Chen Meijiao soon found out that Wen Nuan was planning to open a restaurant.
Chen Meijiao approached her and said, "Sister, I want to run a restaurant with you."
Chen Meijiao used to work in the kitchen when she lived in the Beicheng Family Compound. Later, when she returned to Beijing, she worked in a state-owned restaurant and was promoted to the position of deputy manager.
In general, Chen Meijiao is very suitable to open a restaurant with Wen Nuan.
Wen Nuan was making tea, and handed a cup to Chen Meijiao, saying directly: "Not good."
Chen Meijiao was stunned by Wen Nuan's words and asked, "Why? I have experience and money. I can work with you and help you manage all the restaurant affairs."
Although the children in Wen Nuan's family have grown up, Wen Nuan is now studying two majors and will graduate a year early, so she definitely does not have enough time to manage the restaurant.
And she knew that Wen Nuan didn't like to take charge of things, so the restaurant would definitely need a manager.
She felt that she was very suitable.
However, she didn't really want to open a restaurant by herself, mainly because Wen Nuan looked more capable than her and would definitely not lose money in the future.
Furthermore, if she opened a restaurant of her own, she was afraid of losing her meager savings.
Anyway, Chen Meijiao's idea is that she should just follow Wen Nuan and she will definitely not suffer any loss.
Wen Nuan took a sip of tea and asked her, "Have you finished your studies? Why are you in such a hurry?"
Chen Meijiao studied foreign languages, but because she had never been exposed to them before, she also kept up with the pace.
If I run a restaurant with her, I will definitely be distracted, which will affect my studies, but I'm most afraid it will also affect my graduation.
Not worth it.
Chen Meijiao curled her lips and shook her head: "Not yet, how can I be as smart as you? You can study two majors at the same time and skip grades, I envy you to death."
Chen Meijiao knew that Wen Nuan had skipped a grade, so she could graduate a year early.
But she herself is not like that, and she is still trying to keep up with the pace of the main group.
Sometimes she really envied Wen Nuan's brain power, it was so amazing.
Wen Nuan flicked her head with her finger and said with a smile: "Mei Jiao, it's not that I don't want to cooperate with you, but I have a better plan."
"Study hard, and when you graduate, I will help you plan."
Wen Nuan's ambition is definitely to open more than one small restaurant, but Chen Meijiao is not big enough yet, so there is no rush to wait a few more years.
Moreover, Chen Meijiao's foreign language skills cannot be wasted. Working in a restaurant would be a waste of her hard work over the past few years.
Therefore, whatever Chen Meijiao does in the future must be relevant.
Chen Meijiao looked at Wen Nuan admiringly, her eyes sparkling: "Really? You won't leave me alone to make a fortune, will you?"
Wen Nuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "When did you become so obsessed with money?"
Chen Meijiao sighed, "It's my brother. He has been transferred to a state-owned factory in the south to be an inspector. I heard that the south is developing very fast now, and you can pick up money everywhere."
Wen Nuan raised her eyebrows: "Exaggerated."
But the saying that there is gold everywhere is not just a casual remark.
The impact of this spring breeze on Beijing is not that great yet; the clothing and daily necessities industries in the south are currently the most popular.
Especially in the south, which is close to port cities, the impact on life is more obvious.
Chen Meijiao chuckled: "Anyway, we must make more money while we are still young, so sister, if you find a way to make money, remember me!"
"You keep calling me sister, how can I forget you?" Wen Nuan was amused by her. "Of course I have to remember you, but your first priority right now is to study, don't think too much about it for now."
Chen Meijiao had helped her a lot in the past, and the state-owned restaurant where she used to work also got a lot of goods from their kitchen.
Wen Nuan will definitely remember her, but there is no rush now. This is just the beginning and there will be many opportunities to make money in the future.
After hearing what Wen Nuan said, Chen Meijiao no longer hesitated to get involved in the restaurant's affairs.
She hugged Wen Nuan directly and said playfully: "Then I will study hard. When I graduate, I will stay with you. Even if you don't let me come, I will come too!"
