Chapter Twenty-Three: Painting the Pie

The weather was in autumn and gradually getting colder, Xin Wenfang went home to get a change of clothes for Old Man Xin, and asked Grandma Xin to pack a few decent coats, and she was about to go out with a cloth bag.

"Excuse me, this... Is it the old Xin family? I'm looking for this grandson, Xin Andong. Wang Qijun had a sincere smile on his face.

Her son is definitely Xin Wenfang's lifeblood, and the vigilance in her heart suddenly popped up, and she quietly asked the dark-skinned short man in front of her: "What are you looking for him?"

There is this person, that is, he didn't lie to him, the big stone on Wang Qijun's chest finally landed, he wiped the sweat off his face, pointed to the ox cart behind him and said to Xin Wenfang enthusiastically: "Hello eldest sister, you are from her family, Brother Xin signed a contract with me yesterday, I came to the door today to send lobsters, according to the agreement fifty catties, all of them were just fished from the river, eldest sister, you can take it, if you don't worry, you can weigh it." ”

Xin Wenfang looked at the short man in astonishment, and then looked at the three large barrels on the ox cart, his mind was dizzy, and his voice was raised, "You said that my son signed a contract with you and asked you to send lobsters today?" What contract did that stinky boy sign with you, you tell me clearly!"

"Eldest sister, my brother and I have worked hard for a day to get these fifty catties of shrimp, you can't rely on it, I still have a contract, look at it, black and white! Brother Xin said at the beginning, if you don't want our shrimp, you will have to lose money!" Wang Qijun thought that Xin Wenfang would not admit it, and his heart 'banged', and he hurriedly took out the contract from his pocket.

Where did Xin Wenfang recognize the words, she took the contract that Xin Andong wrote down with homework paper with trembling hands, her eyes turned black for a while, and her lips trembled, "This stinky boy, see if I don't go home and pick up his skin......"

"Mom, Brother Wang, what are you doing standing at the door," Xin Andong followed his father and third sister to set up a stall and went home, and was bumped into Brother Wang and his mother facing each other outside the door, confused for a moment, his eyes turned to the three wooden barrels of the ox cart, brushed up, and said happily, "The lobster has been caught? Brother Wang came at the right time, our crayfish were emptied today, I was worried that I would be out of stock tomorrow and couldn't get out of the stall, I didn't expect you to be so punctual." ”

"Come in the door, Brother Wang is thirsty, Third Sister, please pour a glass of water for Brother Wang," Xin Andong didn't notice that everyone was looking at him with suspicious eyes, and his two eyes only saw three buckets full of crayfish.

Xin Wenfang gritted her teeth fiercely, dragged her son over, lowered her voice and reprimanded, "Xin Andong, if you don't make it clear to me today, see if I don't peel you off, what's the matter with this crayfish, fifty catties? You want so many lobsters to eat, you also signed that Laoshzi contract for people, you have a long ability, right, if you have money in your pocket, you dare to press your handprints with others, you bear child, I haven't been at home these days, what have you done for me, you want to be angry with me!"

Xin Andong was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized that he hadn't made it clear to his mother about entering the crayfish, and he made a mistake, facing his mother's angry eyes, he pulled Xin Wenfang's sleeve with a weak and flattering heart, "That mother, it's a long story, it's my fault that I didn't tell you clearly about this matter, but don't worry, I'm definitely not a nonsense, you give Brother Wang's money first, and I'll tell you more about it later, okay Mom?"

He looked at his mother pleadingly, for fear that his mother would be angry and not give money directly, although he swore that he signed a contract with Brother Wang, but the financial power of the family was in the hands of his mother.

Really.

"What did I create in my last life to give birth to you, a debt collector!" Xin Wenfang poked Xin Andong's head with his finger, although he was angry to death, but the youngest son has always been well-behaved, and suddenly did something out of the ordinary, and now he begged her pitifully, no matter how angry Xin Wenfang was, he couldn't embarrass himself in front of outsiders, so he had to point at Xin Andong's nose hatefully, "You can make it clear to me later, if you can't tell me clearly, I'll let your dad suck your ass!"

After the threat, she had no choice but to go home and get the money.

Fifty catties of crayfish, according to the price signed with Wang Qijun before, Xin Andong handed the money ticket to Wang Qijun, and bowed helplessly to Wang Qijun, who was still confused, "I'm sorry Brother Wang, I lied to you yesterday, I am actually only thirteen years old this year, and there is really no way to go to your village to do business in disguise like that yesterday, if you don't believe me as a child, I can ask my mother to sign a contract with you again, and you can not do business with me again, after all, I did lie to you yesterday in terms of age." ”

Wang Qijun has lived for thirty or forty years and has never seen a child like Xin Andong, he is young, but he is the head of business, he thought about it carefully before he went to bed last night, he was directly fooled by the other party's mouth, and the key is not to know whether it is true or false.

