Chapter 14 Chapter 14 Xiao Shen's wife found a job...
At around nine in the evening, Liu Mianmian finished work and happily walked out with the six yuan she earned during dinner. As she reached the door of the western restaurant, she heard someone calling her, "Mianmian."
Yu Wan and Shen Bokang came to pick her up.
"Public security has been getting worse over the past few years, with more thefts and robberies. From now on, we'll pick you up after get off work." Yu Wan said with a smile, "If your father and I aren't available, let your Uncle Wang pick you up."
Liu Mianmian didn't consider this problem at all.
After all, in her previous life, the square dance aunties had just finished their show of dancing at nine o'clock in the evening, and the young people's nightlife had not yet begun. The streets and alleys were full of people, and it was not time to worry about safety.
I forgot that there are few entertainment activities in this era, and most people go to bed at eight or nine o'clock in the evening. There are few people on the streets, and there are no cameras or anything, so it is indeed not very safe.
Liu Mianmian was touched, but muttered "nosy". Yu Wan was not angry, but smiled tolerantly. Liu Mianmian suddenly felt like a naughty child who was making unreasonable demands.
"I originally thought that since you and Wei Zhou had just gotten married, you should adapt at home for a while before considering work. I didn't expect you to be so capable and find a job by yourself." Yu Wan praised with a smile, and also explained to Liu Mianmian that they did care about her work.
When they got home, Aunt Liu was waiting at the door. Seeing them come back, she asked if they were hungry and said she had left some chicken soup so that she could make noodles for them as a midnight snack.
Liu Mianmian touched her belly. She had only been traveling through time for a few days, but she already felt a lot more fleshy than when she first arrived. Aunt Liu's cooking skills were truly excellent. She resisted the temptation and firmly refused: "No midnight snacks, I want to lose weight."
Seeing Aunt Liu's puzzled expression, Liu Mianmian realized that the country was still working hard to solve the problem of poverty and food and clothing, so there was no such thing as weight loss. She explained: "I have gained weight recently and need to lose some weight."
Yu Wan smiled and said, "People in Hong Kong are influenced by foreign countries and probably pay attention to controlling their weight, but you are not fat, just right." She thought it was the people in Hong Kong in the western restaurant who said something.
Liu Mianmian thought that her cheap mother-in-law was so nice, gentle and good at talking. However, she didn't just listen to what the people in the Western restaurant said, she really needed to lose weight.
If you don't want to eat midnight snacks, you can always think about breakfast first. Liu Mianmian told Aunt Liu that she wanted to eat crispy and fragrant sesame cakes in the morning. Aunt Liu was finally satisfied and said that she would make tofu pudding to go with the sesame cakes.
Although it was only a little after nine o'clock, Liu Mianmian was already feeling tired and sleepy. She had done quite a bit that day, playing the piano for five hours and visiting thrift stores and department stores.
You'd better go back to your room and sleep.
The desk lamp was on in the room, and Shen Weizhuo was sitting at the desk, facing the dark window.
Liu Mianmian pulled the light cord and the fluorescent light on the ceiling came on. Shen Weizhuo suddenly turned his head and looked at her with an alert and cold look in his eyes. Liu Mianmian was startled and when she looked again, he had already turned his head away.
I don’t know what’s wrong with this guy, but sometimes he looks at people with a terrifyingly sharp gaze.
However, as a "roommate", Liu Mianmian is not afraid of Shen Weizhuo.
What's the point of a terminally ill weakling looking scary? I didn't see her family arrange for someone to pick her up from work, and they didn't even consider him.
Liu Mianmian ignored Shen Weizhuo and went into the bathroom to wash up.
When she came out after washing up, Shen Weizhuo was still sitting in front of the desk, even his posture had not changed.
Liu Mianmian looked at the window curiously. After turning on the fluorescent light, the room was well lit and the glass window turned into a mirror. She could no longer see the scenery outside the window and could only see inside the room.
It's late at night, Shen Weizhuo wouldn't be sitting here looking in the mirror, right?
As he was complaining in his heart, his eyes met Shen Weizhuo in the "mirror".
“…”
I turned around and went to bed decisively.
"When did you find a job?" Shen Weizhuo suddenly asked.
Liu Mianmian found it odd. Even though they spent so much time together, they rarely spoke. Shen Weizhou's demeanor clearly kept people at arm's length. She had no masochistic tendencies, so naturally, she wouldn't try to get close to him. She hadn't expected him to actually take the initiative to show interest in her work.
Liu Mianmian pulled the quilt and replied, "The day after the wedding."
Shen Weizhou was silent for a long time before he asked again, "Why did you think of looking for a job in a Western restaurant?"
Liu Mianmian had already crawled into bed. She yawned and said, "Why so many whys? I was just wandering around after breakfast the other day and happened to see they were hiring, so I decided to give it a try. If you earn your own money and spend it yourself, you won't be afraid to travel the world."
Shen Weizhuo had only heard the saying, "Learn math, physics and chemistry well, and you won't be afraid to travel around the world."
But this is not important. What is important is that Liu Mianmian, who is so selfish that she even took away his family’s property when she eloped, would actually say something like “you earn your own money and spend it yourself”.
