Chapter 78
It was the summer of 1982, and the sycamore and ginkgo trees in front of the store were green from the summer sun There were many children coming to the store to eat the rice noodles, and there were always the naughty ones who liked to pull down a few leaves to play with them when they passed by
Lin Minjun’s store has been in the newspaper for almost three months, and the business of the store can be called full in these three months, every day from the opening to the closing time, the store is full of seats in the state
The first two months of the newspaper business is particularly good, two months after the newspaper brought business gradually less, but the good thing is that the small store’s reputation has also hit the mark, a lot of residents in the vicinity after eating the taste is good, become a regular customer of the store
There are a lot of youths who used to be in Yunnan insertion miss this mouthful of Yunnan flavor, but also specifically from other places to eat
At this point, Lin Minjun was incredibly glad that she had made the decision to recruit Auntie Cao Originally, she was exhausted in the store all by herself, but after Auntie Cao came, the two of them shared the work, and sometimes they could even take a break
Cao Auntie used to be very annoying, but now that she has left Mr Cao, she has actually become a lot more kind, she is very practical in her work, and she doesn’t like to play smart, but her only shortcoming is that she is a little bit of a broken mouth
But it’s good that Auntie Cao is a bit of a chatterbox, and she’s very familiar with her customers, so Lin Minjun had time to leave the store and send Zhao Ning to the train station
Zhao Ning’s college entrance examination results are not bad, intending to apply for the university in the northern city, her mother left a sum of money, originally for Zhao Ning as a dowry
Now that her boyfriend had gone yellow, Zhao Ning had made a desperate attempt to get into the university in the northern city, and she used the money for the first semester’s tuition
“I plan to look for a part-time job while I’m in school, there are many small stores near the school, and I went to ask two days ago, they were short of people to serve dishes, I’ll earn my own tuition” Zhao Ning said
Lin Minjun’s tears came down as she listened, because when Auntie was still around, Zhao Ning had never suffered these hardships
Lin Minjun: “I can lend it to you first”
Zhao Ning shook her head, “Ajun, don’t worry about me, you can be assigned a job after graduating from college, even if I don’t get assigned a job, I can find a job on my own, I can live a good life, as long as I’m willing to do so, the days will get better and better”
When the real results came out the day Zhao Ning cried, painfully cried, and then took advantage of no one at home, took Lin Minjun together to go home to pack out all their things
Zhao Ning didn’t even look at the Xu family when they passed by
After leaving the house, Zhao Ning told Lin Minjun that she had dug out the sore called “family” from her body, and that she would go to her grandparents’ house for the summer vacation to tell them the good news
From the train station, Lin Minjun rushed back to the store It was now the evening meal time, and she guessed that Cao Auntie was already busy
When she arrived at the store, sure enough, Auntie Cao looked like she had seen her savior, and said with a bitter smile, “Xiao Lin, for the first time, I feel that the good business isn’t all good, and that my old back is about to break”
“I’m back, how many tables are left?” Lin Minjun had already started tying her own apron, “I’ll give you a bonus after this busy period, double”
The two of them could only say so many words, and split up to do their own work again
After the busy meal time, Lin Minjun took herbs and made herself a soup to replenish her strength, and also gave a bowl to Auntie Cao
The two were drinking, the store came again, Lin Minjun said, “Sorry, the store is sold out, you want to eat tomorrow come back Luo Lin, why are you here”
As soon as the person who appeared was Luo Lin, Lin Minjun stood up and gave him a bowl of soup
Luo Lin drank the soup in a civilized manner and came in and said first, “Ah Jun, I heard about you being in the newspaper, how’s business these days?”
Lin Minjun wrinkled her nose, her eyes were bright, she was excited to talk about it, “It’s especially good, just before you came, we just sent away a wave of customers, the business in the store has been especially good these past few months, just people are a bit tired”
“You’re really different now from before, although your mouth says you’re tired, your whole spirit is very good” Luo Lin took a closer look at Lin Minjun and was genuinely happy for her, “In fact, at the beginning when you said you wanted to do business, I really didn’t expect to do so well, at that time, I always thought that having a formal job was the best, I didn’t expect to be able to make it like this now, Ajun, congratulations”
Lin Minjun smiled and said, “Thank you”
She also felt that she was different, it could be said that she was transformed, completely different from the self of her last life, the current Lin Minjun could hardly remember what her last life self was in the mood for at this time, probably checking up on the hospital, or looking around for a prescription to treat her infertility?
In her last life, she checked the hospital twice, and the second time the doctor declared her infertile, Lu Deping’s mother began to disbelieve in evil, first looking for prescription, the prescription did not work began to look for the magician, in short, all the tricks that can be tried tried all over the place
Lin Minjun suddenly came back to her senses and realized that her thoughts were far away
She smiled and looked at Luo Lin, also asking with concern, “How about you? How was the college entrance exam?”
