Getting rich in chronology

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the sky was still bright, and several employees of Shen Ji Malatang had already started to close the door.

A regular customer passing by saw it and asked curiously: "Aunt Yu, why is it closed at this time? This holiday, I also said to bring the family dolls to eat Mala Tang at night."

Aunt Yu smiled and said, "Isn't that right? Our little boss is kind enough to let us rest for half a day and go home for the Lantern Festival."

The other clerks were also all smiling. Although their boss was a little younger, he was really speechless.

Capable, kind-hearted, mild-tempered, generous and considerate in doing things, he deserves to get rich.

Yesterday he informed everyone that he would not work shifts today and would come over in the morning.

Everyone thought that business would be good during the holidays, but they were worried that they would be too busy, so they asked them to work overtime.

So early this morning, everyone came over.

Those who work in this store have more or less difficulties at home, and finally find a stable job with good pay, and they cherish it very much.

Unexpectedly, after the morning came, the little boss gave out a pack of Lantern Festival, saying it was a gift for the employees.

But the big guy was very happy. Although there are not many, there are more than ten in a pack, but you can take it back and share one point, and each family member can also share two.

This is not over yet, Chen Yu alone gave an envelope, which contained their wages for the past few days.

Aunt Yu and Aunt Yu have been working for nine days today, as many as Aunt Yu and Aunt Zhou, each of whom can get about 20 yuan.

The few, such as Dalong and Aunt Yang, also have about ten yuan.

Lao Ji and Wang Ping worked for a shorter period of time, only three or four days, for a few yuan each.

But with the purchasing power at this time, the money is enough to have a good holiday.

The reason why Chen Yu paid them their wages in advance was because he learned that most of the employees in his store seemed to have difficulties at home.

For example, Lao Ji, although he is in his prime and hardworking, he stutters.

It's about fighting big bags, and they deliberately pressured him to pay [-] cents. He couldn't defend himself, but he still had to do it.

He is not like Dalong, Dalong still has an old man who earns his salary seriously, and Lao Ji is the pillar of the family, and the whole family counts on him.

Under such circumstances, although it is more normal to pay their salary after working for one month, Chen Yu decided to pay them part of the salary first.

Sure enough, the big guys knew that the salary was paid in advance, and they were so excited that they couldn't contain themselves.

Wang Ping was younger, and her personality was a little more lively. She said happily, "Boss, you are really a good person!"

The others nodded one after another. They were not very good at talking, but the gratitude in their hearts was sincere, and they all felt that they were really lucky to meet such a kind boss.

Chen Yu waved his hand embarrassingly, this kind card came too violently and too much, and he couldn't bear it.

To be honest, these employees in his store were probably introduced by trustworthy people, and there was really no choice in terms of hard work and willingness to work.

No one would take a break and play for a while. The business in the store is good on the one hand, and on the other hand, they see work in their eyes.

For example, in the middle of the afternoon, there are few customers comparing prices, and those who are free feel busy, either washing dishes and sticks, or washing vegetables and chopping skewers.

Those who work the evening shift say they leave work at nine o'clock. Before they leave, they will tidy up the store, sweep the floor clean, and polish the tables and chairs.

All these Chen Yus noticed. Although the wages would not be increased immediately, some small benefits were also prepared.

No, it's just in time for the Lantern Festival, and his family is also making Lantern Festival, so he simply prepares more at a time, and the employees send out a little, which makes sense.

A dozen or so Lantern Festivals were nothing to Shen Yu, but everyone was very happy.

This is a ritual. I only heard that the regular workers in the factory would have some benefits during the holidays, such as extra tickets. I didn't expect them to enjoy this treatment. It's really a blessing.

Being stared at gratefully by many pairs of eyes, Chen Yu felt uncomfortable. After paying out the Lantern Festival and salary, he told him that he could leave work at noon after finishing today's work, then turned around and left.

As soon as Chen Yu left, Aunt Yu took out the prestige she had practiced as a store manager during this period, cleared her throat, and tapped: "Our little boss is kind-hearted, thinking about our difficulties, we can't be a white-eyed wolf, thinking that he is old I'm so foolish, I don't work hard, if I have any crooked thoughts, let me catch you, don't blame me for not being sympathetic."

