The modern fortune-telling history of a small shopkeeper

"Morning."

"Early morning."

The next day they went to the town to start a business, and the people around them became very enthusiastic towards them.Today they brought a few tables and stools, and there just happened to be a little space outside the stall where they could be placed.

While cleaning their stall, Huang Yan also had to deal with the people around who came to chat.A woman who spoke to Huang Yan yesterday asked, "Is that your son?"

"Hehe, it's not my son, it's my nephew."

"Is he the number one scholar?"

"This kid's grades in school have been good since he was a child, and his grades have always been at the top of the school. This time, he just did better in the exam." Although she spoke modestly, the aunt Huang Yan was very proud of her nephew.

The surrounding women gathered around, all in their words envious of how other people's children can read so well.

The boy in front of the stove was frying fish and making soup, his movements were brisk and neat, and he couldn't tell at all that the boy was their city's top student in the high school entrance examination.When the word "No. [-] scholar" is mentioned these years, no matter what kind of champion you are, in the eyes of everyone, you are a person who is good at reading.

Their town is a small place, and a little thing can quickly spread throughout the town, not to mention that there were reporters who came to interview yesterday, so many leaders and teachers from the school came, and many people in the whole vegetable market saw it with their own eyes. See, the news spread faster.

Some people in the small town have TV sets in their homes. They watched the news last night and saw their small town on TV. They knew that their small place had a top scorer in the high school entrance examination. Everyone felt very proud.

The leaders of the town also saw the news broadcast by their local satellite TV, and only then did they know that they were on TV in Pegasus Town, and that they had a top scorer in the high school entrance examination.The mayor went to the office early in the morning, and called the people below to a meeting. He was very upset, "How come no one told me such a big news."

No one told him about such a big event, otherwise he would have used this opportunity to go on TV once!

As soon as the boss was angry, the subordinates gave advice to the boss, "Didn't they open a noodle stall in the vegetable market? Didn't it say in the news that the child's parents are gone, and the family is in trouble. Let's go to express condolences." Condolences, send some concern."

The vegetable market is the place with the most people in the town, and they can take this opportunity to gain a good reputation in front of the people. Isn't this killing two birds with one stone?

The mayor thought about it and thought it was right, "You can make arrangements for this matter, and call the cadres in their village to come over and ask about the situation first."

"Yes, I'll go right now."

At this time, the mayor was full of thoughts, whether they would have any chance to go on TV again, and show their faces in front of the people of the whole country.He couldn't help complaining that the village cadres below didn't come to send him some news yesterday, which made him miss such a good opportunity to be on TV.

Miss this opportunity in vain, and I don't know when the next time will be.

Although they are small local officials, if they have done well in their political performance, they can still have a chance to be promoted, which is better than sitting in this small town for the rest of their lives.This small place of theirs has not produced a champion for decades, as long as they can produce a few talents, then he, the mayor of the town, will be honored, right?

Early in the morning, a lot of people gathered in front of the small noodle stall, all wanting to see for themselves what the number one scholar looks like.

The fish soup in the pot was simmering slowly, and when the lid was lifted, a strong fragrance came out.

Originally, everyone just wanted to see what the Zhuangyuan Lang looked like, but now they smelled the aroma, and their stomachs were growling with hunger after not eating in the morning, so some people couldn't help but order a bowl of fish head tofu noodle soup. He also half-jokingly said: "Let's try the noodles cooked by Zhuangyuan Lang himself to see if the taste is very good."

Another person who also sat down said, "Smelling this scent, I can't look at it any worse."

"I heard that all the reporters who came to interview yesterday sat down and ate noodles. They were all delicious."

"I ate here yesterday, no, I'm here again today, it's absolutely delicious, you want to come tomorrow after eating."

"..."

A group of people are discussing whether the noodles are good or not.The cooked noodles were served soon, and the ones ordered first were served first, and the people who sat down saw that others had already eaten noodles, so they couldn't help swallowing, staring at the pot, waiting for themselves When will it come up.

Qiao Minglang knew that everyone was discussing him. He stood inside and was in charge of kneading and cooking the noodles. Once his hands were busy, he didn't have much time to talk to others.Qiao Mingshan stood there in charge of meeting and collecting money, and there were people who came to talk to him, and he responded to others with a smile.

Some people brought their children to eat noodles. A man lifted his child to the seat and sat down. He said cheerfully to the child: "Our baby has eaten the noodles cooked by Zhuangyuan Lang himself. Let's see if it is right after you go back." He is also very good at reading, and I will give your father a champion in the exam in the future."

