CHAPTER XXI

"Only when you suffer hardship can you become a master" Yu Xiaoli can finally become one of the people for the time being. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 However, the hardships and pains she suffered were really regrettable and poignant, Lu Xinzhou was one of them, he was so sad and weeping when he heard that Xiaoyu was beaten for no reason, and beat his chest with indignation, and a towel to wipe his tears was about to squeeze out water. From this, he fully understood why Xiaoli was willing to marry a man who was twenty years older than her and had a disability, because she needed a home and a warm place to live, and she was too eager to get a man who loved her, loved her, and regarded her as a treasure, not a pet. Therefore, Lu Xinzhou secretly decided to be her dearest and dearest wife, the most distressed and loving other half, and always create a warm, comfortable, wasteful, and harmonious happy family for her. At this point, he said to Xiaoli, who was still lying beside him and her eyes were already crying: "I really can't imagine that you will break up with her bastard Yao Qiming in that state." ”

"Yes, I never thought that it was supposed to be a good gathering and dispersing, but it would be a scene where his wife would bring three cousins to beat me, it was really a dog who jumped over the wall in a hurry, and people can do anything in a hurry. It is said that they have been waiting for me for days, and they are hateful."

"But you're too tolerant to let them go so easily."

"What should I do, when is the time for retribution, a mistake may cause more trouble, at that time, I'm afraid it will be difficult to clean up, it's better to accept it when it is good, not to mention that we can raise their legs and leave, but Fang Hui still has to open a shop there, we can't let her be at peace."

"That's right, Fang Hui has already done a lot for you, and I'm so sorry for her to cause trouble to her."

"So, when I saw Yao Qiming and his wife come to apologize, I calmed things down."

"This is called a small intolerable plot and a big plan, and if you don't get it right, it will also have a great impact on your return to your hometown to open a store."

"Yes, it's because I'm thinking about going back to my hometown to open a store, so I hope that it will be sooner rather than later, so why bother making trouble again."

"Yes, yes, you would be wise to do that."

At this time, it was already twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, and Lu Xinzhou suddenly felt a little hungry, so he said to Xiaoli: "I'm hungry, let's have some supper." ”

"Okay, what to eat, and where?"

"What do you want to eat, there are dumplings and wontons in the refrigerator at home, if you want to eat I'll go down."

"I want to eat barbecue."

"Then you can only go out to eat, and it won't taste fresh when you buy it and eat it again, it's better to bake it and eat it immediately."

"Okay, let's go out to eat, it's so hot, I don't feel sleepy at all, it's better to go out to breathe in the air, and we can chat while eating, and be happy." Xiaoli was teased by Lu Xinzhou like this, and immediately turned from pain to happiness, so she got up from bed on a whim, put on a dress, and prepared to go out with her husband to enjoy it with a little modification. Lu Xinzhou also put on shorts and shorts and pulled Xiaoli downstairs with him, and the two walked leisurely and leisurely towards the night food stall not far away, talking and laughing. It only took them about ten minutes to reach a row of night food stalls along the street, found a barbecue stall, ordered some barbecue food such as lamb skewers and grilled steak, and sat opposite an empty table and chair on the side of the street. Soon the stall owner had processed the food they had ordered and put it on the table, and the two of them each asked for a bottle of beer and a drink, and began to eat and drink and chat.

"Xiaoli, is everything going well when you go back to your hometown to open a beauty salon? There won't be any more suffering. ”

"That can be so smooth sailing, things are often happy and sad, there is always a distance between the ideal and the reality, and I have gone through many storms before I slowly gained a foothold."

"Oh, tell me, there are all those turmoil and bizarre things, I'm too interested to know."

"Hey, I can't say it for a while, it's too late today, I'll tell you from beginning to end tomorrow afternoon, okay?"

"Okay, your story is so wonderful, so dramatic, it should be written as a novel."

"Indeed, my story is really twisty and complicated, thrilling and exciting, and it could be written as a work, but who will? Do you write? Oh, by the way, you are a Chinese teacher in the upper grades of elementary school, so you should have this level of writing. ”

"Oh...... I've never written a novel before, but I can try. ”

"Okay, I said you remember, try to write a work, and I'll be your first reader."

"Okay, okay." Lu Xinzhou confidently prepared to try his luck, Xiaoli looked at his face happily, and the two of them chatted for an hour at the night snack stall before returning to their new house, washing and going to bed. It wasn't until after lunch the next day, after the dishes and chopsticks were washed, Lu Xinzhou pulled Xiaoli to sit down at the dining table, and he took out a pen and paper to let Xiaoli continue to narrate, Xiaoli looked at him a little funny, and then held back her smile and began to recall another turning point in her life.

The car carried Xiaoli, Hong Fusheng and his wife, and Fang Hui all the way to Yinlong Town, and Xiaoli was in a very happy mood to enjoy the natural scenery flying by outside the car window. The green crops drifted in the wind, as if to smile at her in a friendly way; The sparkling rivers and lakes flowed down the river, as if they were sending her off sincerely, and the green mountains and small bridges were all offering blessings to her. Xiaoli was reluctant to miss every landscape, and stared intently at the layers of the world. It has been more than four years since she left Yinlong Town last time and returned to her hometown this time, but the situation of the two returns is very different, so she is fascinated and fascinated, fantasizing about making enviable achievements in her hometown. So Xiaoli was not a little tired at the moment, but looked at both sides of the road with a hundred times more energy. "Beauty, don't you take a break? There's still half an hour to go, so wouldn't you be able to lean back in your seat for a while? Wu Cuicui, who was sitting in the passenger seat, noticed that Xiaoli was moving, so she said with concern.

"Auntie, I'm not sleepy, you can sleep."

"How can she be in the mood to sleep now, she has endured all the hardships, she has had enough of the sins, and finally reaped the double harvest of technology and capital, she can't wait to open the small shop tomorrow with her eyebrows raised and impress the people of her hometown." Fang Hui, who was sitting next to Xiaoli, said truthfully.

"It's still Fang Hui who knows my heart best, the two of us haven't been together for a long time, but you seem to be a roundworm in my belly, and everything has come to my heart." Xiaoli said convincingly.

"Just kidding, who made me your sister, if I don't know you, will I come with you?" Fang Hui said cheerfully.

"It's really the parents of the one who gave birth to me, and Fang Huiye, the one who knows me." Xiaoli said with a smile.

