The modern fortune-telling history of a small shopkeeper

Chapter 072, the first pot of gold

"Uncle, aunt."

"Everyone, please sit here."

It just so happened that there weren't many people eating at this moment, Qiao Minglang asked the big hall brother to take his place, walked out from inside, asked grandpa and uncles to sit down at the table outside, and poured someone a glass of water.

"Is this the stall you opened?" Zhang Huaishan has been a teacher for more than [-] years, and he is used to having a serious face.Although I learned from the news that my nephew and his family had opened a noodle stall in the town, this was the first time they had seen each other when they came back, and it looked decent.

"Well, yes, it's been a while." In front of this uncle, Qiao Minglang wasn't too nervous.

"We heard that your grades in the senior high school entrance examination were good, and you were admitted to No. [-] Middle School in the city. Do you plan to go back to study?" They came back this time, not only to visit the old man, but also to come back to see this nephew, Zhang Huaishan wanted to make sure Does this nephew still plan to go back to study?

This time when he returned home, he talked with his father about his nephew. What his father meant was that he hoped that his nephew could continue to study, and that he, the uncle, could help his nephew.

Zhang Huaishan and his wife Xu He work as teachers in the city, and they each earn a few hundred yuan a month.They also need to support the education of the three children in the family. The eldest son is in college, and the next two children are in high school. The tuition and expenses of these children account for more than half of their family's income.Therefore, their family's finances are also a little tight, and it would be a bit difficult for them to ask them to support another nephew to study.

But in the face of his father's request, Zhang Huaishan really had no way to refuse, he just said to discuss with the youngest, his only sister was gone, and the two uncles couldn't really leave the nephews alone.

This time their eldest brother had something to do and didn't come back with them. Only Zhang Jianbin and Zhang Xin followed their parents back to the countryside to visit their grandfather.

They grew up in the city since they were young, and they have been studying there. Only when the school is on winter and summer vacation, the brothers and sisters will follow their parents back to the countryside to visit their grandfather.In the eyes of their brothers and sisters, grandpa is as serious an elder as their father, so they respect grandpa in their hearts, but they don't dare to be presumptuous in front of grandpa.

They know a few cousins ​​and cousins, but they are not familiar with a few cousins ​​and cousins.

This time, after hearing from their parents, they realized that this cousin got the first place in the city in the high school entrance examination, which was even better than their original high school entrance examination results.It's not that they are jealous of this cousin in their hearts, but it is also true that their grades are not as good as others.

The two of them, brother and sister, were studying in No. [-] Middle School. Apart from No. [-] Middle School, the best in the city was the No. [-] Middle School they were studying now.Compared with the No. [-] middle school where their cousin was studying, they immediately felt that they were inferior to this cousin.

"Come, have a bowl of noodles." Huang Yan came over with a few bowls of noodles, greeted grandpa and uncles, and asked everyone to eat noodles, "There is nothing to entertain you, they are all homemade, you can try it like or not."

"Thank you, thank you, you are so polite." Xu He talked to the woman, knowing that this was her nephew's aunt, she smiled and asked her to sit down and talk.

"You eat, you eat, I won't sit down, and I have to work over there." Huang Yan knew that her uncle and aunt were teachers, and she, a woman who couldn't even read Chinese characters, stood in front of these two with hands and feet. I don't even know how to place it.

After putting down the things, Huang Yan hurried away.

Qiao Mingshan looked over to his cousin and saw that his cousin was talking to the relatives who had come. He looked at the stall and didn't go over to say hello.

"Grandpa, uncle, you are here."

Huang Yan went over to tell the uncle, and Uncle Qiao knew that his nephew's grandfather and uncle were coming, so he went over to say hello.But he didn't sit down, he just said that it was busy over there, so he went to look at the stall.

"You two come here." Out of the corner of his eyes, he noticed the two young children of their family looking here, Qiao Minglang waved for the two young children to come over.Seeing her brother waving to them, Qiao Xiaofen walked over slowly with her younger brother Qiao Mingcheng.

"This is uncle, this is aunt." Qiao Minglang asked the two younger ones to call out, but he did not forget the other two cousins.

"Uncle, aunt. Cousin, cousin." The third sister Qiao, who was always fearless, acted like a little quail obediently in front of her grandfather and uncles, calling out obediently and standing beside her brother.

"They've all grown a lot taller. I remember you were still that big before."

Zhang Huaishan looked at the children who saw his younger sister with affection in his eyes, and said yes, they seldom come back. In his impression, these nephews were still half-grown children, but he didn't expect to grow up so much in a blink of an eye. .

