After the dishes were ready, Li Mu sat at the table with Zhou Qiang and chatted, glancing towards the door from time to time.
"Brother, what do you think about the state-owned restaurant?" Zhou Qiang was puzzled when he thought about Li Mu's behavior of spending all his earnings on cigarettes this afternoon. Even Li Mu, who didn't smoke originally, became unexpectedly proficient in smoking today.
This made Zhou Qiang feel confused and he had a lot of questions to ask.
"If we only sell to people in the town, we won't be able to sell many eels. Eels are not a daily necessity. Many people just try them and don't need them every day. So we can only expand new sales. If we sell to state-owned restaurants, it will be different. We can sell them steadily every day and we don't need to sell them ourselves."
Li Mu stared at the door and explained slowly to Zhou Qiang.
After hearing what Li Mu said, Zhou Qiang kept thinking about what Li Mu said in his mind. As he thought about it, Zhou Qiang blurted out:
"Brother, don't you know how to smoke? Why are you...?"
Before Li Mu could reply, Lin Wan, who was supporting Grandma Zhou at the door, said, "Smoking? Who smokes?"
Just as Zhou Qiang was about to respond, Li Mu hurriedly said, "Qiangzi, he wanted me to smoke with him, but I refused. Why are you trying to persuade me?"
Hearing what Li Mu said, Grandma Zhou slapped Zhou Qiang on the back, muttering:
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"Smoking, you are a bad boy, and you want your brother to smoke with you."
Zhou Qiang looked at Li Mu with indescribable pain.
Li Mu clasped his hands together, looked at Zhou Qiang apologetically, and bowed.
I thought to myself, "I'm sorry, Qiangzi, you have to take the blame this time. I don't want your sister-in-law to know that I smoke. The image I have worked so hard to restore will be ruined."
Lin Wan looked at the glances between the two brothers and said nothing. She just helped Grandma Zhou, who was still a little excited, to sit down.
I plan to ask Li Mu later why he smokes.
Grandma Zhou sat down and looked at the rich food on the table. She said, "Why buy so much meat? Xiaomu, you can't spend money carelessly. You still have a wife and children. You have to save all the money. Ruoruo will have many places to spend money when she grows up. Do you know?"
Li Mu didn't say anything. He looked into Grandma Zhou's eyes and nodded solemnly.
The old man in front of me is getting older and older. He is no longer as energetic as he used to be, and his eyes and brows reveal fatigue.
Li Mu felt very sad. He didn't know how long Grandma Zhou could accompany them. He just hoped that the days to come would get better and better so that the old lady could enjoy a few more years of peace and happiness.
Zhou Qiang, this fool, took advantage of the time when no one was talking and silently poured a glass of wine for everyone.
"Drinking, drinking, what are you doing?"
Li Mu pursed his lips. He could no longer resist the urge to take action, but when he thought about how Zhou Qiang had just taken the blame for him, he forced himself to hold it back.
Hearing what Zhou Qiang said, Grandma Zhou immediately scolded: "You two brothers just think about drinking all day long, can you do something serious? Xiaomu, you can't keep doing this. After all, you, as a man, will have to shoulder the burden of your wife and children. You can't rely on Xiaowan alone."
Li Mu did not refute, but just lowered his head and listened to Grandma Zhou's sermon.
Lin Wan pulled Grandma Zhou and explained in a low voice: "They haven't gone out to play recently. They have been setting up stalls in the town these two days."
"I know. I heard what Qiangzi said. But they must have spent a lot of money to buy so many vegetables today. They have the bad habit of spending money recklessly. We must teach them a lesson."
Grandma Zhou patted the back of Lin Wan's hand soothingly.
When Zhou Qiang and Li Mu heard what Grandma Zhou said, they dared not say a word and could only lower their heads and remain silent.
The two of them were like this in the past. Even though Grandma Zhou scolded them, they never changed their minds and always turned a deaf ear to Grandma Zhou's words.
Looking at the two of them like this, Grandma Zhou sighed and couldn't do anything about it.
But today, after Grandma Zhou finished speaking, Li Mu immediately said, "I understand, Grandma."
Zhou Qiang also kept nodding his head.
"Let's eat. Drink less, both of you." Seeing the changes in the two, Grandma Zhou smiled with relief and said hurriedly.
At the dinner table, Li Mu and his friend talked about their future plans from time to time, while Lin Wan and Grandma Zhou just listened quietly without saying anything.
When the two of them were drinking so much that their faces turned red, Grandma Zhou spoke up to stop them from drinking any more.
Li Mu and Zhou Qiang were very obedient today and did not continue.
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Seeing that it was getting late, Lin Wan persuaded Grandma Zhou to stay for a long time.
Li Mu also mentioned at the dinner table his idea of taking Zhou Qiang to the nearby countryside to see if he could collect some eels.
After hearing this, Lin Wan immediately said, "Don't you usually catch them by the river?"
"We have found a new sales channel. I plan to go to the countryside with Qiangzi to collect the fish. We won't catch them ourselves anymore. If the two of us catch them ourselves, we won't be able to catch much. This is just an idea for now."
Li Mu explained to Lin Wan seriously.
Lin Wan didn't say much after hearing this, but just said lightly: "I support you in whatever you do."
Hearing what Lin Wan said, Li Mu felt warm in his heart.
Grandma Zhou was watching the interaction between the two and was very happy. When she saw Li Mu taking care of Xiaowan during dinner today, she could feel that Li Mu had indeed changed. Not only had he changed, but he had also become different with Qiangzi.
Grandma Zhou looked more and more pleased with Li Mu's expression. Thinking that Zhou Qiang and Li Mu still had things to discuss, she pulled Lin Wan back to the room and planned to have a good chat about having a second child in the future.
If Li Mu and Lin Wan knew what Grandma Zhou was thinking at this moment, they would definitely be in a dilemma.
After grandma and Lin Wan entered the room, Zhou Qiang took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and handed one to Li Mu, who waved his hand to refuse.
"I don't like smoking. If it wasn't for building a good relationship, I wouldn't have smoked that cigarette today."
Zhou Qiang smiled and looked at Li Mu jokingly.
"By the way, what time are we going to the countryside tomorrow?" Zhou Qiang took a puff of cigarette and said to Li Mu.
Li Mu thought for a while and said, "I'm not sure. Let's go to the county town tomorrow and see what Master Feng says."
Hearing what Li Mu said, Zhou Qiang didn't say much, but took out a thousand yuan from his pocket and handed it to Li Mu.
"I'm your brother, I'll be with you no matter what we do, you have to take me with you."
Li Mu saw the money handed over to him, but did not take it.
"Give it to grandma. Your house should be repaired. I heard from Xiaowan today that grandma chopped firewood herself today."
Hearing what Li Mu said, Zhou Qiang was a little stunned, and said with a puzzled look: "There are some at home, I remember..."
Halfway through his speech, Zhou Qiang thought that he had not chopped firewood for his grandmother for a long time. It was probably because his grandmother was dragging her feet and couldn't do it, so he had to chop firewood himself.
He became a little depressed for a moment, lowered his head and smoked silently.
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