Chapter 14

After Zhu Hong sat down, she stared at the child in front of her, her two thick eyebrows raised high.

Before at the supply and marketing cooperative, because her view was blocked by someone, she didn't even notice that Lu Qin was hiding someone.

Seeing the change in her expression, Lu Qin took the initiative and said, "Comrade Zhu, this is my nephew. He is only four years old after the Chinese New Year. His grandmother and mother are busy, and I am worried about him being alone at home, so I brought him here. You won't be angry, will you?"

Kong Dongdong tilted his head and looked at his uncle with puzzled eyes.

Without letting the child interrupt, the young man pulled the child aside again and taught him softly, "Come, Dongdong, this is Sister Zhu, call her Sister Zhu."

Fortunately, Kong Dongdong gave his uncle face and called him softly, "Sister Zhu."

The child looked at her obediently, as if afraid that she would be angry.

Like a balloon with a hole in it, the air will leak out immediately.

Zhu Hong didn't have the chance to get a word in and nodded subconsciously.

After a few seconds, she finally remembered the important matter. She looked away and glanced at the surrounding environment. "Comrade Lu, when do we start? I have to work in the afternoon!"

As she spoke, she showed him the ladies' watch on her hand and motioned him to look at the time.

At this moment, Lu Qin really believed what Aunt Wu said, that her family was well-off.

He silently changed the menu in his mind, "Don't worry, this won't be done in a short time."

Then he cleared his throat and slowly suggested, "Look, the child is hungry too. Why don't you order food first and then talk while eating? You haven't had lunch yet, have you?"

Two pairs of eyes, one big and one small, stared at her at the same time.

red,"......"

She almost thought he was going to treat her to a meal when he said this.

She moved her mouth, thinking of what she had promised in front of Aunt Wu last time, and immediately prepared to order.

Lu Qin's eyes lit up, and he continued to ask tentatively, "What do you want to eat? How about some braised pork first?"

He remembered the look in his nephew's eyes yesterday when he was envious of his Uncle Jiang's food.

Zhu Hong thought that he came at a perfect time. She had just received her salary this month. She looked away from the child, crossed her arms, and pointed with her chin. "You order."

If it were someone else, they would not receive this treatment.

"Okay, let's start with the braised pork. I liked it last time, then stir-fried shredded radish and pork ribs and winter melon soup."

In that case, Lu Qin wouldn't be polite. At most, he could give her some more constructive suggestions later.

The waitress was the same old lady again. She glanced at Lu Qin and then glanced at Zhu Hong opposite her.

Zhu Hong always felt that her eyes looked strange. Before she could ask "what are you looking at", the waiter's eyes had already moved away from her.

As soon as the food arrived, Lu Qin carefully scalded the bowl with hot water and filled it with soup to cool it down.

Zhu Hong watched his series of actions, her temper still flaring up at any moment, and she was unforgiving, "Poor people have so much trouble, you are really poor and particular."

Lu Qin wasn't angry at all. He slowly fed his nephew some soup and said, "Because I'm poor, I can only be particular."

She choked, but couldn't refute.

As soon as the braised pork came up, she stretched out her chopsticks and picked up the piece with the most meat. The braised pork was trembling and had absorbed enough juice. It seemed to be even better than last time.

I watched helplessly as the piece of meat quickly disappeared in my mouth, followed by another piece.

Lu Qin widened his eyes.

This speed and this gesture are on par with his!

No matter how good Sun Laimei's cooking skills are, they can't compare to those of the chefs in state-owned restaurants.

Lu Qin picked up the chopsticks and without using any more hands, fed his nephew a little bit and then took a big piece for himself.

Seeing this, Zhu Hong also quickened her pace.

So, originally we had agreed to discuss while eating, but ended up fighting over food face to face, with our mouths never busy at all.

Kong Dongdong is a small person with a small appetite, so most of the food went into Lu Qin and Zhu Hong's mouths, and most of it went into Lu Qin's stomach.

Zhu Hong had nothing left to grab, and she was so exhausted that she even had difficulty breathing. She looked at the young man across from her who was still slowly cleaning up the mess, and showed a look of complete disgust, "Who can afford to support someone like you?"

Most of them are young people with delicate skin and tender flesh, and you can't tell at first glance that they don't look like the type who can work.

