During the day, Lin Shu accompanied Lin Jian in the hospital. The little guy ran errands to relieve his boredom. A lot of things with the old lady.
At the night market, after Lao Liu switched to selling spiked potatoes, it did take a small part of Lin Mo's business. However, no matter how he seasoned it, the taste was still not as authentic as Lin Mo's. Some loyal customers often stayed with him. After buying it once, I will never take care of him again. After just three or four days, his business cooled down again, and he returned to his previous days of earning thirty or forty yuan a day.
However, how can he calm down after earning hundreds of dollars a day
Looking at the crowds of customers in front of Lin Mo's small tricycle, and looking at the two or three kittens on his huge stall, Lao Liu was so depressed that he ordered a Tianxiaxiu. After smoking for a long time, he didn't understand why the seasoning he used was obviously the same as Lin Mo's, but he couldn't make it so delicious and attractive.
No, sauce!
In the blink of an eye, Old Liu suddenly realized that the key to the problem was Lin Mo's bowl of dark sauce!
Probably because of her unwillingness to give up, Lao Liu's wife went to Lin Mo's side to 'spy on the enemy' again. When she came back, she said mysteriously to Lao Liu, "The young man next door will leave in just two days."
Old Liu was startled: "What, are they leaving?"
"Yes, the old lady said that because her son was sick, she went to Jincheng to see a doctor and sold things by the way. Her son is much better now, and he will be transferred back to the county in a few days. She will not sell wolf teeth Potatoes." The woman lowered her voice and said excitedly: "As soon as they leave, our business will be fine."
Old Liu nodded absent-mindedly, and didn't say much until he went home and lay on the bed at night.
"Liu Laowu, what's the matter with you, have you been out of your mind all night?" His wife finally found out that something was wrong with him.
Old Liu looked at the ceiling with burning eyes, and said without thinking: "You said that if I can buy that kid's sauce recipe, will we be able to turn around?"
"What's the meaning?"
"You see, without that special sauce recipe, even if we use the best seasoning, we can't make Lin Mo's taste. If we have that recipe, once Lin Mo leaves, our house will be the only one in the whole night market." The spiked potatoes are the most authentic, and no one else can make that taste, and then it will be the only one. The income of one or two hundred a day will be four or five thousand a month. We can still go to the park school during the day Set up a small stall in the local area, how much do you think you will earn in a month?" Old Liu's voice was filled with a hint of urgency and infinite yearning.
His wife immediately understood what he meant, her eyes widened, and she asked excitedly and worriedly, "Will Lin Moken sell us the formula?"
"I hope." It stands to reason that Lin Mo is a half-grown boy of fifteen or sixteen years old. If he wants to change to someone else, let alone buy it, even if he cheats Lao Liu, he is confident that he can get the formula into his hands, but against Lin Mo he My heart is at a loss.
Although Lin Mo is good-looking and usually polite, but when he looks at you quietly without speaking, those cold eyes seem to see through you completely, and he doesn't look like an ordinary boy at all. , the aura on his body... Lao Liu can't describe it, anyway, it feels stronger than those officials he has seen.
Old Liu's wife was obviously tempted, and she babbled and said, "If you think he is willing to sell the formula to us, how much will he ask for?"
Old Liu curled his lips: "At least thousands of dollars, right? However, whether he is willing to sell it to us or not is another matter. Tomorrow you go to find out what the old woman has to say."
"Okay, wrap it on me."
The next night, when Lin Mo and the others were about to close the stall, Old Liu's wife went to the old lady to find out what she said.
After hearing Lin Mo's words, the old lady deliberately made him lose his appetite, and neither said yes nor no, but said that she couldn't decide this matter and had to go back and ask her son.
After another two days, Lao Liu knew that Lin Mo and the others were leaving in just two days, and he couldn't hold back anymore. When Lin Mo was about to close the stall at night, he ran over in person.
"Xiao Lin, what does your father think about the sauce recipe?"
Seeing that it was almost time to close the net, Lin Mo smiled and said, "Uncle Liu, to be honest, my father doesn't want to sell our family's ancestral secret recipe..."
Lao Liu was in a hurry: "But your father is living in the hospital now, when will he not spend money? Son, listen to uncle, sell the formula to uncle, at least it can be exchanged for some money."
"I think so too, but," Lin Mo changed the subject, "It depends on what price Uncle Liu can offer. If Uncle Liu's price is reasonable, I can persuade my father."
As soon as Lao Liu knew that there was a door, he said, "Tell me first, how much do you think is sincere?" As soon as the words came out, Lao Liu regretted a little. How could he hand over the initiative to Lin Mo
The smile on Lin Mo's face deepened: "Three thousand. If Uncle Liu gives me three thousand yuan, I promise to convince my father, and the sauce recipe will only be sold to you alone, and I will never go to Jincheng again. Sell Spike Potatoes."
Every word Lin Mo said was full of temptations for Lao Liu, but businessmen are used to asking for a lot of money and paying back the money on the spot. Lao Liu immediately shook his head and exclaimed: "Three thousand?! Xiao Lin, your asking price is too high." It's a bit high, where did I get so much money? So, for the sake of your family's difficulties, how about uncle paying a thousand?"
