Year after year

Some people say that the recovery of a city often starts from the vegetable market.

It was four o'clock in the morning, the sun had not yet risen, and the sky was still pitch black.While most Tongchuan people are still immersed in their dreams, the comprehensive market in Tongchuan City is already full of people and cars, starting a day's work.

Wang Yaxiang and her husband Wang Jianguo are preparing to unload the fresh pork from the truck and carry it to the stall.Just halfway there, Wang Jianguo suddenly said: "It's broken!"

"What's the matter? Who are you scaring with surprise?" Wang Yaxiang, who was worried about her son Xiaobao's mid-term exam results, was startled by her husband, and complained, "Shouting soul in the morning?"

"Tsk, you mother-in-law will scold me." Wang Jianguo returned home late after playing mahjong yesterday, and now he still feels a little guilty in his heart, so even if he was complained by his wife early in the morning, he didn't dare to reply, so he could only mutter in a low voice. , "Be obedient and listen to half a sentence, and you will yell nonsense all day long..."

"I'm talking nonsense? What about you? Play mahjong every day?" Wang Yaxiang heard Wang Jianguo's complaint, not to be outdone, her voice instantly raised three degrees, "Yo, can such a big person say no? Think about it yourself, you As a father, Little Treasure doesn't know anything about his studies, in the middle of last week..."

"Okay, ok, so many people are watching! Your voice is still so loud... Really... I have forgotten the business. Alas! There is a bend here, be careful!" Wang Jianguo lowered his voice and carried the box Carefully avoiding a bend, stopped and saw Wang Yaxiang also turned around, and then said, "Don't keep talking!"

"I know! Then you go!" Wang Yaxiang stared at the box, her mouth still confident, "What did I tear apart? Which sentence did I say wrong just now? All right, all right, tell me, what's going on?"

"This isn't Xiaolin." Approaching their booth, Wang Jianguo and Wang Yaxiang put the pig on the table together, took a break, and continued, "I was at Lao Li's house last night, and Xiaolin called me and said that today he There are table reservations, come and get six hooves. I was busy just now... No, I just... forgot."

"Then why don't you hurry up! Yaoshou, Xiaolin's things are so forgettable!" When she heard that she was an acquaintance, Wang Yaxiang quickly put the hand towel into Wang Jianguo's hand and urged him, "It's too late later!" They were all picked up by others!"

"Yes, yes, I'll go right away." Wang Jianguo put the towel to wipe his hands away, and said, "Then you stay here and look at the stall for a while, the pig's blood first..."

"I know, I know, go quickly, or I will be late to send Xiaobao to school later." Wang Yaxiang bent down, took out the salt from under the desk, and kept saying, "I think you should stop going to Lao Li's place in the future, Play less mahjong..."

Wang Jianguo grabbed the battery car keys and fled as if to escape.

Today is the first time Wu Jiajia has left the stall alone in the morning.

Wu Jiajia married Zhang Kai years ago.After Zhang Kai's beef stall in the Tongchuan General Market grew, he often had to deliver meat to restaurants in the city in the morning.So he called his newly married daughter-in-law to help.Wu Jiajia has taken care of things in her hometown and just arrived in Tongchuan last month.Zhang Kai was afraid that Wu Jiajia would not get used to it, so at first he just asked Wu Jiajia to visit the booth in the afternoon to get familiar with the environment.Wu Jiajia, who came and went again and again, also became acquainted in the vegetable market, and she was almost clear about the accounting, so she "officially" started to work.

"Don't worry, I'm fine here." Wu Jiajia was on the phone with Zhang Kai, "Oh, don't make phone calls while driving, it's not safe. Okay, okay, I hung up, be careful. "

"Jiajia, it's your old Zhang again." Wang Yaxiang next door was washing the chopping boards, and she teased Wu Jiajia, "I really miss you all the time."

"Sister, don't laugh at me." Wu Jiajia waved her hand, "This man is worrying all the time—I told you that you will help me if you don't understand—he is driving and making phone calls."

At this time, Lin, who was sweating profusely, was carrying a large bag of sweet potato sticks in one hand and a mobile phone in the other, and hurried to the pork stall: "Aunt Wang, I brought my hoof. Oh? Where is Uncle Wang? Why didn't you come?"

"Hey, Xiao Lin is here! Your uncle went back to send Xiao Bao off. This man knows how to play mahjong every day, but he doesn't know how to do business." Wang Yaxiang saw Lin Yu coming, immediately put down the bone cutter, washed his hands carefully, Turning around and returning to the front desk, he bagged the pig's trotters and handed it to Lin Yu, "It's ready. There's another table reservation. The business is really good!"