"Okay, don't chew the words, it's okay, let me ask you Jiali, do your mother know that you went back to your hometown today?" Hong Fusheng said with vinegar while driving.

"I know, I know, I called her yesterday to tell her, but she didn't know that you and Auntie would also go back with me." Xiaoli told the truth.

"Then don't tell her, surprise her later."

"Okay, okay."

More than 20 minutes passed between the words, the car has entered the boundary of Yinlong Township, Xiaoli returned to the back of the front seat and stared at the windshield in front of the car to look into the distance, the street scene of Yinlong Town is getting closer and closer, Xiaoli's heart is getting more and more happy, and finally the car drove into the ...... of Yinlong Town Street.

Silver Dragon Town is not what it used to be, and it has changed a lot since Xiaoli first left. The street, which was originally less than 10 meters, has now widened to nearly 20 meters, and most of the bungalows on both sides of the street have become small buildings with two or three floors, and even a few large high-rise buildings with more than five floors can be seen. As soon as the car stepped onto the town, a modern village landscape immediately came into view. The courtyard of the Chen family, where Xiaoli had lived for many years, was still the bungalow lined up in the back, and the Chen family's haberdashery store was still open, but the area was half smaller, and the operators were replaced by a middle-aged young couple who rented this small shop.

Finally arrived at the destination, the car stopped at the door of the Chen family's shop, Yu Xianglan, who had been waiting there, and Chen Xiaoqiang, who had grown into a young man, immediately greeted her, Xiaoli quickly got out of the car, ran to her mother's side, opened her arms and hugged her affectionately for a long time, and couldn't even say anything with tears, it took a moment for her to let go of her mother, and hugged her younger brother Xiaoqiang warmly, then her mother Yu Xianglan said: "Okay, okay, there are still guests, Xiaoli, don't you introduce us to us." ”

Xiaoli took care of Hong Fusheng and his wife and Sister Fang Hui, so she said: "Mom, brother, dad and aunt have to send me back to my hometown in person, this is my best sister Fang Hui." ”

"Great, great, welcome to you, Fusheng, her aunt has bothered you, Sister Fang Hui, I have long heard Xiaoli say that you have helped her a lot, and also taught her the ability to open a store, I really don't know how to thank you, and her aunt, I am not by her side, you care and love her like a mother, I am also grateful to you."

"You're welcome, I don't have a daughter, Jiali is my daughter from my previous life, I should love her and care about her, say thank you, wouldn't you see the outside," Wu Cuicui said very kindly.

"Aunt, Xiaoli and I have become sisters, and it is my bounden duty to be good to Chi, please don't thank me when you are old." Fang Hui also said kindly.

"Uncle, aunt, Sister Fang Hui, hello, you've worked hard all the way." Chen Xiaoqiang called several guests.

After a few rounds of affection and politeness, Yu Xianglan invited them to sit down in the back living room to drink tea, and poured the fragrant tea that had already been brewed to the three guests. At this time, grandma Huang Qiufang walked out of the room where Xiaoli lived under the support of Chen Xiaoqiang, Xiaoli hurriedly stood up to meet her, took grandma's hand and said: "Grandma, grandma, I'm Xiaoli, I'm coming back to see you." But Huang Qiufang stared at Xiaoli in a daze, as if she didn't recognize her anymore, just smirked vigorously, Chen Xiaoqiang saw this and said to Xiaoli: "Grandma basically doesn't know anyone anymore, don't mind, she's been like this for a long time." Xiaoli's heart tightened suddenly, and tears involuntarily burst out of her eyes. In order to prevent his sister from being too sad, Chen Xiaoqiang took his grandmother back to the house, and then walked out again and said to Xiaoli: "Grandma lives in your house now, and the house where she used to live and the small shop in front of her were rented to the couple surnamed Wan. ”

"Oh......". Xiaoli nodded in understanding.

"Come, come, sit down and drink tea, you've worked hard all the way. I'll rest here for a while, and I'll prepare the meal later, and then we'll talk about business after lunch. Yu Xianglan greeted very warmly.

"You're welcome, you're welcome, we'll accompany Jiali over, mainly to find a façade room for her, it's not important to eat, you don't have to be busy, let's just go out and eat casually in a while." Hong Fusheng did not speak until this time.

"Then how can you do it, since you are at home, there is a reason for you to eat outside."

When Hong Fusheng and Wu Cuicui were about to resign again, they suddenly heard someone say: "Xiaoli, where are you coming back, and you have brought three distinguished guests, welcome, welcome." A few people looked at each other, and it turned out that Chen Agen had arrived in the living room.

As soon as Xiaoli saw him, her face was immediately unhappy as if she had lost her appetite, but after a closer look, she found that he looked sickly, so she felt compassion, so she smiled at him reluctantly, and then introduced him very plainly: "These two are my father and aunt, and this is my best sister Fang Hui." ”

"Oh, oh, you've worked hard, eat at home in a while". Chen Agen said with a pretentious gesture.

Hong Fusheng saw that this person guessed and knew that he should be Chen Agen, so when the enemy saw each other, his eyes were red, and he stood up from the sofa with a "hum", Wu Cuicui saw that he looked bad, quickly took his hand, and shook his head at him to signal not to be impulsive, so as not to spoil the atmosphere here, Hong Fusheng was pulled by his wife like this, and he suppressed his anger and sat on the sofa again. Seeing this, Chen Agen pretended to be calm and said very interestingly: "Everyone sit, don't be restrained, drink tea, drink tea." With that, he bowed his hand and went back to his room.

Fang Hui didn't say anything, just smiled at Chen Agen and nodded, and then drank tea with a cup on his own.

Chen Xiaoqiang had already understood what Chen Agen had done to his sister in the past at this time, so he also understood the attitude of these three guests towards his father, so he did not show the slightest displeasure.

The atmosphere in the living room returned to a cheerful and happy state, Yu Xianglan lost no time in saying: "I knew that Xiaoli planned to go back to her hometown to open a store, so I asked along the street whether there was a good façade room for rent, I didn't expect the work to pay off, I really asked one, just diagonally opposite a small second floor that has just been built has the intention of renting, there are two rooms on the upper and lower floors, each room is about 20 square meters, you can open a shop downstairs, live upstairs, the stairs are in the small courtyard behind, the environment is very good." ”

Oh, is there such a good thing? Who is the owner and how much is the rent?

