stonecrandall Chapter 169, Sense of Crisis
Chapter 169, Sense of Crisis
"Cousin, what did you mean originally, which shop do you prefer?" Qiao Minglang knew that his cousin's opinion might be a little different from his as soon as he heard his cousin's words.
"I've also thought about the shop you mentioned just now, and the shop that exits the back door of your school." Qiao Mingshan told his cousin his general thoughts.
The two brothers discussed this matter, and finally agreed that it would be better to go out from the main entrance of the school and cross the shop across the road.
In fact, it is not far from the school, and the students in the school will also go to the opposite side to eat.It's just that it takes a few more steps to go out from the opposite side than the back door of the school.
And that side is on the side of the road, there is a big road in front, and there are residential houses behind, and the people living in that area are more concentrated.Therefore, whether it is a fixed source of customers or a passing source of customers, there are more.
Zhou Xing stood aside and listened to the two brothers discussing for a long time, but he couldn't get in a word, which made him a little depressed.Although his family is in business, since he was a child, apart from being able to spend money, he has really made no serious money.
He used to go racing with others, at best, for fun, and he didn't do it for money.
Besides, he, Young Master Zhou, used to treat money like dung...
Especially when he knew that the shop they often went to was opened by the boy and his cousin, and now he was about to open a second shop, he felt that he was being compared to his wife, which made him There is a sense of crisis that has never been felt before.
No wonder Qiao Minglang taught him not to waste money on buying things for him before.But if he earned the money himself, wouldn't that be different?
At this moment, Young Master Zhou began to wonder in his heart whether he should find a way to earn some money to buy some new clothes for his wife.He has money now, but the money was given by others, and it really wasn't earned by him.
"Let's go back and discuss with Xiaoyong and Ah Zhong." After deciding to rent a new store here, Qiao Mingshan felt that he had to talk to the other two brothers about opening a new store.
"Well, good." Qiao Minglang nodded.
Seeing Zhou Xing standing aside and looking at him without speaking, he felt a little strange in his heart, but he didn't ask any questions after all.
In the past few days, they were looking for a shop outside, and the shop was handed over to the other two cousins. This was also to let them get used to it in advance. When the new shop opened later, they would definitely let at least one person go there.
At that time, two cousins will come over, and they don't have to worry about the lack of manpower when the new store opens.
As for the small stall at home, there are a few uncles and uncles, at most they work harder, if there are not enough people, just ask two more people to help.Qiao Minglang always felt that it was too wasteful to let a few younger cousins stay at home.
When they got back to the shop, after everyone discussed it, they decided to rent the new shop.
Early the next morning, Qiao Minglang went there with his big brother, found the owner to sign a contract, and formally rented the shop.
The newly rented shop still needs to be renovated. As for the decoration of the shop, Qiao Mingshan doesn't plan to hire someone to do it. He knows how to do it himself, and if he asks a few brothers to help, it will be done in a few days up.
In the next few days, Qiao Mingshan was busy with the decoration of the new store.
Qiao Minglang stayed in the store to look after the store, and after the busiest noon period, the other two cousins would go over to help the big cousin.After the afternoon, the business in the store will be relatively light, and he can be busy here looking at the store alone.
Zhou Xing drove Qiao Minglang to the store every day, knowing that they were busy in the past few days, so he stayed here to help.After the store closed in the afternoon, he took the boy back to where they lived.
"You wait for me here, and I'll come and pick you up around five o'clock in the afternoon." Zhou Xing was going to go home after Qiao Minglang was sent to the store that day, otherwise the family would always ask him to go home. People come to him.
After so many days of vacation, he hasn't been home, so he should go back to see his grandpa.
"Okay, if you have something to do, go and do it. I can go back by myself." After being in the city for so long, Qiao Minglang also understood how to take the bus outside.It's just that when they were together with Zhou Xing, they didn't have many opportunities to take the bus, and Zhou Xing drove him over every day.
"You wait for me, I'll pick you up." Zhou Xing said.
His car was parked just outside the door, he lifted his foot and straddled the motorcycle, inserted the key into the keyhole and turned it.As soon as he looked up, he saw the young man inside looking at him. Zhou Xing waved his hand to the young man and said with his mouth: Wait for me to pick you up.
With a little smile on the corner of his mouth, he drove away on the locomotive.
People nearby would look up when they heard the hum of the locomotive.
Qiao Minglang, who was standing at the back, saw the person leaving, lowered his head, and continued wiping the countertop with a rag.
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The car got on the road, this time there was no one behind the car, so Zhou Xing enjoyed the feeling of speeding up once.
He drove back home directly, but after he came back and took a look at the old man, he was ready to leave.
The woman at home didn't know where she went, and the house was quiet, only his grandfather was at home alone.But Zhou Xing didn't care about these things, and his presence or absence didn't have much to do with him.
