Li Mu glanced at Zhou Qiang beside him, said nothing, and stood up to clean up the leftovers.
Zhou Qiang was troubled for a while, then he looked at Li Mu's busy figure and said, "Grandma is staying here, you can go back with me later. Accompany me to the town to order some coal tomorrow. You will forget it when you get busy later."
Li Mu, who was packing up, glanced at Zhou Qiang and nodded lightly.
Zhou Qiang took the last puff of his cigarette and stood up to help Li Mu clean up. The two of them cleaned up much faster, thinking that the three people in the house had already gone to bed, so they left the dining table in the yard without moving it.
The two of them looked at the empty street and slowly walked along the roadside towards Zhou Qiang's house.
Li Mu, who was walking behind Zhou Qiang, looked at the familiar house in front of him and felt a little familiar but also a little strange.
In the previous life, after Lin Wan and Ruoruo passed away, Li Mu went out of town. Later, Zhou Qiang and Grandma Zhou got into trouble and couldn’t come back, so the neighbors nearby helped with their funeral.
The yard is not big, with only a small house of less than 30 square meters and an independent courtyard. This was the house that Grandma Zhou got when she retired from the textile factory. It is already very dilapidated because the family's conditions are really too poor.
Just when everyone was using coal, there were still a lot of unchopped wood piled up in the corner of Grandma Zhou's house. Although the house was a little old, the yard was very clean, and you could tell at a glance that the owner was a very particular person.
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"Brother, what are you doing? Why are you standing at the door and not coming in?" Zhou Qiang shouted at Li Mu who was still standing at the door behind him.
Li Mu came to his senses when he heard Zhou Qiang's shout, glanced at Zhou Qiang in the yard, and hurried in.
The two walked into the house one after the other. Li Mu suddenly said behind Zhou Qiang: "The house needs to be renovated. It's a bit too old."
After hearing what Li Mu said, Zhou Qiang’s back froze in place.
After a while, Zhou Qiang took out a quilt from Grandma Zhou's room, pointed to his own bed, and said, "Brother, don't be disgusted. You sleep on my bed tonight and I will sleep in Grandma's room."
After saying that, Zhou Qiang put the quilt on the bed and went out.
Li Mu watched Zhou Qiang go out the door and stood at the window, observing Zhou Qiang's actions.
Zhou Qiang went out, sat on the small stool at the door, lit a cigarette and smoked slowly. He didn't know how many cigarettes he had smoked, and the cigarette butts were piled all over the ground.
When he wanted to smoke more, the box was empty. Zhou Qiang then stood up with a bit of regret and silently swept the ashes in the yard.
Li Mu has been standing outside the window and staring without moving a step. He knows that Zhou Qiang is feeling bad now. All his family members have left, leaving only his grandmother.
If Zhou Qiang had not seen the change in Li Mu, he would always be careless. Maybe he would not truly wake up until his grandmother Zhou suddenly passed away that day.
It is good to let him wake up now, so that Grandma Zhou can enjoy a longer life in the future.
"Stop looking, brother, come out and chat, and remember to bring cigarettes."
Zhou Qiang and Li Mu seemed to have telepathy. He knew without looking up that Li Mu was still awake.
Li Mu, who was standing at the window, curled his lips and chuckled: "Don't sweep it, we'll have to sweep it later."
Zhou Qiang stopped what he was doing and watched Li Mu come out of the house in silence.
Li Mu threw the Zhonghua cigarette in his pocket, which he had only smoked two or three cigarettes, to Zhou Qiang and sat on the stool next to Zhou Qiang.
"Puff." Zhou Qiang lit a cigarette, took a deep puff, and exhaled a lot of smoke from his mouth.
Zhou Qiang, who was originally feeling a little annoyed, felt a little relieved after feeling the effects of cigarettes.
"Smoke less. Smoking too much is not good. You look like a smoker."
Li Mu frowned slightly and looked at Zhou Qiang, who was smoking so skillfully, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his eyes, and said.
"Brother, why did you suddenly ask me to decorate the house today?"
Zhou Qiang ignored Li Mu's dissatisfied look and spoke to himself.
"Too old. You follow me outside every day. Are you worried about grandma being alone at home? Your family was poor before, but now you have made some money, right? By the way, didn't you give money to grandma?"
Li Mu rolled his eyes and looked at Zhou Qiang, feeling inexplicably angry.
When Zhou Qiang heard Li Mu's accusation, he hurriedly said, "I didn't give it all, but I gave it to grandma for household expenses."
"Well, I'm also going to renovate the house when the time comes. We can do it together then. If it weren't too far away, I'd love for grandma to stay at our house every day so that Xiaowan can be taken care of a little bit."
At this point, Li Mu wanted to make money quickly so he could buy a big house and let Grandma Zhou live with them so they could take care of her.
Zhou Qiang thought about what Li Mu said, nodded to show that he understood, and asked casually: "Are we going to the county town directly tomorrow morning?"
"Well... tomorrow morning we will go over and make breakfast for them, and then go to the county town first. I plan to take care of the eel business and then open a supermarket. We can also explore the road and make inquiries while we are there."
Li Mu just thought about it in the room. If he only relied on eels to make money, the demand would not be very large and he would probably lose money, so he had to find another way.
Thinking about his previous life, the only thing that can continue to develop stably is the supermarket, which is the most stable. Li Mu plans to open a supermarket of his own in Yancheng after his income stabilizes, and then slowly expand across the country.
"Supermarket, what is a supermarket?" When Zhou Qiang heard these two words, his head was full of question marks and he had no idea what Li Mu was talking about.
Li Mu patted his forehead and immediately introduced it to Zhou Qiang: "It's similar to the supply and marketing cooperative, but our store is a little bigger than the supply and marketing cooperative, and we sell everything inside."
Hearing what Li Mu said, Zhou Qiang nodded dazedly, indicating that he understood.
The two chatted for half the night. Li Mu was so sleepy that his eyelids were spinning, and Zhou Qiang finally gave up the urge to continue chatting.
Dragging a slightly tired body, I returned to the room and fell asleep.
Unlike Li Mu who was tired, Zhou Qiang was in a state of excitement.
Originally, he was in a bad mood, but Zhou Qiang is a heartless person. His emotions come and go quickly. After talking with Li Mu today, Zhou Qiang felt that he was very clear-headed.
Zhou Qiang sat alone in the yard, smoking and drinking until dawn.
When Li Mu woke up in the morning, he was speechless when he saw Zhou Qiang standing at the door with dark circles under his eyes after not sleeping all night.
But it was difficult to say much, so he could only wash up quickly and go over to make breakfast for the three people over there.
Li Mu smelled cigarettes and alcohol on Zhou Qiang, so he slapped him on the head and cursed, "Go take a shower. What would your grandma think if she smelled you?"
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