"What can you help me with?" Lin Yinghui was somewhat wavering, and Lin Wan could tell from his eyes. She really didn’t expect her brother to hide it so deeply.
"I have a good eye, you see Han Yi, didn’t I take a liking to him at first glance?" Lin Wan shamelessly clung to him, determined to get to the bottom of it.
"I... I also don’t have anything," Lin Yinghui said with a bitter expression. He was embarrassed to say it out loud.
"Liar! You said you went to the same school, in the same class too?" Lin Wan, with her life experience, could instantly tell her brother was hiding something.
Lin Yinghui looked at his sister awkwardly, scratching the back of his head. "Same class."
Lin Wan’s eyes flashed with a hint of humor. "How long has it been?"
"Just... already four months. You should remember her; it’s the classmate we met during last New Year. Her name is Mu Qing," Lin Yinghui’s face was noticeably flushed.
"Ah, it’s her! Tell me, how did you guys hit it off?" Lin Wan discovered this was the first time seeing her brother so adorably.
"Brother Qian left the money here for you. I need to go to the factory. For these days, only Sundays I can help, along with Cong Nan. Jianye can’t handle it alone; there are too many orders." Lin Yinghui’s face was a bit red, unwilling to talk much with his sister. He escaped from her grip, put down the money, and ran off.
"Hey, brother! Don’t leave! I haven’t finished asking yet. What’s the status between you two? When will you introduce her to the family?"
"When there’s time. I haven’t told her yet."
Lin Yinghui insisted on leaving the money with her. Lin Wan didn’t refuse, planning to put it on the counter at the shop in a few days and have Xiao Gu give it to Mom. She didn’t want to constantly use the family’s money.
Lin Wan waited at home for two days before the installation staff came. The connection wasn’t far from their house, just on the electric pole.
It took two hours to install. The phone was a dial-type in dark green. The phone was installed in the living room.
After the phone was installed, Lin Wan was delighted for quite a while, her face beaming with a smile. She stared at the phone, picked it up and put it down, fiddling with it for some time.
Suddenly, she remembered the note her brother left her, with the factory’s telephone number, and dialed it.
"Hi, this is the Family Fruit Wine Factory."
"...Oh, it’s Xiao Wan! The phone’s installed?"
"Brother Jianye, it just got installed. This is our home number now, remember it."
"Is the factory busy lately?"
"It’s been crazy busy. Cong Nan and Ying Hui are at school, and I’m short-handed here. Xiao Wan, if you’re not busy over there, could you come and help out? Just help with the packing."
"Sure, I’ll come over tomorrow."
"Great, I have to get back to work. See you tomorrow."
A wine brewing machine can average a thousand pounds a day, and now there are three machines. The output is considerable, but things are still a bit tight, mainly because they have a variety of products.
When Lin Wan went over in the morning, besides Brother Jianye, there were Old Tang and Liu Yanmin. Now that there are many orders, they haven’t gone out for delivery lately, helping two old delivery men with shipments.
The two delivery men were aged, nearly fifty years old. Their children had taken over their previous jobs early. Upon stepping down, they were unemployed but had families to support, so they could only come out and do odd jobs.
Luckily, here they just deliver goods daily. The factory has tricycles, so they don’t have to push carts around, making the work relatively easy for them.
They’re allowed one rest day a week, and the pay is quite good. Forty a month, which is higher than the previous factory wage.
Lin Wan watched the factory gradually move onto the right track, feeling happy inside.