Zhuang Tunan worked overtime during the New Year and injured his leg. He accompanied his parents back to the alley. Although Li Jia wanted to walk with him, his family always opposed it. Lin Dongzh...
Zhou Chengzhi was delighted by Wang Jie's words and said, "How about we have a drink? We won't leave until we're drunk!"
Wang Jie said, "Let's forget it! Don't let it interfere with your business. I still need to find someone for you tomorrow. If you drink, you might not be able to get up!"
"Okay, brother, that's a good deal. You're much better than my brother-in-law. As long as you help me with this, just let me know if you ever need anything in the future, and I'll definitely help you too!"
"Since we've agreed, I'll be going now. I was eating just now! I only took a few bites!"
"How about we eat something here? I'll have your sister Shanshan make you something."
"No need, I'll just go home and eat! To avoid wasting food!"
"See you tomorrow?"
"Okay, see you tomorrow!"
After Zhou Chengzhi and his wife saw Wang Jie off, Zhou Chengzhi noticed that Wu Shanshan was unhappy, so he asked her, "What's wrong? It's all settled now, why are you unhappy?"
Wu Shanshan glared at him and said, "What am I happy about? What did you mean just now? You said Wang Jie is much better than my brother!"
Zhou Chengzhi immediately realized that he might have said something wrong, so he quickly explained, "I was just using a metaphor, don't take it to heart!"
"What are you comparing my brother to? Wang Jie is just a scoundrel, while my brother has all the good jobs he could get, first at the post office, then in the police force. Aren't those jobs a hundred times, a thousand times better than Wang Jie's!"
"Yes, yes, my brother-in-law is the best younger brother in the world, okay?"
"Hmph, let me tell you, stop talking like that! If you look down on my family, we can get a divorce!"
"How can you be like this? You're bringing up divorce right off the bat!"
"If you look down on my family, why should I live with you?"
"I didn't, can't you tell? The police came because your brother lured them here!"
"I'm not stupid, do you think I can't tell that he's behind this?"
"You know this and you still side with him? Are you out of your mind?"
"You're the one who's messed up! You surnamed Zhou, let me tell you, my surname is Wu, and my brother's surname is also Wu. Do you understand now?"
"He's almost sent you to jail, and you still want to help him?"
"He's my own brother. If I don't help him, who will? If going to jail helps him get a job as a policeman, I'll accept it!"
"You, you...! If that's the case, why are we still hiding? Why are we still hiding? We might as well just go and turn ourselves in with your brother! That way, he'll definitely become a full-fledged police officer!"
Wu Shanshan said, "It's too direct. It's too easy for him. I can't indulge him like this. I have to let him take it step by step. That's how we can train him to be a real police officer!"
"You, you've gone mad! You'll get me killed sooner or later!"
Wu Shanshan walked to the bedroom door and said, "If you're willing, you can crawl into bed with me; if you're not, you can sleep on the sofa. We'll get our divorce certificate tomorrow!"
"Ah, this, this, is there a third way?"
"No!"
As soon as Wu Shanshan entered the bedroom, she tried to close the door.
When Zhou Chengzhi saw that Wu Shanshan was serious, he quickly pushed the door open and said in a conciliatory tone, "Don't close the door! I'll listen to you, okay?"
Wu Shanshan smiled and said, "Zhou Chengzhi, it's July now. Aren't you afraid of getting hot sharing a bed with me?"
"I'm not afraid of the heat, I'm afraid my son will be lying on the floor tomorrow morning!"
"I'm not that ruthless. If he's lying on the ground, wouldn't I have to be hospitalized?"
"Okay, honey, let's just be nice to each other, okay?"
Wu Shanshan ignored him, lay down on the bed, and went to sleep.
As dawn broke once more, the newsstand was set up again. The reason it was set up so quickly was probably due to Lin Dongzhe's help; he couldn't be away from the newsstand for even a quarter of an hour these days.
Only Song Ying and Feng Yaoyao were in the breakfast shop. Lin Wufeng went to guard the supermarket, as he didn't trust anyone else to do it, so it was essentially a job swap with Lin Dongzhe.