Xiaoli asked her mother eagerly.

"The owner is an old couple surnamed Zheng, they have three children, two sons and a daughter, these three children are very promising, all of them have started a family, and they have bought a big house in the provincial capital, these three children are also very filial, and they plan to take the old couple to live in the city, one to have a care, and the other to enjoy the happy life of children and grandchildren. For this reason, they want to rent out all the small second floors so that they can reunite with their children and grandchildren in the city. Yu Xianglan said truthfully.

"It's really hard to find a place to break through the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get there, so without further ado, why don't we go over and see it now." Hong Fusheng said impatiently.

"Don't worry, don't worry, it's not too late to go after dinner, I have already agreed with the Zheng family, and the rent will be discussed with them in person when you come over." Yu Xianglan said.

"Eldest sister, you can't miss the opportunity, the time will not come again, such a good opportunity cannot be missed, let's go over and talk about it now, don't make a fool of yourself, at least understand a rough idea, otherwise we won't have the heart to eat." Wu Cuicui also said energetically.

"That's good, that's good, blame me for my quick mouth, I'll tell you after I eat and it's over, what should I do now, I have to take you over to see it first." After Yu Xianglan said this helplessly, she stood up and wanted to go out with them. Xiaoli and Hong Fusheng and his wife, plus Fang Hui and Chen Xiaoqiang, also stood up, and then the group walked back and forth through the small shop to the street, and then they walked forward along the street for more than 100 meters and crossed the street, stopping in front of a small second floor with a single door, Yu Xianglan stretched out her hand and said to everyone: "This is this small building." Xiaoli couldn't help but be overjoyed when she saw this brand-new small second floor, and clapped her hands excitedly and said, "It's so beautiful, this is really a godsend, help me succeed." Hong Fusheng and Wu Cuicui saw her in such a state, so they smiled and pointed at her at the same time, which meant to say, "I'm chewing words again." ”

"This place is so ideal, it is very suitable for opening a beauty salon, it is much stronger than my shop, Xiaoli, if you don't rent it, then I will move here." Fang Hui also said excitedly.

"Okay, okay, this is a great house with a store." Hong Fusheng also praised in unison,

"This house is really good, the roller shutter door and the glass door are ready-made, as long as you make another door, and install a rotating lamp on each side of the wall." Wu Cuicui seemed to be in a good position.

When they praised the room outside the door, Yu Xianglan had already pushed open the glass door, and when she arrived in the house, she greeted an old couple sitting in the room: "Brother Zheng, sister-in-law Zheng, my daughter is here, can you let them see what your house looks like first." ”

"Yes, yes, please come in." Zheng Laohan, who was of medium stature and still in good health, warmly and cheerfully greeted the door and invited Xiaoli and a few others into the house.

In this way, Xiaoli took a few relatives and friends to the residence where she would live and fight for the first time, they looked east and west, outside, inside, downstairs and backyard, upstairs and balcony all observed carefully, and then returned to the front room downstairs to stand, Xiaoli asked Zheng Lao and his wife a little impatiently: "This house is too ideal, I want to rent it to open a beauty salon, uncle, aunt don't know what you two think, how much is the rent?" ”

"It's great that you are willing to rent, I heard your mother say that you rent it to do beauty salons, we are very happy, this house has been built for less than a year, roller shutter doors and glass doors are ready-made, originally my second son planned to open a shop here, and then there was an opportunity for him to go to the city to develop, someone came to talk about opening a restaurant and haberdashery, we are not willing to rent to them, one is because the hotel is too dirty, haberdashery is too messy, you open a beauty salon without those problems, both clean and not messy, We are old neighbors with your mother, and you grew up here and know your roots, so we are very relieved to rent it to you. As for the rent, I will tell you the number first, you refer to the reference, the specific matters and the final contract have to wait for my son to deal with you, the rent is 30,000 a year, the first three years of rent, three years of rent I hope you can pay off at one time, plus a mortgage of 10,000 yuan, the deposit of 10,000 yuan is to take into account that after we negotiated the contract, my wife and I went to the provincial capital to live with our children and grandchildren, the furniture and electrical products here are all left for you to use, you can use it, you can use it, you can't use it for a new one, and when you don't rent, As long as there is a rough idea of these things, we will return the deposit to you, we will only bring our own clothes when we leave, and you will open a shop downstairs and a house upstairs, both of which will be ready to open with just a little packing up. ”

"Yes, yes, the uncle and aunt are very thoughtful, there are two rooms up and down this house, and there is a kitchen and a small courtyard in the back, and even the house and the store are all lived, I like it too much, but is there room for negotiation for this rent?" Xiaoli said excitedly.

"That's good, that's good, you're willing to rent, we're willing to rent out, hit it off, the best of both worlds, rent? It's easy to say, it's easy to say, isn't it just a matter of a few dollars? You can discuss it when my son comes, they are all in the provincial town now, and I will call him later and ask them to come back. Zheng Laohan said again.

At this point, Xiaoli's heart was full of joy, and she felt that she should ask for the opinions of her family and good sisters, so she turned to them like a bird flying string, but it only took a few words to get everyone's unanimous approval, Xiaoli happily flew to Zheng Laohan and his wife, and asked them to call his son, and handed over his mobile phone, Zheng Laohan took the mobile phone and dialed the phone of the eldest son Zheng Jiahua, and a few words of dialogue were recognized by Zheng Jiahua, and promised to drive back to his hometown with his second son, Zheng Jiabao, tomorrow morning, to negotiate with Xiaoli about the lease.

At this point, the façade room was basically settled, Xiaoli and her family and friends said goodbye to the old couple Zheng and evacuated the Zheng family's small building, and returned to the street. So the group went to a small restaurant not far in front of them to sit down, drink, and eat. After dinner, they went to the only hotel in Yinlong Town that was not a star and opened two rooms, Hong Fusheng and his wife lived in one, Xiaoli and Fang Hui lived in one, and Yu Xianglan and Chen Xiaoqiang naturally went home to live. The rest was rest, dinner, and staying up late.

