2016, Huzhou City, Hujian Province

The scorching August sun baked the earth, and the reinforced concrete in the city was attached to a layer of heat.

At noon, the VIP customer private room of the grand restaurant was staggered, and several young people were almost drunk.

"Brother Cao, come, have another drink, I wish you a big step in your career"

Ruan Dongsheng raised his wine glass and said to a young man in the middle.

The young man known as Brother Cao narrowed his eyes slightly, with a somewhat sluggish smile, and raised a cup obliquely with his soft hand.

This kind of cup is one kind of small cup that is filled with liquor, and some of the liquor is spilled out.

Ruan Dongsheng hurriedly helped to help it up, this is a bottle of Wuliangye in more than a thousand oceans, and every drop of wine is a bullet, which was specially bought to deal with this Cao Tianmin, and it can't be wasted.

"Oh, no... Things, you Cao, Cao, Brother Cao's amount of alcohol, thank you... Brother Xie...... Come, come......"

Cao Tianmin didn't seem to care about his drunkenness at all, and said on Ruan Dongsheng's shoulder.

"Come, cheers, Brother Cao, drink this cup, I'll serve you some food"

Ruan Dongsheng saw him shaking his head, and he didn't finish his words for a long time, so he simply picked up the words.

"Uh, good, cheers"

I don't know what Cao Tianmin plans to say, but as soon as Ruan Dongsheng answered, he drank the liquor in the cup and poured it, without a drop, very heroic.

"Waiter, bring me Brother Cao a bowl of rice"

Ruan Dongsheng glanced at his wine glass and said to the waiter guarding the door.

"Eh, eh, I'm not eating, no....I'm eating, I'm already full..... I have to go...... Going to work"

Cao Tianmin almost squinted and said, half of his body leaning on Ruan Dongsheng, full of wine.

"No, Brother Cao, this is not good for your health, in this way, it's okay not to eat, I'll give you a bowl of soup, I'll tell you, this is a wild turtle, warm and replenish, drink a bowl to cushion your stomach"

After Ruan Dongsheng finished speaking, he started armored fish soup for Cao Tianmin, and put two pieces of meat in it.

"Well, since you give me Sheng, that's okay, I'll ,,, drink" Cao Tianmin began to drink soup and eat meat again.

"A few brothers, you also eat, Brother Cao and I have been friends for many years, and we often come out to eat, and we will be friends in the future, you drive, I won't advise you to drink, don't be polite to others."

Ruan Dongsheng pointed to a table of dishes and said to the other two young people.

The two young men were also flushed, and they also drank a lot of liquor, but it was low-alcohol liquor, and the price was not so expensive.

After a while, when they were finally full, the two young men set up the half-asleep Cao Tianmin and drove away, and the car was marked with the words Northwest Group.

Ruan Dongsheng looked at the car in the distance and sighed, the matter is done, and he will call the guy again in the evening.

Ruan Dongsheng works for Huzhou Sitian Information Technology Company, and today he is hosting a middle-level cadre of Huzhou Northwest Group, and the informatization of Northwest Group is a key project that Sitian Information Company is tracking, and he has been getting along with each other for several years.

Northwest Group is a key tax-paying enterprise in Huzhou, mainly engaged in automobile manufacturing, informatization is an important step in the development strategy of Northwest Group, after repeated high-level consultation and verification between the two sides, the plan has been changed and changed, and the details of the framework have been determined.

This Cao Tianmin is the person in charge of the information department of the Northwest Group, and is also the direct nepotism of the chairman of the Northwest Group.

Ruan Dongsheng sat on the bus back to the company, looking at the invoice issued by the restaurant, the meal cost more than 3,000 yuan, and he had to go back to the company for reimbursement first.

In the afternoon, he returned to the company to report the results of the lunch dinner, and after processing the reimbursement matters, Ruan Dongsheng took a car to rush home.

Nguyen Dongsheng opened a restaurant in an old neighborhood with seventy or eighty buildings. It's an open neighborhood, and it's full of houses from the early 90's, which are now a bit old.

With the economic development in recent years, many people have bought new houses and moved to the new community, and almost all of them have become tenants, and most of the people in the community are young people.

There is a lot of traffic in the community, and it is full of clothing, restaurants, fruits, hairdressers, clinics, itinerant vendors, and it seems that business is doing well.

Flavor restaurant, this is Ruan Dongsheng and his sister and brother-in-law opened a store, has been open for three years, the store is not big, about 50 square meters, there are six tables in the restaurant, you can sit 30 people at a time, they do small stir-fry, mainly Sichuan flavor, the taste is not bad, has accumulated a lot of repeat customers.

As soon as Ruan Dongsheng arrived at the store, he saw that only one table of customers was still eating, and his sister was behind the counter.

"How's the business at noon," Ruan Dongsheng said to his sister, who was immersed in the accounts, as he put his bag behind the cabinet.

"It's not like that, today's pork has risen again, the boss wants to sell us sixteen yuan a catty, and the back pot meat and lychee meat have not increased in price, and there is no money to be made."

Ruan Lingyan pouted.

Ruan Dongsheng smiled and walked to the kitchen.

I opened a restaurant here, because there are not many outsiders, so the business is very stable, and now I can make a turnover of about 700 yuan a day.

In the past, when I first started, the price of meat was only 12 yuan, and the vegetables were cheap, and the daily turnover could reach about 2,000, which was basically 6 or 70%, and there were five people in the store.

Since last year, all kinds of prices have begun to rise, they have raised the unit price a little, but they didn't expect the business to quickly begin to fall, now it is only about six or seven hundred, and the profit is less than fifty percent, only one dishwashing aunt can not quit, Ruan Dongsheng also began to come over to help, if it weren't for the cheap rent here, if you want to insist on it anymore, they would have transferred it a long time ago.