She was now very glad that they didn't fall in love, although his face was really to her liking.

But from today on, she has a new requirement for finding a partner. Not only must he be good-looking, but he must also not compete with her for food.

Only after she gave up the fight did Lu Qin slow down his movements.

After he finished the rest slowly, he wiped his mouth and asked the waitress for a bowl of hot water.

"It's okay, I can't starve myself."

Zhu Hong's mouth twitched, she saw through it.

After eating and drinking, Lu Qin felt warm all over. He carried his nephew to the other side of the bench and took out the simple plate he had prepared from his bag. "There's only one hour left before your work starts. Let's hurry up."

Zhu Hong subconsciously leaned forward, ears pricked up, and said impatiently, "Of course, then hurry up and stop talking nonsense."

Lu Qin didn't care about her attitude. He handed her the notebook and said, "I remember you can read. So take a look at it yourself first."

Zhu Hong was wondering what it was. She took it reluctantly. She herself was not the type who liked studying. "What are you still looking at?"

Her curiosity was aroused, and she now wanted to hear him tell her how to do it.

Lu Qin had a leisurely attitude as if to say, "Look at me first and then continue."

She could only obediently do as he said. When she opened the book, she saw a vivid pencil drawing of a little person on it. She didn't know how he drew it, but even the small hairs on her hairstyle and her two thick eyebrows were drawn very clearly.

Zhu Hong attaches great importance to her appearance, so she often looks in the mirror and knows that many of the above characteristics are consistent with her.

She looked up and asked, "What do you mean?"

Lu Qin still had one hand on his nephew's back, afraid that he would accidentally fall over. He raised his chin and said, "Turn back a little further."

Zhu Hong flipped the page back at his words and saw the words written on it at a glance. Without reading the content carefully, she praised, "Wow, I didn't realize that your handwriting is quite beautiful."

Then, I saw an arrow next to her eyebrow pointing to a box with words on it.

Lu Qin noticed where she was looking and cleared his throat. "Let me start with the details. Your eyebrows are already thick, and you drew them too thickly. It looks like you want to announce to everyone that you have a pair of eyebrows. But eyebrows like this look unnatural and fake, and they make you look very rough..."

Zhu Hong took out the mirror she had prepared in advance, looking left and right, with a look of disbelief, "My eyebrows are the thickest around our repair shop, they want them but they don't have them yet, how come they are not good?"

Lu Qin was speechless. He didn't say her eyebrows were bad. He didn't bother to argue with her. He asked her, "Do you want to look better? If you want to look better, listen to me and read the book carefully."

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Hong wilted.

A whole page was filled with eyebrow trimming techniques, from simple to difficult. Zhu Hong was unhappy at first, but her eyes lit up more and more later.

It seems that this is also very beautiful

Turning down to the hairstyle, Lu Qin didn't offer much advice, as fancy hairstyles weren't allowed in that era. Instead, he offered two simple suggestions: if she wanted to braid her hair, she shouldn't tie it up so tightly, leaving some loose hair on the sides to cover her features. She could even keep her hair shoulder-length and pin it to the sides.

Scrolling down further, you will see lipstick colors and clothing.

After all, it was the result of Lu Qin spending most of the night.

Zhu Hong felt like she had opened up a new world. From being unconvinced at the beginning, her eyes were now shining brightly.

She was eager to try it before she even got off work.

I didn't think about why he knew so much.

Holding the notebook in her arms like a treasure, she asked, "Comrade Lu, the picture on your notebook is me. It's useless to give it to others. How much do you want? I'll buy it!"

It happened suddenly.

Lu Qin was drinking water to moisten his lips and couldn't help choking.

If she hadn't mentioned it, he would have given it to her for free. After all, today's meal was not cheap.

Lu Qin hugged his nephew back into his arms and sat up straight when he heard this. "Just give it to me as you see fit! But if you get tired of these dressing tips, I can give you some new suggestions."

He really admired people like her who were so tactful.

Zhu Hong was now completely excited, and she was even happier after hearing this. She rummaged through her pockets and pulled out a few tickets and a stack of change. "Take these for now."

Her uncle's factory made biscuits, and she knew that in order to compete, they hired someone to design the packaging, and the designer was paid extra money.

