Facts have proved that the day’s plan begins in the morning.
Because three bad things happened one after another in the morning, the whole morning passed. Except for the two uncles in the morning, there were no other customers in the restaurant.
But I was quite happy. My second uncle gave Uncle Zhou and Uncle Wang a temporary half-day holiday. Lulu and I sat at the dining table and watched my second uncle’s newly installed TV. Sun Wukong is so good!
The second uncle placed two large basins of boiling water in the back kitchen and scalded the fur cloak in the boiling water.
"Oops! Another commercial!" Lulu was lying on the table, unable to see the discomfort that followed. She was raking her hands on the table.
I held my chin and sighed: "We will go to school next year, so we probably won't have time to watch TV."
"Yes, why are there no customers today?" Lulu ran to the door, opened the door and looked out, "There are quite a lot of people in the hardware store next door."
"Really?" I put down the water glass and ran over. I was closer to the door, and I actually heard the small but very noisy sound next door.
Huh? There are usually no people in his house, but why are there so many people today?
I opened the door, and the boss next door was standing at the door, happily greeting me.
...I'm sore.
His house is full, how much money will he earn?
Hey, I followed the example of my second uncle and shook my head and sighed.
"Strange." Lulu's rising tone sounded behind me.
I turned around: "What's wrong?"
"Look, look at what they bought." Lulu pointed at a man in a suit who had just come out of the hardware store and walked south along the corridor.
I looked over: "Hiss..."
The man was in a suit and leather suit, but he was carrying a big bag of...shower head???
"Why did he buy so many shower heads? He uses one every day? It will take several months." Lulu scratched her head behind me.
I turned around and took her hand down: "Who can afford the luxury of using one shower head a day?"
"Then he bought so much."
"Maybe there is a bathhouse at home."
"That makes sense."
We both showed our little white teeth happily, we must have guessed the truth!
But the next second we were stunned, because a pregnant woman also came out carrying a large bag of shower heads...
"Isn't it true that her family also runs a bathhouse?" Lulu whispered.
I frowned and shook my head: "Is his store selling shower heads today?"
"It wasn't sold like this before? The last time Uncle Zhou went to his house to buy kitchen knives, he also bought one!"
We both were puzzled.
At this time, what looked like a couple of uncles and aunts came from the opposite side, obviously heading for our restaurant.
I immediately beamed with joy, finally having a customer all morning!
"Second uncle! Come..."
"Hey, don't eat now. I remember that our shoe cabinet is broken. How about buying two hinges?"
"Buy more and keep them handy. I always feel that the hinges of other cabinets in our house will also break."
"Okay, let's go to the hardware store."
... Before I called out my second uncle, the couple came in front of Lulu and me, and suddenly turned around and went to the next door.
Lulu took a breath behind me: "Nuan Ting."
"Um."
"I feel something's not right."
"I feel so too."
We both looked at each other.
Usually my house is always hot and there are not many people in the hardware store. Today it suddenly changed. I didn’t think it was anything at first, but two people who bought a lot of shower heads and these two uncles and aunts suddenly changed their minds.
It was a 90-degree bend, and I felt something was wrong.
Especially now, that malnourished young man seems to have some problems with his body. He is staying in the hardware store. It is difficult not to think in mysterious ways.
But we couldn't be sure at once, so we discussed and waited at the door to see, without even looking at Sun Wukong.
Lulu ran into the restaurant and took out two small horses.
The two of us sat at the door of the restaurant, leaning on our chins and squinting at the passers-by.
Passers-by from all directions poured into the hardware store next door, and the customers inside were flowing in and out. The couple just now carried the hinges of two large bags out and went home smiling.
Not only them, but also the nearby stores had no business. The store owners were all sitting at the door looking at the hardware store eagerly.
Every customer who entered the hardware store was carrying a big bag, as if they were trying to empty the hardware store.
The more I looked, the more I felt something was wrong. The more I looked, the lower my brows became.
"Is the second uncle still in the kitchen?" I asked Lulu.
Lulu nodded: "Yes."
"I'm going to find my second uncle." I ran to the kitchen without stopping. My second uncle was sitting in front of the big basin. He rolled up his sleeves and plucked out his hair. He was chanting sutras as he plucked out his hair. After a whole morning, he had plucked out his hair as big as a palm.
My mouth opened wide: "Second uncle, what kind of speed are you doing?"
The second uncle glared at me angrily: "Go, go, do you think this is ordinary fur? Every hair on it has to be transcended before you can get down from it."
"Well, God's things are really not easy to get."
"That's not right." The second uncle soaked the fur in a large basin of boiling water and wiped his wet hands with his pants, "Why did you come in when you weren't watching TV outside? Are you a guest?"
Only then did I remember what I was here for, and I quickly told my second uncle what Lulu and I had discovered.
After hearing this, the second uncle took out a half-wet cigarette, took a puff, and the smoke ring flew to the top of his head: "Why are there so many weird things?"
"..." I almost choked on my saliva. My second uncle rarely said bad words. If he said it once, it would be as offensive as "Monkey King recited the tightening curse and made Tang Monk roll on the floor in pain."
I scratched my face: "Second uncle, do you think his family robbed our guests?"
No, they took away customers from all the nearby stores.
The second uncle nodded: "His family has some skills. It's okay. Don't worry about it. We just have two days of rest."
"Second uncle!" I stamped my feet anxiously. Lulu and I almost had our heads in trouble for the sake of the restaurant business. Second uncle actually wanted to rest. How could he be so worried?
The second uncle waved his hand, put out the cigarette, and continued to shave his hair: "Let Lulu come back. It's so cold outside, don't catch a cold."
"..." Looking at the arrogant look on my second uncle's face, it turned out that I was the one who compromised, "Oh."
I pouted and went out to drag Lulu back. I sat down at the dining table and continued to watch TV. Three dozen white-bone demons couldn't attract me any more. All I could think about was what happened at the hardware store next door.
Thinking about it made me tired, and I kept looking outside the door, looking at the endless stream of people outside, feeling sour and angry.
I originally thought that today would be over like this, without having to do anything, and I would wait until evening to see Uncle Song.
But I didn't expect that when it was about to close, a group of customers suddenly came. What an unexpected surprise!
But when I saw the faces of the three guests clearly, my emotions were like a roller coaster, rising to the highest peak and then falling again.
Because the people who came were the owner of the hardware store next door, the landlady and the malnourished young man...