Zhang Jiao didn't know that the rumors about her in the police station were so outrageous. If she knew, she would explain it well.

Her uncle was indeed a nobleman with a title, and most of the shares of Hongji Hongyun also belonged to him, but her grandfather was really not a minister of the parliament, just an ordinary little old man.

Her family was indeed a Hui merchant in the past, but during the Anti-Japanese War, most of the family property was donated, and only some gold was left, which was really not the richest man in Shanghai, at most ranking among the top three.

Ningguo Hotel was not opened by her, but inherited from her father.

The rumors are really not credible.

Pearl Street is not far from Gudun Street, where the police station is located, turn right out of the gate of the police station, go straight along the road, until the second intersection turns left, and then go straight for 300 meters, you will reach Pearl Street.

Zhang Jiao's exquisite dessert shop is in the middle of Pearl Street, the store is very large and has good lighting, wooden pastoral design, and several bright floor-to-ceiling windows, the decoration is very modern.

As a result, there will always be some fashionable customers who are attracted to their décor.

The weather is good, the breeze is gentle and the sun is shining.

Zhang Jiao decided to walk over slowly, anyway, it was already so late, and it was not impossible to open later.

It's a big deal to just do afternoon tea business.

There were sporadic stalls on the street, Zhang Jiao walked over for a while to buy Grandma's bowl cakes, and for a while happily trotted over to buy a little girl who had just picked flowers.

The whole person is at ease like a bird that has just come out of the cage.

Zhang Jiao hugged the flowers wrapped in oiled paper, ate the last bite of the bowl cake, and was about to find a place to throw it.

At this time, I suddenly saw several menacing aunts grabbing people and walking towards an alley where no one was around.

She tiptoed to her heels curiously, probing her brain to see what they were doing.

"Mainland mother, I said that you are not allowed to set up a stall on this street again, don't you have a long brain? Can't remember my words? ”

A fierce-looking aunt with a large mole on her right cheek leaned over and grabbed the man's hair on the ground fiercely, as if she wanted to tear her hair from her head.

Only then did Zhang Jiao see clearly that the person sitting paralyzed on the ground was a thin middle-aged woman.

She painfully held the hand of Aunt Fierce who was holding her hair, and begged, "No wow, I really just passed by." ”

"What are you passing by? I obviously saw that you were carrying the burden of the mainland woman, don't try to lie to our sister. The aunt next to her retorted.

"Really, what I said is true. I wanted to go to Pearl Street. She waved her hand eagerly to explain.

The fierce aunt didn't believe it, and slapped her a few times vigorously, "Tell you that you can't remember, then change the way." ”

The fierce aunt let go of her hand and retreated, beckoning to her companion, "Call me!" ”

Three or five aunts rubbed their fists and punched and kicked her.

The middle-aged aunt was kicked down, curled up and lying there, desperately holding her head with her hands.

Zhang Jiao, who was hiding not far away, heard the ins and outs clearly, and was very angry at their behavior of maliciously hurting people for a little profit.

She quickly pulled out the Browning, raised it and stepped forward, aiming her gun at them, "Don't move! ”

The aunts looked back at her suddenly, and after seeing the weapon in her hand, they immediately reflexively hugged their heads and squatted down.

Zhang Jiao walked next to the middle-aged aunt, "Are you okay?" ”

The fierce aunt lowered her head, with a resentful expression on her face, as if she wanted to eat Zhang Jiaosheng into her stomach, an eventful ghost woman!

The middle-aged aunt wanted to stand up, but struggled hard for a long time without success. Feeling Zhang Jiao's kindness, he tried to stand up and thanked her gratefully, "Thank you for your concern, I'm fine." ”

Zhang Jiao nodded expressionlessly, and saw the fierce aunt squatting without concealing the threatening eyes of the middle-aged aunt, and her heart was even more angry.

", next time I see you bullying, there may be something more in you."

What more? A few more holes, of course.

The aunts instantly understood, and they were so frightened that they agreed again and again, and they all ran out of the alley in a panic.

Zhang Jiao looked at their panicked backs and sighed in her heart, she knew that this kind of bullying would never be the last. But she was powerless to change.

She took advantage of the cover of the shoulder bag, retracted Browning into space, and bent down to help the middle-aged aunt, "Auntie, how is you?" I'll send you to the doctor. ”

The middle-aged aunt stood up with Zhang Jiao's strength, "No need, no need, don't bother you." I'll just rest. ”

Zhang Jiao was very stubborn, "Let's go, there is a medical hall not far ahead." She half-helped and half-pulled the middle-aged aunt outside.

