The modern fortune-telling history of a small shopkeeper

There was the sound of footsteps walking outside the stairs, and the dormitory supervisor came up to check the dormitory.

After a while, there were footsteps coming downstairs, and the housekeeper left after checking the room.

He didn't hear any movement from the person under the bed, so Zhou Xing guessed that the person in the lower berth had fallen asleep, and not long after, he fell asleep too.

At five o'clock in the morning, he woke up on time, got out of bed, and saw that the people on the lower bunk were still sleeping, and the boy was sleeping well, lying on his back with his hands on his chest.His gaze flicked across the boy's face, and then he took it back.

After spending 3 minutes brushing his teeth and washing his face, he went out for a run.Zhou Xing didn't know that as soon as he went out, the people in his lower berth also got up.

As soon as the people on the upper bunk moved, Qiao Minglang woke up.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, he raised his eyes to watch people go out, and got up from the bed.After brushing his teeth and washing his face, he took the clothes he changed from yesterday, washed them, and hung them to dry on the iron chains above the balcony.

When I went out, I looked at the things in the house and locked the door of the dormitory.

When Zhou Xing came back from running outside, he was dumbfounded when he saw that the door of the dormitory was locked.When he went out, he saw that Qiao Minglang was still sleeping, and thought that he would not get up so early to go out. He thought that there were still people in the dormitory, and he didn't even bring the key when he went out.

How is he going to get in?The wallet and keys were inside but he didn't take it out. Even if he wanted to go somewhere, he didn't even have the money to take a taxi.

Should he remove the lock?buy a new one again...

Just as he was considering whether to remove the lock, familiar footsteps came from behind him, Zhou Xing was overjoyed, turned his head, and saw Qiao Minglang walking up.

"I just guessed that you probably didn't take the key to go out." Qiao Minglang held a bag of steamed buns and two cups of soy milk in his hand, and he just went to the cafeteria to buy breakfast.

Originally, he wanted to go out to find his cousin, but when he thought that his cousin might still be sleeping so early, he didn't want to go there so early to disturb his cousin, so he bought breakfast and went back to the dormitory.

Zhou Xing saw what Qiao Minglang was holding in his hand, and he was also carrying breakfast in his hand, which was still for two people, "Why didn't I see you when I went shopping in the cafeteria just now?" He thought Qiao Minglang was still in the dormitory, so he By the way, he brought his breakfast back with him. He didn't expect Qiao Minglang to get up so early and go to the dining hall to buy breakfast.

"Maybe we took different paths, the one you took?"

Qiao Minglang asked which way the other party took, and Zhou Xing told him about the way he took. It happened that the two of them took two different paths, or went to the dining hall one after the other, so they didn't meet each other.

"Rang Rang, open the door for me." Telling the person in front to go away, Qiao Minglang took out the key from his pocket, opened the lock, pushed the door open, and said to the people behind him, "Remember to take the key when you go out in the future. .”

"What keys do you bring? Aren't you still here?" Zhou Xing smiled mischievously. He was sweating from a run just now, and came back to find a towel to wipe off the sweat on his body.

"I don't guarantee that I will come back to open the door for you next time." Qiao Minglang put the breakfast he bought on the table, and both of them bought breakfast for two, which gave him a bit of a headache, how could he finish eating so much?

Forget it, he still eats first, and if he can't finish eating, he can take it to his cousin.

"Don't be so cruel, you just have the heart to watch me squatting at the door and being unable to get in?" Zhou Xing came out after washing his face, and seeing Qiao Minglang sitting there eating breakfast, he pulled a chair and sat down opposite the boy , Two people eat steamed buns with soy milk.

Looking up at this person, Qiao Minglang hummed in his heart, if you dare not bring your keys next time, I will let you wait at the door.

After breakfast, he was ready to go out, and reminded the other party to remember to bring the key.

"Bring it on. I'll go out with you." Zhou Xing carried his backpack, and the two of them left the door of the dormitory together and went downstairs, "I won't come back to the dormitory for two days, you are alone in the dormitory Sleep with the door closed."

"Okay." Qiao Minglang didn't ask the other party where he was going, as if he didn't tell the other party what he was going to do.

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The two separated after leaving the school together, and went to different paths.

Qiao Minglang went to find his cousin.Zhou Xing stood on the road waiting for the bus, got into a taxi, and went back to his place of residence.

"Minglang, you're here. Have you had breakfast?" Qiao Mingshan got up very early. When his cousin said he would come to him, he waited here and went out to buy some breakfast. "I bought porridge and Baozi, do you want some food?"

There is only a small room here, and there is not even a place to cook. He didn't buy gas stoves and pots. He usually doesn't cook by himself.

