Time is passing quietly, the pace of summer is getting closer and closer, and the North City in June has already made people feel the unbearable heat, although everyone knows that the real summer has not yet arrived.

At noon, Zhengqiu Road was particularly quiet under the scorching sun, and two young people were bored playing games on the Internet in the room at No. 94 Zhengqiu Road.

"Brother Xu, you said, it's been almost a month, we haven't even seen a figure here except for the two of us, but Zhengqiu Road is also a prosperous area, but you see, there are no customers who come to the door, what's going on?" A fat man at the door is holding his chin with one hand and clicking the mouse with the other hand to play a game of minesweeping.

The young man who was called Brother Xu in the depths of the room touched his stubble and replied affirmatively: "It's just opened, let's raise it first, accumulate popularity, no problem." Fatty, don't you worry about the strength of our brothers, as the old saying goes, the aroma of wine is not afraid of deep alleys! ”

These two people are Xu Guangchao and Lu Qiushi, who were full of confidence a month ago. According to the original idea, with their strength and the reputation of the Xu family, no matter how bad the business is, there will be no single order a month.

The truth is always contrary to the dream, and in the month since it reopened, there has really not been a single business.

Of course, there are also customers who come to visit, after all, Xu Guangchao's father's name is there, but when people called and heard that Xu's father had launched the Kanyu business, and now the Xu family is a hairy boy, they have retreated.

"Pull it down, no matter how good the wine is now, there is no promotion and packaging, and it is in vain! I said Brother Xu, after all, your family has also been operating Feng Shui for generations, your father should be quite famous, and your reputation can't be close to zero, why doesn't anyone come here to admire your name? Lu Qiushi was very puzzled.

Xu Guangchao let out a long sigh and sighed: "I can't figure out this problem, but I believe that with our strength, there will definitely be a deal." ”

As he was talking, he heard sparse footsteps and noises at the door.

"It's here."

"Well, let's go in, we have limited time."

As soon as Xu Guangchao finished speaking, he heard the sound of conversation coming from the door, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said excitedly: "Fatty, how is it, how can I say it, right!" ”

Lu Qiushi also swept away the decadence just now, straightened his waist, and rubbed his face with his hands again, so that he was more energetic and ready to welcome the first customer to enter the store.

The door was pushed open, and two middle-aged women in their fifties walked in one after the other, Lu Qiushi hurriedly stood up and greeted the two middle-aged women warmly: "Hello." Then he froze.

What kind of two middle-aged women are this, they are not tall, their hair is tied back very casually, some scattered drooping hair is hung with crystal beads of sweat at the tips, and the faces of both of them have left traces of time, very deep traces, it can be seen that they must not have been maintained. They staggered into the company, followed by the smell of sweat.

In fact, none of this made Lu Qiushi stunned, what really made Lu Qiushi stunned was their clothes.

Due to the hot weather, they are wearing cloth shoes on their feet, and they are wearing gray cloth pants very casually, which can be seen to be old, and the most important thing is the vest they wear over the short sleeves of their upper body - orange vest.

That's right, it's an orange vest, and the vest is also printed with two big characters "ring" and "guard", for fear that Lu Qiushi will stab Lu Qiushi's eyes dazzlingly under the sunlight as if he didn't know how to read.

"You guys, what's the matter?" Lu Qiushi hesitated.

A middle-aged woman led by Lu Qiushi came to Lu Qiushi's table and said, "Who of you is in charge, you can pay the sanitation and cleaning fee for the next quarter, 5 yuan a month, 15 yuan for three months." ”

"Is this what you're here?" Poor Lu Qiushi was hit hard.

The middle-aged woman at the head was a little strange: "Yes, otherwise you think something is wrong?" Could it be," said this, as if he suddenly thought of something, his tone changed, and he said viciously, "Don't think about not paying, let me make it clear to you, we are not charging indiscriminately, this is all systematic, every house on this street is the same, we will issue receipts." ”

Lu Qiushi turned his head to look at Xu Guangchao, but unfortunately Xu Guangchao buried his head in front of the monitor, and Lu Qiushi couldn't see Xu Guangchao's appearance at all. Lu Qiushi silently took out the wallet from his butt pocket, took out a ten-yuan and five-yuan banknotes, and handed them to the middle-aged woman led by him.

The middle-aged woman led by took the money and stuffed it into her inner pocket like a victorious general, and the middle-aged woman behind her took out a receipt book very happily, filled it out, tore it off, and handed it to Lu Qiushi, with a very skillful movement.

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Lu Qiushi, who had experienced a farce, dragged his tired body and mind back home, and as soon as he got home, he threw his body heavily on the bed, closing his eyes and not moving.

