Chapter 095

When Chuxia came out of the street office, there was still a lot of time left in the afternoon.

So she didn't waste any time and went directly to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau to handle the formalities there.

The alley where the Industrial and Commercial Bureau is located is quite far from her home.

Chuxia asked along the way and found the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, which took about an hour.

It turned out that when she just came back from the countryside, she was thinking about buying a car.

Later, I was busy with this and that, and I didn't have a bicycle ticket, so I delayed buying it.

Chuxia stood outside the gate of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau to catch her breath.

She wiped the sweat from her forehead with a handkerchief, adjusted her breathing, took out the application form stamped by the street office from her bag, and walked towards the door of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau.

After finding the staff inside, Chuxia handed over the application form and explained her purpose.

After reading her application, the staff member had a confused, bewildered, and surprised expression on his face. He looked at Chu Xia for a long time and said politely, "It seems... I haven't heard of anyone opening a restaurant privately, right?"

Chu Xia smiled and said, "That's why I'm here. If our house is open, we'll have it."

The staff member also looked at her and smiled, then handed the application back to her, "There is no such thing, and there is no such policy. We cannot approve your business license."

Chuxia also knew that the staff were all following the rules and it was impossible for them to approve it for her on their own.

So she tried again, "Can you help me apply for it? My house has a table and a kitchen, so it's easy to open a business. My father lost his job not long ago, and he can't find a formal job at the moment. He used to be a chef in a state-owned restaurant. If the restaurant can be opened, he will have a job."

The staff member was still embarrassed and said, "There are indeed many unemployed people now. We can understand that every family has two educated youths who have returned from the countryside, right? But we really have no way to deal with it. Ordinary people cannot open restaurants on their own. We cannot approve business licenses for them."

Of course Chuxia didn't give up and tried again for a while.

Seeing that she refused to leave, the staff had no choice but to go find her supervisor.

When her leader came over and listened to Chu Xia's story, he had the same attitude and said that he couldn't approve it.

The fact that Chuxia wanted to open a restaurant was so bold and novel that all the other staff present came over out of curiosity to find out. After learning about it, they all shook their heads and no one dared to take on the job.

It started in early summer when I discussed with them about approving the license.

In the end, they took turns to come up with ideas and suggestions for Chuxia to do other business.

Chuxia came out of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau with the application form in hand and took a deep breath towards the evening sky.

After she finished breathing, she looked back at the Industrial and Commercial Bureau and then turned around to go home.

It took an hour to get home and it was already dark.

Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei waited for her to come back, served the rice, brought it into the house and sat down to eat.

Chuxia washed her face and hands in the yard.

Tired and hungry after a whole afternoon of work, she sat down in the house, first lowered her head to drink a mouthful of porridge, then picked up the steamed bun and took a big bite, then picked up the chopsticks and took a big bite of shredded green pepper and potato.

Wu Xuemei picked up the bowl and drank the porridge.

After finishing his drink, he put down the bowl, looked at Chu Xia and asked, "Did you go to the Industry and Commerce Bureau this afternoon?"

Chuxia ate her meal in silence, and nodded silently at Wu Xuemei.

Tang Haikuan said again: "I guess they won't pay attention to you."

Chu Xia spoke up now: "Yes, all the staff came to talk to me a lot. I stayed there for half a day and talked to them for a long time."

Tang Haikuan: "They are just trying to persuade you not to waste your time and energy on this impossible task."

That’s right, so Chuxia didn’t refute anything.

It was expected that the Industry and Commerce Bureau would not approve it.

Wu Xuemei said calmly: "Forget it, there is nothing we can do if you don't let us go."

Chu Xia ate a steamed bun and said, "It doesn't count. I'll go tomorrow."

Tang Haikuan watched her stop what she was doing, "I've been there today, isn't it clear? Why are you going again? Even if you go a hundred times, they won't approve it."

Chuxia glanced at Tang Haikuan and said nothing more.

Tang Haikuan watched Chu Xia hold her breath and knew that this girl was getting stubborn again.

When she wanted to go to the countryside with Han Ting to join the production team, they disagreed, and that's how she was.

But compared with the matter of queue-jumping, this matter at the moment is so insignificant.

It's just that she runs back and forth, fails to get things done, and then gets annoyed, which makes her suffer.

So Tang Haikuan said, "Okay, okay, let's go. It's not good to stay at home all the time. Just think of it as going out to exercise."

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It’s just a setback, Chuxia certainly won’t give up.

The next morning, she read for half a day at home and cleaned the house. In the afternoon, she went to the Industry and Commerce Bureau again, took the application form and told the staff of the Bureau the same thing as yesterday.

The result is the same as yesterday.

The staff refused to take her application, so she walked out breathing heavily while holding it.

Chuxia still didn't give up.

On the third day, the fourth day, and the fifth day, she still went there on time every afternoon, came out of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau around dusk, and arrived home when it was dark.

Because there was no relevant content in the original novel, she had no experience to learn from or refer to. She was also groping in this time node of transition between the old and the new, and had to move forward without any way out.

Every time I come out of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau in the evening, I feel discouraged.

In early summer, I will take a deep breath and tell myself that as long as I hold on, I will succeed.

On the afternoon of the sixth day, Chuxia still went to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau in the best spirit.

But today was different from the previous five days. Before, the staff would still talk to her and persuade her, but today they just gave her a perfunctory smile and found various reasons to avoid her.

There was no other way, Chuxia had to sit alone in the Industrial and Commercial Bureau.

Because no one paid any attention to her, she didn't stay in there as long as before.

In the evening, Chuxia came out of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau a little earlier, but did not leave.

She took a few deep breaths with her schoolbag on her back, and with the last bit of energy that had not yet been exhausted, she sat down under a nearby jujube tree, took out a thin book from her schoolbag, and used it as a fan to fan herself.

There is wind under the tree.

Chuxia fanned herself for a while, then put the book down and stared at the gate of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau in a daze.

When I was in a daze, I naturally encouraged myself repeatedly in my heart - anyone who wants to achieve great things must first keep calm!

I stared at the door of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau for a while, and suddenly a box of ice cream appeared in front of me.

Chu Xia's eyes subconsciously focused on the ice cream. After looking for a while, she turned her head and saw that the person holding the ice cream in front of her was Lin Xiaohan.