The couple headed out together toward the place where Second Brother Yun now lived.
"Where are the two of them going?"
"I heard from the eldest daughter-in-law in her family that Yun Laoer was laid off."
"What? Laid off?"
"Wasn’t he working at the state-owned restaurant? How could he have been laid off?"
"Who knows?"
"Even the head chefs at state-owned restaurants can get laid off?"
"I heard that the restaurant business wasn’t doing well."
"Won’t Yun Laoer’s father-in-law demand that he and his wife divorce now?"
"Being laid off, where can he find work? Nowadays, jobs are even harder to find."
"Who knows?"
Father Yun and Mother Yun, with stern faces, hurriedly arrived at their in-laws’ place.
"Mom, Dad, you came?" Second Sister-in-law Yun guessed that if her in-laws knew their son was laid off, they would definitely e.
She hadn’t expected them to arrive so quickly.
"Mother-in-law, Father-in-law, please e inside," Mrs. Zhao, Second Sister-in-law Yun’s mother, hurriedly invited Father Yun and Mother Yun inside as soon as she saw them.
It seemed they were also here to show concern for their son-in-law.
"Where’s Laoer?"
Now that he was laid off, had he gone out to look for work?
But finding a job wasn’t that easy.
"He hasn’t e back yet."
Had he really gone out to look for work?
After exchanging glances, both Father Yun and Mother Yun felt embarrassed that their son, jobless in the city, needed to be supported by his wife.
"Grandpa, Grandma..."
The few children at Yun Er’s home called out to Father Yun and Mother Yun one by one as they saw them.
"Okay."
Laoer was married and had three children to support, but now that he was laid off, how could he maintain them?
His wife had a job and might not mind in the short term, but what about in the long term?
She would definitely have plaints.
And what about their father-in-law? Would he be in the next batch of layoffs?
If that were the case, it would make their family even more strapped.
"I heard Laoer was laid off, is it true?"
Mother Yun said this, looking at Second Sister-in-law Yun, wanting to know if there could be a possibility of divorce.
Laoer was not young anymore, and with three children, remarrying would really not be easy.
Mother Yun had considered the worst scenario on her way there.
Suddenly she felt grateful they could still help out since they both had jobs.
Second Sister-in-law Yun, noticing her in-laws’ tension, knew that this was something she could not hide.
"Yes, he was laid off."
It was really true.
Mother Yun quickly said, "Daughter-in-law, Mom has some money. If you need money, you can take it from us."
No one dared to bring up the topic of divorce.
Fearing that it might give the Second Sister-in-law too much to think about and impact their marital relation.
Initially, when Laoer and the Second Sister-in-law were dating, it was the Second Sister-in-law’s family that had secured him a temporary job, preventing him from being sent to the countryside.
However, she hadn’t anticipated that shortly afterward the eldest daughter-in-law would report her daughter for the same rural assignment.
Seeing her mother-in-law say this, Second Sister-in-law Yun thought of something.
Were they worried that she would bring up divorce?
"Dad, Mom, why have you e?" Yun Er came back from the shop; he had run around a lot today, ordering furniture, also checking out how other restaurants were decorated, and visiting the market. He had already decided that since they would be selling noodles, they had to have some unique offerings,
Noodles with soybean paste, pickled meat noodles, egg noodles, plain noodles, along with some condiments—He checked them all and even visited a reputable noodle shop to taste their cooking.
Planning to utilize the renovation period to try out the noodles from some famous noodle shops in town and finalize his signature dishes.
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