early morning.
Outside a roadside hotel.
Father Liu looked at his son who was on the phone and asked, "How is it? Where did your sister say that?"
"Yeah, okay." Liu Qingyun said to the other end of the phone, hung up the phone, turned around and said, "My sister said she will be here soon, let's wait a few more minutes."
"Oh! That's good, that's good." Liu's mother nodded and smiled, carrying a bag on her shoulder. Liu's father squatted on the side of the road, smoking a cigarette without saying a word, looking into the distance, not knowing what he was thinking.
The three of them waited for a while, but seeing that there was still no car coming, they gradually became anxious.
"No one else is coming with your sister, leaving us here alone. We are unfamiliar with the place and don't know how to hurry..." Father Liu muttered in a low voice with a hunched body. His sallow face drooped and his eyes flashed with a hint of complaint.
Mother Liu looked out with a frown on her face, then hesitantly said to her son, Liu Qingyun, "Son, you should call your sister again to see where she is now."
Liu Qingyun was about to persuade her when he heard this, but he had just made a call and asked her to wait, when the phone in his hand rang.
"Ding-ling-ling~"
He glanced at the caller ID, answered the call and said, "Hello, sister."
"I've seen you. I'm in a taxi. Come over here." Liu Miaomiao's voice came from the other end of the phone.
As he said this, Andy Lau looked up and saw a blue taxi parked on the side of the road.
He had good eyesight and saw Liu Miaomiao sitting in the passenger seat looking over here.
"Mom and Dad, hurry up, my sister is here to pick us up." Andy Lau turned around and greeted his father and mother, and the three of them hurriedly got into the taxi.
Liu Miaomiao did not take the people back to the house she rented, but took them to a chain hotel near the university town, asked the front desk to open two rooms for them, took the keys and took the three people upstairs.
"Nier, what are you doing?" Liu's mother asked when she saw Liu Miaomiao taking the key and walking upstairs.
Liu Qingyun was the first to speak when he heard this: "Mom, my sister is taking us to a hotel and has booked a room for us."
Father Liu followed behind Mother Liu with a serious expression on his face and didn't say anything until he entered the room upstairs and saw the clean and bright environment. Then his expression looked a little better.
"Dad, Mom, Qingyun, put your things down first. I'll take you to eat something."
Liu Miaomiao kept a calm expression on her face throughout. Looking at her father Liu who was looking around the room, and her mother Liu who was standing there somewhat stiffly, she spoke.
"Qingyun, this key is for you." Liu Miaomiao said and handed over the key to the next room.
Liu Qingyun took it and put it in his pocket, then said with a smile: "Sister, wait a minute, I'll help mom put the things down, and then we'll go out."
Mr. and Mrs. Liu were carrying several large packages, which looked bulging and they didn't know what they were. After putting them away, Liu Miaomiao took a few people downstairs to have breakfast.
Seeing that everyone had almost finished eating, she paid the bill for breakfast and said calmly, "Mom and Dad, go to the hotel and rest after you finish eating. I'll discuss other matters when I get back tonight."
Father Liu was sipping his soup when he heard this. His expression changed. He slammed the table and said angrily, "How can you talk like that, little bitch? Your father and mother came all the way here, and this is how you treat me?"
The sound was so loud that everyone else in the breakfast shop immediately looked towards their table.
Liu Miaomiao's uncontrollable emotions surged up again, this time with a mixture of sadness and grievance. Her expression grew colder, and she said, "Dad, I have something else to do later. If there's anything, I'll go to the hotel tonight and we can talk slowly."
After she finished speaking, she didn't wait for Liu's father to respond and said to Liu Qingyun: "Qingyun, take your parents back to the hotel later."
After Liu Miaomiao said this, she stood up and turned away without looking at their expressions.
In the breakfast shop, Father Liu's face was filled with anger as he was stopped by Mother Liu. He angrily said, "Look at your daughter. She's really grown up and become more capable. What kind of attitude is this towards her father? What kind of attitude is this?"
Liu Qingyun was sitting across the table, feeling a little embarrassed when he saw the looks from the other people in the breakfast shop. He quickly stood up and said, "Dad, my sister has gone far away, let's stop shouting."
He and Liu's mother comforted Liu's father and sat him down, saying, "Dad, if you have anything to say, let's talk about it when we get home tonight."
When Liu's father saw Liu Miaomiao walking away, he sat down and stopped calling her. He finished the remaining breakfast and asked his son to take him back to the hotel, preparing to sort things out with his ignorant daughter in the evening.
…
Liu Miaomiao, who had already walked far away, didn't know what her father Liu was planning, and even if she knew, she wouldn't care.
She knew that her father was the kind of man who looked strong on the outside but was actually weak, and who bullied the weak and feared the strong.
Normally, he only dares to show off in front of his wife and daughter. She is not the original owner and does not let her father tell her what to do.
"Good morning, Sister Miaomiao."
When she entered the store, a thin boy greeted her.
Liu Miaomiao smiled and nodded: "Good morning."
The thin boy is called Xiaolin, and he is also a college student working part-time in Liu Miaomiao's store. He doesn't talk much but works very efficiently and is also very polite.
When Liu Miaomiao came in, she found that the tables and chairs in the store were all set up. She watched Xiaolin washing the newly delivered vegetables without saying anything, and also started to process the fresh meat.
The store has now signed contracts with several merchants in the nearby vegetable market, and fresh ingredients are delivered every day, so she no longer has to go through the trouble of buying them every day.
But apart from that, there is a lot of work in the store, and she needs to start early every day to prepare braised meat and other things in preparation for the lunch opening.
Liu Miaomiao has been looking at the rising sales these days and is considering hiring a few more full-time employees to help out in the store. With more people, she can open a food delivery platform, and the customer base should then increase further.
As the two of them worked non-stop, time gradually approached noon.
At around ten o'clock in the morning, Liu Miaomiao opened the lid of the extra-large rice cooker, and the tempting aroma of braised meat slowly spread throughout the store.
Seeing that the stew was almost done, she turned around and said, "Xiao Lin, come over and eat first."
In restaurants like theirs, employees are so busy at noon that they don't have time to eat. Liu Miaomiao simply arranged for her employees to eat in the restaurant in the morning.
"I understand, Sister Miaomiao."
Upon hearing this, Xiaolin smiled and served himself some rice. He came over to get some braised meat, found a seat in the store and started eating.
Xiaoyou, the part-time girl from yesterday, took a leave of absence. Today, there are only two of them in the store, so they will probably be busy until very late.
After Liu Miaomiao finished speaking, she also filled a large bowl, sat down and started eating.
As soon as the two of them finished eating, customers began to appear in the restaurant.
"I want two servings of braised pork rice and a cold vegetable platter."
"Sixty-five dollars in total."
"I want a braised pork rice."
“…”
Xiaolin placed orders and received customers at the front desk, while Liu Miaomiao went to the kitchen to prepare meals according to the orders. The two of them gradually became busy in the store.
When the business ended for the day, Liu Miaomiao looked at the time and it was already ten o'clock in the evening.
"Xiao Lin, it's getting late, you should go back first."
"Sister, I'll be leaving first." Xiaolin said goodbye to her as he left.
Liu Miaomiao nodded and continued to calculate the income and the situation of various vegetables.
When she finally left, it was already half past ten.
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