The middle-aged aunt didn't have as much strength as her, so she couldn't react and was really pulled out of the alley by her, "I really don't need it, thank you for your kindness." It's good to go back and rub some bruise medicine at night, and I have to go to the stall. ”

She looked around, and the alley was the road, and she saw that her back basket had fallen on the side of the road, and the contents were scattered all over the ground. It should have been kicked down.

She was distressed, the family didn't have much money, and today's income is down again.

Zhang Jiao followed her line of sight and looked over, suddenly.

In the end, the middle-aged aunt still couldn't beat Zhang Jiao and was sent to the hospital by her. Fortunately, Auntie is really out of the way, and there are only some skin injuries on her body, and there are no injuries to her muscles and bones.

Zhang Jiao took the opportunity to learn about her aunt's situation.

The aunt's surname is Zhang Mingfeng, and Zhang Jiao is from her family. Six years ago, he smuggled his family from the mainland to the port city, but her husband fell into the sea on the way and couldn't climb up again.

There is now only one daughter in the family who depends on her, and her daughter was admitted to university last year. In order to be closer to her daughter, she just saved enough money to rent a house and moved in from Yuen Long last month.

"As soon as I came to Gudun Street, I was warned, and they looked down on me as a mainlander, and opened my stall several times, and I was not allowed to set it up here." Aunt Feng wiped her tears sadly.

"Today I was planning to change places, passing by Gudun Street to sell mung bean soup on Pearl Street next to it, but I didn't expect to be stopped by them when I walked slowly."

Aunt Feng's husband's family name is Wang, and he used to have a lot of wealth, but the situation was turbulent a few years ago, and people with good family backgrounds had a hard time.

It was precisely because life could not go on that Aunt Feng's husband made up his mind to take them to smuggle in. But in the end, the family was ruined, and Aunt Feng sometimes wondered if they would have lived better if they hadn't come to Hong Kong City at that time.

Zhang Jiao couldn't help but sigh, smuggling was already difficult and tortuous, not to mention the dangers at sea, and he would be caught by the customs patrolling when he went ashore. Luck almost killed you right away.

If you're lucky, you'll be able to dodge bullets and make it to Port City. But even if you enter the city, life is not necessarily easy.

Most of the people in Hong Kong City look down on people from the mainland, especially those at the bottom who have little capital. Obviously, many people from Hong Kong City also came from the mainland many years ago, and now they have a new identity, as if they are superior to others, and they have to belittle the mainland everywhere.

Completely forgot about Ben.

"If you want, go and work in my shop, and pay the salary according to the standards of West Kowloon." Zhang Jiao sent an invitation to Aunt Feng, which can be regarded as mutual help from both mainlanders. "Anyway, you originally planned to go to Pearl Street, and I opened a dessert shop, right on Pearl Street."

Aunt Feng was surprised and delighted, but she still refused, "No, no, no, how can it be, I don't have any skills, I can only cook mung bean soup." ”

"What's not to do, I don't think you're very old, there's no problem with learning. If you really can't learn, I won't force you to stay, you can just go back to my store and set up a stall. ”

Zhang Jiao smiled lightly, she has always opened a Buddhist store, with short business hours, and she will close her door for a holiday from time to time. But because of the good taste of sweetness, there are many customers who come to patronize it.

There is only one hired girl in the store besides herself, and sometimes there are many customers, and the two of them are indeed a little busy.

Aunt Feng hesitated for a long time and agreed.

She also figured it out, no matter what, she didn't lose, and when she met a well-wisher who was willing to help her today, she wanted to seize this opportunity. Study hard and work hard to repay others.

"Then you're welcome to join. Our shop is fairly easy to do, it opens at 9 o'clock and closes at 6 pm. The salary is two thousand three per month, including lunch and dinner, and you can also receive a subsidy directly. Zhang Jiao walked while telling Aunt Feng about the work treatment.

Aunt Feng hummed from time to time, and followed with her eyes firmly.

Not long after, Aunt Feng stood at the door of the dessert shop, looking up at the plaque on the door, and the two big characters "Linglong" written in block letters looked particularly atmospheric in the sun. Looking through the floor-to-ceiling windows, it is exquisite and comfortable. She had never seen such a beautiful and gorgeous storefront.

Tian Tian, the little clerk Zhang Jiao invited to help, came early to open the store, although she could only make a few simple desserts, but her coffee brewing skills were already excellent. The proprietress didn't come, so she sold coffee to customers.