"Where is it, small business and small business." Lin Yu took the hoof, "The money is transferred on WeChat, Aunt Wang, please take a look."

"Okay, okay, what are you and I afraid of? I grew up watching it." Wang Yaxiang turned on the screen and glanced, "That's right. What else do you want?"

"Then I'm getting some pork livers, and they'll be sold at noon." Lin Yu freed up one hand, picked up two slices of pork livers, put them on the chopping board, and wiped the blood on the towel beside him.

"Okay." Wang Yaxiang put the pork liver on the electronic scale, "41 yuan, 40 yuan."

"Okay, thank you, Aunt Wang! Goodbye, Aunt Wang." Lin Yu scanned the QR code to pay, picked up the two plastic bags on the desk, one black and one red, and rushed to the next booth without stopping.

Seeing Lin Yu walking away, Wu Jiajia turned around and asked Wang Yaxiang, "Sister, whose family is this handsome boy? He really looks like the male lead in that Korean drama."

"This is Xiao Lin, who runs a restaurant." Wang Yaxiang turned to Wu Jiajia and said, "That's 'He Ye' on Nanping Road."

"Being a boss at such a young age?" Wu Jiajia was surprised, "The young man is quite capable!"

"Oh, it's also a hard life." Wang Yaxiang sighed, "His mother thought his family was poor when he was a child and ran away; his father was fine, but suddenly got cancer a few years ago and passed away. Xiao Lin was still studying at the time, and he After my father passed away, I stopped studying to open a shop."

"Then what about his grandparents?" Seeing the thin figure receding away, Xiao Wu sighed, "Isn't there any relative to help him?"

"If there were grandparents, his mother wouldn't run away with others." Wang Yaxiang spat, "Grandpa and grandma, I haven't heard their family mention it. If you ask me, it's probably not a good family to raise such a daughter."

It was already 08:30 when Lin Yu returned to Heye.He parked his little Wuling, and when he turned around, he saw a girl squatting in front of his shop.

Are you waiting for someone? If it takes a long time, let her go to the store later?Lin Yu didn't think much, got out of the car, opened the trunk, picked up the plastic bag containing the vegetables, and walked towards the gate.

The squatting girl heard the sound of the car door closing, turned her head and saw Lin Yu who was carrying the ingredients, and immediately stood up.Lin Yugang wanted to ask her if she was waiting for someone, and if she should go to his shop to rest and wait, but the girl opened her mouth first and asked him, "Are you the boss here?"

"I am." Lin Yu was a little caught off guard by the question, but he immediately answered, "What do you want?"

"When I passed by here yesterday, I saw that there was still a waiter here." The girl pointed to the rolling door behind her, a little embarrassed, "I just want to ask, um... are you still accepting people?"

"Are you or someone else?" Lin Yu nodded, put down the plastic bag and began to dig out the keys, "I'll take it."

"Me, myself." The girl replied hastily, "I can do anything, really."

But it doesn't look like you are dressed like this.Lin Yu glanced at the stiletto sandals on the girl's feet, and said, "I think you are still a student, are you a summer job?"

"Almost." The girl flicked her bangs anxiously, "Let me try it, okay?"

"Yes." Lin Yu pulled out the key, stretched out his hand to open the door, "Stand back a little, it's gray again."

The girl picked up the plastic bag at Lin Yu's feet, quickly took a few steps back, her eyes widened nervously.

Lin Yu was afraid that the girl would fall if she retreated too quickly, so he comforted him with a smile: "Don't be so nervous, you will be kept if you do a good job. Are you free today?"

"Yes, yes." The girl was still clutching the plastic bag tightly, her face full of embarrassment, watching Lin Yu open the door, "Then what exactly do I want to do?"

"It's okay to keep the plastic bag," Lin Yu reminded her with a smile, "I don't know what your name is yet."

"Oh, my name is Xiao Xun." Xiao Xun rubbed his nose in embarrassment, "Just... just finished the college entrance examination."

"Oh, a college student." Lin Yu pushed the rolling door up and said, "Then you are the most educated person in this store."

Lin Yu's restaurant is called "He Ye". To be precise, it should be his father's restaurant.The store is not big, with four storefront rooms, and there are only seven big round tables when the business is full, but when you are busy, you can really be busy.

Because there are only four employees including him in the whole store.

"You should wipe the stool first." Lin Yu put the shrimp into the pool, and said to Xiao Xun who was shy behind him, "When Sister Wenqian comes, she will tell you what to do."

