After putting down the phone, Jiang Chen also breathed a sigh of relief.
To be honest, opening an online store was an impromptu move on his part. If it worked, he would do it; if it didn't, there would be no loss.
They operate on a small scale and only lose tens of thousands of dollars selling clothes. They treat it as accumulating experience for future entrepreneurship.
Counting the tutoring fees and the pocket money and New Year's money that I had saved in the past, I could scrape together fifteen or six thousand...
I don’t know if it’s enough.
No matter what, if it's not enough, ask Han Yutong.
Sitting in front of the desk, Jiang Chen prepared the content for Han Yutong's tutoring tomorrow, such as physical gas equations, momentum and organic chemistry.
On the one hand, he also had to prepare for the project that Lin Shirou would tutor tomorrow, such as ancient Chinese and reading comprehension that he had never understood since he was a child.
in high-scoring areas. Mathematics, comprehensive science, and English are basically all subjects that cannot improve the performance of top academics.
Because they all have fixed answers, one is one, and two is two.
This is not the case with Chinese. The answers in Chinese are extremely flexible, and even the author may not necessarily know what the answer is.
At that time, he happened to be with his classmate Lin Shirou, who had not yet become his wife, to learn from it.
I don't know what she is doing now.
Jiang Chen couldn't help but sigh as he recalled the own mistake he made on the court.
I should have asked her where she went to high school.
It's just that at that time, I had been sinking for so long, and I didn't even have the motivation to live. How could I have the thought to ask my blind date who graduated from high school?
I hope I can repay her love well in this life.
…
at the same time.
Lin Shirou came home from school and looked at the dilapidated five-story building with an inaudible sigh in her throat.
Compared with the hardships at home, studying is nothing.
The light at the door of the unit was in disrepair and it was always noisy when I went back at night.
Every time she went home, Lin Shirou always felt that the door of her unit was like a monster's mouth, which had eaten her in, chewed it and felt it was not tasty, and spit her out again.
She walked to the second floor and knocked on her door, making a knocking sound.
"Son, are you back?"
A woman's voice of surprise came from the room.
"It's me." Lin Shirou said softly.
The door creaked open, and a woman wearing a printed coat opened the door. It was Lin Shirou's mother.
Lin Shirou's father died in a car accident last year. Lin's mother, who was unable to make ends meet, moved back to the small dilapidated house they were assigned when they got married.
"It's Shirou."
Seeing that it was her daughter, Mother Lin forced a smile on her face.
"Your brother is going home for dinner tonight, and you are back just in time to help mom with work."
"Okay, I'll put my schoolbag down."
Lin Shirou nodded, hung her schoolbag on the hanger, and entered the house with Mother Lin.
"You wash the fish, scrape off the scales, and clean the internal organs. Mom will chop the ribs."
After assigning the task to Lin Shirou, Mother Lin picked up the guillotine and started chopping the ribs.
Lin Shirou looked at the faucet with peeling paint, turned it on slightly, and measured the water temperature with her hand.
A chill ran down her hand and penetrated into her bones, making her shiver involuntarily.
"Is there hot water?" She turned her head and looked at the woman who was chopping ribs with great interest.
"You need hot water to wash fish. Isn't that a waste of electricity?" Mother Lin didn't care.
"The water is a little cold today."
Mother Lin put down the knife for chopping ribs, reached over and measured the water temperature, frowning.
"I said your generation is just squeamish. I used to wash your brother's clothes, and your mother didn't mind it on a cold day with more than ten degrees below zero. Isn't the water temperature quite normal? Why are you so noisy and cold?"
Mother Lin added, "You're so old that you can't even touch a drop of water. After you get married, your husband's family won't be able to scold you every day?"
"I see."
Lin Shirou stopped defending, let the cold water pour on her hands, and reached out to handle the fish belly.
Blood flowed from the belly of the cut fish, as red as her hands.
She took a deep breath and gritted her teeth to clean the fish.
"finished Wash."
She handed the fish to Mother Lin.
Mother Lin looked at it and said with a smile: "It's really clean. Let's go back to study."
Lin Shirou silently watched Mother Lin chopping the ribs.
