After leaving the noisy main street, Gu Bei pulled Xi'er into the old street of the town, where there were relatively fewer people.

And if you want to rent a shop, you can only do it on the old street, because the main street is not to mention that the price is very high, and he has searched for shops that are not available before.

The paving on this side of the old street is a kind of sand brick, and many of them have grown moss from the old age.

"It's a marshmallow!"

At this time, Gu Xi'er jumped on her toes and pointed at a merchant selling cotton candy, and grabbed his sleeve vigorously.

Gu Bei smiled helplessly, and took out a Karui that he had bought a string of marshmallows the size of half a head.

He was also a little surprised that there were no chili peppers in this world, and there would be such a thing as marshmallows.

Xi'er got the delicious food and began to eat it by herself, while Gu Bei stopped and looked up at the shops that were next to the other attics not far away.

"Xuanyu Pavilion?!"

Seeing that the notice of the transfer of the store was posted at the door, Gu Bei stepped on the stone stairs and walked in, and found that the light inside was a little dim, and there was no one in front of the counter.

Looking at some jade, bracelets and the like on several shelves, it should be a shop specializing in selling jade.

"Is anyone there?" he shouted, and there was no one in the store and no one was afraid of anyone coming in and stealing something.

"It's coming, it's coming!" As soon as the words fell, an anxious voice was heard from inside the inner room, sounding like an old man.

What about people?!

He thought that the man would come out as soon as he replied, but he stared at the inner room for several minutes and no one came out, so it was no wonder that the business was transferred.

Wow...

With the sound of hurried footsteps, I saw a man with gray hair and a look of his sixties running out with his pants up.

There are still sparse stubbles on his face and chin, and his clothes have not been washed for at least ten days and a half, so he can tell at a glance that he is a sloppy person.

"What does the guest officer need? Is it to buy a bracelet for this little sister?" the boss first looked at the two of them a few times, and then asked very enthusiastically.

Gu Bei looked around at this house, which was still spacious, with a total of three windows, and a staircase when he went up to the second floor

"You need to transfer this shop?"

He turned his eyes to the old man who was close to the age of the sixtieth year, and asked with a light smile.

Hearing that this person was here to discuss this matter, the boss frowned and looked at the young man in front of him, and carefully looked at it for a while before he said "Huh".

"Aren't you the young man who sells spicy hot? I'm Lu Yan. ”

Forehead...

Gu Bei is dumbfounded, his spicy tang has been passed on from one to ten, ten to hundred, and most of the people in the town have eaten it in the past seven or eight days, and it can be regarded as a little famous.

It's just that there are too many people here, and he really can't remember the sloppy old man in front of him.

"Are you going to go down to the shop to make that spicy hot?" Lu Yan, who seemed to be grasping a savior, strode out of the counter and held his hands, for fear that he would leave.

"This... Indeed it is. Gu Bei hurriedly pulled out his hand, this old guy is afraid that it is not Brokeback Mountain, he has been holding his hand and refusing to let go.

"You see my store is in a great location, with a lot of foot traffic and affordable prices. ”

"And these things for you?"

This is the old street, and the traffic is large, just listen to these, but these jade and those things in the store, you can't take these down.

Hearing Gu Bei's worries, Lu Yan immediately patted his chest and promised, and replied with an oath: "Don't worry about this, the store will sell it to you, and I will deal with it, how about it?"

"Are you in such a hurry to make a move?" Gu Bei raised his eyebrows and asked, seeing that he was so anxious to sell, could it be that something went wrong?

At this point, Lu Yan's eyes became unfocused, as if there was something unspeakable.

After a long time of meeting, he exhaled lightly and replied slowly: "It's not a secret, I urgently need a sum of money to go to Tianlong City to run errands, but I have no choice but to open a store for decades, and I can only barely make ends meet."

I can't take it out. ”

Gu Bei suddenly looked around at the jade objects in the store, and they were indeed just ordinary goods, and they couldn't be sold for a few dollars.

It's just that the thing he is anxious to do in the store is definitely not a trivial matter, but he is not an eventful person, and he does not plan to ask deeply.

"How much are you going to sell?"

Gu Bei estimated that the area of this store was quite large, and it was definitely not enough for him to buy more than 5,000 Kalu directly, after all, the original intention was just to rent.

"Eight thousand Kalu!" Lu Yan said decisively, although the business of this shop is sluggish, it is also left by his grandfather.

Gu Bei habitually touched his chin and thought about it, and after a while, Ya smiled and said, "Forget it, I don't have enough money to bother you." ”

Because when the time comes, he will have to redecorate and buy ingredients, and he can't spend all the money at once, so it's more cost-effective to rent one.

Seeing him pull Xi'er and turn away, Lu Yan hurriedly called out to him, strode forward and wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead with his sleeves.

His tone became a little humble, "Young man, I really need this money urgently, if you can't do it, you can pay half of it first." ”

Gu Bei raised his eyebrows, he really didn't expect Lu Yan to come out like this, and offered to pay him in installments.

chuckled, "But I only have 3,000 Karui, I don't know?"

Between the words, he stared at Lu Yan's expression to see how he reacted.

"Yes, but you need to pay me the rest within a year. ”

Lu Yan breathed a sigh of relief, with these three thousand Kalu, he could save him in a hurry, it was better than the plate shop notice that had been placed outside for a month and no one came to ask.

"No problem. ”

Although Gu Bei was a little excited in his heart, his face did not change, and he still had confidence in this.

After the two signed the contract, Lu Yan, who received three thousand Kalu, immediately sent someone to empty the remaining jade artifacts in the store.

But what he didn't expect was that even the tables, chairs and stools were sold by him, which shows how short of money he was.

But the next day, Gu Bei went to the town to find a carpenter to create a special table.

It looks like a boxy wooden table like the others, but it is concave in the middle, leaking a hole the size of a pot.

Of course, he specially asked the carpenter to keep it, because when the time comes, the spirit charcoal will be used underneath, and then a small pot will be placed on top of it.

This is much easier than Malatang, after all, he doesn't need to do it himself, he can cook what the customer needs, he just provides the ingredients and the unique soup.

In the end, coupled with the renovation of the storefront, it cost a total of more than 700 Kalu, and looking at the only remaining balance on the Qi coin card, Gu Bei couldn't help but feel heartbroken.

In the early morning of the fourth day, Gu Bei stood at the door of his newly renovated store, looking up at the four words "Luoyang Hot Pot" on the plaque.

With his current popularity of Malatang in the town, there are already a large number of loyal eaters, but he wonders if he needs to hire a waiter.

After all, when the store was busy, Gu Xi'er was too young to help, and she couldn't take care of it by herself.