Because the Zhou family stayed in the city and did not return on the night of the second day of the Lunar New Year.
As the afternoon drew to a close, Zhou Sui was still taking them to the cinema. Going home would be a real rush, so they decided that since they had nothing else to do and were already there, they might as well have some fun.
At worst, I can just spend some money to stay in a hotel, like a family room.
The family finally returned to the village leisurely the next afternoon, and of course, they couldn't answer the phone at the Li family's house.
Even if she received the call, Li Qiuju would assume it was a deliberate attempt to coerce her into returning and would ignore it.
The joyful time of the Spring Festival passed quickly. During this period, Li Qiuju and Zhou Dayong visited the Zhao family to offer New Year's greetings and then brought back some news.
"Xiao Song set off for Shenzhen on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year."
“This child is really hardworking. I heard from Wenxiu that he is going to work on some big project and can make a lot of money.”
"When they first called him, Xiao Song didn't want to go, but somehow, he suddenly decided to go."
“Shenzhen is so far from here. I heard it takes a whole day to get there by train.”
Li Qiuju was muttering to herself, but Zhou Sui's mind was still stuck on the first sentence she said: Song Qi'an left.
Since that New Year's Eve, the two have not seen each other again. During this time, Zhou Sui seemed to be deliberately avoiding thinking about Song Qi'an.
But now, hearing about Song Qi'an's departure from Li Qiuju, she suddenly felt a bitter taste in her mouth.
She and Song Qi'an have only known each other for half a year. Although they don't see each other every day during this time, she hears Song Qi'an's name from time to time and they run into each other every few days.
Now that she suddenly knows he's gone, Zhou Sui feels a little empty inside.
"Sui Sui, you're close to Xiao Song, didn't he tell you about this?" Song Qi'an has been gone for two or three days now, and if Li Qiuju hadn't gone to the Zhao family today, she wouldn't have known about this.
Zhou Sui shook her head, subconsciously ignoring the fact that they met on New Year's Eve.
Li Qiuju didn't ask any further questions. She assumed that, as Zhao Wenxiu had said, it was a decision made by Song Qi'an on short notice.
Zhou Sui didn't quite understand her current emotions. She clearly didn't like Song Qi'an, so why did she feel a little disappointed?
Perhaps this kind of emotion arises from a sudden separation between friends.
There was no time for sadness; Zhou Sui threw herself into work the very next day.
The storefront in the city has been renovated. She bought the one herself to open a snack shop, and she also rented the one next door from Song Qi'an, paying him the current rent.
Zhou Sui plans to open a milk tea shop. In winter, holding a cup of hot milk tea and taking sips from time to time is incredibly comforting.
Although winter is more than halfway over, it doesn't matter, milk tea is always in season.
The two stores opened around the same time, so Zhou Sui needed someone to help her, otherwise she would have a hard time managing all the work by herself.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, when Zhou Sui came to the city, she brought her family to look at the storefront and wrote a job posting to put on the door, indicating the time when they could come for an interview.
This was Zhou Meimei's first time visiting a storefront in the city. She frowned as soon as she entered from the intersection.
"Sui Sui, are you sure this place can make money?"
She had lived in the city for a while. It's true that there are many students in the university town, but there aren't many people in this backstreet area. Many shops that opened in the early years eventually went out of business.
There were even rumors in the city that someone bought a storefront on a back street and lost so much money that even their parents wouldn't recognize them.
Zhou Sui didn't say much, and simply led Zhou Meimei a few steps forward. Then Zhou Meimei's eyes widened, "How did they break through the wall here?"
Just a few meters away from them, people wearing yellow hard hats were using electric drills and sledgehammers to smash the wall.
Zhou Sui said to her, "The student dormitories are going to be moved here."
The back street is separated from the student dormitories by only a row of teaching buildings and a green belt. In any case, it is definitely closer to the students than the main gate.
"Are you sure?"
Zhou Sui nodded. When she came on the second day of the Lunar New Year, the construction was already underway. Zhou Dayong had specially bought some good cigarettes to ask around, and the information was accurate.
If that's the case, then opening a store on a back street might be profitable, since storefronts near the main entrance are just too expensive.
After they finished looking at it, the two walked back. Zhou Meimei looked at the wall opposite and said, "It would be great if we could smash this wall down. That way, not only the students in the school could come over to eat, but also the people living nearby."
Zhou Sui smiled but remained silent. "It'll be soon. The walls inside the school have been demolished, so how far away can the outer walls be?"
Zhou Sui came today mainly to conduct interviews, but the results didn't seem to be very good. She only interviewed three people in the whole day.
Two waiters and one dishwasher.
The waitresses were two young girls who looked honest and simple. They were out looking for work right after the New Year, so they really wanted to earn money.
Zhou Sui got along well with both of them. Although she was rather introverted, she could be cultivated over time.
So Zhou Sui told them to come to work at the store after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, since the opening date was roughly set for when the students started school.
After confirming one last time that the two girls could start work, they left. Zhou Sui gave them her phone number so they could call her anytime if there were any changes.
As for the dishwashing auntie, she looked around as soon as she came in, and when she saw that the boss was a young girl like Zhou Sui, she also sized her up.
Although she came to look for a job, there was no sincerity in her words. Instead, she kept telling Zhou Sui where she had worked before, what her salary and benefits were like.
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