Chapter 380 Grandpa is so poor that he only has money left
It was snowing heavily outside, and the restaurant was filled with heat; even the glass windows on the upper floors were covered with a layer of heat.
Even Zhao Di changed into thin clothes and greeted the guests: "Please wait for these few people. Table number ten will be ready soon. You will be the first one to take a seat."
Still have to queue? Shang Zhen stared blankly: "This business... is too good."
Looking back at the Four Joys Hotel opposite, the few sparsely populated tables behind the floor-to-ceiling glass windows form a sharp contrast with this place.
Zhaodi saw Ye Xiaomei at a glance, and she hurriedly shouted to the inner hall: "Xiaolan, quickly clean up the private room No. 3 upstairs, the guest's reservation time has arrived."
Then he came out and asked, "Boss, why are you here?"
Ye Xiaomei's heart ached as she saw this: "You are wearing too little and the snow outside is too heavy. Hurry up and go inside."
Shang Zhen quickly said, "I'm here to eat hot pot."
Zhaodi didn't take it seriously, her face full of energy and excitement: "Boss, it's been cold recently and business is booming. I'm not cold at all. Look, my back is still sweating. Go sit in the office for a while, and I'll clear out a private room."
Ye Xiaomei saw that her back was really sweaty. She was really grateful to have such a capable person, but in such a cold weather, the more she sweated, the easier it would be to catch a cold:
"There's no need to bother asking people to leave, or to apologize. I'll just eat in the office, just the two of us, and a small pot will do."
The so-called office was filled with a lot of paper boxes, and the desk was empty.
Shang Zhen said with disdain: "You are the boss after all, why do you have a desk here?"
Ye Xiaomei smiled and said, "I don't come here often, so just tell me what kind of food you want to eat."
Ye Xiaomei took out two chairs and placed them beside the table, then stacked up the waste paper boxes and placed them in the corner. There were also some spare bowls and chopsticks stacked in piles in the cabinet behind the door.
Soon, Zhaodi arranged everything. The small spicy beef brisket hotpot base for four people, bowls and chopsticks, vegetables and meat were all available.
Shang Zhen's eyes were blazing with anger: "Oh my god, this looks warm, and the dipping sauce is simply amazing." As he said this, he took off his space suit and hung it on the back of a chair, then dipped it into the spicy garlic chili sauce, took a sip, and his taste buds exploded, and he couldn't stop eating:
"It's delicious, so delicious. I only ate it once last time. By the way, I just saw that the person in charge is quite capable. Where did you find such a capable assistant?"
Ye Xiaomei didn't say much: "I picked her up. She was originally a waitress in this restaurant. I thought she was capable and honest, so I let her take charge. You eat your food. It's easy to get choked when you eat chili and talk."
Ye Xiaomei also wanted to give herself some quiet time to think about the problem.
The most important point at the moment is that Qin Xiaoyi must know that I know her secret, but I only have a basic understanding of her, and I don’t even know who the boss she is talking about is.
So, be careful with everything.
"This tripe is delicious. Do you want to try it?" Shang Zhen was almost eating till his eyes turned red.
Upon hearing this, Ye Xiaomei was particularly interested: "I won't eat it, you eat it all."
"Okay." Shang Zhen was not polite at all and poured the whole plate of food into the pot and started to cook.
Ye Xiaomei put away her thoughts and said, "If you want to go to my house during the Chinese New Year this year, you have to be mentally prepared."
Shang Zhen asked as he ate: "Do any of us need to prepare anything? We will just go there empty-handed and eat and drink for free, so why should we be mentally prepared?"
Ye Xiaomei took a piece of beef slices with chopsticks and said, "My reputation is not very good. I guess my mother-in-law has spread more rumors than my hairs."
Shang Zhen heard this and stuffed the tripe into his mouth. "You have a bad reputation? Are you kidding me? Do you have a bad reputation like me? I don't believe it at all. You are kind, good at studying, and can make money. I think anyone who has a daughter-in-law like you would be very sorry for their ancestors."
