Chapter 82
Lu Xue Ping was arrested by the police station!
On this day, when Fang Xiaotong came over to eat rice noodles, Lin Minjun learned the news from her
She stayed for a second and asked in surprise, “Why? Did she break the law?”
“That’s not true, it’s said that she was not arrested for a long time and then released, but she lost her job, and today our school called all the staff over for a meeting, so I just heard it from someone else” Fang Xiaotong thought for a moment before saying
The last time she came over to see Fang Xiaotong and Lu Xueping a little bit of trouble, today happened to come over to eat rice noodles, and said a word
Lin Minjun was a bit curious and wanted to continue to ask questions, but Fang Xiaotong only knew so much
“Lu Xue Ping? You’re talking about Lu Xueping? How did you guys know that Xue Ping had entered the police station?” Auntie Cao’s big voice rang out instantly
Only then did Lin Minjun remember that Auntie Cao was still somewhat related to Lu’s mother, so she definitely knew more
Just when Lin Minjun didn’t know what to say, Fang Xiaotong raised her head, her eyes drifting silently over Aunt Cao: “Don’t you know? Lu Xue Ping has always come over to pick fights before, and she has a bit of a problem with Xiao Lin”
Aunt Cao’s eyes rolled after hearing this, one is a distant relative whose relationship has been estranged, and the other is now her breadwinner, the boss who never owes her monthly salary, and is especially generous with her bonuses, so she was able to tell immediately who was close to her, and who should be estranged
Auntie Cao saw that there were not many people in the store, and pulled Lin Minjun into a corner, “Xiao Lin, you and Xue Ping really don’t get along?”
“Sort of, we had a fight” Lin Minjun didn’t really want to talk about the things she had done with Lu Deping, so she said vaguely
Auntie Cao slapped her thighs, “I should have said so, I know this matter well, Xue Ping was indeed arrested and sent to the police station because she instigated a fight with a student at school, and was expelled from the school”
“Oh ” Lin Minjun was a little short of words for a moment, not knowing what to say
Fortunately, Auntie Cao’s self acquaintance took care of everyone, she blah blah blah started to explain: “Xiao Lin you don’t misunderstand, I have some relatives with the Lu family, didn’t I take a vacation two days ago? It’s a relative’s son from my hometown who got married, I went back to eat the wedding wine and bumped into Xue Ping’s mom, her mom said it herself at the banquet”
Cao Auntie can’t take advantage of Lu’s mother, so she doesn’t communicate much, plus since Cao Auntie was put in jail, Cao Auntie even more from Lu’s mother felt contempt and dislike, as if Cao Auntie did this kind of thing, Cao Auntie should also be despised, and after a long time, the two of them don’t communicate with each other anymore
Aunt Cao also told Lin Minjun: “At first, Xue Ping’s mom didn’t say why at all at the table, only that her daughter had been punked and smeared in the newspaper, and then she fought with the gossips”
“But all of our relatives know the reason, it’s because Xue Ping herself didn’t fight, and when she had a problem with someone she looked for a reporter to pit her against them, and as a result, they didn’t fall for it Later on, Xue Ping also found underage students at school to help her fight, can this public security not care?” Auntie Cao sighed, “If you ask me, this girl Xue Ping is also spoiled by her mother”
Instigating underage students to fight?
Lin Minjun then figure out the ins and outs, staring round eyes, secretly sigh in the heart, Lu Xueping last life is not clear-headed, this life how to feel more
Lin Minjun asked, “Aunt Cao, then how is your relationship with the Lu family?”
“Do not come and go, I am still Lu Xue Ping her parents matchmaker, now Xue Ping her mom see me a look down on people, diaphragm” Auntie Cao said
Lin Minjun completely put down her heart
Fang Xiaotong finished eating rice noodles, wipe his mouth and left, the store is temporarily cold, Lin Minjun clean up sanitation while chatting with Auntie Cao, pulling the wool over the eyes, but also quite interesting, before a person in the store, always feel bored, since Auntie Cao came after the feeling is gone, Auntie Cao likes to chat with people, what topic can be picked up
As we chatted, Auntie Cao asked about Yunnan
Auntie Cao said, “I’ve always heard that you guys like to sing in Yunnan, singing mountain songs, do you know how to do that?”
