"Your buns are so big. If they are quick-frozen, won't they turn rotten once you steam them? If you don't steam them, you're afraid they won't be thoroughly steamed... But don't let others eat them."
The customer doesn't care whether it's the buns or not. He's looking for trouble. Isn't this a bad reputation?
Pearl is a little unwilling:
"Then I'll be the little one."
"Nowadays, little girls like to eat in small bites, so I just make small buns and steamed buns."
"And the fried dumplings and pot stickers we made some time ago, wouldn't the quick-frozen ones also work?"
Lu Cheng hesitated: "This...should be okay, right?"
When it comes to decoration, he can say 10,000 words.
But when it comes to steamed buns, he can only eat them.
However, Pearl thought more and more enthusiastically. She didn't sleep most of the night. She sat up directly in her clothes, took the magazine she had read during the day and started flipping through it again.
…
Pearl had this idea not just once or twice.
Lu Cheng decorates people outside every day, and except when meeting clients, he dresses in a shabby style. Pearl leads a group of ladies and aunts to make buns at home every day, and she mainly looks neat and tidy every day.
But this year we hired two new eldest sisters. They are good-looking, down-to-earth people, and they work in a down-to-earth manner.
He always has a sad look on his face.
When I asked, I found out that the divorce had only been two years ago.
The times are developing too fast, and there are too many successful people.
Housewives like them, who are photographed at home by the waves, will inevitably have to make room for the new young girls after devoting their youth and enthusiasm.
Not making room?
That's not up to them.
It’s hard to open your mouth and ask for money from others!
A group of women were chattering, but no gossip was heard.
During this time, Pearl was in crisis, and she began to secretly dress herself up.
…
She had thought about it, her family's Dacheng was now a boss, and if her career didn't keep up, then if this man lost his conscience...who would she cry to?
Of course, Pearl also knows that Dacheng is not that character.
But who can guarantee 100% about things in this world?
As for the two newly divorced eldest sisters, they endured hardships and hardships with their husbands when they were young. They have never suffered any grievances.
Wouldn’t it be divorced in the end?
Therefore, she trusts her and must not lose the preparations she should make.
Although her grades were not as outstanding as Dacheng when she was in school, she did not understand many important principles.
But no matter what, as long as you work harder, you will always have more confidence.
Isn’t it just about starting a company? Who can’t do it? Let’s explore slowly bit by bit.
I thought it was amazing at first, but now that Dacheng has grown day by day, he actually has a company——
Then it doesn't seem too difficult.
…
Of course Lu Cheng didn't know that Pearl was in marital crisis now.
In fact, he hangs out with a group of decoration workers every day, and sometimes he is too busy to do the work himself. He is so disgraced that no young girl has taken a fancy to his potential!
He just sighed a little.
——It seems that Pearl suffered a lot of grievances in the hard days before, and now she is afraid that life will be difficult, so she is working so hard.
As long as I have the opportunity now, I can't lose this motivation to make progress no matter what.
Thinking about it this way, his wife is so motivated, he can't just rely on his old job!
Mr. Bai gave him a house because he was generous and kind, but if he wants to truly establish a foothold in the imperial capital, he has to rely on himself.
The surprise of getting two houses for free during the day suddenly cooled down.
He simply got up and started studying the decoration cases he had found in other companies during this period.
…
Late at night, the couple each read there with a book, as if they were students working hard to prepare for the postgraduate entrance examination. This enthusiasm for studying is really admirable.
As the night grew darker, Lu Cheng looked at it and suddenly closed the book.
"Pearl, you said Lili..."
Pearl didn’t even raise her head:
"That magazine in the corner is the last part she serialized, and she stopped writing it later. If you really miss her, just read it."
Pearl glanced at him, half-smiling but not smiling: "Let's see what your elder brother looks like to her."
Just give up your mind.
…
have a look?
Lu Cheng smiled bitterly.
What to see?
In her novels, the brother of the heroine who looks so much like me ends up in poverty and ends up in jail?
Or do you want to see the heroine’s parents become helpless and regretful for the rest of their lives?
Or maybe it was the sister-in-law who disliked the poor and loved the rich, was mean and greedy, and finally couldn't bear the debt and was deceived and sold to a mountain village with her legs broken...
