Chapter 29 Treat
In mid-August, the garment factory received more orders because it was about to start making autumn clothes, and the workers who had not been seen much during the off-season reappeared.
Master Liao informed everyone that work will officially resume on the 18th, and we will have two days off today and tomorrow. If there is anything to be done, try to finish it in these two days.
Today is the 16th, and Lin Qiu plans to return the popsicle box in the afternoon.
When she got home, she took out her small account book and summarized the accounts of the past few months. You don’t know until you calculate it. Once you calculate it, you’ll be shocked.
Lin Qiu looked at the total amount and his heart beat so violently that it felt like it was about to jump out.
I took a deep breath, tried my best to control my shaking hands, and calculated again. You got it right! In just three and a half months, she earned three thousand, fifty-eight and fifty-nine yuan! Including the money saved before, the savings have reached 8,000 yuan.
She tried to calm herself down, but it felt like a dove was fluttering in her heart.
After a long time, the heat in my heart finally cooled down. She gave the room a thorough cleaning, then went to the market to order herself a bowl of Lin's beef noodles as a reward for her hard work during this period.
After a good nap, Lin Qiu slowly rode his bike to the old popsicle factory to return the boxes. When she passed by the fruit stall, she bought a watermelon and a bag of grapes to hang on the handle, and also went to the convenience store to buy a pack of cigarettes. She had to thank Director Chen and Xiao Li very much. They both really took good care of her. What's more, she planned to continue selling popsicles next year, so she couldn't stop this business.
Things at the popsicle factory went smoothly. Lin Qiu, Director Chen, and Xiao Li were all very happy and made an appointment to see each other again next year.
During dinner, Lin Qiu told Wang Xiuren about what happened today, and discussed with him about inviting Brother Man to dinner tomorrow. After all, the success of the popsicle business was ultimately due to Brother Man's face, and Brother Man usually took good care of Wang Xiuren.
Wang Xiuren had no objection. He had wanted to invite Brother Man to dinner before, but never found the opportunity. He also thought tomorrow would be a good day.
He told Lin Qiu the location of the construction site and asked her to take Wang Shan there by bus tomorrow afternoon.
If you want to treat someone to a meal, you have to go to a better place. The community where the construction site is located is close to the city center and there are many high-end restaurants.
The next afternoon, Lin Qiu and Wang Shan took the bus for nearly an hour to reach the community that Wang Xiuren mentioned.
The security guard let them in without even asking any questions, probably thinking that the owner was here to check on the renovations.
Lin Qiu took Wang Shan by the hand and went to look for the building number that Wang Xiuren had told them. The whole building was filled with noisy machine sounds, and even if they shouted at the top of their lungs, they probably wouldn't be heard.
Lin Qiu didn't find anyone at first, so he stood at the door holding Wang Shan's hand, and Wang Shan leaned out to look inside.
Someone patted her from behind. She was so scared that a scream came out of her throat. Wang Shan quickly hugged her mother's legs.
Yang Gui was thinking, I just took a photo, why is there such a big reaction? But he still said, "You are from the Xiu Ren family, right?"
Hearing the familiar name, Lin Qiu slowly calmed down. Seeing that the man was wearing a shirt and carrying a briefcase, with a protruding belly, he was obviously not a worker. He smiled and greeted him, "Hello, Brother Man!"
Someone lowered his head and gently reminded Wang Shan: "Shanshan, hurry up and call uncle."
Wang Shan turned around, looked up with her eyes wide open, called out "Uncle" softly, and then hid behind Lin Qiu.
Yang Guiman looked at the delicate little girl, feeling somewhat helpless. Both of his family members were naughty boys, and they rarely saw a little girl this young. He unconsciously clamped his throat and whispered, "Little girl, your father is in another building looking at blueprints. Do you want to go to the temporary office on the first floor and sit for a while?"
Wang Shan was shy and avoided talking.
"I'll wait for him downstairs. It doesn't matter if he's not here. It won't delay his work." Lin Qiu was worried that Wang Shan would feel shy and cry.
"It's okay. I haven't seen a little girl this young for a long time. Come on, go downstairs and play with uncle. It's too noisy here." Yang Guiman saw Lin Qiu's worry at a glance and greeted him warmly.
Unable to refuse such a kind invitation, Lin Qiu took Wang Shan's hand and followed him.
Got to the first floor and opened the door.
"You guys take a seat!" Yang Guiman invited Lin Qiu and her daughter to sit on the sofa, then took out two bottles of mineral water from the cabinet, "There's no other treats at the construction site, take these to quench your thirst!"
Lin Qiu took the water and put it aside, feeling a little embarrassed. "Xiu Ren always said that Brother Man has always taken good care of him. Even I have benefited from Brother Man's care. I should have come to thank you in person a long time ago. It's really wrong to wait until today."
