Xi Xiaoqian glanced at Comrade Xu, "Oh, okay! I'll go right away!"
With that said, she quickly went to Xu Tongdao's side.
Not long after, she came to the side of Xu Tongdao, but she frowned slightly because she saw Xu Tongdao and Xu Tonglin were already packing their things, as if they were ready to close the stall and go home.
Tongdao Xu, who was cleaning the charcoal fire in the oven, heard the sound of footsteps. He turned around and saw the long-haired man's sister. He subconsciously glanced at the shoes on her feet.
Because the moment he saw her, he remembered the pair of very clean white sneakers she wore last time she came here. He remembered that a sentence flashed through his mind at that time: Such white shoes, it’s really hard not to step on them.
What a pity.
"You still have customers eating here! Are you ready to close the stall and go back?"
Xi Xiaoqian asked him with a frown.
Comrade Xu responded with a faint smile, "Take care of things first, and we'll leave after the guests leave."
Xi Xiaoqian smiled inexplicably and skipped the topic, "Oh, that's it! Then you can bake another eggplant for me! Okay?"
As she said that, she reached out and took out the money from the pocket of the apron at her waist. Unexpectedly, Comrade Xu shook his head with a smile, "Sorry! We have sold out everything."
"Sold out? I want one piece of eggplant, but all is gone?" Xi Xiaoqian, who was paying for it, looked up in shock.
Comrade Xu agreed.
In fact, the grilled eggplant here is the first to be sold out.
The five young men who came to order a large amount of food from him tonight asked for 30 portions of grilled eggplant in one mouthful. At that time, there were not many roasted eggplants left. Later, he sold a few more portions one after another, so
Gone long ago.
Xi Xiaoqian frowned and stepped forward to look at Xu Tongdao's plastic basket for storing ingredients. When she saw that there was indeed no food in it, she sighed, forced out a smile and said, "Oh, forget it! Then I'll come back to buy it tomorrow.
Come on! Let’s go first!”
With that said, he waved his hands, turned around and left.
Tongdao Xu subconsciously looked at the shoes on her feet again. She was wearing a pair of black sneakers tonight, and they looked quite clean.
Inexplicably, another strange thought flashed through his mind: With such black shoes, you can't tell even if you step on them a few times, right?
…
About half an hour later, the last table of guests finished eating and left.
Xu Tongdao and Xu Tonglin worked together to clean up the dining table, then began to move things to the tricycle and put away the stall.
What he didn't notice was that when they pushed the tricycle to close the stall early and go back, both Fatty Lu and Xi Dongyang glanced at their backs.
Fatty Lu and his wife who came to serve the food said with emotion: "Oh, these two little guys may not be able to drive away from this stall in a short time. After tonight, they have finally established a foothold here!"
His wife sighed, "The bald Zhang is so useless!"
Fatty Lu glanced at her sideways, frowned and said, "That's not what you said! Didn't you see how many people came to support those two boys tonight? It's normal for Bald Zhang to suffer a lot!"
…
In contrast, Xi Dongyang from the adjacent booth was much silent. He just frowned and glanced at Xu Tongdao's back with a gloomy look on his brows.
…
When Xu Tongdao returned to the rental house, he moved the things in the car into the house. Xu Tonglin was arranged by him to go into the house to cook a midnight snack. The weather was a bit hot tonight and he was sweating a little. Maybe he didn't eat too much at night.
He was already hungry anyway.
After everything was moved into the house, before Xu Tonglin's noodles were cooked, Xu Tongdao took a towel, a washbasin and soap and went outside the landlord's kitchen to take a shower with the faucet.
If you rent here, the rent is very cheap. Everything else is fine, except that it's not very convenient to take a shower.
Fortunately, the courtyard was very quiet and empty at this time.
Comrade Xu took off his underpants at the faucet, stripped his arms, washed his hair and took a bath in the night. The cold tap water rushed over his head, which made his scalp cool and clear his mind. He grabbed some soap and put it on his head.
Apply it a few times and treat it like shampoo.
While immersed in washing his hair, he remembered the half-year period when he went to the south to work in the original time and space. At that time, he also rented a house and took cold showers every day until the cold air dropped in December. A cold shower finally made him happy.
Got a cold.
Thinking of this past event, he couldn't help but smile, a little nostalgic, and a little emotional: The south is better! How much money can be saved every year on heating bath water?
By the way, the south he was thinking of... to the locals there, all outsiders are northerners, so the cold air there always comes very late every year.
Thinking of that city, Comrade Xu felt a little hesitant.
Reason told him that if he went to that city at this time, even if he set up a street stall and sold barbecue there, he would be able to make money much faster than in the small county town of his hometown.
After all, it is a special zone city.
but……
Thinking of his mother, brother, and sister at home, Xu Tongdao immediately gave up the idea.
After all, that city is still too far away from here. If he goes there, it will be difficult for him to take care of anything that happens at home.
Just hang around in this county for now! Let’s wait until Xiaolu and Yuzhu are a little bigger before we talk about this issue...
With these thoughts running through his mind, Tongdao Xu wiped the water droplets from his hair and face with a towel and began to rinse his body. The gurgling tap water rushed down his shoulders, making him shiver.
It's still a bit cold to take a shower with tap water late at night like this.
He could feel goosebumps all over his body, but he still stood upright because this cold feeling reminded him that he was very poor now and had to bear it before he could get money.
At this moment, a "squeak" sound suddenly came from the quiet courtyard, which was the sound of the wooden door opening.
Comrade Xu subconsciously followed the sound.
The door to the twin sisters' room opened. Wei Qiuju, with dark skin, short hair, and a red basketball uniform, came out of the door with long steps, as if she was walking like a dragon or a tiger.
As soon as she walked a few steps out of the door, she seemed to sense something. She turned her face towards Xu Tongdao, and her cold eyes immediately locked onto Xu Tongdao, a smelly man who was "unclothed".
At that time, she stopped.
Just looking at Tongdao Xu coldly, Tongdao Xu clearly heard her snort, then he looked away and continued to walk towards the toilet at a leisurely pace.
When he was about to reach the door of the toilet, he suddenly stopped again, turned to Comrade Xu and said coldly: "Hey! I'm warning you! You are not allowed to bathe shirtless there in the future! Don't you know there is a girl living in this yard?"
Did you hear that?"
The tone was very impolite, and there was no trace of girls' natural fear of boys.
Tongdao Xu frowned and subconsciously wanted to retort. Not to mention that it was normal to be shirtless in the countryside, but that it was already midnight and he was still wearing underpants...
However, when he was about to speak, he suddenly held back.
Because he thought of her sister Wei Chunlan, that girl who seemed to be particularly shy... who even helped him pick out the thorns on his hand!
Even if it was for the sake of her sister Wei Chunlan, he should tolerate Wei Qiuju.
So, he hummed and agreed.
But in his heart, his impression of Wei Qiuju must be quite different.
At least this girl is very unsympathetic. If Comrade Xu has the conditions to take a hot bath in the house, does he need to wash under the faucet in the yard in the middle of the night?