afternoon, she closed the stall two hours early and went straight home to start preparing the banquet

Halfway done when someone came, Erwa first went out to greet and lead the person towards his own small gatehouse, and also specifically came over to say hello, “Sister, Big Brother Zhou is here”

Lin Minjun took a look and saw that the two brothers, Zhou Ran and Zhou Yong, had arrived, so she nodded her head, signaling that the kitchen was full of grease and smoke, and that it was not good for her to speak

She continued to stir fry the rice in the pan, and when it was almost done, Erwa thumped and ran outside to the cooperative to buy a bottle of erguotou, and with him came the third guest

Lin Minjun saw it when she served the dishes over, Cao Bin

So Erwa’s last guest was Cao Bin?