Gu Shi simply held Lin Qingyu in his arms without making any further moves.
Lin Qingyu felt her arm was almost numb from being pressed down, so she carefully turned her head to look at Gu Shi.
Unexpectedly, Gu Shi fell asleep on her in that position.
"I thought you wouldn't get tired!"
Lin Qingyu said in a low voice, while also feeling sorry for Gu Shi, who was the pillar of the family and worked so hard.
After much effort, Lin Qingyu moved the company to the bed and then fetched water to wipe Gu Shi's body. After all that fuss, Gu Shi showed no sign of waking up.
It's clear that Gu Shi has been truly exhausted lately.
After covering Gu Shi's stomach, Lin Qingyu tiptoed out of the house.
When they arrived in the living room, Li Xiuhua was indeed still there, not asleep.
"Mom, why are you still busy? It's almost midnight, you should go to sleep!"
She saw Li Xiuhua doing something, with an embroidery needle in her right hand and a piece of cloth in her left, sitting on the sofa very intently.
Li Xiuhua said without looking up, "It's nothing, I just made something for Xiao Bei."
Seeing how seriously she was working, with her eyes practically glued to the cloth, Lin Qingyu took two steps forward and snatched the cloth from her hands.
"Mom, you should rest! Doing this will hurt your eyes, and you might go blind!"
Li Xiuhua wouldn't let go either, stubbornly wanting to finish the task before going to sleep.
"Mother, listen to me, do you remember Granny Wang from the village? It's because she always does these things that her eyesight has deteriorated!"
Back in Lihua Village, everyone was poor, and there wasn't even electricity at night.
Those who could afford it could light a kerosene lamp, but those who were poor couldn't even afford one and would just crawl into bed and sleep as soon as it got dark.
The old lady Wang that Lin Qingyu mentioned was very famous for her needlework in Lihua Village and even the surrounding villages.
Some people would give Granny Wang some food and ask her to help sew clothes or other things.
Her family was so poor they couldn't even afford kerosene lamps, so she would work overtime before it got too dark, and gradually her eyesight deteriorated to the point where she could barely see.
Upon hearing this, Li Xiuhua felt a pang of anxiety. She couldn't afford to hurt her eyes, otherwise who would take care of the children?
She immediately put down her needle and thread, and quickly stood up to go back to her room to sleep.
"Alright then, let's not do it today, we'll talk about it tomorrow, we'll talk about it tomorrow!"
Lin Qingyu suddenly pulled her aside and said, "Mother, don't be anxious! Even if you can't work, you can still talk!"
She originally just wanted to tell Li Xiuhua about what happened today, and to advise Li Xiuhua for her own good.
Li Xiuhua stopped and raised an eyebrow, asking, "What's wrong?"
"That's right, Gu Shi today..."
"Oh! I know what you're thinking. I'm not that petty! Besides, Xiao Bei is your child. You two aren't in a hurry, so why should I care?"
Before Lin Qingyu could finish speaking, Li Xiuhua had already finished her explanation.
Lin Qingyu looked at Li Xiuhua in disbelief, feeling that she had really changed a lot.
"Why are you looking at me like that? Your mother has been here for quite a while now and has seen a lot. Of course she'll change!"
When Li Xiuhua said this, her eyes were full of confidence.
Lin Qingyu was at a loss for words. She wondered if Li Xiuhua in her previous life had lived longer, would she have ended up like this?
"Alright, that's enough. Go back to sleep!"
Li Xiuhua pulled Lin Qingyu upstairs together. Their bedrooms were all on the second floor, spacious and in a nice environment.
Zhang Juan took leave and went back to her hometown, so Lin Qingyu hasn't been to the restaurant these past few days.
Zhang Juan didn't return from the countryside until the fifth day.
"I'm so sorry, Qingyu, things at home have caused this trouble."
She looked at Lin Qingyu apologetically. She had originally agreed to take two days off, but it turned out to be several days.
It's rare to find such a good employer as Lin Qingyu. She doesn't mind at all and even reimburses his travel expenses.
"Aunt Zhang, please take it! I've been quite busy with things at home, and I'm already troubling you a lot these past few days!"
She was polite and generous, and Zhang Juan secretly decided that she must take good care of Gu Jue as he grew up.
Lin Qingyu, however, was unaware of all this. She happily bought a large watermelon and rode her bicycle to the restaurant.
It wasn't lunchtime yet, so there weren't many people eating. She carried the watermelon inside.
"Everyone who's not busy, come over and have some fun!"
"The landlady is here!"
"Thank you, boss lady!"
Several people who had no work to do, or whose work was not important, came over.
In the past, when she first arrived at the restaurant, the first person to greet her was always Zhou Jiahui.
But I don't know what happened this time. The watermelon was already cut, but there was no sign of Zhou Jiahui.
Lin Qingyu couldn't help but ask a little girl standing next to her.
"Xiao Li, where's Jia Hui?"
The little girl who was called was eating a watermelon. When she heard the voice, she looked up at Lin Qingyu.
In fact, it wasn't just that little girl who looked up; everyone else present stopped what they were doing.
"Sister Qingyu..."
She hesitated before speaking, unsure of what to say, and her gaze unconsciously drifted to the others.
Before anyone could react, Lin Qingyu asked, "What's wrong? What happened to Jia Hui?"
She thought something had happened to Zhou Jiahui, and immediately felt quite nervous.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Li quickly waved his hand and said, "No, no, no!"
"Yes, actually it's Sister Jia Hui. She's in the backyard. We forgot to call her..."
Her expression was slightly subtle, as if she were a little embarrassed.
Hearing that everyone was alright, Lin Qingyu felt much relieved. She told everyone to continue eating melons and then turned and went to the backyard.
Unexpectedly, when I lifted the curtain, I saw Zhou Jiahui sitting at a stone table with a man, talking about something.
Lin Qingyu walked closer and saw that the man was someone she knew.
"Oh! Isn't this Mrs. Lin, the proprietress? What brings you to the shop today?"
A refined-looking man stood up, looking nothing like the man with the thick gold chain from before!
The guy with the big gold chain is named Zhang Junjie, but...
"Brother, what's wrong?"
Lin Qingyu asked, and when Zhou Jiahui knew that Lin Qingyu was coming, she immediately stood up and ran behind her.
Upon hearing Lin Qingyu's question, Zhou Jiahui answered before Zhang Junjie could even reply.
"It's like this, ma'am. This Mr. Zhang wanted to eat here, but I couldn't persuade him otherwise, so this is how it is!"
Lin Qingyu turned her head and glanced at Zhou Jiahui, and knew that things were not so simple!
So she waved her hand, signaling Zhou Jiahui to leave first, and then she went to order food for Boss Zhang.
After everyone left, Lin Qingyu didn't hold back and asked directly.
"What does Mr. Zhang mean by this? Why are you making things difficult for a young girl in my shop? Jia Hui served you when you ate here before!"
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