country bumpkin

Chapter 399 Getting to Know Lin Zeyu

A month passed quickly, and the weather gradually warmed up.

Yunya has worked at Zhang Yimei's shop for a month and it's time for her to get paid. Yunya didn't discuss her salary with Zhang Yimei beforehand, so now she has no choice but to accept it passively.

Because it was a newly opened store, it was bustling for several days, and there were also attractive promotions, so business was pretty good.

Zhang Yimei paid Yunya a salary of 1000 yuan, which was about the same as her previous salary at the bookstore.

Yunya thought that since she had changed jobs, she should naturally hope for a higher salary. But her current salary is about the same as before, so what was the point of changing jobs?

However, she and Zhang Yimei were just ordinary friends, so she felt embarrassed to haggle and could only make do with the price.

As a result, business plummeted in the second month. The promotion ended, and it became impossible to make money solely through retail.

That day, Yunya went to eat chicken rice noodles across from the old bookstore. When she came out after finishing her meal, Sister Li saw her.

Sister Li called her over, and Yunya came over and talked to Sister Li for a while. Sister Li asked Yunya, "How's business these days?"

Yunya said it wasn't good, not busy at all. Sister Li smiled contemptuously and said, "Doing business isn't that easy. Zhang Yimei doesn't have any connections and can't possibly sell many books just by selling retail."

Established businesses like ours have orders from schools. Everyone who's been in business for years knows at least a few principals or department heads.

Yunya suddenly realized why she had seen Sister Li busy delivering books to the school every day; it turned out she was delivering samples.

These established shops all have connections with schools. Every time a new semester starts or exams are approaching, the school distributes test papers or study materials, all of which are purchased by the school.

Isn't this what business people like Sister Li and her ilk deliver?

Sister Li asked a few more questions and then said goodbye to Yunya, telling her to go back to the new shop after her meal.

After returning, Yunya told Zhang Meiyi about Sister Li calling her over to talk.

Yunya also explained why Sister Li's business was so good. Zhang Yimei curled her lip, feeling that Sister Li was deliberately trying to embarrass her; weren't competitors supposed to be enemies?

Yun Ya listened quietly to Zhang Yimei's complaints without saying a word. Actually, she didn't agree with Zhang Yimei's statement. Sister Li didn't mean to laugh at her; she was just reminding her to rely on connections and relationships.

Now that Zhang Yimei is her boss, she can't say whatever she wants like before. She absolutely cannot say anything that is detrimental to her boss.

Zhang Yimei muttered to herself for a while before stopping. Then she started taking stock of the inventory and the first month's sales. Although she had already done the stocktaking, she had nothing else to do now.

Yunya still sells breakfast every morning and then goes to work, repeating the same routine day after day.

Soon it was time for the second month's payday, and business was noticeably slower.

Zhang Meiyi reduced Yunya's salary to 800 yuan. Yunya was a little unhappy, as her salary would only decrease at this rate, but she was too embarrassed to quit, so she could only put it off for now.

That day, a boy came into the store; he was a student from a top-tier high school. The boy bought a math workbook, and Yunya gave him a 8% discount according to the store's rules. The boy was very happy and thanked her repeatedly.

Yunya didn't take this to heart, since every customer who came to buy books received the same discount.

Life went on until the May Day holiday, when Yunya took two days off to visit her maternal grandmother in Kongjia Village.

The weather was already quite hot during the May Day holiday. Yunya wore a sleeveless white T-shirt with colorful decorative ribbons hanging down from both shoulders.

The front features a blue cartoon rabbit head, and the outer layer is a thin white casual jacket.

She wore slim-fit light blue jeans, low-cut white cotton socks, with her ankles exposed, and a pair of white sneakers.

She carried a black travel bag on her back, which contained a gift for her grandmother and her sunscreen.

Her long, jet-black hair cascaded over her shoulders, and her large eyes were bright and expressive. Yunya had even bought a bottle of whitening sunscreen, which made her skin look noticeably whiter after applying it to her face.

This outfit makes Yunya look youthful and beautiful. It's both simple and stylish, yet casual and chic.

Yunya stayed at her maternal grandmother's house for two days, leaving all the food for her grandmother. She also went to the town market and bought her grandmother a new outfit and new shoes.

Before leaving, Yunya left her grandmother 200 yuan. It wasn't a lot, but it was Yunya's token of her affection.

She doesn't have much money to spare; she basically hands over her salary to her family. She usually buys clothes and face cream with her own savings.

When visiting my maternal grandmother's house, I have to buy her gifts and snacks, as well as give her money, all of which come from her savings.

On her way back to the city, Yunya met someone who was both familiar and unfamiliar. It was the boy who had bought the book.

But Yun Ya had already forgotten him, yet he recognized her at a glance.

He greeted Yun Ya with a smile, but Yun Ya was taken aback and had no idea who he was.

He explained that he had bought books from her bookstore before, and she had even given him a discount. Only then did Yunya realize that he was her customer.

The boy told Yunya that his name was Lin Zeyu and that he was 18 years old. He had come home for the May Day holiday.

Yun Ya nodded, looking at the handsome and sunny boy opposite her. Lin Zeyu had a very good impression of Yun Ya, and continued talking non-stop with a bright smile.

The two chatted all the way, and when they got off the bus, Lin Zeyu wrote down his QQ number for Yun Ya, and the two agreed to meet at an internet cafe on the weekend to chat.

Having reached their destination, Lin Zeyu returned to his school dormitory. Yun Ya walked home.

When she got home, Yunya carefully took out the note she had been carrying in her pocket.

Then she wrote down the QQ number in her notebook, thinking that she would definitely bring the notebook with her next time she went online.

Yunya closed her notebook, and the image of that sunny and handsome boy came to mind again. His short, cropped hair, still damp from being washed, stood up straight, giving him a very energetic look.

A white short-sleeved T-shirt, light blue straight-leg jeans, and a black backpack, matching her overall style.

With big, double-lidded eyes and yellow skin, his mouth has distinct lines, resembling a work of art meticulously sculpted by a master sculptor—he's incredibly handsome.

As Yun Ya thought about it, she secretly smiled, and her face quietly turned red. Remembering their promise, a sweet feeling welled up in her heart.

The next day, Yunya went to work with anticipation on her face, hoping to see Lin Zeyu again.

Sure enough, Lin Zeyu came to find her at lunchtime.

Yun Ya was happy to see Lin Zeyu come to find her. But then she was disappointed when she saw his clothes.

Lin Zeyu looks completely different now compared to when I met him in the car.

He wore a faded, misshapen short-sleeved T-shirt on top and a pair of baggy, old gray sandalwood pants that had no shape at all. On his feet were a pair of worn-out slippers.

Yun Ya looked at this outfit and thought it wasn't cool at all; it was even uglier than normal, showing a complete lack of attention to personal image.