After leaving Qian's family, Lin Bei took a taxi, drove back to his pickup truck, and went all the way back home.
Early the next morning, Lin Bei got up early and accompanied his mother, Qin Huilan, to the vegetable market to sell a stall.
Business is still very good today.
As one of the few breakfast stalls in the market, Lin Bei and Qin Huilan are very popular and bring a lot of convenience to everyone.
It was past eight o'clock, and when the stalls were almost sold out, a familiar figure suddenly came to the stalls.
"Excuse me, is Lin Bei here?"
It was a middle-aged man wearing a white shirt. He came up and asked if Lin Bei was there.
Hearing this sound, Lin Bei, who was busy heating the pot in the back, came directly to the stall.
He recognized the person at a glance. It turned out to be Wen Linwu, the director of the Urban Management Office who happened to be in a vegetative state that he had rescued when he was in the hospital!
Lin Bei said in surprise: "Bureau Wen? I remember your family seems to live in Beicheng, right? Why are you here in the old city?"
Wen Linwu smiled and said, "Didn't I come here to express my gratitude to you?"
He was knocked into a vegetative state in a car accident before, but was rescued by Lin Bei. At that time, Wen Linwu's face was very bad, but now his face is shiny, and it seems that he is recovering well.
Lin Bei smiled and said politely: "What's there to say thank you for? Your father has done me a big favor. I'll save you again. We don't owe each other anything, so there's no need to come here to say thank you."
Wen Linwu said seriously: "How can that be done? What my dad did to help you was just a small favor, but what you saved was my life! I never thought that a young man as capable as you would actually set up a breakfast stall here. It's really incredible.
It’s unexpected!”
Lin Bei said: "This is my mother's stall. My mother is old. I have nothing to do in the morning, so I come to help with the stall."
When Wen Linwu heard this, he was even more appreciative and couldn't help but praise: "Great! There are not many young people as diligent as you nowadays."
Lin Bei said politely: "What's the big deal? Director Wen said it was too much."
When Wen Linwu heard this, he said enthusiastically: "Why do you still call me Wen Ju? If you don't mind, just call me Brother Wen."
Lin Bei did not refuse and called Brother Wen.
Wen Linwu laughed suddenly, obviously very happy.
At this time, Qin Huilan came over, brought two steamed buns and a bowl of soy milk to Wen Linwu, and said, "You must have not eaten yet if you come so early. Since you are Lin Bei's friend, then this meal is mine."
Please, if it’s not enough, call me and I’ll give you more.”
"Then thank you, eldest sister."
Wen Linwu happened to have not eaten, so he said politely and took a bite of the buns. His eyes lit up immediately and he exclaimed that they were delicious.
Without hesitation, he continued to ask: "You are Lin Bei's mother, right? I'm about the same age as you, so I shamelessly call you sister."
Qin Huilan didn't care about this and said with a smile: "What does it matter? You can call me whatever you want."
Wen Linwu nodded and asked: "Sister Qin, let me ask you something. How much is the monthly rent for your stall?"
Qin Huilan didn't hide anything and said directly: "My stall is actually rented by the butcher shop next door. They have a lot of space there, so they gave it to us. The rent is shared equally between the two families. It's 1,000 yuan a month. We
Three hundred from here."
"Three hundred a month, three or four thousand a year, that's not low!"
Wen Linwu's eyes widened and he said directly: "Sister Qin! Your price is not normal!"
Qin Huilan asked in confusion: "What's wrong? Everyone has the same price. There are a few better locations that cost 2,000 yuan a month."
Wen Linwu explained: "Your rental price is the standard of the new city. But you are in the old city, and the flow of people and consumption levels are different. You cannot follow that standard!"
He changed the topic and continued: "Sister Qin, I happen to work in the urban management office. I will go back and talk about it and lower the rent here by half."
Qin Huilan suddenly said happily: "Really? Thank you so much!"
She didn't put much thought into it, and she didn't know how much power and energy it required to lower the rent. She just thought that a lower rent was a good thing.
Wen Linwu said quickly: "It should be! It should be! This is because we didn't consider it well and made you pay the high rent for so long. I will discuss it with the leader when I go back and give you another half-year rent exemption."
Upon hearing this, Qin Huilan was extremely happy. The rent was reduced by half and rent was exempted for half a year. That was a great thing.
She said: "Thank you so much! What's your name? I'll go tell everyone and let them thank you together!"
"Just call me Xiao Wen. This is my number. If anything happens in the future, you can call me directly on this number!"
Wen Linwu was very polite and gave Qin Huilan a number, but he never said that he was the director of the city capital.
Qin Huilan was not so thoughtful. She was very happy when something good happened. After receiving the number, she went to share the good thing with her neighbors.
Most of the people in the old city were kind-hearted and honest. After hearing the news, they were all happy. Many people even came here to thank Qi Wen Linwu.
Xu Xiaoyan's parents were among them, especially after learning that Wen Linwu was Lin Bei's friend, they even praised Lin Bei.
People of the older generation have nothing to look forward to, they just hope that their children and grandchildren will make a difference.
Qin Huilan was naturally happy when her son was praised, and her eyes narrowed.
Lin Bei didn't like being noticed, but since his mother was happy, he agreed.
At the stall, Wen Linwu drank soy milk comfortably, hiding his merit and fame.
He is worthy of being a director, and he is really impeccable in his work.
He said he was thinking about everyone, but in fact he was just trying to make a small fuss for Lin Bei.
People who work in the government have many tricks. This favor was transferred from Qin Huilan's hands to Lin Bei's.
Lin Bei tidied up, sat in front of Wen Linwu, and said helplessly: "Brother Wen, you are really good at this. With just two words, you can make everyone laugh."
Wen Linwu smiled and said: "How can you call this skill? It's just a joke. If you want to be really capable, who can compare to you, Lin Bei?"
Lin Bei said humbly: "Brother Wen, don't be joking. But is the rent reduction you said really possible? This thing is no joke. If it violates the regulations, don't do it. I can't afford to wear this big hat.
hat."
Wen Linwu's eyes widened: "You have to follow the rules even if you don't follow them! Do you think that I am just sitting around in my position as director?"
"Huh?" Lin Bei couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
Wen Linwu immediately laughed and said: "I'm kidding. The prices in the old city are indeed unreasonable. The rent in the old city must be lower. How can it be based on the standards of the new city? I don't know how the branch here manages it.
I’ll go over there later and give them a good beating.”
Now Lin Bei breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he complied with the rules, he didn't want to be special. If you take the benefits of the government, you have to pay back!
Wen Linwu added: "Lin Bei, if you and the fellow villagers have anything to do in the future, you can come to me at any time. Even though I am a big director, I can still talk in Jiangcheng."
Lin Bei nodded: "Thank you, Brother Wen."
As soon as he finished speaking, a table next to him was suddenly overturned.
Immediately afterwards, several people in urban management uniforms came over and shouted: "What are you all gathering here for? Do you know that the urban management office is doing things? Let's leave now!"