country bumpkin

Chapter 397 The Bookstore Opens for Good Fortune

After Zhang Haiyan finished telling the gossip and took her leave, she said to the angry Yunya, "Yunya, don't be angry. These kinds of things happen quite often nowadays. Let's just treat it as a story. As long as it doesn't happen to us, it's fine."

Yunya, standing to the side, said indignantly, "These two brothers are heartless bastards."

Zhang Haiyan continued to persuade Yunya not to get angry over other people's affairs, lest she upset herself.

Gradually, Yunya calmed down and sighed deeply, saying, "Isn't our uncle just such a heartless ingrate? He doesn't even recognize his own parents for that bitch."

Zhang Haiyan nodded in agreement, "Yes, these people have done something unscrupulous, they will suffer retribution when they get old."

Yunya glanced at the sky outside; it was getting late. She got up, said goodbye to Zhang Haiyan, and went home.

Back home, Yunya was still in a gloomy mood. She only ate a few bites of dinner before going to her room to sleep.

The next day, Yunya, full of energy, got up to sell breakfast as usual, completely unlike her gloomy appearance the day before.

That's just her easygoing personality; her temper flares up quickly but subsides just as fast. She won't dwell on things that aren't particularly important.

When it was time for her to go to work, she ate a few steamed buns and then rode her bicycle to work.

Upon arriving at the bookstore, Zhang Yimei had already opened the door and was preparing to tidy up. Yun Ya parked her car, put her handbag in the storage room, and also began cleaning.

The two chatted as they cleaned. Zhang Meiyi told Yun Ya with a grin that she and her boyfriend planned to get married in February.

Yun Ya offered a few more words of congratulations after hearing this. Zhang Meiyi looked radiant with happiness.

After the two finished cleaning up, the female boss, Sister Li, arrived, along with her two little followers—her twin brothers.

They came with firecrackers; they're preparing to celebrate the grand opening. Today, the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, is an auspicious day; the sound of firecrackers going off everywhere is the sound of opening ceremonies.

The owner, Sister Li, lit incense and prayed to the statue of the God of Wealth on the altar on the west wall, which is located at the far end of the bookstore and near the warehouse. She then called on her little brother to light the fire.

The little brother obediently went outside to light the firecrackers, while the older brother stood at the door watching them burn, making a series of crackling sounds...

The firecrackers went off for a while, then a gust of wind blew by, carrying the smell of sulfur with it.

Yun Ya snorted and sniffed, and to her surprise, she quite liked the smell.

After finishing all that, the female boss sat in front of the KTV, chatting with her brothers.

Seeing that the owner seemed a little nervous in the shop, Yun Ya wandered around casually, noticing that some books were not neatly arranged, and started to straighten them out.

Zhang Yimei, having worked there for a long time, wasn't nervous at all and naturally followed along with the female boss in conversation.

When asked about taking leave for her wedding in February, the female boss readily agreed to grant her leave.

She also mentioned that if the store gets busy, she'll have her younger brother come over and help out.

Her younger brother, Li Yong, works at a law firm and has no time to come and help.

My younger brother, Li Yuan, is a doctor working at the Municipal People's Hospital; his workplace is quite good.

But as a newly hired doctor, or rather, a doctor in the physical examination department, I wasn't that busy; I had plenty of free time and could come over to help my sister.

Although they are twins, their personalities are completely different. The older one is more composed and serious, and doesn't like to talk, which is contrary to his profession.

The second son is cheerful and likes to joke. He often makes a witty remark, which makes his older sister giggle.

The two looked very similar, and as long as they were separated and not standing together, Yunya couldn't tell whether the person who came was the eldest or the second eldest.

But if the two stood together and you looked closely, Yunya felt that the second one was better looking and more pleasing to the eye.

The eldest brother, Li Yong, is currently dating a girlfriend and has even brought her to the store before. Yun Ya, however, hasn't seen what she looks like.

The second brother, Li Yuan, hadn't started dating yet, but quite a few nurses at the hospital were pursuing him. He was also a womanizer, always stringing them along, neither choosing nor giving up on any of them. They maintained an ambiguous relationship.

Yun Ya didn't dare to look at the boss's two younger brothers. They were four or five years older than her, and she always felt it wasn't good to be too familiar with them.

Perhaps it was the incident with Gou Zha Nan that left her with psychological trauma, which is why Yun Ya is so resistant to her boss's relatives or friends.

Around noon, the owner, Sister Li, and her two younger brothers went out to eat at a restaurant.

Yunya stayed at the shop to watch over it, while Zhang Meiyi went to buy food from the restaurants next door.

About forty minutes later, Zhang Yimei returned, having eaten her fill. It was her turn to mind the shop, while Yun Ya went out to eat.

Yunya went to the ramen shop across the street to eat, and she ordered a bowl of chicken rice noodles. A few minutes later, the owner placed a fragrant bowl of rice noodles on the table in front of Yunya.

Yunya added some vinegar, stirred it well, and began to eat heartily. The steaming hot rice noodles entered her mouth, carrying the delicious flavor of chicken soup, and slid smoothly onto her tongue, filling her mouth with the aroma of chicken soup.

Yun Ya chewed a few times and swallowed. After that, she didn't have time to savor the taste because it was just too delicious. She kept her head down and shoveling rice noodles into her mouth.

In about fifteen minutes, Yunya finished a large bowl of rice noodles and wiped her mouth with satisfaction.

After paying, Yunya returned to the bookstore across the street. Zhang Yimei, seeing Yunya return, said that lunchtime wasn't busy, and she was a little sleepy after eating and wanted to take a nap in the warehouse. She asked Yunya to watch the store.

Yunya didn't want to offend anyone, so she nodded in agreement, since it was lunchtime and no customers were coming anyway.

Zhang Yimei lazily walked into the innermost warehouse, found a small stool, sat down, and fell asleep on the table.

Yunya sat in front of the cash register in the shop, and soon she also felt sleepy.

She rested her chin on the table with one hand, facing outwards, watching the passersby, but her eyelids drooped uncontrollably.

Just as she was drifting off to sleep, a customer walked in. Yunya instantly perked up, warmly greeting the customer and helping him with his books.

The customer picked out three junior high school exam papers, paid, and rode away on his electric scooter. Yunya watched the customer leave, marveling at how amazing modern technology was; they'd even invented electric scooters!

She envied those who could afford electric bicycles, saying they were so easy to ride and fast.

She was thinking that once she had saved enough money, she would buy an electric bicycle. That way, it would be convenient to go out and would save her time on the road.

After seeing the customers off, Yunya was no longer sleepy. She picked up a magazine called "Lover" and began to read it with great interest.

Yunya was engrossed in the magazine and finished it before she knew it. She felt that the magazine was all about marriage and love, and about family matters.

It's fine to browse casually, but it gets boring after a while. Those little magazines with a certain artistic flair are much better; reading them a lot can even inspire you to spout a few lines of poetry yourself.