Sometimes, she was quite sensible. Even though his drawing wasn't a picture of a cookie bag, it was still a design.

"Well, then I won't be polite," Lu Qin said.

Zhu Hong waved her hand and said, "Don't be polite. I've already said that we are friends, and you have helped me a lot."

Lu Qin took the money and didn't order it in front of her. He looked at her excited face, which was completely different from when she was working. "Comrade Zhu, can I ask you something?"

Zhu Hong looked very easy to talk to, "Go ahead!"

He asked, "Did you find the job at the supply and marketing cooperative yourself?"

Zhu Hong put the notebook away without thinking much, "I guess so, my uncle helped me, so what?"

"It's okay. I just thought you guys were working really hard. I could hear your voice before I even entered the supply and marketing cooperative."

Zhu Hong raised her eyebrows, quite proudly, "That's right, I inherited my mother's loud voice."

Lu Qinxin said that he didn't mean that.

He could only give a slight hint, "Why don't you look in the mirror and make a frowning face and a smiling face."

Zhu Hong was confused. After doing what he said, she looked at him to indicate that she was done.

"Which one do you think is better, the former or the latter?"

Zhu Hong didn't even think about it, "Of course it looks better when you smile."

After saying this, the woman in the mirror smiled again.

Lu Qin nodded and continued to coax her, "Then I hope Comrade Zhu will smile more and be more enthusiastic at work in the future. You will look more attractive that way. After all, people who work hard are the most beautiful."

"Really?" Zhu Hong didn't even notice that he was secretly instructing her.

After hearing his affirmative tone, she held up a mirror and looked at her smile for a long time, making various movements such as frowning and smiling. You know what, under the comparison, it seemed that her smile was indeed more attractive.

Lu Qin knew that she had listened to him and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. As a person from the 21st century, he really couldn't stand her poor service attitude. If it weren't for the money he got, he really wouldn't bother to care.

The girl is generally not bad, and her character is not bad, but her attitude is not very appropriate.

After a series of things happened, I could see that the time was up.

Zhu Hong glanced at her watch, feeling somewhat unsatisfied, but she had to leave. "Comrade Lu, next time you want to buy something, you can come directly to me."

Lu Qin stood up and wished her well. "Then I also hope to see a brand new Comrade Zhu."

These words touched Zhu Hong's heart, and she left happily.

After coming out of the state-owned restaurant, Lu Qin felt much more relaxed. He put his nephew in a sling, told him to hold him tight, and touched his stomach, "Dongdong, are you full?"

Kong Dongdong nodded, his two fleshy hands grasping his back, and he happily showed his little teeth, "Uncle, my sister is fierce, so she gets meat to eat."

Lu Qin roughly understood what he meant. After all, Zhu Hong's appearance did seem a bit fierce to outsiders.

"Then next time, uncle will bring you here to eat." Lu Qin clumsily tied the straps around his back, feeling really sorry for the kid who had never eaten any good food.

Kong Dongdong responded in a childish voice, "Okay!"

He likes his current uncle so much!

The young man was walking around the street with a child tied in front of him.

In order to avoid bumping into someone he shouldn't have, he used his nephew's clothes to cover most of his face.

There are relatively few people near the state-owned restaurant. Walking further, you will reach the repair shop where you can vaguely see people rushing to work.

The uncle and nephew looked around curiously.

When Lu Qin encounters something strange, he will point it out to Kong Dongdong so that he can identify it.

When he was about to go back, Kong Dongdong suddenly called out, "Uncle, my brother is crying."

Lu Qin looked in the direction he pointed and seemed to see two familiar figures. He was not sure, but he did not have time to look carefully. The people were gone, including the brother Dongdong mentioned. He did not see him at all.

If it really was them, he would have no time to avoid suspicion.

He didn't think much about it. There was a yard nearby, so he thought the crying sound Dongdong heard was someone scolding their child. He carefully asked, "What brother?"

Kong Dongdong made a circle with his hands, "Brother, the big one."

It means an older brother.

After answering him twice, Lu Qin turned around and carried him to another road to avoid running into people he shouldn't run into. Besides, it was very late and he was afraid that his aunt and sister would worry.

On the other side, Zhu Hong had already returned to work in high spirits.

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Updated, added some words.

It took a long time to fix, I thought I could finish coding it sooner. (ΘΘ=)