On July 1, 2006, the entire Qinghai-Tibet Railway was completed and opened to traffic; on July 31, Fang Chang'an's 15th birthday; on August 7, Wang Ke's 15th birthday; these were all happy events. On August 24, something happened that made Pluto sad, and it was expelled from the planets of the solar system.

During this period, Fang Chang'an unlocked an achievement: for the first time he met the man who might be the biggest villain on his future life, Shen Mo's father, Chen Chengyan's elder brother, and Chen Chengli.

At that time, Wang Ke's birthday had not yet passed, so he and Chen Chengyan went to the city to see the newly renovated bun shop.

Due to the positioning of "boutique snacks", this shop chose a shopping mall in Dongcheng Commercial District. It is surrounded by office workers. The location is good and the rent is naturally expensive. Chen Chengyan asked Chen Chengli for a brother price, which costs more than 20,000 yuan a year - this shopping mall is Chen Chengli.

According to Chen Chengyan, in order to complete the shopping mall here, Chen Chengli delayed his marriage, which was impossible, because once he got married, he would be within the scope of the laws of heaven and could not do any business in the province.

The store is on the second floor and is a common design in later cities. Two glass walls and wooden fences divide the entire store lobby into various areas, with a unified system of imitation solid wood tables and chairs. The opaque walls are decorated in ink style. Some of them are printed with brush running script fonts, introducing the historical allusion of "Shengjian Bun".

Overall, the simplicity and elegance reveal a faint ancient charm. Fang Chang'an was quite satisfied with it, but he didn't expect that he had the talent in design.

The formula has always been led by Zhang Fei to change it. Chen Chengyan originally intended to ask him to come to the city to take charge of the kitchen of the store, but Zhang Fei and his wife were both resisting or fearing to come to the city, and did not agree to come. So they changed to Peng Liangliang, who was younger and more energetic, to take charge. Anyway, the formula, the temperature, and the time have been standardized, and they should be within his ability.

Including Peng Liangliang, there are now seven employees in the store, three men and four women. When they learned that the business was about to open, the boss came to "inspection" today, prepared some ingredients in advance, made half a pot of buns, and served them in two customized dishes.

"Try it and see if it's better than in the town."

Chen Chengyan was very satisfied with the effect after the decoration was completed. He seemed to be a little bit like he regarded this as his personal result. He felt very proud and ripped off the paper cover on the chopsticks, picked up a bun, took a bite, and immediately said "Yeah~" and said to Peng Liangliang, who was standing next to him: "It's delicious!"

Fang Chang'an and Peng Liangliang had some relatives, but they went to the bun shop to work because of Fang Chang'an. However, they had very little contact with each other and were very unfamiliar with each other. They were not as familiar with Chen Chengyan. Especially Peng Liangliang knew a lot of things and didn't know how to get along with this "genius" younger than him. They felt nervous when they stood on one side. When they heard Chen Chengyan's praise, they seemed to finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"It's really delicious."

It is already past ten o'clock in the morning now, and Fang Chang'an is at the age of vigorous metabolism. He quickly ate both buns, one with meat filling and one with leek and egg, and the taste is very good.

"You should go there, don't be standing here."

Chen Chengyan first let Peng Liangliang and other waiters scatter, and then whispered to Fang Chang'an: "This bun looks quite big, but in fact, it is at most two or three of the original small buns. Isn't it a bit too dark for 50 cents?"

Fang Chang'an also whispered: "It depends on who we compare with. Even at noon, no matter how much we eat, we have to eat six buns and a bowl of spicy soup. How come we eat well? It costs five yuan in total. Five yuan in this mall. What can we eat at other places? A hamburger may be hard."

"No matter how bad the hamburger is, it's still from abroad."

"No matter which country it is, filling your stomach is the most important thing. Don't worry, the most pragmatic ones are the ones."

Fang Chang'an still has some confidence in this. Thousands of years of tradition are here. As long as it doesn't work, even gods and Buddhas will be stripped down for you. How long can junk food last? It will soon return to their normal status.

