Hearing this tone, Yu Xiangan turned his head and saw that it was indeed a blond foreigner. Looking at Yu Xiangan, he showed some surprise on his face and said, "beautiful", and then changed to Chinese, "good job."
Yu Xiangan stood up with a smile, "Hello."
"Take a look at this in your hand."
Yu Xiangan stretched out his hand and gave it to him: "If you like it, then you can take a look. I just picked it up and took a look."
The foreigner looked confused for a moment, as if he didn't understand. Yu Xiangan switched to English and repeated it again. The foreigner's face suddenly lit up and he looked very surprised.
"That's great. I don't know much Chinese and most of the time people don't know what I'm saying."
"My foreign language skills are pretty good. If you like it, you can buy it. It's only five dollars."
"This is so pretty, I like it! Five dollars, so cheap!"
The man who was setting up the stall watched them communicating in a foreign language and shrank his shoulders in admiration. He didn't dare to do that. If so many foreigners talked to him when he came here to set up a stall, he would be speechless and would miss out on the business.
Clet smiled and took out the money to buy it, then put it in his backpack, which already contained another small vase with a carp playing in the water.
Lin Chuanbai saw it and asked, "You like porcelain very much?"
Clet showed his white teeth, "Yes, I was raised by a Chinese. She is my adoptive mother. She has two favorite bottles with this pattern. I like them too."
Lin Chuanbai suddenly realized: "So that's how it is. Did she come back to her hometown with me this time?"
Clet shook his head. "She has passed away. I just graduated from college, so I took the opportunity to come to this country. I want to know what her hometown is like. When she was in bed, she kept talking about her hometown. I promised her that when I graduate, I will bring her photo and come back to visit her. I will also build a cenotaph for her."
Hearing what he said, one can't help but feel a liking for him.
Yu Xiangan said in a gentle voice: "Do you know where her hometown is? We are quite familiar with this place and can show you the way."
The smile on Clet's face became even brighter. "That's great. My words are not standard and they can't understand me. I asked other people but they didn't get there. I came here by following their path." He took out an old photo from his arms, and Yu Xiangan recognized it at a glance. Isn't that Capital University behind it?
So her home is near Capital University.
"We know where this is. Let's take you in."
"Great, what should I call you?"
"My name is Lin Chuanbai."
"Then can I call you Lin?"
"I am Yu Xiangan, his lover."
"Then I'll call you Yu."
Clet pointed at himself and said, "Lin, Yu, you call me Clet."
Yu Xiangan and his friends haven't bought anything yet, so if they want to buy more, they can do so at any time.
Touched by Clet's kindness, Yu Xiang'an and Lin Chuanbai acted as guides.
He walked around the area for a long time and took out his camera to take several photos: "From her description, I can be sure that this is it. This is her former home."
Now it has become home to many people.
Looking at the children hiding behind the door and looking at this place in secret, Yu Xiangan remained silent.
Lin Chuanbai: “My condolences.”
"I believe that she will reach heaven under the guidance of God and reunite with her family." Clet was sad for a while, but soon cheered up.
"Thank you for helping me lead the way."
Yu Xiangan: "You're welcome. Where are you going next?"
Clett touched his stomach and said, "Let's go eat. Do you have any recommendations?"
Yu Xiangan: "What a coincidence, I own a restaurant, the food tastes good, would you like to come and taste it?"
Clet smiled: "My pleasure."
Then he was curious: "If you didn't run a restaurant, I would have thought you were college students." Seeing that they were all young.
Lin Chuanbai smiled and said, "I am still a graduate student."
Clete gave a thumbs up: "You are this!"
Clet followed him to Yu Xiangan's restaurant.
He hesitated between hot pot and braised food and chose hot pot.
After he came in, the restaurant suddenly became quiet. Everyone turned their heads to look here. Yu Xiangan was shocked: "Everyone should eat and drink. Don't mind. These are foreign friends who come to eat."
With so many people staring at her, she was afraid of indigestion, so she took Clete into the box. Then he became a repeater, saying over and over again: "Oh my God, what is this? It's so delicious!"
"I've never eaten this before and it's so delicious, so good! I'm in love with it!"
Yu Xiangan listened with a mysterious smile on his face: "Thank you for the compliment."
"Thank you for the compliment."
This is something that foreign countries have to praise.
Being honest makes people feel comfortable.
Because there was a blond-haired, blue-eyed foreigner here, other people kept passing by this private room, just wanting to take a look at the Western scene through the crack in the door.
