Chapter 104
Tang Haikuan pushed his bicycle and entered the yard through the gate with Chuxia.
They entered the front yard and parked the bicycle by the side of the road. Chuxia held the bicycle while Tang Haikuan took down the sacks hanging on the front bar of the bicycle and next to the rear rack, and carried the sacks into the inner yard.
Empty the vegetables from the sacks at the stone trough in the inner courtyard.
Chuxia and Tang Haikuan took a small stool and sat down, taking the time to pick and wash the vegetables.
In the west room, Xu Lihua glanced outside, then looked away and muttered softly, "It's a nice yard, but you keep doing these things all day long, without considering whether other families can stand it."
Of course, because the yard belonged to the Tang family, no matter how dissatisfied she was or how uncomfortable she felt, she couldn't really go out and say anything. She could only keep it in her heart.
If I say this, I will inevitably be chased out by the Tang family out of shame.
If they had another house to live in, they would not stay here and suffer the humiliation from the Tang family.
Han Qingtian and Han Lei from the east room had gone to work, and the two children finished their breakfast and went out to play with their classmates in the alley. Han Ting and Su Yun had not gotten up yet, and Wang Cuiying and Li Lan were working.
Wang Cuiying and Li Lan had no objection to the Tang family cooking meat and vegetables in the yard.
The day before yesterday, they were gossiping, saying that the Tang family made so many vegetables a day and were not afraid that they would not be able to sell them and would rot at home. But now they have stopped gossiping. Every time they look out from the house, their eyes are filled with unconcealable envy and jealousy.
He looked once more and then looked away. Just then, the door of the room opened and Su Yun came out.
Seeing Su Yun, Wang Cuiying said unhappily, "Whose wife is like you, sleeping until the sun is high and getting up at noon? In the whole Tianxian Temple, there is no wife worse than you."
Su Yun said indifferently: "Haven't you heard of the saying? A pot should be matched with its lid. Your son is only worthy of someone like me. Isn't your son still sleeping? Why don't you say anything about your son?"
Wang Cuiying was so angry that Su Yun had already gone out with the toiletries.
Han Ting also came out of the room at this time, taking the toothbrush and going out to wash up.
Standing beside the stone trough, Han Ting greeted Tang Haikuan.
Tang Haikuan glanced at him and responded simply.
Han Ting turned on the tap to get some water, and then said, "Uncle, if there's anything I can help you with, just ask."
Tang Haikuan looked at him and said with a smile: "Oh, no need, Xiaolin will be here soon."
Hearing this, Han Ting did not respond.
Su Yun stood beside him and laughed twice with clear voices.
Han Ting was already unhappy when he heard Lin Xiaohan's laughter, and Su Yun's laughter naturally irritated him even more.
He turned and looked at Su Yun with a dark face. Su Yun put away the smile on her face and rolled her eyes at him. She quickly brushed her teeth and washed her face, went back to the room, put down the washbasin, and went into the kitchen to find something to eat.
Han Ting was not in the mood to eat, so he washed up and went out.
Ran had just walked to the steps inside the second gate and had not yet stepped on the steps when he ran into Lin Xiaohan who came in from the front yard.
Han Ting has been unhappy with Lin Xiaohan these past two days, especially since he had just been upset.
Now that they met head-on, his expression naturally became even more gloomy.
But Lin Xiaohan smiled and greeted him, "Go out?"
This smile and this greeting are clearly a provocation and show-off from a villain.
Han Ting looked at Lin Xiaohan without saying anything, but Tang Haikuan in the yard had already spoken, calling Lin Xiaohan, "Xiao Lin is here."
Lin Xiaohan ignored Han Ting and went down the stairs, passing by him and entering the yard, saying, "Sorry, uncle. I was a little late because of something I had to do today."
Tang Haikuan said: "It's okay, just mind your own business if you have something to do."
Lin Xiaohan said: "I'm done with my work. It's alright now."
Han Ting stood there for a while.
