After finishing the lunch business that day, the two of them tidied up the kitchen.
Zhou Caiyun suggested: "The next door makes steamed buns. We can make Xiaolong steamed buns and sell them separately from the old witch. Business will be better."
This was an idea she had thought about for several days, but Lin Mai rejected it:
"The old witch next door is a big copycat. Wouldn't others copy you when you make Xiao Long Bao? Don't bother with that."
Zhou Caiyun was stunned after hearing this.
After cleaning up the kitchen, Lin Mai taught her how to read and learn math for a while, and then took her and Doudou out for shopping.
In five or six days it will be Labor Day, and it will be summer, so it’s time to wear a skirt.
The last time Lin Mai bought clothes for Zhou Caiyun, she felt very sorry.
She had never thought of working for Lin Mai, who even bought her clothes.
So this time she didn't want Lin Mai to buy her a dress.
If you say her business is not doing well, don't waste money.
Lin Mai chose a short-sleeved shirt and a pleated skirt for her.
He smiled and said: "Saving these two dollars is not enough for me to buy a house, so there is no need to save.
This is the last time I buy you clothes, and I won’t buy them for you again.
I am buying you clothes this time because I want to give you two days off starting from tomorrow and go back to see your parents.
Let you dress better so that your parents won't worry and think that you are having a hard time here.
As for the business, don't worry, things will turn around within a month at most, so it only lasts for one month, I can survive it."
After buying clothes for three people, Lin Mai saw that Zhou Caiyun didn't buy anything and asked strangely: "When you go back to the countryside tomorrow, won't you buy some gifts for your parents?"
Zhou Caiyun shook his head: "No, don't you want to pay me a salary? I will hand over the salary directly to my parents.
If I buy gifts for them, not only will they not be happy, but they will also scold me for wasting money. It is better to give them money, which is worry-free and affordable."
Lin Mai was silent and said, "You give all your salary to your parents?"
"Don't hand over everything. Keep five yuan for yourself and hand over the rest."
Lin Mai was surprised and said: "Pay so much?"
Zhou Caiyun said: "I have food and lodging at your house, and there is no place to spend money."
Lin Mai was silent for a moment and said: "You give all the money to your parents, and you will take care of yourself in the future."
Zhou Caiyun looked sad: "It's impossible for me to remarry. From now on, I will rely on my nephew to provide for me in old age. I will give the money to my parents, and my parents will arrange for my nephew to provide for me in old age."
Lin Mai was speechless: "If your nephew doesn't listen to your parents, what will you do then?"
Zhou Caiyun said in surprise: "I gave all the money to my parents, and my parents will give it to my nephew. How can he not support me when he takes my money?"
"He won't support you in old age, and it's not illegal!"
Zhou Caiyun stared at her blankly, looking helpless.
Lin Mai advised: "It is better to have a father and a mother than to have the money yourself. The most secure thing is to hold the money in your own hands.
Even if you have to rely on your nephew to support you in the future, if you have property that he can inherit, will he be willing to support you in your retirement?"
Zhou Caiyun nodded repeatedly after hearing this: "What you said makes sense, so I'll listen to you. I'll give my parents ten yuan a month as their pension. Do you think it's okay?"
Lin Mai nodded: "Okay."
But I still suggested that she buy some gifts and take them back to the old man. If she went back empty-handed, the villagers would look at her in disgrace.
The two of them took Doudou to the black market. Zhou Caiyun bought two packs of brown sugar, but not a few kilograms of pastries.
I plan to cut two kilograms of meat in Simei Town and take it home on the day I go back. In the countryside, there is a custom of cutting meat and giving it to the elderly.
When Lin Mai heard this, he said: "Since you are passing through Simei Town, then I will buy some gifts and you can help me take them to Grandpa Fang and Grandma Fang."
Big shopping for three women.
Lin Mai bought all the food and clothing for the two elders of the Fang family, and also bought half a catty of White Rabbit toffee for Doudou.
No matter what age women are, almost all women love to go shopping, and the three of them returned home having a great time.
Halfway through the walk, a woman holding two little boys bumped into Lin Mai.
The things in her hands were knocked to the floor, and when the malted milk fell on Doudou's feet, she burst into tears on the spot.
Lin Mai hurriedly knelt down and rubbed her instep.
Zhou Caiyun also squatted down to coax the little cute baby: "Okay, okay, don't cry. Eat one of the white rabbits your mother bought for you and it won't hurt."
She pointed at the woman who hit someone and said, "Look, the little brother didn't even cry when he was knocked out of his mother's arms and fell to the ground."
Doudou replied timidly: "That little brother fell asleep and didn't wake up even after he fell to the ground. Of course he won't cry."
When Lin Mai heard this, he immediately stood up and chased the woman: "Stop!"
The more she shouted, the faster the woman walked, and finally broke into a trot.
Lin Mai caught up with her in one breath, blocked her way, and said seriously: "Let me check the two children in your arms."
The woman was unhappy: "Who are you? Why are you checking my child?"
Lin Mai shouted regardless: "There are human traffickers here, arrest the traffickers!"
Immediately, many passers-by came over and cheered, surrounding her and the woman.
The woman hurriedly explained to everyone: "I am not a trafficker. I just bumped into her. She wanted to extort money from me and I didn't give it, so she poured sewage on my head."
Everyone looked at the woman and then at Lin Mai. Neither of them looked like bad people. They didn't know whose words to believe.
Lin Mai said: "You and I will take this woman to the police station, and then we will know whether she is a human trafficker."
"Who said my wife is a human trafficker?"
A man squeezed in and looked at Lin Mai angrily.
The woman breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the man arrived in time, otherwise she would not have been able to escape.
She handed one of the boys to the man: "Don't behave like this mad dog, let's go!"
Lin Mai blocked their way again: "You are a couple, right? Then I will let the onlookers interrogate you separately. What are your two children's names and birthdays to see if you are human traffickers."
The onlookers were very interested and all responded to Lin Mai's suggestion.
The man glared at Lin Mai angrily: "Don't make trouble here, or I'll beat you up!"
Lin Mai was not afraid at all: "Are you guilty?"
The woman frowned secretly: "Who is guilty? We haven't broken any laws. If you say we are human traffickers and you want to interrogate us, who gave you the right?"
"That's why I said to go to the police station and let the police interrogate you."
The man took two steps forward: "Even if you let the police interrogate us, at least we must be suspects. Are we suspects? Where is the evidence!"
Lin Mai pointed to the little boy he and the woman were holding: "The evidence is these two children.
We argued for a long time, but they didn't even open their eyes.
It turns out that you gave them medicine to make them unconscious. Do you still dare to say that you are not human traffickers?"
The onlookers all talked a lot and felt that what Lin Mai said made sense.
Someone has already run to the nearest police station to report the incident.
The rest of the melon-eating crowd forcibly separated the man and woman. A bunch of people asked the woman what the names of her two children were and what their birthdays were.
Another group of people asked the woman what the names of her two children were? What were their birthdays?
The crowd said to the man and woman, "As long as you two give the same answer, we will take the person who slandered you to the police station."