"Okay, okay, okay. When you graduate, I will definitely ask you to work with me." Wen Nuan was helpless and nodded repeatedly, otherwise she would be annoyed to death.
The two laughed and joked for a while, and Wen Nuan asked, "By the way, is Bei'er learning the cello? Do you want to send your child to the music group? They just happen to be hiring."
Lele and Cai Siling have performed for two consecutive years and are now little seniors. If Belle goes too, it will be more fun for the kids.
Chen Meijiao shook her head. "I'm already annoyed. Our Bei'er is not like your Lele. She has been determined to learn one or two musical instruments since she was young. How many things have you said she has learned? None of them lasted long. They are always short-lived."
It would be great if I could join that music group. The teachers there are all veteran artists, and it would be nice to be edified there.
It’s just that the child can’t sit still, and has been bothering her a lot in the past few years.
Chen Meijiao really envies Lele, who has been determined to learn piano since she was young. Now she is only ten years old, but she has already played it very skillfully.
Wen Nuan said, "Why don't you let Bei'er choose by herself? Let her play with Lele and Siling for a few days, maybe she will make up her mind."
Chen Meijiao thought it made sense, so she nodded and said, "Then I'll send Bei'er to your house during the National Day, and you can let Lele take care of our Bei'er."
Chen Meijiao knew that Cai Siling and Gu Qinglan's daughter Xiangxiang often came here to play with Lele. Now, Bei'er would not have to worry about not being able to find friends.
Moreover, Wen Nuan's courtyard is really big, and there is enough space for several children to play hide-and-seek.
Wen Nuan couldn't help but pinch her, "What about you? Aren't you coming over?"
Chen Meijiao smiled and said, "I want to go to the swimming competition on Saturday and come back on Sunday."
Wen Nuan: "You are like this yourself, how dare you say that about Bei'er!"
Since entering university, Chen Meijiao's life has become colorful. She attends this and that, and has obviously become much more cheerful.
Chen Meijiao fiddled with her hair and asked, "By the way, you really don't want to go get your hair done with me? I see that many people in our school have already got curly hair."
The biggest changes brought about by economic opening up still depend on people’s food, clothing, housing and transportation.
Since the beginning of this year, the culture of perming hair has slowly begun to appear on the streets, and even Chen Meijiao's mother has a trendy new hairstyle.
Chen Meijiao, who had had her hair in braids for many years, also felt itchy and planned to get a new hairstyle.
Wen Nuan smiled and said, "No, I still have to go to the restaurant to take a look. You and Qinglan go."
Gu Qinglan and Li Daxiang gave birth to another daughter in June. She has been taking care of the child for the past few months. She must be bored and wants to find someone to play with all day long. However, Wen Nuan cannot often accompany her because of the restaurant business.
Chen Meijiao: "Then I'll go find Qinglan, you go do your thing."
*
As soon as Chen Meijiao left, Gu Qinghan came back with an envelope in his hand.
Wen Nuan was curious: "Whose letter is it?"
While Gu Qinghan poured himself a cup of tea, he handed the letter to Wen Nuan and said, "Brigade Commander Zhou brought it when he came to Beijing. He said that the letter Liu Chunyan sent to you was sent to the Beicheng troops, so he asked me to pass it to you."
"Liu Chunyan?" Wen Nuan took the letter from Gu Qinghan and quickly opened it, muttering, "Before, Lele told me that she wanted to contact Huahua, but I couldn't find their address. Now it's good, there's finally a letter."
In the past few years, Liu Chunyan only wrote to her in the first year. After that, she came to Beijing and never received any letters from him.
Lele thought of Huahua after Gu Tingting and Gu Youyou returned to their hometown.
She also told Cai Siling that he was her best friend in kindergarten.
I didn't expect to receive the letter so soon.
However, the letter felt quite thick. As soon as the envelope was opened, a large stack of solidarity fell out.
Gu Qinghan put down the enamel cup, picked up the fallen coins, and said, "Why is there so much money?"
Wen Nuan directly took out all the coins in the envelope and counted them. There were a total of thirty Great Unity Banknotes, which was three hundred yuan.