Usually my sister and brother-in-law are two people in the store, early in the morning, my brother-in-law is responsible for shopping and tidying up, Ruan Dongsheng will only come over in the afternoon, and there is nothing to do in the company.

walked into the kitchen and saw his brother-in-law Zhang Xiaohao, Zhang Xiaohao is very big, but very sturdy, the kitchen has been cleaned up, and his aunt is still washing dishes in the back, and he is cutting the accessories for the night.

"Brother Dong, you're back" Zhang Xiaohao raised his head and smiled, and said.

"Well, have you eaten?" Ruan Dongsheng said that it is past two o'clock now, and it is possible to eat it, or it is possible not to eat it.

"We just finished eating, do you want to eat some?" Zhang Xiaohao looked at Ruan Dongsheng and said.

"Oh, I've eaten it, I'll come, you go to the rest meeting," Ruan Dongsheng said as he washed his hands in the pool.

"Okay, then I'll go to bed" Zhang Xiaohao simply put down the kitchen knife, wiped his hands, and went to the yard from the back door.

There is a back door in the kitchen of their restaurant, which leads directly to the house they rent, and it is very convenient to go up and down the stairs to rest, usually after Ruan Dongsheng comes back, he will replace his brother-in-law and let him go upstairs to rest, after all, it is really hard for a person to stir-fry with side dishes.

Ruan Dongsheng looked at the bowl in his aunt's basin and said, "Auntie, you can go and rest in a while, don't work too hard"

Ruan Dongsheng only knew that his aunt was an old resident in this community, and later laid off, because she lived nearby, it was convenient, so she went to Ruan Dongsheng's shop to do things, as long as she helped wash the dishes and wipe the table, and served the food when she was busy, she was quite satisfied with a monthly salary of 3,500 yuan.

"Eh, okay, I'll go to sleep after washing these" Aunt Chen said kindly to Ruan Dongsheng, she has a very good impression of these young people in the store, and after a few years of getting along, she knows that these young people are usually peaceful, not powerful, and not sloppy.

Ruan Dongsheng picked up the kitchen knife, and "Dong Dong Dong" began to cut the shredded carrots, and the knife technique was still like that.

After a while, Ruan Lingyan also took in the only table of chopsticks left outside, Ruan Dongsheng cut all the accessories, and began to sort out the vegetables in the safe, and some of them were washed before they had time to be washed.

"Brother, there is no money to be made here now, should we change one" Ruan Lingyan said to Ruan Dongsheng who was washing vegetables while looking at her phone.

"Where are you going, I also looked outside, the rent of the store is very expensive, a store as big as ours costs three or four thousand yuan, and here it is only one thousand and five, let's think of a way" Ruan Dongsheng said while washing vegetables.

"However, it's been a year, and now I only earn six or seven thousand yuan a month, so it's better to be a part-time worker," Ruan Lingyan said.

The monthly salary of a part-time job is at least more than 3,000, Zhang Xiaohao is a chef, if he goes to a hotel, his monthly salary will be five or six thousand, and there is no need to work so hard.

"Sister, it's difficult to work part-time, haven't you worked before, now it's only temporary, we have to find a way, just like running a company, we are now the boss, we can't rely on others to give us ideas, we have to give ourselves ideas, besides, we didn't have a good idea at the beginning, so the path we chose was right, but it was affected by the environment" Ruan Dongsheng said bitterly.

"I also know, but, it's been more than a year, the business is not good, Haohao and I still want to buy a house, what should I do" Ruan Lingyan said with a bitter face.

"Eh, I said you don't have such an expression, why do you make such an expression, why do you make such an expression, you will not be beautiful in the future" Ruan Dongsheng's heart softened, looked at Ruan Lingyan and said.

In fact, he knew that his sister and brother-in-law discussed whether they wanted to do it half a year ago, but Ruan Dongsheng has always insisted, they have been married for more than four years, and they have always wanted to buy a house.

Ruan Lingyan pouted, still like when she was a child, she put everything on her face, and Ruan Dongsheng was distressed and helpless.

"Sister, you and Xiao Hao insist on persevering, I believe that since we have chosen the right path, there is no reason why we can't go through, you believe me, you will definitely be able to buy a big house in the future," Ruan Dongsheng cheered Ruan Lingyan up.

"Oh," Ruan Lingyan replied obediently.

"Dongsheng, Lingyan, I'll go back and rest first, you can't call me if I'm too busy."

Aunt Chen had already washed the dishes, put the dishes and chopsticks into the sterilizer, put away the apron gloves, and said to Ruan Dongsheng and them.

"Eh, Auntie, go and rest, it's not too late to come back in the evening."

Ruan Dongsheng said to Aunt Chen.

"Sister, why don't you go up and lie down, Xiao Hao just went up"

Ruan Dongsheng said.

"Cut, I won't go up, that big lazy pig, I know how to sleep, what to do when the guests come in a while" Ruan Lingyan squeezed her delicate nose and said.

Ruan Lingyan and Ruan Dongsheng look about the same, some people used to say that they are dragon and phoenix fetuses, Ruan Lingyan is already beautiful, and Ruan Dongsheng looks very delicate.

"I'll call you when the guests come, go ahead, go ahead"

Ruan Dongsheng waved his hand and said, the front hall doesn't seem to be tired, but in fact, the pressure is also very high, you have to be busy ordering and serving, and you have to settle accounts, and when the six tables are full, you have to run to get busy.

"I don't, I won't be able to get up in a minute, I'm going to be here"

Ruan Lingyan said.

Ruan Dongsheng is not strong, his sister has been used to following him since she was a child, and after getting married, she is the same, every time she asks her to go up to rest, she finally accompanies herself in the kitchen to tidy up.