The beginning of the year.
The small old building has been given a new look. At first glance, it stands out among the row of floors.
The wooden door on the first floor was painted with light yellow paint, and there were several pots of green plants next to it, which were full of vitality. When you opened the glass door, you saw the table placed inside.
There are three small tables and a large round table on the first floor, with the tables separated in the middle. Under the wall painted with a white bear is the front desk, with a cute white bear and a pot of green plants placed on it.
Entering inside, you will feel a quiet feeling. Compared with restaurants and hotels, this place is not luxurious, but it is chic and compact everywhere. Every corner seems to be able to withstand consideration and has its own "flavor."
"Are you two?" Cheng Yunyu saw someone pushing the door open and went to greet him.
"Yes, we made a reservation online." The girl nodded, followed by a tall and thin boy. They should be a couple.
"This way." Cheng Yunyu made a gesture and led them to the small table. When they sat down, she asked again, "Do you want to serve food now?"
Girl: "Okay."
Cheng Yunyu looked at the menu: "You ordered four dishes. Our dishes are quite large, so I'm afraid you won't be able to finish them. Can I exchange the spicy crispy chicken and butter shrimp for you in half portions?"
"Well, thank you."
"Hold on."
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After Cheng Yunyu left, the girl put her hands on the table and looked around the restaurant. Listening to the gentle sound of the piano, she looked at the boy: "They are expensive, but the environment is quite good."
She heard that this newly opened restaurant was good, so she came here because it was famous. This place only accepts reservations. You must confirm the dishes at least one day in advance to reserve a table.
"I don't think there are many people there. Maybe there will be a table if we just come here. There is no need to make a reservation." Seeing that they were the only ones in the restaurant, the boy thought that making a reservation was unnecessary.
"Who knows?"
As soon as the girl finished speaking, Cheng Yunyu came over from the kitchen with a bunch of passion fruit drink. An orange drink in a clear glass with passion fruit seeds and ice cubes floating on top.
The tabletop is covered with an orange tabletop, and a white bear wearing a chef's uniform is smiling happily, with a few very Q words printed on it: Eat well.
"The decoration here is really interesting." The girl said, picked up the drink in front of her, took a sip, pursed her lips and said, "This drink is really delicious."
She doesn't like to eat passion fruit, because it always feels too sour, but this drink is sour and sweet, just right, and has a bit of fragrance in the mouth.
"It tastes pretty good." The boy poured himself another glass after drinking.
Cheng Yunyu came over from the back kitchen carrying dishes. The spicy and crispy chicken was placed on a beautiful plate. There was a small plate of dipping sauce beside it. The butter shrimps were stripped clean and served with freshly baked nut bread. , with a layer of cheese on top of the bread.
The girl picked up a piece of bread and dipped it in the butter. The bread was soft and crispy, and the butter was fragrant but not greasy.
"Is it tasty?"
"It's delicious! You should try it quickly. It's just extraordinary and worth the price."
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This restaurant is in a small street, but the prices are not cheap. A plate of stir-fried vegetables in restaurants outside only costs eight yuan, while their mixed vegetable pot costs twenty-nine yuan.
Meat dishes are more expensive, with the lowest price being 68 per serving.
Ordering three dishes for two people will cost at least a hundred yuan, which is comparable to the cost of a star-rated restaurant.
Cheng Yunyu brought two more bowls of rice to the two of them, and sprinkled some black sesame seeds on the rice. While the two were eating, another person came, also a couple.
It was approaching twelve o'clock, and three small tables and one large table were all full.
The girl who came originally was eating toast and looked at her boyfriend: "Look, we came early. Their house received four tables of customers in the morning, and there were no tables left when we arrived late."
Cheng Yunyu walked to the kitchen. Ji Huai was washing his hands and asked her, "The food has been served, right?"
"Yes, it's all finished." She nodded, "The two small tables only ordered two dishes, and the big table only ordered four dishes."
She and Ji Huai went to the vegetable market to buy vegetables in the morning, and then came back to prepare them. They bought according to the quantity, and only cooked ten or eight dishes in the morning. After this period of work, they would be free.
At almost half past twelve, customers started to pay.
Their prices are high, but the portions are large. Ordering two dishes costs about 100, which is enough for two people.
We received four tables of guests at noon today and earned almost 500 yuan. Their profits are very high, accounting for almost 60%. There will also be four tables in the evening, and the profit in a day is usually more than 500.