Clet has gotten used to it. He had the illusion that he was a monkey in the first two days after arriving in this country, but now he has learned to ignore it.
Lin Chuanbai had no choice but to stand up and close the door tightly, and asked the people outside to behave themselves.
Fortunately, no one showed up and pointed at him and called him a monster. If that had happened, it would have been suffocating.
But if someone really shouted like that, Clett might not understand it, as he could only understand relatively simple words.
Clett eats in a very good manner, and people who see him can't help but whet their appetites.
When they were almost done eating, Yu Xiangan asked, "Clete, after you graduate from college, are you going to go back and work?"
Clet took a sip of the soup with satisfaction: "Yes, I will go to help my uncle when I get back."
"Your uncle runs a company?"
"No, no, my uncle runs a supermarket."
"Is it the kind of supermarket that sells a lot of goods, including food, daily necessities, clothes, etc.?" "Yes, that kind."
Yu Xiangan nodded, watching him pick up the beef slices from the hot pot and dip them in the sauce she prepared. An idea suddenly occurred to her, and she asked him, "Do you think this sauce can be sold in supermarkets over there?"
Clet chewed the beef slices in his mouth and said without thinking, "Yu, it will definitely sell! It's so delicious, it would be strange if it doesn't sell."
He then thought of something, and after swallowing the food in his mouth, he raised his thumb and said, "Yu, where did you buy these seasonings? I want to buy some and bring them back, and ask my uncle and the others to try them."
Yu Xiangan smiled and narrowed his eyes: "I mixed this myself. It's very simple if you want it, but I need time to seal it."
Clayt's eyes widened, and the heterochromatic pupils became more obvious: "Did you mix this yourself?! God, you are really good at it."
“I own these restaurants and I’m also the chef here.”
Clet: "Yu, there is an idiom called knowing Mount Tai?"
Yu Xiangan laughed: "Are you trying to say that I didn't recognize Mount Tai?"
"Yes, yes, that's right. I heard my adoptive mother say that." His eyes sparkled as he looked at Yu Xiangan.
Lin Chuanbai interrupted and gave him a bottle of soy milk: "Try this."
Modesty is not something foreigners buy. Yu Xiangan said, "My cooking skills are indeed good. You have seen my restaurant. Business is OK, but it is not large. I want to expand it slowly. If your uncle has tasted the seasonings I made and wants to purchase some, I will trouble you."
Clete also thought about himself. That was his uncle's business. If he could bring a popular product, it would help him take root there faster. "Honey, do you have any samples that I can bring? I'll take them back and let my uncle taste them. Of course, you know, it's not that easy to cross borders."
Yu Xiangan: "I understand. I'm just asking if it's possible. If you ask me to sell the goods right now, I can't do it." She has nothing now.
Lin Chuanbai: “…”
Well, these two people don't need to think about anything else, all they have in their minds is either food or business.
Yu Xiangan and Clet exchanged contact information and agreed on a time to give him the food. After that, they did not talk about this topic anymore and continued to taste the food. When Clet left, Wei Funi came over and said, "Boss, do you know this foreigner? Are you speaking English? You are really good at speaking foreign languages. I can't understand you at all."
Lu Xiao also came over: "Boss, how did you two know each other? You seem to be very familiar with each other."
Aunt He: "This foreign guy is really tall, about 1.9 meters tall, right?"
The other guests also pricked up their ears. Yu Xiangan laughed: "We met when we were shopping. He wanted to go somewhere but didn't know the way, so we took him there. Then we asked him if he wanted to try the food here and came over."
Wei Funi exclaimed: "That means this is the first time you meet. I admire you!" I admire you so much that you can chat so well on your first meeting.
Their boss's communication skills are really amazing.
Lu Xiao: "What did you say in there?"
Yu Xiangan: "I told him about our country's food culture, and he was very amazed. He said he would come again if he had the chance, and asked me to make some seasonings and soup bases to bring back to his country."
"Wow!"
Everyone got excited all of a sudden.
"He also thinks our food is delicious."
"Of course. Otherwise, why would they want to bring them back all the way? They are going to take a plane back."
"You can also take a boat."
"No matter what, it was the good things passed down by our ancestors that attracted him..."
Although Clete had left, word had spread that foreigners had come here and praised the business, and their business had experienced a new peak.
