Chapter 110 of Eavesdropping
Gu Yousi felt relieved when he saw Lin Anan the next day.
Lin Anan was neatly dressed and had a pretty face. Although she had a cop on her hand from doing housework, she was slightly plump and it was obvious that she was doing well at home.
Seeing Gu Yousi, Lin Anan felt a little embarrassed for some reason, "Xiaohua said you wanted to see me?"
"Yes."
Gu Yousi nodded and asked, "I heard that something happened in your family."
Hearing this, Lin Anan's face showed sadness and embarrassment. She grabbed her pants. Song Chaohua hurriedly said, "Actually, it was okay before, but the factory where her father worked refused to compensate. They insisted that her father broke his hand because he was drunk."
"This is a lie. My father doesn't drink at all. Our family doesn't have money to let him drink."
Lin Anan hurriedly explained, as if she was afraid that Gu Yousi would misunderstand. Her eyes turned red with anxiety. Obviously, their family had been talked about a lot in recent days because of this incident.
"I believe you." Gu Yousi said. Their class was a physical education class. The physical education teacher disappeared after dismissing the class. There were people skipping rope, playing football, and playing shuttlecock on the playground. There happened to be a staircase here for people to sit down. She patted the staircase and said, "You guys sit down. Let's talk slowly."
Song Chaohua pulled Lin Anan and sat down shamelessly.
Lin Anan was a little girl after all. She was shy and always felt embarrassed to be helped by others. She sat down stammering, not knowing what to say.
Fortunately, she didn't have to think about it. Gu Yousi had her own way to find out the situation.
From Lin An'an's words, Gu Yousi learned that she was the eldest daughter in the family, with two younger brothers and a younger sister. Her father used to work in a factory and was the mainstay of the family. He could earn more than fifty yuan a month, which was not much, but it was enough to support the family.
Now her father's hand was broken, and the factory refused to acknowledge the responsibility and fired him. In order to treat her father's injury, the family's savings were emptied and they also borrowed money from relatives and friends.
"My mother really has no choice. We are so short of money."
Lin Anan whispered, tears in her eyes rolling down her cheeks. "We are so poor that we can only eat coarse grains. My younger brothers and sisters cannot be taken care of. We can't afford this money."
It is said that poor couples have many sorrows.
The lower-class families really have no foundation to withstand shocks. If any one person gets into trouble, the family, which was originally in a good situation, will take a sharp turn
for the worse. Gu Yousi has seen many such things, but when it happens to him, he still feels sad.
Lin Anan wiped her tears and said, "I know I can't come back after I drop out of school, but I can't just ignore my brothers and sisters."
"But if you drop out of school, your life will be ruined!"
Song Chaohua said with some excitement, "Have you ever thought about yourself?"
Lin Anan lowered her head, fingers on her washed-out school pants, "My mother was exhausted the day before yesterday and fell down at home. I... I can't be so selfish."
Song Chaohua opened her mouth.
She knew that unlike Lin Lianhua who was very indifferent to her, Lin Anan's parents loved her very much, otherwise they wouldn't have let her go to the fifth grade.
"You just said your mother is good at cooking?"
Gu Yousi asked calmly.
Lin Anan nodded, "Yes, my mother is from Sichuan, she is very good at cooking Sichuan cuisine, and her chili sauce is delicious!"
"Then after school today, can your mother cook a few dishes for us?"
Gu Yousi said, "I'll pay for the dishes, and your mother will cook, okay?" For some reason
, although it was clearly a little girl in front of her, Lin Anan felt that she was different from others, probably because her eyes were too firm, so when she came to her senses, she had already agreed to this matter.
"You want to go to her house?"
Lan Lin supported Gu Yousi's idea, but did not agree with Gu Yousi going alone. He said, "I'll go with you. Besides, there must be more people to taste the food so that you can taste it, right?"
Gu Yousi thought about it and it made sense.
The dishes you like may not be liked by others. With more people, there are more opinions.