Upstairs is a private room. They have just opened. The price of the private room is a bit high. The dishes are fixed. A table of dishes costs 888 yuan. Scenarios can be provided, and occasionally people order them.
After the guests left, Ji Huai started to clean up the kitchen, while Cheng Yunyu cleaned up the table and disinfected it.
All the busy work can be done before two o'clock. At this time, if the two of them want to cook something in the kitchen, they will stay downstairs. If nothing happens, she will go to the door to hang the "Closed" sign and talk to him Let's go upstairs together.
Pushing open the door on the top floor, sunlight shines in through the floor-to-ceiling windows. The flowers on the balcony are also blooming. When the breeze blows, the house smells fresh and good.
The interior of the house is also in the style of logs. Many of the furniture and ornaments were made by the two of them together. The decoration is very warm and tidy. He really made a cloakroom for her, with a dressing table next to it. Although she didn't have many clothes and cosmetics, she couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth when she walked in.
This was a life she had never imagined having, so beautiful and warm.
Cheng Yunyu took the showerhead to water the flowers in the sunshine. She stood upstairs with a good view. Taking another breath of fresh air made her feel extremely satisfied.
She and Ji Huai are still busy now, but they are much better than before. The two of them got up early and went to the vegetable market together, picked the ingredients according to the customers' orders, and prepared them together when they got home.
When you are in a good mood, take more orders. When you are in a bad mood, you can take a break.
Ji Huai enjoys cooking, and she also enjoys working with him. Whether it’s entertaining guests or cleaning the table, life is busy day after day.
If the guests leave early, they will get off work early, especially when the weather is cold. People will finish eating and leave at 7:30. After cleaning up, they can still go out for a walk.
He pushed the little electric donkey out, and she put on her coat, sat behind the car and hugged his waist. The two of them could watch a movie, and then slowly come back and walk along the streets and alleys to see the small city. night view.
When they encountered a lively square, the two got out of the car, pushed the car, and walked slowly.
Cheng Yunyu also bought a hot roasted sweet potato and took one bite. It was fragrant and glutinous and delicious. She also handed the sweet potato to his mouth: "It's delicious. Eat one."
"What's so delicious about roasted sweet potatoes?" Ji Huai asked, but he obeyed her and took a bite. He looked at the cars coming and going on the avenue and suddenly said, "Shall we buy a car?"
"We have no money." She peeled the sweet potato, lowered her head and took another bite.
The restaurant has just opened, and a lot of money was spent on the early decoration. Six more people were hired at the store. Some time ago, the backyard was renovated, which cost another sum of money.
They still live a tight life.
Ji Huai: "There should be some money in the store's account. Let's buy a car with a loan and pay it back in installments."
"It's not bad for us to ride this one." She pointed to the little donkey.
"It's so cold, and sometimes it rains a little. How much do you have to suffer?" Ji Huai pushed the cart with one hand and put the other hand on her shoulder. "I said before that when you have money, I want you to buy a car." A car.”
"I was talking about buying it for you." She smiled happily.
He was silent for a while and said slowly: "I won't catch a cold even if I'm exposed to wind or rain."
After hearing this, Cheng Yunyu's smile faded slightly, and he paused in eating the sweet potatoes.
When they set up the stall before, they had no money, not even money to install a windshield for the little three-wheeler. Then the weather got cold. One time when they came back late at night, the wind blew and it started to rain lightly. She caught a cold and became ill intermittently. For a long time.
"How pitiful." He had obviously thought of that incident. He held her hand a little harder and brought her into his arms. "When I buy you a car, you won't be exposed to the rain."
"I don't dare to drive." She went to take the driver's license test with him in middle school, and the instructor scolded her miserably.
"The more you drive, the more you'll get familiar with it. When you don't want to drive, I'll be your driver." Ji Huai said, turning his head to look at her. The little girl was bobbing her head in his arms, holding fragrant sweet potatoes in her hands, and she was still smoking. With heat.
He looked at her for a while and said, "It won't be so hard again."
Cheng Yunyu also stared at him, her beautiful eyes became warm and soft, her red lips raised, and her voice was clear: "I am the boss's wife, so of course it won't be very hard."
Ji Huai suddenly lowered his head and chuckled, then kept nodding his head: "Well, boss lady, you are the boss lady."
She gradually smiled and reached out to hug him.
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Two days ago.
Aunt Ji's family came back for cleaning. As soon as they got out of the car, a white car parked behind them. Just as she was wondering, she saw Ji Huai and Cheng Yunyu open the door and get out of the car.
