Everything I bought on online shopping platforms was genuine.

On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, at the end of February, the weather was unusually good. Although the temperature was still not high, the sunshine carried a hint of warmth.

In the university town of Jiangning City, a Sichuan girl got out of a taxi carrying several bags. As she walked, she cursed and said, "Brothers, you call yourselves brothers? I came back and no one picked me up. I'm the boss! You have no loyalty, you're lazy and good-for-nothing. I even came all the way back to pay you your wages. I'm going to deduct your full attendance bonus!"

It's obvious that Chuanmei, who had been missing for many days, has finally returned. She originally planned to stay home for the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month before coming back, but this holiday has been more tiring than working here.

During the few days he was at home, Li Shiya's makeup never left his face. His mother was treating him like a beast of burden!
He greets customers at the supermarket, works at the cashier, promotes products, and even has to wear this outfit when he goes out to visit relatives for the New Year. His mother euphemistically calls it "giving birth to children."

Now all his relatives know what he does outside. Fortunately, he's making money now and has successfully transformed his career. He even made it onto CCTV News, which is a great honor for his family. Otherwise, he would have been driven to his death by crickets this year.

As for blind dates, his mother did mention it, but perhaps because he's still young, she only briefly mentioned that he should find a partner, without pressuring him too much, since he hasn't graduated yet.

Graduation is a watershed moment. Before graduation, you're still a child; once you graduate, your elders at home can't wait for you to get married, start a career, and have children.

Some extreme parents even forbid you from having ambiguous relationships in high school and dating in college. As soon as you graduate, they'd practically force you to get married on the spot.

How could someone who never dated during their school years have dating experience? But they assume that once you graduate, everyone becomes a Casanova, that dating is a natural skill, and that anyone who can't date is a loser.

The Sichuan girl's mother wasn't quite that outrageous, but the marriage age in their area is relatively young, so you could say they don't have many good years left.

The reason he rushed back so early was because his mother was currently at home preparing for the Lantern Festival activities, hoping to boost sales at the family supermarket.

No wonder his mother is the pillar of the family. During the few days that Chuanmei was on vacation, his mother used her son's popularity to turn the family supermarket into a popular online store, with a constant stream of people coming to check it out every day.

Even if only one-tenth of the people come in and buy something, it will still be a huge boost to his family's income.

Daily sales are soaring, and even his mother has started researching her son's merchandise.

That's right. During the Spring Festival, the Sichuan girl's mother, who has a keen business sense, started researching merchandise for her son. She has already contacted a manufacturer to produce it. The first batch was given out as souvenirs, which made their supermarket very profitable. The second batch consisted of different levels of merchandise given away as gifts for different spending amounts at the supermarket. Now, for the third batch, her mother is planning to buy the merchandise directly.

Of course, the merchandise includes keychains featuring Li Shiya, exquisite photos, cartoon dolls, and a 1:1 giant pillow. It even comes with a photo opportunity with Li Shiya.

It has to be said that there is a reason why the Sichuan girl can become a second-generation rich kid. With her mother's business acumen, it would be hard for her family not to be rich.

Before, people didn't have the opportunity, but they were still able to become moderately wealthy. Now that their son has taken off, if it were an ordinary family, they could just wait for their son to carry them to success and enjoy a life of leisure, like Lin Mo's parents. But the mother of this Sichuan girl had a change of heart and started to make full use of her son's popularity to make money. It can be said that the family's conditions have increased several times over.

Of course, if Liu Ruyan were in charge, she could have generated even more profits, but for a woman of Chuanmei's mother's age, achieving this level of success is already quite remarkable.

To avoid being dragged by her mother to cosplay Chang'e during the Lantern Festival, the Sichuan girl decisively ran away. Her mother had even prepared a rabbit, just waiting for her son to use it to boost her sales performance on the Lantern Festival.

That's right, the Chang'e costume that Chuanmei's mother prepared was also the kind that was very revealing. It has to be said that this woman in her forties actually knew to let her son make money by doing something borderline. She was really too enlightened. At least Lin Mo's mother, Zhou Min, couldn't even come close.

No one came to pick him up, so the Sichuan girl had to take a taxi back. As for the high-speed rail, sorry, he is now a noble public figure, and he should absolutely not take this mode of transportation unless necessary, otherwise he will easily be surrounded by onlookers.

That's right, nowadays, Sichuan girls start to have an idol image to maintain after going back to their hometowns to see relatives.

As for taking a taxi, it only costs a few dozen yuan to get back, it's nothing!
Dragging her bags upstairs, Chuanmei first went to the studio, only to find no one there. Then she went to the dormitory, but Lao Zhao wasn't there either. As for Lin Mo, she knew he hadn't returned yet, so she didn't go there.

"How strange! Is it possible that Sister Yuan's brother's engagement banquet was a three-day affair with no end in sight?"

Chuanmei murmured in confusion, then started sending messages and making phone calls to everyone. Finally, Director Wang replied to her, saying that they were all having dinner at Lin Mo's house.

Hearing this, the Sichuan girl was completely taken aback.

"You guys went out to play without telling me? I'm the store manager! I'm going to file a complaint!" the woman shouted into her phone.

But before he could finish speaking, the phone went dead.

Meanwhile, at Lin Mo's home in Nancheng, at the dining table, Miss Yuan snatched Director Wang's phone and said, "Why are you wasting your breath talking to him? Hurry up and eat! Uncle, your cooking is really good, especially this hot and sour shredded potatoes. I've already eaten four plates. Thank you so much, Uncle!"