"Dad, I can't eat just one bowl. You have to bring me to eat every day. Only when I'm full can I have the strength to study." The little boy is a ghost, and he even thinks about his own father.

"You just think, if you have food at home, you can't eat enough, and you still want to go out to eat every day. Have you asked your mother for permission?"

"Abba, can't you agree? If we don't tell my mother, my mother won't know about it?"

"..." This seems to be right?

Two big noodles were served, and the father and son grabbed the chopsticks and ate them without saying a word.

It is not just one parent who thinks this way. Many parents bring their children to eat noodles, and grandparents bring their grandchildren to eat noodles.So within a few days, everyone gave this noodle stall a nice name, "Zhuangyuan Noodles".

When it comes to Zhuangyuan noodles later, everyone in the town knows which one it is.

***

The whole day is like a war, and everyone is so busy that they don't touch the ground.

This day's business was better than the previous day's. After noon, the two big pots of fish soup they boiled were all used up, and the dough that was mixed was used up, and there was still unmixed flour in the bag.After washing the last big bowl, Huang Yan sat down on the stool and didn't even want to get up.

"Auntie, sit down and rest for a while, we can clean up these things." Seeing that Auntie was sitting there motionless, Qiao Minglang was wiping the stove and pot with a towel. They have been busy all day today. , by now everyone is quite tired.He cooked the noodles standing up for a day, and he never sat on a stool, but he didn't say he was tired.

But no matter how tired he is, he always stands next to him and never tells anyone.

"It's okay, it's okay, I'll just sit for a while and take a breath." Huang Yan waved her hand, she had been working all the time just now, and she was terribly tired.Qiao Mingshan saw that the little cousin hadn't sat down after being busy all day, so he asked the little cousin to sit down for a while, "I'll just clean it up."

"It's okay, I'll just finish wiping here." Qiao Minglang didn't continue wiping the stove with a towel in his hand.Seeing that his cousin refused to sit down, Qiao Mingshan continued to pack his things with him.

At this moment, someone came over and wanted to eat noodles. Seeing that they were already clearing the table and the pot was empty, they tried to ask, "Boss, do you have any more noodles?"

"I'm sorry, today's soup has been sold out, we can only have it tomorrow." Qiao Minglang paused, looked at the other party and said.

"It's sold out, oh, forget it." Seeing that other people's things are sold out, that person left a little disappointed.

A few people came to ask if there were any noodles, and Qiao Minglang told others that they were sold out.It was past noon at this time, and the fish in the market were not so fresh, and the soup that could not be boiled would not be so good. It is not easy for them to buy fish and make soup. If they can’t sell it all, they have to take it home and eat it by themselves up.

So for those who came later, he always smiled and asked others to come back tomorrow.

Seeing that there is no money to be made, Huang Yan felt pain in her heart, "If we knew it earlier, we would have prepared more things."

"Hehe, how can we earn as much money as other people's? We can earn as much as we can." After finishing the work at hand, Qiao Minglang took a big sip of the cool boiled water on the table, and poured a bowl of water in one breath. After drinking the water, I breathed a sigh of relief.

Between one and two o'clock in the afternoon, their goods were sold out, and everyone packed up their things and went home.

On the way back, Qiao Minglang discussed with his uncle and aunt about asking one more person to help.

"Well, I think we need to call one more person to come." Uncle Qiao is in charge of looking at the tofu stall. Some people come to buy things from their side, and they can't leave to help the side, but he also knows the noodle stall. How busy it is over there.

"Let's go home and discuss this matter."

There are a lot of people in their family. Let’s see if we can ask another person from home to come to the town to help. If we invite outsiders to come, we will have to pay wages. Small businesses don’t make much money in the first place. We need to hire people to earn money. less.

If one's own family can do it, it must be better for one's own family to do it.

"It's useless, I can do it by myself, besides, there are two children, Xiaofen and Mingcheng, to help me." Huang Yan felt that there was no need to call for help, since everyone in their family has things on hand now I'm doing it, and no one is free.

Qiao Minglang saw that the two children in their family were a little listless on the way back after a busy day today.These two children usually run all the way home, but today they walk weakly. The two children don't say anything, but they must be very tired.

"Go back and ask, when school starts in another month, the third younger sister and the fourth younger brother will have to go back to school to study, maybe I will leave at that time, and the two of you, auntie and cousin, will not be able to do it either." Yes It's not that Qiao Minglang doesn't feel bad for his own child.

But everyone is tired and hardworking, not just their children who have worked all day.

However, considering that they have to go back to school after school starts, it is better to find one more helper now, so that it is better to find someone to come over at that time.