Because there is one more person to help, Chen Xing's work is much easier, and the time for setting up the stall is also shortened a lot. Even after experiencing the discomfort at the beginning, I quickly added some dishes to the stall without affecting the time to return home. Even customers who would not be able to buy food if they came late in the past can now buy food as long as they don't miss the time.
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Boss Joe's restaurant.
The woman leaned behind the counter and looked at the scattered customers in the store, her eyes were full of hostility, and finally she couldn't help but walk out from behind the counter to look at the door. She wants to see if there are fewer people or what's going on. The number of customers here is getting smaller and smaller every day. This month's income has dropped by nearly 40%. If this continues, she may not be able to maintain the restaurant.
Just as Boss Qiao walked to the door and stared at the crowd, trying to find out where the problem was, he suddenly saw a familiar guest in the crowd. It was a young man in his early twenties, with a slightly fat body and well-dressed clothes. He was walking towards the street excitedly, his eyes full of anticipation.
When Boss Qiao passed in front of him, he deliberately yelled at him, "Mr. Fu!"
The man stopped in a hurry, and turned his head to look at the source of the sound in doubt. After seeing Boss Qiao walking towards him with a smile, a simple and honest smile appeared on his face, "Boss Qiao!"
Boss Qiao smiled at him, and said softly: "It's just lunch time, Mr. Fu, won't you come in and have something to eat?"
Hearing this, Mr. Fu's expression froze, and then he said with a somewhat uncomfortable expression: "This, this, I have already eaten, so I won't go in today."
Boss Qiao looked at Mr. Fu's flustered expression, felt that something was wrong, and was about to ask something more, but Mr. Fu hurriedly said like a cat whose tail was trampled on: "Boss Qiao, I I still have something to do, so I’ll leave first, and I’ll definitely come to eat next time I’m free.”
Boss Qiao stared at the back of Mr. Fu running away, slowly frowned, then thought of something, turned back to the store, and told Xiao Er who was yawning at the door: "Go to the end of the street. Take a look, see if Mr. Fu is there."
Xiao Er was a little strange when she heard the words, but seeing her boss's gloomy face, she didn't dare to ask any more questions, and immediately walked towards the direction she designated.
The originally deserted end of the street, because of Chen Xing's small stall, now becomes extraordinarily lively when it's time for dinner.
When the store waiter arrived, he saw a busy and bustling scene, and among the people in the line were not only Mr. Fu, whom the boss ordered to keep an eye on, but also several former regular customers of their store.
Seeing this, Xiao Er's heart skipped a beat. He felt that if he told the news to his boss, his boss would definitely get mad on the spot.
Xiaoer looked there worriedly for a while, then left quietly. On the way back, he was still worried about how to tell the boss so that she would not let her anger him.
Chen Xing didn't know that he was being watched again. He was collecting money while telling Qiu Jiuxin what dishes the guests wanted.
The two had been working together for several days, and they already had a certain tacit understanding at this time, so they cooperated with each other very quickly. In less than a while, it was the turn of Mr. Fu who hurried over just now.
Mr. Fu first took a look into the wooden barrel where the vegetables were placed, and he was relieved when he saw that he still had his portion. Then he took out the money he had prepared in advance from his pocket, and handed it directly to Chen Xing, " Boss, I want a bean curd rice and a mapo tofu. By the way, I want to add meat to the chili."
"That's great." Chen Xing quickly took his money, took a tray, and put a dipping water on him first.
Mr. Fu looked at Qiu Jiu helping him with vegetables, and complained to Chen Xing: "Little boss, you have one more person to help now, why can't you make more things? I'm late in school, so I can't eat your food."
Hearing this, Chen Xing felt a little funny, and politely explained to him: "I'm sorry, but we really can't increase the amount of dishes now, we can only see if we can do it in the future. If our family can rent a shop in the future , I will definitely extend the business hours.”
Mr. Fu was a little dissatisfied, but he couldn't say anything. He could only mutter: "Then you have to hurry up! I also want to have dinner with you in the future. You only cook this meal every day. It’s so embarrassing.”
Chen Xing smiled, he really didn't know how to answer such words.
At this moment, Mr. Fu put a folding fan on his shoulder, and then a young man with the appearance of a scholar appeared and said to Mr. Fu, "Brother Fu, don't make things difficult for the little boss. You didn't miss this meal. , even if you only eat this one meal a day, it won't hurt you!"
Mr. Fu turned his head to look at the person who came, saw that he was someone he knew, curled his lips in displeasure, and said in dissatisfaction: "What do you know, the food made by the little boss is so delicious, I want to eat it every day."
After Mr. Fu finished speaking, he didn't continue to argue with him, but angrily took his own plate to find a place to eat.
