The temperature of the weather has stabilized, and the high temperature all day long has made Liu Weicheng, who has been walking around a lot recently, darker by more than one shade.
Liu Weicheng had just come out from the Education Bureau's meeting with Shen Yunli's father, and after a conversation, Liu Weicheng's originally energetic mood suddenly fell to the bottom.
The school cafeteria of No. 1 Middle School is outsourced.
Due to operational problems or the poor quality of the dishes, the canteen has always been in a state of loss with no one paying attention.
The current canteen will be replaced during the summer vacation after the end of the semester, and No. 1 Middle School also reported to the Education Bureau that it wanted to find a new contractor.
Liu Weicheng was very excited about contracting the canteen.
After all, he also came from the student days, so of course he knows what flavors students like.
The takeout industry in this era was not yet popular, so students had to eat in the cafeteria or go to nearby small restaurants.
Of course, being excited is one thing, but whether you can take it over is another.
The most serious problem plaguing Liu Weicheng now is the financial problem.
The summer vacation for the students is approaching, and the date for the school's canteen replacement is also getting closer. Even Liu Weicheng, who only has a card with him and only has nearly 7,000 yuan, can't get the right to contract the canteen.
Although he had already considered this possibility on the way to find Shen Wanshu, it was only after the two had a face-to-face conversation that Liu Weicheng realized that he would be constrained in doing anything without money.
He considered a bank loan, but he obviously didn't meet the conditions as he didn't have any assets in his name.
Finally, after thinking for a long time, I decided to start with credit cards.
Credit cards can be used to carry out the so-called empty-handed behavior, but he is self-employed, and because he has not paid social security or anything like that, even if he applies for a credit card, the limit will not be too high.
Seems to be in a dead end.
Apart from illegal and criminal ways, Liu Weicheng couldn't think of any way to make money quickly at this moment.
The sun is dazzling.
The high summer temperature caused Liu Weicheng's collar to still get soaked in the short time he walked on the street. After walking along the street for more than ten minutes, he went into a noodle shop before eating before noon.
I found a seat and ordered a bowl of noodles from the shop owner, and then took out my PHS, which was no bigger than my palm.
Looking through the address book.
Liu Weicheng didn't have many friends in his previous life. After all, he went out into society early after graduating from junior high school. In the past few years, in addition to the records of phone calls with his aunt's family, he also had phone calls with Li Shiyi some time ago.
Speaking of my aunt's family, as the younger sister of my late mother, my aunt and her wife gave birth to two children.
All are girls.
The eldest is only fifteen, and the youngest is only nine.
After his parents passed away, his aunt took him back home and has always played the role of mother.
Although I haven't been back for two years, I remember that the two little girls often pestered me. After all, they were their cousins.
Thinking of the interesting things he had with his two cousins, Liu Weicheng didn't even notice that he was smiling at this moment.
Looking at his aunt's number in his phone's address book, he realized that he hadn't spoken to her yet, so he had the urge to call her and ask how she was doing recently.
After all, in my memory, after my parents passed away in an accident, only my aunt's family accepted me.
As for the rest of my relatives, I can barely remember what they looked like.
Press to dial.
The noodles are not ready yet.
Liu Weicheng put the mobile phone to his ear. After a few rings, the call was connected.
【Hello.】
"This is my aunt, how are you doing at home recently?"
Liu Weicheng called his aunt's landline, and the person who answered the phone was her aunt herself.
After hearing that the caller was Liu Weicheng, the aunt was stunned for a moment, and then asked with some surprise why she hadn't called recently, and asked about how she was doing outside.
The human heart is made of flesh.
Hearing the other party's concern, even Liu Weicheng, who had never met his aunt in person, couldn't help but feel a sense of warmth.
As if to say he was safe, and talking about how he had been doing well recently, Liu Weicheng asked about the current situation of his two cousins. After all, he had not been back in the past two years.
I learned over the phone that my fifteen-year-old cousin is doing well in her studies and has finished her high school entrance exam, while her nine-year-old cousin is still in elementary school.
Although they live in a rural town, my aunt and her husband are very concerned about their children's education, just like Liu Weicheng.
Having excelled in his studies in junior high school, he could have followed the path of high school and college. But at that time, he didn't want to continue to trouble his aunt's family, so he went out to work in the city regardless of dissuasion.
Maybe it’s because I haven’t made a phone call in a long time, but my aunt talks a lot, and the chat directions are also varied.
From daily life, we unknowingly talked about major life events.
The noodles have been served.
Liu Weicheng took out the kuaizi on the side, mixed the noodles and then sucked them into his mouth.
Chewing and listening to the words coming from the phone.
[You are not young anymore. If you have someone, you must tell me. 】
Swallowing the noodles in your mouth, the problem of bride price still exists in this era.
Even if Liu Weicheng has a partner, getting married will cost a lot of money. He doesn't want to trouble his aunt's family too much. After all, they also have their own children to raise.
"Let's wait until I save some money. After all, the 18,000 yuan as a bride price is not that easy to come by."
【You don’t have to worry about the bride price.】
"It's really unnecessary. I earn my own money to get married. I don't need you to pay for it for me..."
[I have always kept the money your parents left for you, as well as the money you sent back over the years...so you don’t have to worry about money. 】
"..."
The tachyon with noodles was hovering in mid-air.
Liu Weicheng was stunned in his seat.
He thought he heard wrongly, so he asked again after a while, and the answer he received confirmed that his deceased parents had indeed left him money.
Although his memory is a little blurry, Liu Weicheng clearly remembers that his parents only worked on the construction site, and after the accident, his father's relatives even divided the compensation almost equally.
Now I have left money for myself...how is this possible?
Perhaps aware of Liu Weicheng's confusion, the aunt on the other end of the phone told him what had happened over the years.
Originally, when his parents died, relatives on his father's side were really arguing over the issue of compensation, but they were always pushing back on who would raise Liu Weicheng, who was young at the time.
Later, when she learned that her sister was in trouble, her aunt rushed over and obtained custody of Liu Weicheng.
And they made a big fuss with their uncle, and then they took the compensation that originally belonged to Liu Weicheng.
Including the money sent back from working over the years, plus the savings of my parents during their lifetime, the total amount is nearly 150,000.
In the early 21st century, this money was completely enough for a wedding.
You can even buy a house in the county town.
Liu Weicheng listened to this silently. The noodles in the bowl were lumpy because he had not stirred them for a long time.
He was troubled by money problems when he was informed of the news.
After a long time, the smile on his face became more and more obvious.
I said something excited to the aunt on the other end of the phone.
"I'll take the car back in a minute!"
After saying that, he hung up the phone in his hand without waiting for a reply, and then took a deep breath of the noodles in front of him.
After solving it in just two minutes, I paid the boss.