Chapter 3 The Busy Mother in the Pastry Shop
Bao Zixuan, who was sitting in a taxi, headed towards Taikoo Shing, which is located on the east side of Xiangjiang Island. His family is in the Taikoo Shing community, and his mother Li Yulin bought a 1,200-square-foot house and an 800-square-foot shop in Taikoo Shing when the Swire Group was just developing, which is also the main reason why a woman has easily raised her children over the years.
Li Yulin opened a pastry shop in Taikoo Shing, and although the price is relatively cheap, she can still earn about 200,000 Hong Kong dollars a year because the store is her own. It can be said that the living expenses and tuition fees of Li Yulin's mother and son are completely sufficient.
Regarding this mother who has not yet met, Bao Zixuan can be said to be a little unfamiliar, that is, the predecessor is not particularly clear about this mother. I just know through memory when I was a kid and rummaged through things in the house. I know that Li Yulin graduated from the accounting department of Xiangjiang University, but she has not seen other relatives other than her mother since she can remember.
When I was a child, I asked my mother about my father, but every time I answered, I died when I went to sea, and the money to buy a house and shop was paid for by my father's death. At that time, I was very young and didn't think too much, but with a total of 50 years of life experience, I knew that even if a seafarer was shipwrecked, it was impossible to compensate too much, especially in Xiangjiang at this time.
Since my mother didn't want to say it, it seems that I should not ask in the future, so as not to embarrass everyone, since I borrowed this body to come to this era. Then I have the obligation to help you fulfill the responsibilities that a son should bear, to fulfill the filial piety that a son should fulfill, and to do everything a son can do for his mother.
After getting out of the taxi with my suitcase, it was already 5:20 p.m., which was the busiest time in the store. There are a total of 7 staff in the store, and in addition to the cashier at the front desk, my mother is in charge, and there are 6 people left, and two couples are middle-aged people in their 40s. I've been working at the store since it opened eight years ago, and I've been in charge of confectionery making. The remaining two little girls are about 20 years old and are shopping guides who are responsible for guiding customers through sales. The two girls themselves had not met. And the store has also been renovated, maybe I saw a foreign pastry shop in London, and my mother renovated it according to the photos she sent!
The whole pastry shop with floor-to-ceiling glass windows is still very rare in Xiangjiang in this era. The open pastry workshop was even more unique in Hong Kong in the 70s. Looking at his mother's busy appearance, Bao Zixuan inevitably felt a little unbearable, much older than when he just left two years ago.
When Bao Zixuan walked into the store, Li Yulin saw her son coming over excitedly, but when she saw that her son had gauze wrapped around his head, she immediately asked with concern: "Ah Xuan, what's wrong, why is it injured, it's not serious!"
Bao Zixuan: "Mommy, it's okay, I was accidentally smashed by a suitcase on the plane; I also had a comprehensive examination, and I went to the hospital three days later to change the medicine. In his previous life, he lost his relatives at a very young age, especially his mother, and once again felt affection and love!
Li Yulin: "That's good. After finishing speaking, he turned to a little girl next to him and said, "Xiaoli, take a look, I will take my son home first; ”
"Yes, lady, this is your son!
Bao Zixuan: "Mommy, it's okay, I'm not tired, it just so happens that I haven't helped you for a long time." I've learned a bit about London to help you figure out how to run a London pastry shop, and I've been doing it for two months during my holidays. With that, he put his suitcase behind the cash register. It's already hot in Xiangjiang this month, so he wears short sleeves. After washing your hands at the sink, you started your work.
To be honest, Bao Zixuan has been a very sensible child since he was a child, which is probably the reason why children from single-parent families mature relatively early; So I started making pastries very early, and after putting on my white overalls, I went to the back kitchen, which takes up half of the entire storefront. After greeting Lao Zhang and Lao Liu, and seeing that the new pastry making machine she provided, her mother bought all of them, and still sent money to herself on time every month. Bao Zixuan felt a little sad in his heart, and at the same time he was full of emotion, this is his mother! I'd rather save it myself, and give my son the best if I live a harder life. Shaking his head, he went about his work.
At the same time, in a luxurious villa in the Xiangjiang Mid-Levels Villa Group, a young man was reporting something to a middle-aged man, if Bao Zixuan saw it, he would definitely feel familiar, yes, these two people were Zhang Yuliang and his bodyguards he had seen on and off the plane.
Bodyguard: "Fourth master, I accompanied him to the hospital according to your instructions, but the Cathay Pacific people paid all the medical expenses and compensated the boy surnamed Bao with 10,000 pounds." After leaving the hospital, we went to Standard Chartered Bank and transferred 1 million directly to his account. However, he refused the driver we arranged and took a taxi home. ”
Zhang Yuliang: "Forget it, as long as this matter doesn't have a bad impact on Youran." I don't want you to send it It seems that he is also a smart person, and he doesn't want to be involved with our Zhang family in this matter, this is also a kind of self-protection! It seems that there is still self-knowledge, although he is a student of Oxford and MIT, but Xiangjiang really does not lack this kind of talent; moreover, he is also an engineering student, and it has nothing to do with our Zhang family's industry. ”
Bodyguard: "Okay, I know, Fourth Master, but if Miss asks." ”
Zhang Yuliang: "It's okay, I'll explain to her." At this time, Zhang walked in leisurely, and the bodyguard politely withdrew.
Zhang Youran: "Dad, how is that Bao Zixuan, what did Ah Yuan say when he came back." ”
Zhang Yuliang: "Don't worry, my good daughter has already gone to the hospital for a comprehensive examination, but there is only a little skin injury." And I also compensated him. He's a smart guy and knows how to do it! Besides, you're not careful, and I won't let people feel like our Zhang family is bullying. Okay, you've just come back, so let's get some rest, and we're going to see our grandparents tomorrow morning. ”
Bao Zixuan skillfully and faced, see this. Lao Liu said, "The craftsmanship of the little boss is really getting better and better, if you don't study and do this business, we people will be unemployed." ”
Lao Liu is 46 years old this year, and the two of them have been working in the store, so they can be said to be the old people in the store. However, Bao Zixuan was wearing work clothes, and he had already covered up the wound on his head, which did not attract too much attention.
Seeing her son busy working inside, Li Yulin smiled with relief. And the people who buy things here are all acquaintances in the neighborhood, everyone knows each other, and I saw that the proprietress had been laughing today. Some old customers joked: "Boss Li, what is the happy event here? Why is he in such a good mood today? Is it that someone has been pursuing it recently, and he wants to distribute a second spring!"
Li Yulin: "No, my son has come back from London. At this time, someone next to him whispered, "Boss Li's son is very competitive and was admitted to Oxford University." "Everybody's talking!
Then someone began to say, "Does the boss's son have a girlfriend, but my daughter is single! And she looks very beautiful!" "Don't be kidding, your daughter weighs 160 pounds, heavier than me, don't scare the boss's son!"
It wasn't until after 8 p.m. that the store wasn't so busy, so Li Yulin called her son from the back kitchen, arranged some things, and left the store to go home.