Chapter 50 Good News

At six o'clock the next day, Lin Qiu got up on time according to his biological clock, opened the door, and was about to go to the bathroom to wash up when he saw Lin Ping coming out of the small bedroom after getting dressed.

"Why don't you sleep a little longer!" Lin Qiu didn't expect Lin Ping to get up so early.

"I can't sleep. The bed is too soft and I'm not used to it." Lin Ping rubbed his neck.

"It will be fine in two days. I also couldn't sleep well when I first came here." Lin Qiu squeezed toothpaste and turned his head to talk to Lin Ping.

"I think I can adapt quickly!" Lin Ping encouraged himself.

Lin Qiu quickly washed up and put some Avon on his face. The wind was strong in spring, so he had to put some cream on his face to make it less dry.

"Pingping, do you want to go to the newsstand with your brother-in-law later or come with me now?" Lin Qiu poured a glass of water to moisten his throat. "You can also stay in the rental house."

"Sister, I want to go with you!"

"Then hurry up, the post office will deliver the day's newspapers and restocked magazines at 6:30, we have to get there early!"

After hearing this, Lin Ping quickened his pace in washing up.

"I'm fine! Let's go!" Lin Ping was a little impatient. He had heard that his sister had opened a newsstand, but he didn't even know what a newsstand looked like. Today he could finally see it.

Lin Qiu looked at Lin Ping, whose face was still wet and whose bangs were still a little curled up, and smiled and shook his head. His sister was so anxious and flustered like a child.

"Wipe it quickly!"

Lin Qiu handed her the handkerchief and helped her smooth down her curled bangs.

Lin Ping wiped his face with a handkerchief and said, "Okay. Let's go!"

It is still a little chilly in the morning in Pengcheng, and the slightly cold wind makes people instantly awake. There are not many pedestrians at this time, and you can see many sanitation workers in orange and yellow uniforms cleaning the streets on both sides of the road.

"Sister, it's really not easy for them to get up so early to sweep the streets!" Lin Ping sighed as he looked at the sanitation worker's hunched back.

“Nothing is easy in this world! But as long as you work hard, the difficult things will become easy.”

Early in the morning, Lin Qiu gave Lin Ping a bowl of chicken soup for the soul.

"Sister, you are so right!" Lin Ping drank the bowl of chicken soup in one gulp.

The newsstand wasn't far away and we arrived there in no time. Lin Qiu had just closed the rolling shutter when the postman arrived.

"Sister Lin, this is today's newspaper and the replacement magazine. Please click and see if the number is correct!" The postman greeted Lin Qiu familiarly.

"Xiao Chen, you are such a serious person, how could you make a mistake?" Lin Qiu quickly took it.

"Then I'll go first, they're still waiting over there!"

Xiao Chen straddled the bicycle and waved his hands behind him handsomely, then he pushed his foot and the bike sped away.

Lin Qiu asked Lin Ping to move the coal stove out, put the newspapers and magazines in order, then lit the stove and cooked tea eggs and corn.

Around seven o'clock, Lin Qiu became busy. Customers came one after another to buy their favorite newspapers or magazines, and also bought some tea eggs or corn for breakfast.

At this time, Wang Xiuren also arrived with Wang Shan.

"Pingping, take Shanshan to the street over there to buy breakfast. Buy whatever you like!"

After saying that, Wang Xiuren stuffed five yuan into Lin Ping's hand and went to help the customer pack tea eggs.

Lin Ping looked down at Wang Shan, and Wang Shan happened to look up at Lin Ping. The aunt and nephew looked at each other without saying a word.

It was Lin Ping who reached out his hand: "Shanshan, auntie will take you to buy breakfast!"

Lin Shan put her hand on it after a while, opened her mouth and wanted to say something but in the end said nothing.

After returning from buying breakfast, Wang Shan held the milk in one hand and held Lin Ping's hand in the other, and the two of them chatted and laughed, feeling very comfortable.

"Mom, my aunt bought it for me!"

Wang Shan saw that there were fewer customers and immediately rushed to Lin Qiu. She pointed at the red plastic clip on her head and turned around conceitedly, "Mom, does it look good?"

"You're so conceited! You asked your aunt to buy things again!" Lin Qiu gently tapped Wang Shan's forehead.

"How can I buy something again!" Lin Ping was unhappy. "This is the first time I buy something for Shanshan. Besides, I only have one niece. What's wrong with buying her a clip?"

"Okay, okay, okay! I just said one sentence and you choked me!" Lin Qiu rolled his eyes at Lin Ping in reproach. "When did you two become so close?"

"We have always had a good relationship!" Lin Ping squatted down and pressed his forehead against Wang Shan's. "Isn't that right? Shanshan."

Wang Shan thought Lin Ping was playing with her, so she pushed forward hard. Lin Ping was also trying to tease her, making her laugh continuously.

"I'm going to work!" Wang Xiuren stuffed the last bite of the bun into his mouth, "Lin Ping, if you have anything to say, go find your sister. I'm leaving first!"

"Goodbye, Dad!"

Wang Shan stuck her head out and waved to her father.

"Shanshan, goodbye! Be sure to listen to your mother and aunt!" Wang Xiuren rubbed his daughter's head, "Dad is going to work!"

"Sister, what do you do every day at work?"

The customer flow gradually decreased with the arrival of working hours. Seeing that there was nothing to do, Lin Ping moved a small stool to Lin Qiu's side.