"That can't be, how could we be such a person?!"

"That's right, such a good job, I'd cry to death if I lost it, who wouldn't work hard?"

"We will definitely do a good job..."

Everyone rushed to express their determination, for fear that Aunt Yu would misunderstand.

Aunt Yu nodded with satisfaction: "Sure, I know that our store is full of hardworking and good employees, and there are no lazy people. We must continue to work hard in the future, and we must not relax."

"Know it!"

Everyone responded in unison, thinking of the wages in their pockets and the Lantern Festival in the back kitchen, everyone was full of energy.

The holiday business will indeed be a little better than usual.

For ordinary consumers, the price of Malatang is a little expensive, and children usually want to eat it, so they are reluctant to spend this money.

But for the holidays, I still want to make the children happy.

Some young people are willing to spend money to buy some delicious food to celebrate during the festival.

So although all the employees are on the morning shift today, they are still very busy, especially at noon, and they don't relax until around two o'clock.

The employees in the store were not idle, they cleaned the store, cleaned up the dirty bowls and sticks, and cleaned up the back kitchen before they went home with the pack of Lantern Festival.

Except for Wang Ping, everyone went home in one direction.

Aunt Zhou touched the envelope in her pocket, and said with joy in her voice, "I'm going to cut two catties of meat, take it home and burn it to eat."

Aunt Yu immediately said, "I'll go with you."

Her family is better now. She took more than 20 yuan today, Dalong also took 30 yuan, and the mother and son added up to more than [-] yuan, which is enough to buy everything.

Others were also moved. In this era, even if the family conditions are relatively good, they don't eat meat all at once, so buying meat home is something to be happy about.

They are in the store, and they can eat a little meat for each meal, which is already worth mentioning.

Even Lao Ji, who only took four yuan, couldn't help being moved, and went to buy meat with other colleagues.

There is a butcher shop in the factory area, but unfortunately they came at an inconvenient time. Today is the holiday, and there are many people buying meat, and the meat of the better parts is almost picked out.

At this time, the so-called meat in a good position refers to the part with thick fat, and the fatter the meat, the more expensive it is to sell.

Aunt Yu and the others had been in contact with Chen Yu a lot, and they were more or less influenced by it. They felt that fat meat alone was not good, and pork belly was delicious when it was roasted.

So they bought some pork belly. As for the pork ribs that Chen Yu likes, they still don't like it very much.

Bones are also considered money, not worth it!

Lao Ji hesitated for a while, and then bought a catty of pork belly. Fortunately, pork belly is cheaper than pure fat, and it only costs seventy or eighty cents per catty.

Carrying glutinous rice balls in one hand and meat in the other, the total weight is not a few catties, but it just makes people's hearts open and happy.

When we got to the suburbs, the big guys separated and went back to their homes.

Aunt Yang's house was farther away than Aunt Yu and Aunt Zhou's. After they got home, she walked for another six or seven minutes before reaching her small courtyard.

Like other families, this small courtyard is shared by several families.

The yard of her house is bigger, and there are four families living in it. Aunt Yang's family of five occupies two rooms in the east wing, one big and one small.

When she went back, the eldest daughter, Yanzi, was washing clothes in the yard, and her hands were soaked in cold water, which was red from the cold.

Aunt Yang felt distressed for a while, and hurried over to pull her up: "Didn't I tell you? Don't use cold water all the time, it's not good for your health."

Yanzi is sixteen this year, in the third year of junior high school, and has one more semester to go to high school.

"Mom? Didn't you say you'll be back later today, why so early?"

Swallow shook the water off his hand, reached out to pick up the things that Aunt Yang was carrying, and said happily, "I also bought meat!"

"Is there any meat? Where is the meat?" A thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy rushed out of the room. This is Aunt Yang's second son, Huzi, who has the same name as Aunt Yu's little tiger, both of whom have a tiger.

They are about the same age, but far less sturdy than Xiaohu.

"Just know how to eat." Yanzi muttered, letting his younger brother snatch the meat away, wishing he could just take a bite.

