Gu Wei turned his head and saw that the female customer was someone he knew.
It was Zhao Zhengyuan's colleague surnamed Liu.
He rented the other party's brother's house.
"Sister Liu."
Liu Liping asked curiously, "Do you own this shop?"
Gu Wei smiled and nodded, "Yes."
Liu Liping looked around at the merchandise in the store and said, "I think it's similar to the merchandise sold in a clothing store in the Forestry Bureau."
It's no secret that Gu Wei has shops in two locations; many customers know this, but this Ms. Liu doesn't seem to be aware of it.
"I also own that shop."
"My goodness, you're such a capable young man!"
Liu Liping was astonished, and at the same time thought to herself, no wonder she was able to pay half a year's rent without batting an eye, it turns out she was not short of money.
Gu Wei replied modestly, "It's alright."
We weren't familiar with each other to begin with, and after exchanging a few pleasantries, the conversation turned to houses.
However, many more customers came into the store, so the two of them went outside to talk.
“I heard from my brother’s neighbor that you don’t live there much. It’s getting colder and colder now that winter is here. If you don’t light a fire, the water pipes will freeze, which will affect the water supply for the neighbors.”
Actually, it wasn't by chance that I ran into you today. I'll have to go find Xiao Zhao, who's on unpaid leave, another day and ask him to pass on a message.
Liu Liping's words made Gu Wei frown slightly. "I've been too busy, so I haven't been living there much, but I do occasionally go over to burn some firewood."
Now that Liu Liping knows the other person owns two shops, she can understand. "It's not too cold now, so it's okay to go over and cook occasionally. But when it gets really cold, it won't work; you'll have to cook every day..."
Gu Wei also understood that the house rented by the Forestry Bureau was different from the one in the city, which was in a remote location and had almost no neighbors.
There are people living on both sides, so it's really not good if the water pipes freeze and affect them.
Moreover, if he has to go every day, it would be quite troublesome even if he found someone else to do it.
Anyway, we already have shops and houses in the city, so whether that so-called warehouse exists or not is irrelevant.
"Sister Liu, how about this? I'm not renting that house anymore. I'll move my things out in the next few days. Then you can arrange for someone to go and burn the house down."
Liu Liping clearly didn't expect that her words would lead to this outcome.
She looked troubled. "But I've already given the rent money to my sister-in-law..."
Gu Wei didn't intend to ask for the remaining room fee back, since he was the one who broke the contract first. He said indifferently, "It's okay, you don't need to refund the remaining room fee."
Liu Liping felt embarrassed, as it cost several tens of yuan.
"No, that's not how you do things. It's almost noon, I'll go to my brother's house now."
Gu Wei couldn't stop her, so he had no choice but to let her go.
When they returned to the store, Li Bin handed over the money and the ledger.
At noon, several sales clerks brought their own meals from home, which they could simply heat up in their aluminum lunchboxes before eating.
Li Bin and his friends usually buy food outside.
We usually eat steamed buns or pancakes, and then have some vegetables.
Gu Wei was not a stingy person, so he took the two of them to a state-run restaurant for dinner.
Jin Hongfei was on duty last night.
Even after he finished get off work, he didn't leave; he stayed at the store to help out.
He's been busy pursuing his high school classmate lately, and even though Gu Wei wasn't at the store, he knew all about it, so he casually asked, "How's it going?"
Jin Hongfei scratched the back of his head sheepishly, "I haven't confessed yet. But Shufen should know how I feel."
Gu Wei and Li Bin exchanged a glance and both smiled.
After taking a sip of tea, Gu Wei deliberately teased him, "And how does she treat you?"
Jin Hongfei chuckled, "That's probably part of it, but girls are shy and hesitant to take the initiative."
Li Bin put down his teacup and earnestly advised, "Since both of you are interested, don't hold back. Take the initiative and get things settled."
"Li Bin is right, hurry up so we can celebrate your wedding sooner." Gu Wei had eaten with the Jin family quite often during this time, so he knew that Jin's parents were a little anxious about Jin Hongfei's marriage.
Jin Hongfei nodded vigorously as if he had made up his mind, "Okay. Then I'll find an opportunity in the next few days to make things clear."
Gu Wei and Li Bin raised their teacups together, "Then let's drink tea instead of wine and wish you every success."
Jin Hongfei blushed shyly, picked up his glass, lowered it slightly to clink glasses with them, and said, "Brother Gu, if we really get together, we'll have to thank you."
Gu Wei smiled and said, "After you've succeeded, thank me together."
The three of them finished their meal in a pleasant atmosphere and even packed the leftovers into an aluminum lunchbox.
After a full meal, people are more likely to feel sleepy.
Gu Wei went to the small hut in the storeroom and lay down to sleep for a while.
Shortly after he woke up, around 1 p.m., Liu Liping returned.
"I'm sorry, my sister-in-law will only give me 30 yuan back."
Gu Wei didn't even want the money in the first place, so he certainly wouldn't mind receiving this much back.
He quickly said, "Sister Liu, please don't feel embarrassed. I was the one who moved out early, so I'm already very grateful to have received so much back. I'll definitely give you a discount when you come to the store in the future."
Seeing that Gu Wei didn't take it to heart and even said such things, Liu Liping's impression of him improved even more.
The other party is prepared to refund the remaining rent, so the move should be done as soon as possible.
Afterwards, Gu Wei and Liu Liping returned to the Forestry Bureau from the city and went to their rented apartment.
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