There may be several similar stores nearby, and there are a lot of empty seats in the store, but the customers who pass by these stores are more willing to queue up at the store next to them with the long queue than to go there.
There are several similar stores with plenty of vacancies.
For a store that is favored by customers, the store owner is naturally happy and filled with a sense of accomplishment and longing for the future.
Just like Xu Tongdao's stall tonight, even though all the seats in his place were full, slowly, regular customers began to line up. While queuing, they stood by his oven and chatted with him.
Tongdao Xu originally talks little, but when he meets such a customer, he is actually willing to provide chatting services, and judging from the smile on his lips... he is quite happy to chat with them.
But the contrasting stalls of the same kind...
For example, Bald Zhang's barbecue stall, Fatty Lu's barbecue stall, and the long-haired man's barbecue stall in Dongyang are a bit sympathetic.
The stalls of Xi Dongyang and Fatty Lu were slightly better, and there were still a few tables of customers.
But the expression on the bald face is a bit ugly.
He glanced at Tongdao Xu's booth next to the newsstand in the distance with hateful eyes.
Annoying!
So infuriating!
That guy set up his stall in a quiet place tonight, and the business was still so good. It has been full for almost two hours, right? Not only did the number of customers not decrease, but there were even more people queuing up?
In contrast, behind his bald head...all the tables in his booth were empty at this time, as empty as his scalp...without a single hair.
As the saying goes: without comparison, there is no harm.
If he was the only one selling barbecue here, then even if he didn't have a single customer here, he could comfort himself - it was already past the peak period for late-night snacks, and things would be fine soon.
But now we have Tongdao Xu’s stall full of people to compare with, which is very heartbreaking.
He wanted to deceive himself and comfort himself, but he couldn't convince himself.
"In Male Gobi, people buy eggplants that cost two yuan a piece. They only sell eggplants here for one yuan. You don't even know that you come to my place. They are all selling it for money! Fool!"
Sitting in front of the oven with nothing to do, he frowned, smoked a cigarette, bald head and cursed angrily in a low voice. The corner of his eye was still glancing at Tongdao Xu, as if he was dissatisfied with the diners who chose to eat barbecue at that boy's place.
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Fatty Lu from the adjacent booth was also free at this time. He was wiping the sweat on his neck with a towel. He faintly heard the bald man cursing a few meters away. He rarely curled his lips or sarcastically this time.
His face didn't look very good at this moment.
Then he subconsciously looked at the long-haired man to the west of his stall, suddenly raised his chin slightly, and shouted: "Hey! A little show! A little show!"
Xi Dongyang was grilling mutton kebabs. Hearing the sound, he glanced over with cold eyes and said nothing, waiting for Fatty Lu to say something.
Fatty Lu pursed his lips to Comrade Xu and said with a smile: "Little show! Look over there! The business of those two boys is so good! Haha, are you envious?"
These words may not sound like much at first, but if you taste them carefully, it is not difficult to taste the provocation in his words.
I don’t know if Xi Dongyang heard it, but Xi Dongyang’s expression didn’t change at all, and he just said lightly: “It’s not your son’s stall!”
After saying that, he looked back and continued grilling his mutton skewers.
Fatty Lu's expression froze, and then he laughed and said: "Yes! Yes! If that stall belonged to my son, I would wake up laughing in my dreams. What a pity! It's not my son's, nor is it your joke. What a pity.
!hehe."
Hearing this, Xi Dongyang glanced over again with cold eyes, staring coldly at Fatty Lu for several seconds. It wasn't until Fatty Lu's expression became unnatural when he was stared at that he forced a stiff smile, and Xi Dongyang finally looked away.
After that, Fatty Lu didn't dare to use words to stimulate Xi Dongyang.
However, not long after, Xi Xiaoqian walked to her brother Xi Dongyang with an empty plate. When she put the empty plate on the table, she frowned and turned to look at the crowded scene over at Comrade Xu, and whispered with worry.
: "Brother, if this continues, our business will be robbed. Look at Bald Zhang, he hasn't had a few tables of customers until tonight. I'm afraid it won't be long before our business becomes like that and it's going to be bad."
Well, grandpa needs a lot of medical expenses every month! But what should I do?"
Xi Dongyang was still grilling the mutton skewers in his hands in silence, as if he didn't hear his sister's worries.
It wasn't until a while that he said calmly: "You don't have to worry about these things, I will take care of them!"
His words were meant to comfort his sister, but Xi Xiaoqian was shocked when she heard it. She immediately frowned and turned around, whispering urgently: "No! Brother, you promised us to live a good life, but you can
You can’t keep your words without keeping them!”
Xi Dongyang paused while turning the mutton skewers in his hand, glanced at the sister beside him with cold eyes, and frowned slightly, "But you also said, if we continue like this, our business will not be able to continue. By then we will
Even if you want to live a good life, you won’t be able to!”
Hearing what he said, Xi Xiaoqian became even more anxious and stamped her feet repeatedly, "That won't work! Brother! Even if our business can't continue, we can still think of other ways out. Anyway, you can't break your promise! You can't leave anymore.
It’s the same old way as before! If something happens to you again, who can grandpa, grandma, me, and I count on in the future? Brother! Don’t be confused!"
Xi Dongyang frowned even more tightly, gritted his teeth secretly, and suddenly put all the mutton skewers in his hand away from the charcoal fire, and retorted in an irritable low voice: "Then what else do you think I can do? Think of other ways out.
?What other way out can we think of? What else do you think I can do?"
Seeing his attitude, Xi Xiaoqian seemed determined to follow the old path, and her eyes were red with anxiety. In desperation, she grabbed Xi Dongyang's arms with both hands, with an almost pleading expression, but still lowered her voice, "
Brother! I beg you, our family really can’t let anything happen again. You have also seen those two small bosses. They are not helpless in this county. How many people came to support them in the past few days. You
Don't you see? If you dare to touch them, things will definitely get into trouble, and our family will be completely ruined by then!"
Xi Dongyang frowned and looked coldly at his sister who was about to cry. His teeth were gritted by his teeth. Maybe it was because he was too angry. A light red tiger head tattoo appeared lightly on his neck.
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"Boss! Boss! Another pickled pepper chicken feet!"
"Uh, I'm sorry, brother, the pickled pepper chicken feet are sold out today, how about I get you some salted edamame?"
"Fuck! It's sold out so early? Won't you prepare more? Forget about the salted edamame, let's give us another cold stew! Alas!"
"Oh, okay! Brother, please wait a moment! Right now! I'll serve it to you right away!"
…
In front of the oven, Tongdao Xu's hands were still busy baking something. He heard the sound coming from behind him and did not look back, because he had heard such sounds more and more every night recently.
until……
"Hey, Xiaodao, your business is good today! Is there anything else to eat? Give me some! Do you have any beer? Give me two bottles too!"
This voice came from Tongdao Xu in front of the oven, and it was the voice of his cousin Ge Liangcai.
Only then did Comrade Xu smile and look up...
On the roadside, Ge Liangcai, who must have just arrived, was sitting on his bicycle, with his feet on the ground, his expression gloomy, his eyes lonely, but with a faint smile on his face.
Obviously, he was still immersed in the afterglow after catching the rapist this morning.
Tongdao Xu understands that this kind of emotion can really make people unable to extricate themselves in a short period of time.