Aunt Yang gave her daughter a hand: "Go, burn some hot water to burn your hands, and at night, Mom will cook meat and glutinous rice balls for you."

Yanzi's eyes lit up: "And the glutinous rice balls?"

"Sister, are the glutinous rice balls delicious?" With a tender voice, this is Aunt Yang's youngest daughter, Ying'er.

When she was born, her family's conditions were already bad, and she grew up so big that she never ate glutinous rice balls.

Yanzi patted the little girl's head: "It's delicious, especially delicious."

Ying'er laughed all of a sudden: "That's great, let's eat glutinous rice balls."

Aunt Yang lowered her head and rubbed her eyes, and someone whispered sadly in her ear: "I'm useless."

Turning her head, her man came back at some point, with a basket of cabbage on his back, probably just came back from the field.

Yinger's father lost an arm because of an accident, the pillar of the family was ruined, and he spent a lot of medical expenses. Aunt Yang's family was defeated like this.

"No." Aunt Yang shook her head vigorously. She couldn't say any nice comforting words, and she was a little anxious, but she knew in her heart that if people were still there, the family would not be separated. These years have been difficult, but they have survived up.

Ying'er's father saw that his wife was in trouble, and he was only distracted for a moment before he said the wrong thing, which should not have been said.

What's the use of saying it?Besides making the family even more sad.

He smiled and changed the subject: "Where did you get the meat and glutinous rice balls?"

As soon as this was mentioned, Aunt Yang couldn't hide the joy on her face. She subconsciously touched her pocket, noticed the vague eyes of the neighbors in the courtyard, and took out her hand again.

Whispered: "The boss settled the wages of the previous period in advance."

When Yinger's father heard this, he also became happy: "It's a good thing, this boss is really kind."

"That's not true." Aunt Yang usually said good things about Chen Yu when she was at home, anyway, in her mouth, Chen Yu was not bad at all.

"Did you buy these?" Yinger's father asked.

"No, the meat is bought, and the glutinous rice balls are given by the boss, saying it is a holiday employee benefit."

While drying the clothes, Yanzi eavesdropped on what her parents were saying, and she was full of envy. Her mother's job is really good.

Because of the meat and glutinous rice balls brought home by Aunt Yang, the whole family was very excited.

Ying'er's father went to chop firewood to make a fire for cooking, while his second son helped. Aunt Yang wanted to do the laundry, but Yanzi refused to do it and insisted on doing it herself, thinking that her mother was working hard.

Aunt Yang didn't feel bitter at all, and felt sorry for her daughter, so she went to boil hot water and mix it with it.

While pouring hot water, he muttered: "Mom can earn money now, don't save this little firewood. Our little boss often says that saving this little will ruin your body. It's not worth it, and you need to spend more money to treat it." , It’s a loss even if you think about it.”

Yanzi rubbed her clothes and couldn't help but enviously said: "Mom, I wish I could work in your store in the future."

Aunt Yang immediately said: "You should study hard. Our little boss said that we should not give up studying at any time. You see, our little boss is capable. He is the boss. I can't read, so I can only work for others. "

"You, study hard. If you can enter a big factory in the future, mom will be satisfied."

Yanzi curled her lips, how could the factory be so easy to take the test, and the number of recruits has been decreasing these years.

She will go to high school for another three years, and then she may not be able to pass the exam. It is better to come out and work directly, if there is a job.

"Mother Yanzi, your Yan'er wants to study, how do you see me?" A neighbor came over and said with a smile on his face, "Your shop will recruit workers next time. Let me introduce you."

Aunt Yang said embarrassingly, "Well... I'm just a worker, and I'm not in charge of recruiting. Besides, our store has just recruited people, and we probably won't be recruiting again in a short time."

The neighbor turned a deaf ear to what she said before, and said dissatisfiedly: "Why don't you introduce me to recruiters? We have been neighbors for many years, and you still can't trust me?"

With a "bang", Yinger's father split a piece of firewood.

The neighbor was taken aback: "Oh, what are you doing, why don't you be careful."

Yinger's father smiled good-naturedly: "I'm sorry, I have one hand and I'm not very careful."

