sleepless tonight

Chapter 66 Elopement
"It will take more than an hour, why don't you go out for a while?" Li Mingzhou said to me.

"No, I'll just sit here for a while." Li Mingzhou is very proficient, I have nothing to do anyway, and I'm not in a hurry, "Is someone going to take over your steamed vegetable restaurant?"

"It's only been hanging for a day." Li Mingzhou smiled, "But this position is too far away, I'm afraid it won't be easy to get out in a while."

"How much money do you plan to transfer out?" Although my family has opened a teahouse, at most I just went there to help receive guests or collect money. I don't understand anything else. This is my first time doing business. I don't know if it is enough to take over Li Mingzhou's steamed vegetable restaurant.

After hearing the work in hand, Li Mingzhou turned his head: "Why, are you going to handle it?"

"I have this idea." I nodded, "But I don't know if the money is enough."

"Wait a minute, I'll steam these dishes first." Seeing that I was interested, Li Mingzhou speeded up his work.

I waited for a while, Li Mingzhou finished his busy work, washed his hands, made a pot of tea and brought it over, and sat opposite me: "Are you really planning to take over this steamed vegetable restaurant?"

"If I hadn't planned to take over, I wouldn't have come here. I came here today to talk to you about this." I nodded.

Li Mingzhou nodded, and poured me a cup of tea: "I just can't believe it. After all, you know the operating conditions of the steamed food restaurant. It has been losing money. I won't lie to you, and the location of this store is indeed a bit off."

"I know all this. You said it at dinner that day." Li Mingzhou was very honest, which made me feel relieved, at least I don't have to worry too much about being tricked.

Seeing that I was very determined, Li Mingzhou didn't ask me any more, and said slowly: "My family signed a ten-year contract for this store. Seven years have passed, and there are still three years left."

"Three years is three years." I nodded, and this time is still within my acceptable range.

As time goes by, there must be more funds to take over. I can't afford it with that little money, and the time is short. There is no buffer time, and I can't see whether the business is good or bad.

"My family signed a contract, and the monthly rent is 2000 yuan. If you really want to take over, I'll give you 400 yuan as a monthly rent." Li Mingzhou gave [-] yuan in one fell swoop.

"Isn't that good?" I felt like I had taken too much advantage. Li Mingzhou's parents were still sick, so I felt a bit of a suspicion of taking advantage of others, "Isn't your mother still sick?"

"You don't have to worry about this. My mother's illness has nothing to do with money, and it's not a serious illness. It's just anger and heart disease." Li Mingzhou's voice was very low.

"Can you tell me?" I was curious.

"What's inconvenient to say? The whole village knows about it, so it's not a secret." Li Mingzhou took a sip of tea, "It's my sister. She talked about a friend. My mother disagreed, but she actually Threatened my mother by getting pregnant out of wedlock, and sent my mother to the hospital in a fit of rage."

"Still not agree?" I asked.

"How could you agree? If I see that bastard, I'll have to abolish him." Li Mingzhou definitely wasn't scolding his sister, "My sister is not even of legal marriage age, so he did such a thing."

Cooking raw rice and cooked rice, I wanted to force my parents, but obviously failed.

"Where is your sister now?" I asked.

"Let's go." Li Mingzhou's words startled me a lot, but fortunately, there are other words later, "I eloped with someone, she is too young, and she is too naive, that person made her pregnant with a child. To force my parents, how could it be really for her own good?"

I was silent. I had only seen the word elopement on TV before, but I didn’t expect there to be a case around me. It is a romantic word, but in reality, it seems to be more desolate.

"Didn't go home?" Li Mingzhou must have cared about this younger sister, so I did.

"No, it's been three years, and there is no news at all. She is too young, and she always thinks that she doesn't care about anything if she has love, but how is it possible? Doesn't it cost money for oil, rice, firewood and salt? Besides, in her situation, can she be called Is it love? She was deceived by a few sweet words, and she will definitely regret it. "

What is love, sweet talk, or silent togetherness, or something else?

