After Shui Qing and his daughter left, Lin Lan and Li Xiang pulled the single bed into the warehouse and laid it out. They took out a silk jacket and three woolen sweaters and planned to take them back to Wu Shufen and the other three.
There were heavy footsteps at the door, and Yang Zhigang got into the shop, "Brother, sister-in-law, I'm here."
Lin Lan glared at him and handed him the woolen sweater in his hand: "Your brother picked it for you. You don't like to pick it yourself."
"I like it. My brother's taste is much better than mine." Yang Zhigang happily accepted.
Li Xiangyang smiled and gave him a key, pointing to the keyhole on the back of the door: "Lock the door when we go out, and be alert at night."
"I know." Zhigang said holding the key, "Uncle He will bring He Li to Lexing tomorrow morning. He Li knew she was going to work as a salesperson in the city. She jumped eight feet high with joy and almost crushed the pig food bucket."
Li Xiangyang smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "Well! When the shop is ready, I have something else to tell you."
Zhigang scratched his head and looked at him resentfully: "Brother, can't you say it now? You don't have to make me guess!"
"Stop guessing, it's guaranteed to be a good thing!" Li Xiangyang said and pulled Lin Lan out.
Zhigang watched the two people leave the shop, closed the door, tilted his head and said to himself: "Is it my sister-in-law who wants to introduce me to my girlfriend?" He felt a little excited and couldn't sleep.
Outside the shop, Li Xiangyang got on his bicycle and turned to look at Lin Lan: "Get in the car."
Lin Lan sat in the back seat, put one hand around Li Xiangyang's waist, and rested her head on his strong back, not wanting to move.
Li Xiangyang said softly: "You're tired! I can leave it to Xiaoxue and the others after we open."
"It's not that I'm very tired, it's just that the soles of my feet hurt a little." Lin Lan paused for a moment, "I can't let go of them after the opening. I have to guard them for ten days."
Li Xiangyang said: "If there is no limit on the number of people, we can invite two more people, so we don't have to be so tired."
Lin Lan remembered Yao Xiuyun's words: "Xiang Yang, You Zhigang is guarding the clothing store. Who will guard the department store?" The stall is so big that it is troublesome to have no reliable manpower.
Li Xiangyang thought for a while and came up with a suitable candidate: "The department store has a big backyard. I think we can let Brother Shui Qing and his family live here, so that they don't have to squeeze in the small house of the joint defense team."
Lin Lan asked strangely: "Brother Yong bought a small courtyard, why didn't Brother Shuiqing buy it?"
Li Xiangyang said slowly: "My sister-in-law has some heart problems and asthma. All the money earned by Brother Shui Qing was spent on medical treatment and medicine, and she also owed some foreign debts."
"Brother Shui Ching has a strong sense of self-esteem and loyalty, but he doesn't want to borrow our money to buy a house, so a family of four is crowded into a suite."
Lin Lan felt that no matter what era there was a person in the family who was sick all year round, it would be really difficult to save money. "Go and ask him tomorrow. If you are willing, you can move there early and live in a department store. Xiaoxue and Xiaomei will be close to their jobs."
The two of them were talking and arrived in Lexing in a blink of an eye.
Xiaodouzi heard Wangcai's cry and ran out: "Mom, Uncle Xiangyang, why did you come back?"
Lin Lan said softly: "Have you eaten? Mom wanted to put the goods back, so she was delayed for a while."
Xiaodouzi nodded: "I ate a little, but grandma and the others didn't."
Lin Lan led Xiaodouzi into the kitchen, where Wu Shufen and the others had already laid out the food.
Qiaohui poured hot water and washed their faces. Wu Shufen prepared cold shredded radish, rotten pork, stir-fried lettuce, and deep-fried small crispy pork and boiled pea tips. Several of them ate them warmly.
Li Xiangyang said to Lin Lan: "You should go to bed early. We still have to put out things from the department store tomorrow."
"Well!" Lin Lan gave him a flashlight and walked him to the door of the courtyard. After watching him leave, he turned around and closed the door and entered the courtyard. "Mom, Sister Yuezhen, Qiaohui, I brought some clothes back for you."
Qiao Hui wore a bright yellow round-neck sweater, and Lin Yuezhen wore a bright red sweater of the same style. The two looked at them fondly.
Qiaohui praised: "It's so beautiful! It looks better than the clothes in the department store."
Wu Shufen's silk coat was an indigo double-breasted and waisted coat, with buttons made of the same color fabric. She held it in her hand and felt it was light and warm. She laughed so hard that she couldn't see her teeth: "I'm wearing such a foreign-style dress.
Going out?"
"Grandma looks good in her dress!" Xiaodouzi said boldly.
Qiao Hui and Lin Yuezhen also nodded: "It looks good. My aunt is dressed like the old ladies in the city."
Lin Lan smiled and said: "When I purchased it, I thought it would look good on you."
Wu Shufen glanced at Lin Yuezhen and Qiaohui, who looked happy, and swallowed her words.
After clearing the dishes, the three of them rushed Lin Lan to accompany Xiaodouzi to bed. They made the pea cake and pounded the bean paste for kidney bean rolls before going to bed.
The mother and son were lying on the bed, and Xiaodouzi said to Lin Lan: "Mom, I got 100% in the exam."
Lin Lan kissed him: "My dear son, next year we will go to the primary school to go to school with Brother Dandan."
"Well!" Xiaodouzi turned to look at her, "Uncle Xiang Yang said that next year I will be a big boy and have to sleep in a room by myself. Brother Dandan said that he has already slept in a room by himself."
Lin Lan laughed secretly: "Then what do you think, should you go over there to share a room with your mother or be alone?"
Xiaodouzi hesitated for a while: "Brother Xiaojun and the others don't share a room with mom. I'd rather have a room by myself. I'll go find you when I miss you."
Lin Lan nodded: "Okay, our little man will sleep alone."
The mother and son fell asleep in a while. When Wu Shufen came to sleep, Lin Lan woke up, went to the toilet and came back, lying on Wu Shufen's side.
Wu Shufen said to Lin Lan: "Mom, I just made new clothes. You can sell the jacket for money. When you make money, you can buy it for Mom."
Lin Lan looked sideways at her kind face and smiled: "Do you know what Xiangyang bought for you and dad?"
Wu Shufen turned to look at her: "What did you buy?"
Lin Lan whispered: "Xiang Yang bought a TV and a sewing machine, saying they are for you and dad."
"Ah!" Wu Shufen sat up in surprise. Seeing the sleeping Xiaodouzi, she lay back down again, "No, no, it's too expensive. You told Xiang Yang to sell it for money. You are still young and don't know how to make money.
It’s difficult to make money while you’re young and save it for old age.”
Lin Lan had long expected her reaction: "When he comes tomorrow, you can tell him yourself."
Wu Shufen nodded repeatedly: "I will tell him tomorrow that your father and I are dozens of years older and don't need such expensive things. This kid has too big ideas and doesn't even discuss with us when buying such expensive things. In the future,
You have to tell him."
Lin Lan closed his eyes and nodded: "Okay, I'll tell him tomorrow."
Wu Shufen knew that she was tired today and did not speak anymore. She secretly decided to teach her a lesson when Lin Lan was free, so that she could be filial to Lao Li in the future and not let down the importance placed on her by the Li Xiangyang family.