Chapter 557: Daughter Reborn (12)
"Shut up! Have you heard the rumors outside? I have no intention of remarrying, nor am I looking for a partner. You are still young, don't have any nonsense." Cui Shichu said with a roll of his eyes.
"Mom, it's okay for you to find another one. My sister and I have grown up anyway, and you should have your own life. You will be lonely when I start working, so it's better for you to find someone to live with." Zhou Zhiyuan thought he was very mature and considerate when he said this, but he still felt a little sad in his heart. After all, if his mother remarried, it would definitely be different from the time when the three of them depended on each other.
"Lonely? You think too much. Getting married will hinder me from living a happy and comfortable life." Cui Shichu said firmly.
When Zhou Zhiyuan heard her words, the discomfort in his heart immediately disappeared, but he also felt a little guilty, thinking that his idea of not wanting his mother to remarry was a bit selfish.
"Okay, whether I will find a partner again is not what you should consider now. What you should consider now is which university to apply to in a year." Cui Shichu didn't want to discuss his relationship problems with him, so he asked about other things.
When Zhou Zhiyuan heard him ask this, he immediately replied, "Just apply to a university in our province. Do you still need to consider it?"
"Why? With your grades, it's more than enough for you to get into a good university in Beijing, and the development in Beijing will definitely be better than in the province. Why don't you look at the long-term?" Cui Shichu asked him puzzled.
Zhou Zhiyuan choked. He wanted to go to a university in the province because he wanted to be closer to home. After all, his sister had cut off contact with them. If he also went to a university far away from home, what would happen to his mother? He was worried, so he was willing to stay in the province.
Cui Shichu understood his thoughts and was immediately amused. He said, "Is it because of me that you don't want to take the entrance exam to the capital?"
Zhou Zhiyuan nodded: "I can't leave you alone at home."
Cui Shichu laughed angrily and said, "Why do you think that if you pass the exam and go to the capital, I will definitely stay here? Can't I go to the capital with you?"
Zhou Zhiyuan was stunned. Yes, why didn’t he think of letting his mother go to Beijing with him?
"Mom, do you mean that if I get admitted to Beijing, you will go with me? That would be great!" Zhou Zhiyuan said happily.
He felt that his thinking was still too rigid and not flexible enough, so he touched his head and said embarrassedly: "I thought you would not be willing to leave the familiar environment, after all, we have lived here for decades."
"You didn't ask me whether I was willing or not, but you were just thinking about it in private. Although I have lived here for a long time, I don't have many good memories left. Every day is busy and full of trivialities in life. I think it would be better to be far away, so you don't have to worry about me. Work hard and go to Beijing to go to university next year. I prefer big cities." Cui Shichu said to his son who thought too much.
"Okay, Mom, I will definitely be admitted to a university in the capital, and then we will settle down in the capital together!" Zhou Zhiyuan assured Cui Shichu confidently. He did not mention his sister at this time. After all, ever since he had that dream, he stayed away from Zhou Lizhi as she wished and did not drag her down. Knowing that his mother wanted to go to the capital with him, he was actually relieved, so that he would not have to face Zhou Lizhi in the future.
After the mother and son agreed, Zhou Zhiyuan studied harder, while Cui Shichu worked as usual. She planned to use this year to sell buns to earn some money, and then start other business after arriving in the capital.
Wang Zhennan didn't have to go to work that day, so he took a day off. He came to Cui Shichu's bun shop to help out uninvited, because he heard from his colleagues that if you don't know how to pursue a girl, then you should consciously help the girl you like. After doing this for a long time, the girl and her family will know that you are hardworking and capable, and naturally they will have a better impression of you.
So Wang Zhennan, who didn't quite understand what was going on, followed his colleague's instructions and voluntarily went to Cui Shichu to help.
Cui Shichu had a headache when he saw him, especially when he saw him clumsily trying to pack buns for a customer. He ended up wrapping them with a piece of oil paper for several minutes but still couldn't finish. The customer couldn't wait any longer and simply told him not to wrap them with oil paper anymore. He took them himself and left, which made Wang Zhennan very frustrated.
"Wang Zhennan, I don't need your help here, you'd better leave! And even if you help me, I won't pay you." Cui Shichu said to him coldly.
"I don't need your salary." Wang Zhennan said with a red face, his eyes fixed on her movements of wrapping dumplings with oil paper. His own fingers were also moving quietly, trying to learn the movements, but Cui Shichu's movements were too fast. Her flexible and slender fingers danced quickly with the oil paper, like a butterfly flying lightly on a flower, beautiful and elegant.
There were so many customers that Wang Zhennan observed Cui Shichu's movements for a while and then started again. But for some reason, his fingers, which were so smooth and easy to use when doing experiments and writing papers, and could even get oil paper and buns, seemed to be made of wood and did not obey him at all.
"Hey, hey, young man, how are you wrapping it? The oil paper is so wrinkled. Forget it, no need to wrap it. I'll just take it and go!" The customer said impatiently when he saw that he was so nervous that sweat was about to come out, and the oil paper in his hand was so wrinkled that he couldn't wrap it properly.
"Hey, boss, why did you hire such an inefficient guy? This guy doesn't look like someone who can work." An old lady looked at the clumsy Wang Zhennan and said to Cui Shichu.
Cui Shichu didn't want his private affairs to become gossip among others, so he said: "He is not a hired employee by me, but... he was forced to come here by someone else, who said he wanted to learn business from me."
She looked helpless when she said this, and the lady immediately thought she understood her helplessness and said sympathetically: "So that's how it is. Now no matter what you do well, there will be a lot of random people who will come and try to take advantage of you, and sometimes you can't refuse them. It's hard for you, too."
Cui Shichu nodded in agreement and said, "That's it. I can't help it. It's just a matter of personal relationships..."
Knowing that the boss of this prosperous business also has his worries and frustrations, the old lady left with satisfaction.
"I don't want to take advantage of you, and I'm not a messy person." Wang Zhennan defended himself in a low voice.
"I know, I just don't want to add more gossip to other people's after-dinner gossip." Cui Shichu said unhappily, "It's all your fault. You came here just to cause trouble."
(End of this chapter)
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