At 10 a.m. on Sunday, November 30, 2003, Zheng Laohan and his wife's two sons in the provincial capital drove a limousine back to Yinlong Town. The second eldest Zheng Jiabao is also a big boss in the financial industry. The two generations of the Zheng family of four people saw Xiaoli and a group of five people (Chen Xiaoqiang did not come) into the house and very warmly invited them to sit in the large living room in the front of the upstairs, after the guest and host sat down, Zheng Jiahua first spoke: "I am very happy to hear my father and mother introduce your situation, this house is very suitable for beauty and beauty, so we specially came to discuss with you, if you can, we will give the lease matter today, and we can take our parents to the city by the way, lest we be in a hurry to take care of the second elder. ”

"That's great, we can't ask for it, but is the rent still negotiable?" Hong Fusheng said first as an elder.

After hearing this, the Zheng brothers talked to their parents for a while, and Zheng Jiahua said to them again: "In this way, the rent is temporarily reduced from 30,000 yuan per year to 25,000 per year, first set for three years, and you had better pay off the rent for three years at once, and if Xiaoli continues to work in the fourth year, the rent will increase by 10 percent, that is, 27,000 Wu, and then increase to 30,000 yuan in the fifth yearIf the three-year rent is paid in one lump sum, Xiaoli can pay half of it first if she has difficulties. ”

This remark was deeply pleased by Xiaoli and several others, and they reached a consensus after communicating with each other, and Hong Fusheng then said to the four members of the Zheng family: "Okay, just do as you say, there is no difficulty in paying the rent for the first three years at one time, how about we go through the lease procedures?" When I'm done, I'll invite all of you to dinner. ”

"Yes, yes, but we should be the ones to treat this meal." Boss Zheng said politely.

"We please, your family is so refreshing, so we have to pay for this first meal." Xiaoli hurriedly said.

"In that case, then I'll go downstairs to draft the lease contract first, and you guys will discuss here who will invite you to dinner, anyway, I'm eating for nothing, so I won't compete with you." Zheng Lao Er said funny, and after saying that, he said hello to Xiaoli and them, and then went downstairs.

Here, Xiaoli and the others shifted the topic to how to decorate and decorate the storefront and store, such as the need to build shelves and paste floor tiles. Boss Zheng interjected when he heard this: "You see if this will work, the layout and decoration of the store and the store hall are all arranged by me, I have a few engineering teams under my command, you just need to set the size of the shelves and the plan of decoration and hand it over to me, I will let people build the shelves in the city, I can pull all the materials other than floor tiles and lamps and mirrors from the city, in addition to the tools and equipment needed to open the store, you send someone to buy it in the city and gather it together, I can also help you pull it by car." As for the fragile items such as glass and mirrors, you can prepare them in the town, and my people will help you put them on, and when everything is ready, you will only need to pay a little for materials, shipping, and labor. But don't worry, I only charge the cost price of the material, and the freight only needs to pay a little oil money. ”

"Ah, there is such a good thing, how can I thank you, it seems that I am the one who will not give up this meal, Brother Zheng, don't rob me of my credit anymore." Xiaoli almost jumped up with joy and said.

"Then I will go to the city to buy the tools and equipment, and then inform Brother Zheng, okay? Just let Xiaoli be a ready-made boss, so that she won't be busy. Fang Hui volunteered.

"Okay, you buy the same, don't worry, put it there after you buy it, the time is very sufficient, wait until you buy it all and then call my mobile phone, I will arrange the tool cart to help Xiaoli come over at one time." Boss Zheng said sincerely.

"This is really a coincidence, it comes naturally, you are so blessed, you are so blessed to have met Brother Zheng, who is both enthusiastic and helpful." Wu Cuicui said with a laugh.

"That's it, that's it, I'm not blessed, I met a nobleman, I met Sister Fang Hui in the city, and I met Brother Zheng here again." Xiaoli clapped her hands and said happily.

Yu Xianglan couldn't help but come over and take Boss Zheng's hand and said, "Brother Zheng, I don't know what words to use to thank you, you are our Xiaoli's great benefactor." ”

Zheng Lao smiled and waved his hand, and then said seriously: "Don't be grateful, I'm just doing it with a gesture, you rented our house, which is equivalent to helping us solve our worries, and at the same time, this is also a great thing for the benefit of our hometown, I should help this too, the old saying doesn't say, don't do it because of the good and the small, don't do it because the evil is small'?" Why don't I do such good deeds? ”

"Yes, yes, what you said is too level, I admire it very much." Hong Fusheng said in admiration.

At this time, the second Zheng Jiabao returned downstairs with the drafted contract, everyone quieted down, listened to him read the contract one by one, and then the two sides discussed and passed one by one, entered the signing process, and finally the matter successfully met the requirements of both parties in good faith, Xiaoli was accompanied by Aunt Wu Cuicui and the second Zheng family went to the bank to handle the money transfer procedures, and at nearly twelve o'clock, all the procedures were completed, and Xiaoli's beauty salon was about to be born on the second floor of the Zheng family. Hong Fusheng smiled happily at this time, and the old couple of the Zheng family were also full of laughter to congratulate Xiaoli, and everyone integrated into the festive and peaceful atmosphere at the same time, Hong Fusheng said to everyone while the iron was hot: "Everything is too ideal, too wishful, we are worthy of this trip, we should celebrate and celebrate, and the big guys will go to the hotel to have a drink together." ”

"Okay, good ......" everyone responded in unison, and not long after, in a private room of the largest hotel in Yinlong Town, the two families of nine people sat together.

CHAPTER XXII

Good things should be grinding, but the first major thing Yu Xiaoli did when she returned to her hometown to open a store was solved in an extremely smooth situation. Perhaps it was because it went so smoothly that a thrilling scene occurred during the decoration and arrangement at the back......

After the banquet that day was over, the two brothers of the Zheng family took their old parents to live in the city, and the entire small second floor was left to Xiaoli. When Zheng Laohan handed over the keys to the roller shutter door and the glass door to Xiaoli, Xiaoli thanked the two generations surnamed Zheng with great excitement, so that the Zheng family drove away, and Xiaoli naturally became the owner of this single-door four-room house. Immediately after Hong Fusheng and Wu Cuicui also went home very satisfied, Fang Hui accepted the task of purchasing hairdressing and beauty utensils that were not yet complete, as well as barber chairs and necessary spare equipment, and also wanted to leave with Hong Fusheng and his wife, Xiaoli reluctantly said goodbye to them with tears, and told them to come over to attend the opening ceremony, the three happily agreed to shake hands with Yu Xianglan and say goodbye, and also got in the car and drove in the direction of the provincial capital. Shaking the key in his hand, he said to his mother with a smile: "Mom, I am so excited, I can't imagine that the first major event of returning to my hometown to open a store will be done so smoothly, and the following things will also have eyebrows, and I will become a hands-off shopkeeper from now until I open." ”

"Don't be happy too early, everything is difficult at the beginning, it is impossible for everything to go so smoothly, you still have to have a mental preparation to deal with difficult problems, and also throw your hands on the shopkeeper, do licenses, do doors, customize lamps and glass mirrors, these things don't need you to do to run? Can you shake off these things and get them back? I really don't know how high the sky is and how thick the ground is. ”

"I know, I know, tomorrow I will go to apply for a business license and some related permits, and the procedures are complete before I can open my business."

