"Boom" dark clouds rolling, lightning and thunder, and the hideous, distorted sky, as if it is about to collapse at any time, giving people a sense of suffocating oppression.

The little girl Lin Yu buried her head deep in Zheng Zhishang's arms and wrists, her young arms hugged Zheng Zhishang tightly, her weak body was still shivering. But he was also frightened by this thunder.

Zheng Zhishang gently stroked the little girl's back, and at the same time, his arm was slightly forced, hugging the little girl tighter, and said softly: "Yaya, don't be afraid, there is a brother." ”

"Hmm" Although the little girl was barely bold, her little head rubbed up and down on Zheng Zhishang's body and nodded. However, with a "pop", thunder came, and a lightning flash, as if it was split outside the window. Although I didn't see that scene, the white light instantly illuminated the dark room.

is still so scared that the little girl is not light, and she almost cries out in fright.

Seeing this, Zheng Zhishang was distressed, but there was no way at all, the sky was going to thunder and rain, and this was not something he could call the shots, he could only hope that the lightning and thunder would pass quickly, covering the little girl's ears, and softly relieved.

I don't know how long it took, but the thunder finally faded away, and the sound of "crackling" rain began to sound outside the window. At this time, Zheng Zhishang breathed a sigh of relief, and when he looked down at Lin Yu, he found that the little girl had fallen asleep at some point, sweating profusely, and even the little pajamas on her body were completely wet with sweat.

I didn't care about the little girl who fell asleep with great difficulty, and woke her up softly.

"It's raining, brother......" Lin Yu, the little girl who opened her eyes in a daze, said without a beginning or an end.

"Hmm" Zheng Zhishang nodded and said, "Yaya, don't sleep yet, Brother will go fetch water for you, wipe the sweat on your body, and sleep." ”

"I'm so sleepy...... muttered, Lin Yu still got up sleepily, yawning while rubbing his sleepy eyes.

Help the little girl get a basin of hot water so that she can wipe the sweat on her body. But it's a pity that the little girl is still too young after all, and she can't do many things. Zheng Zhishang had to bite the bullet and help the little girl wipe the sweat on her body. In other words, this is the first time Zheng Zhishang has helped the little girl scrub her body.

For so long, in addition to starting to help the little girl get dressed, and when she got dressed, the weather was not very hot, and she wore a lot. In the past few days, because of the arrival of summer, there are fewer and fewer clothes on her body, Zheng Zhishang has not helped the little girl change her clothes, and let her wear them by herself every day, or Grandma Huang will help her change her clothes.

As for taking a bath, it is impossible to wash the little girl, every day Grandma Huang helps her wash, although Zheng Zhishang also thought about waking up Grandma Huang, but in the end he still didn't go, the time was too late, it was almost eleven o'clock, at this time, Grandma Huang had already fallen asleep.

Although the little girl is still very young, but helping the little girl scrub, Zheng Zhishang is still a little awkward in his heart, and he hastily helped the little girl find a new set of pajamas and let her put them on by herself.

Lying on the bed again, letting Lin Yu stay close to him, quietly listening to the sound of rain outside the window, although it was late at night, Zheng Zhishang did not feel sleepy at all. Can't sleep at all.

"Brother ......" I don't know how long it took, Lin Yu, who was lying beside him, shouted softly.

"Hmm...... Not asleep yet? ”

"Can't sleep......"

"Uh" Zheng Zhishang was slightly stunned, but he hadn't just scrubbed his body, his fatigue and sleepiness were also scrubbed, and even after such a toss, he didn't feel sleepy at all, he sighed secretly, and said, "Then I'll tell you a story." ”

finally coaxed the little girl to sleep, and Zheng Zhishang himself was about to fall asleep in a daze.

Heaven was not beautiful, and another deafening roar and thunder came. The sleeping little girl was frightened and woke up again. made Zheng Zhishang sleepy, and couldn't help but curse this god secretly, he couldn't wait for the little girl to fall asleep and thunder.

Early the next morning, after getting up, Zheng Zhishang looked at the sleeping little girl, and couldn't bear to wake her up, but it wasn't last night, the little girl didn't sleep much, and there was lightning and thunder outside the window, wind and rain. After a night of tossing, Zheng Zhishang was also tired enough, and he couldn't sleep at all.

After eating breakfast and talking to Grandma Huang, Zheng Zhishang came to the store alone in the rain with two panda eyes and a sleepy face.

Despite the rainy day, the business in the store is still very good, and many people come to the store to eat in the rain, which is no longer the result of relying on the kind doctors and nurses of the junior Chinese medicine hospital. Seeing Zheng Zhishang, Wang Yimei also looked tired, listless, and reluctantly greeted her, saying; "Star, you're here."

