"Mom, what are you saying?" Qiangzi, who was always honest and kind, shouted directly at his mother.
As a young man with self-esteem, Qiangzi did not want Shen Lin to see him in such an embarrassing situation. At this time, his mother's words could be said to have hurt his self-esteem a little .
Qiangzi's mother is a worker in a steel factory, so she rarely pays attention to her child's feelings in many things.
Hearing Qiangzi's roar, she said bluntly: "What's the matter, you are rebelling against me? I tell you Qiangzi, I am doing this for your own good."
"If you have been working as a temporary worker in the tertiary industry, how can you marry a wife? Who would be willing to marry someone without a formal job?"
"I'm telling you, don't take your kindness for granted!"
Qiangzi wanted to argue with his mother, but Shen Lin stopped him, saying, "Qiangzi, you can't argue with your aunt. If you have something to say, just talk it out nicely."
In the past, Qiangzi always treated Shen Lin, his playmate, with an equal attitude, and at most felt that he and others should not have cheated Shen Lin.
But in recent times, after Shen Lin found them a business of exchanging items for broken electrical appliances, Qiangzi felt that he had a lot more respect for Shen Lin.
The main reason for this respect was, of course, that he earned more than ten yuan from Shen Lin by exchanging the broken electrical appliances.
These ten-odd dollars are the confidence that has allowed him to stand up straight in recent times.
"Brother Shen, my mother interferes with everything I do." Qiangzi said this angrily and lowered his head.
Shen Lin said to Qiangzi: "The reason why my aunt interferes with you is entirely because she cares about you."
"If you were not Aunt's biological son, she wouldn't care whether you lived or died."
Qiangzi's mother suddenly felt relieved. She said to Qiangzi, "Qiangzi, look at Shen Lin. What he said is reasonable."
At this point, she smiled and said to Shen Lin: "Shen Lin, Qiangzi has always played well with you, you must pay more attention to him."
Shen Lin smiled and said, "Don't worry, Auntie. I will definitely keep Qiangzi's affairs in mind."
Qiangzi's mother smiled and went into the inner room. After a while, she came out holding a plump watermelon and said, "This is the watermelon Qiangzi's uncle gave me. Try it on such a hot day."
Qiangzi hurried to get the knife. Qiangzi's younger brothers and sisters were not in the mood to do their homework at this time. They stared at the round watermelon with wide eyes .
For them, eating watermelon is something that makes them drool. Even if there are no guests at home, his mother is reluctant to eat the watermelon.
Shen Lin did not refuse. He knew that if he refused too much at this time, people would misunderstand him as looking down on him.
In this situation, it is better to accept it openly.
After eating two pieces of sandy watermelon, Shen Lin and Qiangzi came to the balcony where clothes were drying. Qiangzi gave Shen Lin a cigarette, then lit one for himself and said, "Shen Lin, don't worry about what my mother said."
"She's worrying about nothing!"
Shen Lin looked at Qiangzi's stubborn face and smiled gently, "Auntie is doing this for your own good. After all, it's time for you to get married."
At this point, Shen Lin said: "I came to you this time, actually I want to ask you to do business with me."
"I'm planning to open a second-hand home appliance store, and I need someone to support me. I can pay you 100 yuan a month, and I can give you 1% of the dividends at the end of the year."
"However, given your family's current situation, I can give you another option. I will ask my father to find a job opportunity for you to work in the factory as a formal worker."
"Would you please think about this carefully?"
Qiangzi was stunned!
He didn't expect that Shen Lin would give him two choices at once, one was to be a formal worker, and the other was to get a high salary.
In Qiangzi's mind, he thought that the best option for him was to work in the factory, but Shen Lin's words made him feel that he couldn't do that.
If he did this, he would feel that he was sorry for Shen Lin.
Shen Lin came to him at this time, obviously wanting him to help him. If he didn't help this childhood friend, he would feel a little sorry for Shen Lin.
"I choose to open a shop with you." Qiangzi wiped the sweat from his face and said firmly.
Looking at the serious Qiangzi, Shen Lin smiled and said, "Think about it carefully. If you work in a factory, you will be able to find a partner quickly."
"Don't think about it. I know you want to help me, but I still decided to work with you. You won't cheat me, right?" Qiangzi said here, patted his chest and said, "What's more, you need someone now. If I don't help you, who will?"
Shen Lin looked at Qiangzi who was serious, smiled and said, "Okay, then let's work together to run . Don't worry, if you follow me to open a store, I will never let you down."
After chatting with Qiangzi about opening a store for a while, Shen Lin was about to say goodbye and leave. Before leaving, Qiangzi's mother forced a watermelon into Shen Lin's hand and asked Shen Lin to take it home for Lu Xiaorong to eat.
Faced with such enthusiasm, Shen Lin finally chose to accept it.
Although watermelon is a good thing in Qiangzi's family, this is definitely not the time to refuse.
After returning home and eating some leftovers from the morning, he began to plan how to open this second-hand appliance store.
Although it was in the 1980s, Shen Lin felt that his store still had to have its own characteristics. Most importantly, he had to make everyone in Dongzhou remember his second-hand home appliance store.
Thinking of the warehouse, Shen Lin began to paint on the paper. He had been laid off in his previous life and had to do a lot of work, so simple drawings were easy for him.
Before he knew it, the afternoon had passed and two large sheets of white manuscript paper were already filled with Shen Lin's plans.
Just as Shen Lin was carefully checking the manuscript to see if there was anything that needed correction, he heard the sound of the door being pushed open.
Lu Xiaorong, wearing a white short-sleeved shirt, was walking over with sweat all over her forehead. Shen Lin pulled her in front of the fan and said, "Wash your face first. I put some watermelon in the refrigerator. Eat some while it's cool."
As Lu Xiaorong changed his clothes, he said with a frown, "I may have offended someone."
"What's wrong? You just got to work and someone is trying to intimidate you?" Shen Lin asked with concern when he heard Lu Xiaorong say this.
"I went to the radio station to report today, and a colleague told me that the deputy station director had already confirmed that one of her relatives would come to the radio station, but now I have replaced her."
When Lu Xiaorong said this, he raised a cowhide bag in his hand and said, "Our deputy station chief brought me a broadcast article and asked me to revise it for him."
"I've watched it several times, but I don't know what to change. This piece is going to be broadcast tomorrow."