Today he pulled the lobster early because he was afraid of meeting a liar, but who knows, the liar is not fake, the other party turned out to be a little liar, about the same age as his daughter! Yesterday, his face was painted with black ash and he couldn't see it clearly, but when he met today, the child's lips were red and his teeth were white, and his appearance was not worse than that of the baby in the city. deliberately pretending to be an adult is also afraid that others will not believe him as a child.

Moreover, he had real money in his hand, and people didn't lie to him, but the person who did business with him changed from a young man to a child! Wang Qijun couldn't cry or laugh.

Although he was a little embarrassed in his heart, he really wasn't deceived in business, and he was reluctant to say goodbye to others directly, and finally signed a new contract with Xin Wenfang under Xin Andong's repeated apologies.

With the hot contract in his hand, Wang Qijun drove the ox cart back to the village in an extremely complicated mood. On the way out of Xihe Village, he thought about it, and specially asked a few villagers from the same village of the Xin family, and heard that people were envious and jealous that the Xin family was particularly profitable by selling spicy crayfish, and that this business was still thought of by the little grandson of the Xin family.

After Wang Qijun left, the Xin family held a family meeting.

Xin Andong carefully explained his future plans for the Xin family's restaurant to his parents and third sister, and said that at this stage, it is best to rent a shop to make an authentic lobster restaurant, instead of intriguing with those stall owners and wasting time every day to earn a few businesses. Because of the lack of funds, the lobster restaurant shop is naturally rented, and then buy the shop with a certain amount of capital, and then have the first lobster restaurant, you can open the second one, after the lobster restaurant business in Qingshui County is stable, you can expand the business like the surrounding county. Wanran City, the provincial capital, may be the base of the Xinjia Lobster Museum in the future.

Xin Wenfang opened her mouth wide, unable to calm the agitation in her chest for a long time, "Dongzi, you, what are you thinking about all day long, our family is just a small stall selling lobsters, you also said that you want to open a lobster restaurant in the provincial capital, what is a lobster restaurant, is there a business just to buy lobster?"

"Dongzi, sister thinks, what you think is unrealistic, we have no money, and we have never done business. There was silence for a moment, and when the surging emotions gradually subsided, Xin Anqiu bit her lip and said with a complicated look in her eyes, with a trace of fire that was about to be extinguished, more of a confusion and fear of the future.

She longed for that ending, but she was too timid to think about it.

Whether it is to his mother or the third sister, Xin Andong knows that what he said just now has completely broken their inherent thinking, in addition to focusing on the grain in the field every day facing the loess with his back to the sky, recently because of his own proposal, the family set up a stall selling crayfish, and the concept that his mother and third sister have been instilled since childhood makes them dare not boldly imagine the big cake he painted. Because that's too exaggerated, too distant, too impossible......

Is it just really impossible?

"As long as you dare to think and dare to do, nothing is impossible, there is no money that can be accumulated slowly, no one is born to do business, and you must slowly grope on this road. Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang can become an emperor above 10,000 people from a cloth cloth, I dare not compare to that old man, but his legendary story tells us that everything is possible, it just depends on whether you dare to think about it. Xin Andong smiled, the two small pear vortices on his face loomed, and the childish young man asked his mother and third sister seriously: "The eldest sister and the second sister are still waiting for us to rescue, and the jackals, tigers and leopards who look down on our family are still guarding the door, shouldn't we fight?"

Xin Wenfang's eyes were red, and she held Xin Andong's little head into her arms with trembling hands, and large tears hit the back of his hanging hand, Xin Andong hugged her mother's waist tightly, and took a deep breath to suppress the choking that was about to reach her throat. For a moment, the mother hugged the third sister who was sobbing on the side into her arms, and the helpless mother and daughter (son) kept their hearts together at this moment.

Xin Wenfang, who made up her mind, changed her indecisive temperament and took over the purchase of lobsters from Xin Andong, and she personally ran to several neighboring villages, and set up two more while the iron was hot, so that the supply of lobsters no longer had to worry.

Because of this, the Xin family changed from only selling lobsters at noon to selling lobsters at the same time at noon and evening, so that the money earned was not only doubled. And those stall owners who want to follow the trend of learning from the Xin family to do the evening lobster business made a big joke, first, they have no business, and second, the lobster is not clean because it has just been caught, and the taste of making crayfish is naturally greatly reduced. Especially compared with the Xin family, the high and low are immediate.