"Second aunt, second uncle." Cheng Yunyu greeted with a smile on her face and a warm attitude.
"Did you buy a car?" Uncle Ji stared at Ji Huai's car and kept observing.
Ji Huai: "Yes, otherwise it would be inconvenient."
"This one costs more than 200,000 yuan, right?" Uncle Ji drove a second-hand car that cost less than 50,000 yuan. He had been driving it for many years. When he looked at the white car, he couldn't take his eyes off it.
"We bought it with a loan for 210,000 yuan." Ji Huai was very honest. He unloaded the things he brought back from the car and gave the lighter ones to Cheng Yunyu, while he carried two big bags.
Cheng Yunyu also took the key to open the door and followed him back and forth.
Aunt Ji heard that Ji Huai bought a car for more than 200,000 yuan. She also ran over to take a look at it several times. Her eyes were sour and she kept muttering: "How much money did he make? He bought all this car."
When I heard that Ji Huai bought it with a loan, I thought that he wanted to save face. If you don't have money, don't buy it. If you pay for it with a loan, you are pretending to be fat.
The Chinese New Year was coming soon, and Cheng Yunyu didn't say much to them. He put down his things and started cleaning with Ji Huai. They haven't been back for a long time, and a lot of grass has grown in the corners around the house, and they have to be pulled out.
Aunt Ji Er also heard about the store in front of No. 3 Middle School. It was full every day. It would be strange if it didn't make money.
When they returned home, Ji Huai and his wife were still very quick and cleaned everything inside and outside the house. Grandma Ji used to praise her other grandchildren for their abilities, but when she saw Ji Huai driving back, it immediately changed. She mentioned him several times.
This year, the family will cook three dishes for ancestor worship. By the time Aunt Ji and Aunt Ji prepare the dishes and bring them to the incense house, Ji Huai and his wife have already prepared the dishes. The candles, incense, wine glasses and other things have been set up, and the two of them are Fold paper money while chatting.
Seeing them coming, Cheng Yunyu called people and even talked to Ji Xue.
In the past, everyone praised Ji Xue and Ji Nan's study status, but this year the trend has changed. Even Aunt Ji is asking them how their store is doing, intentionally or unintentionally.
"The store is very busy and very hard." Cheng Yunyu said.
"That's for sure. You have to sell barbecue until midnight, right?" Aunt Ji was looking for a balance.
She is a teacher, working seven to five, taking weekends off, and having winter and summer vacations, so her life is quite comfortable.
"Yes, I have to stay up late every day. I had to get up early before. Ji Huai sometimes only slept for two or three hours." Cheng Yunyu still felt a little distressed when he talked about it.
Ji Xue felt a lot better when she heard what she said. That little money was exchanged for a lot of labor. What is there to envy
"Invite a few more people. You would rather make less money than trouble yourself too much." Aunt Ji looked like she was thinking about them and came up with ideas.
"We invited five or six more people. We opened a new restaurant, so it's not so busy. It's okay now." Cheng Yunyu put the folded paper money on the ground and continued talking casually.
Ji's family members were all stunned and asked hurriedly: "Opened another store? How is the business?"
"It just opened. I don't know what the situation will be like later. Compared with the previous store, it will be more relaxed." Ji Huai stood up, poured wine and lit some incense.
"Business is also more difficult." Aunt Ji forced a smile.
Opening one store was not enough, so he opened a second store so quickly. How could Ji Huai be so capable? Why is it so easy for others to make money? She felt that Uncle Ji Er was really worthless! After so many years, I haven't made any money.
"Well, it's difficult." Cheng Yunyu agreed.
Although the store makes money, its expenses are very large. Once business is not good, they will soon be short of funds. The salary and water and electricity expenses alone are a huge bill.
Ji's family members felt a lot better when they saw her sad face. Uncle Ji asked, "How much did you invest in opening that store?"
"I don't have any specific calculations." Cheng Yunyu said and looked at Ji Huai.
Ji Huai sat back down again and answered in an understatement: "We renovated that old building and built a restaurant on the first and second floors. The entire renovation cost three to four hundred thousand."
She added: "Our room is on the third floor, so the cost is relatively high. The two of us have been busy for a long time and saved a lot of wages, but the cost is still very high."
After the two of them finished talking, no one in the Ji family spoke, and the atmosphere was a bit mysterious.