"Then it's okay now, will you come home with me for dinner?" Can I get some of your favorite dishes and treat you? ”

"Ah, I'll go back to dinner with you, no, I don't want to see that man, I'll be unappetizing to eat at the same table with him."

"Why bother, it's been eight years since that incident, why don't you still treat him so badly, what does it matter if you just sit at a table and have a meal? If you don't want to talk to him and ignore him, it's over, and no one will blame you. ”

"It's been eight years, but the damage caused to me by that incident has never left me, otherwise I wouldn't be living alone now, and I hate it when I think about it."

"I understand, I understand, but you can't avoid him all the time because of that, besides, there are Xiaoqiang and me, and your grandmother, you won't and don't want to eat with us."

"Not really, eating with you is my happiest time, and I haven't eaten my mother's food for a long time." After Xiaoli said this, she thought for a while and then said, "Well, isn't it just a meal at a table?" I'll go back with you, but I have a request, that is, I was a little scared to live alone in such a big house on this first night, and you must live in this small building with me after dinner, do you agree? Mom. ”

"Are you mistaken, I invited you to dinner, do you have any additional conditions?"

"Who made you my mother?" Xiaoli hugged her mother coquettishly, and after that, she locked the door on the second floor and went back to Chen's house with her mother.

Xiaoli stepped into the former residence after more than four years of absence, the mood is both cordial and sad, cordial, of course, is the feeling of a room and a thing that is very familiar here, sadness is still because of the seventeen-year-old incident that made her grief and ran away angrily, especially when she saw the bathroom that was still the same as in the past, the sad mood was suddenly greater than cordial, touching the scene, her heart was even tighter, but at this moment, Chen Agen suddenly walked into the living room from the house where he and his mother lived, Xiaoli saw it even more angry. I want to get out of here. "Sister, you're here." Chen Xiaoqiang strode to Xiaoli's side and asked coldly, which made Xiaoli calm her emotions a little as if she had found a life-saving straw, so she pretended not to see Chen Agen and hugged her brother warmly, and then had an intimate conversation. "Xiaoqiang, you're in your second year of high school, your grades are good, I'm still waiting for the good news of your gold list title." She sat down on the couch as she spoke.

Xiaoqiang also sat down opposite his sister, and then replied to her: "How can I be admitted to college so easily, the pressure of studying is too great now, and my grades have been in the middle, hey...... I'm tired of studying so hard, but it's more rewarding to learn beauty salon with my sister. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, your interest is in learning, how can you give up halfway like your sister, your sister is a last resort, you can't take your sister's path, you are a man, you will have to set up a household in the future."

"You have to study well to be able to establish a household, isn't it the same way that you can glorify your ancestors and have a prosperous career when you open a store and do business?" Xiaoqiang's words made Xiaoli speechless, and the sourness in her heart was inconvenient to say to her younger brother, so she had to use silence and majesty to express her opposition to Xiaoqiang's point of view, Xiaoqiang saw that her sister was not in such a happy mood at this time, so she shifted the topic to her sister's upcoming shop and said: "Sister, when will your store open, I will shoot for you and celebrate you." ”

"That's natural, is there less of a cannon for you? You'll have to help your sister greet and entertain guests. Xiaoli was transferred by him, and she turned from sadness to joy.

The sister and brother talked very easily and cheerfully, completely ignoring Chen Agen's existence, Chen Agen wanted to say a few words to Xiaoli, but it could be seen that there was no chance for him to see the stitches, so he had to shrink his head in discouragement, and returned to his house with his tail between his legs.

"Sister, can you take a look at your shop?"

"Didn't you watch it yesterday?"

"I read it yesterday, but didn't you make up your mind at that time? So I didn't look at it carefully, but if I look at it again today, it will definitely be something different, and I can hear how you designed and decorated the store, and maybe I can give some valuable suggestions. ”

"I can't see it, my brother is a high school student after all, and what he said is crepe, okay, I'll take you over to have a look." The sister and brother went out of the living room after talking, and after greeting Yu Xianglan who was busy in the kitchen, they walked to the small second floor with a smile, and the two entered the room, first discussed the decoration and layout plan of the small shop, and then went upstairs to sit in the living room together, Xiaoli asked Xiaoqiang affectionately: "Xiaoqiang, have you been doing well in the past few years that my sister has not been at home?" ”

"Not good, since the death of grandpa that year, grandma is like a complete collapse, can no longer be happy, and gradually became the current stupid and stupid appearance, dad was also found to have lung disease, the burden of the family fell on mom at once, the small shop naturally can't be opened, so I have to rent it to others to operate, so that the economy plummets, I rely on my grandmother's pension and the rent of the small shop to survive, and sometimes I have to take out some money to see a doctor for my father, Even the pocket money given to me is very small, and I have no choice, I still have to keep studying, or I will go out to work to earn money to support myself. ”

"You can't have this kind of thought, studying and going to university is the right way you should go, economic difficulties are temporary, and learning knowledge is permanent, so you have to obediently put your mind on studying, my sister has not helped you for so many years, I am ashamed of you, so let's go to the bank tomorrow to get you a card first, send 10,000 yuan to enter, you save some use, and wait for my sister to open and make a profit, will I give you more?"

"Sister, how can I use your money, who said that you didn't help me, didn't you send a lot of money to your mother one after another? Isn't that helping my family, and helping my family will help me? I've figured out what Dad did that year, so I understand very well why you gave up school and ran away, and you have suffered a lot over the years, and the money you earned is not easy, so I can't ask for it, and I feel ashamed of Dad's behavior, but what to do? After all, he is my biological father, and I can't help but respect him, and I hope you can understand me. ”

"My brother has grown up, and what he says is the truth, I fully understand you, but no matter what, you are my own brother, and it is my responsibility for my sister to care for and help you, so you must take the money that my sister gives you, otherwise you will look down on my sister."

