Return To 1998

When Xu Tongdao came out of Wu Yali's house, he raised his hand and glanced at the time on his watch, it was almost two in the morning.

After walking a dozen meters away, Tongdao Xu couldn't help but stop and look back at the door of her house. Wu Yali, who had just opened the door for him in person and sent him out, was nowhere to be seen, and the door was also closed.

——I don’t know where the face is going, but the peach blossoms are still smiling in the spring breeze…

The words flashed through his mind inexplicably.

Thinking of this sentence, he smiled.

Thinking about it now, his experience at her house tonight was like a dream, quite unreal. When he was upstairs, he kissed her on a whim, but she rejected him and told him to leave quickly.

He left, and the speed was exactly as she wished—quite fast.

Unexpectedly, when he was about to open the door and leave, she caught up with her again. The next thing was that she took the initiative and took him back to the second floor and the room where the rain was leaking. A few quilts taken out of the closet were randomly spread on the bed, and what happened after that was indescribable.

Her enthusiasm and initiative are beyond his imagination.

It is precisely because of this that when he recalls it at this time, it will feel like a dream.

Lowering his head and taking out the cigarette case, he lit another cigarette, squinted his eyes, turned and continued to walk in the direction of the rental.

On the riverside road in the early morning, the cool breeze blew on his face and body, making his reason gradually return.

He knew about him and Wu Yali, but it was still shameful for a short time.

Not only because they were 7 years apart, but also because he was only 17, and she was still married with one child.

Fortunately she was a widow and the man was dead.

In front of him, the most important thing is to open a shop as soon as possible and continue to make money.

Regarding the future of him and Wu Yali, he didn't want to think about it for the time being, because for a while he couldn't make up his mind at all, and there were too many obstacles between them.

To be honest, he was a little fascinated by her style in bed.

His mind was a little unstable again.

When he returned to his residence, Xu Tonglin was still asleep.

Tongdao Xu looked at him and lightly washed his face and feet. After going to bed, he still couldn't fall asleep, thinking about what happened tonight and what he should do in the next few days.

In the end, he didn't know exactly what time he fell asleep.

He slept until after 8 a.m. the next day, when Xu Tonglin told him to get up to eat, and he opened his sleepy eyes in a daze.

Xu Tonglin frowned and looked at his face suspiciously, Xiao Dao, you're drinking too badly? Haven't you fully recovered from your sleep?

Tongdao Xu leaned on the head of the bed and calmed down. Hearing the words, he wanted to laugh a little, Yeah! It seems that my drinking capacity is far worse than yours. Next time I have a drink, you can help me stop a few more bars!

Xu Tonglin nodded with a smug expression on his face, That's right! You don't even look at how much flesh I have more than you, think about it, the same alcohol, diluted into our bodies, must be the concentration I have here. Lower! Right? Hey, hurry up and eat! Hurry up!

it is good!

...

While having breakfast together, Tongdao Xu looked at the light rain that was still pattering outside, and said to Xu Tonglin: Linzi, let's go and see which stores are renting on that street later. Three connected together.

Xu Tonglin hummed, buried his head and snorted and ate a few mouthfuls of noodles, suddenly stopped his chopsticks, raised his head and asked, By the way, Xiaodao, did you agree to let me become a shareholder last night? I feel so matter.

Tongdao Xu glanced at him, smiled and nodded.

He could see it—Xu Tonglin couldn't remember what happened last night, and he might be wondering if it was a dream he had drunk last night.

But since he promised Xu Tonglin, he would not go back on it.

Xu Tonglin's eyes lit up, You want me to buy 10% of the shares? Right?

Xu Tongdao nodded.

Xu Tonglin was happy, thought for a while, and then hesitantly asked: It seems that you also said that you will never dilute my 10% stake, is there such a thing?

Xu Tongdao still smiled and nodded.

After the meal, both of them put on rubber boots and umbrellas, and went to the street where they set up stalls every day, looking for the storefronts with rental notices along the street.

During the day, this street is very deserted, more than 80% of the storefronts are closed, and there are no pedestrians on the road, which is completely incomparable to the bustling scene at night.

Although there are not many facades with rental notices, you can see one or two from time to time, but the two adjacent stores have rental notices, but it is not easy to find.

After walking for most of the street, the two of them saw that there were three connected shops on the side of the road that were posted for rent.

Moreover, these three storefronts should have been a dance hall before, and the sign above the door reads the dance hall.

Seeing the leasing notices posted on the doors of the three stores, Xu Tongdao and Xu Tonglin stopped at the same time.

Looking at the three storefronts on both sides, Xu Tonglin asked hesitantly, Xiaodao, do you see these three stores?

Tongdao Xu frowned and shook his head slightly.

He was not satisfied with the three storefronts.

First, it's a bit far from where they set up their stalls every night, and the section where they set up their stalls every day...is the most lively and most-traveled place on this street at night.

In contrast, the location of the three storefronts in front of them is much deserted at night.

Catering... It's not that you can't choose an unpopular location, like the private kitchen he's heard about before, it's usually opened in a remote location.

Because the earliest private kitchen dishes were once big families. After falling into the trap of the family, they had no choice but to make delicious dishes according to the family's private recipes and sell them to the public.

The place of business is your own home.

This is the original appearance of private kitchen.

But the popularity of private kitchen dishes can be made mainly because people have private recipes passed down by their ancestors.

It is no different from the secret martial arts secrets, it belongs to the exclusive secrets.

And does Tongdao Xu have such an exclusive secret recipe?

He does have a few dishes that he is good at, the recipes and techniques of barbecue, and he can indeed lead for many years in this small county, but he does not think that the ones he knows belong to some unique secret recipe.

What's more, when you open the door to do business, why increase the difficulty of making money yourself?

Pick a location with the most traffic, isn't it?

Then what should we do? All the places we walked just now were rented out by a single storefront! Xu Tonglin scratched his head, feeling a little discouraged.

Tongdao Xu looked back at the way he had just come, and after thinking for a moment, he lifted his feet and walked back, It's okay! Let's go back and see! Let's see which ones have bad business and see if they can take over!

Similar things, he has seen.

For some stores with bleak business, as long as the sublease price is right, the store owner will actually consider letting it go.

Not long after, the two stopped in front of a beef noodle restaurant. On the door of the store adjacent to the east of the beef noodle restaurant, there was a notice for rent.

And this beef noodle restaurant... This morning, it turned out to be open and in business.

There were no diners in the store, only a man in his thirties sat behind the first dining table at the door, holding a white enamel tea jar in both hands.

On this enamel tea jar, there are also five red characters - Qiaotou Fertilizer Factory.