Ever since the new izakaya owned by the Ara Group opened across the street, the clouds on Fuyumi's little face were getting thicker and thicker. She would sit there every night while folding her tent, muttering in a low voice, cursing the restaurant for closing down.
The opening ceremony of ara group's new izakaya was quite grand. Not only many celebrities from the local political and business circles came, but also a large number of journalists from the news media. It created a great momentum and showed the strong network strength of ara.
The group itself also expressed great confidence in the new izakaya project and proposed a new business philosophy of "according to the times and having a drink".
The Japanese economy is in a period of continuous recession. No one knows how long the recession will last. Anyway, every year economists say it will end this year. Then the next year, the face will be as swollen as a pig’s head. And this continuous economic recession
As a result, the level of consumption is also declining year by year - there is nothing we can do about it. People have less and less money in their pockets, and they naturally become more and more stingy in spending.
According to statistics, about 33% of people hope that the cost of drinking after get off work should be controlled within 1,000 yen, and 59.2% of people said that it is best not to drink with more than two people. The overall market trend begins to show that time is short and the amount of expenditure is small. , three major characteristics of a small number of people.
In order to follow this trend, ara catering group has launched a variety of "thousand-yen set meals", such as a bowl of ramen (or chazuke rice), two side dishes to go with wine, and two large glasses of draft beer, guaranteed to only cost 1,000 yen.
It can fill your stomach and make you drunk at the same time.
At the same time, other dishes at Ara New Izakaya are also quite cheap, such as the common side dish of cold tofu that goes with alcohol, which is 199 yen at Junmiya, but they insist on selling it for 159 yen.
In just four or five days since its opening, the business of ara's new-style izakaya has begun to boom. Although the customers of Junmiya will not be all gone immediately, they are disappearing at a speed visible to the naked eye, with fewer and fewer customers day by day.
The regular customers that Fuyumi said would not be easily swayed didn't seem to be very loyal. Seeing that the price was cheaper and the decoration was more decent, she decided to find a new owner.
"Sister, drink some hot water!" Haruna whispered to Fuyumi. Her eldest sister kept talking to herself there, as if the pressure was exploding, and she almost showed the face of a little shrew. There is no ladylike style at all. This is not
good.
"Don't drink! I'm so angry! You're from Kyoto. You don't respect tradition at all. You even do such immoral things as fastfood. It's really humiliating all the Kansai barbarians!" Fuyumi was so angry that she fired a map cannon.
, one shot destroyed one-eighth of Japan, "Obviously our food is more beautiful in color, more sophisticated in materials, and more meticulous in production. Are those drunkards blind? They can even crack a hard-boiled egg."
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Fastfood refers to fast food, and the opposite is slowfood, which is traditional food that is not mass-produced but in line with local customs. Looking at the current situation, Fuyumi immediately defined her store as slowfood-style traditional food.
A famous cultural store, first of all, it takes the moral high ground. In fact, her store has only been open for less than three years, which is not as long as the Ara restaurant group!
Moreover, the new izakaya cuisine opposite Ara is not as bad as she said. It is a standardized operation with top celebrity chefs designing the cooking process behind it. It feels a bit like KFC McDonald's. It is not delicious, but
Can be widely adapted to the tastes of the public.
"Don't worry, eldest sister, father is also designing new dishes, which should be of some help."
Fuyumi frowned: "His cooking skills are just like that, not of much use. For now, let's downgrade him!"
Haruna was a little surprised, "Downgrade? Sister, the opposite side has the advantage of the group, as well as its own pastures, fisheries and planting bases. We can't compete with them in this regard!"
Fuyumi's temper was completely aroused, and she immediately shouted: "So what! We are all daughters of the Wu family, and we must not sit back and wait for death!"
"How much will it drop?"
Fuyumi hesitated for a moment, feeling as if dozens of knives were stabbing her in her heart, "The food is all 10 yen cheaper than the other side, and so is the wine... Wait, let's check the situation like the other side!"
Haruna lowered her head and calculated silently, then said softly: "Then we will have almost no profit at all, sister."
Fuyumi was obviously very irritated, and shouted: "It's better than no one coming to eat!" After calling, she remembered that Haruna was in front of her, and felt slightly embarrassed, but she was the eldest sister and couldn't apologize to her younger sister, so she flattened her mouth.
He copied the account book and said, "I'll discuss it with dad. Don't worry, it's not a big deal. Maybe everyone just finds it fresh and will come back after eating it a few times."
After saying that, she went to the study room with her account book under her arm, while Haruna was lost in thought for a long time - no one in the family knew how to run the family, would it be impossible for the family to survive in less than three years after her mother was gone? Her father had to lie down for most of the day, carrying heavy burdens.
Most likely, my sister will have to bear the burden again. Can my sister bear such great pressure?
Could it be that my sister... collapsed suddenly like my mother?
Why am I only fourteen years old...
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The next day was Saturday again, and school was over at noon. Hideji Kitahara looked at the drizzle and felt sticky and uncomfortable.
When northerners suddenly rush to the south, they always feel like they are in trouble - not because of the darkness in the area, but when the rainy season comes in the south, they feel like God has prostatitis. They always urinate uncleanly and sparsely, which really makes northerners feel...
Very uncomfortable.
What northerners like is heavy rain, with thunder and lightning, the sky and the earth are shaking, raindrops the size of soybeans are falling on the face, and no one can be seen a meter away. It is extremely enjoyable to finish work on time in the next two hours, but this kind of rain stops for a while,
Stopping for a while will only make you feel upset.