He also asked the two children what grade they were in and how their grades were in school.

Knowing that the grades of the two children were not bad, Zhang Huaishan hummed and said nothing else. He was thinking about these nephews who were still so young, so he had to find a way to let them continue to study.

"Go and see what Auntie is going to do." Seeing the discomfort of the two children, Qiao Minglang asked them to help Auntie.

After receiving her brother's amnesty, Sanmei Qiao hurried away with her brother.

Zhang Huaishan asked about his nephew's future plans, and Qiao Minglang didn't hide anything, and told his grandfather and uncle roughly what he thought.

Knowing that his nephew was going to study in the city, Zhang Huaishan still agreed with his nephew's decision, hummed, and said: "One should look farther, it's better to read more books, the road ahead will be easier. "

"Your aunt and I live in the city. I wanted you to live with us, but our place is far away from your school. You can come to our house for dinner or stay with us when you have school holidays on Saturdays and Sundays. Stay at home for two nights."

The dormitory they live in is a house allocated by the school. There are only three rooms in total. The husband and wife live in one room, the daughter lives in one room, and the two sons live in one room.

But their eldest son is now in college and will only come back during the winter and summer vacations.The two youngest children are also in high school, and they usually live in the school. They only come back home when the school is closed on Saturdays and Sundays.

The eldest aunt Xu He smiled and said: "Yes, you can come to our house to play when you are free. Your eldest cousin is going to college in other places, and he will only come back home during winter and summer vacations. He is usually not at home. You and Jianbin and Xiaoxin They are about the same age, Xiaoxin is one grade older than you, and will start her second year of high school in September, Jianbin is two grades older than you, and will be in her third year of high school in September, when you are together, you can communicate and learn."

For the kindness of uncle and aunt, Qiao Minglang just nodded with a smile and said "yes".

As for whether to go or not when the time comes, it's up to him.Looking at the beautifully dressed cousin and the cousin who was dressed out of tune with them, Qiao Minglang didn't think he could get along well with these two.

Noticing that his cousin was looking at them, Zhang Jianbin gave him a smile.

Qiao Minglang also smiled back at this cousin.

After chatting with the nephew for a while, he left a home phone number for the nephew, so that the nephew can call them if there is anything to do, and Zhang Huaishan left with his old father, wife and children.

They lived in the country for about a week, and there was still work at the school, so Zhang Huaishan took his wife and children back to the city.

Before leaving, Zhang Huaishan left some money for his old father, saying it was for his nephew.

"Come back often when you have time."

"Okay, Dad, take care of yourself, we're going back."

"Goodbye grandpa."

"Goodbye."

Holding the money given by his son in his hand, he watched the car go further and further away, until the car was out of sight, Zhang Mingde looked away and went back home.

***

The day's business was over, and everyone returned to the uncle's house. Under everyone's gaze, Qiao Minglang smiled and announced how much they sold last month, excluding the cost, and how much money they made.

"Are there so many?" Uncle Qiao wondered if he had heard it wrong.

After Aunt Qiao's surprised face, she was surprised, her face lit up, suppressing the ecstasy in her heart, and asked her nephew, "There are really so many, did we make a mistake?"

"There is no mistake in the calculation. I have done the calculation three times, that's right." Qiao Minglang nodded with a smile.

"Oh, it's really great! It feels like a dream." Huang Yan clapped her hands. She never expected that they could earn so much money a month. It's over a thousand dollars.

How dare they think they could make so much money in a month before, but their family couldn't make so much money in a year!In just one month, their co-authors have made so much money. Seeing so much money, thinking about working from dawn to dusk every day during this period of time, the hard work is nothing.

"It's not a dream, it's true. We have indeed made so much money. This is the account book. Please read it, my cousin. If you have any questions, please ask." Qiao Minglang showed the account book to several cousins.

"You're sure to be fine."

"Can't we still trust you? No problem, no problem."

The cousins ​​didn't read any books, and each of them felt dizzy when they saw the book full of accounts. They all glanced at it briefly, and returned the book to the little cousin. up.

"Look carefully, the accounts will be done by the cousins ​​themselves." Qiao Minglang reminded with a smile.

Several cousins: "..."

Can you stop reminding us of such a cruel thing?

The cousins ​​finally remembered, and the younger cousin will go to study soon, who will take care of the account book then?

Qiao Mingzhong turned his head, turned around and stuffed the account book into the hands of his cousin Qiao Mingyong, and said with a sincere smile: "I remember that you used to study mathematics very well, but ours is not good at mathematics. You learn from Minglang." Learn how to make accounts, and this account book will be handed over to you in the future."