"Would you like to eat rice noodles together after school?"
"Go, I also want to eat their barbecue. The grilled chicken feet cooked by my brother are super delicious. Let's go and get a seat."
"You run fast, go and hold a seat for us when the time comes."
"no problem."
…
Before school is over, the students are already whispering among themselves about a late-night snack.
The barbecue stall at the door is really delicious. Every Sunday, when they get their living expenses, the first thing they do is buy a bowl of rice noodles and add a few skewers of barbecue.
If you still have money left over, go have another meal on Monday or Tuesday to satisfy your cravings.
That stall has fair prices, good service, and meticulous packaging. It is not only the new favorite of students in No. 3 Middle School, but also teachers and nearby residents. I heard that people from another district now come to eat their barbecue. .
As soon as school was over, many students had already rushed out and ran towards the school gate. There were only six tables next to the small stall. By the time they rushed over, the tables would have been occupied by adults.
"Your table is gone again." The student who didn't grab a table looked at Ji Huai who was cooking rice noodles with a disappointed look on his face, "Can we set the table now?"
"You can't occupy the aisles during school hours. What if they report me and don't let me set up a stall?" Ji Huai was also helpless. He was a good citizen who abided by the rules.
A girl said while choosing skewers: "We came here to have barbecue, so we didn't even listen to the late classes. Your barbecue and rice noodles are too fragrant."
As soon as she finished speaking, another student echoed: "Yes, we all call you the Barbeque Prince now."
Ji Huai usually wears a mask and a hat, but he takes them off when he is not working. Many people have seen his true face. He is tall, handsome, and a spirited young man.
When Cheng Yunyu heard this title, he also looked sideways.
"Little Prince of Barbecue? Who named me?" Ji Huai raised his eyebrows, poured the cooked rice noodles into the packing box, placed it in front of them, and said seriously, "You should study hard and don't think about other things all day long. For example, if you give others nicknames, if you don't read well, you will have to set up a stall selling rice noodles and barbecue like me."
"Do you make money selling rice noodles and barbecue?" The girl asked her soul. She was actually very curious. If the business is so good, it must be very profitable.
Ji Huai answered: "If you buy a few more strings, won't I make more money?"
Answering is equivalent to not answering.
As soon as they left, Cheng Yunyu couldn't help but said: "How do I feel? Do you think it's quite honorable not to study?"
"Really?" Ji Huai denied. Just when she thought she was overthinking, he brought over ten roasted chicken feet and sprinkled chili powder on them and said, "Because I don't study, I can only sell rice." Barbecuing and earning some hard money, you can only earn five or six hundred yuan a night, don't you think?"
"You deserve a beating for your words." Cheng Yunyu laughed out loud.
The previous manager of the food stall only had 4,500 yuan a month, and he still had to bring in some customers. He had to go around the place and drink with the customers at night.
"Is this a fact? Don't let me tell you?" He laughed himself, put the roasted chicken feet aside and continued to cook rice noodles. "It's difficult to make a living. If only I had studied..."
"After you read the book, you will definitely..."
He snatched the words: "Then I definitely won't set up a stall here, but I can't study. Forget it, let's just set up a stall properly. After all, I can make a decent profit."
Cheng Yunyu: "..."
It's over, his income has risen too fast recently, and he's talking arrogantly.
They came back early today because the items were sold out quickly. The two returned home and packed up. Cheng Yunyu sat on the sofa and poured the money out of the bucket.
Although I made a lot of money in the past, the money bucket was usually not full. Now, not only can it be filled, but I have to press it down with my hands, and I have to use my hands to pour it out.
Today is Sunday, business is good, I should make more than usual.
Ji Huai came out of the shower and saw that she was still counting money. He walked over and sat on the bed, wiping his hair and raising the corners of his mouth: "Do you know what you look like now?"
Cheng Yunyu continued to count the money without raising his head: "What does it look like?"
He said: "Little money lover."
She was not annoyed at all by this title. She arranged the stacks of money in her hand and said with a crooked eyebrow, "How much do you think we made today?"
