Chapter 292: Faces Are Deceptive, Hearts Are Unknown
As soon as they stepped out of the shop, they bumped into Li Shunsheng who had just come out of the hostel.
Li Shunsheng was sweating profusely and was still holding several lunch boxes, seemingly looking for someone.
Seeing them, Li Shunsheng was overjoyed, immediately ran over, and handed the food over with a smile, "Sister-in-law Ping Ying, Hong Lan, I thought you hadn't eaten yet, so I bought some food for you."
"You..." Because of what Li Shunsheng had done in her past life, Fang Pingying didn't look pleased this time and didn't reach out to take it, but just smiled faintly, "Keep the food for yourself, you've just come to the city, finding work is tough, save some money for yourself."
Unexpectedly, Li Shunsheng chuckled, waving his hand, "No worries, I've already found a job."
"That quick?" Not only was Fang Pingying surprised, but even Luo Honglan and Yu'er standing behind her were skeptical.
"Just last night, Brother Zhiyong told me that Brother Zhiming's lumber mill might need workers, and told me to check it out myself." Li Shunsheng said with a laugh, rubbing his head, looking simple and honest, "I went there early this morning as Brother Zhiyong suggested, and the boss happened to say he needed people, and he was willing to hire me."
"Is that so, that's not bad." Yu'er immediately asked with a smile, "How much do they pay you per month?"
"35 dollars," Li Shunsheng smiled, "He said if I do well, there can be a raise later."
Originally, Fang Pingying was thinking of speaking with Luo Zhiyong about finding him a job far away, but she didn't expect Li Shunsheng to be so capable and find one himself, so Fang Pingying said no more.
She just smiled and advised, "Hmm, that place is good, just work hard there, and if you don't spend recklessly you can save some money every month."
Li Shunsheng nodded, "Yes, that's what I thought too, the lumber mill provides food and lodging, I really don't need to spend much, if I save it all, I can save three to four hundred dollars a year, which is more than I could make in several years back home."
After saying this, Li Shunsheng gave Luo Honglan a glance, and chuckled hehe.
Luo Honglan's face turned red from Li Shunsheng's look, and she lowered her head.
Fang Pingying glanced at them, moved herself closer to Luo Honglan, effectively blocking Li Shunsheng's view of Luo Honglan, and then she said to Li Shunsheng, "Alright then, just work diligently there."
Looking at the lunch boxes in his hands, Fang Pingying smiled again, "Aren't you going to work? Why bother bringing us food from so far away."
Li Shunsheng smiled sheepishly at Fang Pingying, "I just thought it's mostly thanks to your care along the way, I originally wanted to invite you all out for a meal, but I didn't have much money, so I bought some food outside to bring here, please don't disdain it."
"We don't disdain it. Don't buy anymore in the future." Hearing him say this, Fang Pingying felt it was fine, and she took the food. "Go back to the factory and work."
"Ah, I'm heading back now." Although Li Shunsheng responded like this, he didn't move.
Then he shifted a little, glanced at Luo Honglan again, seemingly thinking of a way to get closer to Luo Honglan, "But sister-in-law, I wanted to ask, where can I buy daily necessities nearby? I need to buy some things."
Indeed, what Li Shunsheng meant was that he wanted Luo Honglan to accompany him on a walk.
But Fang Pingying didn't let him, and directly said, "I'll take you there, it's not far ahead."
Fang Pingying took him to a shop ahead and bought some things, then sent him back.
Li Shunsheng probably also knew that Fang Pingying didn't like him being together with Luo Honglan, and didn't say much. After greeting Fang Pingying and the others, he went back to the lumber mill. Lo+ve th%i@s story+?& S$h!ow. s#u$pp$o#rt^ at M+V2LE@M$PY%R.
Fang Pingying thought that they had almost finished eating the lunch boxes bought by Li Shunsheng at noon, and worried that it might get cold later, she called Luo Honglan and Yu'er back home to eat first, planning to go out to buy more things later.
During the meal, Yu'er hesitated for a moment and smiled asking Fang Pingying, "Sister-in-law, you don't like Li Shunsheng?"
Fang Pingying picked some vegetables for her with chopsticks, raising her eyebrows asking, "What's up?"
Yu'er scratched her head and voiced her inner question, "I see you don't seem to like Sister Hong Lan being with him, and you intentionally separate the two of them."
Fang Pingying didn't respond to Yu'er, but turned to Luo Honglan and asked, "Hong Lan, what do you think of Li Shunsheng?"
"Just looking at him, he seems not bad." Luo Honglan didn't have a chance to speak, but Yu'er quickly replied, "He's tall and strong, honest, and works hard. Just look, we only arrived yesterday, and he's already found work today and even thinks about saving money. This type of guy is quite good."
Yu'er's words weren't wrong, and Fang Pingying thought so too if it weren't for Li Shunsheng doing heavy work this time.
But still persistently asking Luo Honglan, "Hong Lan, what do you think yourself?"
Luo Honglan blushed before replying, "I think he's alright."
Actually, she had the same doubt as Yu'er in her heart; she knew Fang Pingying was not picky about people, but couldn't figure out why Fang Pingying seemed especially critical towards Li Shunsheng.
"I don't think he's alright." Fang Pingying understood the thoughts in Luo Honglan's heart; a teenage girl experiencing feelings for the first time, naturally it was easy to get carried away, especially since Li Shunsheng indeed looked not bad, not just in the countryside, but even if he dressed up properly in the city, he wouldn't look bad.
But this matter, she couldn't explain clearly, just saying, "Some people, you know their faces but not their hearts. You think he is good now, but after marrying him it may not be good."
Luo Honglan didn't make a sound, but nodded slightly, as she was originally obedient.
But Yu'er was more outspoken, and she had her own opinion, "Sister-in-law, though what you say is right, we can't be sure he won't be good in the future, when we look for someone, nobody can know what they will turn out to be."
"Yu'er isn't wrong either." Fang Pingying simply stopped explaining, and just directly warned Luo Honglan, "But Hong Lan, this man Li Shunsheng, let me tell you, he really will be bad in the future, I can assure that if you marry him, you will definitely not have any good days."
"Sister-in-law…" Yu'er still wanted to argue but was stopped by Luo Honglan.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this, I didn't say I would marry him." Luo Honglan looked at Fang Pingying, bit her lip and nodded, "I know sister-in-law is thinking of my best."
Seeing Luo Honglan like this, Fang Pingying guessed that in her heart she might actually think the same as Yu'er, feeling that her own self was being somewhat tyrannical, but for Luo Honglan's future benefit, she had no choice but to explain very feebly, "Hong Lan, sister-in-law isn't trying to interfere with your marriage, but for Li Shunsheng, you should avoid mixing with him, we'll let your brother find someone else for you later."
Luo Honglan didn't respond, just smiled at Fang Pingying and Yu'er, "Let's not talk about these anymore, let's eat." (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to cast a recommendation vote or a monthly ticket, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)