Chapter Five: Liu Zixi Steals and Hides Money
After hearing Ye Lan's words, Liu Zixi pushed her away: "What have you done long ago? It's too late! I don't want to study anymore, I hate studying!"
The two parted in disagreement, and Ye Lan did not expect that Liu Zixi was so resentful.
It's too difficult to be someone else's mother.
When Ye Lan calmed down and was ready to knock on Liu Zixi's door, she heard a soft whimper in the room. She stood there in a daze, and her hand could no longer knock on the door.
This kid... is crying?
In the memory of her predecessor, it seems that there is no picture of Liu Zixi crying, and she really doesn't know how to face it for a moment.
Forget it, let's have a good talk with this kid tomorrow.
His predecessor was a person who paid great attention to body management and sleep management, which benefited Ye Lan very much. He didn't have to worry about his body and basically woke up at dawn.
I originally thought of making breakfast first, but I didn’t eat much food last night, just heat it up, but after a long time, Liu Zixi came out of the house, Ye Lan thought that this kid was probably still getting angry with her.
She is a mother, so what if she just lowers her head?
But his door opened with a slight push, and there was no trace of his figure in the room.
"This brat..." he left without saying hello.
Are you afraid that she will stop him from going to work?
Ye Lan felt that the previous person had a great influence on Liu Zixi, which made a child who loved reading become annoying to study, which showed that the resentment in her heart had been lingering and never dissipated.
"Maybe his thoughts will change when he sees the book he has read again?" Ye Lan muttered, thinking that it was a good idea.
However, my predecessor rarely entered Liu Zixi's house. Since it was something that had not been taken out for many years, it must have been pressed under the box.
Ye Lan searched for a while and found a box of books under the bed. The books were read many times, but the people who read the books cherished them very much. Although they were a little older, they were not damaged.
"I also said I don't like reading, I obviously like it very much." He is such a stubborn boy.
Ye Lan found all the books, put them for Liu Zixi in a conspicuous place, and then moved a small table in her room, tidied up and made a desk for Liu Zixi.
After tidying up the desk, Ye Lan looked at the messy bed and couldn't help but shake her head. When she was tidying up the bedding for him, she turned out a wooden box from under the pillow.
Ye Lanyuan didn't want to open it either, but when he moved, he heard a "rattle" sound inside. Is it a copper coin?
Based on the weight of this wooden box, if it was really money, it would be a considerable number. The wooden box was not locked, and Ye Lan opened it in confusion, as expected.
"How could there be so much money?"
Ye Lan didn't count, but she guessed that she had three or four thousand yuan. Liu Zixi went out to work because she was a child who didn't have much money per month and had to support herself and his mother. She could only afford to spend money on food and clothing on weekdays, and she didn't dare to eat more.
So where does this money come from?
Inexplicably, Ye Lan put the wooden box back in its original place. She was a little scared, afraid that the money came from incorrectly.
On the way to the tea shop, Ye Lan kept thinking about this. Maybe the money was saved slowly by Liu Zixi himself? It had been saved for many years. But why didn’t he let his mother know what to do when he secretly saved money?
Or maybe the money is not his...
After struggling all the way, Ye Lan shook her head: "If you want to ask him more, why not ask him directly. I'm a damn, what can I ask!"
"Auntie Liu is here." The shopkeeper of the tea shop is a man in his thirties, and the one who greets his wife, Sister Zhou.
"Sister-in-law Zhou, I'll do it." Ye Lan took the wooden barrel from Sister-in-law Zhou and walked around to the backyard to fetch water.
Sister Zhou followed behind and smiled and said, "Auntie Liu is young and diligent, so I know that it is right to use you."
“It’s what I should have done.”
"If you hadn't told me that you had a teenage son, I would have thought you were a married woman, how did you take care of her?"
For the first time, Ye Lan was grateful to her predecessor. Those who were determined to do big things were indeed more self-disciplined.
"This... It's good for poor people to have some food at home. What are you talking about if you don't maintain it? Sister Zhou looks very young and is very compatible with Manager Zhou."
Sister Zhou is a talkative person, and she pulled Ye Lan to talk about how she got married at a young age and how she went from having nothing to opening this tea shop.
Ye Lan listened quietly, this is all experience.
In addition to Manager Zhou and Sister Zhou, there is also a mailman in the tea shop. He is a boy about the same age as Liu Zixi. He is responsible for carrying heavy objects and utensils in the tea shop, and running errands and so on.
Sister Zhou whispered to Ye Lan: "We didn't want to use this half-old child, but it looked really pitiful. If my parents hadn't been gone, they wouldn't have had such a big child come out to do their jobs."
Ye Lan was embarrassed and Liu Zixi was working outside. Do they think his parents were gone?
Ye Lan quickly changed the topic and praised: "The tea rinsed from the well water in the backyard is so fragrant."
"That's not." Sister Zhou said proudly: "That's a living spring. It took a lot of trouble to choose this place, back then..."
As soon as the topic opened, I had a chat all morning.
This is not talkative, it is a chatterbox.
At noon, Ye Lan decided to meet Liu Zixi first.
Speaking of which, Ye Lan only knew that the shop where Liu Zixi worked was called Sun Ji Grain and Oil, but because her predecessor had never been in the future, she didn't know the specific location, so she had to inquire all the way.
Before he got close to the shop, the beating and scolding sounds from inside made Ye Lan angry.
"You still have the face to eat. There is no one in the shop all morning. You won't go out to shout without a customer? You are very active in eating. Why? Your mother doesn't give you food at home? Get out! You're upset when you look at you!"
Liu Zixi took a hard steamed bun in his hand and walked out of the shop, but suddenly saw his mother standing in front of the door.
The two looked at each other speechlessly.
Liu Zixi was so emotional that he couldn't open his mouth, and Ye Lan was full of anger and couldn't speak.
"you……"
"Come with me." Ye Lan took Liu Zixi's hand and walked into the shop step by step.
Liu Zixi felt the temperature coming from his palms, but he forgot to break free and stop him.
"You?" Manager Sun glanced at Ye Lan.
Ye Lan introduced herself: "I am the mother Liu Zixi who doesn't give him food."
Manager Sun twitched his lips and sneered: "What are you here to do?"
"It is true that Zixi works in your shop, but it is not sold to you. What right do you have to beat and scold him at any time? And..." Ye Lan took the hard and cold steamed bun from Liu Zixi and threw it directly on the ground. "Is this something for people to eat? When she was working in your shop, she agreed to take care of a meal at noon, and she would eat this kind of thing and scream?"
Seeing that Ye Lan was not good at speaking, Manager Sun snorted: "I can ask him to give him a job. He can still make a salary every month. This is a great kindness. Do you still want to be picky?"
"Let this kindness be left to you. You should pay the monthly salary quickly and we will stop doing it!"
Chapter completed!