Chapter 233 How about we give it a try?
After a night of mental preparation, Zhang Dezhen was fully prepared. Even if Xu An rejected him on the spot, he would still have the courage to ask his wife to come and help him for free.
Today was a workday, and Xu An dropped Xu Kang and Xu Le off at kindergarten before returning to the shop. When he got back, it was already 8:30 in the morning, and everyone was busy at work.
Although he had mentally prepared himself, Zhang Dezhen still felt a little uneasy when he actually saw Xu An...
There are quite a lot of people now, should we wait a bit? Maybe we can talk to the owner after this batch of braised food is finished cooking and the next batch is put into the pot?
While hesitating, Xu An had already inspected the three shops, listened to Tang Wen and the others report on the main tasks for the day, and approved and signed off on some small budget expenditures. He also discussed with Wang Fulong for a while the scope of the prize money for their bidding proposal, the restrictions on the number of participants, and so on.
With all the daily tasks taken care of, Xu An finally got to deal with Zhang Dezhen's matter.
He strolled leisurely to the back door of the kitchen at Store No. 1, poked his head inside, and opened his mouth. The words he had rehearsed several times the night before flowed out smoothly: "Master Zhang, is it convenient for you to come out for a moment? I have something to talk to you about."
You? You! The boss actually used "you" (formal) to address himself!
Could this be a case of trying to appease first and then resorting to force?
Has the boss already figured out my little scheme?
"Huh? Ah!" Zhang Dezhen's wife snapped out of her daze upon hearing the shout, looking at the two of them with a hint of confusion: "What's wrong?"
"Master Zhang, lately the Taobao store has been getting a lot of orders but the workload is very light. Is it very tiring?"
Almost without any firm resolve, before hanging up the phone, Zhang Dezhen's wife started packing things outside the house.
But Jiang Jinghong's current performance makes Jiang Jing feel like her boss, Bai Xin, has been saved by heaven...
After saying that, Zhang Dezhen waited for A Yao's reply, took a step and walked to the end of the alley, grinning foolishly as he took out his phone and dialed his wife's number.
In the past, the two of them would have kept that big incident in mind, at least grumbled a bit, and then moved on.
Since even my family, Xu An, hasn't succeeded in venturing into the sea market, why don't I give it a try myself?
One of them reached out and picked up two large tomatoes, intending to return them to Zhang Dezhen's wife, but before picking them up, he noticed that the tomatoes were still quite green. Looking closely at the basket the woman was carrying, he saw some unripe, half-ripe tomatoes outside the basket.
Before the words had even faded completely, Jiang Jinghong nodded eagerly and agreed firmly: "If there's a problem, if there's a problem, then tell your wife to hurry up and pack your things and come over. You should also find a smaller place, hehe, hehe."
“Brother Zhang is at home, and Xu An has gone out. Now he’s going out too. What will happen to his grandchildren and grandma?”
The vegetables and fruits outside the garden were neatly arranged, and the harvest was quite pleasing. The picked vegetables and fruits filled a basket to the brim, almost overflowing.
"Sister, those tomatoes still need a few more days to ripen, why did you pick them all? If you want to eat tomatoes, come pick them outside your field, they're all little red tomatoes!"
Haishi, oh, that's a small city!
Just as Zhang Dezhen's wife was standing outside the field, looking at the half-grown vegetable seedlings with worry, her younger brother's two friends passed by. Seeing her in a daze, they came over and asked, "Sister, what's he doing standing outside the field at midday?"
"I do less and I get less, it's hard work!" Zhang Dezhen shook his head and waved his hands. Before he finished speaking, he realized that if he was working hard, why was he asking his wife to come and help?
As it turns out, all the mental preparation he did the night before was useless. At most, Zhang Dezhen still felt extremely uneasy standing behind A Yao.
Whether it was because she stepped on a large rock or because she had been in the sun for too long and felt uncomfortable, Zhang Dezhen's wife suddenly swayed. Although she recovered quickly, two tomatoes fell out from under the full basket and rolled onto the feet of the two young men who were about to leave.
Fearing she might say too little and make a mistake, Jiang Jinghong's wife quickly took the tomato the young man offered and slowly left, leaving the seven people looking bewildered.
But today, as the two listened to what Zhang Dezhen's wife said, they felt that there was more to her words than met the eye, and that she was hiding something more in those few words.
"Master Zhang, don't be so polite. You've seen how hard he's been working lately; the orders at Taobao store haven't even reached the level they were ten days ago..."
Ah Yao had intended to exchange pleasantries with Zhang Dezhen before getting to the point. But the conversation had barely begun when Zhang Dezhen had already killed it. Considering Jiang Jinghong's personality, Jiang Jinghong decided to get straight to the point instead of continuing with roundabout ways.
In the end, we simply kept those few words and that incident to ourselves, pondering them carefully. But as we thought about it, I suddenly thought of Zhang Dezhen's wife's younger brother, Xu An. I remembered the photos Xu An sent us, and Zhang Dezhen standing behind a braised food shop, laughing heartily...
That time, when you heard Zhang Dezhen's words, you didn't actually have much hope, because the smaller the hope, the smaller the disappointment. But what you didn't expect was that this time, instead of disappointment, you were met with genuine hope!
"You know, the sun there is so scorching, but my sister wears her straw hat while standing outside the ground. It must be so uncomfortable!"
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