Su Hua said 'hmm': "Then I'll leave."
"Go ahead." Su Changyi waved his hand.
Su Hua turned and left the attic, returning to the vegetable market.
At 1:30 in the afternoon, there were no more people buying vegetables in the market, and all the stalls were packing up the remaining items.
Someone saw Su Hua come in, a smile appeared on his face, and he raised his arm to wave at her: "Xiao Hua, you are back, come here quickly and see what you want to eat."
Hearing this, the others also responded: "Yes, yes, Xiaohua, take a look and see what you want to eat. As long as it's available in our market, it's all fine."
Su Hua was admitted to university, which brought honor to the vegetable market. Director Wang said that he would save something for Su Hua to celebrate, and other employees in the unit could also benefit from it and have a free meal, so everyone was very enthusiastic about Su Hua.
Su Hua was shy and not used to such enthusiasm. After being surrounded for a while, her cheeks turned red.
She touched her nose shyly and said softly, "Thank you, everyone. I can do it. Just keep it as you like."
"Choose one."
"Yes, today you are the protagonist, you choose. Choose what you like to eat."
Su Hua couldn't resist everyone's enthusiasm and chose a few things symbolically.
Everyone knew she was embarrassed, so they didn't force her to choose. Instead, they joked with her, "Xiaohua really knows how to live. She knows how to save money for our company, so she chose economical and affordable things."
"Yes, our Xiaohua is just too good."
"But today is a special day. Director Wang has already said that we should save money for the company."
"That's right."
"There are only a limited number of chickens left. We can't move them carelessly. If we can't sell all the fish, they'll die by tomorrow. Let's count how many are left and stew them all together."
"Are there still a few shank ribs left at the pork stall? I'd like to braise one."
"There are a lot of broken eggs, right? Scrambled eggs with tomatoes, scrambled eggs with chives, one each."
"I see the river shrimp in the pond are getting a little red. They're not fresh anymore. How about some fried river shrimp?"
The senior staff of the vegetable market came up with a plan as soon as they met. Then Su Hua was pushed aside: "Xiaohua, go find Director Wang. He just said he wanted to see you and asked you to go directly to his office when you come back."
"Yes, yes, yes. We are here to clean up the mess. We have no use for a talented student like you to do anything."
"College students' hands are for writing and studying, not fiddling with rotten vegetable leaves."
Su Hua was amused and confused by everyone's enthusiasm, but his heart was filled with joy and he couldn't help but smile.
Director Wang’s office is next to the vegetable market.
Su Hua came to the door of Director Wang's office. The door was not closed. Director Wang was sitting at the desk in the room looking through the list of goods from the vegetable market.
Su Hua stood at the door and knocked gently.
Director Wang heard the voice and looked up. Seeing that it was Su Hua, a smile appeared on his face: "It's Xiaohua, come in."
Su Hua followed his instructions and went into the room, then walked to Director Wang's desk. "Director, you're looking for me."
Director Wang nodded, took out a red envelope from the drawer of his desk, handed it to Su Hua, and said, "Xiaohua, you are a child with great talent. The college entrance examination is like a thousand troops crossing a single-plank bridge. If you can pass it, it is truly remarkable. This is not only your own honor, but also the glory of our vegetable market."
"So, I discussed it with the other leaders of the market and decided to give you some rewards. It's not a lot of money, but I hope it will help you go to school."
Su Hua waved his hand and declined: "Director Wang, I can't accept it."
"You've taken such good care of me over the years. Back then, I was only that old, short and skinny, and couldn't do much work. Thanks to your kindness in accepting me, letting me stay and work in the vegetable market, and giving me a salary and subsidies. Otherwise, I would have starved to death and wouldn't have had a chance to live."
Director Wang patted her shoulder, stuffed the red envelope into her shirt pocket, and said, "Take it. You're a hardworking and motivated child, and you deserve this reward. When you graduate, just don't forget the old man in our vegetable market."
Su Hua was deeply moved and nodded solemnly, "Don't worry, Director. I will always remember the kindness our vegetable market has given me."
Afterwards, Su Hua talked in Director Wang's office for a while, and left only after someone came to report the work to Director Wang.
When I returned to the market hall, it was almost cleaned up.
Su Hua returned to his vegetable stall and found that his stall had also been cleaned up.
The woman at the nearby fruit stall came over, put her arm around Su Hua's shoulders, and said, "Everything is packed. Everyone else is taking their things to the cafeteria. Let's go too."
Su Hua nodded.
When he arrived at the cafeteria, Su Hua found that some people were already busy working.
Some were killing fish, some were scraping fish scales, and some were making fire and stewing meat... Everyone was laughing while working, and the atmosphere was extremely cheerful.
Su Hua didn't want to take action, and no one allowed her to. Someone brought a small stool to her, put a handful of melon seeds in her hand, and asked her to sit down. She ate the melon seeds while listening to other people gossip.
Su Hua was surrounded by the crowd and couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth with a smile.
And this feeling of comfort continued until Ye Lin suddenly came.
Ye Lin asked along the way and finally found Su Hua in the cafeteria.
When she entered the cafeteria, she found it strange to see fish being slaughtered and meat being stewed. When she got to Su Hua, she couldn't help but ask, "Xiao Hua, what happened in your vegetable market?"
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