Chapter Twenty-Five: Qingfeng Tea House
Sister-in-law Zhou cried even more fiercely: "Then what should I do here?" What about the tea shop? What should I do if my father and mother refuse to forgive me when I go back? ”
Zhou's shopkeeper was full of guilt: "I was young and vigorous, and when I saw that your family looked down on me, I refused to bow my head, and left in a negative mood. I've thought about it, no matter what, I'll go and ask for your father's approval, they beat me and scolded me, I admit it, it's that I can't live with the second elder. ”
Sister-in-law Zhou shook her head: "No, I am willing to follow you, I just can't bear to be in Los Angeles, and I don't dare to face my father." ”
"I'm with you, and the children, my father and mother saw the children, and my anger disappeared, and my brother said that my father was seriously ill, so let's pack up and leave as soon as possible." Shopkeeper Zhou looked around the small courtyard and the shop in front of him again, and sighed: "It took a lot of twists and turns to buy this place, but it's a pity. ”
Seeing that they had made up their minds, Ye Lan said, "I will guard the tea shop for you first, and when you come back, I will ensure that the business is as good as ever." ”
Unexpectedly, Shopkeeper Zhou and Sister-in-law Zhou spoke at the same time: "I'm not coming back." ”
"We have been wrong for more than ten years, and we just want to be filial piety by my father's side in the future, and the tea shop can be opened anywhere, and this place can only be sold out again, it's a pity that the living spring."
yes, it's a pity.
Ye Lan was excited, and asked tentatively: "I don't know how much money you are going to sell out of the tea shop?" ”
"The front shop plus the backyard, just like the house price of today's Shifang, it will cost 200 yuan." Sister-in-law Zhou thought about it, and suddenly her eyes lit up, and she looked at Ye Lan: "By the way, aren't you going to do it alone?" What, are you interested in this place? ”
Hehe, I'm quite interested, but my wallet is not very interested.
Ye Lan waved her hand in embarrassment: "I don't have that much money, when I didn't ask." ”
But once she had a thought in her heart, she couldn't calm down anymore, and Ye Lan tossed and turned after returning home.
"If you can settle down, the place to live will be solved, you will save the money to buy a house, you will have a store, and you will have a house......" Ye Lan kept persuading herself.
But in the end, he lost to the lack of money.
Two hundred! All her belongings now are just over a hundred, only half.
"Why don't you borrow some?" But who to borrow, she is a little familiar with Qin Zhiyuan, but she is not familiar enough to borrow money casually.
"Do you want to give Sister-in-law Zhou an IOU?" No, no, they have to reopen the store when they go back to the counties, and Zhou's sister-in-law's father also needs money for treatment.
Ye Lan lay on the bed and looked at Fang Liang speechlessly, this is not good, it is not good, it seems that she has no relationship with that place.
On the second day, Ye Lan was about to continue to go out to find a suitable house, and as soon as she opened the door, Liu Zixi was hovering outside the door with his wooden box.
"Zixi? Wake up so early? ”
Liu Zixi pursed his lips and pushed the wooden box forward as if he were dead: "For you, you can take down the tea shop." ”
Ye Lan gasped, this kid ......
She looked at the familiar wooden box and smiled: "You're not afraid that I'll pay you all?" ”
Liu Zixi turned his face away, as if he couldn't bear to take a second look, "Anyway, if it's for you, you can take it." ”
This kid is obviously so sensible, was he blind before?
Ye Lan pushed the wooden box back again, and said with a smile: "Do you know how much it costs to dispense with a tea shop?" You're just a drop in the bucket, but I'm really glad you have the heart. ”
Ye Lan had seen it before, Liu Zixi had saved three or four thousand yuan, which was a lot for their family at that time, but in fact, it was only a few yuan, and she was a hundred yuan!
Ye Lan originally gave up the idea of a tea shop, but when she saw Liu Zixi sending her money in the morning, her heart itched again.
When I went to the tea shop, Shopkeeper Zhou and Sister-in-law Zhou were packing their bags, and the tea shop was closed, and Ye Lan didn't open her mouth several times.
But she didn't expect that Qin Zhiyuan would hold a heavy box to give her money.
One hundred, a full box.
"What did Liu Zixi tell you?"
Qin Zhiyuan nodded.
"Where did you get the money?"
"Borrowed."
There are people who go out of their way to borrow money and lend it to others.
Ye Lan is short of money now, and she doesn't twist it, but just said: "Half a year at most, no, three months, I'll pay you back in three months." ”
Qin Zhiyuan still smiled standardly: "Don't worry." ”
Ye Lan said hello to Zhou's sister-in-law, then took Qin Zhiyuan's big box, went home to get her money, and went to the money bank to exchange Jiaozi together.
Sister-in-law Zhou praised her for being intimate, and even thought of this.
Ye Lan said: "Speaking of which, I have made a lot of money, and you have saved me a lot of money by leaving these many things." ”
Sister-in-law Zhou took her hand and said reluctantly: "I am so speculative with you, but unfortunately this is going to be separated, I will write to you when we go back and settle down, if you open a shop again, you will continue to use your tea, and then maybe your signboard can be done to the counties." ”
Ye Lan said directly, naturally this is all an afterthought, they left, Ye Lan was also very reluctant, she just came through the poor life, thanks to Zhou's sister-in-law, willing to give her a chance, she always remembered this kindness.
August and autumn were crisp, and the family moved.
Liu Ziming had followed Ye Lan many times before, and as soon as he came, he was familiar with the way into the backyard, and Liu Zixi looked at their new home with novelty in his eyes, no wonder it cost so much money, much more than their previous home.
The shop in front of it is the size of three rooms, and behind the shop is a courtyard house, in addition to the stove room and thatched house, there are four other houses for people, and a simple shed for goods is also built in the courtyard.
Ye Lan opened the courtyard door, Liu Zixi pointed to the wall outside the door and said to Liu Ziming: "That is Teacher Qin's home, you can come to me by yourself in the future." ”
Ye Lan suddenly realized that after moving over, she and Qin Zhiyuan's house were separated by a street.
In this way, Liu Zixi's class is much closer.
"Mother, is it time to change the name of the tea shop?" Liu Zixi pointed to the shop in front of him and asked.
Ye Lan nodded: "I've thought about it, it's called Qingfeng Tea House, how about it?" I'll go find someone to make a custom plaque later. ”
"It's nice, why do you want to call it that?"
"It's ......" is actually what Ye Lan's father said before, when Ye Lan graduates, they will go to the county seat to open a tea shop, and the name will be Qingfeng." It is the nature of tea that is clean, like the breeze and the moon, so I naturally thought of it. ”
Liu Zixi couldn't help but smile, his mother used to be a girl from a big family, and naturally she also studied, but he almost forgot about it.
"Mother." Liu Zixi was entangled for a moment, but still asked: "Why have I never heard you mention your grandfather's family?" ”
Ye Lan was stunned, and some not-so-good memories flooded into her mind.