“I don’t sing well, I don’t know how to sing mountain songs” Lin Minjun smiled in embarrassment, but in order to satisfy Aunt Cao’s curiosity, Lin Minjun cleared her throat and tried to sing a Yunnan ditty
This was something she had learned from her little sister back home, who was luckier than her, with both parents, and was still the baby of the family, and when she was old enough, she ran into someone she liked, and the two of them had long since settled down for marriage, and when they were working together, Lin Minjun always heard her little sister humming a song
She softly sang a section, Cao Auntie after listening to the clap, “This song is good, but the lyrics can not understand, what is singing?”
Lin Minjun gave a giggle, “It’s about a girl waiting for her brother, waiting for her love brother!”
“The songs on your side are so bold” Big Aunt Cao exclaimed, her eyes falling on Lin Minjun
“Auntie Cao don’t look at me like that, I don’t have a love brother!” Lin Minjun stared wide-eyed
Big Aunt Cao: “I know you don’t have one, I’m also thinking in my head, is there a suitable young man around that I can introduce you to” Her greatest hobby in life was to be a matchmaker, to put together single young girls and young men, a hobby that ordinary people couldn’t understand
Lin Minjun was now no longer resistant to getting a date or getting married, but she didn’t trust Auntie Cao’s vision!
The two of them laughed and fooled around for a while, when Lin Minjun turned around violently to see a person at the entrance of the store, standing in the darkness, not knowing how long he had been standing there
“Aigoo my ass! Scared the hell out of someone” Big Aunt Cao made a big fuss, thinking it was a thief, and rushed to get a spatula
Lin Minjun took a closer look, “Don’t scream, it’s Brother Yan Li, why are you here?”
Yan Li walked out of the darkness
He had wanted to come over to ask Lin Minjun if there were always people coming over to pick fights in the store, and if he wanted to solve it himself
He also wanted to come over to see if Lin Minjun’s mood had been affected
But when he arrived at the entrance of the store and heard the crisp and soft singing, he couldn’t help but stop, and not only did he stop, he quietly finished listening
At this time, when he heard Lin Minjun call out Yan Li brother, Yan Li clenched his fists unconsciously, and for the first time, he wanted Ah Jun to add another word after that word brother and call him brother
Lin Minjun reached out and waved her hand in front of his face, curiously saying, “Brother Yan Li, is there something you’ve come for?”
Her face was lightly flushed as she said this, having just fought with Auntie Cao for a while earlier, her eyes were watery, and Yan Li could even feel her exhaled breath being sent to his side by the wind, carrying a faint fragrance
Yan Li instantly stops worrying, she looks like her mood hasn’t been affected at all, so there’s no need to mention this matter again to annoy her
“I just came to see how you are doing here, if you run into anything you can go directly to the police station to find me, let Erwa come to me is fine, he knows what to do” Yan Li quickly uncovered this, “I came to find Erwa”
“Didn’t run into anything ah” Lin Minjun didn’t take Lu Xue Ping’s picking a fight seriously at all, in her opinion that was too trivial, it wasn’t so much that it had to go to the extent of looking for Yan Li’s brother
Lin Minjun: “Erwa isn’t out of school yet, but he’ll come over in a little while, you sit down first, I’ll cook you rice noodles while you eat and wait, Erwa will have to eat when he comes”
“Don’t say don’t eat, or say give money, then I as a sister will be anxious with you, Erwa but wherever he is free, he will come to help me to count the accounts, clean up the hygiene, usually the rent you guys refuse to collect, said that the family does not care about these, why to me, you guys start to care about to give money”
Said walked into the back kitchen, began to start the fire to cook rice noodles
Cao Auntie had not been involved in the events of that year, her husband and son had kept it from her, fooling her like a fool, but Cao Auntie inexplicably felt weak when she saw Yan Li, and ran to the back of the kitchen in a huff as soon as he came in
Lin Minjun cooked the rice noodles, covered a large piece of pork elbow on top, with the skin and meat, soft and sticky, served out of the sauce-colored pork skin trembling, full of a big pot, “You usually work is also tired, always have to run around catching thieves and chasing after thieves, you have to eat nutritious”
Yan Li looked at a large pot of rice noodles, unable to start
Lin Minjun brought him another plate of small dishes
Today is a good day, the store came to the acquaintances seem to be extraordinarily large, Lin Minjun turned around and saw another acquaintance standing outside surveying
Lin Minjun walked out in surprise: “Director Su!”