Kuroko also seemed to notice that something was wrong with Lu Qiushi's mood, and he consciously lay in its nest and licked his front paws.

The sun gradually set, and the refreshing cool breeze took away the heat in the house through the screen window, and also cleared Lu Qiushi's mind. Lu Qiushi opened his eyes, sat up from the bed, looked at the well-behaved sunspot on the side, and smiled.

"Come on, Kuroko, come up." Lu Qiushi patted the bed gang.

Kuroko was a spirit, and jumped into bed after a few strokes from the nest. Lu Qiushi picked up the sunspot and held it up in front of him. Kuroko stuck out his tongue and wanted to add Lu Qiushi's face, but Lu Qiushi had already guarded against Kuroko's move and lifted Kuroko farther away.

"Kuroko, I don't know what you're doing in the underworld, but you're also sent by the underworld to protect me, right?" Lu Qiushi said softly.

Heizi didn't seem to understand Lu Qiushi's words, and snorted twice.

Lu Qiushi didn't care, and said to himself: "Since you are here to protect me, you must be better than me, right?" And you have lived longer than me, so your insight should be better than mine. Hehe, you say, am I doing the right thing now? ”

Looking out the window, Lu Qiushi continued: "How long can this Kanyu company that I opened in partnership with Xu Guangchao last? This is a month without a single business, the location of Zhengqiu Road is not bad, the rent is also medium, although this month did not cost much money, but there is no way to go in and out. We have to find a way to change the current situation. ”

Speaking of this, as if thinking of something, he threw the sunspot in his hand back to the ground and picked up his mobile phone.

"Hey, Brother Xu, are you busy?"

("Fatty, what's the matter?") Say. ”）

"Oh, yes, I went home and thought about it, and I felt like we needed to do something to change the situation."

("What do you think?") ”）

"Let's advertise, no matter what, we have to let people know the name of our Xu's Kanyu company, this advertisement may not work too well, but it is more hopeful than now."

("What you said makes sense, so I'll go to the North City Evening News office tomorrow morning to have a look, let's try it first, put on a few issues of advertising, and see how it works.") ”）

"Okay, that's it, tomorrow morning you go to the newspaper office, and I'll go to the company to keep an eye on it."

To be honest, Lu Qiushi doesn't know what the effect of advertising can be. It would be good if it was a genuine, half-page, and banner estimate, but he knew their current situation very well, and it was estimated that it was only a small piece. In these years, the sea of advertisements has gone, and what effect can a piece the size of tofu have, so let's pray to God.

Annoyance.

The phone rang.

Lu Qiushi took the mobile phone and looked at it, and it was Liu Heng who called. Needless to say, most of it is because of Penny Zhang.

It's also strange to say that since the contact between Lu Qiushi and Zhang Panni has decreased, the Beijing City Public Security Bureau has basically never been in contact with any supernatural cases, and Liu Heng has never looked for Lu Qiushi because of the case, but every time he looks for Lu Qiushi, he basically doesn't find an excuse to ask about the relationship between Lu Qiushi and Zhang Panni, or asks everyone to come out to play together.

Headache, in the past month, Lu Qiushi has basically confirmed his guess, after Zhang Panni is far away from him, he will rarely come into contact with supernatural cases, so Zhang Panny's safety has been greatly improved. But the ensuing Liu Heng, who has the nature of a matchmaker, made Lu Qiushi have a special headache.

It can't be denied that Liu Heng is all for Lu Qiushi's good, but Lu Qiushi can't tell Liu Heng his guess, who believes it!

Lu Qiushi patted his forehead and connected the phone.

"Hey, Brother Heng, I haven't been in touch for a while."

("Yes, fatty, it seems that I have always taken the initiative to call you all this time, don't you know to take the initiative to call me?") asked you out to play, and you still pushed back. ”）

"No, I'm not afraid of disturbing Brother Heng's work, Brother Heng is usually so busy, hehe." Lu Qiushi explained with a hippie smile.

("You know why, I know it, and Lily knows it.") Liu Heng unceremoniously exposed Lu Qiushi's lies. ）

"Uh... Lu Qiushi had nothing to say.

("Okay, I'm calling you to tell you that the 21st of next month is Penny Zhang's birthday, and you can do it then.") After speaking, he didn't wait for Lu Qiushi to say anything, and hung up the phone directly. ）

At this time, Lu Qiushi's head hurt even more. It's okay to usually hide from Penny Zhang, but July 21st is her birthday, how can he still hide. Lu Qiushi frowned, and then looked at the sunspot who was lying on the ground and wagging his tail at him, Lu Qiushi thought of a way.