Chapter 74

The next day Xiao Yan and Xie Binglan went to the Investment Promotion Department on Nan'an Road to sign the contract.

The corners of the investment manager's smile were almost even with the nostrils: "Miss Xiao, the rent for this year has been cleared, and you can open the shop at any time. By the way, do you need someone to clean it? I know a lot of people from cleaning companies here. , I can introduce you."

Xiao Yan shook her hands, and said with a calm smile, "I'm not opening a store yet, and I'll contact you when I need it."

The manager of the investment promotion department quickly took out the business card from his pocket, and handed it over with both hands: "Okay, this is my business card, Miss Xiao remember to contact me!"

Being a female boss at a young age, she is still a beautiful woman.There are still beautiful things in this world. The investment manager saw the two beauties inviting them to go out, and suddenly felt the joy of spring.

After going out of the pedestrian street, Xiao Yan desperately wiped the sweat from her palms and looked at Xie Binglan seriously: "You are crazy! You paid all the money at once? How much?"

"Ninety thousand..." Xie Binglan saw Xiao Yan's stern face, but she didn't dare to lie, "Ninety-seven."

Xie Binglan pulled Xiao Yan into the taxi: "Okay, okay, don't worry about it, the money is really from my dad! Don't think about it! This... first book the store, or I will Can’t even sleep! What if someone else snatches it?”

"Although it's like this, but..." Xiao Yan was so grateful that she suddenly didn't know what to say when she said this, her eyes were red and her nose was sore.

Xie Binglan couldn't take it anymore seeing her situation, and quickly took out a tissue for her: "Hey! I told you that the money was really given by my father. Don't be afraid if I don't steal or snatch it?"

This money was really given by her father.

Xiao Yan was excited for a while, took a few breaths desperately, sniffed and said, "Let's be vulgar! Lanzi! What can you use me for in the future? I'll do it for you! Just speak up! Just speak up!" She had no choice but to do so.

Xie Binglan made a movement of raising the knife to cut the chest: "Can you cut the chest twice? Sis needs this! Other mentions are superfluous!"

Xiao Yan burst out laughing when she made her laugh.

Xie Binglenglan handed Xiao Yan a tissue. She was so patronizing that she couldn't hold back her tears, so she wiped Xiao Yan's face directly: "All right, tears are pouring out, what do you look like crying and laughing at the same time?"

The driver looked at the two girls behind him from the rearview mirror, did he even mention the knife?He couldn't help but glanced at it again and again, is it all right?Seeing how excited they are, he will take over after a while, so don't make any trouble.

The two people didn't know that the driver was scared by them, and they started to discuss how to arrange the clothes when they arrived. The driver finally heard the conversation and he was secretly relieved.

The two of them got excited for a while and then they were fine, and the matter of opening the store was settled like this.

Xiao Yan went back to the store with the contract, and Zhao Fen knew it was done when she saw her granddaughter smiling.

Holding the contract, she was excited for a while, and then began to habitually say that the ancestors bless the ancestors and bless the ancestors.The next step is to keep saying that Lanzi is a good person, and then keep repeating, sending more than 1000 good person cards to Xie Binglan.

Xiao Yan quickly took out her notebook and wrote down all the money Xie Binglan lent her in the notebook, and made a rough forecast with her grandma about the future situation of the store, planning how to pay back the money.

After the discussion, Zhao Fen thought of it and asked, "Yanzi, have you packed your things? We're leaving at nine o'clock tomorrow morning, right?"

Xiao Yan recalled the time on the ticket and nodded: "It's packed, it's nine o'clock tomorrow, and the ticket is in the luggage. I've asked for leave, a total of ten days."

In fact, there is still a day off for Qingming at this time, but it happens to coincide with Saturday and Sunday, which turns into three days.

Next, when Xiao Yan asked the counselor for leave, she said that she would go home to take care of her parents' affairs, so she asked for another five days of leave, plus a weekend for two days, for a total of ten days of leave.

There was plenty of time, Xiao Yan thought that if she finished it ahead of time, she would go back to school early, but if she couldn't, she would have enough time to do it.

There are really a lot of people going home during the Qingming Festival.

The traffic jam on the way home was extremely serious, Xiao Yan had already taken this situation into account, so she booked the morning bus ticket.

It will take them a day and a half to get back to Anxiang Town. Now the car at [-] o'clock in the morning, plus one and a half days of traffic jam time, they just arrive back in the morning of the next day.

The grandparents and grandchildren returned to the village after having breakfast in the town.

Xiao Yan slept in the car, and she wasn't too tired. After taking grandma back to the village, she drank a few sips of water and went to the town to find the tombstone carver.

She had noticed it before. When it comes to engraving tombstones, there is one in the town that is particularly famous.

The old man carved a tombstone all his life, and he wrote it well in willow script.

Xiao Yan thought in the past that when she has more money in the future, she must engrave a monument for her parents.

There is no plaque in that store, but what is more distinctive is that there are always several wooden molds at the door, and sometimes there will be the original shape of the tombstone, which is left outside to dry.

