"Your whole family has to come no matter what," Lou Xiao'e reminded her again.
"Don't worry, we'll definitely get there."
"Okay, Brother Chu, I've already told you. I won't wait for Qiu Nan anymore; I need to go back and pack my things."
"Sit down for a bit, what's the rush?"
"I'm not sitting here anymore. The restaurant needs to be cleaned after a few days of holiday."
When do you plan to open for business?
"We'll open the day after tomorrow, the sixth day of the Lunar New Year. Someone has ordered a full-fledged banquet for their child at the shop on Qianmen Street."
Wow, people are actually booking these kinds of banquets at restaurants now. There are still a lot of rich people out there.
"By the way, Xiao'e, I'll take some pig liver over this afternoon. I'll ask your chef to braise it for me later."
"No problem. Do you have enough pig liver? I'll have Da Mao get you some more."
Lou Xiao'e knew he was getting pig liver for his dog, and that the demand was always very high.
"That's about enough. I spoke with the slaughterhouse a few days before the New Year, and they should have accumulated quite a bit. They'll be delivered in a bit."
"If you don't have enough, just say so. I'm leaving now, Brother Chu."
"Okay, I won't see you off."
No need to send it.
After Lou Xiao'e left, Qin Huairu was still holding Ding Qiunan's hand, seemingly saying something. Lou Xiao'e didn't have time to listen, so she said goodbye and left first.
As it turned out, she didn't leave until the bell rang for lunch, turning back every few steps.
"What's going on? Why are you talking so much? You didn't even offer to take her to the office, you just stood there in front of the building."
After Qin Huairu left, Li Chucai came out of the building.
"I'm so frustrated, don't even mention it," Ding Qiunan said, looking utterly annoyed.
"Let's go, if you don't want to talk about it, let's not. Let's go eat."
Aren't you curious about what she told me?
"I'm not that curious."
Even after getting her food and starting to eat, Ding Qiunan couldn't help but blurt it out.
"Qin Huairu came over to pour out her troubles to me, and incidentally wanted to borrow money. I think her main purpose was actually to see you. Why did she stand at the door? When she first came over, I wanted to take her into the office, but she refused, insisting that she only wanted to say a few words and could just stand at the door."
At the time, I didn't think much of it, but she started pouring out her troubles to me. For a long time, I still didn't know what she wanted. Later, when you came back, you ignored her and went straight inside with Xiao'e. I saw the disappointment on her face and then I realized that she had been waiting for you at the door.
After you went in, she wanted to come into my office again, implying that she was tired of standing and wanted to sit down. I ignored her. Later, when she had no other choice, she asked to borrow money, which I refused immediately.
"Hey, these meatballs on the stove are pretty good, you should try them."
"Yeah, it's really good." Ding Qiunan also took a bite of the meatballs from the lunchbox and nodded.
What does she want to do with the money?
"They told me they were going to pay someone's salary, but I just don't believe them."
"Her shop has completely closed down?"
"Yes, she said she's closing down, that she can't keep it going, and now she doesn't even have money to buy groceries."
“She can recoup a lot of money by selling the shop. The pots, pans, tables and chairs alone are worth several hundred yuan, not to mention the rent.”
"She said that the money from selling those things should go to He Yuzhu."
"Listen to her rambling nonsense, it would be strange if she even thought of giving it to He Yuzhu," Li Chu said, swallowing the food in her mouth and pursing her lips.
"Where did you sneak off to this morning?"
"Oh dear, I originally wanted to look at a set of furniture for Wenhui, but wow, the trust stores were packed with people, and several stores were like that, so I didn't go in. I'll talk to Master Cao later and ask him to find a set for me."
"Hey, what did Xiao'e come here for? I saw her come out and leave after only a few minutes."
"She invited us to her restaurant for lunch this afternoon, saying she had invited some old friends to get together."
"oh"
"Let's leave early later. When we get back, you can ask our parents if they want to go."
"Should we call them again?"
“Jianguo and his family of three will all go. Only the two of them are left at home. Let’s ask them. I’ll go and invite my brother-in-law too.”
"Okay, I'll ask them when I get back. I reckon they definitely won't go." Ding Qiunan took a bite of her food, thought for a moment, and then asked, "Li Chu, what should I do if Xiao Dang comes looking for me again and wants to go to Xiao'e's restaurant?"
"That's easy. Just ask Xiao'e tonight. If she doesn't mind, then go with the flow. If she doesn't want her at all, then just refuse outright."
"You shouldn't be so easily swayed. Xiao'e's restaurant is quite well-run now. If you just throw people in randomly, it'll make things difficult for them. Luckily, Huaihua is a good girl; otherwise, look at the kind of people you introduce to them."
"Okay, I understand. I'll never do that again."
Ding Qiunan knew she had gone a bit too far last time, so she didn't dare to talk back this time and obediently agreed.
Li Chu smiled slightly, then lowered his head and continued eating.
"Also, I almost forgot, Hongying from the General Affairs Department came to see me this morning, wanting some of your medicine," Ding Qiunan said with a somewhat strange expression.
"Cough cough..." Li Chu almost choked after taking a bite of rice, and quickly picked up the bowl and drank a sip of soup.
"Who told you all this?"
"How would I know? I had just started work this morning when she came to my office all morning, chatting about this and that before telling me that she also wanted some of the medicine you made."
Well, this has become an open secret.
"Okay, she should be better by the day after tomorrow. I'll give her a few pills then. I also need to give her that statistics sheet of mine. She can't just take the medicine for free; she has to write down her thoughts and feelings about it."
"Pfft...cough cough..." Ding Qiunan couldn't hold it in this time, and the rice she had just eaten sprayed out.
Li Chu quickly took out a handkerchief from his pocket and handed it over.
What kind of insights are these?!
Ding Qiunan took the handkerchief with a disgruntled expression and glared at her man.
This guy's head is always full of witty remarks, I don't know where they all come from.
She wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, turned her head to look around to make sure no one was paying attention, and said in a low voice, "Next time, you have to write me a reflection too, at least 10,000 words."
"We're a perfect match, why would we need to write that stuff?"
"spit!"
When it comes to thick skin, she really can't compare to this guy. She could only lower her head and continue eating, because if she kept talking, she wouldn't be able to eat.
Li Chu knew when to stop and didn't discuss the matter further. It wouldn't matter if he said whatever he wanted at home, but if he talked about it too much in public, people would definitely get angry later, and he would be the one to suffer.
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