"Ah, it's so serious, if you don't take it, you still look down on you, then I have to take it with grievances."

"Little slippery head, if you get cheap, you still sell well, and you take the money and you are still wronged, then I won't become a big wrongdoer." Xiaoli shook her brother's head as she spoke, and Xiaoqiang stuck out his tongue and made a strange appearance.

"Hah......." The sister and brother laughed in unison, and then they talked about some other topics, although they didn't care about the itch, but it enhanced the relationship between them, Xiaoli felt that the younger brother had grown up and matured a lot, and he was no longer the hairy boy in his mind; Xiaoqiang also realized that his sister still has a very deep affection for their family, in addition to being very hateful to his father, his sister's heart is really attached to this family.

Through this conversation, the hearts of the sisters and brothers are closer, after all, family affection is like everything. Unconsciously, they chatted together for two or three hours, until their mother Yu Xianglan came to ask the children to go back to dinner, they ended the conversation with some reluctance, and returned to Chen's house with their mother. Eat more. Xiaoli wasted no time in bringing the food to her mouth several times in a row, and made a very flavorful demeanor, which made the air change easier. After dinner, Xiaoli went to Xiaoqiang's house, the sisters and brothers talked happily together, and after the mother cleaned up the table and washed it, and took care of her grandmother Huang Qiufang, Xiaoli took Yu Xianglan to the second floor of the same bed and pillow, the mother and daughter have not lived in the same room since Xiaoli remembered, and slept in the same bed together.

The next day, when the sky was just dawning, Yu Xianglan got up and rushed home, serving the breakfast of the three generations of the family, Xiaoli still greedily slept her back to sleep, until about nine o'clock in the morning, the mobile phone rang, Xiaoli listlessly picked up the mobile phone and said: "Hey, may I ask which one?" ”

"Hey, is it Yu Xiaoli? I'm Cheng Ka Wah. ”

"Oh, it's Brother Zheng, good morning, please tell me something."

"There are two things to tell you, the first thing is that I arranged a passenger and freight vehicle in the afternoon, pulled over the floor tiles and cement, yellow sand and other materials, and sent two workers and a cooking woman with the car, a total of three people came to help you paste the floor tiles, and rested in your room at night, you arrange it appropriately, if there is no bed for them to make a bunk, the quilt and luggage are waiting for me to let them bring. The second thing is that you don't plan to do a massage business in the downstairs room? Do you need to play two massage tables, and you also need to put a bench outside for guests to wait, if you are ready to ask for these three things, I will arrange for the carpenter to type it out for you, and then I will let the painter help you paint it, and put it here after getting it together, and after all the items that Fang Hui needs to buy are completed, I will arrange a large truck to help you transport them at one time, okay? ”

"Okay, it's too good, Brother Zheng, you are so thoughtful for me, I really don't know how to thank you." Xiaoli was a little incoherent with excitement.

"Thank you for not needing, helping you is equivalent to helping my hometown, and when it opens, invite me over for a glass of wine, and all of it will be inside."

"That's nature, I want you to come and cut the ribbon?"

"Oh, I'm honored, then it's decided, I wish you all the best, I'm hanging."

"Okay, I wish Brother Zheng a happy life and a happy family life, a happy family, and all the best." After saying that, the phone over there hung up, Xiaoli saw that it was still early, so she wanted to be confused for a while, but at this moment, the ringtone of the mobile phone rang again, Xiaoli had to pick up the phone again and said, "Hey, that one?" ”

"Me, you're your sister, you lazy worm, haven't you gotten up yet?"

"Ah, Sister Fang, you are really a fairy, I am indeed still in bed, do you have any orders? The little sister listened attentively. ”

"I guessed you're a lazy girl, you won't get up until the sun hits your ass. I called to ask if you need to buy a water heater for customers to wash their hair, I saw that you have a gas one in your backyard kitchen, and it was too far to pull that one into the store, so I thought there should be an electric water heater in the store. ”

"If you want to buy, you want to buy, the one in the back is not only gas, but also too old, I am a new store and a new one, of course I want to install a new one, so I must be equipped with a new electric water heater, but you don't need to buy a big one, you can wash your hair."

"Okay, I know, you can rest assured, little lazy girl, continue to have your lovesick dreams, I'll hang up." After speaking, Fang Hui hung up his phone.

Now Xiaoli's sleepiness was all washed away, she smiled helplessly and bitterly, thinking that she still had lovesick dreams, dreams are difficult, dreams are all soft eggs without courage, Wang Weibing, Feng Gang, Yao Qiming, these three people are all without exception, but if there is a brave one of the three of them, I will not be alone until now, thinking of this, she suddenly felt sour in her heart, so she sighed "Hey......", so she had to accept her thoughts, get dressed and get out of bed to wash Sese in the bathroom downstairs, and after dressing up a little, she locked the door and went to the street to the bank, When she arrived at the business hall of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Xiaoli applied for a 10,000 yuan savings card for her mother and younger brother and then returned to the street, and then walked slowly to Chen's house, walked through the small shop, entered the yard, and met Chen Agen, who was about to go out and slip away. ”

"Yes, Xiaoli, you're here, are you looking for your mother, she's doing laundry in the back."

"Oh, I'm going, you stay safe."

"Xiaoli, I want to talk to you."

"Oh, I don't have time, I'm sorry."

A few words, neither arrogant nor humble, reveal Xiaoli's ambivalence of missing her family but hating her people. After that, Xiaoli went to the bathroom door of the living room and said to her mother who was washing clothes inside: "Mom, come out, I have something good to give you." ”

"What a good thing, it's still mysterious, don't you see I'm busy? If you take it out and put it on the coffee table, it will be over. ”

"No, no, I'm going to hand it over to you personally, so that you don't have to pay in the future."

