Year after year

At seven o'clock in the evening, the gate of Heye on Nanping Road was full of cars.

"Xiao Xun! Go get food for Box No. [-]!"

"Good Miss Wenqian!"

While responding to He Wenqian's order, Xiao Xun removed the empty trays from table No. [-], and then rushed into the kitchen with his feet on the back of his head.

The hall was noisy, the children's carefree laughter and the endless compliments of the guests were mixed with the clear and clear clinking of glasses, and joy was everywhere.

Today is the day when Tong Wan's family moved into a new house, and she busily invited a group of relatives to gather in He Ye downstairs of the old house.

"Xiao Xun, pack two plus five bottles of beer! Big bottle! Take it quickly! It's iced!" Wen Qian brought out a plate of heavenly fragrant big bream from behind the plastic curtain, and said to Xiao Xun who had finished delivering the meal, "Come here after serving the beer Serve! The sweet and sour pork is ready!"

"Sister Wenqian, have you remembered it?" Xiao Xun took the basket and came to the refrigerator, "I'll come!"

"Forget it!" Wen Qian walked into the No. [-] box to serve food, and then said to Xiao Xun who was passing by, "You leave the bream, and I will serve it. Now the dishes are too full, you won't, you Put the small ones up first."

Xiao Xun didn't have time to speak, so he could only nod his head, the guests in the box over there were already urging her.

"..."

"Xiao Lin, Aunt Tong thanked you today." Tong Wannian was nearly sixty, looked like she was in her early fifties, and dressed like she was in her forties.Tonight, her face was flushed from drinking, and after the dinner party, the hairstyle specially made in the afternoon was also a little messy: "The food is delicious, Xiao Lin. You have to cook so much by yourself, it's hard work."

"It should be me who wants to thank Aunt Tong for taking care of my business." Lin Yu took out the bill and checked the number of drinks in the box by the way, "I haven't seen you for so long, Aunt Tong is really getting younger and younger. Last time Aunt Zhao came over from the community At that time, it was said that you took the waist drum team to participate in the competition, and won No.3, which is really amazing."

Well, Aunt Zhao's original words were "That Tong Wan went out every day to join the Laoshizi Waist Drum Team, but she was not No.3."

There shouldn't be any compliments.

"Ah, what's there to say, Zhao Yun is a real person." Tong Wan smiled even more happily, and after self-serving for a while, she finally revealed her purpose, "Xiao Lin, I think you are not too young Yes, 27, right? How about Auntie introduce one to you?"

"Auntie, you're joking again. I don't have a house or a car, how can a girl fall in love with me." Lin Yu turned the bill to Tong Wan, smiling brightly, "Besides, with my conditions, if you follow me, you will definitely have to pay for it." It’s tough.” You’d better pay the bill quickly to make me happier.

"Ah, Xiao Lin, don't belittle yourself. You have good conditions, Aunt Xintong." Tong Wan held Lin Yu's hand, looked into Lin Yu's eyes very seriously, "You have a local registered permanent residence, and you are listed on the blind date market. You are very popular. And you are so handsome, oh, don't girls look at their faces now."

"Aunt Tong, I'm not in a hurry..." Lin Yu saw his face with a stiff smile in Tong Wan's eyes, and just wanted to end this uncomfortable and embarrassing topic quickly.

"If you can trust Auntie Tong, Auntie Tong will tell you straight up - Auntie met a little girl in a yoga class who happens to have a little girl who is a teacher. Here, I have some photos for you to see..." Tong Wan let go Lin Yu quickly turned on his phone and checked WeChat.

"Our Boss Lin has a girlfriend." A voice interrupted recklessly, Lin Yu and Tong Wan turned their heads together and found that it was Pang Hai.With his back to Tong Wan, he was poking his butt and putting the leftover river prawns in the refrigerator, "He's still Bai Fumei."

"Pang Hai——" Lin Yu reminded Pang Hai not to talk nonsense, but Pang Hai ignored him, and continued to make up, "He is a returnee, he is pretty, and he is gentle."

"Xiao Lin, is this true?" Tong Wan turned back to look at Lin Yu, her tone a bit displeased, "There's no need to lie to Aunt Tong about this kind of thing. Do you really have a sweetheart?"

It must be fake.Tong Wan thought, if there is such a good girl, she would not fall in love with Lin Yu's background even if she is blind.She glanced at Pang Hai, thinking that this fat man looks honest, but talks like he's talking about running the train. He thought I was being fooled, so he didn't weigh himself first.

