113 Family dinners

"Little sister, let's go out to eat, two meals together, hurry up and pack up, after Dad comes back in a while, we will go out at nine o'clock."

"Huh? So early? Isn't it usually at noon, are you misremembering the time? ”

Hearing the little sister who was about to go out, she immediately complained dissatisfied, it seems that her original leisurely arrangement on Sunday morning was all disrupted because of this.

"Let's accept the reality, after all, I'm going to cheer for my brother's restaurant, I think the main thing is to attract business, and I may have to make room for those real customers by noon."

Because my cousin's family started to buy and sell this restaurant, it was not a whim-spur-of-the-moment decision.

From the beginning of putting forward this proposal at the New Year's dinner, to the various certificates and Zhang Luo in the following months, although Bai Ze was basically only in the case of hearsay, he also more or less learned that the relatives at home had basically gone to his cousin's restaurant in batches during this time, and now it was just their turn - if it weren't for his father's absence from home before, and his mother would have worked overtime in the hospital, they would have gone a long time ago.

After driving the little sister back to the room to change clothes, Bai Ze also went back to the house to prepare for the trip, and originally wanted to recharge the mobile phone, but after picking it up and seeing that it was still as full as ever, he put it in his pocket and ignored it - since the previous "reinstallation system", this mobile phone has become a small magic machine, relying on the magic power that escapes from the storage holder, anyway, until today, it has been almost a week, and the power has always been full, which can drive today's mobile phone manufacturers and battery companies crazy.

It didn't take long to hear the sound of the door opening from the door, needless to say that it was naturally my father who came home, seeing this, Bai Ze went out to greet him, and after a brief chat, he saw that the time was almost up, so he called the little sister who was still locked in the room, and the family went out.

"This restaurant is actually on the edge of the food street, and the rent must be very expensive, right?"

Because it was not too far away, they didn't drive, and the four of them walked on the way to the other side, Bai Ze asked with feelings.

"It is said that it didn't cost much money, it seems that there is the ancestral property left by the grandfather of the second wife of the family, originally there opened a hotel, but because of poor management has been closed for two years, last year there in the face of the family, the first floor was subleased to your cousin, said to support the junior in the family to start their own business, in the two years of opening the rent seems to be a symbolic collection of some money, the future situation I don't know much here, but it should be much cheaper than others."

Listening to his father's brief introduction to some of the situations he had heard, Bai Ze felt like listening to a story, feeling that it had nothing to do with him, and he didn't care much about it.

"In fact, that small building is not only transferred to your cousin, but the empty rooms on the second and third floors have also been renovated, and they are going to be rented to nearby college students in the future.

A house near a university town sounds tempting, but for their family, which lives not far from home, there is no need, and Bai Ze is not old enough to let his parents feel at ease to let him go out to live alone.

"What have you been discussing for so many days?"

The little sister who followed casually asked.

"Actually, I don't know what the old people are thinking, so this time I called us back, although I asked about the situation of your generation of children, and briefly discussed the intentions and assistance plans for your education and employment, but most of the time I discussed some inexplicable things."

Bai Ze found his father's expression, and he became a little confused at the moment.

"Speaking of which, although I have heard that there have been many Taoist priests in the ancestors of my family in the past, and there are still many people who are temple priests in nearby temples to this day, it is still incomprehensible that those feudal superstitions should be solemnly discussed at a family gathering that brings most of the relatives together - well, there is something I want to tell you in advance, I came back this time to bring some." 'Specialty' to you, it's a kind of alternative homework, it is said that someone will come to supervise your learning progress, I don't know exactly how, the old people can't say it clearly, but judging from the reaction of relatives, it should be a good thing. “

Hearing this, Bai Ze was stunned for a moment, and driven by some vague guess in his heart, he couldn't help but turn his head and glance at the little sister walking beside him, and unexpectedly saw a vague look similar to him in the eyes of the little girl.

"I put the things in the car, and you can help me carry the things up when I get back......"

Just walking and chatting, I came to the nearby food street near the university town, and the destination was in the small roadside building not far from this street.

