"Uh."
Yanqing felt a little regretful, he really felt that Chen Xu opened a noodle restaurant here, which was a bit buried. By the way, I also want to make some investments. Unexpectedly, the other party had this attitude.
Chen Xu glanced at him and said, "Actually, I didn't think about doing this for a long time. After the Chinese New Year, I might have to change careers."
"Isn't it?" Yanqing was taken aback and said, "Don't, if you don't do it, where should we go for supper?"
"That's a real problem."
As Chen Xu said, he didn't stop moving his hands, and made another bowl.
Yanqing waited for a long time, but he didn't wait for the second half of his sentence. When he finished the third bowl, he couldn't help asking, "And then?"
Chen Xu looked at him in surprise, and said, "It's not my problem."
"..."
Yanqing felt a little pricked, and said quietly, "I finally know why your sister went home."
...
Tomorrow is the weekend, and there are more customers. Chen Xu closed the stall earlier than usual. After calculating today's turnover, the total is 895 yuan.
He was flattered in his heart, excluding the cost, the profit was at least 600, and he said that the profit of catering was high, and he was right. It is really a wise choice to learn cooking from 2003.
If we can maintain this passenger flow every day, we can make a net profit of about 30,000 yuan when we go home during the Spring Festival, which can greatly relieve the financial pressure on the family.
Since this week, many regular customers have brought friends over, and the customer base is growing steadily. Especially after Chen Xu allowed customers to buy barbecue from the barbecue stand next to him, more customers came.
He closed the shutter and went back to the rented house.
Early the next morning, he went for morning exercise again.
For the past three days, I have been living in the hotel and went to the gym for a run in the morning.
Half a month of exercise has made great progress in his physical strength, and he can run for 40 minutes at a time at most. Not just jogging, but at a slightly faster pace.
At this time, his progress also slowed down, without the feeling of rapid progress before.
He is not disappointed, this is normal, if he continues to improve endlessly, he will soon become a superman, that would be too magical.
He has already considered that in summer, when the economic conditions are better, he will go swimming every day. It is said that the effect of exercise is better, and it will not hurt his knees.
At seven o'clock, he finished his morning exercise, wiped off his sweat with a towel, and walked towards the rented house.
He habitually came to that alley, the weather was fine today, the thick layer of dark clouds had dispersed, and it was rare to see the sun.
Walking in the alley, the slanting sunlight is blocked by the surrounding tall buildings, only occasionally leaking through the gaps between the tall buildings, shining on the walls of the houses, forming a golden spot of light.
Chen Xu was a little surprised to see the girl squatting in front of the telephone pole. Today is Sunday, and the second year of high school is the first semester of high school. It should not be the time to make up lessons on Sunday.
Today she is not carrying a schoolbag, but a smaller backpack.
As usual, he walked over without disturbing her.
The girl noticed someone passing behind, turned her head, stared at his back for two seconds, took off her earphones, stood up, and trotted after him.
Chen Xu watched her emerge from behind, and stopped in surprise. But seeing her staring at him for a few seconds, he wondered if there was something dirty on his face.
The girl finally looked away, put down the small backpack on her back, unzipped it, and took out a bag, "Give it back to you."
"what?"
He was puzzled at first, then took a look, there was a thin blue coat in the bag, and then he remembered that it was the one he put on her last time.
He has been busy these days, so he forgot about it.
The coat had obviously been washed, it was neatly folded, and there was a thinner bag inside.
"and this."
The girl took out another one yuan note from her pocket.
Seeing her serious face, Chen Xu swallowed the polite words on his lips, took the folded one dollar bill over, and said, "You still remember."
"Thank you."
The girl put her schoolbag behind her back and said, "Let me treat you to dinner."
Chen Xu smiled and said, "No need, it's all trivial."
The girl shook her head and said, "I don't want to owe others." Then, she took out a small wallet from her pocket, unzipped it, pulled out a twenty-dollar card, and said, "I only have so much, I can only ask you It's time for breakfast, is rice roll okay?"
"I really don't need to—" Chen Xu said, seeing the light in her eyes dimming, he lowered his head, carefully folded the money again, and stuffed it back into the wallet, his heart throbbed for a while.
He remembered that when he was in middle school, his parents were away from home, and there was only a small amount of pocket money every month, which would be gone after breakfast. On weekends, I didn't even dare to play basketball with my classmates, because I didn't have the money to buy drinks.
He doesn't want his classmates to underestimate him, prefers to be alone, and doesn't take part in class activities very much.
The girl's flashing eyes just now made him seem to see himself at that time. Shy in the pocket, it took a lot of effort to muster up the courage to show your kindness, but it hurts to be rejected by others.
He said, "One bowl may not be enough. I eat a lot, so I need to eat at least two bowls."
The girl raised her head, her face slightly stunned, and then she showed a smile, "Okay."
...
The breakfast shop is on the side of the road, not far from the elementary school. A breakfast shop like this next to an elementary school is usually very lively, especially before the students go to school.
Today is the weekend, there are fewer people, not a bunch of people around like usual. There were still a few empty tables inside.
Chen Xu went to occupy a table, and the girl went to buy breakfast.
After a while, she came over with three rice rolls, two egg rice rolls, and pork rice rolls, all of which were covered with sauce, almost overflowing the edge of the plate.
"Do you know the owner of this company?" Chen Xu asked curiously.
When Chen Ziqi lived here, he always ate rice rolls in the morning, and he always came here to pack, and the portion was not so much. He also saw the girl say a few words to the boss just now.
"I used to go to elementary school there." The girl pointed to the entrance of the elementary school opposite, "At that time, I ate here every day."
"No wonder."
Chen Xu tore open a pair of chopsticks and started eating.
He was indeed hungry, and soon he ate up the two plates of rice rolls. He took the tissue, wiped his mouth, and saw that she had just eaten half of the plate.
The girl put down her chopsticks and said, "Aren't you full, or would you like another one?"
Chen Xu shook his head, "No, it's just right, eating too much in the morning is not good for the stomach."
The girl didn't insist and continued to eat.
Chen Xuguang sat feeling a little uncomfortable. Fortunately, she didn't wear a school uniform today. Even so, he still felt that the gazes from all around him were a bit weird.
She is still a middle school student.
He said to himself, pretending to observe the decoration of the store, his eyes darting from ceiling to wall.
After a while, the girl also finished eating, took out the tissue she brought with her and wiped her mouth. Seeing that he wasn't looking, she picked up her phone, pointed the camera at him, and secretly took a photo.
Out of the corner of Chen Xu's eyes, he noticed her movements, and suspected that she was taking pictures. After thinking about it, he still didn't reveal it, and said, "After eating, let's go."
The girl picked up the small backpack, stood up, and when she went out, she asked him, "By the way, my name is Cao Ningning."
"Chen Xu."