She, Lan Lin, Song Chaohua, and Lin Anan went to Lin Anan's house as soon as school was over. Her house was not far away, but it was very narrow. It was the back house of a large compound.
Generally, the back house faces south and north, which is cold in winter and hot in summer. It is very stuffy, so the rent is cheap.
As soon as Lin Anan entered the house, she said embarrassedly: "There are too many things in my house and it's messy. I don't have time to clean it up. Please don't mind it."
"What's the matter? We used to live in this kind of house, right, Gu, Gu Yousi."
Song Chaohua comforted her consciously and looked at Gu Yousi.
Gu Yousi glanced at her, but didn't say anything and nodded.
Lin's mother was at home today. When she saw Lin An'an bringing so many classmates, she was stunned at first, and then she quickly put on a smile: "You are An'an's classmates, are you here to play with An'an?"
Several children ran out from the inner room, all wearing patched clothes.
The youngest girl was estimated to be only three years old, with snot hanging from her nose. She ran over and hugged Lin An'an's legs, calling her sister, and looked at these strangers from behind Lin An'an.
"Mom, she, they..."
Lin An'an really didn't know how to say this.
Gu Yousi grabbed the strap of her schoolbag and said, "Auntie, it's like this. My dad wants to open a restaurant, but he can't find a chef. Senior An An said that you are a great cook, so we wanted to come and see what it's like. If possible, we would like to invite you to be the chef."
She took out five yuan from her pocket and said, "This is for food. If you are willing, you have to buy the vegetables and meat yourself."
Lin's mother was stunned.
She looked at the money in her hand and exclaimed, "You kids are not fooling around, are you? Take such a large sum of money back quickly, otherwise your family will be unhappy if they know about it."
Lin Anan hurriedly said, "Mom, they are serious, they are not joking."
"Yes, Auntie, our parents all know about this." Lan Lin said, "We are in need of a good chef here, and Uncle Gu has been looking for one. If you really have a talent, you can help us a lot."
Lan Lin is worthy of being influenced by his grandfather every day. What he said was very beautiful. It was obvious that he was helping others, but he made people feel that he was the one helping others.
Mother Lin hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, but I'll give the money back to you. Auntie won't let you pay for it. An'an, you take care of your friend while Mommy goes out to buy groceries."
"Yeah." Lin An'an breathed a sigh of relief and quickly agreed.
Mother Lin gave the money back to Gu Yousi and hurried out.
Gu Yousi didn't say it, but he thought that this person was a good person.
Mother Lin really knows how to cook Sichuan cuisine.
The dishes she cooked were not big dishes, just ordinary stir-fried shredded potatoes, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and twice-cooked pork, but they tasted better than those outside.
Song Chaohua ate two bowls of rice just with the stir-fried shredded potatoes.
The children next to him were stunned.
She wiped her mouth with a tissue in embarrassment, "Auntie's cooking is so delicious, I couldn't help but eat too much, how can these shredded potatoes be so delicious?"
"That's because my mother specially picked the varieties of chili from our hometown. This kind of chili is fragrant and spicy. Many people wanted the chili sauce my mother made before!"
Lin Anan showed a proud look on her face.
According to Gu Yousi's taste, these dishes are indeed good. At least if she were to go to a restaurant, she would be willing to go.
Lin's mother wiped her apron beside her and smiled, "I'm glad you like it. Eat more."
Gu Yousi put down her chopsticks and said, "Auntie, can you cook other dishes? Like crispy pork, cold vegetables, spicy chicken?"
"Yes, of course I can, but you know a lot as a little girl."
Lin's mother was a little surprised.
Gu Yousi smiled and said, "In that case, please leave me your phone number, I'll let my dad contact you."
Lin's mother exclaimed, and Lin Anan was very happy, knowing that this matter might be settled. She quickly wrote down the phone number, "This is the phone number of the nearby grocery store. If you said you were looking for our family, she would know."
Gu Yousi nodded, indicating that she understood.
She even shamelessly packed up the leftovers and took them home to let Gu Jinshui and the others taste them.