That year, when Liu Chunyan and her family returned to their hometown, no one in the entire family compound went to see her off.
Only Wen Nuan and Le Le went to see them off, and gave all the bonus for catching the enemy spies to Liu Chunyan.
Wen Nuan met Gu Qinghan's puzzled look and said, "It should be the bonus given to Liu Chunyan that year."
Unexpectedly, she still remembered it all these years.
Gu Qinghan sat down next to Wen Nuan and said, "Read the letter first to see what she said."
Wen Nuan opened the letter and took a quick look at it. Since Liu Chunyan returned to her hometown, Commander Lu had arranged for someone to find her a job. She had been working in a pharmaceutical factory for all these years.
I have been frugal over the years and have paid back the money to Wen Nuan.
The letter also talked about the children's recent situation. Her eldest daughter had been admitted to a normal school, and the middle son was already in junior high school. Huahua was the same age as Lele and was now in the fourth grade.
However, due to policy adjustments, Lele skipped a grade from the third grade and is now in the fifth grade. She will enter junior high school in another year.
Gu Qinghan looked at Wen Nuan's expression and roughly guessed that Liu Chunyan was here to pay back the money, so he asked, "Do you want to send it back to her?"
Wen Nuan folded the letter and said, "No need. This will hurt other people's self-esteem."
It has been several years since then, and Liu Chunyan must have kept this in mind. Although it is obvious that her life may not be very rich, it is definitely fulfilling and positive.
Wen Nuan thought for a moment and said, "I'll tell Le Le that Hua Hua has sent her a letter, and ask Le Le to prepare something and send it to them."
In addition to the letter to her, there is also a letter written by Huahua to Lele.
After a while, Lele came in with Xiangxiang and said, "Dad, Mom, we are back."
Lele took Xiangxiang to watch a play early in the morning and they just came back now.
Wen Nuan called her over and said, "Hua Hua sent you a letter. Don't you want to find her?"
Lele took the letter from Wen Nuan and his eyes lit up: "That's great. I bought a few nice stamps before and wanted to collect them with Siling, but she said she didn't want them. I'll send them to Huahua to see if she wants them."
Wen Nuan looked at Le Le, who was slowly losing her babyishness, and said with a smile, "Then you should write her back quickly, or else you won't have time when school starts."
"Got it." Lele took the letter and pulled Xiangxiang directly to his room, disappearing like a dragon.
Gu Qinghan watched Lele return to the room and asked, "Where are the two brats?"
Wen Nuan felt a headache when she talked about her two sons. She said, "They went out to play with Xiao Maodan and were not at home for the entire summer vacation."
Gu Qinghan also wanted to be quiet, so he looked at Wen Nuan and asked her: "How is the restaurant going? Is everything ready? Do you want me to go with you to take a look?"
Wen Nuan nodded: "Everything is ready, just waiting to open."
The Wen Nuan Restaurant is located near Wupailou, very close to the Siheyuan, and only a few minutes' walk away.
The store has been renovated and now we are waiting to open after getting the business license.
Wen Nuan is not in a hurry and plans to open the store on the Mid-Autumn Festival. After the Mid-Autumn Festival is the National Day, so there is no need to worry about the flow of people.
Gu Qinghan thought for a moment, then looked at Wen Nuan and asked, "Just now I seemed to see Comrade Chen Meijiao walking towards Qinglan and the others. What did she want to see you about?"
Wen Nuan glanced at him and said with a smile: "When did you become so fond of gossip?"
But Wen Nuan did not hide it and said, "Mei Jiao came to me because she wanted to run a restaurant with me."
Gu Qinghan: "You refused?"
Wen Nuan nodded, "Well, I don't plan to partner with anyone."
As long as interests are involved, there will be no eternal friends.
Wen Nuan doesn't plan to partner with anyone else but them.
Besides, Chen Meijiao is not unsuitable to run a restaurant, but there are jobs that are more suitable for her. Wen Nuan plans to discuss cooperation after she graduates. "
Gu Qinghan nodded: "I support you, you can do whatever you want. If you need anything, you can talk to your husband and see if I can help you."