I couldn't help but sneer - he was really good at pretending, but I didn't know how long he could pretend.
If Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei knew his true face, and knew that he was a cold-blooded, selfish and profit-seeking person at heart, I wonder if they would still like him as much as they do now, and be so warm and polite to him, allowing him to get so close to Chu Xia.
By the clear lake.
Han Ting, Chaozi and Guogai sat shoulder to shoulder on the lush green slope.
Chaozi picked up a stone and threw it into the lake. With a thud, ripples appeared on the surface of the lake.
Guogai looked at Han Ting and said, "Then Brother Ting, find a chance to talk to Uncle Haikuan and Aunt Xuemei and let them know who the guy with the surname Lin is."
Han Ting was spinning a piece of grass in his hand.
He looked at the rippling lake and said, "You know how good that Lin is at acting. He has Uncle Haikuan and Aunt Xuemei fooled around. If I go and tell Uncle Haikuan, they may not believe me. They may even think I'm trying to sow discord."
Guogai also picked up a stone and threw it onto the lake. "You said Chuxia too. She knew what kind of person he was, but she still stayed close to him and even stayed with him until now."
Chaozi continued, "She is a bit stubborn. As long as she has decided on someone or something, no matter what others say, it will not work. When she decided on Brother Ting, wasn't she also..."
At this point, he suddenly remembered that this matter was the biggest thorn in Han Ting's heart and the biggest regret in his heart. He quickly stopped talking and didn't continue speaking. He picked up a stone and threw it into the lake.
***
Zhengyang Hotel.
Tang Haikuan opened the door from inside the restaurant, stood at the door and shouted enthusiastically to the guests waiting in line for dinner, officially starting a new busy day.
Because Wu Xuemei went to work, only Chu Xia, Lin Xiaohan and Tang Haikuan were busy in the restaurant today. But with the experience of yesterday, I was able to get busy without any panic.
There are still many customers coming to eat today, especially at noon and after get off work in the afternoon.
In addition to taking care of these things in the restaurant today, I also have to deal with reporters who come to interview us.
Perhaps there were too many customers yesterday, so the reporter did not conduct any interviews.
It’s not easy to do an interview under the circumstances today.
Because there were still a lot of customers, it was not possible to conduct a proper interview inside the restaurant, and the reporter wanted to interview Tang Haikuan, so Chuxia opened the kitchen window and let the reporter stand outside the window for the interview.
The reporter first asked some questions about what would happen after the restaurant officially opened.
The main question is whether there are any difficulties after the opening. Because they are a trial household, the reporter is more concerned about the specific difficulties that may arise during the operation.
Tang Haikuan answered while cooking.
After answering, the reporter suddenly asked more questions and asked him some practical questions.
The reporter learned that the reason his family insisted on opening this restaurant was that Tang Haikuan was unemployed and couldn't find a job, so he wanted to go back to his old business and solve his unemployment problem.
The reporter asked curiously, "We all know that many educated youth cannot find jobs after returning to the city. Did you have a job before? How did you suddenly become unemployed?"
Mentioning this, Tang Haikuan sighed, "It's a long story."
The reporter felt that the question was correct, so he asked, "Then please tell me briefly."
Tang Haikuan did not hide anything and told the reason for his unemployment.
The reporter heard the meaning behind his words and asked, "You mean, the responsibility for this matter is not entirely yours. It was your colleague who relied on the fact that he was a relative of the factory director and the head of the security department and bullied you. You couldn't help but have a conflict with him. Because he was a relative of the factory director and the head of the security department, they pushed all the responsibility onto you, fired you, and ended the matter."
Tang Haikuan said: "I dare not say anything nonsense about this."
The reporter understood and did not ask any further questions.
Chuxia was cutting vegetables and making side dishes nearby.
After listening to what Tang Haikuan and the reporter said, she stopped what she was doing and was stunned for a long time.
When she learned that Tang Haikuan was fired, she asked the reason. Tang Haikuan only told her that he lost control of his temper and got into a fight with someone. He did not elaborate on the process. She did not expect it to be like this.