Ji Huai: "One thousand yuan?"
"Oh." Her cheerful expression faded and she pursed her lips, "You guessed it right away. It's not fun."
"Wash up quickly and go to bed." He urged her.
Cheng Yunyu was very obedient, locked the money in the cabinet, took the pajamas from the bed, and when he was leaving the door, he turned back and looked at Ji Huai: "Don't sleep, wait for me."
The bathroom of the small bungalow was outside, and it was late at night. If he fell asleep, she would be a little scared to be alone.
"I just asked you to go wash with me, but you have to count the money." Ji Huai leaned on the bedside, and when she wrinkled her face, he nodded lightly and promised, "I'll wait for you, go quickly."
"Don't sleep! I'll be back soon." She repeatedly warned.
There were no houses around the small bungalow, and there were many trees behind it. Insects were screaming everywhere, which was very obvious at night, and she was very flustered.
"Do you want me to take you there?" He sat up.
"No, I turned on all the lights." She said, hugging her pajamas and walking out. The sound of the door closing quickly came from the other end of the bathroom.
Ji Huai really didn't sleep. He put his hands behind his head and looked at the white ceiling in deep thought, constantly making plans.
Setting up a stall is not a long-term solution, they need to get their reputation out there. Barbecue and rice noodles are already on sale, so what other snacks can take care of both and still make money at the same time
Stalls will soon be banned in urban areas, which will affect the appearance of the city. They have to save money to open a store. Opening a store now is not cheap. The rent is a lot of money, and the rent will skyrocket in the future. Such profits are impossible. To maintain, it is best to make money quickly and buy your own shop.
As he was thinking about it, the sound of trotting footsteps came from outside again, and he raised his voice: "Slow down, don't fall."
Cheng Yunyu ran into the room and quickly turned off all the lights outside. She closed and locked the door, then walked to the bed, got into the bed, got under the quilt, and quickly hugged him.
Ji Huai lowered his eyes and looked at her. He held her hand hard, and she lay on top of him. Her soft hair touched him, and her body was filled with bath fragrance. He lowered his head to kiss her and gently held her in his mouth. The soft lips were licking one after another.
"Wait a minute." Cheng Yunyu thought of something, "Bring me the phone. I just saw a missed call. Let me see who it is."
The evening was so busy that she was so busy that she forgot about it.
Ji Huai stretched out his long hand, took her mobile phone over, hugged her and turned over again. Cheng Yunyu was looking at the mobile phone. He buried his head in her neck and continued to kiss her.
"It's so itchy." She just finished speaking with a smile. When she saw that it was Cheng's mother who called her twice, her expression immediately calmed down and her eyebrows furrowed tightly, "My mother called me. , will something happen?"
Cheng's father was in poor health, and she felt flustered every time she received a call from home.
Hearing this, the person on top of him also stopped, looked at his phone a few times, and then clicked: "The two calls were not long apart. There should be nothing wrong, otherwise I would have continued to call you."
Cheng Yunyu's face softened again: "My mother thinks the phone bill is expensive, so she won't call me if nothing happens. I don't know what happened this time."
Ji Huai: "It's too late now. I'll find out when I get up tomorrow and call back."
She hugged him with worry in her eyes: "I'm afraid my dad is in bad health again. He has been taking medicine these years. If something happens to him..."
"Didn't you recover well before? Don't scare yourself." Ji Huai didn't continue. He slept next to her and hugged her back. "The call was made after eight o'clock. It was a normal call."
Seeing him say this, Cheng Yunyu seemed to have some backbone: "I'll call back tomorrow and ask. Maybe I'm overthinking."
Ji Huai: "Yeah."
She hugged him and nuzzled in his arms for a long time, thinking wildly in her mind, and didn't fall asleep until late at night.
The next day.
As soon as the sky turned white, Cheng Yunyu woke up. She was still thinking about what happened last night. She picked up her mobile phone and called Cheng's mother back. The other party woke up early but didn't answer.
She called twice, but no one answered.
"What's going on?" She lost her sleepiness and sat up directly. Ji Huai rubbed his eyes and sat up with her.