What’s important is that on the day she was supposed to elope, she actually went to work in a Western restaurant.
After returning home, Shen Weizhuo checked the alarm device and found nothing wrong with it. The fact was that Liu Mianmian had never gone to his parents' room to look for anything.
She did not steal any property.
She didn't elope either.
She even found a job and looked like she was ready to live a good life.
Shen Weizhou felt like he had punched cotton. All the emotions that had been surging in his heart these days, disgust, anger, excitement about getting revenge, and vague hesitation and uneasiness... all turned into a blank emptiness with a bang.
With a snap, Liu Mianmian, in a daze, reached out and turned off the fluorescent light.
It was quieter around.
In this silence without the roars of zombies or the screams of monsters, Shen Weizhuo heard Liu Mianmian's breathing become longer, and soon, she let out a very light cry.
The night is getting deeper.
When Liu Mianmian woke up the next day, the sun was already shining brightly outside the window.
As usual, the other half of the bed held only a neatly folded quilt. Liu Mianmian was beginning to wonder if Shen Weizhou didn't sleep at night. No wonder he was so weak. The news of the original owner's elopement had triggered his death.
Liu Mianmian decided to secretly tell Aunt Liu and let the elders in the family punish him.
The sesame seed cakes and tofu pudding bought early in the morning were already cold. Aunt Liu reheated them in the pot on the coal stove used to boil water. The sesame seed cakes, which were originally a little soft, immediately became crispier and more fragrant.
People in Nancheng don't care about salty or sweet when eating tofu pudding. Liu Mianmian likes to eat both salty and sweet. The sesame cake is salty, and she scoops a big spoonful of brown sugar into the tofu pudding.
Aunt Liu sat on a small stool, picking vegetables. Her hands moved quickly, but it didn't affect her speech at all. "Didn't you run into that guy at the department store yesterday? Oh my, he must have gone back to sow discord. This morning, the military compound called. Shen Zhibang asked Wei Zhou, since you're not feeling unwell and have time to go shopping at the department store, why don't you take your new wife to the military compound for dinner?"
Liu Mianmian bit into the pancake and said vaguely, "I have to go to work."
Aunt Liu waved her hand and said, "Don't worry. Wei Zhou said he has something to research and doesn't have time to come over for dinner."
He sighed and continued, "After answering the phone, he went back to his study. He stopped fiddling with wires, tubes, and metal boxes and just sat there writing and drawing. I don't know what kind of research he's doing, but it's so tiring. How can his body handle it?"
What was he researching? An important military project, and he died halfway through the research. Later, the project fell into the hands of Shen Weihong, and Chunchun became a big victim who was made a scapegoat.
Thinking of this, Liu Mianmian took a furtive look out the window and lowered her voice to talk to Aunt Liu. Aunt Liu frowned more and more as she listened: "Oh, of course this won't work. How can he get better without sleep? I'll go talk to his parents later."
Liu Mianmian chuckled, hiding his achievements and fame.
If she had not eloped like the original owner, Shen Weizhuo would not have been upset because his new wife ran away. If the elders in the family had taken better care of him, maybe he could have lived longer.
It would be best if he could live long enough to research that military project and let Shen Weihong suffer the consequences.
After picking the vegetables, Aunt Liu saw Liu Mianmian still drinking her tofu pudding slowly, so she said, "You eat first. I'll be back soon."
Liu Mianmian thought that Aunt Liu had gone out to chat with the neighbors. Of course, in fact, it was almost the same, but Aunt Liu went there with a purpose today.
"Xiao Shen's wife found a job, and she found it on her own?!" The aunts were shocked.
Aunt Liu held her head high, as if she was the one who found the job. "That Western restaurant opened by the Gangcheng boss, oh wow, didn't Xiao Zou from Courtyard No. 5 go there before? It's very stylish. Professor Shen and Director Yu both said that the working environment there is good and it's close to home. It's a perfect fit for Mianmian to work there!"
"The working hours are very short, just a few hours, and the pay should be quite high. A shop owned by a Hong Kong owner must pay higher than other places. Okay, okay, I have to go back and make lunch. We'll talk later!"
Aunt Liu came in a hurry and left in a hurry, leaving the aunts looking at each other in bewilderment.
"To put it nicely, it's a job in a Western restaurant. To put it bluntly, it's just being a waiter. What's so great about it?" Aunt Cao said with a pout.
"What's so bad about being a waiter? You can't even be a waiter in a state-owned restaurant if you want to," an elderly woman muttered. "I wonder if that Western-style restaurant is still hiring?"
A word can wake a person up from his dream.
These days, who doesn’t have a relative who is unemployed and has nothing to do but sit at home?
The aunties dispersed.
Aunt Cao also hurried home and wanted to call her unemployed nephew.
His son just got home from get off work. After asking about the situation, he sighed, "Mom, stop fussing. The waiters at that Western restaurant are all good-looking and good-tempered high school graduates. They've already filled up. They're still looking for a pianist. Does my cousin know how to play the piano?!"
Just forget about his cousin who is spoiled by his family.
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