"Dead girl, look for trouble, pay me back, what debt I owe you, you are mine." Yu Xianglan wiped the water on her hands as she spoke, walked out of the bathroom to her daughter, Xiaoli smiled and handed over two bank cards, and said: "These are two ICBC cards, I paid 10,000 yuan each, one for you and one for Xiaoqiang." ”

"Why are you giving me money, the money you sent me a few times ago hasn't been used up yet? Your small shop hasn't opened yet, there are still many places to use money, and Xiaoqiang is studying, what does he want so much money for, you still take it back. ”

"It's because the store hasn't opened yet, otherwise I'll give you a little more, Xiaoqiang is already a man, it's better to have a little money on him than nothing, I've told him everything, so you have to give it to him, and you must take the share given to you, doesn't that person often have to see a doctor? You said take it in case you don't feel good, or I'll stop calling you mommy. ”

"Oh, if you don't take it, you won't call your mother, you're really scary, okay, I'll save it for you for the time being, and then talk to me when you need it urgently." Another thing I have to remind you is that you can't open that small shop alone, whether you need to hire two or three helpers, as the saying goes, 'the shop is big and the store is small, three people are just right', so without three or four people, the store can't play. ”

"Hey, the ginger is still old and spicy, Mom, you reminded me too right and timely, this is also a big deal, I'll call Sister Fang Hui to see how this matter should be solved." After Xiaoli finished speaking, she sat on the sofa in the living room and called Fang Hui on her mobile phone, and when Fang Hui heard it, she immediately suggested that Xiaoli post a recruitment notice on the side wall of the shop, recruit skilled barbers and beauticians, and recruit one or two little girls who specialize in massage, and she will help find familiar characters, so that the two-pronged problem can be solved. After listening to this, Xiaoli praised Fang Hui very comfortably: "In the end, you are an old Jianghu, as long as you find something, there will be a way to solve it." ”

"Don't put a high hat on me, I've been relied on by you in my life, and I really regret making such a sister as you."

"It's useless to regret it, I've called you so many sisters, where else can you escape."

"Haha......". The two sisters hung up their phones at the same time laughing. After a while, Xiaoli said to her mother: "Mom, I haven't eaten anything since I got up, can you get me an egg fried rice to eat?" After eating, I have to go to the store to write a recruitment report, and then I have to wait for the workers sent by Brother Zheng to help me put the floor tiles. ”

"Okay, I'll do it for you, you wait a while." After saying that, Yu Xianglan went to the kitchen to fry rice. Only ten minutes passed, and Yu Xianglan brought the steaming egg fried rice and a bowl of mustard and shredded pork soup to Xiaoli.

Xiaoli, who even had all the soup and rice, stood up and went to her mother's side with a hundred times more energy, hugged her and kissed her and said, "Thank you, Mom, I'm leaving, I won't come back for dinner at night, you should pay more attention to rest." After speaking, she didn't wait for Yu Xianglan's reaction and went straight out and returned to the second floor, after entering the store, she didn't bother to write a recruitment revelation, but went upstairs directly and fell on the bed to raise her lazy illness. It wasn't until about two o'clock in the afternoon that the tool cart sent by Brother Zheng and two men and one woman went downstairs to call the door, and Xiaoli woke up from her sleep, and hurriedly went downstairs to open the glass door to welcome the three workers in. The three people sat for a while and moved the goods loaded on the car into the house one by one, after all the things were unloaded, the driver did not get out of the car to rest, and wanted to return the tool cart, Xiaoli quickly walked to the driver's window and thanked him, and handed him the two packs of high-grade cigarettes prepared in advance, after pushing and polite, the driver was satisfied with the cigarettes and drove the tool cart away, Xiaoli watched the car go away before returning to the house, at this time one of the male workers said to Xiaoli: "Boss Yu, I'm a little tired today, Shall we start tiling again tomorrow?

Xiaoli heard someone call her boss for the first time, and hurriedly waved her hand with some trepidation and said: "Don't call me boss, it's okay to call Xiaoyu or Xiaoli, it's really embarrassing to call me boss, work tomorrow, just rest and rest today, you two men are downstairs at night, can you two men put the two tables inside and outside together to make a bed to sleep?" This lady and I live upstairs, in addition, this is three hundred yuan, you see what to cook at night, I will eat with you, the kitchen is in the small yard at the back, the farmer's market is not far from the front, you decide what to buy, and tell me if it is not enough. With that, she handed her the money.

"Don't worry, don't worry, you're too polite, we are all Zheng Zheng's subordinates, he has explained everything to us, and we will definitely do our best to help you get it right." The lady said as she took the money.

When things were arranged, Xiaoli went back upstairs to write the recruitment notice, and after writing it, she went downstairs to the door and posted the notice, and after this was done, she went upstairs to watch TV and rest, except for the night down and the three workers had dinner with the three workers, she fixed herself upstairs and never came down. It wasn't until the next morning, when the three workers began to work, that she stepped down to look at it for a while.

In this way, under the work of the three workers for three days, the floor tiles of the two rooms downstairs were laid, and the female worker was also very diligent in cooking the three meals a day in an orderly manner.

On the morning of the fourth day, after Xiaoli settled the wages, materials and freight in front of the three workers, she thanked the three and sent them to the tool truck sent by Brother Zheng to pick them up and take away the remaining materials, and then went to the relevant departments to handle the relevant documents, and then went to the only glass shop and decoration material store in Yinlong Town, and customized the door, lamps and glass mirrors. And agreed on the door-to-door installation time, Xiaoli paid the deposit and then returned to the store satisfied, to one o'clock in the afternoon, before and after a few young men and women who applied for the job, Xiaoli left the contact information of two men and three women through a brief inquiry and conversation. After these trivial things are done, Xiaoli has almost done what she can, and she is waiting for the masters who will come to install the door, lamps and glass mirrors.

On the dinner table, in addition to happily talking nonsense with her mother and younger brother, she basically did not talk to Chen Agen, her mother and younger brother knew it, and they didn't blame her, Chen Agen ate his food by himself, and she watched TV on the second floor alone at night, or rested and went to bed early after thinking about it.