What's more, who works nearby, who even wants to have a hamburger? Chen Chengyan has been in the town and his ideological awareness has not kept up.

"I kept saying that the price should be set a little higher, but you just don't listen. When will we recover the cost?"

Chen Chengyan angrily pointed on his head, "A bun costs more, one dollar, you can just grab it."

"The cost is not just material, how expensive the rent here is."

"Let's talk about it in two years."

"Then let's raise the price of the soup a little more, two or five hundred yuan a bowl."

"Three years ago, two yuan and five yuan are enough for your daily living expenses, so just buy a bowl of soup?"

Fang Changan curled his lips and stopped talking. Chen Chengyan was afraid that he would be too serious and apologized to him: "I'm sorry, uncle just said it casually, and he had no other meaning, just thinking that he should not be greedy in business."

"Even if you scold me harder, I can only listen."

After three years of getting along, Chen Chengyan is an elder in Chang'an. This kind of words is nothing. "I'm afraid that our price will be too low, and other stores are unbalanced. Don't forget that other stores set high prices. On the one hand, it is for profit, and on the other hand, the costs such as rent are too high. Our rent is the brother price."

Chen Chengyan was stunned for a moment. He did not consider this, but he didn't care much, and said, "That's okay, just treat it as the differentiation you mentioned. They are high-end and low-end, just to make people fill up."

"Okay."

Fang Chang'an no longer said anything, "The supply of materials and other materials is kept up. You can just make a reservation when it opens. Where will we go next?"

Chen Chengyan glanced at him, "Where did you say you would go?"

Fang Changanqi said, "I'll listen to you."

"Put it for me!"

Chen Chengyan stood up, smiled and reached out to pat his head, "I'm just like you, Teacher Cheng, and I'm watching you grow up. You don't have to stick out your butt, I know what you're thinking..."

Speaking of this, I was suddenly stunned. Seeing the elder brother walking in from outside, I stopped the topic and greeted, "Brother, you are not free, why are you free to come?"

"Just just passed by, come and take a look."

Chen Chengli said, and walked over while looking at the decoration in the store. Chen Chengyan then introduced: "My brother, Mo Mo's father, this is Fang Chang'an."

Fang Chang'an stood up and greeted politely: "Hello uncle."

Chen Chengli is much taller than Chen Chengyan. Fang Changan is no longer shorter than Chen Chengyan, but he is still half a head shorter than Chen Chengli. His height is estimated to be close to 1.85 meters tall. Among their generation, he is definitely tall and big, with a national face and looks quite majestic.

He had already guessed Fang Chang'an's identity since he entered the store and was also looking at him secretly. When he saw Fang Chang'an greeting him, he just nodded casually and said to Chen Chengyan: "The decoration is good, very stylish."

Chen Chengyan said proudly: "That's right, I have worked hard for more than half a year."

Fang Changan was still looking forward to Chen Chengyan being able to praise him, but found that this guy was completely ignorant of his contributions and did not mention himself at all. He regarded this as his confidence to show off in front of his elder brother.

“When will it open?”

"I haven't confirmed it yet. Just in the past few days, the matter has basically been resolved."

Chen Chengyan said, shouting into the inside: "Longliang, bring two more buns."

"Hey!" Peng Liangliang responded inside.

"No, I have to leave now." Chen Chengli knew his younger brother's temperament, and even wanted to show off his buns, so he waved his hand quickly.

"It's okay, you can try it, try it!"

Chen Chengyan forced his elder brother down. Chen Chengli had no choice but to sit down. Seeing that the dishes and even the paper cover wrapped in chopsticks were quite exquisite, he couldn't help but feel a little surprised. He tasted the buns and said, "The taste is good, especially this leek and egg, which is just right."

He didn't waste it either, dipped it in some vinegar and ate both buns.

Chen Chengyan said, "I've finished eating, let's go."

