Chapter 45: Mom Earns More Money
originally thought that after Jiajia's incident, she would stay at home with Jiajia for a week, but Jiajia was always so sensible and insisted that she was in good health and didn't want to trouble her mother, so she could go back to school smoothly.
As soon as Xiaohe arrived at the parent-child restaurant in the morning, she was pulled aside by Feng Wei, who was waiting there early, after all, she was an old girlfriend of 20 years, she must be worried about Xiaohe and her family.
"Jiajia is okay, right? God, I heard on Friday, I still listened to my colleague, and I have to go to your house to collect news, let me stop it, but don't go to your house again,"
Xiaohe smiled and said: Thank you, reporter Feng Da, you made our family have one less reporter at the door yesterday.
"Oh my God, how could you encounter the kidnapping, there are so many rich people in Shanghai, why did you choose your little Jiajia?"
Xiaohe replied lightly: Oh, that boy is Jiajia's boyfriend. Now that they've broken up, I heard that it's still Didi's first love.
Feng Wei couldn't help but open her mouth in surprise when she heard the words Didi's boyfriend: What, how old is Didi, and now she has a boyfriend.
Xiaohe looked at Feng Wei calmly, recalling the previous things: Didi is not young, they are all in college, I met you in Australia, just like Didi is so old now, I am also at this age and Yan Leng together, now we look back at Didi, in fact, I also feel that she is still a child, not the age of the object, in fact, I now especially understand the mood of my brother in the northeast, I really responded to that sentence, I am not a mother, I can never put myself in the shoes of my parents.
Feng Wei couldn't help but sigh with emotion: Yes, when you say this, I also remember, we were as big as Didi at that time, and then you also had a big belly and were pregnant with Didi, hey, thinking about it this way, our group of women also had crazy youth.
Xiaohe interjected next to him: That's you, I don't have so much youth, I was pregnant early, and my youth just started to come out with my tail cocked, and it was interrupted by the cold.
Feng Wei was afraid of mentioning Xiaohe's sadness again, making Xiaohe sad, so she quickly found a reason to be busy with the things in the store. The two of them also started the busy Monday opening of the parent-child restaurant.
At noon, a strange mother and son came, Xiaohe had never seen them come to the store, looking at the boy's excited look, it must be the first time to come to the parent-child restaurant.
After the two of them sat down, Xiaohe walked over and asked a few times if the order was ready, but the mother and son were still hesitant.
Xiaohe was afraid that the dishes on the menu in the store were not to suit the tastes of the two people, so he took the initiative to step forward and ask if he needed anything special.
But before Xiaohe could speak, the boy was already impatient and said to his mother: Then what are we ordering? You are too expensive for this package, and you are too expensive for that package.
The boy's mother explained beside her: It's not easy for dad to earn money, and mom doesn't earn money now, can't you save some flowers?
The boy shouted to his mother with a straight face: Mom, can't you earn a little more money?
Seeing the boy's mother open her mouth and close her mouth in embarrassment, Xiaohe couldn't help but think of the hard days he used to have with his children, and walked straight forward.
"Hello, you are 888 customers of our store, and our store is a good omen for raising money, so today you have all free meals, you can order anything you want, all by us. ”
Hearing such good news, the child was of course happy, and ordered the largest set meal on the menu and the largest glass of Coke.
When Xiaohe asked the boy's mother, what do you want to order, the boy's mother just replied with a slight smile: Don't be hungry, don't be hungry, thank you for the free lunch coupon, you can just give the child.
Although the child's mother rejected Xiaohe's recommendation many times, Xiaohe still asked the kitchen to prepare a set of cod rice for the child's mother.
After the child finished the delicious meal, he went straight to the play area to start playing.
Of course, children believe in such advertisements for free lunches, but adults still understand it in their hearts. The boy's mother came to the cashier and took the initiative to find Xiaohe to settle the bill, but Xiaohe resolutely refused to accept it. The store wasn't very busy at the time, so the two of them found a secluded table and chatted for a while.
"Hello, I'm Li Fang, that's my son, Yuan Xiaoyuan. ”
Xiaohe also introduced his own situation, including that he also has a pair of cute children.
"Actually, I saw my previous shadow in you, and I invited you for free at today's meal, so don't shirk it too much, just when I invited my former me to have a meal by myself. ”
Looking at Li Fang's puzzled look, Xiaohe talked about the origin of this parent-child restaurant,
"At the beginning, my friend asked me to open this parent-child restaurant, I was not very willing, I have been at home for 20 years, and I have not done any business, and I don't know how to do business, my friend said a lot of reasons, at first I was not moved, she suddenly said unintentionally: Fang Xiaohe, the money in your pocket now is not enough to give Jiajia an annual card for a parent-child restaurant. That sentence really pierced me deeply, and I decided that I must run this restaurant well. You see this parent-child restaurant, called Jiajia parent-child restaurant, this is my son's name, the first day of opening, we also invited other parents of Jiajia their kindergarten, that is also the first time I heard Jiajia say to me: Mom, you are my pride. Don't worry, Li Fang, you take your time, life will always get better, I see that you are only less than 30, I was over 40 when I opened this store. ”
Listening to Xiaohe's heartfelt words, Li Fang also quietly shed tears.
"Yes, I used to work as an accountant in a company, although I didn't earn much, but I also have my own income, since I had this little baby, and he was born prematurely, the family is afraid of not taking care of it, don't leave the sequelae of premature birth in the future, I had to quit my job, take care of him at home, my father and I are not a rich family, this Shanghai rent is also expensive, transportation is also expensive, on his father's salary, there is really a bit of tightness, but we can't say these in front of the child, he doesn't understand now, he is now pestering me every day, asking me why I can't buy this, that can't buy。 As soon as his father came home, the child also lost his temper with his father, and the child's father thought that I was not taking good care of me, and in the end it was all my fault. Li Fang also stated her own difficulties.
Fang Xiaohe looked at this mother who came to Shanghai with her children, it was really not easy, and she always wanted to reach out to help them.
"Li Fang, I have a favor, I don't know if you can help?"
"Sister Xiaohe, from the time you talked to our mother and daughter about the free lunch coupon just now, I knew that you must be a good person, you are welcome, if there is anything I can help, I will definitely help." ”
"You also know, I also have two children, I can't always be here in this store, sometimes it's really short of manpower, when I'm short of manpower, you can help, okay, you can rest assured, it will never disturb your private life, the child you bring to the store, after eating, he and the other children go to play games, you help me work in the store." ”
Li Fang listened to Xiaohe's words and was grateful: Sister Xiaohe, you also said, let me help you, you are obviously helping our mother and son, and then create employment opportunities for me. Thank you so much, Sister Xiaohe, I will definitely do a good job in the store. Li Fang excitedly shook Xiaohe's hand.