Friday 26 February 2021

BTTS 305




 Chapter 205. Can't stuff your mouth


Lin Qing He was clueless about this sister-in-law's plan.

Today a lot of meat buns were made. Cabbage & pork buns, pickled veg & pork buns, and BBQ pork buns.

Lin Qing He told Mother Zhou about the bun matter.

"Qingbai and I have eaten the steamed buns made by youngest brother-in-law. The taste is exceptional. I was thinking, if they are willing, they can open a steamed bun shop over there." Lin Qing He said.

Lin Qing He had never mentioned the matter of introducing the idea of opening a bun shop to Zhou Xiao Mei and Su Da Lin to Mother Zhou.

So Mother Zhou was delighted to hear this.

Actually, she didn't have any other thoughts. Youngest son opened a dumpling shop over there. But in the end, it was a sole family. If something happened, there was no help.

Wasn't this just a single branch bearing all difficulty?

That was why she wants to introduce some of her own family to go over. Which also meant having more support on the scene (through manpower).

It never came to this old lady. If Zhou Liu Ni goes over, she can't share much burden. She might even have the ability to ruin things.

Putting aside the rest, she responded to the matter of introducing her son-in-law to go over, Mother Zhou, “Once there, will the bun business do well?

"Buns at youngest brother-in-law's level usually won't do badly. The most important factor is how he manages it in the future. Opening a shop is almost like managing the relationships. And also, have to see if one have that fortune." Lin Qing He answered.

Not all cooks can open a restaurant by themselves. This can explain everything. Doing business wasn't a matter of a single sentence.

"When they're there, children's education is a problem." Mother Zhou continued.

"As for education. I still have some prestige, so it can be arranged." Lin Qing He replied.

The children's education wasn't a problem. The question was whether Su Da Lin has the courage to give up the current high-paying job.

This still required a certain amount of courage.

Su Da Lin's salary was now more than 60. Lin Qing He was around this level. Although it will increase in the next year, after all, her qualifications were still relatively low. Those with advanced qualifications can almost earn more than 100 yuan.

But in this kind of city, the income like Su Da Lin's was indeed quite good.

So whether Su Da Lin had the courage to abandon this job and go straight to the capital to start over, it was indeed a large decision.

Although Lin Qing He knew very well that Su Da Lin would never regret going to the capital to develop if he went. Since she knew the future direction. But Su Da Lin did not.

Can't use her standards to demand people.

But if Su Da Lin and Zhou Xiao Mei were to go, then she would definitely help. She'll take care of finding a shop and a place.

"Household registration is a real problem. If they live there for a long time, they can buy a house there in the future. If it's settled, it'll be easier," Lin Qing He said.

It wasn't that easy to settle the household registration at this time.

She had it easy because of Bei University's golden recruitment acceptance. The rest can only try?

Even if was Aunt Ma’s youngest son. He had to be tormented for a whole year and still hasn’t moved his household registration back.

"Can't the school help?" Mother Zhou asked.

"If they can help, I won't need Mother to bring it up? What friendship do I have with Xiao Mei." Lin Qing He laughed.

Mother Zhou was clear about it, so she said: "It's okay if they can't move their household registration temporarily. Have to go there first to see if it's suitable."

If they don't get used to it, it was fine to come back here. As least there was a way out.

Lin Qing He just smiled.

In the blink of an eye, it was New Year’s Eve. This year’s reunion dinner had Lin Qing He, Zhou Qing Bai, Father Zhou, and Mother Zhou.

"Da Wa and his brothers haven't come back. The house is quite deserted," remarked Mother Zhou.

"It's okay. Have you discussed this with Father? Do you want to go with us after the new year?" Lin Qing He asked.

"You father and I considered going over in summer." Mother Zhou responded unpon hearing this.

"How about during the summer vacation?" Lin Qing He glanced at Zhou Qing Bai and said, "At that time, Qing Bai and I will go around and travel. When we are finished, we will stop by at home to pick you up?"

"Where are you traveling in the summer? Is business bad then?" Mother Zhou asked.

"Reading ten thousand books isn't as good as traveling ten thousand miles. I am now an English teacher at Bei University. I have to have knowledge. Let Qing Bai will accompany me. If I go out alone, he will be worried." Lin Qing He casually answered.

"What about the dumpling shop?" Mother Zhou questioned.

"Let Er Wa and the others watch, it. Their god-grandfather is also there. So it won't be too busy." Lin Qing He said indifferently.

Next year eldest son won't have time. Wasn't there still second son and third son?

These two mischievous boys can run the place. 1.78 meter Zhou Xuan and 1.5 meter Zhou Gui Lai weren't vegetarians.

Yang Yang and Wu Ni will go over.

For adults, there was old Wang and Aunt Ma.

Also, Zhou Er Ni whom she wanted to take with her after the new year. Tonight, she will go talk with Eldest Sister-in-law. Eldest Sister-in-law had probably got it straight from Zhou Yang.

