Chapter 20 - 20 0020 Impression Remains the Same

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20: Chapter 0020: Impression Remains the Same 20: Chapter 0020: Impression Remains the Same Ye Qiu saw Ye Weidong sprawled across a table in the porridge and noodle shop, nearly asleep. It was evident that running this porridge and noodle shop was truly exhausting. “Mom, sis, managing this porridge and noodle shop is too tough, why don’t we just quit?” Ye Qiu said. Ye Qiu, along with Chen Fang and Ye Xue, were now headed back in the direction of the old district. He already had a plan in mind to ease the burden on his parents and sister. Based on Ye Qiu’s understanding of the porridge and noodle shop, it currently served breakfast, lunch, dinner, and also operated a barbecue stand, making possibly over a thousand a day in turnover. However, after deducting rent, utilities, and not including labor costs, the net profit for a day was less than one hundred and twenty yuan. This meant that without Ye Qiu’s help, his parents and sister made less than four hundred yuan a day, and this was including the labor costs. It seemed like a lot, but in reality, it was about the same as those who went out to work. Toiling and working overtime could make three to four thousand a month, but at least wasn’t it less exhausting than now? “If not this, then what shall we do?” Chen Fang asked. That porridge and noodle shop had been in operation since the textile factory shut down. Although it hadn’t made much money, and even the over one hundred thousand in medical bills that Ye Qiu owed to Jinling Hospital hadn’t been cleared by Ye Weidong, who had to mortgage their old house, it was clear that the shop hadn’t made much money. “Mom, I already have a good plan. You, dad, and my sister won’t have to work so hard in the future, and can earn more than before,” Ye Qiu said. With his current abilities, Ye Qiu couldn’t believe he wouldn’t be able to provide his parents and sister with an easier life with better earnings. S~eaʀᴄh the NôᴠeFire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Upon returning to the old district’s courtyard, Ye Qiu saw a robust middle-aged man and a middle-aged woman with a stocky build. According to Ye Qiu’s memory, the middle-aged man was He Xiaoqing’s father, Butcher He, and the middle-aged woman was He Xiaoqing’s mother, Li Lanfang. “Chen Fang, have you also come back to rest?” Li Lanfang asked, getting off from Butcher He’s motorcycle. “Yes, just finished up at the shop, came back to rest for a few hours before heading back,” Chen Fang replied. Ye Xue greeted Butcher He and Li Lanfang while Ye Qiu just glanced at them and headed towards the staircase. From the first moment he saw He Xiaoqing, he knew he had absolutely no interest in her. The former Ye Qiu, in Ye Qiu’s mind, likewise had left no information about any relationship between the two. Actually, one thing was evident to Ye Qiu: he’d been in the hospital for such a long time after the accident, and He Xiaoqing’s parents had never visited him. They didn’t seem inclined to help, even when Ye Weidong had to mortgage their house due to the medical debts. Now Ye Qiu felt relieved that he didn’t owe the He Family any favors, making it easier to resolve things with He Xiaoqing. As Ye Qiu and Ye Xue headed upstairs, Butcher He and Li Lanfang, having heard that Ye Xue’s left calf had healed, just glimpsed and found her right calf was truly healed, no longer needing to walk with crutches as before, they were both astonished. However, Ye Qiu didn’t greet them, which they thought was very rude. Chen Fang remembered what Ye Qiu had told her the night before. Initially, Chen Fang wanted to settle things with He Xiaoqing’s father right then. But considering it had been so long, she thought it better to discuss it tonight. Ye Qiu and Ye Xue went upstairs. Ye Qiu entered his room and lay straight on his bed, still a student about to face college entrance exams, needing to return to school once Li Qianqian was fully treated and back in class. Around five in the afternoon, when Ye Qiu opened his door, he saw that Chen Fang and Ye Xue had already gone to the porridge and noodle shop without calling him, to let him rest more as he hadn’t fully recovered yet. Ye Qiu arrived at the porridge and noodle shop, seeing Chen Fang and Ye Xue busy at work, while Ye Weidong sat comfortably smoking a Furong Wang cigarette. Ye Weidong had realized that having toiled all his life, the mere four or five-yuan-per-pack cigarettes he smoked paled in comparison to the ones costing dozens of yuan a pack today. When he saw Ye Qiu coming, Ye Weidong said, “Why did you come here instead of resting at home?” “Dad, I need to discuss something with you,” Ye Qiu responded. He knew that when it came to family matters, Ye Weidong’s word was decisive, as long as he could convince Ye Weidong, then closing the porridge and noodles shop wouldn’t matter. However, having run the porridge and noodles shop for so long, Ye Weidong might find it hard to let it go. “What is it?” Ye Weidong asked. “I see that you, mom, and my sister are working too hard. Let’s close down the porridge and noodles shop!” Ye Qiu suggested. “Close it? What will our family eat then!” Ye Weidong snapped back immediately upon hearing this. Although he knew that Ye Qiu had somehow learned miraculous medical skills from some extraordinary master, curing the deputy mayor’s daughter and Ye Xue’s illnesses, if they closed the porridge and noodles shop, what would their family live on in the future—the northwest wind? Ye Qiu could see that the original owner of the body had been considered useless by Ye Weidong for eighteen years, treated as trash for over a decade. Even now, despite some changes in Ye Qiu, his father’s perception of him remained unchanged. Since that was what Ye Weidong thought, Ye Qiu did not continue the conversation. It was useless to argue; he could only gradually change how the other saw him through his own actions. However, he could not let Ye Xue and Chen Fang continue to suffer like this. Ye Qiu started working busily inside the porridge and noodles shop, staying busy until after eight in the evening, when he finally took a break to have dinner with Ye Xue and Chen Fang in the shop. At nine o’clock, Ye Qiu saw He Xiaoqing coming over again. “Xiaoqing, have you eaten?” Chen Fang asked. “Auntie, I have eaten,” He Xiaoqing replied. Chen Fang and Ye Weidong both knew that He Xiaoqing wasn’t beautiful, just plain, but she was virtuous and would make a suitable wife. But now Ye Qiu didn’t like her, holding to his own views, and the two couldn’t pressure him any further. When Ye Qiu saw He Xiaoqing helping inside, he came out, seemingly unwilling to stay with He Xiaoqing. Seeing Ye Qiu’s demeanor, He Xiaoqing felt somewhat disappointed. “Isn’t Xiaoqing very good? Why don’t you give her a thought?” Ye Weidong suddenly looked at him and asked as Ye Qiu came outside. In Ye Weidong’s mind, he still stuck on the old perspective, thinking that it wouldn’t be bad for He Xiaoqing to marry Ye Qiu. “Dad, I plan to go to college in the future,” Ye Qiu stated. Upon hearing Ye Qiu’s intention to attend college, considering Ye Qiu’s previous academic record, Ye Weidong couldn’t help but laugh and scold him, because he simply did not believe, with Ye Qiu’s grades, that he could even get into a community college, let alone a university.

Chapter 20 - 20 0020 Impression Remains the Same

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