After eating, Gu Jinshui said, "It tastes okay. It's not a loss to open a store."
"Yes, we are doing good deeds." He Chunlian sighed, "That factory is too outrageous. When a worker got into an accident in the factory, how could they not pay compensation but also fire the worker?"
Gu Yinxing ate the re-cooked meat and said, "Mom, our family has moved out of that big compound now. You don't know a lot of things. The factory is not like it was back then. It's very chaotic. For example, the day before yesterday, I met our former neighbors, Aunt Sun and Grandpa Sun. The old couple said that their daughter-in-law and son were doing well, but they didn't know why they quit their jobs. The factory gave them some money and sent them away."
He Chunlian and others were all shocked.
He Chunlian said, "This is not enough, it's too inhumane. Besides, they have worked here for so many years, they can just be laid off if the factory says so."
"What can we do?" Gu Yinxing said, "Grandpa Sun's son and his wife are both honest people, and they don't know how to deal with things. The leaders are not willing to take advantage of them. Now the couple are working for daily wages and helping people carry things. They are almost forty years old and still doing this kind of dirty and tiring work."
Liang Ying frowned as she listened, "The situation in these factories is really chaotic right now. No one has been laid off in our textile factory, but it's also Xiao Erhei's New Year - every year is worse than the last, it's strange . The strange thing is that the machines in the factory are imported from abroad, but the orders are getting fewer and fewer. "
Gu Yousi saw that these people were talking more and more nonsense, and quickly brought the topic back, "Dad, I think it's really good for our family to open a hotel. Besides, we have a hotel, and Uncle Douzi runs a travel agency, right? We can let him bring people to our hotel to spend money, so we won't lack customers."
As soon as she finished speaking, the living room became quiet.
Gu Jinshui and others looked at Gu Yousi in surprise.
Gu Yousi even wondered if there was some rice on her face. She touched her face and asked, "What, what happened?"
"Oh, how can my niece be so smart? You even thought of this!"
Gu Yinxing hugged Gu Yousi and kissed her on the face without wiping her lips.
Gu Jinshui couldn't help laughing and said, "It's said that daughters look like their fathers. My daughter learned my smartness."
Liang Ying glanced at Gu Jinshui and kicked him under the table.
Gu Jinshui grimaced in pain and quickly changed his words: "She looks like her mother. Oh, it's good to look like my mother. My wife is so capable and talented."
He Chunlian ignored the couple who were playing tricks and said happily: "Our Erniu is smart. I think this is a good idea. With good skills and customers, this business will definitely be popular!"
In fact, there is no need for the travel agency's customers. Gu Jinshui had already thought about it when he agreed to help, and arranged the address of the hotel near the school. They opened a Sichuan restaurant. During lunch and dinner, they used Gu Yousi's attention and mainly sold boxed lunches, three dishes and one soup, and one portion cost 1.5 yuan.
On the first day of opening, Lin's mother was still worried that business would be bad.
But when it was noon, the dishes that had been prepared in advance were served, and
the aroma was overflowing. There were halved chicken legs, cold walnut meat, pig ears, stir-fried potato shreds, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, crispy pork... Apart from other things, the color, aroma and taste of these dishes were extremely overbearing.
After asking around, they found out that three dishes and a soup only cost 1.5 yuan, which was a lot. Many students immediately paid for the meal.
Lin Anan also came to help at noon and in the evening. Gu Jinshui also hired two aunts to help cut vegetables, wash dishes and greet customers.
He was paid a commission every month, and the basic salary was 30 yuan.
After three days of doing business, Lin's mother secretly calculated it herself and was really shocked. She might even get more than 100 yuan this month.
This hundred bucks was like a windfall for their family. It directly solved the loss caused by Lin's father's dismissal. In addition, Lin An'an went to school, and the money that the children in the family had asked others to bring could also be taken out.
Half a month later, Lin An'an happily told Song Chaohua that she didn't have to drop out of school!
