A baker's dozen
Seeing Wen Yan put down the coffee cup, Lan Qiao immediately asked, "Brother Wen, what do you say?" I'm interested in listening. ”
"Listen to what, drink coffee and leave. I'll talk to you when I have time. Wen Yan urged.
"You're done, Brother Wen! Who knows when we'll be able to see you. Blue Bridge pretended to plead.
"I'm really afraid of you, a big man, why are you so tender like water." Wen Yan said with a smile, and then smiled at Lan Lan: "I'm afraid it's your responsibility." ”
"You tell me clearly, what's wrong with me?" Lan Lan glared at Wen Yan and asked.
"This is called the law of nature that the sister is strong and the brother is weak." Wen Yan said with a smile.
"Brother Wen, what idea did you give my sister?" Blue Bridge still asked.
"At that time, we were all office workers, and we didn't expect to start a business or anything, and there was no national entrepreneurship craze. I just relied on my own ideas, and I started a forum on the Internet with some like-minded people very early, and gradually gathered a lot of people to form a circle, and the tribe was built under my ideals. Slowly, I felt that I couldn't just talk on the Internet, but I had to solve practical problems in order to really help people. I tried to put my ideals into reality and make them executable, and then I had 'Aishe'. I used the power of the Internet that I felt at the time to assimilate your sister, and let her first establish a personal brand through the online platform, and then there was a well-known 'Blue Tailor' trademark, and then there was a Lanlan clothing custom chain store. That's it, there's nothing story-like. Wen Yan said flatly.
"A ten-year history of entrepreneurship has been taken by you so lightly? How can it be so unremarkable? It must be that you don't feel anything powerful in it. Blue Bridge wondered.
"Where did so many legends come from, do you know what I rely on to support the sky?" Wen Yan retorted.
"What?" Blue Bridge asked, leaning forward.
"Two! One is luck, and the other is the determination to work for 30 years. Wen Yan said loudly.
"And what if you're unlucky, and you don't succeed in thirty years?" Blue Bridge asked timidly.
"If I don't succeed, I won't be benevolent. There is no such thing as inevitable success, and when you expect to succeed, you should be prepared to accept risks. I can say without regret that I have fought for my ideals, and that is enough. Then stay where it's cool and spend the rest of your life in peace. Wen Yan said with a smile.
"You really want to open it, Brother Wen." Blue Bridge admired.
"If you don't have a little mind, what kind of career do you do. Let's finish the story and end the meal. That's it, go home. Wen Yan said happily. The four of them left the restaurant together and returned to the front of the Lan Lan store.
"By the way, when do you want clothes?" Lan Lan asked.
"The morning after tomorrow." Wen Yan replied seriously.
"Time is too tight." Lan Lan was embarrassed.
"I didn't let you make it all, the season's workwear and casual wear each have a set, and the rest is not in a hurry, you can take your time." Wen Yan said in a demanding tone.
"Okay, I know, I'll have someone send you home early the day after tomorrow." Lan Lan agreed.
"I, I, I'll deliver it." Blue Bridge volunteered.
"You? Can you touch the door? Don't get down to business. Wen Yan said suspiciously.
"I'll go over there, I know the approximate location, and I'll call you when I'm there." Blue Bridge said with a smile.
"You can leave her number, I'm afraid I won't be able to get your call when I go out in the morning. But don't make harassing phone calls, she doesn't have time to chat with you. Wen Yan couldn't refuse Lanqiao's enthusiasm, so he asked him to leave Lin Wanqing's mobile phone number.
The four said goodbye, Wen Yan took Lin Wanqing back, and along the way, Lin Wanqing looked melancholy and was silent.
"Are you too tired today?" Wen Yan said with concern.
"Nope." Lin Wanqing replied briefly.
"It is also useful to let you go to eat Western food together, and it is inevitable that there will be similar socialization at work in the future." Wen Yan thought that it was because eating Western food made Lin Wanqing feel awkward, so she was not very happy.
"It's nothing, I don't care what I eat, how I eat it." Lin Wanqing responded calmly.
"Do you feel uncomfortable?" Wen Yan couldn't think of what was wrong and wanted to find out.
"It's very adaptable." Lin Wanqing replied.
"Really? How do I feel like it's not? Wen Yan continued to probe the bottom.
"Isn't it? It used to be like a machine, but now it's a marionette, it's essentially the same, how can it not be adapted? Lin Wanqing couldn't help but say.
"Why do you think so? No one wants to think of you as a puppet. Wen Yan said inexplicably, and began to think back to the passage of the day.
"Maybe it's my delusion." Lin Wanqing didn't know what was wrong with her mood, so she tried her best to restrain herself.
"I told you in advance about the clothes, and I didn't consult you about how to do it, but I hired the best designer, and she even understands your needs better. Buying shoes was suggested by the blue tailor, and I think it should be. You cut your hair so short yourself, I didn't ask for it. Eating Western food is a good practice. Wen Yan said clearly.
"You're right, and you're doing the right thing. I just need to accept it unconditionally, and I accept it, don't I? Lin Wanqing suppressed her emotions and said.