Standing at the door was actually Director Su, when Lin Minjun just arrived in the capital, a person ran to the Lu family to ask for money in a hurry, and was almost pitted by Lu’s mother, but in the beginning, Director Su was at the side, forcing Lu’s mother to return the money one by one
If it were not for Director Su, Lin Minjun herself might not have been able to ask for that money, and of course there would have been no words for those stalls in the back
Director Su laughed at once, walked in and continued to survey, his tone with marvel: “It’s me, I saw an article in the newspaper, at a glance it’s like you, isn’t it you?”
“It’s me” Lin Minjun is a little embarrassed, strangers praise her can accept it without blushing, when familiar people praise her, just like Erwa and Yan Li brother they, she will feel embarrassed in her heart, she feels that the praise is too much, and that she is actually not as good as what the newspaper said
Director Su: “That’s great, I’m really happy for you, I saw you setting up a stall before, I didn’t expect that in such a short period of time you’ve opened a store again”
Lin Minjun: “It’s all because of a friend’s help”
Director Su immediately said, “Don’t be so modest, just friends helping wouldn’t have done such a good job in such a short time, and that reporter can’t be your friend, it’s all your own skill”
Lin Minjun’s face instantly reddened, invited Director Su into the store to talk, first poured a cup of tea, “Director Su you came to find me, is there something wrong? How is your daughter’s illness?”
Previously, when Lin Minjun was still setting up a stall on East Street, Director Su came once through Zhao Ning, wanting to ask Lin Minjun for help in contacting to see if he could buy some more herbs
Lin Minjun agreed, just when the store was opened to buy things from her hometown, so she let her little sister help to buy them and bring them back together, and after giving the herbs to Director Su, she didn’t think about it anymore, but when she saw Director Su come over, she instantly thought about it again
Director Su nodded: “Much better, much better, but the mother’s birth brought out the disease, always can not be cured at once, at least now much better, can often go out for a walk, I see the mood is also much better”
“That’s good, that’s great!” Lin Minjun was happy for her
As she was talking, Erwa also came back with his school bag, curiously surveying a glance, Lin Minjun stood up and said, “Your brother is also here, he is waiting for you, you sit over first, I’m here to entertain the guests”
“Good” Erwa skillfully threw his backpack at the counter location and spread out his book to write his homework
Lin Minjun said towards the back kitchen, “Auntie Cao, cook a bowl of douhua rice noodles for Erwa”
“Good” Auntie Cao’s voice came back from afar
Lin Minjun then sat back and continued to talk to Director Su, Director Su found that Lin Minjun still had a helper in the store, the smile on her face got bigger, she got right to the point: “I came here today for one more thing, I would like to ask you to go and cook a meal, to cook a table of Yunnan style dishes, equivalent to a banquet, can you do that?”
“A banquet?” Lin Minjun asked
“Yes, it’s an invitation to dinner, home-cooked food from your side”
Lin Minjun agreed flatly, “Yes, when? Going to your house? Or eat at my store?”
