Tie Jun didn't know what Qin Shuilan was thinking, but from the change in her attitude towards him, it can be expected that Mr. Wu must have a very high status in her heart.
"Sister, you must be very familiar with Mr. Wu, right?"
"Um?"
Qin Shuilan looked up, her eyebrows soothed, as if she didn't hear Tie Jun's words clearly.
"I said you must be very familiar with Mr. Wu, right?"
"Well, I started selling cosmetics because of my mother's business, and then I started wholesale cosmetics with Mr. Wu's support.
I am where I am today, not only because of the blessing of my mother’s spirit in heaven, but also because of Mr. Wu’s guidance and support.”
Tie Jun was startled, but he didn't expect that Qin Shuilan's crazy mother was not here either.
"Sister, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to..."
"It's okay, it's been more than ten years and I have long since given up.
Speaking of which, I will tell you my own experience. I hope you can gain some insights after listening to it."
Tie Jun put away his smile, sat upright, and listened attentively.
"Six months after I entered that factory, my grandma passed away. She suffered a heart attack in the middle of the night and died on the way to the hospital.
Not long after my grandma left, my mother was worried that I was moving west alone, so she started quarreling with my stepfather and asked him to ask someone to bring me back to the city.
The next summer, a sewing ticket gave me a job as a loader in a department store in the new urban area."
"Loader? Sister, how old were you at that time? Can you move?"
“It was the summer of 1976. My sister was 18 years old and she had to do it even if she couldn’t!
The day I went to work was July 27. I remember it very clearly because there was an earthquake the next day.
We all call that department store Siqier Building, which is the predecessor of the department store you went to today.
My mother went with me, and she was in time to unload the goods when we got there. My mother is a warm-hearted person, and she also helped me do it. I couldn't stop her no matter what.
The goods that came that day were cosmetics. It was the first time I saw those beautiful bottles and jars, which made me feel very fresh.
After unloading the goods, the goods were put out again, including friendship cream, pechoin balm with birds painted on it, red plums, Yashuang, all kinds of colors.
After placing them, my mother and I both smelled delicious. We both liked the row of cosmetics very much.
I have been naughty since I was a child. My family raised me as a boy, and my name was quite earthy, Qin Tieya. I later changed it to Qin Shuilan.
At that time, every household had ice cream in a porcelain bottle. I couldn’t bear to throw it away after using it, so I bought bulk ice cream and poured it into it.”
"We have five children in our family, and I am the eldest. I can't even apply cream on my face. Only my two younger sisters can enjoy that treatment.
My relationship with sheath cream is the little porcelain bottle that my grandma used to cupping me.
When I got up, I let out a "chi" sound, and then a purple circle appeared."
Tie Jun interjected, and Qin Shuilan smiled and said: "No wonder you are so young and old, you are the eldest son in the family."
"As the eldest son, I feel ashamed. I can't help the family with anything just by studying."
"Come on, it's a matter of honor to be able to go to university, not to mention you have a master's degree!"
Tie Jun smiled and said, "Sister, I'm off topic. You've got to blame me anyway."
"Then you interrupt, okay, let's get back to the topic.
I have never liked wearing incense because it irritates my nose. In fact, in my heart, I regard myself as a boy.
Maybe it was for this reason that when I was 17 or 18, my mother started to change my dressing style and transform me into a girl.
As a result, that day she secretly opened a box of Pechoin, dipped a little in it, and applied it to my face.
I was terrified at the time. This was a public property, so how could I touch it casually?
I grabbed it and looked down. The tinfoil had been opened and a small hole had been made by my mother.
Seeing that I was anxious, my mother laughed and said: 'Don't be afraid, Daya, I will buy it for you on your first day at work.'
As soon as I finished speaking, the leader of the department store team rushed over, very fiercely, it was the manager Wang you saw today."
"ah?"
Tie Jun opened his mouth wide with disbelief on his face.
"Haha, we meet enemies on a narrow road!"
Tie Jun suddenly thought of what Sister Wu said and became even more curious. He held his breath and listened carefully.
"I'm not that easy to bully. When I saw him pushing my mother, I went up and started tickling him.
He pulled his neck and shouted, saying that we two had stolen public property and must be handed over to the police.
As soon as I heard from the police, my mother suddenly became ill, turned around and ran away. I wanted to chase her, but was held back by the team leader.
I shouted to him with red eyes: 'If something happens to my mother, I will definitely kill you!'
The team leader was frightened by me and let go of his hand. I quickly chased him outside, but my mother was long gone.
I thought my mother had to go home. Every time she got sick, she would shut herself in the room and she would usually be fine in half an hour.
When I ran home, General Tie held the door, but my mother didn't come back at all. I was a little panicked.
I turned around and ran away, and found my stepfather's work. My mother didn't come either, so my stepfather followed me out to look for her.
That day, we mobilized the neighbors and people from my stepfather's workplace, and searched for my mother for a whole day, but could not find my mother.
My stepfather said that my mother might have gone to her old house in Qianxi, and that she would look for her the next day and that nothing would happen overnight.
It was extremely hot that night and I couldn't sleep at all. When I thought about my mother not eating or drinking all day, I felt very anxious.
I stayed up until midnight, and I really couldn't stand it any longer. I felt like I would go crazy if I stayed any longer.
I secretly filled a kettle with cold water and put two steamed buns in the bowl rack.
Afraid that my stepfather would hear the noise, I didn't dare to push his bicycle. Instead, I climbed into my backyard and pushed my Uncle Zhang's bicycle out secretly.
I walked around and then back to the department store. The backyard was the warehouse. I suddenly had the feeling that my mother was hiding in the warehouse.
I climbed over the wall into the backyard, carried the ladder, put it on the back wall of the warehouse, and climbed up to the small window that was one person high.
As soon as I put my head close to the glass, I heard my mother's voice.
I picked up the military kettle, broke the glass, opened the window from the inside, and climbed in.
My mother was hiding behind a pile of cardboard boxes. The floor was covered with cosmetics and an open bottle of canned hawthorn.
When she saw me, my mother smiled, pointed to the cosmetics on the ground and said, "Da Ya, they are all yours. Mom bought them all for you."
I cried immediately and hugged my mother. At this time, the ground suddenly shook twice, and I sat down on the ground.
Before I could make a second move, the bottom of my buttocks suddenly arched up, and my mother yelled "earthquake" and threw herself on me.
Then, my mother and I shook the soybeans back and forth in the sieve,
I wanted to turn my mother over, but her fingernails dug into my flesh and pressed me tightly. I couldn't move.
Then, the shelves fell down, the warehouse collapsed, and I don’t know how many things fell on my mother.
My ears were filled with the sound of breaking glass bottles and my mother's muffled grunting, and with the bumps, my mother pressed her chest against my face."