Yuan Zhou's pace wasn't messed up, but God's pace was messed up.
Moreover, it was very messed up. Since the day Zheng You arrived in Chengdu, it had been raining. At first, it only rained at night and stopped during the day.
Zheng You had once grumbled that people in Chengdu liked to sneak in when it rained. Now, he didn't need to grumble anymore.
Because on the day before the competition, or the last day of registration, there was a strong wind and heavy rain in Chengdu.
"Will the rain stop tomorrow?" Zheng You looked at the gloomy sky outside the window and muttered with a frown.
He wasn't worried about anything else. He was just afraid that the rain would be too heavy tomorrow and he wouldn't be able to rush to the competition.
After all, although the venue was indoors, it was still a little far from the competition venue. He needed to take a taxi there.
Zheng You didn't have a car in Chengdu. Besides, Zhou Shijie didn't arrange for a car to pick him up like the Village Chef did. This time, he came by himself. Naturally, he wouldn't be qualified if he was late.
"What a weird weather. I hope it will be better tomorrow." Looking at the never-ending rain, Zheng You muttered and then went to find Head Chef Yang.
On the other side, Yuan Zhou woke up and looked at the rain in silence. After quite a while, he went to wash up and change his clothes.
This time, Yuan Zhou didn't change into his sportswear, but the clothes he usually wore when he ran the restaurant.
It was still early, but Yuan Zhou didn't intend to go back to sleep. After washing up, he went downstairs directly.
After a sound of "Hua La", Yuan Zhou directly opened the door and then turned on all the lights.
The whistling wind mixed with the pitter-patter of the rain outside, but the lights of Yuanzhou shop shone through, looking dim and warm.
Yuan Zhou frowned when he saw the rain being blown around by the wind. Even the ground covered by the two rows of rain canopies prepared by the queuing committee was getting wet.
The two rows of rain canopies were well designed. Ordinary rain wouldn't wet them at all. It was for the convenience of queuing. The canopies were connected to the entire Taoxi Road and then converged at the entrance of Yuanzhou shop.
In order to keep out the wind and shade in summer, both sides of the canopies weren't sealed. Under such strong wind and heavy rain, the rain would still flow in.
Moreover, the canopy was movable and could be folded up. For example, when Yuan Zhou hung up his sign last time, the canopy was folded up so that everyone could see the situation clearly.
However, in the past two nights, it had been raining non-stop since dawn, so Yuan Zhou had set it up again. This way, people passing by at night could shelter them from the rain.
"It seems that I have to make some preparations. There are quite a lot of people working on Sunday," Yuan Zhou said softly. Then, he opened the sergestes wall view door and went straight to the first floor of the pub.
There were two wooden racks on the first floor of the tavern. They were similar to the washbasin racks from before, but there was no washbasin on them. There was only a flat base.
Yuan Zhou directly picked up the two racks with each hand and walked out of the store. Of course, Yuan Zhou walked along the canopy.
Walking to the opposite side of the store, Yuan Zhou put down the wooden shelves and placed them neatly on each side before returning to the store.
This time, Yuan Zhou directly returned to the kitchen and squatted down to take out the things inside.
Yuan Zhou emptied the cabinet straightforwardly and took out all the white and clean towels.
That's right. These were the towels that Yuan Zhou prepared for his customers to dry themselves on rainy days. Besides, they were the only free things in the restaurant so far.
Yuan Zhou also prepared to buy them himself. Every time the former boxer came, Yuan Zhou would give one to him and let him wipe the blood stains with it.
Now, Yuan Zhou was walking out of the store with the towels in his arms. While he was walking, Yuan Zhou paid great attention to not let the towels get wet.
Then, he put the towels on the racks on both sides. Of course, Yuan Zhou had also carefully observed the positions of the racks to prevent the towels from getting wet after they were put on the racks.
"That's enough." Yuan Zhou put the towels down and took a look at them before he turned around and went back to the restaurant.
His skillful action indicated that it wasn't the first time that Yuan Zhou had done this. Besides, the few words that weren't so new on the racks also proved that.
That's right. There were a few words on the wooden racks. They were clearly and conspicuously written [Rainwater Removable].
Yuan Zhou got up very early at 5: 30. At that time, Taoxi Road was still very quiet. However, it was even quieter because of the rain today.
Not until 6: 00 am did some people on the morning shift pass by. When a girl passed by the canopy, she instantly revealed a smile when she saw the two towel racks.
"Boss Yuan, you are so nice." The girl smiled and took the towel conveniently. After that, she put some change into the cash box not far away. Then, she wiped her wet arms and the ends of her hair before putting away the towel.
With a sound of "Dadada", the girl walked quickly in her high-heeled shoes. Along the way, she didn't forget to thank the door of Yuanzhou Shop that was opened, "Thank you, Boss Yuan."
Yuan Zhou didn't care that the girl had left. He just nodded naturally and then lowered his head to continue reading.
As the girl passed by, the sky became brighter and more and more people passed by.
When these people saw the two towel racks, they would all reveal a smile. Some would take them to wipe the rainwater while others wouldn't. However, all of them would thank Yuan Zhou.
Some of them thanked Yuan Zhou in a low voice while others thanked him loudly. As long as Yuan Zhou heard them, he would nod his head in response.
Correspondingly, some of those who took the towel would put some change into the cash box conveniently. Some of them were in a hurry and didn't do so.
Even those who didn't take the towel also put some change into the cash box smilingly.
This was the second most popular place apart from the towel racks.
There were indeed many people going to work on Sunday morning. That was true. If it weren't for their wallets, nobody would get up early and go out on such a rainy and windy morning.
However, there was an exception. On the morning when it wasn't for school, the naughty boy got up early.
"It's raining so heavily. Will he stand me up?" The naughty boy pushed open the window and looked at the heavy rain outside. He knitted his brows solemnly and appeared to be quite worried.
"Meow, don't make any noise. I'll take you out in a while. Don't make any noise and be discovered by others." After looking around the window, the naughty boy squatted down and pulled out a shoebox, saying softly.
Inside the shoebox was the kitten that the naughty boy had brought down from the top of the wall.
Just when the naughty boy and the kitten were staring at each other, there came a knock on the door.
The naughty boy lived not far from Taoxi Road. People in this area all lived in self-built apartments. After entering the door and passing the master bedroom, there was a corridor. At the end of the corridor was the naughty boy's room.
By the way, the naughty boy wasn't allowed to keep small animals in his house. Moreover, it was strictly forbidden.
That was also the reason why he hadn't been discovered raising the kitten.
Hearing the knock, the naughty boy immediately pushed the shoebox under the bed and then looked at the door vigilantly. His fat body tightened and he didn't say anything.
"I want a bowl of thick noodles with fish balls." A boy's voice passed from outside the door.
"No fish balls." The naughty boy's eyes lit up, but he still answered vigilantly.
"Then I want the thick noodles." The boy outside the door said again.
"No thick noodles either." The naughty boy uttered again.
"Then I want a bowl of broth." The boy outside the door continued saying.
"The broth will bite you." Only when he said that did the naughty boy stand up and open the door immediately.
Obviously, it was the secret signal between the naughty boy and the person outside the door.
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