Lin Yu originally wanted to deny it, after all, Tong Wan knew it was a lie as soon as she heard it.But the figure who ran in on a rainy night suddenly appeared in his mind——

Can the boss cook for me?

Oddly enough, Lin Yu heard himself answer in shame and indignation: "Yes... yes."

My God, I'm ashamed and angry!If only it were true! .

Seeing Lin Yu's faltering appearance, Tong Wan, who was over half a century old, knew it all at once. She trimmed her hair, and thought that even if what the fat man said was true, it probably wouldn't work out, and she wouldn't come back again in the future. Late.

Since she didn't intend to waste any more time, Tong Wan didn't bother to look for photos.She put away her mobile phone, took out the red envelope she just received from her bag, and said in a regretful tone: "Oh, what a pity, this girl is unlucky. Xiaolin, auntie told you, you must know how to be satisfied, and it is not good to be too demanding. Gao. You said that you have a sweetheart, and auntie can't force it. When the time comes, remember to introduce the acquaintance to auntie. Now, Xiaolin, let's settle the bill."

"Aunt Tong, go slowly!" Watching Tong Wan go out the door with twists and turns, Lin Yu who was standing at the gate looked at Pang Hai, gritted his teeth vigorously, and was about to give this fat man some color.

"It's very fun to spread rumors. You have a nose and an eye." Lin Yu closed the door and asked gloomily, "Why didn't I know that you recently worked part-time at Baihe.com."

"I don't want to see the old woman not paying the bill." Pang Hai is fearless and plausible, "If I don't intervene, you can just wait for her to push her nose and ask you to give me a discount. In the future, the old woman will often come to you under the banner of a matchmaker to eat and drink. Fish, I have seen it. This woman has already figured it out. Just now I saw her WeChat opened to give you The picture of the girl I introduced is ugly. I am saving you from the sea of ​​suffering and preventing you from stepping into the grave of marriage. Look at you, you white-eyed wolf, you don't appreciate it."

"Yes yes yes, save me, thank you, Master Pang." On bickering, Lin Yu has never won against Pang Hai, who has a set of nonsense, mental attacks are useless, and only physical attacks are available, "Go and chop two onions, Eat scrambled eggs with onions tonight."

"Okay, but fish, I have a question." Pang Hai didn't understand Lin Yu's original intention, after all, he also likes scrambled eggs with onions.

"Speak." Lin Yu returned to the bar to open the menu.

Pang Hai knelt down slowly, picked up two onions, and asked, "Why were you blushing just now?"

"What blushing?" Lin Yu was thinking about the ingredients for tomorrow, and asked Pang Hai, "How many plates of old tofu are left?"

"When I said you had a girlfriend just now, the old woman asked you if it was true, and you blushed suddenly." Pang Hai seemed to have smelled something tricky, "Could it be possible that you really have someone you like?"

Can the boss cook for me?

"Never mind your business!" Old Lin Yu blushed, raised the fly swatter in his hand, and made a gesture to slap Pang Hai, "Cut your onion!"

Pang Hai ran away holding the onion.

Lin Yu looked at the door, the street lamp that was flooded and short-circuited last time has been repaired, and the warm yellow light illuminates the outside brightly.Where did Ying Hengnian come from that day? Lin Yu hasn't felt like missing someone for a long time.It would be great if I asked a few more questions that day, Lin Yu thought, there are 2100 million people in Tongchuan, and there are thousands of restaurants, large and small, and it was really...fate that he was able to enter my family when it rained that day.

If only I hadn't seen the news.

At 08:30 in the evening, all the guests in Heyeli had left.The employees went home after dinner.

"I'm leaving, Xiaoyu!" Pang Hai's eyes were red, he held his helmet, and smiled wretchedly, "Do you want to go see a girl with my brother?"

"Not as free as you." Lin Yu didn't bother to talk to him, and said, "Go back early, don't fill the streets with waves and make your mother worry."

Pang Hai put on the helmet: "I know, I know, you will not be able to marry a wife if you are so talkative. No, it should be the person you like who knows that you are so..."

"You better go. Your sister is still waiting for you." Lin Yu interrupted him, deciding to let this scourge cut the chili tomorrow, "By the way, release the soybean oil from the cage when you go out. I won't give it away. "

Pang Hai nodded, went out to release the soybean oil, and then turned back.

"Why did you come back? I left something behind?" Lin Yu picked up the braised winter melon soup on the table and mixed it with soybean oil for dinner, "Go back early at night."

"Sister Xiao Xun, goodbye~" Pang Hai ignored Lin Yu, made a gesture that he thought was very chic to Xiao Xun who was still eating, and left.

