Chapter VI: Provocation
The woman's face is expressionless.
"Go early and come back early."
Zhong Xiaohua breathed a sigh of relief, smiled at them, and then followed Xiao San on the road to the town.
However, she finally suffered enough from the village to the town, and they had to climb three mountains and walk a long way to reach it.
So they set out that afternoon, and waited until the early hours of the next morning, when the sky was slightly bright, to finally find a place.
In the morning, the fragrance of all kinds of steamed buns outside came to her face, Zhong Xiaohua reached out and touched her flat belly, and then looked at Xiao San's longing but still suppressed eyes, her heart was sour, and she directly pulled people to a nearby restaurant.
"Boss, what's breakfast at your house?"
Although her clothes were in tatters, her eyes were bright and her voice was high, and two contradictory feelings appeared on a person's body for no reason.
Xiao San complained bitterly in his heart, reached out and tugged at the sleeve of Zhong Xiaohua's clothes, and spoke in a low voice.
"Second sister, let's go out! Aren't we going to sell firewood? ”
Zhong Xiaohua rolled her eyes at Xiao San and made an excuse.
"I'm going to sell! But we have to find the right place, the right approach. And I want to see how much everything is priced on the market right now. ”
Xiao San looked at the second sister with firm eyes, and felt quite powerless in his heart.
He also discovered that since the second sister got sick, it was like a different person.
But she's still her, the second sister with a knife-mouthed tofu heart.
"This little lady, our family's food is not something that ordinary people can eat. Do you have money? ”
The guy looked at them with a sneer, looked them up and down, and finally looked at the pile of firewood beside Xiao San, his eyes full of disdain.
"Humph! That's really a coincidence. Miss Ben has money, but you don't have that blessing to share. No wonder, your restaurant closed down immediately! Little San, bring your things, let's go to the other side. ”
This is a restaurant street, most of the people who eat are here, and some people laughed when they heard Zhong Xiaohua's big tone.
"Little lady, is it possible that in addition to being rich, you also take care of fortune telling?"
Even the shopkeeper of this restaurant, his face was ugly, if it weren't for what the diner said just now, he would have wanted to beat Zhong Xiaohua and them out directly.
"Hmph, it doesn't matter if I do it or not, but what I'm saying is an objective fact."
She raised her chin and took Xiao San towards the restaurant opposite.
The shopkeeper of the opposite restaurant, who had already heard the news, led Zhong Xiaohua in.
"Little lady, whether what you just said is true or not, we will accept your good words."
The restaurants of the two of them have been fighting openly and secretly for so many years, and each of them wants to kill the other, but they have been in this confrontation situation for a long time.
Zhong Xiaohua smiled slightly, and without hesitation, she stretched out her hand and pointed to the firewood beside Xiao San.
"Shopkeeper, if you really think I'm talking more auspiciously, how about buying our little brother's firewood?"
The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but smile.
"Good! Good! Good! Nice little boy, good firewood. Come on, take this thing to the back, we bought this firewood for fifty cents. It's just that the money will be settled in the afternoon, what do you think? ”
Early in the morning, I figured out auspiciousness, and I didn't just spend half of the fifty pennies.
Xiao San was a little excited and a little nervous, and his face turned red.
These firewoods are not so good at all, and even if they are sold to the next village, they will at most be given five or ten cents for the sake of the face of acquaintances.
Thinking of the shopkeeper's inability to give money immediately, he frowned and looked at Zhong Xiaohua a little helplessly, rubbing his hands but didn't know how to speak, but at this time, he saw Zhong Xiaohua looking at the shopkeeper with a smile.
"It's okay, it's okay to open the door for business and don't settle the bill in the morning, it's a matter of course. However, now that the firewood matter has been done, how about the shopkeeper let's talk about cooperation? ”
She thought that only modern society would be superstitious when it opened its doors to do business, but she didn't want to be like this in ancient times.
But if you think about it, there were many more superstitious people in ancient times than in modern times!
Cooperate?
The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, and then after carefully looking at Zhong Xiaohua, he suddenly stroked his palm and smiled.
"Good! Good! Good! What a clever little girl, coming, serving, preparing our best box, hospitality. ”
Xiao San looked at this scene dumbfounded, his eyes blinked a few times, and then blinked a few times, looking at his second sister's eyes, it was like looking at a god who suddenly descended to earth.
It's just that in addition to surprise, there are more doubts in the bottom of the eyes.
What did they just say?
"Boss, let's be honest, my little brother and I came today to find a way to make money."
After a few people sat down in the box, Zhong Xiaohua spoke bluntly.
The shopkeeper raised his eyebrows, looked at Zhong Xiaohua with a light smile, couldn't help laughing, reached out to stroke his beard, and shook his head.
"Don't rush anything. I see the two of you coming from afar, or do you have some breakfast first, and then we will think about the cooperation in the long run? Otherwise, this empty stomach is considered inconsiderate! ”
Zhong Xiaohua smiled at him a little embarrassedly.