Hearing this news, Song Chaohua was both happy and a little sad.
She bought a soda and thanked Gu Yousi, "Thanks to you, Lin An'an can continue to study."
Gu Yousi held the steel in his hand.
She glanced at the soda in Song Chaohua's hand, closed the book, and said, "It's not me who owes me a lot, it's you who owes me a lot. You also provided the capital for the hotel."
"But you are the one who is worried about this idea and this matter." Song Chaohua was stunned and said subconsciously.
Gu Yousi said indifferently, "Aren't you the one who promoted the hotel in the school and told everyone that Lin Anan's mother is a good cook?"
She stood up, took the soda, and handed the book to Song Chaohua, "You can read it when you have time." The
book was heavy. Song Chaohua looked at the book in her arms and didn't know what to say for a moment. Perhaps she was possessed by a ghost, and she actually took the book home.
The weather in March was getting hot, and cicadas were chirping.
Gu Jinshui was leaning on a rocking chair in the store to enjoy the breeze, holding a book in his hand, closing his eyes slowly, and it was unclear whether he was reading or sleeping.
The sound of wind chimes rang outside, and someone walked in and stopped at the door of the counter.
Gu Jinshui didn't care at first, and when the man coughed, he raised his head and saw Professor Bai standing at the door with a smile on his face.
Gu Jinshui immediately stood up and said, "Professor Bai, why are you here? It's a rare guest. Please take a seat."
He invited Professor Bai to sit down at the tea table opposite.
Professor Bai smiled and said, "I don't have to go to class today, so I came to see you. How is your business?"
"It's still the same. Anyway, my wife and daughter can make money now, and the whole family doesn't depend on me for food and drink." Gu Jinshui said this with a very proud look on his face.
He has been bragging to everyone recently about how good his daughter is at business and how prosperous the hotel she opened is.
Professor Bai laughed, "That's great. If that's the case, you must be very free. Do you want to go to Japan with us?"
"Japan?" Gu Jinshui put the kettle on the stove and turned around and asked, "Yamamoto?"
"Yes, Professor Yamamoto facilitated the exchange." Professor Bai put his hands on his knees and said frankly, "Professor Yamamoto admires you very much and wants you to go to Japan with him. The Japanese side will cover all the food and accommodation. What do you think?"
If it was before, Gu Jinshui would definitely refuse without thinking.
But recently, to be honest, seeing that his wife and daughter are so capable, Gu Jinshui also wants to make more progress. After all, he can't be inferior to his wife and his daughter.
He touched his chin and said, "Let me think about this. How long will it take?"
"At least a month."
Professor Bai patted Gu Jinshui on the shoulder and squinted his eyes at him and said, "It's the Japanese who pay anyway. We are bastards if we don't take advantage of it."
Gu Jinshui was amused by Professor Bai.
Just looking at Professor Bai's elegant appearance, I really didn't expect him to be so humorous.
He said, "I'll go back and ask my family. If it's okay, I'll go. As you said, if you don't take advantage of it, you're a bastard."
The Gu family was a little surprised that Gu Jinshui was going out, and he was going to Japan, but they were not surprised.
He Chunlian said, "I knew you couldn't sit still. It's only been a short time since you went to Shandong, and you're going out again."
Gu Jinshui touched his nose and felt embarrassed.
Liang Ying smiled and said, "Mom, let him go. I heard that cosmetics and home appliances in Japan are very famous. Let's make him bleed a lot this time. Don't buy us gold chains and gold earrings."
Hearing this, He Chunlian was really tempted.
She touched her face and said, "Several girls in our crew say that the facial masks in Japan are very good every day, but it's a pity that we can't buy them here."
"Mom, just tell me what you want, I will wholesale it for you, and we will buy enough for a year!"
Gu Jinshui immediately patted his chest and promised.
He Chunlian rolled his eyes at him, "Go to hell, why buy a year's supply, what if it's not suitable, so you wait, I'll ask those girls tomorrow."
"So you mean you are willing to let me go?" Gu Jinshui asked carefully.
