Here at the hot pot restaurant, it snowed heavily today, and the store was full of business again.
Yang Lina's appetite has been particularly good these two days. At noon, before the people in the store have left, she is already hungry.
Yang Lina took a big steamed bun from the kitchen, broke it in half, filled it with chili oil and green onions, poured herself a glass of boiled water, and sat at the front desk, munching on the steamed bun.
In the past two days, she also felt that her belly was growing crazily.
Fortunately, she wore thicker clothes. If she took off her coat, she could clearly see her slightly bulging belly.
At the end of the year, Li Jingming didn't have as many things as before. What needed to be dealt with had been dealt with, and the furniture that needed to be distributed was also sent out.
Because this year they decided to follow Xue Yurong to the capital to celebrate the New Year, Li Jingming planned to give the furniture factory an early holiday.
When Li Jingming showed up at the hot pot restaurant, Yang Lina had already eaten half of her buns.
As soon as Li Jingming entered the store, Yang Lina quickly took a small broom and swept away the snowflakes on Li Jingming's body.
Li Jingming muttered: "Auspicious snow heralds a good harvest. There have been several heavy snowfalls this year. The crops will definitely be good next year."
Yang Lina smiled and said.
"You are just worrying about your life. Even if it snows, you can think of things to do next year."
Li Jingming chuckled and replied: "I can't help it. I am a farmer's son and I have to wait for these heavy snowfalls all year round. Do you think I can't care?"
When Li Jingming came in, there was a cold wind on his body. After Yang Lina finished speaking, she stayed away from Li Jingming and said, "You are too cold. Go to the kitchen and drink some hot water."
Li Jingming was not in a hurry. He glanced at the steamed buns in Yang Lina's hand and said, "Why don't you ask the chef to prepare something for you?"
"The store is not empty yet, so I will take care of myself at this point and call Ye Qiu and the others over to eat together later."
Li Jingming took off his coat and hung it on the clothes rack at the door. He went to the kitchen to pour himself a cup of hot water. When he came out, Yang Lina stuffed the last bite of the steamed bun into her mouth. Her cheek bones were as round as a hamster.
Li Jingming looked at it and smiled helplessly, handed the hot water cup in his hand to Yang Lina and said: "Eat slowly, don't choke."
Li Jingming looked around carefully, and then said to Yang Lina: "You've been pregnant for four months. I think I can't hide it from my family anymore."
After hearing this, Yang Lina raised her hand and touched her belly and said, "Then let's find time to talk to mom. Paper can't cover the fire anyway."
Li Jingming added: "Isn't Jingxuan coming back this afternoon? I'm thinking of going back to the village tomorrow.
It's freezing and snowing now, and the brick and tile factory can't work anymore. I'm going to give red envelopes to the workers in the factory, pay their wages, and ask them to go home early.
You have been working with me for a year, and everyone who has a family wants to have children."
The business of the brick and tile factory this year is better than in previous years. Li Jingming wants to discuss with Yang Lina that he must send a big red envelope to people this year.
Yang Lina said: "I won't go back when you go back tomorrow, the store is too busy and I can't leave.
When you go back, remember to press the matter about Li Xiaojun and Sun Wenjing, I'm afraid it will drag on for too long and it won't be good for these two people."
"Xiaojun is coming back with me tomorrow. Do you think this year I will give each of my comrades in Jingcheng a red envelope of 120 yuan, okay?"
Yang Lina remembered that in previous years, it was either fifty or one hundred, so this year she might as well find twenty.
Yang Lina asked again: "Just the red envelope and nothing else?"
Li Jingming thought about it and said, "No, they have to stay at home for the first two months, so these twenty yuan can be considered as compensation for them.
I plan to give a bag of rice and a bag of flour to every household in the village, do you think that’s okay?”
Li Jingming thought that this year he and his wife would go to the capital to celebrate the New Year, so it would be better to arrange these things early.
Over in Jingcheng, Sun Yuxiu is pregnant this year and will definitely celebrate the New Year in the county seat.
Don’t look at the fact that there is still one month left before the Chinese New Year. There are many things at hand, big and small, that I can’t finish until the end of the year.
Yang Lina knew that Li Jingming was not in the village most of the time. Now that the brick and tile factory was opened in the village, thanks to the villagers, it was natural to prepare something for every household at the end of the year.
Yang Lina said: "Okay, just do whatever you want."
After the two of them discussed it, a group of customers at noon left the store intermittently, and Yang Lina then ordered the chef to bring out the bottom of the pot.
When Liu Yeqiu came over from the department store opposite with her child in her arms, the child fell asleep in Liu Yeqiu's arms.
Liu Yeqiu didn't dare to let the child leave her sight even if she wanted to eat.
She moved two chairs, put her down jacket on them, placed Xiao Shengnan on the chair, facing the wall on one side, and blocking it with two chairs on the other side.
Yang Lina took off her down jacket again and covered her child.
Yang Lina wore a loose bottom layer. If you don't look carefully, you can't see her slightly bulging belly.
Yang Lina put a lot of meat in Liu Yeqiu's bowl. During this time, Liu Yeqiu's physical condition seemed to be very poor and she was always suffering from a cold.
Because it was close to the end of the year, Chen Peng was sent by Su Han on a business trip to another city.
Yang Lina couldn't help but feel distressed when she saw Liu Yeqiu raising the child alone.
As for Liu Yeqiu's ignorant parents-in-law, Liu Yeqiu said that they had actually gone through the divorce procedures.
Yang Lina couldn't care about other people's family affairs, but when she thought of Liu Yeqiu raising the child alone, she despised what the computer couple did from the bottom of her heart.
At the dinner table, Yang Lina said: "We will have a holiday in ten days. You will go home early this year to celebrate the New Year. I will also accompany my mother to the capital to celebrate the New Year.
I will open the store after the first month comes out."
When Liu Zhaodi heard that he was going to have a holiday, he almost jumped up with joy when he thought that he could go home early to see his children.
Kong Xiulan, who was eating silently on the side, didn't want to go home.
To be honest, now she has learned many things from Yang Lina and just wants to make money.
But once the boss leaves, this store will definitely close.
Yang Lina saw that the expression on Kong Xiulan's face was wrong, and then asked: "Xiulan, looking at your depressed look, does it mean you don't want me to give you a holiday?"
Kong Xiulan did not hide anything from Yang Lina, and said openly: "Yes, Sister Yang, I don't want to celebrate the New Year, I just want these two stores to be open and make good money."
Yang Lina smiled and said: "You are still young, so you have to take your time in making money.
At your age, you already own shares in my department store. When the department store gradually grows, you will still have income even if you lie down and eat and drink.
Besides, you are going to take the college entrance examination in a few months, and your most important thing right now is studying."