"Why do you leave as soon as you come back? Don't you eat at home? Grandpa asked the kitchen to cook your favorite dishes." Seeing that his grandson was leaving as soon as he came back, Mr. Zhou wanted his grandson to live at home.
"I won't be eating at home anymore. Grandpa, I have made an appointment with Xiaolong and the others, and we will go out for dinner with them later." Zhou Xing has indeed made an appointment, and the main purpose of his coming out today is to meet Peng Er and the others. But he came back to see his grandfather on the way.
As for what the old man said, he just listened to it. The grandpa and grandson couldn't reach an agreement on this issue.
Seeing that his grandson refused to eat at home, Mr. Zhou was sad, but he couldn't blame the grandson for refusing to come back.Since ancient times, if there is a stepmother, there will be a stepfather, and the father doesn't care about his own son. As a grandfather, he can't control so much if he wants to.
It's just that I feel sorry for this grandson. The old man stuffed some money into his grandson's hand, so that the grandson can buy whatever he wants, without saving him. How long have you been a good grandson. Go and have fun with your friends, and come back to see grandpa when you have time."
"Well, thank you, grandpa." Zhou Xing didn't even look at how much money the old man stuffed him. Thinking of what he was going to do later, he didn't refuse the money the old man gave him.He stuffed a wad of money casually into the inner pocket of his clothes, and he was used to his family liking to give him money.
"Then grandpa, I'm leaving."
"Go, just go out and play, don't do bad things."
"Grandpa, don't worry, I won't." After replying, Zhou Xing went out.
Hearing the sound of buzzing cars outside, the old man said his grandson was healed. His spirit was not very good. After his grandson left, he went back to the house where he lived on crutches.
At this time, Peng Long and Zhang Lei were already sitting at the place they had agreed upon, and they had drunk several glasses of beer, but Zhou Xing hadn't come over yet.Zhang Lei wondered if their Eldest Master Zhou was going to let them go, so he said to Peng Er: "Are you saying that Ah Xing won't come?"
"No." Fingers on the armrest were tapping, Peng Long still believed that since Zhou Xing took the initiative to ask them out, he would not miss the appointment.
The two of them grew up together, and he still knew what kind of person his brother was.
"Tell me, Ah Xing, is he busy with something? I don't see him all day long, and I can't come out to play if I ask him." Zhang Lei felt that since the three of them entered high school, the three of them would not come out to play. The relationship between them has changed.
Especially Zhou Xing, who didn't know what he was doing all day long, and was mysterious. They said they would not let him go to him.
If there is no problem in this, he would not believe it if he was killed!
The two of them sat in the box for a while before they heard the sound of the door being pushed. Zhang Lei raised his head and saw that the young master they were waiting for had finally arrived. He stood up, stretched out his hand to Zhou Xing, and said, "Yo, You are finally here, young master, I thought you were going to let us go."
"Do you think I look like that kind of person?" Zhou Xing went over and greeted his good brothers in the way they greet each other.
"Here we come. I want to eat something. Let someone serve some dishes." Peng Long threw the menu over.
"It's neither early nor late, what's for dinner?" Zhou Xing threw the menu back to Peng Er, turned over the cup and poured himself a cup of hot tea, and said, "Order whatever you want, I'll do whatever you want."
Peng Long threw the menu to Zhang Lei, and Zhang Lei could only resign himself to ordering for the two young masters.
It didn't take long for the food they ordered to be served.
"Isn't your school already on vacation? I haven't seen you out to play, where have you been?" Peng Long looked at Zhou Xing suspiciously, expressing his curiosity about this question.
Young Master Zhou, who said he was not hungry just now, picked up the chopsticks to pick up vegetables to eat.
Hearing Peng Er's words, Zhou Xing paused with the chopsticks in his hand, and said, "Where can I go, the left and right are in this city. You also know that the life of No. [-] Middle School is not lived by human beings. It's finally a holiday. I I just want to sleep well at home by myself."
"Oh." Peng Long can understand that No. [-] Middle School is the best high school in their city, and of course the management is also the most strict school. Like being in jail, he couldn't survive that day.
Of the three of them, only Zhou Xing went to No. [-] Middle School to study, neither he nor Zhang Lei went.
"Ah Xing, we said to go to your place to play, when we are free, let's go to your place to play." Zhang Lei said.
"Another day, my place is as messy as a kennel. You don't even have a place to stay when you go." Zhou Xing didn't want to take these two people to his place, if they went there, they would find him There is one more person living there.
And there was only one room in his place, and anyone who went there could tell at a glance that the two of them were sleeping on the same bed. Even these brothers who grew up together, he had never slept in the same bed with them.
As for Zhang Lei's big mouth, if he knew that there was someone living in his house, he might go out and talk nonsense.
At this moment, Young Master Zhang didn't even know that he was despised by others.