Last night, Xu Qing did think for a long time. After the disturbance caused by the thief, he didn't feel much sleepy. He lay in bed and thought about Jiang He's matter.
It was new to pick up an ancient person, but there were a lot of visible and invisible troubles in life. She was like a time bomb that could explode at any time.
He could stay at home, but he still had to learn to live. He couldn't support this girl for a lifetime.
Taking ten thousand steps back, even if his handsome and elegant appearance attracted Jiang He, and the two of them blah blah blah blah … she would have to get used to this world. She couldn't become a good-for-nothing like Winter Melon who only knew how to eat and sleep.
"Remember this day."
Xu Qing said to Jiang He at the door of the breakfast shop. Then he found a place to sit down and order.
Youtiao, steamed buns, side dishes, and porridge were the standard breakfast.
The morning sun was golden, shining through the window on the table. There were more cars outside, and the city began to wake up. There were more and more customers in the breakfast shop. They wanted takeout or sat down to eat.
The two of them ate breakfast quietly. From the outside, there was nothing unusual. No one would think that the girl who was eating buns was from the ancient times.
Jiang He took a sip of the porridge and raised her head to look at the street. What she liked the most in this world were all kinds of food. Although she had never seen the Emperor eat anything, she was certain that things as delicious as buns and youtiao were not available even in the Imperial Palace.
"If you are not full, the porridge here is free. If you want to eat buns, go and ask. Tell her how many buns she wants. I'll pay later."
Xu Qing was full after eating three buns. Thinking of the sweat on Jiang He's forehead before he left, he thought that people who practiced martial arts all had a big appetite, so he informed Jiang He.
Jiang He thought for a while and asked, "Are these buns expensive?"
"Not expensive. Breakfast is the cheapest …" Xu Qing explained to her in a low voice. "You don't need to worry about food here. If you want to eat your fill, it won't cost much. You can eat without worry."
Youtiao was one yuan, vegetable bun was sixty cents, and meat buns were one piece. If you didn't go to a fancy restaurant and only ate these daily foods, no one with a job or income couldn't afford it.
Jiang He thought for a while and went to the order counter. "Add ten … five, fifteen buns."
"Ahem … ahem!"
Xu Qing choked on a mouthful of porridge, coughing a few times and adding, "Takeout!"
The cashier girl nodded and didn't say anything.
"Can you finish it?"
When Jiang He came back, Xu Qing couldn't help but ask.
"More or less … Did you eat too much?" Jiang He held the empty bowl and wondered if he should get another big bowl of porridge.
"I told you to eat without worry, so I will eat without worry. It's just that … it's too conspicuous. Maintain your normal appetite when you're outside and take it home … You can have two more bowls of porridge, it's fine."
"I'll pay you back when I make money from the game," Jiang He said in a low voice and went to pack the porridge.
Xu Qing didn't say anything. "Pay me back? It's just a meal. How can I ask an ancient person to pay me back?"
Jiang He liked the thick porridge very much. In her era, porridge was equivalent to drinking water. She had never seen the practice of having more rice than water. Even if the porridge of a rich landlord was thicker, she didn't dare to squander it like this.
After Jiang He drank three bowls of porridge and was almost satisfied, the two of them went out with the vegetable bun. Although they had breakfast before, they always ordered takeout. Jiang He ate as much as she ordered and never complained about not being full. Now for the first time, he correctly recognized Jiang He's appetite.
"I'll take you to the buffet one day."
Xu Qing looked at the buffet hot pot restaurant in the distance and thought that Jiang He would like it.
"What's that?" Jiang He heard a new word.
"It's to pay a little money and eat whatever you want until you can't eat anymore. Just like the porridge just now. But there's not only porridge, but also vegetables, meat, and … You'll understand when I take you there."
"Is there such a good thing?"
Jiang He was surprised. "Is it some kind of relief organization?"
"No, it's a very common restaurant. It's just a way of operation."
Xu Qing lifted the bun in his hand, opened the bag and took out one to eat on the way. He signaled her to eat and said, "Most of the people here are engaged in mental work, like the emperor. They sit for a whole day and deal with all kinds of things without much effort, so they eat less. If you eat a dozen or twenty buns in the restaurant, it will be very conspicuous. We have to keep a low profile.
Similarly, because we don't eat much, some businessmen set up this kind of restaurant. They pay some money and eat whatever they want. Anyway, we don't eat much, especially girls and children. If they pay 100 RMB, they can eat 30 to 40 RMB of food at most. In this way, the restaurant makes more than half of the profit. "
Jiang He understood a little after hearing his words. "It's fine for some people to eat more, but they can earn back the money they earn from those with small appetites?"
"Very smart!" Xu Qing was surprised by her IQ. When he was young, Xu Wenbin took him to the buffet. He was amazed for a long time that the boss was a good person and allowed people to eat whatever they wanted.
"But why do people with small appetites want to eat there? Is it too much money? "This was what Jiang He couldn't understand.
"There's a lot of variety. We can eat whatever we want. It's very convenient and satisfying. We don't have to worry about what to order or the price."
The two of them ate as they walked on the road. Xu Qing was 80% full in the restaurant. He only ate two buns and held them for Jiang He to eat slowly.
For Jiang He, who was completely blank, no matter what they talked about, it was learning. Although the world was complicated, many things were intrinsically connected. When all aspects of life were combined to a certain extent, it would always lead to a qualitative change. It made her suddenly understand how the world worked.
If there was a demand, there would be a supply. If there was a reason, it was reasonable. Finding that "reason" was the right way.
If there was no reason, it was better to stay away from it. It was most likely not a good thing.
A simple and crude concept was what Jiang He needed the most at the moment.
"Okay, you have 15 minutes to get rid of these buns."
After returning home and looking at the time, Xu Qing said to Jiang He. He then took out a bottle of Coca-Cola from the fridge and drank two mouthfuls. "Start playing games at 9 o 'clock. Before noon, except for drinking water and going to the toilet, don't do anything else. This is a normal life for most people. 9 to 5. I'll let you experience it."
"Most people?"
"Yes … Theoretically, it's too hard for you to enjoy 996 hours of karma."
Xu Qing smiled. "After lunch, you can rest until 1: 30 in the afternoon. Then, you can continue playing games until 5 in the afternoon. Don't think about doing anything else in the meantime. Just play games."
After coming to the modern world for more than a month, Jiang He suddenly came into contact with the social life of a 9 to 5 animal.
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