Xiang Pengfei was a man of his word; the handrails he arranged yesterday were installed yesterday. Today, Anna didn't help Zhuang Tunan anymore. She let Zhuang Tunan walk back and forth by himself while holding onto the handrails, and only let him sit in the wheelchair to rest when he got tired.
Seeing that Zhuang Tunan was in a wheelchair, Song Ying took the opportunity to come over and said to Lin Dongzhe, "Dongzhe, take two breakfasts to Xiaoting's parents!"
Lin Dongzhe glanced at the already risen sun and said, "If we go at this hour, the old couple will probably have already finished eating!"
Song Ying kicked Lin Dongzhe with a hint of exasperation, saying, "My silly son! What you brought wasn't just food, it was family, warmth, and your concern!"
Lin Dongzhe then nodded and said, "I'll go, I'll go, okay?"
Song Ying turned around, took a bag of packed food, and handed it to Lin Dongzhe so that he could deliver it to Huang Ling and her husband.
Just as Lin Dongzhe drove away, a man walked out of the alleyway. It was Wang Jie. Wang Jie had promised Zhou Chengzhi to find someone, and he naturally wanted to keep his promise.
As soon as Song Ying saw Wang Jie, she said, "Wang Jie is leaving?"
Wang Jie nodded and said, "Yes, I need to go out for a bit, so I have to go out!"
"Would you like to have some food at my place?"
"No need, I've already eaten!"
"I won't give you the money, but it's on me. Didn't you help Tu Nan catch that scoundrel half a year ago? Consider it my way of thanking you on Tu Nan's behalf!"
"Hey, Auntie, we can't talk about that. We've been neighbors for so many years. I'm leaving now!"
Song Ying, who was about to get something for Wang Jie, stopped insisting once she saw that Wang Jie had left.
Just then, Feng Yaoyao, who was greeting guests, said, "Auntie, the phone is ringing inside. Go and listen to it! Maybe it's my uncle calling!"
Song Ying was genuinely worried it was Lin Wufeng calling, since today was his first time at the supermarket and he might be too busy. So she quickly walked into the house, picked up the phone, and said, "Hello, who is it?"
But a woman's voice came through the phone, saying, "Is this the breakfast shop in the alley?"
"Yes, it's the breakfast shop in the alley. How can I help you?"
"Boss, I'm on Fuqiang Street, could you deliver breakfast to us?"
Song Ying glanced at Feng Yaoyao, who was busy outside, and said, "I'm so sorry, customer, we don't have enough staff here and can't deliver to you. I'm really sorry!"
"Boss, I'm a big customer! If you deliver one to me today, I'll order ten tomorrow, fifty the day after. If you have a good reputation in our factory, one hundred the day after tomorrow won't be a problem!"
"Really? But we're a bit short-handed. Could you deliver it later?"
"Then you can decide for yourself! If you want big clients, send them to me. My phone number is [phone number]. Call me when they arrive, and I'll pick them up at the door!"
Then Song Ying heard the other party hang up the phone. After hesitating for a while, Song Ying was still reluctant to abandon this important client. So she first found a piece of paper to write down the number the client had just given her, then went out of the house, packed a breakfast, and said to Feng Yaoyao, "Yaoyao, come here!"
Busy as she was, Feng Yaoyao walked up to Song Ying and asked, "What's wrong, Auntie?"
Song Ying handed the breakfast and the note with the phone number to Feng Yaoyao, saying, "Go to Fuqiang Street and deliver this breakfast. When you get there, call the number on the note, and he will pick you up!"
Feng Yaoyao looked at Song Ying and said, "Auntie, we're busy enough as we are! Do we still have to deliver things outside? And Uncle isn't here!"
"Go ahead! They said they need ten copies tomorrow, they might be a big client! Don't let a small thing cause a big loss!"
"Oh, okay then! I'm off, Auntie!"
"Um!"
Feng Yaoyao carried the breakfast and headed towards Fuqiang Street.
Walk left along the main street, and turn at the end to reach Fuqiang Street.
Just as Feng Yaoyao crossed the road and turned left, whether she was walking too fast or someone deliberately bumped into her, the rice porridge from her breakfast splashed out and landed on a young man.
The young man wasn't alone; four or five of them quickly surrounded Feng Yaoyao.
The young man looked at Feng Yaoyao arrogantly and said, "Girl, pay up!"