The evaluation is so high! Ye Xiaomei didn't say anything more. You have to know what her mother-in-law did to make her pregnant.
Let’s not talk about the past for now. She hasn’t been home for several months, so she will definitely use the same tactics she used in the past.
——Our Xiaomei is my good daughter-in-law, but I don’t like to ask her to do any work.
——Look at how good my big fat grandson is. My daughter-in-law must be so tired feeding him. After she marries into my Ma family, she will be my, Wang Lan’s, biological daughter, even closer than a biological daughter.
Even Aunt Wu, who was so sarcastic, was moved by Wang Lan - Aunt, you really love your daughter-in-law, even more than her own mother. I don't know what blessing Xiaomei had in her previous life to have a good mother-in-law like you.
Then the news spread in the village.
Ye Xiaomei, the daughter-in-law, is lucky to have a good mother-in-law like Wang Lan. She went to school even after getting married and didn't take care of her children. Otherwise, she would have been a scoundrel in anyone's family.
The next day was the exam time for both days, and school ended early, which happened to be a weekend off.
Ye Xiaomei has already started preparing for her trip back to her hometown during the winter vacation.
Especially in the city, people are very fond of wearing space suits in winter, which is very common, unlike the country people who still wear hand-sewn cotton jackets.
Although cotton jackets are very warm, they are a bit bulky to wear and do not fit your arms and legs well. However, their biggest drawback is that they are difficult to dry once they get wet.
Ye Xiaomei remembered that when she was a child, she used a torn quilt to make a pair of cotton pants. Later, she wet her pants, so her mother held them over the fire and roasted them all night.
This kind of space suit is different. The surface material is a bit like that of a raincoat, which is waterproof and very light to wear. In some places, it is called a down suit.
Shang Zhen was more knowledgeable, so he took Ye Xiaomei to the mall that day.
Ye Xiaomei was slightly stunned: "Isn't the largest department store in Chaocheng the Jiuzhou Building? What place is this? Chang-Shou, shopping mall? This name..."
Shang Zhen was particularly excited: "It just opened yesterday. I heard that the things inside are all of high quality. A boss like you should wear something more expensive when you go back home. Jiuzhou Building is outdated. Let's go and take a look..."
Before Ye Xiaomei could react, Shang Zhen pulled her in.
It feels really different as soon as you enter.
Ordinary shopping mall stalls and shops are messy everywhere, but here the lights are bright, and the cement floor is made of water-polished Yuhua stones, which is clean and tidy.
The store is not like an ordinary grocery store where shoes and clothes are hung in piles. Here they are all placed on the shelves, which does look quite upscale.
Ye Xiaomei was dazzled when she looked at the various space suits on the display stand. Wow, there were so many colors.
"I'll tell you a secret." Shang Zhen whispered in Xiao Mei's ear, "You can try it on for free. There's a mirror. If you're not satisfied, you don't have to. Come and have a look. I think you'll like the space suits in this store."
Shang Zhen was really diligent. He pulled her into the largest store and pulled a beige down jacket:
“Try this.”
The store clerk was also well-dressed, not old-fashioned at all, and was wearing the store's space suit:
"Girl, you have fair skin, you can try this, and if you don't like it, you don't have to buy it."
Although Ye Xiaomei had made a lot of money, she was still embarrassed when she saw the price on the tag.
"I'm just looking, I'm not buying." Then he winked at Shang Zhen and hurried away.
How can a space suit be sold for just a few hundred bucks?
The average space suits she saw cost only about sixty or seventy dollars, and this was the best one.
This price tag is too outrageous. A regular worker can earn five or six hundred yuan a month. I wonder if it is not enough to buy two space suits?
Isn't this nonsense?
Ye Xiaomei suddenly remembered something. Apart from Tang Bushi, there was probably no one else in the world who could do such a heartless thing.
Who knew that at this moment.
"Ye Xiaomei."
Ye Xiaomei turned her head suddenly, and at that moment, countless lightning bolts struck her brain at the same time, making her ears ring and her heart stop.
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