【79】Wang Kee Catering
After a meal, Xu Manli's father talked endlessly about his thoughts. Everything Xu Manli did was taken for granted, and all he could say was just one nonsense: Manli's baby was bitter, and when her elder sister got married, Manli would be over.
Every family has a difficult sutra to recite, and even gods cannot understand it clearly when they come. The old ideas of favoring boys over girls are not uncommon in this era.
After dinner, I had a rare leisure time. Wu Daguang and Zhang Erlai and his second son Za Jinhua did not fall asleep until late at night.
On the second day, Xiaoyu was still intermittent. Xu Manli took a long leave in the kindergarten and sent her father to the bus back to the village. Looking at her father's hunched back, she couldn't bear to buy a good piece of clothes.
Wu Daguang sent Xinghua to school and met Xu Manli when she came back. Xu Manli was in a depressed mood. It was obvious that she was worried about the bride price. For the Xu family, her son's marriage was a happy event, but not for Xu Manli.
"Do you have a bride price of 2,000 yuan?" Wu Daguang asked casually.
Xu Manli shook her head and said nothing.
"If you want me to tell me, don't worry. Your brother is not young anymore. You should find a professional businessman, otherwise I will help you?" Wu Daguang asked.
Xu Manli raised her head, looked at Wu Daguang with red and swollen eyes, and then lowered her head: "I can't bother you anymore."
"Wu Yongzhu is gone. There is a shortage of chores in the store and there is no need for any technical work. Let your brother come over." Wu Daguang said casually in his hands in his pockets.
"My brother has never worked so old, I'm afraid he will give it to you..."
"Don't worry, my store is full of talents. You can clean up your brother if you just pull out someone. The store is short of people. Whoever will work from the beginning will be able to take a walk. Anyway, you can't get the bride money. Since your brother wants to get married, he will come to work. If he wants to be a bachelor, he will pretend that I didn't say anything."
Xu Manli followed Wu Daguang and looked at Wu Daguang who was one of his head higher. His back was so tall that Chen Yang shot. Since he met him, he would always block in front of him whenever he encountered difficulties. His chest should be very wide, so wide that it can accommodate many people. Is she one of them?
Xu Manli realized that she had begun to have fantasies about Wu Daguang and shook her chaotic brain. What was she thinking? She probably only had to wait and see from afar in her life.
Passing by the intersection, Wu Daguang caught a glimpse of the shop where Boss Wang closed the door with half of the door open for the first time, and there was a lazy figure working inside. Isn’t that Wu Yongzhu?
Wu Daguang turned his head to Xu Manli and said, "You go back first, I have something to do."
Xu Manli was fantasizing. Wu Daguang scared her as soon as she spoke, her face flushed instantly, and she nodded subconsciously and walked away quickly.
Wu Daguang approached Boss Wang's shop. There were only two people in the shop. Wu Yongzhu was busy next to a big iron pot and sweated heavily.
"This is the soup base for the Kanto soup of the Daguang family. How about it? I didn't blow it." Wu Yongzhu was thinking about the big spoon in his hand, as if he was a chef.
Boss Wang watched from the side, smiling very happily, as if he immediately saw a lot of money floating into his pocket from the Guandong cooking pot.
The two of them didn't notice that Wu Daguang was standing at the door.
"Isn't this a cousin? I thought I was dazzled." Wu Daguang said in surprise at the door.
Wu Yongzhu suddenly raised his head and met Wu Daguang's face. He was so scared that he turned around and wanted to hide.
"Don't hide, I've seen it. I didn't expect that there will be any defense. It's hard to defend against the thief. I'll take my things and go to someone to earn a salary." Wu Daguang said sarcastically.
Boss Wang was confident: "I can't bear to see my own people. If you blame me, I will tell you directly. I plan to open it and cook it in Guandong."
Wu Daguang sneered: "You can't make it in the city anymore. Come back and compete for jobs with me." Wu Daguang looked at Wu Yongzhu who was hiding behind Boss Wang. Wu Yongzhu was embarrassed and dared not go to see Wu Daguang.
Wu Daguang tsk twice and continued: "Seize my job with you, at least find someone with good skills."
Boss Wang was unreasonable in this matter, and the subject was naturally at a disadvantage. Wu Daguang said a few words without any pain and left. As a reborn person, Wu Daguang had not had much emotional fluctuations in people and things, until he had a person like Wu Yongzhu, which allowed him to see that a person could be shameless to the point of no bottom line.
It was already evening when the sky turned clear, and the clouds in the sky were shining golden by the sun. Such weather was most suitable for lazy people to put aside the concept of time and sit in a small but comfortable restaurant to eat a Kanto cook. Then, a few friends who can chat about their work and chat about family matters.
The unfamiliar guests I met in Wuji Catering, because the meal was solid, the number of repeat customers was increasing. Some people gathered at Wuji Catering specifically to find a few people to chat with. Gradually, Wuji Catering brought together big and small events in the small county town.
Whenever a person passing by would take a look at Wuji Catering, and when you walk far away, you could hear the sound of guests calling.
"Daguang, I'll pay my salary today. I'll give me some wine and food."
"Brother Guang, come to a big chicken. I have found a job and celebrate."
There are also many students who have no time to cook and come to eat: "Uncle Fan, bring a fish-flavored shredded pork tossed rice, and add some more meat for me."
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As the boss, Wu Daguang met many customers, won over a group of repeat customers, and gained a foothold in this small county town.
Life is dull and stable. For Wu Daguang, he earns money every day and thinks about how to make money. This is life.
Every day, Xinghua’s first thing she does when she returns to the store is to tell her dad about her day in kindergarten.
After school that day, Xinghua ran into the shop with a roll of paper, showing off her to her father.
It was a watercolor painting. Judging from the abstract style, it looked like Wu Ji Restaurant. A deformed man was riding a little girl with two small horns on his shoulder. The little girl was holding a windmill in her hand and smiling happily.
Xinghua pointed at the man in the painting with a little finger: "Dad, look, this is Dad." He also pointed at the little girl in the painting with a little finger: "This is Xinghua."
Zhang Erlai saw the painting beside him, twisting and twisting, holding back his laughter, and teasing: "Xinghua, where is Erlai Uncle, you have lost Uncle Erlai."
Xinghua pointed to Wu Ji Catering in the painting: "You are cooking inside, there are Sister Manli and Brother Xiaozhi in it..."
On Saturday, Xu Manli took a bus home to discuss asking her brother to come to work, Xinghua did her homework upstairs, and today's kindergartens are still mainly focused on learning.
The store at the intersection that had been closed for a long time, after two whips were placed, the door opened to open. The way to open the door was completely imitating the original business method of Wu Ji Catering, and even the name was full of plagiarism - Wang Ji Catering.
Boss Wang was glad to attract customers on the street with joy. What he expected was that his shop was crowded. After he greeted him hard for more than an hour, he didn't even stop and asked. What's more, he glanced at Wangji Catering and walked towards Wuji Catering.
Chapter completed!