The old lady was listening all the time, and immediately pretended to be angry and said, "One thousand? Humph, where are you sending the beggar? Not to mention my son, even an old woman would not agree! This is a secret recipe handed down by our family for several generations. I'm dead. Mo Mo, stop messing with him, we don't sell the formula, let's go, go back."
Lao Liu was anxious, and blurted out: "Don't, three thousand, three thousand is three thousand! Lin Mo agreed, this recipe is only sold to me!" After finishing speaking, he looked around in surprise and saw no one Paying attention to them, he was relieved, seeing that things were about to happen, he didn't want to kill Cheng Yaojin halfway to spoil his good deeds.
Lin Mo glanced at the old lady, a smile flashed in both of their eyes, he said in a deep voice, "Get the money ready, I will come over early tomorrow afternoon, when the time comes, give me the money, and I will teach you how to do this." The recipe for the sauce."
Lao Liu's wish came true, although the price is much more expensive than expected, but as long as he has the formula, he will not worry about earning money back, and there will be a little more sincere smile on his face: "Okay, then we will make an agreement like this Already!"
On the way home, the old lady was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth, she kept muttering all the way: "My good grandson is the best way!" '
After getting the money the next night, the old lady counted a thick stack of "Four Leaders", feeling unreal like a dream all night. To be honest, even Lin Mo himself didn't expect things to go so smoothly. Old Liu wanted to get the formula more than he thought.
After selling the formula to Lao Liu and teaching him, Lin Mo never went to the night market again.
Lin Jian's injuries are recovering well, and the hospital has agreed to transfer him back to L County Hospital. During the treatment in the provincial hospital and the county hospital, the medical expenses added up to 52,000. The money Lin Mo borrowed from the bank and Lin Changqing left 16,000 yuan. In the past half a month, he saved more than 2,000 yuan from selling Spike potatoes. In the beginning, Wang Yanyan gave the old lady 2,000 yuan, plus 3,000 yuan from the sale of the formula. After deducting the living expenses during this period, the family now has a total of 25,000 yuan.
The money is far from enough to pay off the debts. Lin Mo plans to use the money to make a small fortune before the year before, so as to pay back some of the "scrap accounts" owed before the year, and save some capital for the new year. make plans. As for the money owed to Lin Changqing and the bank, it will be delayed for a while, and then slowly repaid when the income is stable in the coming year.
After making up his mind, Lin Mo has been busy contacting his father about the hospital transfer for the past two days. On the nineteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, their family finally returned to County L.
Lin Jian was destined to spend the New Year in the hospital. Fortunately, when he returned to the familiar county, people came to visit him and talk to him from time to time. His mood was better than when he was in Jincheng, and he was more energetic.
Lin Shu scored double percent in the final exam, but the teacher only assigned him three small essays, plus a series of winter homework. He stayed with his father in the hospital while doing his homework. When the homework was almost done, his father previewed his homework and taught him mathematics in the fifth and sixth grades. Lin Shu was sensible since he was a child, not as mischievous as other boys, even though the conditions in the ward were poor, he was still able to calm down and read and study, which made his father very pleased.
Lin Mo's second aunt lives in the city, and her home is only ten minutes away from the hospital. On the day Lin Jian came back, she visited him once with Zhang Qiushuang's late mother's face, and gave him two hundred yuan. The old lady wanted to live in her house and take care of Lin Jian nearby, but before she could say anything, she was blocked.
The old lady's eyes turned red immediately, she just found an excuse and left like a normal person.
Lin Mo frowned as he watched from the side, and after she left, he said to the old lady: "Grandma, the second aunt's house is too small to live in, so let's see if we can rent a place near the hospital. Dad is not Those who can be discharged from the hospital in a day or two, and those who celebrate the Chinese New Year, we don't want to bother the second aunt all the time."
The old lady wiped her eyes and said, "I know she still hates me."
Lin Jian persuaded: "Mom, Second Sister didn't mean that, so don't think too much about it."
"She crawled out of my stomach. I don't know what she is thinking. Don't persuade me, I know she will never forgive me in this life. But she doesn't think about it, if I didn't find her for her With this marriage, she can live such a good life today. I never thought that I would give birth to such a heartless thing." The old lady choked up.
Lin Mo didn't know much about the previous generation, so he didn't want to interrupt casually, so he said to the old lady: "Grandma, you wait here, I'll go and see if there is any room in the old hotel nearby." He remembered the hospital There is a hotel converted from an old factory building nearby. Many family members of patients rent houses there. The conditions are not bad, but the price is a bit expensive.
"You go, pay attention to safety on the road."
"I see, Grandma."
As soon as Lin Mo left, Lin Jian's elder brother Lin Cheng and his wife Yu Huifang came. Before their butts were warmed up, they asked Lin Jian when he would pay back the money.
Lin Jian was so annoyed by the ruthless attitude of his eldest brother and sister-in-law that he immediately repaid the money owed to their family including principal and interest. With her daughter-in-law here, the old lady saved face for her eldest son, she didn't say anything, and she felt very sad. After they left, the atmosphere in the ward became gloomy again.