stonecrandall Chapter 199, Lantern Festival Chapter
Chapter 199, Lantern Festival Chapter
Qiao Minglang knew that his big hall brother was worried about his studies, so he said, "Don't worry, big hall brother, I know what's in my heart, and I won't delay my studies."
"Well, you can arrange it yourself. We don't have many books, so we don't know your situation. If you want anything, just tell me, we are all relatives." Qiao Mingshan didn't read many books by himself. If he hadn't heard from the customers in the store, he wouldn't know much about these things.
But he knows that this little cousin is a person who has arrangements for his work, and he can rest assured that he can arrange his studies well and won't delay his study.
He hadn't been here for a few days, and seeing that the big hall brother was busy, Qiao Minglang also washed his hands and went in to help. The two of them talked about the past few days in the shop while they were working.
Knowing that he is not here for the past few days, there are several of his cousins in the store, so there will be no trouble.The two of them talked a few things about the store, and Qiao Minglang also mentioned in passing, "Brother lobby, if you have time on weekdays, you should spare some time to read books. I'll send you a few books later, so you can learn more. Something is always right."
When he went to the bookstore to buy books yesterday, he thought of letting his cousins study.
It's just that the cousins are so old, it seems unrealistic to ask them to go back to school and study with the children.What's more, they can't do without people here in the store.The only way is to let a few cousins read more books in the shop when they are free on weekdays.
In fact, although the store is very busy, it is only busy when it is open for business. It closes at three or four in the afternoon and goes back. There is still a long time after returning. How can I spare some time to come out every day? Read the book.
"Well, you're right. We've been graduating for so many years, and we haven't thought about studying. In this way, you can see what books are suitable for us to read, and you can bring them to us later." Qiao Mingshan thought of what he was reading. There were not many books, and the family was poor at that time, so he could go to school for a few days, and it would be good if he could read a few words.
Now that they have opened two small shops, he can barely manage it. In fact, it is because of the help of the little cousin here. The big things are the little cousin's ideas, and he is just obedient.
If he is asked to open two stores by himself, he may not be able to manage it, not to mention whether it can be opened or not.
They had talked about the store before, both of them wanted to wait for the time to mature, and they would continue to open another store.According to their business, it should be certain to open a few more stores in the future.
As for how big the business can grow, Qiao Mingshan doesn't dare to think about it now, he just wants to make some money, support his parents, wife and children, and help these brothers.
"Okay, I'll go back and look for it later, and I'll bring it to you tomorrow." Qiao Minglang also asked the hall brother to urge the other cousins to read books and learn more. I don't want the other cousins to be limited to working in this small shop.
If their business can grow bigger in the future, these cousins will definitely be his great assistants, and they need the help of several cousins.If the cousins don't understand anything, even if he wants someone to help, he won't be able to help, so from now on, he will urge the cousins to learn more.
In fact, whether in the past or in this world, Qiao Minglang understands a truth, reading is not the only way out, but if you want to go further and better, you still need to read some books, and have a little culture in your stomach. Only then can we go further.
So this is why he is now firmly grasping the opportunity to study in front of him. He just hopes that his future road can go further and better.Regardless of whether he will continue to be a businessman or do other things in the future, the knowledge he has learned today will become the foundation and capital for future survival.
"Well, I don't need you to remind me, I know how to do this." Qiao Mingshan nodded with a smile, but he didn't think in his heart that if he was a brother, he would have to share the hardships. How could it be that I am the only one suffering, while you are enjoying yourself!
"Everyone come to have breakfast first." Seeing that everyone got up and worked so far, Qiao Mingshan knew that everyone must be hungry, so he ordered some noodles and called everyone to come over for dinner.
But seeing that they still had so many sesame seed cakes today, he didn't order too many noodles.
At this time in the morning, there are three or two customers eating in the store, most of them are hawkers selling things at the farmers market.
Seeing that the guests had nothing to do, they also sat around the table to eat their breakfast.
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This day is the Lantern Festival, which can be regarded as a small reunion day after the Spring Festival.The business here in the market is particularly good, and everyone will come out to buy vegetables and go back to cook.
The business in their store is also good. The fish balls and tofu they made were sold out early, and the customers who came to ask later are gone.
"Sorry, today's meatballs are sold out."
"If I had known, I would have come earlier, hey..."
The customer who wanted to buy something sighed, but had to leave if he couldn't buy the meatballs.