"Don't pay attention to this fat man." Lin Yu regretted agreeing to Aunt Pang more and more. He put the mixed rice on the table and continued to say to Xiao Xun: "What do you think? Is there anything you are not used to? "

"You mean work?" Xiao Xun held the bowl and thought for a while, "It's okay." I just didn't expect the boss to be so handsome.

That's right, Xiao Xun, who has been on the doorstep of Heye for a long time, always thought that the plump Pang Hai was the boss.

Lin Yu put down his chopsticks and asked him, "Then do you want to stay?"

"Huh?" Xiao Xun was confused. Shouldn't it be up to the boss whether to stay or not?

"It's no use keeping you if you don't want to do it." Lin Yu was amused by Xiao Xun's cute reaction, "It's a coincidence that you came here, we are NO.15 to pay wages, and today NO.14. Today is also very busy Yes, I will give you one hundred. If you are willing to stay, from tomorrow to the 15th of next month, I will give you 2500 a month, if you accept to come to work tomorrow."

"Okay, I'll come tomorrow!" Xiao Xun replied, "Thank you boss!"

"Okay, then you go first." Lin Yu got up to put away the bowl, "I'll be there at nine o'clock tomorrow morning."

After Xiao Xun left, Qian Guoxiang, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said to Lin Yu: "Xiao Lin, I heard from Pang Hai that you have a sweetheart?"

"No. Aunt Qian, don't listen to that fat man's nonsense." Lin Yu waved to the soybean oil at the door, "He didn't arrange me."

"It's a good thing to have it." Qian Guoxiang picked up the stacked bowls, stood up and walked to the kitchen, "Don't be afraid. If it's difficult to speak, Auntie will help you."

Qian Guoxiang was an old man in the store, and the only old employee who stayed behind after Lin Yu's father, Lin Hua, left.

"Okay, Aunt Qian, I'm sure I'll ask you to help." Lin Yu followed Qian Guoxiang into the kitchen with the remaining bowl, and poured the rice mixed with winter melon soup into the bowl of soybean oil. La."

Qian Guoxiang nodded with a smile and washed the dishes.

"Aunt Qian, go slowly!"

As soon as Qian Guoxiang went out, Lin Yu sighed—the landlord called in the afternoon to remind him that the rent would increase.

"Xiao Lin, your father signed a contract with me for 20 years." Mr. Zou, the landlord, said eccentrically, "I didn't expect money to depreciate so quickly. Do you think that money is becoming less and less valuable. "

"Yes, it's difficult for us to do small business." Lin Yu echoed Zou Jianguo's words, "But Uncle Zou, there is still more than half a year before the 20-year period expires." To be precise, it was eleven months.

This is too impatient.

"This means that you are young and inexperienced." Mr. Zou was complacent, and he didn't know what he was proud of. "You are in such a good position. There are already people queuing up. I know your father quite well. , I have always said that I want to consider what you want first."

"How much will the increase be?" Lin Yu was disgusted by Zou Jianguo's tone, so he asked directly.

Zou Jianguo on the other end laughed for a while, implying that Lin Yu was too impatient, and finally said: "I want [-] rooms, do you want to continue adding [-]% every year?"

"Then let me think about it first?" Lin Yu thought, why don't you grab it, and double it as soon as it rises, is it stimulated by the 5 yuan that the neighbor has collected for several years?

"Yes, before the deadline." Zou Jianguo seemed to be in a good mood, "I just called you to let me know."

"Okay, thank you Uncle Zou."

Lin Yu closed the books, now that business is becoming more and more difficult, coupled with the impact of food delivery platforms, people's habit of eating out in the past has been greatly reduced.

Last year, Lin Yu just paid back his father's medical expenses, and after sitting at home for three days during the Chinese New Year, he pulled Pang Hai to open the business on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year.

I have to say that Pang Hai is still very loyal.

What else can I do if I don't open a shop?

The stuffed soybean oil wagged its tail and wandered out of the kitchen, and Zou Jing, who was shaking his head at the bar, looked for the owner to pet him.

Lin Yu touched soybean oil's head again and again, and the earth dog narrowed his eyes comfortably.

Forget it, there are still eleven months left.Lin Yu patted Soybean Oil on the head, signaling it to stand up.Soybean oil was touched comfortably, and he shook his tail to signal the owner not to stop.

Lin Yu continued to scratch its chin.

At this moment, Lin Yu's cell phone rang. He picked it up and saw that it was Zheng Yuqing's younger sister, Zheng Yuyan.

"good evening--"

"Brother Lin Yu, come here quickly. I'm in the only one, the one on Yehang Road, come here quickly! Help the world!"