Yang Guiman waved his hand, "This little thing is nothing! Xiuren is diligent and capable, and has helped me a lot. He even sent me rice dumplings on the Dragon Boat Festival. I have always wanted to invite your family to have a simple meal, but I just haven't made the time."
There is no way. Two masters have left. Now the only ones with good skills here are Dalong and Wang Xiuren. There is no shortage of carpenters or masters outside. Why did he take such good care of Wang Xiuren? Firstly, he felt that this young man was down-to-earth and capable, and secondly, he wanted to keep their favor. After all, it is difficult to find a master who knows you well.
Lin Qiu had no idea about these things. He just thought that Yang Guiman was just being polite and Xiaoxiao wanted to say something.
Yang Guiman has already spoken, "I think it's better to do it today than to wait for a day. Let's do it today!"
He suddenly stood up and said, "I'm going to that building to call Xiu Ren, and bring Da Long along too."
Lin Qiu quickly stood up and said, "No, no, Brother Man, I came here to thank you for taking care of us. We should be the ones treating you to a meal, why are we asking you to pay for it?"
"I just pulled a string, the rest is up to you, you don't need to keep it in mind. Besides, since you call me Brother Man, it means you think highly of me, so don't refuse. I'll treat you to a meal!" Yang Guiman made the final decision.
Lin Qiu thought, it has been less than five minutes since they sat down, how come the host became the one being invited?
Not long after, Wang Xiuren followed Yang Guimanshen with the drawings, and Zhao Dalong also came with them.
He argued as he walked, "Brother Man, my wife came here specially to thank you, so I should treat you and Brother Zhao to dinner today!"
Yang Guiman waved his hand, "I'll treat you, no need to say more!"
"How can this be true?"
"If you respect me, then listen to me!"
How can we argue about this? Lin Qiu is actually not very good at dealing with this kind of situation. His face was filled with bewilderment.
When Wang Shan saw Wang Xiuren coming, she rushed over like a small cannonball.
"dad--"
Wang Xiuren was covered in dust. Seeing this, he could only use his hands to steady her body. "Daddy is covered in dust. Wait until daddy wipes it off before I hug you."
"Okay!" Wang Shan pouted, a little unhappy, but still obediently pulled her father's trouser leg.
"Xiu Ren, don't refuse! As your uncle, this is the first time I meet your niece. I didn't give her any gift, but I will treat you to a meal!" Yang Guiman found another reason.
Wang Xiuren looked at his wife and daughter, and after a few more pushes, he agreed, "Then our family will have another meal!"
"A free meal is nothing," Yang Guiman smiled and patted his shoulder, "As long as you make what's on the drawing, I can let you eat for free every day."
Wang Xiuren was still 90% sure. "It's not a big problem. I'll take the drawings back and think about it tonight."
Yang Guiman knew that Wang Xiuren was not a boastful person, so he smiled even more amiably, picked up the briefcase and said, "You two clean up your clothes and let's go to the seafood city!"
In just a few words, we decided to go to the seafood city, which sounded expensive.
Lin Qiu was still thinking about secretly paying the bill later, so he secretly gave Wang Xiuren a look.
Wang Xiuren nodded secretly, indicating that she should act according to the circumstances.
Lin Qiu finally felt relieved and took Wang Shan's hand and got into a taxi.
Taking a taxi is really not cheap these days. It is said that the drivers are all millionaires. Watching the taxi meter spinning rapidly, Lin Qiu was immediately glad that he had brought extra money.
Wang Xiuren looked at the confusion on Lin Qiu's face, "Car sickness?"
Lin Qiu pursed his lips and shook his head.
Wang Shan, who was standing by, showed no signs of motion sickness. She sat between her parents, leaning back in her seat, lifting her little feet up and down, looking very happy.
They soon arrived at the seafood city. Lin Qiu paid the painful fare and scanned the price list on the wall after entering the store. She thought that this meal would cost at least 60 or 70 yuan.
But she couldn't take care of these things once she started eating. While eating the delicious seafood, she also had to take care of Wang Shan and chat with Brother Man and Brother Zhao from time to time.
Fortunately, Wang Shan is a child who doesn't need to worry about eating, and she is not picky about food. Whether it was Wang Yu Hai Shen or shrimps, crabs, fish and shellfish, they all ate with gusto, which made Lin Qiu and Wang Xiu Ren very relieved.
The only regret was that Lin Qiu did not find an opportunity to pay the bill. Yang Guiman was a regular customer here. As soon as he came in, he told the front desk to place the order directly on the bill.
After dinner, Yang Guiman's elderly family members went back first, and Yang Dalong said he wanted to go see his aunt, so he went with them.