It's a blessing or a curse, and it's a disaster that can't be avoided. Just two days later, in the morning, the owner of the glass shop took two workers to push a flatbed truck to pull Xiaoli's customized materials to the door, and then they took action, first installing the rotating lights hanging on the wall at the door, and they moved quickly and smoothly It only took more than an hour to install the two black and white, bright and dazzling rotating lights. When Xiaoli saw it, her heart was like a turning lamp, and she was very happy. Later, they began to install the mirror again, first in the wall to drill holes, put in the expansion tube, and then install the mirror, three mirrors of one meter two high, one meter five wide need to be placed side by side on the left wall, the first mirror in the three of them together, and with the steady operation of the soon firmly attached to the wall, when they went to carry the second mirror, just lifted to the door, I don't know that one of the hands did not make strength, or that hand did not use enough force, the mirror suddenly tilted to the side, the people on this side naturally could not bear the pressure, The mirror became more and more fierce, and finally fell to the ground, with a loud "......", the mirror shattered into pieces, and then the mirror fragments flew around, Xiaoli who was standing by the back door panicked, but before she came back to her senses, a piece of fragment actually flew to the back of her hand, and suddenly the white and slender jade hand was cut a four-centimeter-long opening, blood flowed, Xiaoli screamed in fright, the glass shop owner immediately rushed to Xiaoli, and without thinking, he tore off a piece of cloth on the side of his work clothes, Quickly covered Xiaoli's wound, and then circled a few times and tied up, at the same time, Yu Xianglan came to the door with a hot soup specially stewed for Xiaoli in both hands, the sound and Xiaoli's scream happened to be heard by her, and then saw the broken glass fragments, she was so frightened that even the casserole in her hand was released, and there was another sound, the casserole was naturally broken, Yu Xianglan didn't care about this, and rushed to Xiaoli's side across the glass mirror fragments and asked, "How is it, how is it." ”

"Mom, don't ask, hurry up and go to the health center, I'm dying of pain."

"Okay, go to the hospital, go to the hospital." Saying that, Yu Xianglan and Xiaoli, as well as the owner of the glass shop, quickly ran to the township health center, entered the bandaging room, and without saying a word, a doctor came over with the cooperation of a nurse, quickly cut off the piece of cloth that had been stained with blood, and then the doctor carefully cleaned the wound for Xiaoli, detoxified, and then sewn it with needle and thread, and finally wrapped it with white gauze, the whole process was not anesthetic, the pain was cold sweat, her lips blinked, she didn't dare to look at her hands, Instead, he turned his face sideways and leaned his head on the body of the mother standing aside, the wound was quickly treated, and the doctor issued a bill for them to pay and leave, and the owner of the glass shop took the initiative to take the bill to the toll office to pay the bill, and then met Xiaoli and they said repeatedly: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, it's an accident, I don't blame you, fortunately, I'm the only one who was injured, nothing happened, it's really a blessing in misfortune." Xiaoli replied to the boss.

The owner of the glass shop rushed back to the small second floor first, Xiaoli's mother and daughter walked out of the door of the health center holding each other, Xiaoli's hand wrapped in the thick bandage, this situation is just like this: the teacher was injured before the first injury, I didn't expect the blood to flow, and when I wanted to dream of the scenery in front of people, it was difficult to know how long the road was.

"Does it still hurt?" Yu Xianglan looked at her daughter's hand wrapped in gauze and asked distressedly.

"Of course it hurts, it hurts, why doesn't it hurt when there is so much blood?"

"Yes, it must have hurt if it took eight stitches to make such a long cut." Yu Xianglan made a gesture and said to Xiaoli.

"I didn't think that the store had eight stitches before it opened, and I don't know what will happen to me in the future?"

"Don't talk nonsense, you haven't done anything evil, so there will be no evil results, everything will turn evil into good, it's just that you, the shopkeeper, are too high-quality this time, and even the blood is thrown out."

Yu Xianglan was cold, such a joke that was not a joke made Xiaoli couldn't help but laugh out loud, but the pain seemed to be reduced a lot with this smile. Xiaoli and the others walked back to the second floor, the owner of the glass shop had already instructed his subordinates to bring another mirror, and they began to carefully and carefully continue to install the other two mirrors, and after a while, all of them were done, and the upper part of the left wall in the store hall was covered with mirrors, and Xiaoli's satisfaction in seeing the formed shop through the mirror increased a little. The next day, someone came to install the door, the five meters long, one meter high, fifty centimeters thick, the door with red letters on a white background was soon hung above the roller shutter door under the operation of three workers climbing high and low, Xiaoli looked at the six magnificent and conspicuous "beauty salon" big characters, the glory in her heart rose spontaneously. Another day later, at Xiaoli's request, Brother Zheng specially sent a young and strong electrician, and brought the required wires, plugs, sockets and other materials to the small shop to install all the electrical devices in place, Xiaoli stared at the busy figure of the electrician inside and outside, and suddenly flashed the image of Wang Weibing, she thought that if he was still with me, of course these jobs belonged to him.

In the blink of an eye, on December 16, Fang Hui took a young man with experience in hairdressing and beauty, and accompanied a large truck arranged by Brother Zheng to put the massage tables, shelves, rest benches that had been made and painted, as well as the tools, water heaters and other equipment she had bought for Xiaoli to the small second floor in Yinlong Town. Xiaoli stood at the door of the store very cheerfully and enthusiastically to greet them. As soon as he got out of the car, Fang Hui brought the young man to Xiaoli and introduced: "His name is Yan Xin, he has been doing beauty and hairdressing work for more than two years, he is a capable and skilled master, he happens to be from Yinlong Township, his home is less than ten miles away from this town, I heard that you opened a shop in this town, so he volunteered to come with me." ”

"Great, great, thank you Sister Fang, and thank you Yan Xin, I have no experience, and I will rely on you for more help in the future."

"You're welcome, Boss Yu, you eat this bowl of rice there, your shop is very close to my home, so I naturally quit my original job and come to work with you."

Xiaoli looked at this tall and handsome young man, and was very happy in her heart, and heard him call her boss, she was even more excited, but she felt that she was a little unaccustomed to being called like this, so she said to him: "Don't call me boss, call me sister, or call me a name, we will work together in the future, try to be easy-going, so as not to be awkward." ”

"Okay, then I'll call you Sister Xiaoli, okay?"

"Okay, that's for the best."

At this point, they began to carry the things on the car, and put the old furniture, old tables and chairs in the house in the yard and put them in the yard, and threw them to the side of the street, and then after some unboxing, installation and installation, and placement of the place, after the arrangement was in place, Xiaoli asked Fang Hui and Yan Xin to help examine several young men and women who came to apply, after they agreed, Xiaoli called to make an appointment with those applicants, and after a simple trial work, a man named Lu Ning was also a tall and handsome young man, I have been familiar with this trip for more than a year, and a beautiful girl named Wang Yaqin.

With such a period of hard work, Xiaoli's "Beauty Salon" shop has been fully licensed, staffed, and all the decorations and arrangements have been in place.