To make up for the debt owed to Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

While waiting for the dishes to arrive, Gu Youlian was dumbfounded when she saw the first salad. "This, is this served raw? Isn't this restaurant ripping us off? They didn't even cook it properly for us?"

"That's how you eat it, you try it." Dugen was also shocked, but he forced himself to act knowledgeable, tasted it, and found that it tasted alright.

Gu Youlian reluctantly took two bites; it was just vegetable leaves, so she couldn't really say whether it tasted good or bad.

When the steak arrived, Gu Youlian was devastated: How am I supposed to eat this? With chopsticks? Or with my hands?

Then, seeing Lin Qingping cut into the meat with a knife, blood flowed out, and she immediately refused to eat it no matter what. "Eat raw meat? No way! Are these foreigners uncivilized? Why do they all eat raw food! Bottle, don't blame me for being ungrateful, I know this meal must be very expensive, but I..."

Gu Youlian felt a little embarrassed.

"It's okay! If you don't like it, you don't like it, waiter!" Lin Qingping called over the waiter and asked him to cook the steak well-done.

The waiter clearly showed his disdain, "Who eats steak well-done? How tacky!"

Gu Youlian and Du Gen blushed instantly.

People nearby also looked over, pointing and whispering, as if they were laughing at them.

"Never mind, bottle," Gu Youlian said, blushing.

"No, I want it well-done! How I eat it is my business. Do what you can, or don't." Lin Qingping worked in the catering industry in her previous life, so she certainly didn't like customers who caused trouble for no reason. However, employees should meet the normal demands of customers. If an employee doesn't respect customers, then that employee is also unqualified.

"What is it?" The boss arrived.

Lin Qingping looked at the fat old man she used to call "Uncle" and politely made her request. Upon hearing this, the boss immediately removed the plate and processed it, and apologized to them.

“If you don’t like it, just say so. It’s no big deal.” Lin Qingping sat up straight and noticed the people around her talking. “Whatever others say, just remember one thing: It’s none of their business.”

Gu Youlian burst out laughing.

"I'm just... afraid of being laughed at for being a country bumpkin," Gu Youlian said shyly.

"What's wrong with country folk? Country folk earn their living honestly through their own labor, and that's something to be proud of!" Lin Qingping said.

"Well said," someone said from behind.

Lin Qingping turned around and saw that the boss himself was bringing over a well-done steak.

"Is there anything else you need?" the owner asked, putting down his steak.

"Give me a plate of chili powder!" Lin Qingping knew that Du Gen was not from this province, but his ancestral home was in another province. He liked spicy food, and Gu Youlian had also changed her taste because of him.

Dugan was a little embarrassed, but the owner didn't look down on him at all. He immediately brought over a pot of chili sauce and said, "I'm sorry, the kitchen doesn't have chili powder, only chili sauce. Is that alright?"

"Okay, okay!" Gu Youlian immediately tried to smooth things over.

Lin Qingping decided to stop while she was ahead.

Gu Youlian enjoyed the roast pigeon and desserts that were served later.

To express their apology, the store gave them a complimentary ice cream, which Gu Youlian ate with great relish. She even wanted to take one home for Xiaomai, but Lin Qingping laughed, "That won't do, it'll melt if you take it home."

When it came time to pay the bill after the meal, Gu Youlian stuck out her tongue again. Goodness, it cost so much!

"How many kilograms of meat can this buy?" Gu Youlian whispered to Lin Qingping.

"We're just here to broaden our horizons, not to eat like this every day, it's nothing," Lin Qingping said. "Come on, let's go shopping at the department store!"

Lin Qingping packed two desserts with a shelf life of two or three days to take home for her two children. As she was leaving the restaurant, a young man, not yet 20 years old, rushed in and almost knocked the desserts out of Lin Qingping's hands.

"I'm sorry!" the young man apologized hastily, then shouted inside, "Dad! Are you going to give it to me or not?!"

Seeing his old friend like this, Lin Qingping chuckled to himself and shook his head: He really is still a rebellious teenager!

"Let's go." Lin Qingping led Gu Youlian and Du Gen towards the mall.

Gu Youlian enjoyed shopping, but once inside, surrounded by a dazzling array of goods, she didn't know what to buy.

Lin Qingping stopped in front of the cosmetics counter to buy face cream!

I bought some for myself and my second sister.

They also picked out a set for Gu Youlian.

"I have this too?" Gu Youlian said embarrassedly, "I never use it."

"Try it out first!" Lin Qingping said.

In the countryside, people like Gu Youlian, Ermei, and even herself when they were at her parents' home all had to work in the fields. In the summer, their skin would often get sunburned and peel, and getting tanned was a minor issue.

Gu Youlian didn't refuse again, but secretly gave Du Gen a look.

Du Gen understood and walked away, so when Lin Qingping went to pay the bill, the waiter told her that it had already been paid.

"You're still treating me like this!" Lin Qingping hadn't even thought about the expenses of traveling, but Gu Youlian and her husband's actions still warmed her heart. They were completely different from her younger brother and nephew in her previous life, who only knew how to take.

Gu Youlian smiled sheepishly, "Whose money isn't hard-earned? How can I just take advantage of anyone? I'm the older sister, after all!"

Lin Qingping felt even better and returned to the inn with a large bag of spoils.

After spending another day shopping in the provincial capital, on the third day, Director Hu arrived with a letter of introduction from the factory and the official seal. He successfully signed a contract with Meisheng and then signed a temporary designer contract with Lin Qingping.

"Xiao Lin, we're about to enter the 80s, everything is thriving, so go ahead and do your work with confidence! I'll take care of the rest." This time, Director Hu not only witnessed the booming sales of Lin Qingping's clothing in Meisheng and other shopping malls in the provincial capital, but also saw Lin Qingping's keen insight and talent in clothing design. Having worked in the clothing industry all his life, he greatly admires young people like Lin Qingping.

Lin Qingping then suggested that with such a large workload and such a short timeframe, she couldn't handle it all by herself, and hoped that the factory could also hire Gu Youlian and her husband as temporary workers, paying them only temporary wages.

Factory Director Hu agreed without hesitation.

Lin Qingping thought that Gu Youlian and her husband would receive wages from the factory, learn new skills, and have their profits distributed from her. However, she didn't say that she had suffered too much because she had been so kind to people in her past life. In this life, she would be more careful and observe them for a longer period of time.

After everything was settled, Lin Qingping headed home.

The garment factory will first produce 1000 pieces of the old style. They have design drafts and ready-made sample garments. Lin Qingping doesn't need to rush to the factory. She plans to go home first and then check the first batch of clothes the next day.

But to his surprise, Dugen was impatient and very worried about the factory. "I'll go now and go with the factory manager. I want to keep an eye on the factory's operations. I'm afraid they won't do it right because they don't have experience the first time."

Lin Qingping thought about it and decided that it was fine, so Du Gen would go first, since she had originally wanted to train him anyway.

So only Lin Qingping and Gu Youlian went home, and this time when Lin Qingping returned home, she did not expect to meet a benefactor.