"Brother, I knew we would have prepared more meatballs today." This is not the first person to ask, Qiao Mingliang was annoyed when he saw that someone couldn't make money...
"We will make more next time. We can't predict this." They actually prepared more things today than yesterday, but because there were too many people buying things today, they were sold out quickly. , Qiao Mingshan couldn't have predicted this, "It's fine if it's sold out, and we'll cook early for a while."
It was busy until after two o'clock in the afternoon, and no one came to eat, but at this moment, all the things in their store were sold out.
Knowing that today is a holiday, Qiao Minglang went to buy a lot of vegetables and came back, planning to cook for everyone to eat together in the evening.
After packing up the store, they began to prepare dinner.
There are more than a dozen of them here, and everyone moves their hands and works quickly.
Everyone washed and cut the vegetables together, and the vegetables began to be put into the pot. Those to be stewed were stewed, and those to be fried were started to be fried. It didn't take long for a large table of vegetables to come out.
"Today is the Lantern Festival. It may be the first time for us to spend the Lantern Festival outside." In name, Qiao Mingshan is the boss of all of them. He stood up and said a few words to everyone, thanking his brother and brother-in-law They followed him out to open a shop, "Without you here, I would not be able to do so many things by myself, so I am also very grateful that you are willing to follow me out to endure hardships."
"I, Qiao Mingshan, promise here today that as long as you are willing to suffer with me and work hard, as long as I, Qiao Mingshan, have something in the future, I will not treat you brothers badly."
"Come on, let's have a drink."
"Dry."
"I wish our store's business will be better and better, and we will make more and more money."
"This is good!"
"..."
After drinking a glass of wine, as soon as the conversation box opened, everyone talked more.
Knowing that he was going to drive, Zhou Xing didn't dare to drink too much, he only drank a few sips, and it was enough to make sense.While eating the dishes, he was talking to a few cousins.
"Minglang, eat more food. Seeing that you have nothing to eat at school, and you study so hard, the two of you need to eat more meat to be able to study hard." Qiao Mingshan kept pouring into the bowl of the little cousin sitting next to him. He was worried that his little cousin would not have enough to eat at school, and he felt that his child was starving and thin at school after only seeing him for a few days.
"Brother Hall, what you said is true." Zhou Xing also put meat into the boy's bowl, and said, "Mingming, you want to eat more meat so that you can grow taller."
It happened that Qiao Minglang was sitting between his big brother and Zhou Xing, and these two people kept adding vegetables to his bowl. While eating, he couldn't keep up with the speed of these two people adding vegetables, and soon the food in the bowl was gone. Prominent.
"..." Qiao Minglang.
"Brother Hall, let's go." After they finished their meal, it was already dark outside, and Zhou Xing was going to take the boy back to his side to say hello to his cousins.
"Okay, please drive carefully on the road." Qiao Mingshan was already used to the fact that his little cousin went to live with his classmates, so he just told them to be careful on the road.
"Yes." Zhou Xing replied, let the boy sit in the car, the two of them put on their helmets, waved to the people behind, and he started the car and left.
Today is the Lantern Festival, and the lights in the city seem to be brighter than usual.
They were driving on the road, and they didn't know where the fireworks were set off in the distance. The fireworks bloomed in the sky, and in an instant, the sky was full of splendor...
Qiao Minglang looked up at the sky and the lights on both sides of the road. The wind was blowing on his face. He had never been so sure as at this moment that he really traveled through thousands of years and came to this prosperous and strange world. , he is really here, witnessing the changes of this era...
They chased the place where the fireworks rose, the car passed by, and the neon lights kept retreating, and the scenery along the way behind them was left behind by them.
***
That night, he had a dream. He dreamed that a teenager who looked like him came back to say goodbye to him, saying that he was leaving and asking him to help him take care of his younger siblings and family members.He told the teenager that that would be his brother and sister, and his family, and he would take care of them.
"Thank you……"
The boy thanked him, and his figure slowly disappeared in his dream.
Waking up from the dream, the genius outside was slightly bright, with a hand across his waist, and the people around him were still soundly asleep.Qiao Minglang removed the hand that was on his waist, sat up on the bed, lifted the quilt and got out of bed, and went into the bathroom wearing slippers.
Hearing the sound of water in the bathroom, Zhou Xing didn't even open his eyes, his hand was touching the next seat, but he didn't touch anyone. He opened his eyes and saw that the other half of the seat was already empty.
He looked up at the sky outside the window, glanced at the direction of the bathroom, fell back on the bed, and lay still...