"Just organize newspapers and magazines, register the goods to be replenished, and tell the postman in the afternoon. There's not much to do, just have to stay here all the time." Lin Qiu took out a blank notebook and a pen and asked Wang Shan to write and draw on the side.

"Isn't it boring?"

"Fortunately, these newspapers and magazines are all available for reading."

"Forget it. My head hurts when I see these words!" Lin Ping hates these things.

"I don't have time to go with you to Xixiang to look for a job. Tomorrow you can go with Sister Guixiang to see if Hongxiu is hiring. If not, go to other factories to see if there are any notices posted. Many factories are resuming work now, so there must be a lot of people needed."

Lin Qiu discussed his plan with his sister in detail, "Pingping, don't worry, you will definitely find a job. But be careful not to be tricked into working in a black factory!"

"How can I be so stupid?" Lin Ping leaned on his sister's arm. "I'm not in a hurry. Anyway, I'll stay here with you and have a place to eat and sleep."

"It would be great if I could work at Hongxiu!" Lin Qiu and his sister talked about the factory they had worked at before. "Hongxiu is a big factory with many orders and a high price. The masters and the boss lady are also nice. The factory I worked at last year was Hongxiu. If I hadn't rented this newsstand, I would probably still be working on a sewing machine in that factory."

"I don't care whether it's a big or small factory, as long as a regular factory wants me, I'll go in." Lin Ping now only wants to work in a factory and earn a salary.

"You are right, but I remind you that the first month's salary in the factory will be withheld and you won't get it until the third month. You have to be mentally prepared."

"Ah?" Lin Ping just realized there was such a rule. "Doesn't that mean I have to spend all my savings for the first three months?"

"Yes! If it weren't for your brother-in-law last year, I don't know how I would have gotten through the first three months!" Lin Qiu thought of the difficult time last year, "But Pingping, don't worry, I'm here and I will definitely not leave you without a place to stay."

"Luckily you're here, otherwise I really don't know what to do!" Lin Ping held his sister's hand tightly, and the stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.

"If I'm not here, I guess you won't come here either." Lin Qiu looked at her sister, whose thoughts were written all over her face, and smiled. "Since we two sisters have both come to Pengcheng, we must rely on each other."

Lin Ping leaned his head on Lin Qiu's shoulder and looked at Wang Shan who was quietly painting beside him without saying a word.

At noon, Lin Qiu asked Lin Ping to look after the newsstand, went to the commercial street to buy two servings of pork trotter rice, and then went to Xiao Zhou's cake shop to pick up a small cake.

The pork trotter rice received unanimous praise from the aunt and nephew, and both of them had greasy mouths after eating it. The small cake as dessert after the meal made the two of them cheer out loud!

“The cream cake is so soft and delicious!”

Lin Ping picked up the fork, picked up a small piece of cake and put it in his mouth to taste it carefully.

Wang Shan also imitated her aunt, "The cream cake is so soft and delicious!"

Then he assumed the same posture and expression as Lin Ping.

Lin Qiu was speechless.

In the afternoon, seeing that Lin Ping was bored, Lin Qiu gave her five dollars and asked her to take Wang Shan for a walk around the commercial street.

"Sister, I have money!" Lin Ping pushed the money back, then pulled Wang Shan and ran out quickly.

"Slow down! Watch the car!"

Lin Qiu held five dollars in his hand, leaned forward and gave instructions loudly.

"I know!" Lin Ping responded loudly without turning his head.

"You're so big, but you're still like a skinny guy!"

Lin Qiu looked at the two people's backs and whispered softly, but the smile in the corner of his eyes revealed the joy in his heart.

The aunt and nephew went out for a walk and didn't come back until almost four o'clock. On the two rosy faces, the eyes were shining brightly.

"Sister, the clothes on this commercial street are all so pretty! And the flower shops and cake shops are all decorated so high-end and beautiful!"

Lin Ping took the water from Lin Qiu and kept talking excitedly, "The people in the shops are so pretty, and some of them are wearing makeup! The food shops are so clean, and the glass windows look like new ones!"

"And the dolls! The dolls are so pretty!"

Wang Shan swallowed the water Lin Qiu fed her and shouted.

"Wow, it's so lively!"

Zhang Guixiang's voice arrived before she did.

"aunt!"

When Wang Shan heard the sound, she immediately shouted outside.

"Shanshan is so polite!" Zhang Guixiang walked into the newsstand and gently pinched Wang Shan's little face. "I came here today with good news!"

"What good news, sister-in-law?" Lin Ping asked impatiently.

"It's related to you. What news is it?" Zhang Guiying kept the secret.

"That must be related to my work, sister-in-law, right?" Lin Ping pulled Zhang Guixiang's sleeve and shook it.

"You guessed it right!"

Zhang Guixiang patted Lin Ping's hand and said, "Sister Ping, you are lucky! Today when I was buying groceries, I saw the woman who was packing the groceries. She told me that the factory will start recruiting again tomorrow. Come with me tomorrow. You have the skills to do it!"

"If you can get into Hongxiu, you're really lucky!" Lin Qiu handed a tea egg to Zhang Guixiang, "Sister-in-law, you brought good news, I'll treat you to tea eggs."

"Then I didn't lose anything, hahaha!" Zhang Guixiang took the tea egg and joked, "I haven't eaten the tea eggs you cooked for a long time, and I still miss them a lot!"

"If you like it, eat more. There's no other food, but there are plenty of tea eggs!"

"Then I'll eat to my heart's content!"