At about 10: 00 am, a man dressed in a blue cotton-padded jacket stopped at the entrance of the Yuanzhou shop on an electric scooter.
"Boss Yuan. Is Boss Yuan here?" The man raised his voice and shouted at the shop.
"Hello. What's the matter?" Yuan Zhou walked out quickly.
"Boss Yuan, your express delivery is here." The man grinned and took a parcel.
"Thank you." Yuan Zhou received it and signed his name conveniently.
"You're welcome. Remember to give me a good comment when you pay a return visit." The man said smilingly.
"Ok." Yuan Zhou nodded his head.
"Thank you." After saying that, the man put away the receipt, got on the electric scooter and left like a gust of wind.
What Yuan Zhou got was a box. Naturally, it contained the lanterns he had bought.
"Xi Xi Suo Suo", Yuan Zhou's fingers were nimble. He didn't even need a pair of scissors to open the express delivery directly.
"Humm. The prince charming also opens the express delivery quickly." Yuan Zhou looked at the neatly opened express delivery with satisfaction.
Yuan Zhou suddenly remembered that girls liked to buy, buy, buy. After they bought something, they naturally needed to open the express delivery. Since he could open the express delivery quickly, he could naturally be a prince charming.
The adhesive tape was removed one by one and put aside. The box was still intact. As the lantern was dismantled, it needed to be assembled by himself.
With his obsessive-compulsive disorder, Yuan Zhou could also make a beautiful scene by opening the express delivery.
The hands-on Yuan Zhou finished assembling the lantern quickly and prepared to hang it outside.
The lantern bought by Yuan Zhou looked simple. There was a circle of sparse brown wooden strips around the outside, the paper inside was white, the light bulb was yellow, and the wall of the lantern was painted with simple lotus patterns.
After moving the chair, plugging in the electricity and then turning on the lantern, he naturally attracted the attention of others at the side.
The people at the side were paying attention to the movements in Yuan Zhou's restaurant. Of course, these people were just looking around in their own restaurants, unlike the female boss of the nearby noodle restaurant. She directly walked to the restaurant where Boss Tong used to be without batting an eyelid.
Because their relationship wasn't good, she didn't say anything.
"The wires have to be stuffed inside. It'll be terrible if you get them wet." The crippled Fatty Wang, the owner of the hardware store in front, couldn't help but say.
"Okay. Thank you, Boss Wang." Yuan Zhou climbed up again and stuffed the wire in.
"Yeah, that's right. It's more convenient for you to close the door at that time." Fatty Wang nodded his head and said with satisfaction.
"Indeed. Boss Wang, you really know the business." Yuan Zhou got off the chair and said gratefully.
"Of course. Of course, I know that. But it's enough that you have the culinary skills." Fatty Wang nodded his head complacently and then talked about Yuan Zhou again.
"Yes." Yuan Zhou nodded.
"But why did you install the lanterns? The signboard hasn't been hung yet." Fatty Wang pointed at the conspicuous lantern at the door and asked with puzzlement.
Yuan Zhou was already used to keeping a straight face, but in front of these old neighbors, he was still relatively relaxed, but now his face was tense again.
Thinking for a while, Yuan Zhou suddenly thought of a perfect reason. Of course, it also depended on the tasks given by the system.
"Oh. The fortune teller said that the business will be better if I hang the lantern." Yuan Zhou said with a straight face.
"The fortune teller?" Fatty Wang revealed a puzzled look.
"Yes. He did it a few months ago. He's a very good fortune teller." Yuan Zhou nodded his head and said affirmatively.
"Was it those few days? So you went there to have your fortune told. " Fatty Wang recalled that Yuan Zhou went to several temples in a row for a period of time and there was a smell of sesame oil on him.
"Yes. I ordered the lantern and it just arrived now." Yuan Zhou added the loophole in his words without any trace.
"That's really slow." Fatty Wang said casually.
"Fortunately, I asked for too much." Yuan Zhou didn't want to shift the responsibility to others.
"But the Lucky Lantern can't be extinguished, right? You have to pay attention to it. Don't buy a lantern with too much wattage. It consumes too much electricity." Fatty Wang thought for a while and reminded him.
"Yes, I know. The brightness is just right. It won't be extinguished." Yuan Zhou nodded his head.
Right after that, Fatty Wang asked about Boss Tong's situation. After all, they were old neighbors. It was common for him to care about her, even if they didn't get along well.
The conversation between Yuan Zhou and Fatty Wang was heard by the proprietress of the neighboring noodle house without missing a word.
"It turns out that the fortune teller said you can make a fortune by hanging the lantern. It turns out that this is how you get your business." While walking back, the proprietress murmured.
Then, the proprietress felt that she finally found the reason why Yuan Zhou's business was so good.
"That's why I was wondering what abilities a little boy could have. Today, I will spread the news to everyone on the street. At that time, everyone will hang the lantern. I don't believe that the God of Fortune will still look for you." The proprietress said complacently.
"Today, I'm going to destroy your fortune." After the proprietress said that bitterly, she turned around and directly went to other shops, preparing to spread the news.
After Yuanzhou shop led the prosperity of this street, many shops sprung up like bamboo shoots after a spring rain. Some imitated the layout of Yuanzhou shop and some didn't hang the signboard just like Yuanzhou shop.
Some imitated dishes of various kinds, except for the price. After all, Yuan Zhou's dishes were worth so much money. They didn't dare to imitate that.
However, they didn't forget to imitate the menu.
Now that there were lanterns hanging at the door of Yuanzhou shop, those businessmen were naturally curious. The words of the proprietress were just like the water handed to them when they were thirsty, just right.
The news that Yuan Zhou hung the lantern to attract fortune was spread throughout the entire street. And people always acted fast.
Before dinnertime, all the streets of Taoxi Road were hung with lanterns of different sizes and shapes. When the lanterns were lit up, it really gave a feeling of being brightly lit.
Seeing that, even the customers who were having dinner in the evening knew the purpose of Yuan Zhou hanging the lanterns. They started to give Yuan Zhou ideas one after another.
However, the ideas were all for the sake of their own stomachs.
"Boss Yuan, you don't need to hang the lanterns. You only need to open the restaurant for one more hour every day. That's enough to bring you fortune." Wu Hai said primly.
"That's right. It's better to increase the number of BBQ in the evening than to hang the lanterns. Tsk-tsk. That taste is simply amazing." A customer who couldn't forget the BBQ said.
"Increasing the business hours is the right thing to do." Ling Hong also said concisely and clearly.
"Let's eat." Yuan Zhou's answer was only two words.
However, these two words were indeed the most important two words. Then, the customers all started to eat.
At 1: 00 am, the short-haired girl in the convenience store got off work.
"Alas. It's a sunny day today. Boss Yuan definitely didn't open the BBQ." While sighing, the short-haired girl walked towards the side street.
"Dadada Ta", the footsteps sounded steady and orderly.
"What!" The short-haired girl suddenly revealed a frightened expression. She covered her heart with her hand and looked at the side street in surprise.
At that time, the side street emitted a dim yellow light against the light.
"Why are there so many lanterns all of a sudden?" The short-haired girl didn't even dare to step out.
When she came to work in the morning, the shops in the side street hadn't hung the lanterns yet. But now, there were. The short-haired girl was directly scared silly.
Just imagine, there was no one on the empty street, but there were lanterns hanging in front of all the doors, emitting a pale light.
She was so scared that she peed herself …
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