The next day, Chen Xu told Secretary Guo in advance that he got off work at normal time.
Back home, Chen Ziqi was holding a tablet computer and watching TV, complaining, "Your home internet speed is too slow, it's an old card for watching videos."
Chen Xu put down his briefcase and was quite satisfied when he saw that the room was tidy, so he asked casually, "What do you want for dinner?"
"I want to eat buckwheat."
Chen Xu walked to the kitchen, put on an apron, and said, "Then let's order some noodles."
"Then you ask." Chen Ziqi rolled his eyes.
After a while, Chen Xu came out with two bowls of noodles.
Chen Ziqi looked at this bowl of noodles with little water in the clear soup, and stared at him with wide eyes, "Chen Xu, you are too picky. Isn't this just boiled noodles in plain water? Why don't you treat me to this?"
"Do you want to eat?"
"Humph."
Chen Ziqi wrinkled his nose at him, picked up the chopsticks, and muttered, "It's the truth, so don't let people tell it. I must go out and buy some snacks tomorrow."
After all, she picked up the noodles with chopsticks and took a bite.
Ok
He took another bite and ate it.
Ok.
With three strokes and two strokes, he quickly ate up a bowl of noodles.
She drank the last sip of soup, saw Chen Xu staring at her, and said, "What are you looking at, I'm just hungry, why did you come back so late."
Chen Xu pointed to the two empty bowls, and then to the kitchen.
"Can't you let me take a break?" Chen Ziqi's shoulders slumped and his mouth pursed.
"hurry up."
"You will lose this baby in this way."
Chen Xu couldn't bear it anymore, and tapped her on the forehead, "You're the one who talks a lot, hurry up."
"Don't hit me on the head." Chen Ziqi was furious.
At this time, the mobile phone on the table rang, Chen Xu went to pick it up, turned to her and said, "I have something to go out for a while, I'll be back in a while, don't go out."
With that said, he left in a hurry.
He went downstairs and walked to the side of the road. A black Audi stopped in front of him with the windows down. It was the third uncle.
"Third uncle, Ziqi is upstairs, let me take you up."
The third uncle looked a little tired, and said, "Thanks to you this time."
Chen Xu didn't make too much politeness. After he parked the car, he took him upstairs, opened the door, and said to Chen Ziqi who was washing dishes in the kitchen, "Your dad is here, you two have a good chat."
After speaking, he closed the door and left.
This is a family matter between their father and daughter, and he doesn't want to get involved. Taking advantage of this time, I went to the owner of the night snack stall and signed the contract.
The boss and his wife were already waiting there, showing him the draft contract.
The contract is very simple, with only a few clauses, and the amount involved is not much, so it can't be called very formal, and it is still handwritten.
Chen Xu took a look and thought there was no problem, so he handed over 20,000 yuan to them and signed the contract.
The boss took the money, wrote him a receipt, and the key. Said that they had already bought the tickets for tomorrow morning, and they had to go back to pack their things, and left.
Chen Xu watched them leave, then turned his head to look at this small shop, a little smug, for the next three months, this shop will belong to him.
Of course, he didn't expect how much money he could earn in these three months. The main purpose was to accumulate some experience.
Three months later, the Chinese New Year just passed. At that time, he will be able to participate in the darts competition, and that is his chance to reap his first pot of gold.
He has already planned all these.
This shop is very small, only about 30 square meters, and it is built between two houses. Strictly speaking, it should be regarded as an illegal building, but the age seems to be relatively old, so it is difficult to tell.
Chen Xu rolled up his sleeves and began to clean. First, he moved all the barbecue tools to one side, as he didn't need them.
In the middle of cleaning, the third uncle called and said that he had to leave beforehand, and Ziqi would stay here and let him take care of it for a few days.
He didn't say it clearly, and Chen Xu also knew that the conversation must have collapsed. So I closed the door of the store and returned to the rented house.
Chen Ziqi looked like a normal person, holding the tablet and watching TV.
He walked over and asked, "How was the talk?"
"It's not good." She said without raising her head, "Anyway, if he doesn't break up with that woman, I won't go back."
Chen Xu also didn't want to inquire about the matter between their father and daughter. Seeing that she was in a stable mood and had nothing to do, he went to take a bath. Then, as usual, he said a few words and left. Leave her here alone for the night.
This time, he didn't go to the company. When he was cleaning the shop just now, he discovered that there is an attic above, which can be accessed by a step ladder, and there is a folding bed inside, which can sleep people.
He went to a nearby supermarket, bought the cheapest quilt and pillows, and slept in the attic of the shop overnight.
...
After a night, the next day is the weekend.
Chen Xu got up early in the morning, went to the nearest market, and started a big purchase.
After paying the deposit, he only had more than five hundred yuan left on hand. However, he still has a quota of 2,000 in Huabei, which is enough to buy ingredients.
At noon, he pulled Chen Ziqi over to help.
"Hey, I never promised you to do this." Chen Ziqi arrived at the store, looking at the greasy stove, refrigerator, and walls, her scalp was a little numb, and she refused.
"I'll cook for you, and I haven't counted the food expenses with you yet."
Chen Ziqi argued, "At the beginning, you said that you cook and I wash the dishes, and you didn't say that you need to pay for food. It's too immoral to increase the price afterwards."
"Then you can only eat takeaway in the future."
"Don't." Her face collapsed immediately, "Takeaway is so unhealthy."
"Do you want to do it?"
Chen Ziqi put on rubber gloves reluctantly, and said angrily, "You are using child labor, which is illegal, you know."
The two of them worked for nearly an afternoon, and finally cleaned the whole shop, inside and out.
Chen Xu finally praised her and said, "Good performance, I will add chicken legs to you tonight."
Chen Ziqi flicked the glove into the basin, "A chicken leg wants to get rid of me?"
"At most one more sausage."
"I've seen someone who picks, but I've never seen someone who picks like this." Chen Ziqi slumped on a chair and worked all afternoon. She was also so tired that she didn't want to move.
In the next few hours, she watched Chen Xu busy in front of the stove, constantly adding various ingredients to a large pot of boiling water.
"Are you still okay?" She sat there, her phone was out of battery, and seeing that he was still busy there, she couldn't help asking, "My stomach is almost starving."
"immediately."
Chen Xu scooped up a little bit with a spoon, took a bite, and nodded with satisfaction. The pot of soup was finally ready.
In the recipe given to him in 2003, the cooking time is not pursued, but the freshness is more important. This time, the amount of cooking is relatively large, so it takes a little longer.
He asked, "What would you like to eat?"
Without thinking about it, Chen Ziqi said, "Noodles."
"Okay." Chen Xu ordered a bowl of noodles for her, and after bringing it to her, he took out a piece of red paper, wrote on it with a big-tip pen, and pasted it on the door.
Although it is only three months, it still needs a sense of ritual.