The most important thing now is to find the store as soon as possible, for this matter, Xin Andong accompanied his mother to go back and forth in the streets and alleys of Qingshui County for three days, the geographical location of the store, the rent of the store, the flow of customers, etc., these are all factors that need to be carefully considered to choose the store. However, the good shops have either been occupied long ago, or the rent is too high to afford with the current strength of the Xin family.

Xin Wenfang, who was so anxious about the shop that the corners of his mouth were so hot that he couldn't eat and sleep, Xin Andong also felt that he had thought too much about opening a lobster restaurant, and just renting a suitable shop had already killed a lot of his brain cells.

"Dongzi, did you hear what I said just now?" Tong Zhenghao poked Xin Andong's arm with a pen dissatisfied, "You are distracted again, and you don't take me as the boss seriously, you should fart what I said, right?!"

Xin Andong, who was thinking about things, reluctantly ripped off his pen, and said that he couldn't accept Tong Zhenghao's imitation of Teacher Lan's tone, he recently returned to school early because of the essay contest, and the lobster restaurant at home was still in preparation, how could he have the spare time to accompany Tong Zhenghao to steal persimmons over the wall.

"Tong Zhenghao, how old are you, can you not be so naΓ―ve, going over the wall and leaving school just to steal a few persimmons from others?

Tong Zhenghao is a gluttonous persimmon, he just doesn't go to the room for a day to uncover the tile on his buttocks, it's like a spring can't live in peace, what can he do abroad, except for studying, he goes into a cold research room with his parents, and every day in such a strong academic atmosphere, he doesn't say that he has grown into a genius boy who loves to learn, but this girl has developed to the extreme and directly became a child with ADHD.

Tong Zhenghao was red-faced by Xin Andong, especially Guan Chengjie and Yuan Shihong were present, Dongzi didn't give him any face, he was angry, "Just ask you if you want to go, what so much nonsense!"

"Don't go. Xin Andong packed up his books and prepared for the next class.

"Okay, don't you go, Xin Andong, you won't be my good brother from now on!" Tong Zhenghao announced angrily, and then pointed his gun at Guang Chengjie and the two, "What are you doing stupidly, good students don't go with us, do you want to go, don't you want to go and speak early, I Tong Zhenghao has brothers, it's not uncommon and has no conscience!"

How good he is to Xin Andong, giving him chocolates to eat and giving him watches, he is much better than Guan Chengjie and Yuan Shihong, but why does he have no conscience, he is not intimate with him at all, and he always talks with thorns!

Guang Chengjie and Yuan Shihong glanced at each other and said in unison: "Let's listen to the boss!"

Tong Zhenghao glanced at Xin Andong triumphantly, as if to say that you are not worthy of me, and you have someone to accompany me.

This guy has to learn a little lesson to grow up, Xin Andong listened to the three people next to him discuss escaping from school after the next class, and he was funny and angry in his heart, if it weren't for Tong Zhenghao's help him many times, Jiang Xuanzong was his family's savior, he really didn't bother to care about this group of naΓ―ve ghosts.

But the next class is the class of the notoriously strict Teacher Lan, and you can imagine how serious the consequences will be if these three people really skip class.

Yuan Shihong saw Xin Andong reading with his head in one hand, the corners of his mouth suddenly curled, and he deliberately asked Tong Zhenghao, "Boss, Dongzi won't go with us, but he knows our plan, what if he leaks it out?"

The plan was leaked out, and the most serious consequence was that Teacher Lan knew about it, and then the three of them were notified and criticized in front of the teachers and students of the whole school, Tong Zhenghao couldn't help frowning as long as he thought of that embarrassing scene, he said to Xin Andong with a cold face, "Hey, I warn you, if you let Teacher Lan know that the three of us sneaked out of the school, I will be the first to let you go." ”

Xin Andong faintly glanced at Yuan Shihong, who was smiling strangely, he is not a big person and his heart is small, Tong Zhenghao's ghost idea every time he goes out to make troubles is contributed by this guy, he really underestimates him.

He stood up and walked out the door.

"What are you doing?!" Tong Zhenghao asked with his chin tilted and asked arrogantly and suspiciously.

Xin Andong looked back and smiled, his face full of innocence, "In case you will trouble me later, I will find some trouble for you first, aren't you afraid that I will sue the teacher, if you want, go now." With that, he turned his head and walked towards the classroom door.

"Xin Andong, stop!" Yuan Shihong shouted angrily with a dark face. If you really let Xin Andong tell Teacher Lan about this, the three of them definitely want to invite the rhythm of the parents.