To be honest, Lin Yu didn't want to accept Xiao Xun. It's very troublesome to teach a college student who doesn't understand anything. What's more troublesome is that after you finally taught her, she either got tired and quit, or had to go to school when the time came.

No wonder KFC's summer workers have to sign a contract and start working for three years.

But it seems inappropriate to refuse like this. I feel that she really wants to work... Lin Yu can't figure out why this girl would want to work in her own shop--general girls will choose some relaxed and clean places to work, like some kind of counseling Institutions, milk tea shops.Forget it, there is a shortage of people in the store, and every one who comes is one.Lin Yu thought, even if I finish my work and leave today, I won't lose.

Who made him short of manpower?

"Morning boss."

As soon as Wen Qian arrived at the store, she saw the beautiful girl wiping the stool with a rag.It happened that Lin Yu was putting bamboo shoots and fish in the refrigerator. When he saw Wen Qian coming, he said, "Sister Wen Qian is here. This is Xiao Xiao, Xiao Xun. The new summer job, teach her a bit."

"No problem." Wen Qian went into the warehouse, put away her bag, changed her clothes, and found a new apron from under the spice shelf.

"Put on the apron first." Wen Qian walked out of the warehouse and said to Xiao Xun, "Don't get your clothes dirty."

"Oh, good." Xiao Xun took the apron, "Thank you, Sister Wenqian."

"Xiao Xun, right?" Wen Qian went into the bathroom and began to wash the mop, "Oh, there are very few girls who think you are so willing to do it now. Now, don't wipe the stool, go and split the sweet potato stalks. You Will it?"

"Yes." Xiao Xun ran into the kitchen and found sweet potato sticks, "Sister Wenqian, are you done chopping them all?"

"Yes, Aunt Qian will take this into the kitchen to wash the dishes after it's done." Wen Qian started mopping the floor, "Then pick the peppers."

"Okay, I'll do it!"

"Hey, little fish." Pang Hai, who was cutting potatoes, asked Lin Yu, "Where did you find such a decent girl?"

"I came here by myself." After Lin Yu finished slicing the mushrooms, he picked up the knife and pointed at Pang Hai, "It will be June soon, please pay attention to me. I don't want the summer job that came so hard to be scared away by you again. Sometimes I get so busy that I don’t even have a helper.”

"Hey, isn't there me here?" Pang Hai smiled, "And why don't you know that this pampered lady is here to make trouble?"

"Be serious. I don't care who she is, but now that she's here as a waiter, I'll keep her if she's good. If she's not good, she'll leave." Lin Yu said, "As for you, work hard, or your salary will be deducted."

Pang Hai knew that there was a shortage of people, so he stopped joking. He saluted in a weird way, and said, "Yes, Sir!"

It was okay at noon, not very busy, so Lin Yu and Pang Hai seized the time and began to prepare for the evening table reservation.

"It's my fault." Pang Hai cut the shredded meat and said, "I didn't expect this girl to be quite capable. She can collect dishes, clean tables and change tablecloths, and she is not afraid of getting dirty."

"Keep it if it's done well." Lin Yu put the fried sugar loin into a basin and said, "It's just a matter of higher wages. It's not a big problem."

"Boss Lin is really rich and powerful." Pang Hai said quietly, "Then give me a salary increase, fish, there are very few side dishes like me who are smart and capable in Yushu Linfeng."

"Gunqiu, you are a related household!" Lin Yu snorted, "Shut up the demolition households. We only have the right to speak in cooking and eating."

"Fish." Pang Hai pretended to be wronged, and said, "You don't love me anymore."

Lin Yu gave him a blank look, and felt that Uncle Pang put this thing here purely to prevent him from going out to make a fool of himself.

"You dare to get out of here right now." Lin Yu suddenly remembered what this burly man did to his eyes last time, and the veins on his forehead popped up, "If you want to be a brother, just do human affairs. "

Pang Hai continued to smile playfully, and went out with Lin Yu's chopped bamboo shoots.

Lin Yu looked at Pang Hai's brisk back that didn't match his figure, and Aunt Pang's worried talk about Pang Hai's going home every morning suddenly sounded in his ears, and he sighed inwardly for no reason.

"You have to help him. Auntie knows that it's a shame to put someone like him here." Auntie Pang said, "But Auntie really can't help it. I'm afraid that if he goes out to mess around, the whole family will be punished." This unfilial son is defeated."

He picked up the green chili and thought, what can I do by myself?