Qianyan found this store easily.

She explained her purpose, and the old man took her to the door: "Look at the size you want? This one is relatively small, only [-] centimeters, the one on the side is [-] centimeters, and the one on the other side is [-] centimeters."

A centimeter is a centimeter, Xiao Yan gestured and said, "I want a sixty centimeter one!"

The old man held up the reading glasses on the bridge of his nose, wrote it down in his notebook, and said to himself: "...[-] cm..." After writing it down, he raised his head and asked, "Do you want this kind of ordinary cement or marble?"

Xiao Yan thought it must be marble, so she said, "Marble."

The old man turned around and walked into the room while remembering, Xiao Yan hurriedly followed, the old man said: "Little girl knows the goods! Marble is weather-resistant! It is not afraid of rain or sun. Are you preparing the inscription yourself? If not, I will do it." It can be written, based on the sixty centimeters, plus some simple inscriptions, the total is 500 yuan."

This price is acceptable to Xiao Yan, and she immediately agreed: "Okay, I'll leave it to you, old man, how long will it take to get this done?"

The old man picked up his callused hand and combed the thin white hair on the top of his head: "You don't need to sing praises for this inscription, it's quite simple, just give me four days, four days will do. My work is quite delicate, If you go to another place soon, it must not have the quality as mine."

Xiao Yan also believed this, so she took out the money: "Okay, then I will pay a deposit of 100 yuan first." After thinking about it, she asked: "Old man, do you know where there is a tomb repairer? My parents It’s still an earthen tomb, and if I want to lay a layer of white cement for them, I don’t know where to find a master in this field.”

The old man froze for a long time without speaking, and suddenly realized: "Yes! I'll copy the number for you. The little girl sees that you are very straightforward. I will introduce a few people to you. If you report my name, just say Mr. Xu introduced it to you, so I guarantee you won’t dare to raise your price.”

Xiao Yan quickly took out the phone and entered the phone number that Elder Xu had copied for her. Elder Xu looked at it and said, "Little girl, how about I call someone for you directly? I have seen this job a lot. Three people are fine. I will be with you." What they said, they dare not cheat your money, and use better mud for you."

The campus felt that this was meeting a noble person when they went out, so they quickly said thank you. The old man explained on the phone and returned the phone to her: "Little girl, it's fine. They are coming now, you are rushing to do it before Qingming." Yeah, I've seen that happen a lot."

Old Xu was bold enough, Xiao Yan kept nodding and saying yes.

Elder Xu said again: "You can just wait for them here, they will be there in a while, and you have to take them to measure the land."

Xiao Yan quickly thanked her again.

After a while, three tall, burly, dark-skinned, and simple-looking strong men and a woman came. After agreeing with Xiao Yan, they asked about the approximate size. After a few people discussed it, the three strong men went back. The woman Just followed Xiao Yan to measure the land.

After measuring the land, Xiao Yan agreed with the woman to start work at noon tomorrow.

The woman said: "This place is not big, and it can be paved in one afternoon. You will pay after paving."

After finishing everything and returning to the village, it was only three or four in the afternoon.As soon as she got home, Xiao Yan felt very tired and fell asleep, until Zhao Fen came to wake her up: "Yanzi, get up and eat before going to sleep, don't starve."

Xiao Yan got up in a daze, and asked, "What time is it, grandma?"

Zhao Fen said distressedly: "It's past nine o'clock in the evening. Just now when I came in, I saw that you were sleeping very soundly. I knew you were exhausted all day, so I didn't call you. I cooked the meal, come quickly Let's eat."

Xiao Yan got up to eat, and explained to her grandma what she had done today, and also agreed with her that the cemetery will start work at noon tomorrow, and it will be paved in the afternoon.

Zhao Fen felt relieved that her granddaughter was quick and thoughtful, but at the same time felt sorry for her that she could only handle everything by herself: "Yan, don't work too hard, take it easy, you are still young."

Xiao Yan smiled and turned her head to her grandma's neck: "Okay, grandma, don't worry about me, it's because I'm young and I can do it."

Zhao Fen thought about it and said, "Let's do this. Tomorrow I will cook some noodles and sugar water for the workers to eat. This way, they will work harder, and it doesn't mean you can't be a human being."

Xiao Yan knew that grandma just wanted to go to accompany her, so she didn't stop her, so as to save grandma from worrying, she nodded and said, "Okay, remember to wear a hat to go there, the sun is very poisonous."

Zhao Fen affectionately helped her granddaughter straighten her hair that was pressed against her cheeks in sleep: "Grandma has a sense of proportion, you think grandma is a child, eat quickly!"

After a busy day, this is the only way to relax.

Xiao Yan sighed, the matter of coming back this time is half done.

In the evening, after she took a shower, Xiao Yan went back and forth into the toilet to look at the plants before her uncle and the others came back.

When I take a bath, I still take a bath, take out the magazines in the space, and chat with my grandma while flipping through them. When I encounter a suitable style, I use a pencil to tick it off, so as to prepare for the new store.

(End of this chapter)

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