With so many people here, what can happen?

Mother Zhou assumed that Zhou Er Ni was going to watch the dumpling shop and thought since she was so big, it should be no problem. So she nodded and said nothing.

After the family ate, Lin Qing He and Zhou Qing Bai came over to the old Zhou's house.

Zhou Qing Bai brought over some Mao Tai wine and chatted with his three brothers. Lin Qing He grabbed two packets of candies and gave them to her nephews and nieces to share.

Zhou Liu Ni got four pieces. She didn't forget to say, "Fourth Aunt, are there no red envelopes? This year, my uncle opened a dumpling shop and made a fortune, so you have to send us a red envelope."

"Sugar can't stuff your mouth." Third Sister-in-law reprimanded and then greeted Lin Qing He: "I've been waiting for you since I finished eating. Come over and chat with us. What good stuff have Fourth Brother eat this year? He's much fatter."

"I estimate he gained 30 jins." Eldest Sister-in-law grinned.

Simply putting Zhou Liu Ni's antic to the past.

"I don't know if Wu Ni mentioned it yet or not. I feel she and Yang Yang can’t keep up with the foundation, so let them go over to the capital when next year's summer vacation arrive. Er Wa just finished his entrance exam then. He can give them lessons." Lin Qing He said with a smile.

"Wu Ni told me when she came back. This girl is excited. But don't know if it'll be troublesome for them to go over?" Third Sister-in-law replied.

"Yang Yang was also thinking about going over. It's just if he goes over, accommodation is a problem." Eldest Sister-in-law pointed out.

"The place over there is a bit small but it's okay to camp on the floor. It's much more comfortable to sleep on a straw mat in the hall on a hot summer day." Lin Qing He responded.

They can sleep on the second floor of the dumpling shop. There were also two rooms in the apartment building.

Even if Er Ni, Wu Ni, and Yang Yang go over, it wasn't a problem.


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  • 13 comments:

    1. Thank you for the chapter ☺️☺️☺️

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    2. god it only takes me two days when I start reading this novel and here I am for the upcoming chapters! really thank you for the chapters and keep it up

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    3. Thank you for being reliable. I check and there is a chapter day in and day out. Thank you!

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    4. 2SIL better not bring up letting Liu Ni go next chapter. Wu Ni and Yang Gang are going there for proper reasons. They want to learn and will probably help out with the dumpling shop in repayment. MC knows they are good children and hence is fine with inviting them.

      Liu Ni reminds me of MC's neighbour in the capital. They only think about reaping in the benefits, completely disregarding whether they meet qualifications to do it. I can already see it. She goes there and tries to mooch of the MC. She tries to use MC's reputation to score power points and causes trouble all around. She doesn't help out with the business but complains that they're biased against her when the others are rewarded for their hard work. Eventually the MC will get fed up and kick her out. She'll try to threaten the MC by saying something along the lines of, "as a reputable person, your not going to throw your helpless niece out right?" But because everybody knows how terrible she is, they could careless. Then she will call everyone around heartless and try to act helpless again or get really angry.

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    5. I understand that everyone wants a better life, but these relatives are getting so annoying. First of all if the kids do go to the capital, are you sure there will be enough room for them to stay? Secondly, its just a busy aunt and uncle. Who will have the tine to look after their kids? If something happens who will be responsible? And so many kids... Who will pay for their food?

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    6. It going to be crowded in the Capital, I'm having panic attack just thinking about it. It's like a reunion with my relatives *shudder*

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    7. Erm... Call me old-fashioned. But, I do hope she would send the boys to sleep in the 2nd floor dumplings shop while letting the girls sleep in their house when the kids visit them in summer vacation. The boys have Er Wa and San Wa and a good number of manpower to safely sleep there. Meanwhile ZQB would be enough manpower to safeguard LQH and the girls. I'm not a fans of letting a group of teenage girls and boys sleep together in one room. 😑

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    8. I feel like a b*tch saying this - but I don’t know what’s up with FL. I get it you want to help your relatives. I like her taking her in-laws to capital, helping her innocent brother, guiding her sister in-law, and also giving tuitions to her Zhou family’s kid. That should be enough.

      You should never involve your extended family into business unless you’re business partners (like FL doesn’t want to ML to tell his brothers about his shop’s exact earnings). Bringing the kids to capital for vacations (I wouldn’t have done that in 60s) but seems understandable. BUT, I don’t know why she had to bring Er ni for helping at the shop? It’s not like they can’t hire help there.

      I can write so much on this. However, the summary is-
      - FL is TOO family-oriented (which isn’t something common for a person from our era)
      - My grand parents were like the main leads (moved the city and wanted to help their entire extended families) wasn’t the best experience for them. (Obviously it’s not everyone’s story.)
      - I just don’t like many people at my home, so maybe that’s why I am super uncomfortable just thinking about how crowded their home is going to be.

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    9. Second day of reading this novel loveeee ittt😍😍❤️

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