Mom seems to be very happy. She is like this every time her brother comes back. She is as happy as if she is celebrating the New Year.
Lin Shirou turned around to leave, only to hear Mother Lin say again behind her.
"By the way, Shirou, it's rare for your brother to come back from being a soldier. This fish is very fresh. Please let your brother eat more."
"I don't like fish."
Lin Shirou answered softly and returned to her room.
She picked up the pen and wanted to write, but found that her hand was frozen and she couldn't hold it.
She breathed softly, but found that it had no effect, and her frozen hands did not relieve at all.
So Lin Shirou walked into the house and picked up the electric heating rod to boil water.
The sound of boiling water caught the attention of Mother Lin.
Facing her mother's gaze, Lin Shirou said.
"Boil some water for brother and let it dry. He can have something warm to drink when he comes back."
"You're so sensible." Mother Lin nodded approvingly and went back to cooking.
After the water boiled, she poured water into her brother's water glass, filled her own water glass, and returned to the house holding it in her hands.
Not long after sitting there, there was a knock on the door again, and a clear voice came.
"Mom, Shirou, I'm back!"
When Lin Shirou heard this voice, she put down her water glass and opened the door. She saw her mother had already arrived at the door, her eyes red, hugging her brother tightly.
"Son, you miss your mother so much. You said you, a good college student, would be a soldier. Look at you, you are so thin...it makes your mother very distressed..."
"Oh, if one person serves as a soldier, will it be an honor for the whole family? It just so happens that I also go to the army to train myself."
Brother Lin Xiangyu looked at his sister and smiled.
"It's been a long time since I saw Shirou. Have you missed my brother?"
"think."
Lin Shirou nodded expressionlessly.
Lin Xiangyu, who knew his sister's character well, smiled, picked up the pocket in his hand and said.
"Shirou, my brother bought you beautiful clothes. You go back home and try them on to see if they fit you."
"Oh, you're spending money indiscriminately again. Your sister is still a high school student. Who can she show to by dressing up in fancy clothes?"
Mother Lin was scolding from the side.
"Mom, Shirou is already a big girl. She must have some decent clothes, and she can't always wear leftovers from others."
Lin Xiangyu grinned, looked at Lin Shirou's delicate oval face, picked up his pocket and said.
"Shirou is getting more and more beautiful as she grows. Come on, let me put her in the room for you."
Lin Shirou glanced at the frowning frown of her mother beside her, shook her head and said.
"No need, brother, I can take it back myself. It won't weigh too much."
She took the clothes from her hands and bowed deeply: "Thank you, brother."
"Oh Shirou, we are brothers and sisters, why do you always act like an outsider? Isn't it normal for me to buy you some clothes?"
"This is etiquette, and brothers and sisters must abide by it." Lin Shirou said calmly.
"Oh, Shirou is sensible. Do you think she is just like you? She knows how to be wild every day without even calling mom. It makes mom wonder."
Mother Lin took the big and small bags from Lin Xiangyu's hand, took her son's hand and sat at the dining table in the living room.
"Mom, you are not allowed to use mobile phones in the military camp, otherwise I would definitely miss your mother." Lin Xiangyu smiled, glanced at Lin Shirou standing on the side, and said with a smile.
"Of course, I also miss Shirou."
"Well, I miss you too, brother."
Lin Shirou picked up her clothes and said.
"I'm going back to the house to try on clothes first. You two can chat slowly."
"Go on, go on, the college entrance examination is about to take place, so gather some snacks and don't go out to play all the time." Mother Lin said calmly.
Lin Shirou turned around and went back to the house. The conversation between Lin and her mother came from the door with extremely poor sound insulation.
"You suffered kid."
"It's not hard, Mom."
"I bought the royal jelly for you. You can soak it in water and drink it. It's good for your health."
"My son knows how much he loves his mother. Take this thousand and go to the military camp to buy some delicious food. Don't starve yourself."
"It's okay, Mom. The military camp provides meal subsidies. You'd better buy something good for you and Shirou!"
"Take it! Mom has bad teeth and doesn't like to eat. Your sister is still young, how can you spend this money?"
Lin Shirou put on earplugs.
People's joys and sorrows are not the same, she only thinks they are noisy.
