"Boss, you're awake."
"Well, you made all these dishes?"
"Um."
"You have talent. I tried it and it tastes good."
"Do you think that the assistant you hired is the right choice for you?"
"Yes." Lin Can said with a smile, "How long will it take before it opens?"
"Also, this fish cake is ready to eat. It's delicious."
"Looking forward to it. I'm going to taste it later."
After a while, Tiffany served tea and sat down. Before eating, she put her hands together and prayed over her heart, then said, "Boss, you can start eating now."
"Yeah." Lin Can nodded. Many of the women around him had faith, faiths of various ethnic groups. Ayere would also pray before meals, but it was a prayer for peace or something like that.
Tiffany is different. They pray before eating to thank God for the delicious food.
Haha, Lin Can actually has some opinions on this.
I pay you a salary, and you work hard to earn the food, plus you work hard in the kitchen to prepare this delicious meal. Why should you thank God for the gift?
Have opinions, but don't mention them; don't participate in other people's beliefs or cultures.
Beep, beep, beep~
Lin Can's phone rang. It was Brother Chao calling.
After dinner.
The two of them played badminton in the yard for a while. Since they had to go to school the next day, they returned to the house early, took a shower and prepared to go to bed.
"Boss, you can sleep in the master bedroom. I'll sleep in the second bedroom. Bye."
"Um."
They each went to sleep in their room.
Before going to bed, Lin Can hesitated whether to call Xie Wanlian to ask when she would be back.
But her grandmother was in poor health, so Lin Can didn't urge her.
…
Heilongjiang Province, Daxinganling Mountains, Xiaohe Village.
It is a bungalow. The house is not big, but it is well maintained and looks like a home.
"Thank you, Aunt Niu."
"You're welcome. I'm going to sell pine nuts tomorrow anyway, so I'll ask your Uncle Niu to go with me. Don't worry, I'll give the money to your grandma when the time comes. You can go back to school without worry."
"I'm going home first."
"Slow down, it's dark."
"Um."
Xie Wanlian walked home holding a flashlight. It was already late at night. There were no street lights in the village. There were only the sounds of dogs barking and pigs squealing in the pigpen.
It was so late because Xie Wanlian had finished everything she needed to do today. She had processed all the pine cones she had picked during this period and carried them to Aunt Niu's house, asking her to help buy some tomorrow in exchange for some money to supplement the family income.
She was a girl who could not sit still. As soon as she got home, she used a ladder to climb onto the bungalow. She was afraid that it was the roof, so she got some cement and polypropylene materials and began to repair the leaking roof.
She can do everything, and even if she can't, she has to. This is her life.
It was almost half past ten after all this. Xie Wanlian finally got down from the ladder and returned to the house with satisfaction. Seeing that her grandmother was still awake, lying on the bed in a daze, Xie Wanlian washed her hands and walked in, saying, "Grandma, why aren't you asleep yet?"
Grandma Xie: "You haven't slept yet."
"I'll take a bath and go to bed. Grandma, you go to bed first."
"good."
Xie Wanlian helped her grandmother lie down, gently closed the door, and went to take a bath. This time when she came back, she did a big thing for the family and installed a solar water heater. From now on, her grandmother would not have to go out in the dark to boil water for a bath.
Although Grandma Xie's eyesight is poor, she is very familiar with this house. She can do many things by herself, including cooking and boiling water.
It's just difficult and easy to get hurt.
Xie Wanlian came out of the shower and heard a cough coming from the bedroom. She hurried in and asked nervously, "Grandma, what's wrong with you?"
"It's okay, just a few coughs." Grandma Xie forced a smile, "Go to sleep."
"If you feel uncomfortable, you must tell me."
"good."
Grandma Xie nodded, and Xie Wanlian went back to her room to sleep.
"Cough..." Grandma Xie covered her mouth and coughed violently, but she didn't let herself make any sound so as not to be heard by her granddaughter.
Because she has to go back to school tomorrow, and because her old bones have been delayed for a whole semester, Grandma Xie feels guilty and doesn't want to delay her any longer. She must go to school. Only by studying can she have a way out and escape from this mountain village. As for her death, she will die, it doesn't matter.
The most simple and selfless thought of a simple old man is to hope that his granddaughter will be well.
…
The next morning.
At the door.
"Grandma, I'm going to school. I still have ten days left. I'll be back as soon as the holiday starts."
"good."
Grandma Xie touched Xie Wanlian's face with her old hands, remembering this face.
"grandmother."
Xie Wanlian hugged her grandmother and choked a few times. Every time they were about to separate, she was reluctant to leave her grandmother behind.
But there are always many things in life that are hard to let go of, and she can't do anything about it. Besides, if grandma doesn't go to Yunchuan, she will stay in her hometown. Everyone wants to stay in their hometown when they get old, just like fallen leaves will return to their roots.
After saying goodbye reluctantly, Xie Wanlian disappeared at the entrance of the village, looking back every three steps. Although the blind old woman could not see, she kept looking at that place.
…
The next morning.
Lin Can came to school and when passing by the cafeteria, he glanced inadvertently and saw Xie Wanlian and Zijin walking out of the cafeteria talking and laughing.
"Hmm?" Lin Can walked up to Xie Wanlian, looked her over, and pinched his face. "Alive?"
"It hurts~" Xie Wanlian rubbed her face.
"Sure, Boss Xie has become so powerful now that he didn't even inform me to pick me up when he returned?"
"How dare I notify Young Master Lin to come and pick me up? I dare not, I dare not." Xie Wanlian joked. After all, she was back to school and she couldn't be sad all the time.
Besides, poor people can also be happy, and they don’t necessarily have to act poor.
Zijin: "I didn't tell you because I was afraid you would fly a special plane to pick me up."
Lin Can: "If you said it earlier, it would be fine. But yesterday, it wouldn't be fine. My plane is not in the country right now. I sent Lin Miaomiao to France yesterday."
Xie Wanlian's eyes widened: "Lin Miaomiao?"
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