Chen Chengli just wiped the corner of his mouth and asked, "Where to go?"

"Go to your house."

Chen Chengyan looked like "You can actually ask such words", "It's okay if you don't stay here last time, don't you keep me for a meal today? I haven't been to your new home yet."

Chen Chengli scolded: "Fuck you, you haven't gone eight times but seven times."

"Oh, I just said it casually and left."

Chen Chengyan patted the Chang'an in the house and squeezed his eyes. He looked like a good Chinese uncle and dragged Chen Chengli out. Chen Chengli was not as ignorant as Chen Chengyan, so he had to say, "Okay, okay, let go first, what do you look like?"

Chen Chengyan curled his lips and said, "I ran over from all over the place, and you didn't plan to let me sit at home. What's the way I look like?"

"I have a few friends upstairs. I've already gone down and left after I checked out. I've been troubled by you... Okay, I have to say hello first, you're waiting here."

Chen Chengli brushed his clothes and turned around and walked out of the store.

Chen Chengyan then pulled Fang Chang'an and sat down again. Fang Chang'an looked out through the glass wall as Chen Chengli's back disappeared, turned to Chen Chengyan and smiled, "Uncle Chen, do you think Mo Mo's father will come back?"

"Why not come back?"

Fang Chang'an smiled and didn't speak.

Chen Chengyan was not stupid, and immediately understood what Fang Chang'an meant and waved his hand and said, "You're thinking too much, just a meal, not to mention it."

Of course, a meal would not be enough. Chen Chengyan wanted to help Fang Chang'an meet Shen Mo, but he had no other idea. He just felt that he hadn't seen each other several times, and school was about to start again. He wanted to let them meet, and they could take care of them in high school in the future.

Fang Chang'an had almost no communication with Chen Chengli just now, but instinctively felt that he had always paid attention to him, but he deliberately ignored him, which was very wrong.

He couldn't understand the whole story for a while. Logically speaking, Chen Chengli couldn't know what, and Shen Mo couldn't tell everything to his parents, right? And after all, there was nothing at all...

But if you don’t know anything, or just make a fuss, Chen Chengli’s personality should not be like this... Of course, if you don’t know much, you can’t think that Chen Chengli is deliberately targeting him just because he didn’t talk to him.

This is easy to verify, just look at what he does next.

After waiting for a few minutes, Chen Chengyan's phone rang. He picked it up and answered it, "Hey, brother?"

The store was very quiet, and the room was close to each other. You could vaguely hear Chen Chengli's voice saying: "Chengyan, I have something to do here at the moment, and I can't get out..."

Chen Chengli said: "No, what does it mean to be unable to escape?"

"I won't leave you at noon. You can find a place to eat or go home to eat. Feifei probably is waiting for a hurry at home."

"Even if you don't have time, you don't have the reason to drive people away, right? Is your sister-in-law at home?"

"She's on a business trip."

"Are Mo Mo always here?"

"Mo Mo's classmates' reunion will not be back in the evening."

"Okay, Chen Chengli, you are cruel!"

"Hey, don't be angry, isn't this just happening? I'll turn around and apologize to you and ask your sister-in-law to cook in person."

"Okay, okay."

Chen Chengyan hung up the phone, had a meal, and probably understood something, and said to Fang Chang'an: "What do you want to eat? Uncle treats you, eat whatever you want in Manyunlong City, can we still be hungry?"

Fang Changan smiled and said, "Uncle Chen, forget it, it's nothing else. I've seen the store, so let's go back directly. I'm not hungry after eating buns."

Chen Chengyan thought for a while and nodded, "Okay, then let's go home just by rushing."

The two of them immediately went downstairs and got into the car and returned to the town.

Although I don’t know how Chen Chengli knew, after what happened just now, Fang Chang'an could basically confirm that Chen Chengli did know a lot of things, and therefore he was extremely vigilant about him. In order not to let him follow Chen Chengyan in, he did not hesitate to use despicable tricks without any visualization.
To be continued...