“The grades were okay, the school I want to go to shouldn’t be a problem” Luo Lin suddenly stuttered and his face began to redden, “I came here today to discuss this matter with you”
“Discuss with me?” Lin Minjun was taken aback, “I don’t know about the college entrance exams ah”
Luo Lin: “It’s not about the college entrance exam, it’s about us, between us”
Today his results also came down, a year of revision was not in vain, the results are very good, the family urged to hurry to set the school down, Luo Lin at home to think about half a day, and finally ran to find Lin Minjun
Since the end of the college entrance examination, Luo Lin’s brain is all about Lin Minjun, all their time in Yunnan
He thought that stretching his head is also a knife, shrinking his head is also a knife, why don’t we ask for an answer with Ah Jun today and finalize the relationship
But when the words came to his mouth, looking at the girl’s bright eyes, Luo Lin still didn’t have the heart to say it, he looked at Lin Minjun’s forehead sweating non-stop, still fanning himself with his hand, and suddenly had a bright idea, “By the way, Ah Jun, it’s very hot in the store, isn’t it?”
“Yeah, summer is here, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and it’s hot on the stove too” Lin Minjun nodded, “But I’ve already ordered electric fans from someone, first install the ones in the back kitchen, it’s too hot to cook, they’ll be delivered in a couple days”
Luo Lin looked like he was rich and generous, he directly said, “How about this, in the future, I’ll directly help you open a restaurant, just like the previous state-run restaurant, it has everything, you don’t have to do anything, just wait to collect the money, when the time comes, recruit a few more people, and the work will be divided among the people below you, so you don’t have to be so tired”
Luo Lin said this with a sincere feeling that he was thinking for Ajun, in his opinion, Ajun is too tired like this right now, when he came over just now he carefully saw that Ajun had been panting heavily, her lips were white with exhaustion, he didn’t want his favorite girl to be so tired
Open a restaurant, do not need to do anything, easily waiting to collect money, this is not very good?
When Luo Lin said this Auntie Cao came out of the kitchen, she had just finished the soup that Lin Minjun had served and ran in to serve herself another bowl, and came out just in time to hear what Luo Lin said
Auntie Cao was especially enthusiastic about anyone in the store, and always smiled when she saw someone, but she was even more enthusiastic about Luo Lin
She was going to give Luo Lin another bowl of soup, but when she heard this, she immediately bristled and sat down on another table with her own bowl, muttering: “What you say is good, but it’s all bullshit Now you’re saying that I’m supporting you, I’m helping you, but later on it’ll be like, it’s the old man who’s supporting you Rely on the mountain mountain to fall, rely on everyone to run”
She spoke in a particularly small voice, but could not help but Luo Lin’s ears are good, a word did not fall, all heard clearly, Lin Minjun, of course, also heard clearly
Only then did Luo Lin notice that there was one more person in the store, he had just taken Auntie Cao as a customer in the store
He asked Lin Minjun, “Ah Jun, who is this?”
“This is the worker I hired, Auntie Cao, also from our compound” Lin Minjun introduced each other, “This is Luo Lin, my friend”
Luo Lin was a bit dissatisfied, “Auntie Cao, what do you mean it’s all bullshit?”
Auntie Cao, who had suffered losses in this area, was also dissatisfied, and she had always been very blunt in her speech and didn’t know what euphemism meant
“Isn’t it not ghost words?” Big Aunt Cao simply said, “Now you’re saying that you’re contributing money and you’re helping out, but in case you run away, we, Xiao Lin, won’t be able to get anything, not to mention that you’re still just a virgin, and even if you’re married, you’ll still be able to run away! Even if you don’t run away, as long as you have a fight and bring up this matter, Xiaolin will have nothing to say As I see it, rather than you pay to open a restaurant, it would be better to just keep the small store, although busy feet hit the back of the head, but this money is their own”
“Isn’t my money hers, I’m giving it away voluntarily” Luo Lin was stubborn with Auntie Cao, he was very confused, “And how could I run away? I just don’t want Ah Jun to be so busy and tired, if two people are together, shouldn’t it be more important to focus on the lives of both of them? I’m paying to open a restaurant, so I can have something to do and still not have to be so tired”
Lin Minjun felt that it wasn’t quite right, “You mean, if we get together, you want me to stay home and raise children? No, if I don’t have children, you want me to stay home and wait for you to come back all day?”
Auntie Cao’s mouth opened wide in surprise, shocked by Lin Minjun’s boldness and bluntness
How could any young girl who hadn’t gotten married yet open her mouth to say things like staying together, teaching each other, and having children? Little girls can’t say that, it will be laughed at!
She was so shocked that she didn’t even notice that Lin Minjun said she wasn’t having children
Auntie Cao’s mouth could fit an egg in it!