Chapter 140: Stalls Early
Zhang Zi'an didn't know where Little Celery lived, only that she came from the north, so after leaving the store, he walked north. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
When I was about to reach the intersection, I saw Little Celery trotting towards this side with a small bag of dried fruits.
Today, the two pigtails of Little Celery point in the direction of 10 and 3 o'clock, respectively.
"Little celery!" he beckoned.
"Wow! it's the store manager's brother!" said Celery, who looked surprised and covered her mouth.
"Be careful when crossing the street. He reminded.
"Yes, I know!" Celery nodded. When the sidewalk lights turned green and the traffic stopped completely, she trotted across the street while carefully watching the cars on her left and right.
"Why didn't the manager's brother stay in the store?" Celery ran up to him and asked, "Who's going to take care of the pets?"
Zhang Zi'an squatted down and said, "Actually...... I have some things to do these days, and the store will take care of it to others. β
Little Celery nodded understandingly, "I know!" Mom said that adults have a lot of things to do and are very busy. Brother store manager don't worry, the little celery can also help, it's no problem if you sweep the floor!"
Zhang Zi'an smiled: "No need. I've come to you to tell you not to come for the next few days. β
"Why?" said Celery, looking up in the direction of the pet store.
"Because the guy who came to help take care of the shop hates children, and Celery will definitely be scolded if he goes over. It's okay, I'll be done in a few days, and then you can continue to play in the store. Zhang Zi'an explained.
"Woo~ little celery won't make trouble......" she said reluctantly, frowning.
"I know that little celery is a good child, not a bear child. But it has nothing to do with whether or not to make trouble, that person just hates children very much, and hates them indiscriminately. So little celery, wait a few days, I'll let that guy take good care of the hamster and lop-eared rabbit. He reassured.
"When will the store manager's brother come back?"
Zhang Zi'an thought for a while, "Does Little Celery only take this way to school?"
She nodded.
"When I come back, I'll be waiting for you here like I did today. Until then, little celery should not go to the pet store, that person is very terrible in his life, and he may be angry with hamsters and lop-eared rabbits. β
This sentence is very useful. Little Celery immediately opened her eyes and nodded vigorously, "Little Celery knows!
"Okay, just know, let's go to school quickly, it's not early today. He patted her little head.
"Goodbye, brother manager!" said Celery, waving her hand and trotting away.
"Don't wave, look ahead!Be careful not to fall!" Zhang Zi'an shouted.
"Yes!"
Little celery is still relatively easy to fool, and Zhang Zi'an feels a little superior in IQ.
He hesitated for a while, but decided not to tell Sun Xiaomeng, she usually only stops in front of the pet store in the morning, sometimes it doesn't stop, and the danger is not great. If you make up a nonsense and be punctured by her, it will be troublesome.
He decided to delay the opening of the doors in the morning for the next few days and wait until 9 o'clock, when all the shops around him were open.
Zhang Zi'an walked back, and when he was about to walk to the door of the store, he saw an early stall open across the street.
He crossed the street, found a chair and sat down, "Trouble for a big bowl of ravioli." β
"Okay! Wait a minute. β
One of the middle-aged and elderly couples at the breakfast stall is responsible for cooking, and the other is responsible for collecting money and chores, and they cooperate very tacitly, and there is no need to communicate at all. Zhang Zi'an heard other diners call them "Uncle Li" and "Aunt Li", and he didn't know whose surname was Li.
After a while, Aunt Li put a large bowl of wontons in front of Zhang Zi'an.
He paid.
The proprietress took the money but didn't leave.
"Young man," she whispered, "have you offended?"
Zhang Zi'an raised his head in surprise.
The proprietress wore a mask, about forty or fifty years old, her cheeks were black and red from the sun, and a few strands of messy hair escaping from her hairpins swayed in the wind.
"My wife and I saw it in the morning, but don't blame us, we are outsiders and don't dare to cause trouble. She said apologetically.
Zhang Zi'an waved his hand, "What, how can I blame you, I, a local, still don't want to cause trouble." β
He looked left and right, and there was only him and another student at the stall earlier, and said, "Please sit down and talk." β
The proprietress sat across from him, sighed, and said, "Young man, you are the manager of the pet shop opposite, right?"
Zhang Zi'an nodded while holding a spoon and eating hot ravioli.
"In these days, it's not easy to open a store, if no one covers it, once you offend people, you will be in trouble. The proprietress kept sighing, "I think back then, my wife and I ......"
She stopped talking, looked around as if she was afraid, and then whispered: "In the past, my wife and I also opened a restaurant in other places, and the business was not bad, but then we offended people, and the store was smashed, and threatened us that if we saw us again, we would be abolished......"
"The two of us are afraid, we are both ordinary people, and we can't afford to mess with others, but we can't do anything else, so we can only leave our hometown and run to you to open an early stall......" The proprietress wiped her tears as she spoke.
Zhang Zi'an took a mouthful of wontons in his mouth, but he couldn't swallow it.
Who wants to set up a stall on the side of the road if they can open a shop? Those who are exposed to the sun and rain will be driven out by the chengguan......
"Young man, listen to the advice of the eldest lady, don't do anything with them. Auntie looks like you went to college, and it's not bad to find a company to work without opening a store. If you really want to open it, wait a few years and then open it after the limelight has passed. Those people are mad dogs, who bite whom, and they bite them, and there is nowhere to reason......"
Zhang Zi'an swallowed the wonton with great effort and asked, "Auntie, did you say that I offended someone?"
The proprietress slapped her thigh and said, "Definitely! If you don't offend anyone, they will come to find fault? There are so many shops on this street, why don't they go to other homes and wait at your door? Do you think about it?"
Before the proprietress reminded him, Zhang Zi'an didn't think about it at all. Just now this kind of thing happened, his mind was already in a mess, thinking about how to prevent Xiao Celery and Sun Xiaomeng from being involved and try to reduce the loss. He thought that today's incident was an isolated incident, purely because of bad luck, but if the proprietress was right, then ......
He thought of Chen Taitong, and thought of Chen Taitong's resentful glance when he was leaving.
I see......
However, there is still no solution.
Even if we know why?
Zhang Zi'an couldn't help but think back to what happened not long ago, the warning from the windbreaker and Xiao Yan was as accurate as a prophecy.
Sure enough, he was still too naΓ―ve.
The phrase "shopping malls are like battlefields" is really true!
The proprietress had already seen the clue from the change in his expression, and she knew that Zhang Zi'an had already guessed who was the mastermind.
She said sympathetically: "Young man, don't fight with them, there is no good fruit for you to eat, unless you have a relationship, but the aunt doesn't look like ......"
The student-looking customer finished the wonton and left.
She let out another long sigh, said no more, and stood up to clean up the dishes and chopsticks.