This way of writing made it impossible for Lu Cheng to find an excuse.
He knows that some people write novels to apply reality to increase the sense of reality.
But in the novels written by those people, is the sense of reality expressed by arranging relatives to go to a dead end?
The names are so similar, the families are so similar, and even the plants and trees in the house are so similar.
For someone who doesn't know anything about it, just seeing how real the environment and characters are, I'd be afraid that this is what happened in reality.
If Lu Li has some taboos in her heart, she would not write like this anyway!
…
Lu Cheng took a deep breath.
"Pearl, that's not what I meant."
Pearl also put down her book and looked up at him.
"Then what do you mean?"
"I'll leave it here. The house downstairs is intended for our parents to live in. I don't care. If you want to raise a sister and a daughter, just take her over."
"But this house has my share of the pearl. Do you know what joint property is? If she dares to step into this house, you should not come to see me as my daughter-in-law."
After she said this, deep pain flashed between her eyebrows.
Lu Cheng thought of the time when she almost died giving birth to a child, and couldn't help but feel distressed and guilty at the moment.
"Pearl, don't be afraid. No matter what, I am on your side, and she was the one who made the mistake in this matter."
"It's Lili who can't help you."
…
Pearl shook her head.
"Dacheng, I have never liked her, but I have never been sorry to her over the years."
"I know you think she made me unable to have children. It's because of this that I hold grudges...Actually, I don't blame her for this."
"To be honest, the bad thing happened. She just didn't get the money. I'm so sad that I wouldn't have held a grudge for so long."
"But Dacheng, we have known each other since childhood. You have seen how I treat Lu Li after I have been married for so many years."
"When did we ever feel sorry for her?"
"But what does she think of you and me?"
"I can't stand the white-eyed wolf."
…
Lu Cheng took a deep breath.
"Yes, I know."
He touched Pearl's face distressedly - the once young and beautiful girl now had wrinkles at the corners of her eyes due to the vicissitudes of life.
He laughed: "What I want to tell you is that we are living a better life now. When we take our parents over, our parents will definitely not mention her as their daughter for a while."
"But I saw Lili last time."
That day at the breakfast shop, he took a serious look at his sister.
"She looks very haggard now. If she stays in this state, our parents will definitely think of this daughter again after a long time, and their hearts will inevitably soften."
…
This is what Lu Cheng hides in his heart, but the person closest to him is Pearl and he will never hide it from her.
"Don't hide it from your parents."
"You know what Lili wrote, and don't hide any information about her."
"I'll write our parents' names on the apartment downstairs. We don't care if they want to give it to Lu Li, Xiaohai, or us, okay?"
That house also contains pearls, and Lu Cheng was quite sincere when he said this.
"As the eldest brother, I have been useless for so many years, so let them have some security when they grow old."
In fact, Lu Cheng certainly meant more than just a guarantee.
What he just said, he knew his parents could definitely do it.
Who's a parent who doesn't feel sorry for their children?
Even if there is a huge mistake, hate will be hated, no matter how harsh the scolding is, the heartache will still be felt.
…
Now he and Zhenzhu have no worries about food and drink, they have a house, and they don't have to worry about their child's future. As his parents get older, they will definitely miss their daughter more and more.
When the time comes, as the eldest brother, if he forgives Lu Li, he will be sorry for Pearl.
But I don't forgive him, and I am caught between my parents again.
Lu Cheng now thinks about it.
"Both parents want a bowl of water to be balanced, and they all want the more promising to supplement the less promising."
"I will give them the house. On the one hand, the children can go to school only if they have a household registration. On the other hand, I will give them some living expenses every month. I will pay for Xiaohai's tuition. I can't take care of the rest."
"If they want to subsidize Lili, they should consider Xiaohai."
Even though I feel sorry for my daughter, my son is so young and has never enjoyed happiness since he was a child. Shouldn't I feel sorry for him?
"Lili can't hold anyone in her heart. She only sees herself."
With a house and a small sea there, and some living expenses every month, my parents will never be so soft-hearted that they can't control themselves anymore.
Just like what Pearl said, they don't care about subsidizing their daughter.
But their family would never tolerate it.
Pearl nodded silently.