The attitude towards foreigners is different now. Before, they were avoided like the plague. If a family had overseas connections, they would hide it and wish no one knew about it. Now it is different. It is a very self-flattering thing. Moreover, people generally think that the moon is rounder abroad. Foreigners come here to eat, so it must be good here. They also want to come here to try it and see what the food that foreigners come to eat is like.
Yu Xiangan looked at the bustling crowd: "..."
A pleasant surprise.
But now this foreigner's sign is really useful.
Moreover, the "preferential treatment" for foreigners will continue for more than ten or twenty years.
Perhaps she could find an opportunity to see if she could also put on a foreign investment sign.
Because of Clete's little episode, Yu Xiangan and Lin Chuanbai chose another day to go to the antique street and bought a lot of things.
There are porcelain, ancient calligraphy and paintings, pen holders, antiques and so on.
This time the things were not hidden but placed at home. Some were placed in the cabinets and some were placed in the bedroom. When the twins saw them, they touched and bumped them curiously. They also liked the nice-looking ones.
They are not ignorant anymore. Yu Xiangan asked them to be careful as some of the things could be easily broken, and they nodded obediently.
"Which one do you like? Next time your parents see it, can you buy some for them?"
Lin Yihong looked at a painting of flowers and birds: "I like this."
Lin Yining likes colorful vases with rich colors: "I like this one."
"Okay, Mommy got it."
Yu Xiangan wanted to leave them with an impression that he and his wife had been gradually adding these antiques to their home, otherwise it would be very abrupt if they took them out later.
There is no buying, only taking out, and it seems wrong no matter how I think about it.
But if they are always left with this impression, then they won't know what they have bought over the years, and it will be easy to fool people when they take out something in the future.
When Yu Xiangyan and Wen Ruzhen came, they saw these and lowered their voices, "I also picked some things to put away. As the saying goes, gold comes in troubled times, antiques come in prosperous times. If life continues to be so peaceful, the price will definitely go up. I will keep them as heirlooms for my three children in the future."
He looked at the number of new people in the room and gave a thumbs up, "She is worthy of being my sister."
He is so decisive. Look, he has only been in business for a short time, but he has already bought so many things for his home. It's like wholesale.
He had never asked Yu Xiangan how much money he made from his business in a month, but judging from the situation, he knew that it must be a lot, which made him feel relieved.
This sister earns a lot and lives a good life. When dad finds out about this, he will probably get beaten less often.
Yu Xiangan smiled and said, "Second brother, you are not bad either." He had foresight.
The brother and sister started praising each other, and Lin Chuanbai shook his head.
Wen Ruzhen smiled secretly.
The five children didn't pay any attention to this side. They all huddled in front of the TV, concentrating their attention.
After chatting and laughing for a while, Yu Xiangyan asked: "Xiao An, when are you going to tell Dad and the others?"
Yu Xiangan waved his hand: "No hurry, no hurry."
Yu Xiangyan sighed: "The longer you wait, the greater the possibility of being exposed. You better be careful. If Dad finds out from other people, it will just add fuel to the fire."
Yu Xiangan thought for a moment, remained silent, then smiled and looked at Yu Xiangyan: "...Take back what you said, stop being such a pessimist!"
Lin Houpu received letters from Lin Chuanbai and his old comrade-in-arms successively. The contents of the letters made him very angry. He didn't understand why his daughter-in-law would make such a choice, and this was not a request for opinion, she had already quit the job.
He has always known that his wife has her own ideas, but this idea of acting first and reporting later is too big. This is not a joke. She has a decent job with good pay, so why does she want to be a self-employed person?
Self-employed people can make money, but is money as important as power?
After Lin Duzhong learned the news, he looked at Lin Houpu's breathless look and sighed, "Come on, don't be angry. Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. Their children are so big now, they are not children anymore. They still need you to guide them from behind. Let them do whatever they want. If they encounter setbacks, it's not too late to turn back."
Lin Houpu was a little dissatisfied. "Dad, what are you saying? They are already this old, and you still say don't care. Do you think this matter can be ignored? They are not young people who have just started their careers."
Lin Duzhong: "Then how are you going to manage it? She has already resigned, so just watch. If she works hard and gets good grades, you don't have to worry about them not being able to support themselves. Your daughter-in-law is not without her own ideas. Besides, this is what the country is advocating, and we should support it by following the country's instructions."
Lin Houpu: “…”
Or maybe this son did not grow up in his presence and did not fulfill many responsibilities, so he does not have much confidence to discipline him. The relationship between them was not deep to begin with, and he was afraid that it would become even more shallow. There is another layer of separation, as she is his daughter-in-law, and as a father-in-law, it is not easy for him to speak up himself. Should he let Tiandong's mother go?