Behind Mr. Fu was a young man. After Mr. Fu left, he stood in front of Chen Xing and said to Chen Xing, "Please, little boss, I want a bean curd rice today, and the chili is still a little less."
"That's great!" Chen Xing nimbly followed his instructions and gave him a bowl of dipping water with less chili.
While Chen Xing was cooking, the young man's eyes first fell on Chen Xing's face that was a little red from working, and then on Qiu Jiu who was cooking next to him, his eyes flickered, and he asked with some doubts: "Who is this?"
Hearing the sound, Chen Xing just wanted to tell him that this was his brother, but Qiu Jiu spoke up first, "My son is Chen Xing's husband, and I am his servant."
The young man was obviously stunned for a moment, then looked at Chen Xing who was a little embarrassed, and said in a tone of disbelief, "The little boss is already married?"
Chen Xing didn't know how to answer. Logically speaking, he was married, so he could only nodded awkwardly, "Yes, it's just me. My husband is in poor health and doesn't come out often, so I don't carry."
A bit of disappointment appeared on the young man's face. After receiving the tofu curd rice handed over by Chen Xing, he found a place to sit down and eat.
Qiu Jiu looked at the disappointed young man, and then at Chen Xing who was enthusiastically helping the next customer. He thought secretly in his heart, it's a good thing his young master let him come, otherwise when they couldn't see, how many people like this would still be spying on Chen Xing.
But soon, Qiu Jiu began to struggle again, whether to tell the young master about this situation. Forget it, let's talk about it when we go back!
The two of them worked together for an hour and sold out all the food. When the two of them finished cleaning up and were about to go back to the mansion for lunch, Chen Xing suddenly looked at Qiu Jiu and said, "Let's go first. Let's go to the grocery store."
Qiu Jiu had no objection to this, but she was still somewhat curious, "What are you doing at the grocery store?"
Chen Xing looked a little embarrassed, "I want to buy some red beans and glutinous rice, and go back home to make red bean rice flour muffins, so that Mr. Gu can eat something to fill his stomach when he gets hungry at home, so that he won't be hungry all the time waiting for us to go back to eat , that's bad for the stomach."
Listening to Chen Xing's plan, Qiu Jiu finally couldn't help asking: "Chen Xing, why are you so nice to my son?"
Chen Xing blushed, and said hesitantly: "I think Mr. Gu is a good person. He even took me in so hard. He even took me in and lent me money to do business. Without his help, I might be wandering on the streets now." gone."
Looking at the sincere Chen Xing, Qiu Jiu suddenly felt guilty.
They went to the grocery store in the next street together, Qiu Jiu stood by the wheelbarrow outside the store, and Chen Xing went in to explain to the shopkeeper what he wanted to buy.
Just when Chen Xing told the shopkeeper what he needed and how much each item was, and the shopkeeper ordered the workers in the shop to weigh them, there was a loud gong sound not far away.
Passers-by on the street were attracted by the sound, and looked towards the place where the noise was coming from. They saw two officials, one carrying a gong and drum while walking and beating, and the other yelling loudly after his companion finished beating: "Lai Xin's family has been killed." Convicted, the county magistrate ordered that anyone who has been bullied by his family can come to the Yamen to seek justice. Anyone whose assets have been embezzled and can provide evidence, the county magistrate will uphold justice for you!"
The two of them walked along the street while beating the gong, and all the people who heard what they said began to discuss.
Chen Xing, who was a bit strange at first, stood by the counter and waited for the work to be weighed, when he heard the shopkeeper inside the counter say indignantly: "Then Mr. Lai's family is nothing, they used to do so much with the power in their hands. The new county magistrate is a good official, he will definitely eliminate harm for the people, Master Lai will be beheaded for sure!"
Hearing the shopkeeper's gnashing of teeth, Chen Xing suddenly realized that the people the officials were talking about were Lai Jiu and his family. He didn't expect that they would be dealt with so soon, he took the things he wanted to buy from the shopkeeper, and after paying, Chen Xing came out in a daze.
Qiu Jiu saw something wrong with Chen Xing's expression, and was a little puzzled, "What's wrong?"
Chen Xing stared at the backs of the two officials, and said what he had heard, "The county magistrate's methods are indeed a bit more vigorous, and Mr. Lai's family will be punished so soon."
Qiu Jiu smiled, and said with indifference in the place Chen Xing didn't see, "Maybe it's because he did a lot of bad things in the past, and others hoped that he would die, so they dealt with it so quickly. Maybe when their family executes the sentence , this county will be even more lively, and there may be people cheering and celebrating."
When Chen Xing heard Qiu Jiu say this, he always felt a little strange. When he looked back at Qiu Jiu and saw the same hearty smile as before, he thought he was being overwhelmed, "Let's go back, Mr. Gu is waiting for you." Let's go back to dinner."
Qiu Jiu looked at him, smiled and nodded in response.