Chuxia was in a daze when she suddenly heard a noisy sound coming from the alley.
She came back to her senses, looked outside and asked curiously, "What's wrong?"
The reporter turned and looked over.
He said with a "whoosh": "Here comes a foreigner."
Not long after he finished speaking, the foreigner he was talking about appeared outside the window.
The foreigner was dressed very elegantly, with his hair combed meticulously, wearing a suit and tie. He stood out among the other people in the alley.
He also brought an interpreter.
After exchanging a few words with him, Chuxia found out that he was a foreign journalist who came to interview.
So Chuxia accepted his interview through the window.
After the interview, the foreigner took a few photos of the alley and the restaurant.
After the foreigners came to interview on that day, related news reports appeared in foreign authoritative newspapers the next day, letting foreigners know about this first private restaurant that appeared in the alley.
After this report was published, it naturally attracted more reporters from other countries to the restaurant, and also attracted ambassadors from other countries to come and try out the new food.
The fact that foreigners came to eat became a new novelty.
This series of chain reactions has also made the restaurant more and more popular and well-known.
So in the next few days, the restaurant's business became more and more popular.
Of course, whether the customers are from China or abroad, it does not affect what Chuxia and his family do every day.
They still buy and wash vegetables every day, open the store on time, and then start their busy day, cooking as many tables of food as they can and entertaining as many customers as they can.
If a reporter came to interview me, I would just give a few simple answers through the window.
***
Another busy day has ended.
In the dark night, Chuxia accompanied Lin Xiaohan to the entrance of the alley.
After exiting the alley, Lin Xiaohan stopped pushing the cart and said to Chu Xia, "Okay, let's go back."
Because it took a relatively long time from applying for a license to officially opening a restaurant, there were not many days left in Chuxia and Lin Xiaohan's summer vacation after the restaurant officially opened.
Today is the last day.
So Chu Xia didn't respond immediately and turned back. Instead, she looked at Lin Xiaohan and said, "School starts tomorrow. You don't need to help anymore. Take a good rest and prepare to go back to school."
School will start tomorrow and classes will officially start the day after tomorrow.
Lin Xiaohan said: "I will come over tomorrow and go to school with you."
Chu Xia looked at him and asked again: "You have been busy with us for so many days, aren't you tired?"
Lin Xiaohan said, "I didn't do much. I just helped run errands. I didn't run for a few days, so it wasn't tiring. I also wanted to see if there would be any foreigners coming tomorrow to broaden my horizons."
Chuxia couldn't help laughing.
There was no need for her to beat around the bush with Lin Xiaohan, so she looked at Lin Xiaohan and asked, "Tell me, you've helped our family so much, how do you want me to thank you this time?"
Lin Xiaohan looked at Chu Xia and asked, "Do I really have to do this just to make you thank me?"
Chu Xia said, "What else? Did you predict that foreigners would come to eat here, so you came here to experience life and see foreigners?"
Lin Xiaohan also smiled.
Then he looked at Chu Xia and said seriously: "Because I like the atmosphere in your home, I am very happy to have this opportunity to work with you guys."
Chu Xia looked at Lin Xiaohan in a daze.
So, when he came to her house to pay New Year's greetings on the first day of the Lunar New Year, wasn't the happiness he showed in front of Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei fake? Is it because he is really happy?
So, deep down in his heart, he actually longs for the warmth of family.
I thought about it for a while.
Chu Xia curved her eyebrows and smiled at Lin Xiaohan and replied, "Okay, see you tomorrow."
Lin Xiaohan responded: "Okay, I'll go back now, see you tomorrow."
Chu Xia smiled and said, "I'll watch you go first this time."
Lin Xiaohan didn't argue with her. He got in the car, stepped on the pedal, and waved to Chu Xia as he left.
Chuxia also stood there and waved to him, watching him ride away into the night.
Then she turned and went home, humming a few songs in the night.
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