"Damn Yan'er, why don't you light the fire, when will you have dinner, and you won't be going to work tomorrow?" He muttered, "Don't gossip with your colleagues every day when you go to work, the boss will be unhappy when he sees it."

"Hey, here we come." Aunt Yang put down the kettle and went to work on the stove in the corner of the yard.

Swallow shook his hand vigorously, throwing water all over his neighbor, who was so angry that the neighbor jumped up and cursed: "You little brat, you're blind—"

Just as she started, a piece of firewood fell heavily in front of her.

A boy in his teens, thin and thin, but with very fierce eyes, staring at her viciously.

Next to Huzi, Yinger's father had a cold face, and the ax in his hand was shining sharply.

The neighbor's yelling stopped abruptly, he shrank his neck, and said angrily: "I don't care about you."

Then he ran away.

Yanzi poohed at her back, just this stinky and shameless person, when Aunt Yu introduced her mother to this job, she kept saying everywhere that her mother must not be looking for a serious job.

Later, her mother explained that she was helping out in the restaurant, and the little boss was very young and still studying.

She went outside again and told people that the boss was a man, he was young, so she might have been fooled somehow.

Now I am ashamed to ask her mother to introduce a job, shameless!

This conflict did not affect the good mood of Aunt Yang's family at all, especially after dinner was ready.

A catty of pork belly was all braised in soy sauce, and potatoes were added to fill a large pot.

The three children ate without raising their heads, and devoured it hungrily.

After the Lantern Festival was cooked, Chen Yu's family gave away sixteen, which happened to be three for each person, and there was an extra one.

Aunt Yang and his wife couldn't bear it, they only had one in each person's bowl, and the rest were divided among the children.

Fortunately, the children in the family know how to love others, and they insisted that their parents share it together, but the one with the most was given to the youngest sister, Yinger.

After dividing the glutinous rice balls, the children couldn't wait to scoop one up and stuff it into their mouths.

Biting through the sticky skin, the delicate and sweet filling immediately flowed out.

Chen Yu is used to eating sweet glutinous rice balls, so the homemade dumplings are also sweet, with two kinds of fillings, black sesame and peanut.

He was willing to cut the ingredients, the fillings inside were real, and the hot sesame aroma was stimulated from the glutinous skin, it was so fragrant that people's tongues would fall off.

The children of Aunt Yang's family have never eaten such delicious glutinous rice balls. Their tongues were so hot that they couldn't bear to spit them out.

"Mom, this glutinous rice balls are so delicious, really delicious." Huzi's poor language expression ability allowed him to say it was delicious over and over again.

Ying'er tried her best to nod her head, and flicked her pigtails: "It's delicious, the glutinous rice balls are delicious!"

Yanzi proposed again: "Mom, next time you recruit people in your store, let me try it too."

She felt that even if she graduated from high school, she might not be able to find such a good job.

Aunt Yang looked at her husband for help, and Yinger's father was obviously in a good mood, smiling all the time: "Eat first, we'll talk about it later."

"Yes, wait later." Aunt Yang suddenly remembered: "Our little boss said, we won't recruit people below the age, Yan Zi, you are not old enough, study hard."

swallow:"……"

I didn't expect this, why, people's factories do not require [-], [-] is enough!

Because of a plate of meat and a bowl of glutinous rice balls, the whole family had a beautiful and unforgettable Lantern Festival.

Several other companies also tasted the staff gift from Chen Yu, and everyone was happy.

Chen Yu didn't know what kind of joy the meager gift in his eyes brought to these families.

He also ate Yuanxiao at home, of course, with Shen Qiao.

Now he felt more and more that picking up Shen Qiao was the right thing to do.

Their Daqiao is really super capable. It was the first time he saw a person making glutinous rice balls so fast, maybe as fast as a professional glutinous rice ball worker!

If it weren't for Shen Qiao, he wouldn't have the time to rub hundreds of them by himself, it's so tiring.

Someone far away in another time and space: Do you think the person in front of you is a glutinous rice ball making worker?What he used to rub was the light energy cannon on the starship!

Yuyu doesn't know, Yuyu doesn't know anything, he just wants to be lazy for a while, what bad intentions can Yuyu have.

