Lin Wan didn’t respond, her gaze following Ye Qing’s busy figure in the hall, her mind already drifting to a past life.
"I’ve heard Xiaoqing talk about this before. At that time, their family really couldn’t make it. His dad drank outside and gambled away the already scarce family money, tried borrowing but couldn’t 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 can’t stop it. Don’t lose a good friend over this."
"Mom, it’s not like you think. Anyway, don’t let her visit our home in the future." She had to find a way to make Ye Qing leave the store.
Lately, Lin Wan wasn’t 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 Brother’s side.
Big Brother was doing fine, he had been helping Li Congnan run the market these two weeks. He wasn’t frequenting the store.
The months of accounting Mom learned weren’t wasted. Now, the store’s accounts are all managed by Mom. She had already started managing everything herself.
Plus, with Xiao Gu there, she really didn’t 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 hadn’t 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 Aixiang’s 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 Brother’s 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 Brother’s 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 wasn’t high, but Grandma’s legs weren’t good, she took five minutes to help walk her up "Oh, now everyone is crowding into apartment buildings, climbing this high every day, what’s 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 room’s 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 Aunt’s factory was a bit of a distance from here. After work, he stayed with his wife for a while, rushed back to the Big Aunt’s place, and came back early morning to work again.
Sigh, in the future when she has a baby, she can’t have a few family members living in one room.