"If only she could be happy." After a while, I said.

Compared with love, happiness is a word that is easier to measure.

Li Mingzhou didn't speak, but just sighed. He certainly didn't believe that his sister could be happy. That sigh was both helpless and worrying.

"I plan to rent this shop, but the money is still short, can you give me some time?" This topic seemed to be a bit heavy, so I changed it, "One week, give me one week."

One thousand sixteen a month, nearly twenty thousand a year, sixty thousand three years, I have more than 5 yuan in hand, and I need money for redecoration and arrangement, and asking for help.

At least one hundred thousand is enough.

"No problem, I'll remove the note on the door later, lest someone come over and ask, I'll keep this storefront for you first." Li Mingzhou agreed.

"Thanks." Li Mingzhou doesn't need to do this. After all, one more person wants his storefront, so he can rent it out at a better price. I owe him a favor.

"It's just a small matter. Anyway, it's so biased, not many people are willing to take over. By the way, what are you going to do after taking over?" Li Mingzhou asked me.

"Steaming restaurant." I didn't hide anything.

Li Mingzhou was surprised: "You still plan to open a steamed restaurant?"

I nodded: "The steamed vegetables taste good, and the price is not expensive, very good."

Li Mingzhou does not make money by making steamed vegetables. He has to put 1000 yuan into it every month. I took over and still make steamed vegetables. It sounds a bit weird, as if saying that Li Mingzhou can't do business.

If Li Mingzhou didn't ask, I didn't plan to say it, after all, it would be embarrassing to say it, but since he asked, I didn't want to hide it either.

There is nothing to hide.

I'm just trying, I can't tell what the final result will be.

"Alright, maybe you can succeed." Li Mingzhou didn't say much, just wished.

A few customers came over one after another, expressing regret that Li Mingzhou's shop was going to close. Li Mingzhou introduced me to these customers, saying that the steamed vegetable restaurant would continue to open, but with a different person.

These people exchanged some pleasantries with me, expressing that they would definitely patronize, but from their eyes, I saw doubts, Li Mingzhou's steamed vegetables are so delicious, and I can't maintain it after so many years, how can I continue to operate ?
The look in their eyes made me feel uneasy, not knowing whether my decision was right or wrong.

I exchanged phone numbers with Li Mingzhou, and I left.

I didn't go far, and I arrived at Yanhu Park near the high school. Instead of sitting on a stone chair, I found a corner and squatted down casually, smoking a cigarette and thinking at the same time.

There is still 5 yuan short, who should I turn to?

It’s definitely not possible at home, let alone not having so much money, even if I have money, I don’t plan to take it. I don’t panic when I have money, and I don’t want my parents to worry about me anymore.

The rest are Wu Dong, Yu Lu, Zhou Kai, Tang Wan, Su Ran, and Tong Wangjun.

These are the few people who are familiar with me and have the ability to lend me some money.

In the end, I still called Wu Dong: "Are you busy?"

Wu Dong is not like me, I am a person with relatively free time, and he still has a job.

"It's okay, let's talk." Although Wu Dong asked me to say it, he was faster than I said, "Why didn't you take the job that Tang Wan found for you?"

"I don't want to do it." I said simply, I didn't tell Wu Dong the reasons in too much detail.

"Such a good job is so rare. You are too awesome. If you say you don't want to do it, you can't do it. Did you find a better job?" Wu Dong felt sorry for me, scolding, "Is it with Something happened to Logan?"

"I have nothing to do with her. What could happen? I'm just not used to it. It's full of college students. It's not suitable for me, who didn't graduate from high school, to be in it." I found a reason.

"Fart, don't always talk about your education background, your IQ is no lower than anyone else." Wu Dong was very dissatisfied with my reason, but he seemed to believe it, "Why don't you come to my place? I don't have such high requirements here, just graduated from junior high school everything."

(End of this chapter)