"It's going to take more than an hour to get better, why don't you go out for a while first?" Li Mingzhou said to me.

"No, I'll just sit here for a while. "Li Mingzhou is very skilled, I don't have anything to do anyway, I'm not in a hurry, "Does anyone want to take over your steamed restaurant?"

"It's only been a day. Li Mingzhou smiled, "But this position is too remote, and I'm afraid it won't be easy to get out for a while." ”

"How much money do you plan to transfer out?" Although my family has opened a teahouse, at most, I just went to help receive guests, or accept money, and I don't know anything about the side things, I am doing business for the first time, and I don't know if the money on my body is enough to take over Li Mingzhou's steamed restaurant.

Li Mingzhou listened to the work in his hand and turned his head: "What, what are you going to do?"

"There is this idea. I nodded, "But I don't know if there's enough money." ”

"Wait a minute, I'll steam these dishes first. "Li Mingzhou saw that I was interested and sped up the work on his hands.

I waited on the side for a while, Li Mingzhou finished his work, washed his hands, made a pot of tea, and sat opposite me: "Do you really plan to take over this steamed restaurant?"

"If I wasn't going to take over, I wouldn't have come running. I'm here today to tell you about this. I nodded.

Li Mingzhou nodded and poured me a cup of tea: "I just can't believe it, after all, you also know the business status of the steamed restaurant, and it has been losing, I don't lie to you about this, and the location of this store is indeed a little off." ”

"I know all of this, you said it at dinner that day. "Li Mingzhou is very sincere, which makes me feel a lot more relieved, at least I don't have to worry too much about being cheated.

Seeing that I was very determined, Li Mingzhou didn't ask me again, and said slowly: "My family has signed a ten-year contract for this store, and seven years have passed, and there are still three years to go." ”

"Three years is three years. I nodded, and that was within my acceptable range.

After a long time, there must be more funds to take over, I can't afford that little money, the time is short, there is no buffer time, and I can't see the quality of the business.

"The contract signed by my family is 2,000 yuan a month. If you really want to take over, I'll give you 1,600 months' rent. Li Mingzhou gave up 400 yuan at once.

"Isn't this good?" I felt that I seemed to have taken too much advantage, Li Mingzhou's parents were still sick, and they were a little suspicious of taking advantage of others, "Isn't your mother still sick?"

"You don't have to worry about this, my mother's illness has nothing to do with money, and it is not a serious illness, it is angry and heartsick. Li Mingzhou's voice was very low.

"Is it convenient to say?" I wondered.

"What's inconvenient to say? The whole village knows about it, and it's not a secret. Li Mingzhou took a sip of tea, "It's my sister, she talked about a friend, my mother didn't agree, but she actually threatened my mother with being unmarried and pregnant, and my mother was directly admitted to the hospital." ”

"Still not agree?" I asked.

"How could I agree, if I were to see that bastard, I would have to abolish him. Li Mingzhou was definitely not scolding his sister, "My sister didn't even reach the legal age for marriage, so he did such a thing." ”

Raw rice is cooked into rice, and I wanted to use this to force my parents, but apparently I didn't succeed.

"Where's your sister now?" I asked.

"Gone. Li Mingzhou's words scared me a lot, but fortunately, there were still words in the back, "I eloped with someone, she was too young, she was too naïve, that person made her pregnant with a child to force my parents, how could it really be for her good?"

I was silent, the word elopement had only been seen on TV before, but I didn't expect that there was an example around me, a word romantic, but in reality, it seems to be more sad.

"Haven't you been home?" Li Mingzhou must be concerned about this sister, I care.

"No, it's been three years, and I haven't heard from me at all. She is too young, and she always thinks that if she has love, it doesn't matter anything, but how is it possible? Oil, rice, firewood, and salt don't need money? Besides, can she be called love in such a situation? If she is deceived by someone with a few sweet words, she will definitely regret it. ”

What is love, sweet words, or wordless guarding, or something on the side, I don't understand, it's not good to answer Li Mingzhou's words.

"If only she could be happy. After a while, I said.

Happiness is an easier word to measure than love.

Li Mingzhou didn't speak, just sighed, he definitely didn't believe that his sister could be happy, that sigh was both helpless and worried.

"I'm going to rent this shop, but I'm still short of money, can you give me some time?" the topic seemed a little heavier, and I changed it, "A week, give me a week." ”

1,600 a month, nearly 20,000 a year, 60,000 in three years, I have more than 50,000 yuan in my hands, and then I need money to renovate and decorate and ask someone to help.

At least 100,000 is enough.

"No problem, I'll take down the note on the door later, so that no one will come and ask, and keep this store for you first." Li Mingzhou agreed.

"Thank you. "Li Mingzhou doesn't have to do this, after all, one more person wants his storefront, so he can rent it out at a better price, and I owe him a favor.

"It's just a trivial matter, anyway, it's so biased, not many people want to take over. By the way, what are you going to do when you take over?" asked me.

"Steamed restaurant. "I didn't hide it.

Li Mingzhou was surprised: "You still plan to make a steamed restaurant?"

I nodded: "The steamed dishes taste good, and the price is not expensive, very good." ”

Li Mingzhou makes steamed vegetables, he doesn't make money, he has to fill in a thousand yuan every month, I took over and also made steamed vegetables, it sounds a little weird, as if saying that Li Mingzhou can't do business.

If Li Mingzhou doesn't ask, I don't plan to say it, after all, it's really embarrassing to say it, but since he asked, I don't want to hide it.

There is nothing to hide.

I'm just trying, and I'm not sure what the end result will be.

"Well, maybe you'll make it. Li Mingzhou didn't say much, just wished.

A few customers came over one after another, expressing regret that Li Mingzhou's restaurant was going to close, and Li Mingzhou introduced me to these guests, saying that the steamed restaurant would continue to open, but it was just a different person.

These people exchanged a few words with me, saying that they would definitely visit, but from their eyes, I saw suspicion, Li Mingzhou's steamed vegetables are so delicious, I can't maintain them after so many years, what can I rely on to continue to operate?

Their eyes made me nervous, not knowing whether my decision was right or wrong.

I left each other's phone numbers with Li Mingzhou, and I left.

I didn't go far, I arrived at Yanhu Park near the high school, and instead of sitting on a stone chair, I found a corner and squatted down casually, smoking and thinking at the same time.

There are still 50,000 yuan missing, who should I look for?

It's definitely not okay at home, not to mention that I don't have so much money, even if I have it, I don't plan to take it, I have money in my hands, I don't panic, I don't want my parents to worry about me anymore.

The rest of the people, Wu Dong, Yu Lu, Zhou Kai, Tang Wan, Su Ran, and Tong Wangjun.

Those who are more familiar and have the ability to lend me some money are the only ones.

In the end, I still gave Wu Dong a call: "Are you busy?"

Wu Dong is not like me, I am a person with more free time, and he still has a job.

"It's okay, just say it. Although Wu Dong asked me to say it, he was even faster than I said, "Why didn't you do the job that Tang Wan found you?"

"I don't want to do it. "I said simply, I didn't tell Wu Dong too much about the reasons inside.

"Such a good job, how rare, you are too awesome, say you don't do it, you won't do it, are you looking for something better?" Wu Dong felt sorry for me, with a scolding, "Is there a situation with Tang Wan?"

"I'm nothing with her, what can happen? It's just that I'm not used to it, it's all college students, and it's not suitable for me to mix in a person who didn't graduate from high school. "I found a reason.

", don't always talk about academic qualifications, your IQ is not lower than anyone else. Wu Dong was very dissatisfied with my reason, but seemed to believe it, "Why don't you come to me? ”