"Since we are here now, let's go to the department store!" Wang Xiuren suggested, and picked up his daughter who had a bulging belly.
There is a new department store nearby, which was built just last year. It is considered a relatively high-end place. It is only ten minutes’ walk away, so it can be used as a snack to help digest the food.
After leaving the seafood city, Lin Qiu approached Wang Xiuren and whispered, "I just took a sneak peek at the bill. It was eighty-six dollars."
This meal is enough to feed my family for half a month.
Wang Xiuren thought for a moment and said, "Please come back next time when you get your salary?"
Speaking of salary, Lin Qiu suddenly remembered that he didn't seem to have told Wang Xiuren about his savings. He looked around carefully and whispered in his ear, "We have 8,000 in savings now!"
With an expression of uncontrollable joy on his face, Lin Qiu excitedly pulled Wang Xiuren's sleeve and said, "If we save for another two months, we will be millionaires!"
The garment factory withheld one month's salary, so Lin Qiu received his salary for June this month. Together with Wang Xiuren's salary, after deducting expenses, he could save two thousand yuan in August or September.
It feels like it hasn’t been long since I last checked my accounts, but I have a few thousand more dollars. It really makes me look forward to my future life.
Wang Xiuren was also very happy when he learned about his family’s savings. After all, having money in hand makes one feel less worried!
We soon arrived at the department store.
"There are so many people here!" Lin Qiu looked at the crowded escalator, stepped on it carefully, gently held the handrail with his right hand, and told Wang Xiuren to hold Wang Shan well.
Wang Xiuren was also here for the first time. He even learned how to get on the escalator from the person in front of him. "This place opened on May Day, so it must be very popular!"
Lin Qiu felt that the decoration was not cheap, so he went up to the second floor and just looked at it from the outside. He thought that if the things here were so expensive, they would look the same from the outside. Shopping was free anyway.
Wang Shan sat in her father's arms and looked around. She didn't make a fuss about going into the store and was very well behaved.
Wang Xiuren was ready to buy something for the mother and daughter, but they didn't show any desire for something for a long time. "If you and Shanshan like something, let's buy one!"
Lin Qiu glanced at him and said, "Your money is jumping around in your pocket, right?"
She is just thinking about saving more money now, and there is nothing she wants to buy.
Wang Xiuren recalled carefully that after coming to Pengcheng, Lin Qiu rarely bought things for himself. Most of them were bought for his daughter. The biggest expense was food and drink.
Isn’t the purpose of making money to fill your stomach? Wang Xiuren suddenly sighed: "I have never let you live a good life since we got married."
Lin Qiu looked at him strangely, "It's actually not that bad."
After coming to Pengcheng, there was nothing that could be criticized about Wang Xiuren's actions. He works hard every day and helps with the housework at home. He goes out to sell popsicles at night and brings his daughter with him. Now he seldom drinks and even smokes less at home.
Just when Lin Qiu was caught off guard by Wang Xiuren's sudden guilt, Wang Shan suddenly became a little noisy.
"Dad, come in!" Wang Shan put one arm around Wang Xiuren's neck and pointed at the toy store on the corner of the second floor, clamoring to go in. "Dad, come in."
"Let's go in and take a look!" Lin Qiu rarely saw Wang Shan making a fuss about asking for something, so he decided to meet her request.
Wang Xiuren had no intention of refusing his daughter. When he heard Lin Qiu speak, he walked in the direction his daughter pointed.
There are so many kinds of toys in the toy store that it is overwhelming, as if you have walked into a wonderful paradise full of surprises.
Wang Xiuren put down his daughter who was struggling to come down, and just followed behind her to prevent her from being hit by toys on the high place.
Wang Shan entered the toy store like a little squirrel jumping into a pine cone forest. She looked here, touched there, and from time to time picked up a toy, looked at it carefully in her hand, and then put it down, as if looking for something.
Suddenly she saw a little brown rabbit wearing a yellow shirt, blue overalls and a red plaid bow tie around its neck. She walked over, held it in her arms and refused to put it down.
"Mom, buy it!" Wang Shan said to Lin Qiu while holding the rabbit.
Lin Qiu remembered that his daughter seemed to have only the toy given by McDonald's. He felt sad and thought that he was busy making money and neglected his daughter.
Wang Xiuren chimed in, "It's not easy to go shopping at the mall, just buy it for her!"
So, after coming out of the toy store, the family of three continued shopping, but Wang Shan had a rabbit in her arms.
After strolling around the six-story shopping mall, it was already completely dark outside and Wang Shan began to doze off, so Lin Qiu decided to go home.
There was a bus stop not far from the shopping mall. We bought tickets, got on the bus, found seats and sat down. The shaky bus carried our family of three home.
The moon is high in the night sky behind the car.
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