Half an hour after Wu Yongzhu left, a recruitment notice was posted at Wu Ji's catering door: recruiting one waiter, one delivery staff, and a salary interview.

In the evening, the first rain of 1997 started to fall sparsely in the sky.

Xu Manli led Xinghua out of the kindergarten because she was the last one to leave, and it was getting late.

Across the road, a thin middle-aged man saw it and slowly approached the two of them.

"Manli." The middle-aged man whispered behind the two, with dryness in his voice.

Xu Manli and Xinghua turned around together.

"Dad?" Xu Manli exclaimed with a look of surprise on her face. Her father would not come to her until she was paid. Could it be that something happened at home?

Xinghua looked at the man with her little head tilted. She had two patches on her yellow sweater, and her clothes were wet with rain.

"Manli, my father is here to find you today because he wants to tell you a happy event." Under Xiaoyu's washing, he couldn't see the man's expression clearly.

Seeing that the light rain was getting denser, Xu Manli took off her clothes to cover Xinghua's little head and said to her father: "Let's find a place to hide from the rain first."

Wuji Catering is not far away, and it only took a few people four or five minutes.

Due to rainy days, Wu Ji Catering has not had much passenger flow, and without Wu Yongzhu, Wu Daguang and Zhang Erlai could handle it.

"Dad, I'm back." Xinghua appeared at the door, shouted sweetly, then ran into the store, hugged Wu Daguang's thigh: "Dad, I took three little red flowers today."

Wu Daguang patted Xinghua's head with a doting spoiled spoil: "What did you do? I got three little red flowers?"

Xinghua bared her teeth and pouted proudly: "Dad, guess."

Since he went to kindergarten, Xinghua has played with his peers and has become much more cheerful. Wu Daguang occasionally went to send Xinghua to school, and Xinghua's class teacher would praise Xinghua for being sensible.

Seeing that my father couldn't guess, Xinghua took the initiative to say, "I am very obedient today. The teacher rewarded me with a little red flower. I actively answered questions in class and got two little red flowers."

While listening to Xinghua happily sharing her joy, Wu Daguang noticed that Xu Manli brought back a middle-aged man in poor clothes, and the two looked a bit similar.

"Dad, I performed so well today. Can Dad make sweet and sour pork ribs for Xinghua to eat tomorrow?" Xinghua held the corner of her father's clothes, which was her purpose.

Wu Daguang bent down and scratched the bridge of Xinghua's little nose: "Little greedy cat, go upstairs first to change out the wet clothes, Dad will give you a surprise."

Because business is not good on rainy days, Wu Daguang has already made sweet and sour pork ribs in advance.

Xinghua ran upstairs happily, Xu Manli placed her father on a chair near the door, and then walked to the kitchen.

"Brother Guang, can I ask you something?" Xu Manli looked embarrassed, and the following words made her speak out.

Wu Daguang knew about the middle-aged man sitting at the door without asking, so he answered readily: "I have known each other for so long. If you have anything to say, don't ask for anything, you're not going to be together."

"My father came to the city to find me. Unfortunately, it was raining. I wanted to keep him for one night. Xinghua will stay with you tonight."

Wu Daguang looked at the man at the door and then looked at Xu Manli. Although he was a father and daughter, it was too awkward to squeeze into a single bed.

"Wu Yongzhu resigned today. Zhang Erlai's house has a bed empty, so why don't your father and Zhang Erlai make do with each other?" Wu Daguang said.

Xu Manli looked at Zhang Erlai who was busy, and Zhang Erlai agreed: "No problem, a small matter."

Seeing that Xu Manli's father was soaked, Wu Daguang found out his clothes and changed it to Xu Manli's father.

At nine o'clock, the rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, and the shop was empty. Wu Dabashi closed the door so early.

Zhang Erlai carried a table upstairs, Wu Daguang was holding a pot of sweet and sour pork ribs behind him, and the second child was holding a pot of bowls and chopsticks and two plates of fried rice. This kind of casual life was only available on rainy days.

When calling Xu Manli out of the house for dinner, Xu Manli's eyes were red. As an outsider, others were embarrassed to ask. Xu Manli's father was not polite. He sat at the table, picked up the chopsticks and went for the sweet and sour pork ribs. He was not polite at all, only picking up the pork ribs, completely ignoring the two plates of fried fried rice.

"The ribs are delicious, and it would be even better if you had a bottle of white wine." Xu Manli's father smacked his lips and commented.

Xu Manli pulled her father's clothes embarrassedly and whispered: "Dad, this is someone else's house, I'm just boarding here."

My father, who is good at talking, thanked Wu Daguang with his fists and said, "Thank you, the boss, for letting my daughter live here. Our family is poor and we don't have money to let my daughter live in a good place." As he said that, he sighed: "I'm sorry, my daughter, I've been dragged down by my family."

The old man's words opened up and did not cover his eyes.

The story starts from three days ago. People in the mountains generally get married early, and Xu Manli's younger brother is still eighteen or nineteen years old. The family thought that it was about the age of getting married. After a few kisses, a girl finally fell in love with Xu Manli's undesirable younger brother. But the other party opened his mouth and asked for a bride price of two thousand yuan. Originally, she wanted to refuse, but Xu Manli's younger brother was not a girl. After a while, as the only source of income in the family, Xu Manli's father had to find Xu Manli.

As the money tree at home, Xu Manli couldn't say anything about her suffering. She sat next to her father and shed tears silently. Whenever she saw Wu Daguang being so kind to Xinghua, she felt an indescribable sadness in her heart. Why is the difference between being a father?

When Xu Manli saw her daughter crying, she not only did not comfort her, but blamed her: "Why are you crying? You are just lucky. You have learned the word "with a teacher for two years" after learning from her daughter in our village. Who can't expect you to be in school at home?"

This passage is natural, and a family is imposed on a young girl under twenty years old.

"Uncle, I heard that you have a daughter in your family. Why doesn't another daughter and son come out to work?" Wu Daguang asked back.

"My daughter is going to get married if she doesn't leave this year. My son is still young, what kind of work does he have to do?"

The second brother listened indignantly: "Who said that you can't work after getting married? Your son is not young anymore. If you really get married, will your son and daughter-in-law be raised by her sister?"

"The daughter has been betrothed to someone else. The man went out to work and made a lot of money. I heard that he had a good development. When he got married, the eldest daughter would become a rich wife. We can't raise a rough family, right? We have to count on her in the future. When his son gets married and has children, he will naturally be determined."
Chapter completed!