"Why did you stop me just now?" asked Yang Xu's mother, Wu Yuehe.
Yang Xu spoke frankly, "Ah, Yu Ge'er is now working as a manager in an embroidery shop in town. He likes this job very much. If they get married..."
"Then keep doing it. You open a shop in town and he also works in town. Can't you take care of each other?" Wu Yuehe was puzzled.
Yang Xu jumped up with joy when she heard that. "Ah, you're so kind! I thought you would let Yu Ge'er stay at home to take care of her husband and children after she got married. I was wrong about you."
Wu Yuehe finally realized what her son was thinking of her. She couldn't help but glare at him and stormed home, with Yang Xu following behind her, begging for mercy and apologizing.
The next day, when Yang Xu was setting up a stall on West Street, Yu Ge'er used the excuse of buying cooked food to have a conversation with him.
"Brother Yu, my mom said that even after you get married, you should continue to work in the embroidery shop. She also said that we can take care of each other in the town." Yang Xu smiled innocently.
Hearing this, Yu Ge'er's heart, which had been anxious all night, was relieved. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Then why don't we rent a yard in town? Sometimes I live in the embroidery shop when I have to rush work. It would be more convenient to have my own yard."
Yang Xu thought about it and it made sense. He wondered if it was expensive to rent a yard, and how much it would cost to buy it. He would have to go to the brokerage firm to ask later.
*
Yu Ge'er breathed a sigh of relief because he had solved a problem in his heart. After discussing with Li Yuemei, he agreed to the wedding date set by the Yang family, which was on the tenth day of the tenth month of this year. There were still a few months left, and Yu Ge'er could embroider his wedding dress well. He wanted to embroider it beautifully so that the unmarried boys and girls could see it, and the embroidery shop would get more business.
Under the guidance of the broker, Yang Xu looked at yards and shops for several days, and finally decided to rent a shop. The shop has a first floor where he can sell cooked food, and a second floor that can be used as a warehouse. There is also a small yard with two rooms in the back. He and Yu Ge'er can live in the backyard after they get married. Yu Ge'er was very satisfied after seeing it. Yang Xu paid the rent, packed up, and chose a day to open the shop.
Once you open a shop, you can't just sell a few cooked foods like a cooked food stall. Yang Xu also adds roast chicken, braised pig ears, braised offal, braised vegetables and so on. When the daily ingredients are displayed, the fragrance spreads far and wide, which arouses the diners' appetite and they have to buy some to try.
Yang Xu hired a few more people, including a waiter in charge of reception and a chef who braised meat in the kitchen. The business gradually got on track and everything was developing in a good direction.
*
Lin Yan had been feeling a bit listless lately. Nothing tasted good, and he had no appetite. He wondered if it was the summer heat. Zhao Yian, seeing his father's poor spirits, had stopped pestering him. Every day, he either went out with Nan Ge'er to dig earthworms or had Zhao Shiyun take him out to play. Lin Yan finally had a moment of relaxation, feeling genuinely happy. He hummed a song as he flipped through his account books in his room, sipping mung bean soup in between, feeling quite relaxed.
It would have been much better if it weren't for the nausea that occasionally rose in his chest. Lin Yan had a premonition in his heart, but he didn't know if it was correct. He decided to find a doctor to check his pulse.
"Brother Yan, look what I bought!" Zhao Shiyun started shouting as soon as he entered the yard, carrying a big bag of food.
Lin Yan put down the account book and walked out of the room. Zhao Shiyun had already taken bowls to pack the food he bought. Lin Yan leaned over to take a look and saw a big bowl of braised food, including offal, vegetables, and pig ears.
"Why did you buy so much?" Lin Yan sat down and picked up a piece of lotus root with his hands and started eating.
"I see that you have no appetite recently, so I thought of buying more. You can eat more of whatever you like." Zhao Shiyun went to the kitchen to get the chopsticks and handed them to Lin Yan.
Lin Yan took it, picked some vegetarian dishes and ate them to suppress the sour feeling in his heart.
He hesitated for a moment, then said, "Brother Shi Yun, I suspect I might be pregnant. Let's go to the doctor to check my pulse tomorrow."
"Oh, okay...ah? What?" Zhao Shiyun responded casually, and then he realized what Lin Yan said, his mouth grinning from ear to ear, "Really? That's great!" He stood up, picked up Lin Yan excitedly and spun him around, then kissed him on the cheek again. With a "bo" sound, Lin Yan's face turned red. He pushed Zhao Shiyun away with all his strength, looked around, and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that there was no one there.
"You want to die? In broad daylight, aren't you afraid of being seen?"
Zhao Shiyun smiled and said, "I checked when I came back, and there was no one there. An An was still playing with Nan Ge'er at the village entrance, and she won't be back soon."
Lin Yan glared at him and couldn't help but burst out laughing.
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