That doesn't work either.
Lin Houpu was helpless: "Then I'll take a look first."
Just one look at it, you can tell that the business is booming and making a lot of money every day.
Lin Duzhong smiled: "Look, look, I said that this grandson's daughter-in-law is a promising person, don't worry, there are top talents in every field."
Lin Houpu, "..."
Why do I feel like something is not right?
Will the daughter-in-law regret this?
Zhang Ying has already joined the army. Lin Tiandong is now a 16-year-old boy with his own ideas. He thinks it's nothing. "Dad, everyone has their own aspirations. You know my second sister-in-law's craftsmanship. She wants to carry forward this craft. At worst, don't we have my second brother? My second brother has graduated. Even if my second sister-in-law hits a wall, it doesn't matter. He can support the family."
His idea cannot be said to be unenlightened at this time.
But some people are not open-minded.
Wang Haiwen and Liu Mingyue did not take the initiative to tell other old classmates about Yu Xiangan's resignation to start a business, but others were a little slower and gradually found out about it.
When Ke Manyun found out about this, she lost her composure and knocked over the cup in her hand, spilling the water all over the floor. However, she didn't lose her focus at all. She held Wang Meng's hand and couldn't help but raise her voice, "Are you serious? She quit her job and went into the entertainment industry?!"
Wang Meng regretted what she said after seeing her reaction. It turned out that she didn't know. She thought she knew because she had often seen her with Sister Mingyue and the deputy monitor before.
"Are you serious? You're not kidding?"
Seeing that Wang Meng did not reply, Ke Manyun asked again.
Wang Meng nodded helplessly: "It's true, why would I lie to you, the store is near our school, someone saw that the store was doing a booming business when they went back to school, and they happened to see it when they went there to eat, the business was very good, and there were foreigners eating there."
Ke Manyun's tone was a little vague, "This is actually true, it's hard to imagine, what is she thinking?"
Wang Meng couldn't imagine it either. "I couldn't believe it when I found out about it."
Not many people have the courage to give up this iron rice bowl.
Ke Manyun murmured: "Even if the business is booming, so what? This job is not stable. When the people above say it is banned, then it will be banned. If things go wrong, it may be labeled with various labels. Now it is said that there is no problem with the ingredients, but who dares to say that this thing will not exist in the future? If it really exists, then it will be a loss..."
As she spoke, Ke Mengyun raised the corners of her mouth into a faint smile, then lowered it, "It's okay if you didn't know before, but now that you know, let's make an appointment to go and see the situation. We didn't send her a gift when she opened her business, and we are obviously good friends." She said this with some annoyance, and Wang Meng pouted when she heard this.
good friend?
Come on, isn’t it just an ordinary relationship between classmates?
It's almost the same as me. If they had a good relationship, she would definitely tell me. If I didn't tell her, it would be obvious that I have no self-awareness at all.
Among his classmates, Yu Xiangan did not specifically inform anyone of his opening. Only Wang Haiwen, Liu Mingyue and Xu Keke knew about it. Wang Haiwen and Liu Mingyue were too close to each other, so it was impossible for them not to know. Xu Ke had business dealings with them, so he also knew about it.
Other people gradually found out and asked her about it, and she never denied it.
She is doing business honestly and is not doing anything illegal, so why can't she say anything?
She will also set up a company and factory when the company is allowed to be established.
Knowing this "incredible" thing, Ke Manyun asked Liu Mingyue and Wang Meng to come together to support Yu Xiangan.
Speaking of this, she questioned Liu Mingyue why she didn't tell her.
Liu Mingyue spread her hands, "I've been busy lately and don't have much time. I specially asked for leave to tell you. There's no need for that. You'll know it sooner or later."
Ke Manyun: “…”
Feeling a little aggrieved.
It was only after so long that she found out.
Even if you're busy, you can still find some time.
Ke Manyun was shocked when they arrived at this place, but Liu Mingyue was not surprised. "There are so many people here. It's only during non-meal times that there are fewer people. Let's go in."
Ke Manyun looked around: "Where are we going?"
"Let's go for hotpot, and next time we'll go for braised food."
After entering, I was greeted with, “Welcome.”
Seeing Liu Mingyue, Wei Funi recognized her and took the initiative to greet her: "Comrade Liu, do you want to go to the private room? There is no one in the room."