What is the concept of spending three to four hundred thousand on renovation
The house that Aunt Ji bought originally didn't cost more than 300,000 yuan. They bought it with a down payment of tens of thousands. Nowadays, there are so many houses with a square meter of 4,000 square meters. Even after selling their house and all their belongings, they still couldn't raise 400,000 yuan.
Aunt Ji's family can't even afford thirty or forty thousand.
The two of them spent three to four hundred thousand on renovations and bought a car. They didn't even dare to think about such a huge sum of money.
Ji Huai went to burn the paper money, but Cheng Yunyu didn't feel anything was wrong. He put the remaining paper money in his direction and followed him to work.
When he sat back down, she put her arm around him out of habit, and Ji Huai didn't let go, letting her hold his arm. Cheng Yunyu also asked Ji Xue when school would start.
After the other party answered, the people present quickly turned to their children's studies.
Except for Ji Huai, everyone was doing well in studies. Cheng Yunyu hugged Ji Huai's arm and laughed softly when he heard something funny.
If they imply that Ji Huai is not good at studying, he will laugh at himself, and Cheng Yunyu will also laugh. Sometimes he will say: "Are you good at studying? You don't study well at all."
"We are all a family, it seems like you are the only one who doesn't study well."
Ji Xue wanted to see embarrassment and embarrassment on her face, but unfortunately he didn't. She spoke very naturally, and even retracted the arm that was holding Ji Huai, and the two of them looked intimate.
Everyone also talked about Ji Xue's job after graduation, whether she would be a civil servant or a teacher, or work as a white-collar worker in a big city. She also secretly observed Cheng Yunyu, who seemed to have a look of approval, thinking that these jobs were very good.
"How good would it be to be a teacher? Be a civil servant."
“It’s also good to stay in a big city.”
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After the ancestor worship was over, everyone had dinner together.
At the dinner table, the Ji family rarely had a lot of chats with Ji Huai, and their words were different from before. Aunt Ji asked him why he wanted to open this store, and she had never heard of it before.
Ji Huai naturally didn't say much and just walked through it. It was nothing more than setting up a stall, making some money, and opening a store. Unexpectedly, the location was good, and the business gradually improved.
He was not used to talking too much about himself, so he started talking about Ji Nan's studies and whether Ji Xue could be admitted to the iron rice bowl in the future...
If before, the Ji family felt that Ji Huai and his wife must have envied their lives, now they have a very good attitude, especially Cheng Yunyu. She is really supportive and praises her sincerely, but they don't dare to say more. I always feel like a clown and feel embarrassed when I say it.
After meal.
Ji Huai also asked Cheng Yunyu: "Are those jobs really so good?"
"Okay, my second aunt is a teacher. She can have weekends off, as well as winter and summer vacations. How great." She answered without hesitation, and added, "The treatment must be very good."
He smiled and nodded: "That's good."
Ji's family members are somewhat powerful and believe that work is not important, but money is the main thing. When they have no money, they brag about how bad they are, but in fact they don’t have much ability.
Only when they find that they can't compete with others will they restrain their arrogance and act like quail.
Cheng Yunyu's thoughts are not complicated. He knows that she really thinks that other people's work and life are good, and she approves of them from the bottom of her heart, but she doesn't think she is so great.
"Our work is also very good." Cheng Yunyu looked at him and said in a clear voice, "I don't have such a high social status, but I think it's great. I live a fulfilling and joyful life every day."
"That's all you can think of." Ji Huai raised the corner of his mouth, put his hand on her shoulders, and led her back to the house.
"Happiness is the most important thing." She stayed in his arms.
He smiled and added: "Who just said that I didn't study well? What will happen if my children follow me and don't study in the future?"
Cheng Yunyu didn't even think about it: "If that's the case, just teach him how to cook. The prerequisite is that he likes it."
Ji Huai closed the door, closed the curtains, and pressed her on the bed. He looked at her with dark eyes and couldn't help but raise his hand and pinch her nose: "Why are you so heartless?"
Live so happily and contentedly.
"You are so heartless." She felt that he was scolding her, so she clenched her little pink fist tightly, stretched it forward, pressed it against his chest, and stared at him, "Say that again! If you say that again, I will beat you!"
Ji Huai laughed so hard that his shoulders trembled slightly, and he leaned down and kissed her.
"Um... I'll beat you up." She still threatened, but her voice gradually changed.
He grabbed her erratic hand and tied it to his neck. He wrapped his hands around her slender waist and kissed her harder.