After people left, Lin Chuxia went to the warehouse of the vegetable station, where Wang Cheng was working.
On arrival, she quickly found Wang Cheng himself, handed him the cooked food, and gave him the sa story she had told to Li Jian.
Wang Cheng wasn’t too cunning; introduced by Li Jian, he always thought that Lin Chuxia and Li Jian were close relatives, so he accepted the cooked food without question.
"Li Jian is really lucky to have a sister like you, those buns taste amazing, and the cold dishes are delicious too. We can’t make it taste like that at ho even with the sa ingredients!"
"Isn’t that sothing, Brother Wang do you have a pen? I can write it down for you. Let your sister-in-law try making it according to my instructions, it should taste about the sa," Lin Chuxia replied generously.
Wang Cheng laughed, "That’s great news, wait here, I’ll get you a pen."
They worked at the vegetable station where there was never a shortage of vegetables. It was frustrating when the dishes didn’t turn out tasty.
Lin Chuxia waited outside for him, next to a storage shed piled with broken handcarts; it seed a few more had been added recently.
Wang Cheng was quick, grabbing a pen and paper.
Hearing his footsteps, Lin Chuxia naturally withdrew her gaze and took the pen and paper with a smile, starting to write down the seasonings needed for the cold dishes and so precautions.
There was no technical content or difficulty; bad tasting homade cold dishes were usually due to insufficient seasoning.
"Wow, you even put sugar in the cold dish? And this one, we’ve never used MSG in our cooking."
"These are flavor enhancers, you can put a little. Try this thod and have your sister-in-law give it a shot. If you’re unclear about anything, feel free to ask , or having her co to my shop to taste might work too. Sotis cooking is like that, you always feel sothing’s missing, but after a few tries, you’ll figure it out."
Wang Cheng agreed readily; he was straightforward and liked Lin Chuxia’s forthrightness.
Seeing how Lin Chuxia was looking at the handcarts in the storage earlier, he could not help but ask, "Do you need another handcart, sis?"
"No," Lin Chuxia laughed, "Just thought it’s a pity seeing so many handcarts all piled up here. It’s so hard to buy a bike in the market now. My husband and his brother at ho have only one bike. If Brother Wang hadn’t sold a handcart, it would be difficult for to get around and do things. Without connections like I have with you, others would only have to shalessly borrow from their neighbors."
"Exactly, those are public properties, nobody dares to ss with them. Each vehicle is accounted for, so even if they rot here, we can’t let the accounts go ssy. If you ask , they should have gotten rid of these ages ago. The vegetable station hasn’t made a profit this year; might as well sell so assets and make so money," Wang Cheng added.
"You’re speaking wisely, Brother Wang. Recycling waste, bringing inco to the vegetable station and satisfying needs. But I think the leaders will see this one day soon. When the day cos that the station wants to handle these scraps, rember your sister here. You know I run a Bun Shop, one handcart is enough and two aren’t too many either."
"No problem, as soon as there’s a hint from the leaders, your Brother Wang will reserve a good one for you."
Wang Cheng didn’t really take this seriously.
Honestly, if Lin Chuxia was here today for the handcarts, seeing the face of Li Jian, and for the cooked food and recipes he provided, he could also arrange one for her, but that would likely end their relationship.
With a bag of cooked food and a recipe, one lip touching another, asking him to do sothing against the rules, Wang Cheng was straightforward but not a fool.
Of course, Lin Chuxia was aware of these subtleties. After handling her business, she rode her bicycle back to the Bun Shop with an empty bag.
Su Wensong had been waiting in the Bun Shop; seeing Lin Chuxia returning as the shop had just cleared out, he ca over, "How did it go?"
Knowing that Lin Chuxia went to borrow money, bringing just so cooked food for borrowing, he wondered how much she could borrow.
"Co over here."
Dragging Lin Chuxia to the backyard, he glanced around to make sure no one was around, then pulled sothing out of his pocket and stuffed it into her hand.
"This was given to by Granny, I’m not sure if it’s worth anything, but see if you can find a way to deal with it. Whatever money it can fetch, it can fetch, it might just tide us over."
Lin Chuxia looked at the small cloth bundle in her hand, puzzled, "What?"
Opening the cloth bundle, she saw a very fine jade bracelet lying inside and imdiately burst into laughter.
"Are you giving your entire dowry? If I’m not mistaken, this is what Granny Su ant to give to your future wife, right?"
A hint of discomfort flashed across Su Wensong’s face, and his ears turned slightly red, "What future wife? I’m not planning to get married yet. Our shop is short on cash, so let’s deal with this for now. It’s not convenient for to sell it, and you have more connections than I do, so I’ll leave it to you."
Lin Chuxia directly pulled his hand, placing the bracelet in his palm, "This is a good piece, you keep it well, give it to your future child’s mother. Don’t worry about the money, it’s already taken care of."
Su Wensong hadn’t noticed her ntion of a child’s mother and stared at her with wide eyes, "It’s taken care of? You’ve got the loan for the house?"
"Almost, just waiting on the news."
Although Li Jian verbally agreed, going to the bank with the docunts to proceed would probably take another couple of days.
She wasn’t in a rush.
If her suggestion for expanding the food station’s sales channels was accepted, Li Jian would naturally co to her, which would be much less awkward than accompanying her to the bank.
......
Lin Chuxia was right, and things even moved faster than she expected; the next afternoon, Li Jian arrived at the shop with a briefcase.
With no outsiders in the shop, Lin Chuxia joked with a smile, "Oh, Brother Li, you look radiant. Did you get a promotion?"
Li Jian just smiled, not denying it, and lifted his chin, "Didn’t you want to be your guarantor? Let’s go before the bank closes."
Lin Chuxia raised her eyebrows, was this affirming her guess?
She believed that as long as Li Jian proposed the reform plan as she suggested, it would definitely work. Even if there were so flaws, wouldn’t Station Chief Yang give him so face after eating the delicacies he provided? But she never expected things to go so smoothly.
It seed that Li Jian was quite capable after all, no wonder he was able to beco a bureau chief in her past life.
Lin Chuxia didn’t delay, took the already prepared docunts, and went to the bank with Li Jian.
With the docunts complete, the proceedings were swift. Within half an hour, 3,000 yuan was handed over to her at the counter.
Lin Chuxia put the money into her purse, while Li Jian muttered, looking pained, "Why do I feel like this is the money for selling myself."
Lin Chuxia laughed, walking out and said, "How could that be? Brother Li, you are worth much more than that. Co on, I’ll treat you tonight, you pick the place."
Li Jian waved a hand, "Forget it, I’m afraid one al with you might cost half my life."
Lin Chuxia smiled slyly, "How about Brother Li treats then? You should treat to a al to celebrate your promotion, right?"
This hit the mark, and Li Jian laughed sowhat proudly...
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