Upon hearing this, Wen Nuan stood up, took Gu Qinghan's hand, and walked towards the kitchen.
She smiled and said, "Come on, let's make something delicious tonight."
Gu Qinghan rolled up his sleeves and kissed Wen Nuan on the lips: "You sit over there, I will cook tonight and follow your instructions throughout the whole process."
Wen Nuan didn't want to argue with him, so she said, "I suddenly want to eat grilled oysters tonight."
Gu Qinghan turned around: "???"
After Wen Nuan met the man's burning gaze, she realized that she had said the wrong thing.
I still remember that during the Chinese New Year, Uncle Zhang came to Beijing to deliver goods and gave them a lot of fresh oysters.
They were barbecuing in the courtyard of the quadrangle, but they ended up barbecuing too much and the children couldn't eat enough, so they gave it all to the man.
She was given a lot of trouble during those days.
Wen Nuan: "I don't mean anything else, don't think too much."
Gu Qinghan chuckled: "I'm not imagining things, but you, what are you thinking about?"
Wen Nuan: “… I don’t think about anywhere else!”
Gu Qinghan walked straight towards her, bent down, picked her up, and kissed her directly on her warm lips.
Wen Nuan dodged while hitting him: "Hurry up and cook, you old pervert!"
Gu Qinghan smiled, lowered his head and bit her lightly: "Who is old?"
Wen Nuan couldn't stand it and said angrily, "I, I can just say I'm fine, right?"
"I'm not old, I'm still young." After saying that, the man lowered his head and kissed that bright red face again.
Wen Nuan's whole face turned red.
I'm dying, this man is becoming more and more shameless!
Baobao and Zhouzhou, who had just returned from outside, were secretly lying at the kitchen door, intending to scare Wen Nuan.
I didn't expect to see their father and mother being affectionate.
"… "
"Shame on you, Dad."
"Shame on you, Mom."
"What's your business? Go wash your hands!" Gu Qinghan hooked his feet without changing his expression and closed the kitchen door directly.
Wen Nuan blushed and pushed him away. "Look at you. You didn't even pick a location. The children saw it."
"You saw it, so you saw it. We are a legal couple, so what's wrong with a kiss?" After saying this, Gu Qinghan lowered his head and pecked her again, without any embarrassment at all.
The two boys outside were still laughing and whispering, "Mom and Dad kissed again, are they going to give birth to another baby for us?"
Wen Nuan stretched out her hand and pinched the shameless man, cursing: "Look at what you have done!"
Gu Qinghan turned around and opened the kitchen door directly, saying, "If you peek again, I will beat you up."
Baobao and Zhouzhou were so scared that they screamed and turned around and ran to find their sister.
"Sister, save us! Dad is going to beat us!"
As a result, there is no need to wait for Gu Qinghan to take action.
Bao Bao and Zhou Zhou entered their sister's room without knocking, so Lele beat them up and threw them out:
"Lu Zhengyang, Lu Zhengqi, I'm warning you, if you come into my room without knocking next time, I'll let my great grandfather teach you a lesson!"
Bao Bao and Zhou Zhou felt so wronged that they ran back to find Wen Nuan crying, "Mom, our sister bullied us again."
warmth:"… ?"
"What should we do then?"
Bao Bao and Zhou Zhou said pitifully: "We want mom's kiss, too."
"Yes, kissing is the only way to get better."
Although the two boys were about to go to elementary school, they were still a little young, so Wen Nuan gave them each a kiss: "Okay, give our Zhengyang and Zhengqi a kiss too."
As a result, Baobao and Zhouzhou were unhappy and asked her: "Mom, why do you kiss Dad on the mouth, but you kiss us on the face?"
warmth:"?"
Do children nowadays have so many problems
Bao Bao and Zhou Zhou shouted, "Mom, we want to kiss too."
The next second, Gu Qinghan, who was washing vegetables, came over and threw them out of the yard again.
Lele and Xiangxiang squatted at the threshold of the room and laughed: "You deserve it, you talk nonsense."