Tong Zhenghao's parents are naturally his cousin, and when he thought of that black-faced god, his heart trembled, and he quickly got up and pulled Xin Andong's sleeve, so anxious that the sweat on his face was about to come out, "Xin Andong, I didn't expect you to be such a sinister person, didn't I just say a word about you, you actually want to sue the teacher for us, why are you so careful, I treat you as a brother, but you betrayed me, Xin Andong, I used to misunderstand you!"

"Let go. ”

Tong Zhenghao tightened even more, "Don't let go, don't you want to complain to Teacher Lan!"

Xin Andong couldn't put down his cold face, pursed the corners of his mouth, looked at Tong Zhenghao with clear eyes like water, and said gently, "If you don't climb the school wall with them to steal persimmons, I won't tell the teacher, can you agree?"

"I ......" Tong Zhenghao flashed in his moist eyes, and experienced a difficult battle between heaven and man in his mind, under the urgent gaze of Guan Chengjie and Yuan Shihong, in the end, the fear of his cousin overcame the temptation of stealing persimmons, pouted and lowered his head, "Don't go to the teacher, it's a big deal that I won't go." ”

Guan Chengjie and Yuan Shihong finally glared at Xin Andong with anger in their eyes, and left disappointed.

After school, Tong Zhenghao had to follow Xin Andong on the grounds that he was angry and walked away from his two good brothers, Xin Andong was not very strong, and he was held by Tong Zhenghao's neck and couldn't get away, so he had to let this guy pick him up like a tree.

"Hey, I've got something to do today, go home quickly. ”

Tong Zhenghao put his head on Xin Andong's neck, and said triumphantly, "I won't bother you if you're busy with your business, and I'm not allowed to go all the way with you?" ”

"Then you let me go, my shoulder is mine, you're so heavy, you're going to crush me. Xin Andong felt that his teeth were a little itchy.

"Don't let go, it's comfortable to lie on your body," Tong Zhenghao was cheeky and refused to let go, only stood up straight with a little kindness, and didn't put all his weight on him, "Okay, you can go now." ”

Xin Andong was defeated by him, so he had to 'drag his family with his mouth' to walk in the streets and alleys of Qingshui County to continue looking for stores.

After looking around again to no avail, Xin Andong was so tired that he was out of breath. At this time, Tong Zhenghao had already let go of him, his hands in his pockets, the tall boy walked on the blue brick path, the dim sunset fell overhead, exuding a faint and soft halo shrouded the two teenagers, one tall and one short.

"Are you looking for a shop?" asked Tong Zhenghao boredly.

Xin Andong nodded, "I'm going to open a store, it's inconvenient to have a stall." "He is not in good health, although the schoolbag on his body has long been carried on his chest by Tong Zhenghao, but his legs are still sore and his feet are weak.

It was not early, Xin Andong asked Tong Zhenghao to give him the schoolbag, "I have to go home, give me the schoolbag." ”

Tong Zhenghao didn't move, he smiled and said to Xin Andong, "Why don't you go home with me, my grandfather will go to the provincial capital for a meeting, my sister will be on duty tonight, I will starve to death at home alone, you come home with me and get me something to eat." ”

"What about your cousin?" Xin Andong asked, he didn't want to be a cook for Tong Zhenghao, how could Jiang Xuanzong starve his cousin.

Tong Zhenghao pursed his lips disdainfully, "You ask him, my cousin is a busy man, don't talk about me, it's good that he can remember to drink saliva when he is busy, and expect him and me to die faster." ”

There was no way, he was begged by Tong Zhenghao repeatedly, and promised to send him home at night, and what was even worse was that this guy accompanied Xin Andong to the hospital and told Xin Wenfang about it, and the mother who was grateful to the Tong family naturally ignored her son's refutation and ordered him to go home with Tong Zhenghao to feed the little ancestor.

is really a little ancestor, Xin Andong was stunned by Xin Wenfang before leaving, and asked him to buy some food and make some delicious food for Tong Zhenghao. Xin Wenfang is very relieved about his son, he has absolutely no problem cooking and cooking, so he is very relieved to pack his son to Tong Zhenghao and take it away, and when Tong Zhenghao suddenly proposed that Xin Andong could live in his house, and he had to go to class tomorrow anyway, Xin Andong saw that his mother was only stunned for a moment, and he readily agreed, and by the way, he emphasized to Xin Andong that it was best not to starve Tong Zhenghao tomorrow morning.

Xin Andong: "......" dinner is not enough, breakfast should be all-inclusive, right?