Han Jun and Bai Jiaqi enjoyed the meal very happily. They are both young people who share a common language and have no barriers to communication.
Let’s briefly introduce the Bai family.
The Bai family is an old Changsha native, a wealthy family, and was famous for a while before liberation. After liberation, the public-private partnership became a proletariat. Bai Jiaqi's father, Bai Wanfeng, only left an old house, worked in the workplace, and belonged to the public.
Bai Wanfeng married Hongmei, a daughter of the Du family. Although the Du family was not a big family, they were good at business. Du Hongmei had a small ear and read eyes, so after marrying into the Bai family, she took a leave of absence without pay and went into business.
She was one of the first real estate agents, and she made her first pot of gold by renting and selling houses. She had a unique vision, and when she came across good properties, she bought them herself and then resold them.
The store and apartment building that Ah Qiao rents are the houses she purchased eight years ago. The housing prices at that time were incomparable to those now. Now they have doubled several times, and she is making a lot of money.
Bai Wanfeng and Du Hongmei only have one daughter, Bai Jiaqi, so according to their family conditions, they naturally have to find a well-matched daughter.
It's just that marriage is a natural thing and cannot be forced. Bai Wanfeng has looked for officials and merchants for his daughter, but nothing has happened. There are many reasons for this, and the main reason is Bai Jiaqi.
She is beautiful but not exaggerated. She can't stand the frivolous style of the son of an official, nor can she show off to the merchants, so naturally she won't be entrusted with it for the rest of her life. What she is looking for is what she likes. Although she can't tell what it is, she knows it.
You can sense it as soon as a person appears.
Du Hongmei asked her daughter what kind of man she wanted to find, and Bai Jiaqi said he could support himself.
"Wouldn't it be the one your third aunt introduced to you? I have my own factory." Du Hongmei said.
"Does that factory belong to him? It's his father's name. He hangs out with his friends all day long, either drinking or playing cards, or going to the karaoke bar to find a lady. You want me to find him? What are you thinking about?" Bai Jiaqi.
explain.
"What about him? He looks pretty good." Du Hongmei said.
"Just pretend."
Du Hongmei stopped talking. Her daughter knew very well that she would not like a man like this.
"Mom, you and my dad don't have to worry about my affairs. I can solve it. I promise that you two will have a grandson."
That being said, there is no parent who is not anxious about their children. When she was talking about the house with Han Jun last time, Du Hongmei thought that this young man was very nice. His clothes, appearance, speech and behavior were all top-notch, and she liked him very much.
Of course, I can't say that I would treat him as an uncle when I first met him. I just felt that my uncle would be satisfied if he was like this. I was also curious, so I asked Han Jun if he had a family, and Han Jun said no.
Du Hongmei didn't pay much attention to it at the time. After all, Han Jun was not a local and came to Changsha to open a restaurant, so he didn't know much about it, but the good impression remained.
When Han Jun called yesterday to say he wanted to rent a dormitory, she first thought of the vacant apartment. Then she thought of Han Jun and his lack of a family, and then she had the idea of asking her daughter to meet him.
"Jia Qi, go meet a handsome guy tomorrow." She said to her daughter.
"What handsome guy?" Bai Jiaqi asked inexplicably, thinking that it was another relative who introduced him, which was a bit annoying.
"The manager who rented our house to open a restaurant, his surname is Han, wanted to find a house to use as his dormitory, so we took him to the apartment building to have a look," Du Hongmei said.
"Oh, why don't you just ask the salesman to go there?"
"Haha, let me tell you, that young man is pretty good. He's tall, good-looking, and looks like a man. Don't you want to find someone who can support himself? He's a manager, and he can do it by his own ability."
"A hotel manager just wants to send me away——" Bai Jiaqi disagreed.
"What are you talking about? Let's go and have a look, just in case you fall in love with her." Du Hongmei continued: "She is single and unmarried, so I asked."
"Oh my god -" Bai Jiaqi made a long, accusing voice, "Why are you asking me this?"
"I suggest you go take a look. Mom has good taste." Du Hongmei encouraged.