Although this place is very close to the food street, but because it is actually located at the corner of the intersection connected to the main road, this road looks empty near except for the buildings of government agencies and state-owned enterprises, except for the boss who jogs and walks in the neighborhood in the early morning, there are basically not many pedestrians in the vicinity, because there is no auxiliary road to guide, even if there is a car to park here, it is super troublesome, and because the neighborhood is a government office area, so it is difficult to get a road for yourself to build a road - This is also the main reason why the hotel in the past could not be opened in the end.

However, as a freshly baked restaurant, although the disadvantages in this regard are still headaches, relatively speaking, they are not so fatal. After all, most of the people who live in the hotel are outsiders, and the people who come here to eat are basically all residents from the surrounding areas, and most of them come here after strolling, and many employees of several nearby companies also come out to eat, which is also a stable source of customers.

After cutting through the alley that connects to the food court, he walked down the street to the near junction, where his cousin's restaurant is located. The hall, which covers an area of about 100 square meters, is simply divided into two symmetrical areas by fences and seats, and along the wall is a loose seat that can accommodate three or four people, and in the middle is a large table that can accommodate eight people.

Although it has not yet arrived at the meal, there are already two or three tables of people sitting down to chat, and if you look closely, they are all distant relatives who have vaguely met each other during the New Year, although they can't be called by name, at least they are familiar with each other. Bai Ze's family is not only of high seniority in the clan, but both husband and wife are high-level intellectuals, and they are also highly respected and valued in the eyes of others.

Therefore, although they can't name everyone here, others "know very well" about them, and when they walk in, many people stand up and come over to say hello, and some are too deliberate to come over to please - but even so, the narrator in the dark will not give them even one more word of physical description, and even if passers-by work hard, their role in this world is just that.

Not long after, the uncle's family, who were originally busy in the back kitchen, also came out to greet them - speaking of which, because of the relationship between them as three generations of blood relatives, they are much closer, and even Bai Ze often lived at his cousin's house for summer vacation when he was a child, so it can be said that there is no difference between them as brothers.

"Aze, I've been waiting for you for a long time, I thought that most of you wouldn't be able to come over this week."

"Haha, isn't this coming? Good luck and good luck! ”

After a brief chat, after all, there was a lot of work in the back kitchen, so my cousin went back to work, and Bai Ze's family found a place to sit down and prepare to order.

"Huh?"

Looking up, when he saw the appearance of the little brother who came over with the menu, Bai Ze was suddenly stunned.

"Y-you-who's that, we met in a nearby park the other day!"

The young man, who couldn't remember this person's name for a while, opened his mouth and stammered for a moment, and when he felt that he should have some impression of each other that day, he opened his mouth to greet him.

"Uh...... Guest: You probably recognize the wrong person, right? ”

After hearing this, the little brother who looked down at him was stunned for a moment, and responded with a somewhat embarrassed expression, but the way he subconsciously looked away made people untrusted.

Although for a moment I did wonder if I was really wrong, but he was quite good in his memory, and even if it was dark that night, he could still be sure that this person looked very similar to the one in his memory.

“…… Oh, sorry, sorry. ”

Realizing that the other party didn't want to recognize each other here, Bai Ze didn't force it, so he simply skipped this section and focused his attention on the menu.

My cousin's restaurant is a very authentic traditional Chinese restaurant, with a bias towards Shandong cuisine and some popular dishes, but the more characteristic thing is that the menu with a large number of traditional noodle dishes is a full five pages, many of which seem to be very laborious, and many of which are very technically exquisite, and make people wonder if they have the time and skills to make many of these noodles that look like dim sum more than main dishes.

In the end, they ordered a few bowls of noodles, a dim sum combination, two cold dishes and two hot dishes, which made people feel that the taste was really good, although there was nothing surprising in the seasoning, but the noodles themselves were quite somersaultous and delicious, and the knife work and heat of the dish were also very good, which played a good role in improving freshness.

The speed of serving food is okay, and the price is more appropriate, most of the meal is served in about fifteen minutes, and it costs less than two hundred yuan in total, anyway, Bai Ze himself thinks that he can come more often in the future.

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