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In the evening alone, Xu Tongdao casually cooked some noodles and fried a poached egg.

He has never been particular about his food.

When he was eating noodles, a sentence flashed in his mind that he didn't know where he looked at before: I'll give you something to eat...

Then I thought of Wu Yali, and I wanted to go to her place tonight. After all, last night was really enjoyable.

But this thought turned around in his mind, and he was dismissed by himself.

——The town of gentleness is the hero mound.

I have to control everything, go to her too often, but it is easy for her to look down on me...

So that night, he sat on the bedside and flipped through the Records of the Grand Historian in the Twenty-Four Histories he had just bought today, squinting his eyes to read page by page, and gradually, his whole mind sank into this place. in this book.

He has a calm heart, and with such a nature, he is suitable for reading books.

...

The next morning, it was still windy and rainy outside. While Xu Tongdao was cooking noodles for breakfast in the house, his second cousin Ge Liang came.

Three thousand dollars was sent to him.

This was what Ge Liangcai had promised before. On the surface, he asked his cousin Wu Jing to bring 2,000 yuan to Xu Tongdao yesterday, and 3,000 yuan in private today.

Tongdao Xu asked him to have breakfast with him here, and Ge Liang happily finished the noodles with him before leaving.

After he left, Tongdao Xu didn't do anything else. He washed the pots and dishes in a hurry, cleaned the room again, made a cup of tea, and took out the Records of the Grand Historian that he read last night to continue watching.

Not in a hurry to go to Xiao Liu Beef Noodle House to pay the rent.

He is waiting.

Wait for Xu Tonglin to come back.

After waiting for more than two hours, Xu Tonglin came back with simple luggage, umbrella, and rubber boots. When he entered the door, Xu Tongdao looked up and saw Xu Tonglin's bright smile.

Xu Tonglin strode towards Xu Tongdao and said happily as he walked, I want the money! Hehe, Xiaodao, from today onwards, I am also a shareholder! Right? Hehe.

A smile appeared on Xu Tongdao's mouth, and he nodded slightly.

He didn't ask Xu Tonglin if it was going well when he went home to ask for money, but Xu Tonglin sat down beside him and said first, Hey, my mother is really timid! How much has she rubbed her tongue? She has been rubbing with her and my dad until after one o'clock in the morning, and they will consider me ruthless, but they have no choice but to promise me, alas! It's not easy!

As he said that, he picked up Tongdao Xu's teacup and took a few gulps. Tongdao Xu noticed it, but didn't stop it.

Where's the money? Xu Tongdao asked.

Xu Tonglin immediately opened the luggage bag, and pulled out a stack of banknotes wrapped in a white plastic bag, and handed it to Tongdao Xu with a bright smile.

Well, here it is! You count!

Tongdao Xu took it with his hand, pinched the thickness, but did not count, but put down the book in his hand, got up and said, Let's go! Let's go and pay the rent!

...

In the morning, he paid the rent of Xiaoliu Beef Noodle House. In the afternoon, the landlord of another store came over, and Xu Tongdao paid the rent of that store again.

So far, both storefronts have been successfully won by him.

The keys of the two storefronts were also handed over to him. In the afternoon, he asked someone to change the door locks of the two storefronts. By the way, he carefully read the layout of the two storefronts several times, and bought pen and paper. Two storefront remodels were sketched on paper.

He didn't plan to renovate it, he just wanted to make it simple.

One is to save money, and the other is... He is doing small business, and the dining environment is a little rough, and sometimes the effect may be better.

In his vision, the wall between the two storefronts must be knocked down.

The kitchens of the two storefronts are not large, and he also intends to knock down the wall between the two kitchens to form a larger kitchen, which is very important.

In addition, the two stores each have a bathroom,

He also intends to eliminate one, eliminate a bathroom, and make the kitchen a little bigger.

In addition, he plans to make a cash register, scrape the walls of the two stores white, and make a few large menus, which are directly attached to the walls of the restaurant.

Of course, some tables, chairs and benches must be added.

The other thing is to add some pots and pans.

Taking advantage of the recent rainy days, he just finished drawing the renovation plan for the store, and took Xu Tonglin to the pier to find decoration workers.

He was busy again, and Xu Tonglin followed him.

At dinner time, when Ge Lianghua came back from Feng Qinghua, Tongdao Xu said to him, Cousin, starting from tomorrow, we will be busy with the decoration of the store. To save time, we will open the store earlier, so don't run around. , help us!

The store has been rented? Is it going to be renovated?

Ge Lianghua was a little surprised.

Xu Tongdao snorted, and Ge Lianghua said, No problem! If there is anything I need to do, you can tell me!

...

The next morning, when Xu Tongdao led the workers to the store to smash the wall, he saw a new movement across the road. Xi Dongyang and Xi Yuehong were building a shed with logs and tarpaulins.

Tongdao Xu couldn't help but take a few more glances.

Looking at the posture, after Xi Dongyang was unwilling to continue the partnership, he also had a new idea and was going to set up a shed to sell barbecue? Is it to be able to stand every day even in rainy and snowy days?

Still have some brains!

However, is it useful?

Xu Tongdao estimated that within a few days, the two booths of bald Zhang and Lu Fatzi will also follow the same example, and they will also learn to play Dongyang to build a shed on the side of the road.

The idea that Xi Dongyang came up with will soon be copied by the two families.

And in fact?

The bald Zhang and Fatty Lu copied it faster than Tongdao Xu estimated. The next day, Fatty Lu and his wife started to build their own shed next to Xi Dongyang's shed, and they also hired someone to help them build it. The tarpaulin shed is bigger and more grand than Xi Dongyang's.

After the bald Zhang was unwilling, on the third day, he also found someone to build a shed next to Fatty Lu's shed.

There are also two other stalls. Although they don't sell barbecue, they also follow the example and set up a shed there.

That night, Tongdao Xu was cleaning up the decoration waste in his store. One shovel and one shovel put the broken bricks and broken cement blocks on the ground into his pockets. He looked up inadvertently and saw a man in shabby clothes standing outside his store. , the man with his back to the door of his shop.

Presumably to avoid the rain, this man was standing in front of Tongdao Xu's shop, holding a half cigarette in his right hand, and seemed to be looking at the barbecue sheds across the road.

Tongdao Xu narrowed his eyes, frowned, and looked at the man secretly.

Intuition told him that something was wrong with this person.

In the middle of the night, this man actually wore a black peaked cap, and the cyan scalp was exposed where the cap did not cover.

What about hair?

In these days, most people don't shave their hair clean at all. In Xu Tongdao's impression, 80% of the people who shave their hair so short these days are just released after serving their sentences.