When Bai Jiaqi saw Han Jun, although she didn't feel moved, it was pleasing to the eye - Han Jun's image passed the test and he was the tall and handsome type in the eyes of countless girls.
After a meal, we deepened our impression of each other and became friends.
Zhou Xiaomei is busier than before. She returned to Hohhot for a week and only stayed at home for three days. The remaining four days were spent in Baotou, Ordos and Jining.
I met Tong Xin in Jining and they chatted a lot.
Tong Xin was brought out by Zhou Xiaomei and trained as a store manager. Zhou Xiaomei felt very sorry when Tong Xin left Ah Qiao. Although she knew what happened later, they were no longer together after all, so they could only treat it as a story.
We are bound to experience ups and downs in our lives, but no matter what we experience, we must face life with a smile.
The past is the past, and living is the future.
"Sister Xin, I plan to send you out to learn management." Zhou Xiaomei said.
"I'm already old, so let's choose the younger one." Tong Xin said a little embarrassed.
"What's your age? You're exactly 10 years old." Zhou Xiaomei said, "Do you think there are any young people in the hotel now? They are all our age. The average age of the store manager is forty."
Tong Xin said: "Young people don't like to work because they feel tired."
"You haven't worked for two years, and you are a bit behind in management. I have enrolled you in a class to study systematically in Beijing. Classes will be held five days a month for half a year."
"I don't even know what to say, thank you------"
Tong Xin did not expect that she would be sent out to study. She was happy and extremely grateful at the same time.
Zhou Xiaomei then asked about Lao Wang's situation, and Tong Xin said that he was getting better soon and could go to work next month. When asked about the business situation, Tong Xin said that everything was normal, but the price of raw materials had risen sharply, and profits were not as good as before.
"Raw material prices are rising, but vegetable prices are afraid to rise. If they rise, customers will be hurt. It's not just our family, it's the same for every family. Now it depends on who can persist. If you persist, you will win," Zhou Xiaomei said.
"I heard that Zhang Xiangdong from the provincial capital is working alone. How is his family doing?" Tong Xin asked.
"It's okay, business is pretty good," Zhou Xiaomei said.
"Is there competition with our family?" Tong Xin asked.
"Of course there is competition, but it's not a big deal. Our family is well-known in the provincial capital, and his family won't have much impact on our family. On the other hand, his family ------ the people who went to eat were old customers from the past, and his family doesn't maintain health now.
There is no wine, and there is no old wine, and most of the guests will come back soon." Zhou Xiaomei said.
"I don't know what he thinks. Now they are all working together to make money. It would be better for him to go it alone," Tong Xin said.
Zhou Xiaomei said: "Everyone has his own ambitions when he goes to higher places. Let's not talk about him, let's talk about you. Huang Lijuan has no intention of working alone?"
"No, she is determined to be tied to us." Tong Xin said.
"That's good. I met her in Baotou, and we're talking about a store on Nanguan Street, which we plan to open after the new year. You told her about your study, and she strongly supports it."
After returning to Hohhot from Jining, Zhou Xiaomei was driving while thinking about what happened to Tong Xin in the past two years. Finally, she thought of her remarriage to Lao Wang, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
When looking at others and ourselves, we naturally thought of Cao Jiadong.
This silent man had already entered her life. Although she didn't want to admit it and had never thought about spending the rest of her life with an honest man, it was undeniable that she had accepted it in her heart.
She began to like Cao Jiadong's silence. He seemed dull, but in fact he knew everything. He just didn't say anything and expressed everything through actions.
He is good to the elderly, takes good care of him, and is more attentive than her daughter. He is good to children, patient, able to teach, and is a qualified father, which is evident from Xiaolong's dependence on him.
Of course, it was good for women, but Zhou Xiaomei was too good, and he said from the bottom of his heart that he didn't dare to think about it.
What does this idiot have to be afraid of? He turned around and walked away like a cat chasing a mouse, unable to stop shouting. Zhou Xiaomei thought bitterly in her heart, so much so that her hand holding the steering wheel was so hard that the car body shook.
Chat with him when you get home and ask him what he thinks.