He Chunlian rolled her eyes at the sky, "Your legs are on me, I can still hold you back, not to mention your wife has agreed, what can I say, I just tell you, you should be honest, don't think about messing around outside!"
Gu Jinshui hurriedly said: "What are you talking about, am I that kind of person? I definitely go out for exchange and learning, I won't leave until I get out of the house!"
Even Gu Yousi didn't believe this.
Gu Yousi had no doubt that Gu Jinshui was going to Japan to pick up bargains, which was a good thing. The little Japanese robbed too many cultural relics and antiques in their country during the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. If he could bring back one or two, it would be a good thing.
With the consent of his family, Gu Jinshui contacted Professor Bai the next day.
Professor Bai was very happy, but a little hesitant. He said on the other end of the phone: "Jinshui, um, I heard something this morning. Sun Zhiping is going too."
"He's going too?!"
Gu Jinshui was a little surprised. "He was punished. Why did your school give him such a good thing?"
Professor Bai sighed. "He was punished. But he said he would pay for it himself this time. Professor Lin also spoke for him, so he was included."
If that's the case, there's really nothing he can do.
Gu Jinshui is not a teenager. He naturally knows that many times he can't get what he wants. For example, there are always some idiots among his boss, neighbors and relatives. But can you quit, move or sever the relationship with your relatives?
Adults just pretended not to see it.
"Okay, then let him go. Anyway, as long as he doesn't provoke me, we won't interfere with each other."
Gu Jinshui said, "But if he makes trouble, I won't be a pushover."
"Don't worry about that." Professor Bai said, "This time we went out because our leaders told us not to cause trouble."
Gu Jinshui smiled and didn't take it seriously.
He asked Professor Bai to help him get a visa, and he had to exchange foreign currency. Thinking about going to Japan, he went to buy a few books on Japanese collections so that he could adapt to the local conditions when he arrived abroad.
After all the hustle and bustle, it was already the end of April when he was ready to go abroad.
Liang Ying packed his luggage and also packed a bag of soil, "This is what mom told me to dig for you. Japan is different from China after all. If you feel unwell after going there, take some water and drink some of this soil."
"My wife is so good to me!"
Gu Jinshui hugged Liang Ying's waist. When it was time to leave, he really didn't want to let her go. "You have to take good care of yourself when I'm away. Let Gu Yinxing and Yan Qian help with the housework. Don't let them eat and take things from us all the time."
Liang Ying turned around and couldn't help laughing. She tapped Gu Jinshui's nose, "Don't let Yinxing hear you saying this, or she'll beat you."
"Huh, how can I be afraid of her?" Gu Jinshui showed disapproval on his face.
Liang Ying smiled and said, "You are not afraid of her, but her status is different now."
"What status is so powerful?"
Gu Jinshui hugged his wife's waist, his mind was distracted.
Liang Ying whispered, Gu Jinshui's eyes widened, and a look of joy appeared on his face, "Really?!"
"It's true, Yinxing only found out a few days ago. Your sister is too careless. She didn't find out until she was pregnant for more than two months."
Liang Ying shook her head helplessly, "It's still your brother-in-law who is careful. He saw that there was a lot of toilet paper at home, so he took her for a check-up, and then he found out that she was pregnant."
Gu Jinshui had nothing to say about Gu Yinxing's carelessness.
He said, "Anyway, they have Yan Qian now, and Yan Qian is careful, so it's okay for Yin Xing to be a little careless. But I was wondering why her appetite suddenly became so good before, eating hot pot every day. There must be love, and this time old Yan must be very happy."
"That's for sure."
Gu Yin Xing had a child, and Liang Ying was happy for the couple. After all, they had been married for so many years, and Yan Qian was not young anymore. The two elders in the Yan family were also old and had been looking forward to having a child. Now that they had a child, they could feel more at ease.
Although they all knew that Gu Yin Xing and Yan Qian were both healthy, if they were silent for too long, others would inevitably wonder if there was something wrong.
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