A foreign city, dear you

Youjia Shopping Mall is located in another place called Heping Village in Xiangyang Town, about a thirty-minute bus ride from Xi Yayuan.

The cars and people outside the window are all in a hurry, rushing towards their destination.

In the past five years, Ye Lian has been envious that others have a direction to run in every day, but she does not; now, she also has it. Although she is not as busy as others, at least she has spiritual sustenance and a direction.

If it weren't for being called "Auntie" while buying groceries in the morning, Ye Lian would be in a good mood today.

315 arrived at the platform near Youjia Mall, and Ye Lian got off the bus.

Because she owns a bakery and often takes the bus, Ye Lian gradually doesn't get car sick anymore. Just like in the American and British schools, I didn’t get car sick much after following the school bus a lot.

Heping Village is a bit far from the center of Xiangyang Town. There is no bustling commercial street here, and it is surrounded by industrial parks or factory dormitories.

There is no separation fence in the middle of the road here, which makes it look relatively wide, but except for the rush hours between work and get off work, there are basically no people.

The area where Youjia Mall is located is considered a lively area in Heping Village.

Youjia Shopping Mall is a small shopping mall with only two floors. The first floor is a lifestyle supermarket and the second floor is some relatively low-end clothing.

Across the street from Youjia Mall, there are some small shops such as convenience stores, grocery stores, and small restaurants.

Whether it is a shopping mall or a small shop, the business is done by working men and working girls in the industrial park, so business will be better at night after all the factories have gone off work.

Ye Lian walked into the mall.

It was around four o'clock in the afternoon, and there was no one in the mall. It seemed very quiet, and the promoters were relatively idle.

The mall is deeper and darker inside.

The bakery is at the end of the mall, with yellow lights on.

From a distance, Ye Lian saw Ye Lu chatting quietly with a girl leaning against the bakery cabinet.

Ye Lu is a good sister. When she heard from her sister that the bakery needed manpower, she resigned from her original factory without saying a word and came to the bakery to learn how to make and sell bread.

Ye Lu didn't notice Ye Lian's arrival, but the girl seemed to have seen it, so she stopped chatting, reminded Ye Lu, and then walked back to her post.

"Sister!" Ye Lu also saw Ye Lian and shouted.

Ye Lian responded and smiled at Ye Lu.

"Sister, it turns out to be you. Just now Aifen said it was my sister who came." Ye Lu said with a smile.

"Who is Aifen?" Ye Lian asked.

"It's that cereal promoter who just played with me."

Ye Lian said "Oh" and glanced towards the cereal section, and saw the girl who was chatting with Ye Lu just now.

Every time Ye Lian comes to the mall, she stays for a while and then leaves. In addition, as the boss's wife, she is not very familiar with some of the promoters in the mall.

"I was surprised. Why is my sister here? Isn't my sister not out of confinement yet? And she can't be here. When I looked up, it turned out to be you. Aifen thought you were my sister." Ye Lu continued the topic just now.

This time, Ye Lian felt happy when she heard it.

Really? Do I look like Ye Lu's sister? Doesn't that mean I actually look young?

Ye Lian was very happy.

"Aifen thought you were my sister."

These words were like a ray of bright sunshine, dispersing the haze that the "Auntie" in the morning had brought to Ye Lian.

Ye Lian suddenly felt good. But although she was happy in her heart, she still kept a calm smile on her face.

You can't base your happiness on your sister's unhappiness.

Calling yourself young means calling your sister old, and your sister will definitely be sad.

But Ye Lu didn't look sad, and still had a smile on his face.

Ye Lu is really an optimist.

It was her optimism that accompanied Lin Shushen through so many hardships.

Ye Lian couldn't help but feel a little ashamed. She felt that compared to Ye Lu, she was so stingy and petty. She could be depressed all day over a bad name.

"She made a mistake." Ye Lian said lightly.

"Originally, my sister looks younger. It's normal to look like my sister." Ye Lu didn't seem to care.

Ye Lian changed the topic: "After the dough machine was repaired last night, does it still work well?"

"I didn't work the night shift last night, but it must have been useful because all the bread was baked smoothly," Ye Lu said.

Ye Lian nodded.

She went to the bakery.

The bakery is still Han Yumo’s old bakery.

Because this is a small shopping mall, the bakery cabinets are also relatively small.

Meat floss buns, cream buns, pineapple buns, small pizza...

They are all displayed in rectangular stainless steel plates.

With her limited knowledge of bread, Ye Lian felt that last night's bread was pretty good, golden in color, loose in texture, and well-proportioned and plump in shape.

"Is business going well these two days?" Ye Lian asked while looking at the bread.

"It's pretty much the same." Ye Lu said, "Only yesterday something went wrong."

"What's wrong?" Ye Lu asked.

"An old man brought bread and said he had diarrhea after eating the bread he bought from us."

"Isn't it?" Ye Lian was a little nervous: "Is there something wrong with our bread?"

"The old man is greedy for cheap and only buys our processed bread that is about to expire. You can buy a pile for two yuan."

"What happened next?" Ye Lian asked with concern.

When doing business in a shopping mall, what you are afraid of is being complained by customers. Once a customer complains, the mall will fine you and order you to make rectifications. And it will also affect reputation.

"It's hard to reason with him, old man, so we gave him two freshly baked breads."

"Then he left?"

"Ah."

"When did he come yesterday?"

"noon."

noon? That is not bad. If we come in the morning or evening when there is a lot of traffic and say we have diarrhea because of the bread, that would be the end of it.

"Don't we buy two get one free for our bread after nine o'clock in the evening?" Ye Lian asked.

"Yes, but sometimes I can't clean it all. I tie it up with tape and dispose of it the next day."

"Then we must learn a lesson from now on and don't sell the bread that is not sold out that day."

"The shelf life of this bread is two days. He is an old man and has diarrhea. Who knows if it is his own fault? We just don't care about him."

"Customers are God now, why do you still argue with them? The unsold bread can be used to make chicken pancakes."

"But sometimes you don't need so much chicken pancakes."

"Forget it if you can't use it all. You won't be able to sell it for a lot of money anyway, so there's no need to take that risk."

"Ok."

On the right side of the bakery cabinet is a cake cabinet, which contains several cake models and several mini cakes.

"Have you ordered any birthday cakes today?" Ye Lian asked.