Xu Tongdao and Zheng Qing were standing outside the gate smoking. Xu Tongdao glanced at Hou Ying who was sitting behind the cashier in the Internet cafe and asked Zheng Qing.
Zheng Qing smiled and said, "What's wrong with women? Women are more patient than men. It's not pleasant to stay at this Internet cafe every day. I know what it's like, so I chose her specifically."
Women are more patient, Comrade Xu agreed.
but……
"But women also have many things to do. Is she married? She doesn't have to go home to wash, cook and take care of the children every day?"
"She got divorced and now she has nowhere to go. She can stay in an Internet cafe all day!"
This is Zheng Qing’s answer.
Tongdao Xu was a little surprised, nodded and said nothing more.
After all, Zheng Qing has already recruited this woman. Instead of replacing her for no reason, it would be better to let her stay here for a while.
How do you say something?
——Don’t watch the ads, watch the results!
Observe the woman's work attitude and ability for a period of time. If she is good, keep her. If not, it's too late to replace her.
"Okay! How's the training going? When can you get out of it?"
"That's almost it. It's just a payment. She doesn't need to be responsible for the technical aspects, that's it!"
Zheng Qing answered fluently without hesitation.
Comrade Xu hummed, looked at a new red motorcycle parked not far away, raised his chin and said, "This motorcycle is not bad!"
He once owned a motorcycle, but after watching a TV series in which it was mentioned that the first batch of motorcycle owners in the country basically died, he stopped riding motorcycles.
Zheng Qing grinned, "Not bad, right? I bought it! Can you ride it? Do you want to try it?"
While talking, Zheng Qing took off a bunch of keys from his waist. One of the keys was new and should be the key to the motorcycle.
Comrade Xu was stunned.
"Did you buy it?"
Zheng Qing nodded, "Well, didn't you ask me to take care of two Internet cafes? The two Internet cafes are not in the same place. Without a car, it will be inconvenient for me to go back and forth? Right?"
Xu Tongdao was speechless.
"Then you usually drive slower, this thing is not safe. When you have more money later, it is best to buy a car! Even if it is a second-hand one, it is safer than this thing, and it does not need to be exposed to wind and rain."
"Let's talk about it later! I have to ride the motorcycle I just bought for several years!"
Saying that, Zheng Qing shook the key in his hand and said, "Want to try riding it twice?"
Comrade Xu laughed and shook his head, "No, I'm not interested. In that case, starting from tomorrow, the two Internet cafes will be handed over to you?"
"middle!"
…
At this point, Xu Tongdao withdrew from the two Internet cafes. Finally, he no longer had to stay at the new Internet cafe every day. He was free.
On the night of his freedom, he went to find Bu Yinghui.
He ate with her, went to the night market, and even helped her take a bath thoughtfully.
When they met again, Bu Yinghui asked him how the business of the new Internet cafe was going, and she seemed very concerned.
Hearing him say that the business of the new Internet cafe was very good, she asked Tongdao Xu when he was going to open the third Internet cafe. Should she start raising money now?
She still remembers her investment in the third Internet cafe.
Comrade Xu did not refuse, but just said to wait.
He has recently opened two Internet cafes in a row, and the pace has been very fast. He feels that he should slow down a little.
It’s not that he’s afraid of taking too big a step, but he currently has too little funds. Even if he raises more money through his cousins, he thinks he should wait another month or two.
At least let them see the profitability of his two Internet cafes and give them sufficient confidence.
After all, his cousins and cousins are not from a business background, and their adventurous spirit in investment is not that strong.
Especially after they have borrowed money or bought shares.
Tongdao Xu estimated that they didn't have much money on them anymore.
If he wants them to come up with money to support him in opening a third Internet cafe, he has to let them think of various ways to raise money.
This is a great test for their courage and courage.
Therefore, Comrade Xu has to give them enough confidence and let them see that the profits of his two Internet cafes are very high, very high.
It's so high that they can't resist the temptation of a high probability of high returns, so they can take greater risks to help him raise money.
It is precisely because of this consideration that before the end of the year, Xu Tongdao remained on hold and did not rush to open a third Internet cafe.
Although he knew that if he could open a third Internet cafe before the year and take advantage of the Spring Festival, he should be able to make a lot more money, he still held back.
If he wants to ask his cousins to lend him money to open a third Internet cafe, even if he gives them three cents of interest, he estimates that it will be difficult.
Therefore, he estimated that when he opened his third Internet cafe, the money that his cousins could lend him would not be much.
Those who are a little timid may not dare to borrow it again.
In other words, he wants to open a third Internet cafe. The cost of the third Internet cafe will have to be paid for by himself, and he cannot expect to borrow much this time.
In a blink of an eye, the time comes to the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month.
On this day, Ge Lianghua and Feng Qinghua officially got married.
Comrade Xu attended the wedding and also joined Ge Lianghua's pick-up team. He went to Feng Qinghua's hometown to pick her up in the sedan chair.
In 1999, in Shazhou County, especially in the countryside, it was still popular to use a sedan chair for weddings.
It is very hard for the people carrying the sedan chair. No matter how far the journey is, the four men have to carry the bride to the groom's house. They can change people along the way, but the sedan cannot touch the ground.
Moreover, under normal circumstances, substitutions are not allowed.
This was a great test for the physical strength of the four men carrying the sedan chair.
Especially the local custom - when the bride sits in a sedan chair, she has the custom of tormenting the bearers.
How to toss?
A bride with a good personality may be more obedient and sit in the sedan chair without moving. In that case, the sedan bearers will be much more relaxed.
But if you meet a bride who has an out-of-character personality and loves to make fun of others, there are many tricks. Sometimes you sit on the left, sometimes on the right, and sometimes you may even bump in the sedan a few times... It can really wear out the shoulders of the sedan bearer.
Skin.
Of course, according to custom, the bride can toss the man carrying the sedan chair.
The men carrying the sedan chair can also play tricks on the bride, for example, they may deliberately bump the sedan chair around like a chef stir-frying, or they may deliberately immerse the bottom of the sedan chair in water to soak the bride's feet.
The most outrageous thing is an incident that Xu Tongdao heard about when he was a child. Because the bride tormented the men carrying the sedan too hard, several of the men carrying the sedan retaliated fiercely. After a while of violently shaking the sedan, the pregnant bride
, miscarried on the spot.
In order to prevent this kind of tragedy, Ge Lianghua's father and Xu Tongdao's uncle specially invited four loyal middle-aged men to help carry the sedan chair.
Moreover, she was served in advance with lots of smoke and wine, and she repeatedly warned and begged the four men not to play tricks on the bride. They said a lot of good things.
Throughout the whole process, Comrade Xu didn't do much to help. He mainly just joined in the fun.