Bao Bao and Zhou Zhou sighed: "Dad is such a murderer!"
*
The news that Wen Nuan was going to open a restaurant soon spread to people in the dormitory.
Xu Huilan looked at Wen Nuan in shock: "Wen Nuan, are you really going to open a restaurant? I thought you were going to be a cadre in the Ministry of Commerce!"
Many of their students majoring in business administration are already in reserve for the Ministry of Commerce, and most of them can directly enter the Ministry of Commerce after graduation.
Some of them are not qualified to be cadres and will probably be assigned to other departments.
Anyway, she doesn't have to worry about finding a job. Moreover, with Wen Nuan's excellent grades, studying two majors, and skipping grades, she doesn't have to worry about finding a job.
You can find a good job easily.
But Wen Nuan hasn't graduated yet, but she has already obtained a self-employed business license to open a restaurant, which means she is giving up the job she will be assigned in the future.
Isn’t Wen Nuan too willful
Wen Nuan didn't intend to hide it and smiled: "Yes, my restaurant will open the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival. If you are free, you can go there for dinner. The first day's meal is free."
"Ah? Really? Free?" Even Liang Jing, who was sitting on the upper bunk reading a book, couldn't help it and bent down to look at Wen Nuan.
Wen Nuan nodded: "Yes, I sincerely invite my roommates to attend my opening ceremony."
Xu Huilan came over with a smile: "I want to go!"
Liang Jing put down the book, looked at Wen Nuan and asked, "So you plan to give up the job assignment after graduation?"
Liang Jing knew that Wen Nuan had a Beijing hukou, her husband was a soldier, and she heard that she had a very powerful grandfather. Although Wen Nuan had never mentioned it, she had seen Wen Nuan get into a military vehicle of a certain grade before.
Logically speaking, Wen Nuan should have joined the Ministry of Commerce directly, so why did she become a self-employed person
Although the country has been advocating individuals to become self-employed, everyone is saying that there is no other way because there are too many educated youth returning to the city and it is difficult to assign jobs.
But didn’t they work so hard to get into college just to get a better job
Wen Nuan actually gave up
Wen Nuan heard Liang Jing ask this and didn't intend to hide it. She nodded and said, "I'm not suitable for working in the business department. It's more comfortable to open a restaurant by myself."
Wen Nuan hasn't had a formal job in these years. Even when she was in the kitchen squad of the North City Army, the quartermaster and Lao Zhong knew that it was not easy for her to take care of Lele, so she often came home very late and left work early.
Besides, the economic opening up is such a good opportunity to make money, she must seize it.
Xu Huilan frowned: "What a pity! You said you are such a good student and you skipped a grade directly, so the job you are assigned will definitely be a good one."
But in the past few years, she also knows that she has enough food and drink, so she probably doesn't have any worries. Work is really not that important to her.
Wen Nuan lowered her head to do her homework, smiled, and said nothing.
Liang Jing looked at Wen Nuan and suddenly felt that Wen Nuan was pretty good like this.
She just has the capital to be willful.
Several people in the dormitory decided that they would go to support Wen Nuan on the day she opened her business.
*
In addition to telling several people in the comrades dormitory, Wen Nuan also told Sister Guihua and Sister Juxiang in the north city in advance.
But they couldn't come, so they sent some things to Wen Nuan, saying it was to celebrate for her.
The day before the restaurant opened, Wen Nuan's school was on holiday, so she rushed back to the courtyard early from school.
As a result, just as I got back to the gate of the courtyard, Uncle Li and Xiao Maodan ran over in a hurry and said, "Girl, did you know that there was a thief in your house last night?"
Wen Nuan frowned: "What?"
Xiao Maodan: "That person has been arrested. Sister, please go back and see if anyone has lost anything."
Wen Nuan had actually prepared herself mentally long ago, waiting for that person to make a move, but she didn't expect it would be the day before her new store opened.
Wen Nuan was not afraid to worry about losing something, and said calmly: "Don't worry, has the thief been caught? Where is he now?"
Xiao Maodan: "At the Public Security Bureau. I'll take you there."