"Sister Mi, didn't you sleep well last night?" Zheng Zhishang asked with concern:

Wang Qimei shook her head and said with a smile: "No, I have already done the profit statement of last month that you want to see." ”

Zheng Zhishang took the financial statement handed over by Wang Qimei, read it carefully. What is the daily marketing situation of the store, Zheng Zhishang knew at the beginning of the month.

With its own high-quality service, good taste, especially barbecue and drinks, it has continuously introduced new ones, attracting many young men and women, children to come to eat, and it is also a little famous in this piece, and it only took a month to not only collect back the principal invested by themselves, but also the liquidity on the books of the store is also extremely sufficient, no longer as when it first opened, nervous.

At the beginning, Aunt Tan Lin helped to do the meat approval, which could not meet the needs of the store for a long time, and in the end it could only be supplied in limited quantities, although many customers were dissatisfied, but everyone was considerate and understanding, and did not make trouble. Even for this reason, Zheng Zhishang raised the price when he withdrew from the new product, but in the end, Zheng Zhishang still underestimated the enthusiasm of customers.

In the end, with the help of Aunt Tan Lin, Zheng Zhishang made a larger number of approvals, and finally barely satisfied the meat supply in the store.

At this time, there was no trace of tiredness on Wang Qimei's face, and she looked at Zheng Zhishang a little nervously. I was afraid that Zheng Zhishang would not be satisfied, and asked her to redo it.

It's not Zheng Zhishang's report that he reads now, it's the fourth report that Wang Yimei has redone this month. It's not that Zheng Zhishang intends to embarrass Wang Yumei, but the first three points of the report are indeed unsatisfactory. Even Zheng Zhishang, who has not studied finance, can find a bunch of problems.

Until I heard Zheng Zhishang say: "What I did this time, I can only be regarded as qualified, I don't know a lot about finance, you have to study and study yourself." ”

Wang Yumei breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly nodded yes.

"By the way, have all the newly recruited employees been arranged?"

The business in the store is busy, and in addition to operating breakfast, lunch, and dinner, Zheng Zhishang also hopes to do the supper, which will also make Wang Yimei, Chen Xiaonan, Hong Aiyue and other original nine people, extremely heavy work, and there is not much time to study every day.

After some consideration and research. Today's nine people have also been on track after this period of study and practice, Sammo Hung and Yu Mei can also cook alone, and Zheng Fang, Wu Jinfeng, and Wang Ximei, who studied with Wang Qimei, have also achieved some results.

Zheng Zhishang finally decided to recruit a group of employees, disrupting the new and old employees, and dividing them into two shifts. With two shifts, even if you start with a late-night snack, no one will only work nine hours a day, and there will be plenty of time to rest and study.

Although the working hours have been reduced, the wages of a single pair have not been reduced, which makes the nine people happy, and Wang Yimei even joked with Zheng Zhishang, saying: "Xingxing, you are like a capitalist, we have an easier time to work than to work in a factory, and we have one day off every week." ”

Wang Yumei nodded and said, "It's all arranged, the counter, Jin Feng and Zheng Fang have both learned how to do it, and the two of them can be completely responsible." ”

Zheng Zhishang nodded and said: "For the specific work, you can discuss it with Sister Xiaonan and Sister Aiyue, and the three of you should also hurry up for the training of all employees, I plan to open the first branch within this year." ”

Hearing Zheng Zhishang's words, Wang Yimei couldn't help but be stunned, but she was also excited in her heart, the branch, I didn't expect that the branch would be ready for less than two months after it opened. While rejoicing, he couldn't help but be a little worried, and said, "Xingxing, will this be too fast." ”

Zheng Zhishang shook his head and said: "Now we have to seize the market as soon as possible, and when there are more people in the future, the competitive pressure will be great, and the sooner we take the lead in the market, the more beneficial it will be for us." ”

Wang Qimei nodded and asked, "Xingxing, where are we opening the first branch?" ”

Zheng Zhishang thought for a while and said: "You and Sister Xiaonan and Sister Aiyue are responsible for this matter, Sister Jinfeng, Sister Zheng Fang, Brother Jinbao, Brother Degui, Sister Yu Mei, and Sister Ximei They cooperate with the three of you, go to every place in Xiamen to see, investigate, and get results, and also write a report and hand it to me." ”

Wang Qimei nodded, she was used to Zheng Zhishang's way of working, although it was just a restaurant, Zheng Zhishang never listened to oral reports, only read written reports, and asked questions while reading the reports.

"I'll give you two months to do this, and in two months, I'm going to see your first report." Zheng Zhishang added:

After hesitating for a while, Wang Qimei looked at Zheng Zhishang and said, "Xingxing, you haven't come to the store in the past few days, there are a few joint defense guards, who came to the store and asked us to ......."

"Hmm" Zheng Zhishang's brows were furrowed, but he was also angry in his heart, and said, "Do you pay protection money?" ”

Wang Qimei nodded, looked at Zheng Zhishang's uncertain face, and reminded in a low voice: "These people are not easy to mess with, they have all ...... them to open shops and do business."