It is already the second week of June, and the rainy season in Nagoya has been here for three or four days. In Japan, the rainy season is like the "Sakura Front" advancing from southwest to northeast. It rains in Nagoya about four or five days earlier than in Tokyo. Come to think of it,
Tokyo has only been wet for the past two days - the northernmost Hokkaido does not have this problem.
The rainy season lasts for about a month. It is basically rainy weather with extremely high humidity. Even the air seems thick and solemn. Even the exhaust fumes from cars passing by on the road cannot rise and can only turn into smog and circulate.
Kitahara Shuji watched the weather for a while, thinking that he would have to suffer this kind of crime for more than a month, he complained in his stomach and took out his umbrella - the rain wouldn't get on his clothes, but his body would still feel wet and uncomfortable. Who can bear this kind of weird weather?
?
But just as he was about to leave, he saw Fuyumi's small figure standing on the side of the pillar in front of the teaching building, and Fuyumi was looking at Xiaoyu with her mouth pursed and sulking. The two of them have not had any conflicts recently, and their relationship is okay. Kitahara
Xiuji hesitated and asked, "Forgot to bring your umbrella?"
It rains basically every day. What kind of trouble do you want to make if you don't bring an umbrella?
"Took it!" Fuyumi held it in for a while, "But I don't know which bastard stole it." Then she said bitterly: "It's best not to let me find him!"
Kitahara Shuji slightly felt that something was wrong. This school still has a strong school spirit, and it is rare to hear of stealing things - isn't this little carrot head being bullied in disguise? It is very likely that this guy has basically offended his classmates.
It's over.
He thought about it and said with some sympathy: "If you can't contact Xueli, then I'll take you to the bus stop!" Xueli's Happy Children's mobile phone is basically just a decoration.
In the school bag.
As he said this, he opened his umbrella and motioned for Fuyumi to go with him.
Fuyumi hesitated for a moment, then stood under Kitahara Hideji's umbrella with her schoolbag in hand. She tilted her head and did not look at him, but whispered: "That will cause trouble for you..."
"It's okay, I'm just passing by." Kitahara Shuji said with a smile. This kind of thing that is costless and convenient for others is just a job in his opinion. He would also give it to other people he knew - Fuyumi and the others.
Usually I take the bus home and just drop her off at the bus stop without losing any time.
So the two of them held an umbrella and walked together outside the school in the drizzle. Kitahara Shuji controlled his walking speed to prevent Fuyumi's two short legs from working hard-people like him usually walk very fast.
Yeah, it's better to be chased by a dog and you won't lose much. For example, if you can go up the stairs three steps with one kick, you won't take two steps. I was reprimanded by the discipline teacher at school for this.
In fact, Fuyumi usually walks fast, and she often has short legs, but now Kitahara Shuji walks slowly with an umbrella, so she can only follow him slowly. The two of them have nothing in common, and they don't speak to each other.
The sound of drizzle rustling on the umbrella.
After Fuyumi walked for a short distance, she couldn't help but secretly glance up at Kitahara Hideji - the top of her head was at the same level as Kitahara Hideji's chest - and then looked around again, feeling that it was a bit like a scene in a shoujo manga.
This guy is a pretty boy. He looks like the male protagonist in the comics. He is holding an umbrella for himself. He moves similarly. He is surrounded by drizzle and smoke. He is quite beautiful. The atmosphere is also similar - I wish I were ten centimeters taller.
, if she is 1.6 meters tall, then there is nothing faulty about this picture. (She is wearing five-centimeter height-increasing shoes)
She quite liked this feeling, she felt very comfortable, and the stress and depression of the past few days seemed to have dissipated a lot.
She walked for a while, thinking about how she could do something for Kitahara Hideji after he helped her hold the umbrella - his towel was quite old, so she could give him a new one. It turned out that
Change the strip into a mop.
"Um... Fukuzawa-kun, I don't think you should worry about the umbrella." Seeing Fuyumi keep her head down and not speaking, Kitahara Shuci thought she was still planning to take revenge on the person who stole her umbrella, so he couldn't help but softly advise her.
One sentence.
If you don't retaliate, you will definitely feel aggrieved, but retaliating will only make the situation worse. He feels that based on Xiao Luobotou's situation, the top priority is to ease the relationship between classmates, otherwise there will be more and more cold violence and pranks - bullying
People don't just beat and scold, there are some ways that are even worse than that, and Fuyumi doesn't know how many of them he has.
In his eyes, Fuyumi also belongs to the younger type, and as an "elder", he actually likes to talk to people. Maybe this kind of behavior can promote the secretion of dopamine. People who listen don't know, anyway.
The people are quite happy.
Of course, it is also possible that he was infected by Naotaka Fukuzawa and developed this bad habit.
"Huh? Why?" Fuyumi raised her head and glanced at him, not knowing what kind of muscle he had to suddenly say this.
"Have you ever heard of a saying, Mr. Fukuzawa? You have to adapt to the environment, and never wait for the environment to adapt to you. Interpersonal relationships are also one of the main factors that constitute our living environment. I think it is still necessary to live in harmony with your classmates."
Kitahara Shuji was simply kind-hearted, and what he said was quite tactful. Based on the relationship between the two of them, he could only remind the little carrot head that the world does not revolve around her, and that as a person, you still have to be able to control yourself.
A bad temper is better.
After all, his relationship with the Fukuzawa family has become quite strong. He can't just watch Fuyumi, a little carrot, become a low-level member who is subjected to cold violence and bullying at school.
But Fuyumi's crescent eyes narrowed - what does this guy mean? Is he saying that he is not popular? Is he preaching to himself?