Volume 4: Beginning of Spring Chapter 38 Honey
"What misunderstanding?" Tang Butian asked.
"It's like saying you want to lose weight, but your brain won't tell your fat to burn itself..." Jiang You called a taxi on his phone and said, "I'm your man now, right, boss?"
"Speak human language."
"I think there are some changes outside. Now that I have gotten into the system, I have to work hard to avoid being cleared out." Jiang You turned around.
Tang Butian looked up at him.
The wind blew her hair into her face.
"In a few days, the flowers in my yard will be in full bloom. Are you free on the day of Jingzhe? I'd like to invite you to come and enjoy the flowers. I'll see what kind of tea is suitable for drinking at that time. I'll make some and pair it with some snacks."
"good."
"Then I'm leaving."
In the detention center, Su Wangshu and the other two re-watched the video of Jiang You interrogating Huang Juan.
After reading it, they all fell silent.
After a while, Wu Yulan said, "We underestimated him."
"If we didn't know that the boss was coming..." Zhu Wen didn't say anything else.
"The eldest brother feels very guilty about the brother and sister Huang Hu and Huang Juan," said Su Wangshu.
He paused, "The boss told us before that if in the future... we should try to give them a chance to live."
"So, when the boss met Huang Juan..." Wu Yulan guessed, "In order to get her to speak, the boss might agree to some of her requests and fall into the trap."
"I'm worried that the boss's identity has been exposed." Su Wangshu's tone became heavier.
Wu Yulan and Zhu Wen's expressions changed suddenly.
"We must find a way to contact the boss immediately." Zhu Wen said.
"No!" Su Wangshu called out to Zhu Wen who had already stood up and was about to run out.
"We have to pretend that we know nothing now!" His expression and voice were both cautious and serious. "When the boss comes back, we can turn around and take them down..."
Su Wangshu clenched his fists, his tone suppressed a hint of excitement, "This is our best chance in more than ten years, a breakthrough. They want to kill the boss, so they must have made a lot of arrangements in Tangjiang..."
His expression suddenly froze.
"What's wrong?" Wu Yulan asked quickly.
"There are only three of us in Tangjiang now, including Qingtong. We can't dispatch more people now. We can't let them realize that we already know about their conspiracy."
The door to the conference room was pushed open.
Su Wangshu and the other two looked towards the door together.
Tang Butian stood there indifferently.
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After Jiang You returned to Wenhua Street, he went to Xiaofangzhai next door to eat a bowl of yellow croaker wontons.
It wasn't time for dinner yet, and he was the only customer in the store.
When they were almost done eating, Yin Jie brought a bowl of rice and a bowl of twice-cooked pork and sat down at his table.
Yin Jie looked at Jiang You and asked, "Do you want me to serve you a bowl of rice?"
"No, no, I'm full." Jiang You picked up the bowl and took a sip of soup.
Yin Jie picked up a piece of greasy meat that was half fat and half lean and ate it with rice.
"Are you preparing to open the business?" Yin Jie asked.
"Yes, I have a friend who specializes in promotion. I met him a while ago and asked for his opinion," Jiang You naturally picked up a piece of meat with his chopsticks, "He said that our previous idea might make a few thousand more per month in the short term, but it would damage the Xiao Fang Zhai brand."
Yin Jie thought for a moment, "I've thought about this, too. Now that all costs have gone up, I can't raise my prices. Take those Internet celebrity restaurants, for example. There's only so much traffic on Cultural Street, and a person can only eat three meals a day..."
Jiang You picked up a piece of green garlic and said, "Yes, yes."
"If they go somewhere else to eat, they won't come to my place," Yin Jie looked up at Jiang You, "Is that right?"
"That's right." Jiang You swallowed the green garlic.
"Besides, those restaurants attract young people who are willing to spend money. Unlike here, it's okay on weekends and holidays, but on weekdays it's all old men and women who live nearby who come to eat. It's hard to make an extra dollar from them."
“I’m young too.”
"Now that you mention this, I have to tell you. How many months did you open the store last year?"
"Several months?" Jiang You answered calmly.
"I only saw you tinkering with the yard. You made it look nice, like a garden..."
"It just doesn't make money." Jiang You came to his own conclusion.
"You know that too?"
"Last year, my luck wasn't very good, so I didn't want to bother with it. This year, I plan to do a good job and save more money for my son. When I renovated the second time, I asked someone to look at Feng Shui. The Feng Shui master said that I should wait until spring to buy a fortune tree and put it in front of . That's why I've put it off until now."
Lao Yin sighed, "I am also worried, but I dare not do anything rash. Last year, Lao Guo spent a lot of effort to promote Bin Ya Xuan, invited some girl group to live there, and started live broadcasting. I met him before the New Year, and I asked him if the effect was good. In the end, he told me that all the work last year was in vain."
"No way, is it so miserable? Isn't Bin Yaxuan ranked among the top few on that Tang Jiang list?"
"You have to pay for that list."
"Is that so?"
"He and I calculated the numbers one by one. At the beginning, there were a lot more people staying there, but it gradually decreased. But now his costs are different, so he has to continue the activities and promotion. However, the more money he invests, the worse the effect. He said he felt like he was being kidnapped, and the money was earned by those who did the promotion."
Yin Jie put down his chopsticks and asked, "Your friend also makes money this way, right?"
"That's about right."
"Is he reliable? As for me, I am not completely against promotion. I just want to find someone who is an expert and listen to the truth instead of exaggerating. In the end, there are only two words: give me money."
"He has some ideas," Jiang You thought for a moment, "How about this, next time I'll invite you guys over for dinner."
"Okay, do you want something to eat?"
"Please pack me a portion of scallion pancake so I can take it back for my son."
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After returning, Jiang You packed his luggage first. Then he pushed open the door of the side bedroom and found that Jiang Mo was not in the room. He went downstairs to heat a cup of milk, added half a cup of honey, and then heated up the slightly soft scallion pancakes.
Sitting on the bench, happily eating a sip of milk and a bite of scallion pancake, he felt a chill on his back. He looked up and saw Jiang Mo standing on the stairs, staring at him without blinking.
"You're back," Jiang You stood up, "Is it cold outside? I'll make you a hot cup of milk. Do you want honey?"
More than two minutes later, Jiang You brought out the milk.
Jiang Mo has already sat down on the chair.
"I'm going to Wuxu tomorrow. Do you want to stay at home or go out with me? Or go to Sister Nan's place?"
Jiang Mo stared at the milk in the cup.
The white liquid gradually becomes less.
"Then you should take good care of the house. You might have a good meal in a few days."
