Lin Wan didnât respond, her gaze following Ye Qingâs busy figure in the hall, her mind already drifting to a past life.
"Iâve heard Xiaoqing talk about this before. At that time, their family really couldnât make it. His dad drank outside and gambled away the already scarce family money, tried borrowing but couldnât get any, and was left with no choice but to learn and sell dumplings for a while. Every family has their hardships; business was meant for everyone, we canât stop it. Donât lose a good friend over this."
"Mom, itâs not like you think. Anyway, donât let her visit our home in the future." She had to find a way to make Ye Qing leave the store.
Lately, Lin Wan wasnât busy knitting her sweaters. Instead, every day she went to the market early to buy groceries then headed to the restaurant.
Lin Wan noticed that with her there, Ye Qing behaved much more restrained in front of her mom.
And she only came over two days, Saturday and Sunday. On these days, Lin Wan almost never left Mom and Big Brotherâs side.
Big Brother was doing fine, he had been helping Li Congnan run the market these two weeks. He wasnât frequenting the store.
The months of accounting Mom learned werenât wasted. Now, the storeâs accounts are all managed by Mom. She had already started managing everything herself.
Plus, with Xiao Gu there, she really didnât need to worry, aside from buying groceries in the mornings.
Even so, Lin Wan still came to the store every day.
While Lin Wan was pondering deeply, she thought of making a move through Su Ling.
Seeing Su Ling reminded Lin Wan of herself in a previous life. Feeling a sense of observation, she thought she was too cold-hearted. How could she watch a woman walk into a firepit?
If Su Ling listened to her advice, it could help solve the issue with Ye Qing.
Lin Wan hadnât figured out how to talk to Su Ling yet when Grandma said the night before, Saozi gave birth to a big fat boy.
Grandma was overjoyed. Lin Wan had indeed forgotten about Tan Aixiangâs childbirth, calculating the time, she was due.
That morning, Xiao Wan took some egg vouchers and sugar stamps and went out with Grandma.
They first went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy fifty eggs and five pounds of brown sugar. Grandma pointed the way, and only then did they reach Big Brotherâs factory dormitory.
Typical tubular building, three rows next to each other, not far behind there seemed to be construction for building houses. The project was already halfway through. It looked like a new style of apartment units.
Tubular building with seven units per floor, five floors in total. The textile factory had many employees, so they built more floors.
Big Brotherâs family lived on the third floor, next to the stairs, thankfully not by the bathroom. Water room.
One row per floor, the outside corridor was open-air, the room had plenty of sunlight.
The third floor wasnât high, but Grandmaâs legs werenât good, she took five minutes to help walk her up "Oh, now everyone is crowding into apartment buildings, climbing this high every day, whatâs good about it?"
Lin Wan nodded in agreement.
When they went in, Big Aunt was cheerfully playing with the baby.
As soon as she saw them coming, she quickly put the baby on the bed, took the things and placed them on the roomâs table, hurriedly helped Grandma sit down.
Most units in the tubular building were single rooms, only about a dozen square meters. Apart from a big bed, there was barely room for a wardrobe, perhaps because of the baby, the room was filled with baby items.
Big Aunt had to take care of Saozi, so she sent Big Brother back home. Big Auntâs factory was a bit of a distance from here. After work, he stayed with his wife for a while, rushed back to the Big Auntâs place, and came back early morning to work again.
Sigh, in the future when she has a baby, she canât have a few family members living in one room.