He suddenly said such words seriously, Xu Chulan was stunned: "Senior Lu, what do you mean?"
It turns out that brother Zi Qian didn't want to pursue her, he just dismissed Xu Bing casually!
For some reason, Xu Chulan felt very disappointed after having this realization.
Lu Ziqian's gentle eyes stared at her: "I mean don't think too much, I'm not pursuing you, I just need your help with something!"
"Help? What do you need my help with?" Xu Chulan was a little confused.
Lu Ziqian looked at her and started to talk serious nonsense: "It's like this. I have a bad stomach due to poisoning since I was a child. I can't eat outside food often. Our family has a two-bedroom apartment in the neighborhood next door. I hire a cook on weekdays.
The aunt who cooked for me was the aunt who always cooked for me. However, my aunt had something to do at home and her husband was sick and she needed to go home to take care of her. So she resigned."
"I have never been able to find a suitable cooking aunt. I heard that your cooking skills are very good, so I wanted to ask you to help me cook. Don't worry, I will pay you a salary. That aunt has three thousand yuan a month
, can I give you three thousand yuan, too?"
Xu Chulan opened his mouth in shock: "Three, three thousand?"
She used to work very hard in a hotel near school, going there every afternoon after school, and she only earned less than 2,000 yuan a month!
"What? Do you think it's less? If it's less, I'll give you more money!" Lu Ziqian looked at her and was surprised, thinking that the money he said was less.
Xu Chulan quickly waved his hand: "No, no, yes, it's too much? Senior Lu, what kind of work did you do with the three thousand yuan?"
She was a little excited about this job.
If time permits, with the help of a tutor and the three thousand yuan, she can pay off all the loans before graduating from college.
Lu Ziqian thought for a while and then said: "It's nothing, just take care of my three meals a day, simply help me wash my clothes and clean up. I can take one day off every week. Classmate Xu, are you willing to give it a try?
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"I——, I" Xu Chulan felt very conflicted at this time.
She really needs such an easy job.
However, many people in the school have misunderstood her relationship with Brother Zi Qian. If she goes to his place to clean and cook every day, I wonder what bad rumors will spread among her classmates.
Lu Ziqian saw through her contradictions and struggles at a glance: "Classmate Xu, life is only a few decades. It is very short. Living in the eyes of others will be very tiring. As the old saying goes, go your own way and let others go.
Others say go ahead! Don’t you want to make more money so that your relatives can live a better life and be more comfortable?”
His words reminded Xu Chulan of her uncle and grandmother. When her uncle took her back and treated her, her aunt did not agree at all.
But no matter how much fuss and scolding their aunt made, my uncle and grandma never said a word and refused to send him away.
Finally, after quarreling for a while and seeing that there was nothing she could do, my aunt accepted the fact.
However, when she graduated from junior high school and was about to enter high school, her aunt disagreed again and started a riot at home.
Let her go to work.
My uncle has two children at home, his cousin and his cousin.
My cousin was in primary school at the time, so she skipped a grade and was in the same class as her cousin. It was really difficult for a rural family to provide for three students at the same time.
However, her uncle and grandmother still gritted their teeth and chose to let her go to school.
Grandma was already seventy years old at the time. In order for her to go to school, she would go to nearby villages to pick peppers and peanuts for others every day, just to earn an extra twenty or thirty yuan a day to supplement the family income.
For her to be able to get where she is today, her grandmother and uncle have sacrificed so much.
No matter what, she must repay them well.
Therefore, thinking of her grandmother and uncle, Xu Chulan gritted her teeth, nodded and said, "Okay, Senior Lu, I promise to help you cook!".
Three thousand yuan was her uncle's salary for a month's hard work in their small county factory. The sooner she pays off her student loan, the sooner she can get rid of Xu Bing's harassment.
Moreover, when she saves money, her uncle and grandma's life will be easier.
Seeing that she finally agreed, Lu Ziqian felt relieved.
"Then let's start tonight. Let's go to the nearby supermarket to buy groceries. Let me see if your cooking is good. If the cooking is not delicious, don't blame me for deducting your salary!" He looked at it.
Xu Chulan was filled with joy.
Xu Chulan looked at the time: "Um, Senior Lu, I have a tutor at Shuixie Garden Community at 6:30, so I have to leave after cooking. Is that okay?"
"Of course, it's okay, but it's already past five o'clock now, so we have to speed up." Lu Ziqian had a smile on his face and naturally wanted to hold her hand, but she cleverly avoided it.
The two people soon arrived at a nearby supermarket.
"What other ingredients do you have at home? Don't buy duplicates!" Xu Chulan asked while picking vegetables.
Lu Ziqian pushed the shopping cart and looked at her happily: "No, my refrigerator is empty, not even a bottle of water!"
Xu Chulan turned around and put the selected vegetables in the shopping cart, and looked at him sympathetically: "When did that aunt leave? Didn't she buy you something to eat?"
While she was talking, she had already led him to the food area: "If you have a bad stomach, you should drink more millet and yam porridge!"
She took down a five-pound bag of millet from the supermarket shelf and asked Lu Ziqian: "The weather is getting colder. It should be no problem to buy a five-pound bag. Mr. Lu, do you think we should buy it in bags or in bulk?"
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Lu Ziqian looked at him infatuatedly, feeling like a wife asking her husband after they had been married for many years.
Xu Chulan waved her hand in front of his eyes: "Senior Lu, I have a question for you! Do you think this kind of bagged millet is too expensive?"
Lu Ziqian quickly took the bag of millet from her hand and put it in the shopping cart: "I don't understand much, whatever you say is fine."
The two of them bought some yams, pumpkins, radishes, cabbage, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and other supplies.
After Lu Ziqian paid the bill, he consciously picked up everything.
Xu Chulan wanted to help, but he refused: "You are too thin. If you faint from exhaustion again, I will have to pay for medical expenses in advance!"
He was joking happily.
The two of them came to the community next to Huada. It was a two-bedroom apartment of more than 70 square meters. It was decorated simply and warmly.
Xu Chulan opened the refrigerator, and there was nothing inside.
She put on her apron and went to the kitchen to start cooking.
Lu Ziqian stood at the door of the kitchen, looking at her slender back, washing millet, scraping yams, peeling potatoes, washing vegetables and cabbage. He felt happier than ever before.
Soon, at a little after six o'clock, Xu Chulan had dinner ready.
When she was at her uncle's house, she took the initiative to do all the housework during the winter and summer vacations. Cooking was not a problem for her!
"Senior Lu, try it and see if it suits your taste!" She took off her apron and helped Lu Ziqian fill a bowl of porridge.
Lu Ziqian looked at the millet and yam porridge, vinegar-based shredded potatoes, mushrooms, green vegetables, and fish-flavored eggplants that were cooked on the dining table. He cast an approving look at Xu Chulan: "It smells good. I didn't expect you to really do it."