Anyway, it is Bai De's house. They can now make money by themselves. If this house can solve the family's next problems, Pearl will naturally be willing to do so.
She never wanted to deal with Lu Li again.
…
Lu Cheng had other ideas in mind.
This is the only time he, as a son, has used this method against his parents.
Son or daughter, you have to choose one.
The pain of tearing up the notice still lingers in his heart.
He even resented God - he knew that his family was poor, but the people in the village had obviously raised enough for tuition, and there were subsidies for the university, but his father broke his leg at this time.
My sister is young and has never worked.
His mother is in poor health. If she takes care of the house, she would not be able to work in the fields without his help.
His college dream was ruined.
Obviously he was so proud at first, but in the end he surrendered to reality and became a filial child.
…
Later Lili grew up.
For a while, he helped Lu Li with her homework. He always felt like he was still on campus. He could do all the questions and he had not forgotten all the knowledge.
But, he is already so old.
When Lili was admitted to college, he was so excited that he cried.
Half of it is because of pride, and half of it is crying for myself.
He is the eldest brother and has given in everything to his younger sister since he was a child.
Xiaohai is so young, she has to give food first to her elder sister who is more troublesome in studying.
His sense of responsibility as a son and an elder brother pulled him, making him the backbone of the family and constantly relying on hard work to support the family.
But the days when we were young and proud can never be returned to.
He looked at his wife whose eyes were red.
Only this Pearl, who had witnessed his high spirits as a boy, was the one in the family who truly understood him.
He knows what responsibilities he should take now.
actually……
Lu Cheng sometimes secretly thinks in his heart:
It will be good to have only one child in the family from now on.
In this case, his son will not have to suffer any injustice because his brothers and sisters from the same country.
…
After the two of them said these words, Lu Cheng stared at Pearl and suddenly reached out to stroke her hair.
"Pearl, I've been sorry for you all these years."
"From now on, I will never let you suffer any injustice again."
"This is my home."
Pearl looked at him with wide eyes, unable to react at all for a moment.
The next moment, her tears kept rolling down.
"Dacheng, you don't know how many years I have endured..."
"When I was in school, every teacher said that you had a great future and that you could go to college and have a public meal. But then you didn't go to school..."
"I have been waiting for you at home for so long, and I have helped so many people... But when the matchmaker took me to your home for the first time, you were carrying a load of corn, and your cheeks and arms were covered with dust, sweat and burning marks.
"
"And where is Lili?"
"She sat in the shade of a tree, not even exposed to the sun, and ate peanuts one by one."
"Your mother also said that girls should study well and don't need to do such chores..."
Lu Cheng held her hand comfortingly.
…
Tears welled up in Pearl's eyes.
"You were already twenty-five at that time, and Lu Li was already 12."
"You're twelve years old. Which girl in the countryside doesn't work? Why do you have to do such heavy work on a blind date? It's so embarrassing. She can only sit there like a young lady. It's better that your mother drinks water.
of."
"So my parents didn't agree - they wanted to sell me, and they had negotiated a price with them at that time. For a high price of thirty-five thousand, I could be taken into the mountains."
"You don't know how rare that opportunity is. I swear that when I marry into your family, I will be filial to them every year. I will save enough 35,000 yuan to give them... this opportunity."
"But when I got home, my parents said that the family's blessings are not yours, not even my own son's, let alone you..."
"I hold a knife and cut down anyone who dares to come to the door. I work hard everywhere and don't dare to keep a penny. I give it all to my parents, just so that they can tolerate me at home."
…
"When she was sixteen, I came to you and told you that we should get married, leave our parents alone, and after getting the certificate, we could go work in other places... Your parents said that my parents would definitely make a fuss, which would delay Lili's studies... and asked us to
Just be patient..."
"You said Lili's grades were good, and the teacher said she would be promising in the future... You don't know how heartbroken I was when I heard this."
"I don't like her, not because she has no family in her heart, but because I hate the injustice you have suffered because of her."
"Were you not promising in the first place?"
"Who is a good man who is not married even when he is twenty-seven or eighty years old?"
"Is there any girl with good hands and feet who is still unmarried when she is twenty-seven or eighty-years-old?"
"I've been waiting for you for ten years...why don't you make me hate you?"
