"Aunt Fang, you don't need to wait for me so late. It's just a few earthenware pots, there's nothing much to clean up. You can clean them up tomorrow."
Lin Zhou opened the door and saw Aunt Fang sitting on the sofa knitting a scarf. She was both touched and helpless.
"It's okay. I'm getting old and don't need much sleep. I slept for a while last night, but woke up in the middle of the night and was just waiting for you to come back. Are you tired?"
Aunt Fang put the needle and thread aside and said.
Lin Zhou nodded and then shook his head.
I've never experienced this before, where someone is home with the lights on and waiting for me no matter how late it is. Now that I have, it feels a bit strange.
"I'm not tired. They sold out not long after I arrived. I won't have any late-night snacks; I'm not hungry yet."
"Who wouldn't love the chef's skills?"
"Pfft, Aunt Fang, how did you get corrupted by Xiao Li?"
Originally, he often went out to set up a stall. The housekeeper and the two aunts were middle-aged and didn't know how to speak the language of young people.
Ever since Xiao Li came, he's been showing them his news online every day, and it's changed the way everyone talks.
"I think that's very true."
Aunt Fang nodded affirmatively after she finished speaking.
As soon as Fantuan came back, it went to sleep in the doghouse in the living room on its own, showing that the coach's training was beginning to show results.
Lin Zhou smiled helplessly, told Aunt Fang to get some rest, and then went back to his room to take a shower and go to bed.
The following Thursday and Friday, Lin Zhou, unable to bear disappointing the students, still went to set up a stall at the school gate.
Since students don't have classes on Saturdays, Lin Zhou plans to find a different place to write.
At 7 p.m., after having dinner and resting for a while, I set up my stall.
This time, there was no place to set up a stall, so after wandering around, he stopped at the entrance of a residential area again.
Because the entrance to this residential area was very lively, a group of people were gathered there, I don't know what they were doing.
Lin Zhou was also someone who liked to join in the fun.
He parked the tricycle, but didn't go inside; there were too many people, chattering away, and he didn't know what to say.
Just as I was about to ask someone, I saw someone walking over.
What a coincidence!
"Hey bro, do you know what happened?"
Lin Zhou was extremely curious. He saw everyone gathered in one place, and he also saw a fire truck with black smoke billowing out.
It looked like there was a fire somewhere, but there were too many people gathered around, and he couldn't see it. It was so frustrating!
"Yes, I know. How much is your Bobo Chicken?"
"Vegetarian is three yuan, meat is five yuan, what happened?"
"Give me a few skewers, this one, that one... It's on fire."
"Okay, be more specific, bro."
"The supermarket warehouse at the entrance of the community caught fire. When the owner went in to get goods, he accidentally threw a cigarette butt on the ground and failed to extinguish it, which caused the fire."
"Oh my god, wouldn't that be a huge loss?"
Lin Zhou was incredibly surprised as he packed the food for the man.
"He actually went to the warehouse to smoke! How could this boss be so careless!"
Lin Zhou was enjoying the gossip, and since there was someone in the know nearby, they started chatting about it.
"Hey, the boss was dozing off. Just then, someone came to buy something, and since we were out of stock, we went to the warehouse to look for it. He lit a cigarette to perk himself up and didn't notice anything."
The man paid and chatted while eating.
Lin Zhou felt increasingly uneasy as he listened.
"Dude, how do you know so much about this?"
The man was clearly surprised and delighted to find such delicious Sichuan-style boiled chicken when he just wanted to grab a bite to calm his nerves.
"No, boss, your Bo Bo Chicken is really good, it's fragrant and spicy."
"Ah, he's the supermarket owner."
Lin Zhou was completely dumbfounded when the man finished speaking in such a nonchalant tone.
I glanced at the shops not far away, still belching black smoke, and the onlookers pointing and whispering.
Then the supermarket owner actually came to eat at the roadside stall like a passerby, and even had the mind to gossip with him.
Lin Zhou was puzzled and greatly shocked.
"Bro, that's awesome! What's your surname?"
"My surname is Yang, Yang Ruoli."
"Boss, give me some more dried bamboo shoots and chicken. The chicken is delicious, and so is the tripe. It tastes amazing when eaten with the dried bamboo shoots."
Lin Zhou looked at Yang Ruoli a beat late, somewhat puzzled.
Who is this person with such a strong mental fortitude? The warehouse burned down, and they can still eat Bo Bo Chicken right there as if nothing happened.
I'm incredibly impressed.
"My surname is Lin, Lin Zhou, okay."
Lin Zhou finished his self-introduction in a daze and handed over the skewers that Yang Ruoli had ordered.
"Boss Lin!"
Upon hearing Lin Zhou's name and tasting the flavor in her mouth, Yang Ruoli called out with great certainty.
Lin Zhou only snapped out of his daze when he heard "Boss Lin," realizing he had inadvertently given himself away!
But once it's exposed, it's exposed.
He was still shocked.
"It's me, brother. You're ruthless!"
Seeing Lin Zhou's surprised expression, Yang Ruoli remained calm.
"Sigh, I'm actually upset too, but I don't show it much. It's already burned down, but thankfully the damage wasn't too great. The fire was brought under control in time, and it only burned the warehouse and didn't spread. So I don't have to pay anyone else, and I'm already very grateful. I really can't sleep during my next shift. I'll just take it as a lesson learned."
Yang Ruoli is someone who doesn't make things difficult for herself.
What's done is done; we should try our best to undo it.
What has already happened cannot be changed; the only thing to do is adjust oneself.
"You have such a great attitude, I want to learn from you."
Yang Ruoli laughed again when she heard Lin Zhou's words.
"The famous Boss Lin is so well-known, and this fire even introduced me to him. I have to say, he really knew how to start this fire!"
"puff!"
Seeing that he still had the mind to joke, Lin Zhou was amused.
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