Director Su knew that Lin Minjun misunderstood as soon as she heard it, “No no, not in my house, it’s in someone else’s house, it’s not my treat, it’s someone else’s treat, they want to eat Yunnan cuisine, I thought that you’re a Yunnanese, and you know how to cook, surely you do it in the most authentic way, it’s here to ask for your help, and the money is also given as it is, how much should it be is how much it should be, have you ever been to one of those big hotels? The chef in some restaurants cooks well, people with money will invite the chef to cook in their own home, and pay then too, it’s the same as this one of yours”
Lin Minjun then hesitated, she just thought it was to go to Director Su’s home, is to help Director Su before agreeing to it, and then said it was to go to someone else’s home, or a stranger, she was a little timid, dare not, afraid of their own do not do a good job, people ate unpleasant, but also worried about going to a stranger’s home will be uncomfortable, and she is the opening of a rice noodle store, and is not a chef in the hotel ah
Probably see Lin Minjun’s concern, Su director quickly explained: “I tell you understand it, is my old superior, people used to stay in Yunnan dry school, now older, this time the old man’s birthday, thinking of letting old friends together to taste the flavor of Yunnan, which thought of looking for someone to go home to do the cooking, I thought of you, came over to ask, the money will not be less than, you! Don’t put it on your mind, go if you want to go, don’t go if you don’t want to go”
Lin Minjun was still hesitant, but in her spare time, she saw Erwa giving herself a wink, telling her to agree
She thought of a lot of things at once, from setting up a stall to opening a store, Erwa had given a lot of advice, and all of it was very useful and helped Lin Minjun a lot
At that time, Lin Minjun knew that Erwa had a much sharper brain than herself in this aspect of doing business, and was also much better at it
She thought about it and cheered herself up, “Okay, then I’ll try, I can’t guarantee that I’ll be able to satisfy people in this aspect of cooking, all I do is home cooking, I can’t do those prettier dishes, the flavor can be guaranteed, but the selling appearance, what kind of look it should have, there’s no way it can look as good as a hotel”
“The thing to be is good flavor, all are eating with their own family, the selling appearance is not that important” Director Su said, “As for the honorarium, people say it is one hundred and eighty-eight, for a lucky number The food their family pays for themselves, you just report the ingredients and they’ll find someone to buy it”
“So much?” Lin Minjun sucked in a breath of cool air
Her store just opened when she could earn six or seven hundred a month, and then on the newspaper business is better, but to pay the cost is also more, all in all, a month full of more than seven hundred yuan, this money is not easy to earn, get up early in the morning and late at night to go to the market to buy vegetables, choose vegetables, clean up the store, she and Cao Auntie two people often feel too busy to do so
Now not to go over to cook a meal, a noon can be done things, can earn store ten days of income
Lin Minjun at this time began to surprise, glad that I just agreed, she also secretly in her heart thought, must give this meal noodles, do properly, let people eat happy, let people feel that this money spent worth it, not spend a waste of money
More than a hundred at a time, in the future they can also go to other people’s homes to do the banquet, perhaps early to pay back Yan Li brother’s money
So the two of them began to agree on a time, about the time to go to the door to cook, at that time Director Su will bring her there in advance
When this matter was finished, the sky was already completely dark, Director Su took a look at his watch, “It’s so late? I have to hurry home”
Lin Minjun still wanted to stay for dinner, Director Su waved his hand and rode his bicycle away
At this time the sky is already completely dark, this time the capital night is not like decades later, always bright lights, people come and go, now or more employees, people have to go to work the next day, not long after work will go home, and then have to go to bed, the streets are empty
Lin Minjun guessed that no one should come to eat rice noodles tonight, it just so happened that Erwa and Yan Li were both there, so she said, “Auntie Cao, let’s start packing up, we’re also closing up to go home, go home with them”
Auntie Cao answered, and started to pack up her things with sharp movements
After packing, Lin Minjun pulled Erwa, “Let’s go, you take my car, let’s talk on the way, we’ve been so busy lately, we haven’t talked much”
Erwa also just finished eating rice noodles, is helping to pack up things, suddenly glanced at his brother standing not far away, thieving smile, “Forget it sister, tomorrow, today I want to go home with my brother!”
Since his brother went home, Erwa was close for a while, but the two boys can’t really be close, Erwa prefers to go home with his sister, sitting behind his sister’s tricycle at night, with the evening breeze blowing gently, listening to his sister talk about the interesting things that happened in the store throughout the day, it’s very interesting ah
Lin Minjun’s hand fell in mid-air, suddenly felt strange, how long has it been, Erwa went to get close to his brother again?
Moreover, why did she feel that he was smiling so slyly?