"Pay them protection money, do you want to buy peace?" didn't wait for Wang Yimei to finish speaking, Zheng Zhishang mentioned Wang Qimei and said it.

In fact, it's no wonder that Wang Yimei thinks so, even if the previous life is in the 21st century, many people encounter this situation, and they choose to swallow their anger. What's more, they are not facing ordinary hooligans and gangsters. It's a bunch of gangsters and hooligans under the banner of legality.

The so-called joint defense officers, in fact, are also public officials, subordinate to the police station of the Public Security Bureau, and are just a group of non-staff personnel who are idle in society, trust relationships, and go through the back door. In this era, it can be said that it is very remarkable, although it is only a group of supernumerary personnel, it can be regarded as a law enforcement officer, as long as you work hard, you can become a full-time job.

Not to mention the 21 st century, a relatively complete legal system has been established. The well-known chengguan has not often caused some scandals. Not to mention that in this era when the legal system is not yet perfect, even if they are asked to enforce the law according to the law, there must be a law to follow.

In Zheng Zhishang's eyes, it is better to say that they are supernumerary joint defense personnel, but it is better to say that they are underworld forces and tumors of society. However, in the eyes of ordinary people, they are officials, and they often act as prestige on the street.

Although they have been bullied a lot, and although they are dissatisfied with them in their hearts, no one really dares to care about them. Not to mention the present, even in the previous life, the situation was only in the 21st century, and it has not changed much, unless the problem is found from above and it is stabbed to a higher department.

Otherwise, the local people, even if they knew, would not complain. The phrase "officials protect each other" is not unreasonable, and the one who can become a public official does not have a little relationship.

Seeing what else Wang Qimei was going to say, Zheng Zhishang waved his hand and said, "I'll deal with this matter, if they still dare to come, you can call the police." Spending money to buy peace can get temporary peace, but people are greedy, and if we do this, we will only increase their greed, and their appetite will grow bigger and bigger, and they will become more lawless. ”

"And to put it more seriously, we are paying bribes and breaking the law. In addition, you must do a good job in the normal payment of taxes, and you must not do things such as tax evasion or tax evasion, and you must not lose a big deal because of a small amount. ”

In fact, Zheng Zhishang also held his breath, and if he did this, even if he really made trouble, at most those joint defense officers would be unemployed and laid off, and they would be fired. And many of them are locals, and if they can't be completely eliminated, it is very likely to invite them to retaliate frantically.

Thinking of these, Zheng Zhishang couldn't help but sigh a little secretly in his heart, in any era, it seems that it is necessary to manage a network of relationships in order to avoid some unnecessary troubles.

Looking up at the fan hanging from the ceiling, he asked with a smile; "By the way, with a fan, it won't be so hot in the store."

Considering the hot weather in summer, a few days ago, Zheng Zhishang bought a few electric fans from Shenzhen through the relationship of Aunt Tan Lin and installed them in the store.

However, after a few turns in Xiamen, except for department stores, there are no other places, and the price is expensive. Although Zheng Zhishang can also afford to sell one or two. However, it is still extremely cost-effective, so I have no choice but to go to Aunt Tan Lin for help again.

Sister Wang smiled and said, "It's much cooler than before." ”

In fact, a few fans, where can relieve how much heat, blowing around, are all hot air, if you want to be really cool, there is only air conditioning, adjust the refrigeration, but in this era, air conditioning is still really unrealistic, sighed, said: "In the future, there are conditions, the store is installing air conditioning, that is the real cool." ”

After being busy in the store for a while, Zheng Zhishang also got up and left, preparing to go to the department store. After thinking about it, the joint defense officer can only see if Aunt Tan Lin has a relationship with the Public Security Bureau and can help solve it.

Although I hate those scum of society very much, it is obvious that I can't fight them. Otherwise, it will only be yourself who suffers, unless the family does not plan to continue to operate.

What Zheng Zhishang didn't expect was that when he finished talking to Aunt Tan Lin about this matter, Aunt Tan Lin smiled and said: "Xingxing, I can't help with this, Auntie didn't grow up in Xiamen since she was a child, and she didn't come to work in Xiamen for a long time, but you can go to Uncle Zhong, he can help you." ”

"Dr. Zhong Jinzhen." Zheng Zhishang was slightly stunned, but he was also a little surprised.

Aunt Tan Lin nodded with a smile and said, "In this way, my parents, I just happened to go to Uncle Zhong today to check my body, and I will accompany you to go over." ”

It was not until this time that Zheng Zhishang knew that Dr. Zhong Jinzhen also had a daughter who was also a doctor. The son-in-law works in the Xiamen Public Security Bureau, which makes Zheng Zhishang finally breathe a sigh of relief.