"I may not have reminded you, but that's just the way it is. If you choose this job, you will have to bear the consequences. It does not give you financial freedom, lightens your toil, but also gives you spiritual freedom. On the contrary, you don't even feel comfortable as a waiter. We can't have it all, you are, and so do I. You are with me now, and how unfree I am, how unfree you are. You also learned about some of the things I do on a daily basis, and even think it's ridiculous, why am I? Isn't it just to get rid of the shackles and return to freedom? I can't be like falling in love with you, shopping with you, asking for your consent everywhere, following your wishes, you may think that I am strong and assertive, that is because I am responsible for 'Aishe', it is not my money-collecting machine, it has temperature, inside are a pair of eyes that rely on me, and the people behind them who support or rely on them, so I am not allowed to lose. I can sincerely apologize if I have done something that upsets you, but I can't let them down, or even despair, that is a weight I can't bear. Freedom of heart, I can't give it to you, and you can't give it to me. Give up or go for it. Wen Yan explained sincerely.
Lin Wanqing listened to Wen Yan's words, and silently bowed her head in contemplation. Wen Yan was also relieved to see that Lin Wanqing seemed to have lost her previous anger. I just thought to myself, today's young people are so individual, I don't know what they are thinking wildly. Is this a generation gap? He really doesn't want to admit it, if this is the case, then wouldn't he admit that he was out and old? I've been learning, and I've never dared to relax. Lin Wanqing's proximity gave him a deep sense of crisis, he couldn't easily understand their words and understand their behaviors among people of different ages, and he was destined to become a marginal person. He can't accept the estrangement between Lin Wanqing and himself from the modern era, which means that love will also face obstacles, not between him and Lin Wanqing, but between people with an age gap, which is not in line with his own theory.
Wen Yan had a lot of thoughts along the way, returned home, the two entered the study together, Lin Wanqing picked a book and went back to the room, Wen Yan sat down, and also wanted to read a book for a while, but he was depressed in his heart and couldn't read things. got up and went out, walked out of the house all the way, walked casually, and unconsciously arrived at the vegetable market, feeling strange, and was about to turn around and go back, thinking that since he came, buy some food and go back, saving Lin Wanqing from running again. So I went in and bought some vegetables, went back home, and delivered them to the kitchen. Suddenly I felt like I hadn't cooked for a long time, and my hands were raw. She also has a three-board axe, if she doesn't show her hand, she won't be looked down upon by Lin Wanqing, and she is not a young girl who can cook.
Wen Yan put on an apron and began to process the dishes. The best thing he made was those hard dishes that he practiced repeatedly, but it was too wasteful, and he couldn't make one or two dishes in half a day, and he couldn't invite people to taste them. Today, I and Lin Wanqing are at home, and there is enough time, so I simply use my housekeeping skills to press Lin Wanqing's majesty, and even the knife cutting is very fine and hardworking, one process after another, only busy from afternoon to evening, although the air conditioner is on, I still sweat slightly. After reading the book for a long time, Lin Wanqing lay down and fell asleep, and when she woke up, she saw that the lights were on, and she was very annoyed. Immediately went to the study, Wen Yan was not there, I thought I went out and didn't come back. She immediately hurried out, came to the vegetable market, picked it as soon as possible, wanted to go back in Wen Yan's head, trotted all the way home, carried the vegetables straight to the kitchen, pushed the door in, but saw Wen Yan standing in front of the gas stove, still wearing the lace apron she bought that day, and she didn't want to laugh.
"What are you doing here?" Lin Wanqing said strangely.
"It's okay, I'll cook two dishes and learn from you. Come and see how I'm doing, and if there's a comparison. Wen Yan said with a smile.
Lin Wanqing put down the dishes, looked over, and the two dishes were still in the pot, and said, "Do you really know how to cook?" ”
"Is that still a fake? I'm not just paying lip service. I couldn't go on that day, and I'm going to open a restaurant. Wen Yan boasted.
Lin Wanqing went to open the rice cooker, saw that it was empty, and asked, "Didn't you steam rice?" ”
"Oops! I forgot. Wen Yan said suddenly.
"Why don't you hurry up and steam it." Lin Wanqing urged.
"It's better for you to come, I don't know the proportion of water to be released." Wen Yan said embarrassedly.
"And what did you do before?" Lin Wanqing washed her hands and went to steam rice and asked.
"I haven't steamed rice, just boiled porridge, it doesn't matter if it's thin or thick." Wen Yan said sneeringly.
"You still want to open a restaurant like this, do you want to hire a steamed rice cook?" Lin Wanqing couldn't help laughing as she spoke.
"Then I'll calculate the cost and see if it's worth it." Wen Yan said with a smile.
"I don't know how you do business, have you ever heard of a restaurant that hires people for steamed rice?" Lin Wanqing said with a smile.
"It depends on how you use it, I can't be stupid enough to only let the steamed rice of steamed rice, I can use it as a marketing means to publicize that I am even the steamed rice is in charge of the special person, so that people feel that I am making a very delicate and tasteful restaurant." Wen Yan quibbled.
"Sophistry." Lin Wanqing said casually.
"Are you homesick?" Wen Yan suddenly asked Lin Wanqing thoughtfully. Lin Wanqing glanced at Wen Yan a little inexplicably, and then avoided his eyes.