"Boss, you're here!" Tian Tianren is as his name suggests, with a small round face and big eyes, as well as two sweet dimples, and when he looks at Zhang Jiao with a smile, his eyes seem to have light.

Zhang Jiao does not deny that a large part of the reason why she decided to invite her in the first place was her appearance.

It's so sweet, so appealing.

"Business isn't bad!" There were still a number of customers sitting in the store, which was really unexpected by Zhang Jiao.

"yes." Tian Tian cried and mourned, and his dimples were full of bitterness, "It's a pity that I don't know how many guests order desserts, and they all left without ordering coffee." ”

"It's okay, I don't blame you." Zhang Jiao patted Tian Tian's head weakly and said comfortingly.

"By the way, let me introduce you, this is the new Aunt Feng, you can teach her more."

Aunt Feng picked her hands stiffly, smiled embarrassedly and greeted Tian Tian, who was about the same age as her daughter, "Hello, Miss Tian." ”

"Hello, Aunt Feng! Don't call me Miss Tian so politely, Tian Tian is fine. Tian Tian warmly approached her.

After a while, he turned his head and looked at Zhang Jiao in surprise, "Can I?" "She can actually bring new people too!

"What's not to do, you can't! You first bring more work clothes to Aunt Feng to change into, and then teach her to grind coffee. "The work clothes are specially made by Zhang Jiao, and when selling desserts, we must pay attention to cleanliness and hygiene.

Hair should be wrapped and clothes should be neat. Otherwise, the desserts made will be disgusted by themselves and they will not be able to open their mouths.

Zhang Jiao put on an apron, thought about it and told Tian Tian, "Be patient, don't worry, teach slowly." ”

"I see." Tian Tian's tone was brisk, and after speaking, he jumped up and down and pulled Aunt Feng away, happy like a child.

Zhang Jiao shook her head, worthy of being an energetic young man!

That's nice! When Tian Tian and Aunt Feng can take charge of themselves, she will be able to sleep as long as she wants without psychological burden, and play wherever she wants.

Originally, owning a dessert shop was Zhang Jiao's dream in her previous life, and it was also her hobby in her spare time. After graduating from college, in order to find something to do, Zhang Jiao set out to realize her dream.

But since the store opened, she couldn't even sleep well sometimes, and she felt guilty.

Do evil!

Regular customers in the neighborhood know that the dessert shop is open today, and they come to visit one after another. There were many guests all afternoon, and Zhang Jiao and Tian Tian couldn't stop being busy for a moment.

Aunt Feng has a job in her eyes, and seeing that the store is busy, she is not in a hurry to learn art from Tian Tian, and helps them do some simple steps as much as she can. In this way, it made the two of them a lot more relaxed with the naked eye.

As soon as the pointer pointed to six o'clock, Zhang Jiao was ready to close the door.

She thumped her shoulders and her arms, shook off her sore feet, and walked out of the back kitchen.

"Alright, you guys pack up and get ready to go home." She took eighty yuan from the cash cabinet and divided it equally between Tian Tian and Aunt Feng. "I won't cover dinner today, you can eat it yourself."

She was so tired that she wanted to go back to lie down early.

"Okay, thank you hostess!" The two happily took it.

Her two families are not very good, although the proprietress eats well, but if you get a monthly meal subsidy, you can save a lot of money by eating a little, and the family can be more relaxed.

Zhang Jiao didn't care about shaking her hand, she should have given it, what was there to thank her.

Ziber had already driven to pick her up, "I'll go first, you guys close the door before you go." ”

Zhang Jiao gave a few more store keys before, one to Tian Tian, and another one to Aunt Feng today.

After getting into the car, Zhang Jiao fell directly on the back seat.

Qi Bo saw the distressed persuasion, "If the young lady is tired, invite a master to come." Why don't you let Mama Liu come, you have taught her those desserts before, and you don't need to re-train them. In the future, you can sit at the counter and collect the money, which is more relaxed. ”

I didn't say it before, because the young lady didn't go out every day, and they thought that the young lady could be more lively by opening a shop, but now it looks a little overkill.

"I'll think about it." Zhang Jiao actually wanted to let go, and the three-minute heat of wanting to realize her dream subsided in the hard work, and the salted fish factor in her heart gradually gained the upper hand.

She even wished to punch herself a few times, Mother Liu was so talented, she was buried by her!

She was kidnapped by her dreams and wasted so much leisure time in vain.

Zhang Jiao closed her eyes resignedly, and sure enough, it was because she wasn't salty enough!