Liu Mingyue nodded: "Let's go to the private room." Everyone here was waiting for a seat at the table. Since the private rooms had to pay extra, not many people would go there and would rather wait a little longer.
As Ke Manyun walked past the diners, she carefully looked at the items on their tables and their expressions.
There are usually several plates on the table, some filled with pig blood, some filled with offal, and some skewered with bamboo sticks.
There are both meat and vegetarian dishes.
Some people felt hot when eating, so they took off their coats and put them on the back of the chair and started eating enthusiastically.
The expressions on their faces couldn't be fake, the food must be delicious. And judging from their clothes, their family conditions couldn't be too bad.
After entering the private room, Yu Xiangan came over and asked, "You are here, what do you want to eat today?"
Liu Mingyue said without hesitation: "Spicy hot pot!"
Yu Xiangan smiled and said, "A batch of fresh fish and shrimp just arrived. Do you want to go?"
Liu Mingyue: "Of course, and I'll give you a non-spicy soup base." Liu Mingyue asked Wang Meng and Ke Manyun, "What soup base do you want?"
Wang Meng looked at Yu Xiangan and said, "It depends on the chef's recommendation."
Yu Xiangan: "Then let's have some beef brisket soup. Today's beef brisket is pretty good and it's not available every day. You're in for a treat today."
Ke Manyun was feeling a little down, but when she saw Yu Xiangan, who was in high spirits, she was not at all nervous. Needless to say, it could be seen from her complexion and smile that she was very happy.
Ke Manyun couldn't understand how she could still be so happy after losing her stable job and becoming a self-employed person who was ordered around by others.
"I'll go get two side dishes first, and give each of you a glass of pear juice as a gift."
Yu Xiangan went out, leaving three people in the box.
Wang Meng sighed: "It looks like a big scale, with a lot of people, so the income must be quite a lot. Did she tell me how much money she can make in a month now?"
Ke Manyun immediately pricked up her ears.
Yes, how much?
Liu Mingyue: "I haven't asked, but she should have made a lot of money. I heard her say before that she wanted to go to the Southern Special Zone after the New Year."
Wang Meng's tone was somewhat envious: "That must be a lot. I have a cousin who also went to the Special Administrative Region to make a living this year. I didn't say how much he could earn there, but he came back some time ago and brought two tape recorders. I gave one to his parents and the other to my grandmother."
Ke Manyun was stunned for a moment. "A tape recorder costs more than a hundred dollars. How long has he been gone? Did he say what he was doing?"
"Yes, it cost more than one hundred yuan. He went there for a few months. I think he was selling clothes. Look at the clothes I'm wearing. They look nice, right? They were given to me by him. He was a temporary worker here before. He made less than twenty yuan a month, and most of it was spent by him. That money must have been earned by him there." Wang Meng said with certainty.
Ke Manyun was silent. If calculated in this way, he must be earning more than three figures a month. Otherwise, why would he buy two tape recorders at once, which was higher than her salary.
Doing business, making money so much?!
There is a store here, so it should be more profitable than setting up a stall. Wouldn’t it be possible to make several hundred dollars a month?
Ke Manyun's breathing became rapid, and the joy in her heart was like being poured with a bucket of cold water, chilling her heart to the core.
Not long after, Yu Xiangan came over with two plates of side dishes, and then Wei Funi brought over a spicy soup base, and then a beef brisket soup base, and then one after another, the dishes were served.
"It's rare for you to come over, so we'll give you 20% off today."
Liu Mingyue smiled and said, "That's great. If you don't take advantage of an opportunity, you're a bastard."
Wang Meng also thanked her: "Thank you, Sister An. Next time I bring my family here, I will let them taste Sister An's cooking skills."
Ke Manyun's mind was not here. She bit her lip and said anxiously, "I heard that you are still planning to go to the Special Administrative Region. Is that true?"
Yu Xiangan didn't say it was a sure thing. "I want to go, but I haven't decided yet. Let's see first."
Ke Manyun lowered her voice: "I think you can find another way out." She said seriously: "Your business is booming now, but you can't just focus on the present. It's winter now. In summer, people won't like to eat this. It's too hot. Find another way out and make plans early. Going to the south is too far. It's not safe for you as a woman. If something unexpected happens, you will be sorry for your man and children. We women should be honest and do our duty."
Liu Mingyue and Wang Meng: "..."
asphyxia.
This may seem to be fine at first glance, but upon closer inspection, there is a big problem!
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