And there were hundreds of glutinous rice balls, if more than 100 were given out, he would only eat a dozen or so. Shen Qiao ate a lot of them.

If it wasn't for the fear that he would be indigestible if he ate too much, Chen Yu forcibly stopped him, he would still be able to eat more.

Not long after the Lantern Festival, Chen Yu started school.

He went to school, so naturally he couldn't take Shen Qiao with him.

He asked Shen Qiao if he had any plans, or if there was anything he wanted to do.

Shen Qiao said that he wanted to take a look around first.

He can talk now, and he also remembers where his home is, so he is not afraid of getting lost, so Chen Yu let him go out alone.

Shen Qiao had money in his hand, before the Chinese New Year, Chen Yu gave him ten yuan as a New Year's Eve money, and later he went to Shen Ji to work as a cashier for a few days, Chen Yu wanted to give him a salary, but he didn't want it.

After the Lantern Festival, Chen Yu found an excuse to give him another ten yuan.

He had already discovered that Shen Qiao seemed to lack common sense, so he fooled him and said that festivals are like this.

Shen Qiao didn't know whether to believe it or not, anyway, the money was collected, but later he developed a habit of giving Chen Yu red envelopes no matter what festival it was.

This is something to say, let's talk about now.

Goodbye at the same table at the beginning of school, very pleasantly surprised.

I haven't seen Chen Meili for more than [-] days, and she has lost weight again.

It was agreed that she would gain three catties during the festive season, and Chen Meili celebrated the Spring Festival. Not only did she not gain weight, but she also lost several catties.

She has been losing weight before, one after another, until now, she has lost more than thirty catties.

Her original weight was in her early seventeenth year, but now she is less than one hundred and fourteen.

Compared with her height of 1.6 meters [-], although this weight is still exceeding the standard, she is not as bloated as before, and the outline of her body is beginning to be revealed, at most, her figure is still slightly plump.

Her bright and generous facial features have been fully displayed, which is a more atmospheric and more impactful beauty.

As a good friend, Chen Yu can only marvel at her increasingly outstanding appearance and feel happy for her.

Losing weight is not a simple thing, it is a long-term process that requires persistence and strong willpower to control your behavior.

Chen Meili had never stopped exercising as far as Chen Yu knew in the past few months. Later, as she lost weight, the amount of training increased.

In terms of food, except for the few meals Chen Yu invited, I have never eaten other delicious food.

The normal three meals a day did not dare to eat enough, so I persisted every day, and it finally paid off.

She sat there quietly, and the classmates in the class, either aboveboard or secretly looking at her, were all looking at her.

Chen Yu heard many people whispering:

"Is that really Chen Meili?"

"No, she is so pretty?"

"It's too exaggerated, so I lost a little weight, like a different person."

"Thinner? I think she's lost a lot..."

"Why do I think that Chen Meili is prettier than Yun Baiya now..."

"How is it possible, you are blind, just that fat woman Chen Meili..."

"He's lost weight now."

"It's still fat, look at that meat..."

"I also think she is prettier than Yun Baiya."

"I feel so too……"

Chen Yu didn't even give him a wink, even though he had dealt with several waves of mean-spirited people, there were still some people in the class who didn't practice their morals, wantonly commenting and attacking others' appearance.

It seems that only in this way can he appear how good and noble he is.

This kind of sinking fish is too lazy to talk to him. Of course, if they really have the courage to speak in front of him, he is willing to take the time to make these people remember.

"Happy New Year!" Chen Yu raised a bright smile, and first sent blessings to his friends.

"Happy New Year to you too." Chen Meili's tense shoulders suddenly relaxed, and she laughed.

Her eyebrows are thick but not thick, her eyes are big, her pupils are very black, and her lips are very red. When she smiles, she looks like a red rose that blooms recklessly.

Although roses are almost worn out, Chen Yu feels that the smiles at the same table are warm and bright, and only roses are the best way to describe them.

Of course, her personality was nothing like Rose.

She gave Chen Yu the sugar she brought from home, and complained in a low voice: "Everyone is staring at me, it's so weird, it's so awkward, thank you for coming, otherwise I would have gone home."