After the two sold barbecue, they came back late and usually didn't get up until noon. Although he was very sleepy, he didn't sleep too much. He squinted at her and said, "One more call, maybe I won't wait."
"I'm so worried." Cheng Yunyu called again. This time Cheng's mother answered the call and explained, "Mom went to feed the chickens. Why did you get up so early today?"
Cheng Yunyu felt relieved after hearing what the other party said. There should be nothing wrong at home. She closed her eyes and leaned against Ji Huai. He hugged her and lay down again. He pulled the quilt again, wrapped his hand around her and took her into his arms.
"I didn't receive a call last night, so I'll get back to you early today." Cheng Yunyu continued.
"It's nothing. Mom wants to ask you, when can you take a vacation? At that time, I want you to take us to the hospital for a review of your dad. I think he has good results after taking those herbal medicines, and he has been taking them for so long. The doctor will check to see how the situation is. If it's good, you can continue taking the medicine and prescribe some more medicine. The medicine at home is almost gone." Cheng's mother said over there.
Cheng Yunyu knew that it was probably Cheng's father's business. She turned around in Ji Huai's arms, opened her eyes and looked at him, asking with her eyes.
She no longer works at the food stall, so she naturally has to discuss it with him.
He lowered his voice: "Any time you want."
"Tomorrow?" She moved her lips.
Ji Huai nodded.
Cheng Yunyu said to the phone: "Mom, I will go back tomorrow and I will take you to the hospital then."
Cheng's mother: "I have to finish the work at home today."
After hanging up the phone, Cheng Yunyu breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately it's just a re-examination. If you want to go for an examination and prescribe some medicine, you have to register in advance, otherwise you have to queue up." After she finished speaking, she added, "Can you be busy enough? It's a lot. Selling point?”
"Are you going alone?" Ji Huai's sleepiness was mostly gone.
Cheng Yunyu looked at his unpleasant tone and was stunned for a moment, then said: "Do you want to go with me?"
Ji Huai: "What else?"
"That won't work." She didn't even think about objecting. Seeing that his face looked ugly again, she hugged him and said, "If my parents knew that I was in love, they would beat me to death. This is called puppy love! They will beat you to death, too. Break your legs!"
"You call this puppy love?" A row of black lines appeared above his head.
"Even before I was twenty, when I was in school, I couldn't talk too much to boys, otherwise my mother would be very angry." Cheng Yunyu said truthfully.
Cheng's mother and Cheng's father were both honest and stubborn people. The girls in the village got married when they were fifteen or sixteen years old. Some of them were cheated out of them with just one dinner, so they kept a close eye on them.
However, it seemed to have the opposite effect. The more suppressed she was, the more she rebounded.
"You can't fall in love before you are twenty, and you have to get married quickly if you are over twenty, otherwise you will be an old girl, right?" Ji Huai really didn't understand this fallacy.
Strict control and carelessness when asking Cheng Yunyu to get married were indeed common faults of many traditional parents.
Cheng Yunyu was also helpless and a little scared: "I don't dare to take you back. In our place, you will get married if you take you back, otherwise people will gossip about you."
But they are not of marriage age yet.
"I'm not forcing you. The hospitals in the city are no better than those in the provincial capital. If you want to get checked, then go to the provincial capital. It's not far away." Ji Huai didn't bother with this topic anymore. "How much money will it cost in these two days?" Don’t take it for storage, just check it carefully and don’t worry.”
"The provincial capital?" She hesitated because Cheng's father and Cheng's mother had never been to the city even a few times, let alone the provincial capital. It was her first time going to the provincial capital after she had graduated from a vocational high school. But she had little money at the time, didn't do much shopping, and didn't know the way.
"I'll go with you." After he finished speaking, he added, "Don't worry, we pretend we don't know each other. I'm also afraid that your father will break my legs. I'm worried that you can't take them with you. I'm afraid you, a road idiot, will get lost."
When Cheng Yunyu heard this, his eyes became hot, "Why are you so good?"