Chapter 331 Everyday Upward
Just after seven o'clock in the evening, Yu Zhiming returned to his residence in Zijinyuan, holding the dinner for two that he had picked up from Xiangwan Canteen after driving around.
As soon as he entered the house, he saw a heartbreaking scene.
That kid Fu Xiaobo and the decoration designer Zhu Jun from next door were sitting on the sofa in the living room chatting and eating snacks.
The peanut shells, walnut shells, etc. eaten by these two guys almost filled up the trash basket next to the coffee table.
Is this eating snacks as a meal?
Now, Yu Zhiming and his friends know how much snacks they eat, and the amount that his third sister brings back from her hometown is also limited.
Yu Zhiming couldn't help feeling a little distressed.
"Uncle, you are finally back."
"Good evening, Dr. Yu!"
Facing the two people who stood up to greet him, Yu Zhiming responded lightly and then put the food on the table beside him.
"Are you two waiting for me?"
Fu Xiaobo hummed a sound and chuckled, "Uncle, thanks to your immense influence, we not only successfully got back the balance, but also got back an extra 200,000 yuan."
"Zhu Jun and I discussed it, and we both agreed that the extra 200,000 yuan should belong to my uncle."
As he said this, two large bundles of Mao Zedong's banknotes appeared in Fu Xiaobo's hands as if by magic.
"Uncle, a full two hundred thousand. Please count it."
Yu Zhiming didn't take it and said softly, "I won't accept this money. I know your bid for this project was very low to begin with, and we didn't make much money."
After a pause, he asked, "Before the Spring Festival holiday, I think none of the other projects you have on hand can be completed, right?"
Fu Xiaobo scratched his head and chuckled.
Yu Zhiming snorted softly, "We finally managed to get a team together. This Spring Festival benefit should be decent, right?"
"Take this money back and make your own arrangements."
Fu Xiaobo hesitated and said, "Uncle, in order to get this money back, you also relied on connections and favors."
Yu Zhiming said casually, "It's easy to repay the favor I owe you. Just check your body and see if you have any illness."
"When your decoration company develops well, there will be plenty of opportunities to thank me."
Fu Xiaobo pondered for a moment, then said solemnly, "Uncle, since you've said so, I, your nephew, won't be so distant with you anymore."
"To be honest, uncle, as the business expands, we do need more funds for turnover."
"So, when you buy a big house and renovate it, we will only charge you the cost price and give you a big gift."
Zhu Jun also said: "Doctor Yu, I will definitely give you the best decoration design when the time comes."
Yu Zhiming gave a perfunctory "hmm" and asked, "Do you have anything else to do?"
"It's okay."
Fu Xiaobo replied, then opened the food packaging that Yu Zhiming brought back and took a look.
"Uncle, did you get it from my aunt's canteen?"
"That's perfect. Let's cook some more dumplings and have dinner together."
Yu Zhiming dismissed them and said, "You should go eat outside, or order some dishes and go eat next door."
"No one cares about you. Drink as much as you want."
Fu Xiaobo smiled ingratiatingly, "Uncle, mainly because I want to eat dumplings."
“The dumplings outside don’t taste like the ones at home.”
Just then, there was a sound of a door opening.
Following the voice, Gu Qingning, wearing pajamas and with disheveled hair, walked out of the bedroom.
While yawning, she glanced at Yu Zhiming, Fu Xiaobo, and Zhu Jun with sleepy eyes.
The next moment, the guy turned around and went back to the bedroom.
"Hehe, uncle, Zhu Jun and I should go out for dinner." Fu Xiaobo said with a wink.
Yu Zhiming was too lazy to explain his relationship with Gu Qingning to the boy, so he ignored him.
When Fu Xiaobo turned around and walked to the coffee table, he paused, bent down and picked up a heavy plastic bag.
"I really forgot one thing."
"Employee Lao Jiang said that his daughter's mitral valve stenosis has improved a lot after this period of treatment."
"This is his thank you gift: preserved bamboo rat from his hometown."
Yu Zhiming let out a soft "oh" and warned, "Go back and tell that person that the medication his daughter is currently taking for mitral stenosis can only control and improve it, not cure it."
"You need to pay more attention in your daily life. If the symptoms worsen after a few years, surgery will still be necessary."
Fu Xiaobo nodded, quickly put the money into his briefcase, and quickly left with Zhu Jun...
Yu Zhiming knocked on the bedroom door a few times.
After a while, Gu Qingning, dressed in casual clothes and with a ponytail, looking quite fresh, pushed the door open and looked around...
"Those two guys? Gone?"
Yu Zhiming hummed, then asked disdainfully, "From seven in the morning to seven at night, you didn't sleep the whole day, did you?"
"It's not even a whole day, and he even got up to eat at noon!"
Gu Qingning explained and ran to the bathroom.
Yu Zhiming put the food he brought into bowls and plates, heated it up in the microwave, and made a seaweed egg drop soup.
Only after he had prepared dinner did Gu Qingning slowly come out of the bathroom.
However, she looked much more radiant.
"It's already evening, and you're not going out, so why are you still putting on makeup?"
Gu Qingning sat down next to Yu Zhiming at the dining table and said in a sweet voice with a smile, "Women dress up to please themselves."