Upon hearing this, Old Lin, who was stirring the wok in the kitchen, gently closed his eyes, then took a deep breath and laughed loudly, "Hahaha, it's alright, eat up! There's plenty for you today. I just went downstairs and bought another twenty pounds of potatoes, so you'll definitely be full!"

At this moment, Comrade Lin felt that his cooking skills had been recognized after so many years. You know, although he had cooked the vast majority of the meals at home over the years, he had never received such high recognition.

Just now, Miss Yuan's ravenous eating had really excited Old Lin, who, fearing that the gluttonous girl would go hungry, quickly went downstairs and bought another twenty pounds of potatoes.

Today, he was determined to pour all his life's knowledge into this meal. It could be said that Miss Yuan's eating manner was the kind of eating manner that every chef dreamed of. She wolfed down her food, her face full of enjoyment. She wasn't full and ate four plates in a row. The emotional value she gave was so good that it almost made Old Lin go crazy.

At this point, he no longer used plates, but instead used bowls, otherwise Old Lin was afraid there wouldn't be enough to eat.

It must be said that his dad made a really good dish of hot and sour shredded potatoes. It was sour, spicy and refreshing, and you could even taste a hint of sweetness if you tasted it carefully.

Only Lin Mo knew that Miss Yuan had eaten too much meat last night, which was why she was so fond of this vegetarian dish today. You have to know that she is a real carnivore.

Simply put, she's eaten wild animals, just like the Siberian tigers in Harbin, which turn into tourist destinations every winter.

In the summer, it chases after tourists' cars just to get some meat to eat. In the winter, even when tourists put meat in its mouth, it's too lazy to eat a bite, and it even turns its head away as soon as it sees a tourist's car.

Miss Yuan was the same; today she was focused on the vegetarian dishes on the table, especially the hot and sour shredded potatoes, which she thoroughly enjoyed. Lin Mo's small plates weren't enough for her to show off, let alone with so many other people around.

As a result, Comrade Lin had to work hard again.

"Thank you, Uncle! You've worked so hard!" Miss Yuan shouted, raising her hand. Her adorable appearance was simply irresistible, even her mother couldn't help but smile like an aunt.

Seeing this, Lin Mo couldn't help but say, "You've been eating too much good food these past few days, come here for a change of pace. By the way, how was the food at your brother's engagement banquet?"

"Well, the taste is alright. Although the ingredients are all high-quality, you should understand that in any restaurant, once the dishes are served as a banquet, the taste is generally mediocre. The flavor relies entirely on the ingredients themselves, which is not interesting at all," Miss Yuan said, shaking her head.

Lin Mo wholeheartedly agreed with this point. Take garlic-flavored carp for example. The taste will be slightly different if you make one at a time versus ten at a time. With more quantity, you naturally won't be able to make it as meticulous. Moreover, since the dishes have to be served at the same time, the time will be even tighter.

This is why good restaurants are usually run by private chefs.

"By the way, I heard from my younger brother yesterday that something happened to you last night? How did it go?" Liu Ruyan asked curiously.

Upon hearing this, Miss Yuan gave an OK sign: "Don't worry, it's perfectly resolved!"

"Wow, Brother Jiang is amazing! I didn't realize he was so capable!" Lin Mo said in surprise.

He had always thought Jiang Feng was just an ordinary member of the public security system, but looking at Ms. Zhao Yun, who had become a captain in the branch office, and being the eldest son of Miss Yuan's uncle and the eldest grandson of Old Master Jiang, his rank was naturally not ordinary.

The youngest son and eldest grandson are the old lady's lifeblood, but in a family, the eldest son and eldest grandson still hold a very prestigious position.

No matter how much Miss Yuan is favored, she still belongs to someone else. It can be said that most of Old Master Jiang's connections have been inherited by Jiang Feng and his son.

"Oh, no, when I made the call yesterday, my uncle was there and made the call for me!" Miss Yuan said with an embarrassed smile.

Lin Mo was taken aback: "Did your uncle say anything about you?"

Since it was his own fault, Lin Mo felt a little embarrassed when the elders of the other party intervened.

Upon hearing this, Miss Yuan's big eyes widened: "Are you kidding me? He dares to talk about me like that?"

"To defy the Heavenly Gang? Who gave you the courage?" Liu Ruyan scoffed, she didn't believe it at all.

Lin Mo nodded in agreement, clearly thinking the same thing as Liu Ruyan.

Seeing that both of them had this attitude, Miss Yuan got anxious: "My uncle was initially criticizing me, but when I made a video call and picked up a pair of scissors to give him a little haircutting performance, he chickened out!"

Everyone:
Once the Lunar New Year is over, I won't hold a grudge if you say something to me, but it's the Lunar New Year now. Even a powerful leader like Jiang Jianguo is helpless against his nephew getting his hair cut during the Lunar New Year.

"Are you really not afraid of getting beaten up?" Liu Ruyan shook her head.

Lin Mo: "Exactly! You even threatened your uncle with getting a haircut. He wanted to help you, but you refused to get a haircut or help him. Are you trying to kill him by hurting his feelings?"

"No, cut my hair too. It's just that I haven't cut it in the last two years. When we were little, my brother and I would cut our hair every January for fun. Later, my mom found out and gave my brother a good beating. She insisted that it was my brother's idea, but actually it was my suggestion. Nobody believed me, hehe," Miss Yuan laughed.

Everyone:
(End of this chapter)