"The shopkeeper won't tell you the truth, the two of us came over the mountain overnight, just to make some money for the family. As for the money I bring, although it is a lot, I have to save some money. ”
It means that if we can't negotiate cooperation, we will eat your meal, and if we give money again, we won't be able to go to other homes.
Zhong Xiaohua sold a good job here.
The shopkeeper knew the meaning when he heard the strings, and besides, they didn't hesitate to pay for that meal in such a big shop.
I saw the shopkeeper's big hand wave and laugh.
"You doll girl has a temper with me. Don't worry, I will invite you to this meal today, after all, you sent me auspicious words early in the morning, and I will naturally repay the favor. ”
Although this is a bit far-fetched, it is only superficial.
Zhong Xiaohua smiled, accepted it, and obediently sat in her seat and waited for the guy to serve the meal.
And Zhong Xiaosan was a little confused, he looked at Zhong Xiaohua with straight eyes, and almost didn't see a flower on her face.
But when the steamed porridge was delivered, she tasted it and frowned.
"Shopkeeper, are these buns all meat buns?"
And, why is it so greasy?
"yes, what's wrong?"
The shopkeeper originally thought that the two of them didn't look wealthy, so he specially told Xiao Er below to send two cages of meat buns, isn't it right?
And Zhong Xiaosan also bit the bun in his mouth and looked at her, with a strange look in his eyes.
These buns are delicious! He had never eaten such a fragrant bun!
"But don't you feel tired?"
She took a bite of the bun skin, looked at the contents and frowned and turned her head to look at the shopkeeper, her eyes were full of opposition.
"Shopkeeper, what kind of stuffing do you use for your buns?"
The shopkeeper squinted at this little girl of Shinto Taoism, and his eyes were a little more interested.
"Someone, call the cook below."
Xiao Er went downstairs in response, and the shopkeeper was still smiling charitably.
"I really don't hide it from the girl, there are fewer and fewer people who want to eat meat buns recently, but vegetarian buns are selling very fast."
See, this is the human heart.
I just returned to a girl doll, but now I'm a girl.
Zhong Xiaohua nodded helplessly at the other party, who said it wasn't!
"That's for sure, now that the weather is hot day by day, this greasy bun smells good, let us little people eat it, it's absolutely delicious, but what kind of place is this? In such a big town, there are naturally a lot of rich people, how can they like it? ”
As soon as Zhong Xiaohua's words were finished, she heard the shopkeeper sigh heavily.
"We all say it's normal, isn't it?"
Zhong Xiaohua shook her head.
"Generally, meat buns sell fast in winter because people need to eat a lot of meat to ensure their own calories and resist the cold. And in summer, the weather is so hot, everyone just likes to eat something refreshing, who likes to eat these greasy things? ”
The shopkeeper was stunned in place, his brows furrowed.
"Excuse me, girl, what is heat?"
He knew that burning a fire would feel hot, but what was heat? Can eating buns get hot?
Zhong Xiaohua just wanted to explain to him, when he saw a knock on the door and the cook walked in.
"Shopkeeper, what do you tell me about?"
He raised his chin arrogantly, after all, in the whole town, who didn't say that his craftsmanship was good? Now there is a little rabbit cub, dare to come and smash the field?
"Oh, tell this little girl what you've put in your meat buns?"
"What's there? Meat buns, it must be meat! ”
The other party scoffed at this, sneered at Zhong Xiaohua with disdain, and rolled his eyes again.
Zhong Xiaohua was also a person who opened a restaurant chain in her previous life, although she couldn't cook, but at least she knew all kinds of recipes.
"Forget it, shopkeeper, I can personally adjust a basket of steamed bun stuffing, can you make it for us? You can rest assured that you won't use a lot of meat. ”
She rolled her eyes and smiled.
Although the shopkeeper didn't know if the little girl in front of him could do a good job, he really hadn't seen a few of them just with her confident attitude.
"Okay, no problem."
Zhong Xiaosan swallowed the last bun, burped with satisfaction, and reached out to grab Zhong Xiaohua with some concern.
"Second sister, can you do it? At home, the eldest sister cooks? Besides, I think this bun is delicious! ”
"Hmph, my buns, who dares to say that they are not delicious?"
The chef who followed downstairs next to him also sneered, looking at Zhong Xiaohua condescendingly, full of disdain.
Zhong Xiaohua's face darkened, when did this dead kid not speak, but at this time he dropped the chain for himself? Isn't this to increase the morale of others and destroy one's own prestige?
She snorted, stopped, and glanced at the other.
"You be careful for me, it's better to go out and pour me some tea in a while, otherwise you haven't eaten so many meat buns, and you won't grow to the toilet?"
After saying that, she also realized that this was a restaurant, and it shouldn't be so indecent.
Zhong Xiaohua suddenly smiled awkwardly at the shopkeeper.
"Well, I'm sorry for the shopkeeper. Makes you smile. ”