She blinked again, her eyes full of allure. "Zhiming, which one of me now and the disheveled me just now makes you feel better and have a better appetite?"
Yu Zhiming rolled his eyes.
"Hey, your grandpa?"
Gu Qingning poured some of the pork stew's broth into her small bowl of rice.
"We've arrived safely at the hospital in Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Next, we'll have a consultation with a specialist to come up with a treatment plan."
Yu Zhiming said "oh".
He just asked casually and didn't care whether he flew directly to the South Asian subcontinent or went to Guangzhou and Shenzhen first and then transferred there.
And it seems that this girl really has no idea what's going on.
Yu Zhiming stopped asking about this topic and asked, "Are your family members satisfied with your eldest brother's girlfriend?"
Gu Qingning smiled and said, "As long as Big Brother can get married and have children, even if he marries a female demon, our family will be happy."
"Only my father had some complaints about the girl's background and education."
She gloated again, "Now, my dad can't even control me, let alone my brother."
"He can only be angry for no reason, hehe..."
Yu Zhiming was quite pleased to hear this, because he didn't have a very good impression of Qing Ning's father.
After a while, Gu Qingning swallowed the meat and rice in his mouth and asked, "Tomorrow is Sunday. You finally get a day off. Let's go out and play together?"
Yu Zhiming shook his head and said, "We still have to shoot advertising materials for the hospital tomorrow. They say they've changed the director."
"The director from last time is still recovering in the hospital due to myocardial ischemia."
Gu Qingning pouted, looking very pitiful.
"I'm worried about grandpa, so I don't have the energy to do anything else. Only when I'm with you, Zhiming, can I feel refreshed."
Yu Zhiming felt sympathetic and said, "If you don't mind being bored, you can come and watch our filming tomorrow."
Gu Qingning smiled brightly and said excitedly, "Okay, okay, I'll go to the hospital with you to watch your filming tomorrow."
Yu Zhiming warned: "You can watch, but you are not allowed to laugh."
Gu Qingning patted her chest and made a promise, "Zhiming, don't worry, even if you act stupid and stiff, I won't laugh."
Yu Zhiming didn't want to bother with this guy anymore and buried his head in his dinner...
After 8:30 in the evening, Yu Zhiming received a call from his fourth sister.
"Haha, Lao Wu, I have good news for you. Just now, today's sales exceeded 8,000."
Yu Xiangwan then explained with a hint of pride, "Eight thousand in sales is the break-even point for our small canteen."
“I didn’t expect to achieve it on the second day of opening.”
Yu Zhiming said softly, "Sister, what's your gross profit margin?"
"Because we want to be as affordable as possible, and with the opening discounts, our gross profit margin is just over 40%."
Yu Xiangwan further explained during the call: "8,000 in turnover, gross profit of about 3,300."
"Half of it is used to pay rent, and the rest is used to cover employee salaries, taxes and other expenses."
"The rent alone is 50,000 yuan a month." Yu Zhiming couldn't help but sigh.
"Old Five, this fifty thousand yuan rent is already considered cheap. Since we mentioned your name before, the landlord gave us a big discount."
Yu Zhiming said "oh" again and asked, "Sister, how is the processing window today?"
Yu Xiangwan chuckled and replied, "It's open too."
"It's a big order. A young couple living nearby bought a lot of food for their birthday and asked us to prepare it..."
Next, Yu Xiangwan continued to ramble on about some things in the canteen...
"Hey, Lao Wu, I'll be back around eleven o'clock. These two hours or so are plenty of time for you to be busy."
"If you want to do something bad, hurry up..."
Amidst the strange laughter of his fourth sister, Yu Zhiming ended the call immediately.
Yu Zhiming threw his cell phone on the desk and secretly felt lucky that he answered the call in the bedroom.
If these words were heard in the living room by that evil-minded and treacherous guy, she might do something extreme.
Will he resist to the death then?
Or did you just give in reluctantly?
Or perhaps, in order to protect the man's dignity, he took the initiative and attacked directly...
The sudden creaking sound of a door being pushed open interrupted Yu Zhiming's fantasy and frightened him so much that he shivered.
He looked at Gu Qingning who was peeking in, and was about to criticize him when the little guy spoke first.
"Zhiming, someone is here, looking for you."
Yu Zhiming came out of the bedroom and saw an acquaintance.
The middle-aged man from the special department.
This person simply stated directly that the man's nasopharyngeal cancer had been confirmed and he came to deliver the reward.
Thirty thousand in cash.
Yu Zhiming signed for the cash and politely sent the efficient middle-aged man away.
"Zhi Ming, another 30,000? What's the big deal this time?" Gu Qingning's face was full of gossip and curiosity.
Yu Zhiming glanced at her and said mysteriously, "This involves state secrets and security, so don't ask too much!"
Gu Qingning made a light sound and snorted, "You want to say it, but I don't want to listen."
She chuckled again and said, "Fourth sister said she won't be back until eleven o'clock at night."
"Shall we play games together at this time?"
These words made Yu Zhiming's heart tighten. Without thinking, he turned around and walked quickly towards the bedroom.
"I don't have time to play games. I need to study hard and make progress every day..."
Yu Zhiming's reaction made Gu Qingning a little confused and a little angry.
"It's just playing an online game, is it really that serious?"
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