Being outside alone is not as careful as living at home.

"I've already eaten, cousin, you eat." The two of them finished off the two bags of breakfast in the morning. At this moment, Qiao Minglang still felt that his stomach was so full that he really couldn't eat it.Qiao Mingshan sat down to eat breakfast. Seeing his cousin sitting there motionless, he felt strange, so he asked, "What did you eat?"

"Soymilk and steamed buns." After eating such a meal just now, Qiao Minglang felt that he didn't want to see those two things again in the next half month.

Seeing his cousin eating, he mentioned to look at the nearby shops first. It would be best if he could rent a suitable shop nearby. If it is close to the school, it would be more convenient for him to come out to help.

But if you really can't rent a suitable one, go to a nearby farmer's market to have a look.

There is a farmer's market not far from their school. It should be good if you can rent a shop there.

Qiao Mingshan thought of a question, "Aren't you allowed to come out when your school is in class?"

"If I want to come out, I can come out." At worst, I can climb over the wall, anyway, when he came to school on the first day, he had already climbed over.

At this time, Qiao Mingshan would never have imagined that his obedient little cousin would learn to jump over the fence on the first day of school.Three or two settled the breakfast, and he went out with his cousin.

There are several rental shops behind their school. They found the owner of the rental house to see the shops, but the shops near here are relatively small and the rent is also expensive.

When someone came to see the shop, the owner of the house wanted to rent out the shop. If he rented it one day earlier, he would be able to charge an extra day. If no one rented it here, he would have no money to enter the shop. I am also eager to rent out the shop, "I'm not boasting, we are close to the school, you can see how many people walk on this road every day. If you rent our shop and keep your business prosperous, there must be Money made."

"Your place is good, but, I wonder if the rent of your shop can be lower?" Qiao Mingshan himself is not too satisfied with this place. The only advantage here is that it is close to the school and there are many students coming and going.

"Hey, the rent of our shop is already the cheapest. If you don't believe me, go to other places and ask if there is any place where the rent is cheaper than ours." Anyway, the landlord means that their shop cannot be lowered any further. That's right, if you want to rent, you can rent it, if you don't rent it, someone else will come to rent it.

"Okay, let's take a look first, go back and discuss it, and then I'll give you an answer." Qiao Mingshan didn't bite the bullet and refused to rent, knowing that the rent was probably in this range.

After seeing the shops, Qiao Minglang was not very satisfied with the few shops he saw just now. The rent here is not cheap, and it will be a lot of money after a year.If their business is good, it's okay to make money, but if their business is a little bit worse, they won't make much money.

"Let's go to the farmer's market." He wanted to see the shops on both sides first, and he had never been to the farmer's market, so he didn't know the situation there.

"Okay, let's go and have a look." Qiao Mingshan was familiar with the environment here, and took his cousin through the alleys, walking for more than half an hour before arriving at the farmer's market.

Compared with the school where there are all students, this side is full of small business people, who have some money in their pockets, and they will be willing to spend money to eat delicious food.

The two went to see a few shops. The shop here was bigger than the shop at the school, and the monthly rent was not cheap.After looking for several places and looking at several shops, they all seemed to have some intentions in their hearts.

But if the rent is the same, it must be better to rent the shop here.And if they open a store here, it will be more convenient to buy vegetables every day.

After looking at the shop, the two discussed which shop to rent. Qiao Minglang said, "I think the shop at the corner is okay. Let's just rent that shop."

"If we rent a shop here, wouldn't it be too far for you to come here?" Qiao Mingshan wanted to rent a shop behind the school, so that it would be more convenient for his cousin to come and go.He doesn't have much confidence in supporting a store by himself, and his cousin's help is definitely indispensable.

And in terms of cooking, he is indeed not as good as his cousin.

"It won't be very far. We'll buy a bicycle by then. I'll learn how to ride a bicycle, and it will be much closer when I come here." Qiao Minglang thought of the two-wheeled bicycles his cousins ​​rode. If they bought a bicycle by then, they would come here. The time will be cut in half.

"Oh, that's right, that's okay." This distance is indeed not too far, it's much closer than when they go from the village to the town. When they buy a bicycle, he will teach his cousin to ride a bicycle, and he will be able to come here Much sooner.

But Qiao Mingshan was a little worried that it would affect his cousin's study, "If you come here every day, will it affect your study?" He knew that his cousin went to high school, and there were more courses in high school, so he must study more than before Hard work, it will definitely take more time.

At that time, if making money affects his cousin's study, he will have no way to explain to their old man when he goes back.

"I will arrange this myself, you don't have to worry about it." Qiao Minglang said.