Huatang Furniture in the department store has been open for a month. The owner is a young country man.
The boss also brought a salesperson from the countryside. The salesperson was tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. The aunties in the department store all talked about it, saying that the salesperson looked more like the boss.
"Xiao Tang, have you had lunch?" asked the aunt from the shop next door.
"Not yet. The boss will bring the food over later." Tang Jianming was wiping a mahogany table carefully.
Erhua originally didn't want to bring Tang Jianming here, but he made a request and his father-in-law also spoke for him, so he agreed after thinking about it. Unexpectedly, after changing the environment, Tang Jianming became much more energetic.
Another thing is that Tang Jianming is an expert. When people come to see rosewood, he can give a detailed introduction. The customers are usually satisfied and pay readily.
But Erhua felt it was a pity for his skills.
Erhua came after a while and brought braised meat rice with pickles and edamame on top.
"If you can't take care of your family, you can just come two or three days a month. I, Boss Lu and Mr. Huang are here," said Tang Jianming.
Erhua nodded: "I feel relieved when you are here. It's been okay recently. Xiao Ma and Daniu can handle things. To be honest, if you were not here, this store wouldn't be able to run so smoothly."
Tang Jianming smiled. Since coming to the city, his expression has become much more relaxed.
"Hey, you're so polite."
"I'm sincere, not trying to flatter you." Erhua picked up a piece of braised meat and gave it to him.
The two were eating when a person suddenly jumped out from the side. Erhua looked up and said, "Oh, isn't this the guy from the gold shop?"
Oh, yes, that chubby middle-aged aunt is called Xu Juanjuan.
"Hey, are you eating?" She came over shyly and took out a lunch box with three fried eggs in it, topped with soy sauce.
"I fried three poached eggs this morning, but they're too much for me to finish. Xiao Tang will give them to you."
I haven't been to the store for a month, and this almost choked Erhua.
What's going on?
Seeing Xu Juanjuan picking up fried eggs for Tang Jianming, one, two, three, and he actually accepted it with a clear conscience, Erhua felt something was wrong and moved his bowl closer to her in a servile manner, saying:
"Auntie, give me one too. I like it too."
Xu Juanjuan paused, showing an awkward smile, looked at the fried egg in the lunch box, then looked at Erhua, picked it up in two with chopsticks, and reluctantly took half of it.
"Well, what aunt? I'm only a few years older than you, so call me sister."
"Okay, thank you, sister!"
Her face turned red and her plump body twisted shyly. Erhua seemed to see her glance at Tang Jianming coquettishly and couldn't help trembling all over.
After distributing the fried eggs, Xu Juanjuan walked around the store familiarly, touching here and looking there, just like a leader from the building coming to inspect.
"I've been wanting to ask this for a long time, Xiao Tang, are you the boss here? No, one of the bosses, Hua Tang Hongmu, the 'Tang' must be you!"
Tang Jianming had just finished his meal and brought her some water. He said, "Sister, you think too highly of me. I'm just a shop assistant. This 'Hua' is Erhua, and 'Tang' is her mistress, who is also my cousin."
"No, 'Tang' refers to your Tang clan." Erhua added.
"Well, isn't that you, Xiao Tang? You are too modest." There was actually some admiration and appreciation in Xu Juanjuan's eyes when she looked at him.
Erhua rubbed his eyes and thought back to when he first came to buy jewelry, she didn't have this expression on her face!
He reminded her, "Sister, this afternoon's business hours are up. Why are you so free today?"
"Oh, I forgot the time while talking to you guys." As she said that, she took small steps towards the store, just like a big fat white cat.
Seeing her funny look, Erhua couldn't help but imitate her and walked in a cat-like manner. Tang Jianming laughed at him as if he was a child.
"What are you doing? I think Sister Xu is easy to get along with."
"Is she easy to get along with?" Erhua said as he sat down. "You didn't see how she looked when I went to buy jewelry!"
He glanced at Tang Jianming, and suddenly thought of something. He leaned over and asked, "What's wrong with you guys?"
"What's going on?"
"Don't play dumb, I see. She brought you a fried egg for no reason? She only gave me half an egg out of reluctance?"
Erhua took a cigarette out of his pocket, sniffed it, and put it back. Ever since Xiaoxiao was born, he decided to quit smoking. Another reason was that he wanted to expand his rosewood business, so he had to quit smoking. Fire overcomes wood, and if he smoked, the business would not grow.
This is his own set of ideas. Do you think Erhua’s ideas make sense?
Tang Jianming thought about it and actually smiled lightly, which made Erhua's hair stand on end.
"You, you, you, what's wrong with you?" He paused, slapped his head and said, "No wonder you didn't even bother to show some courtesy just now and let her give you two and a half fried eggs!"
Seeing that he still didn't say anything, which was considered as tacit agreement, Erhua continued: "What's wrong with you? Even if the eldest cousin's wife married someone else, you can't give up on yourself and find an aunt!"
"What do you mean by giving up on yourself? Don't talk nonsense. Besides, she's not my aunt. She's only five years older than me and not even forty yet!"
This also helps her speak!
Erhua wanted to say something else, but a customer came into the store and Tang Jianming stood up to greet him, so he couldn't continue the conversation.
The guest was a white-haired old man in a well-ironed suit. Although he was a bit old, he still looked very stylish. Following him was a slightly younger martial artist who looked very strong.
After all, Tang Jianming was a rosewood master, and with just a few words he made the old man smile. Erhua saw two wrinkles on both sides of his cheeks. Why did this man look more and more familiar?
"Brother, brother——" Xiaolin poked his head out.
"Xiao Lin! Come in quickly. Why aren't you busy today?" Erhua hurriedly brought out some snacks.
"Not busy, not busy." The two crescent moons are pleasing to the eyes.
She didn't eat the snacks, but instead slyly placed them before the old man and said, "See, I was right, wasn't I? How about this shop?"
"Girl, can you please me with some effort?" The old man couldn't stop smiling.
Xiao Lin giggled, and the dimples in her face were filled not with wine but with honey.
"I'm just offering flowers to Buddha!"
"Okay, okay, I'll just give you some advice. You have good taste. This shop is great!"
"Just okay?"
"It's quite good! Very good!"
The old man and the young man, singing the same tune, what on earth were they talking about? Erhu was completely confused, but one thing was certain, the old man's identity was not simple!
"Xiao Lin, who is this?"
Xiao Lin winked at him mysteriously, and the martial artist behind the old man spoke: "This is the owner of the department store."
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