Aunt Li and her husband had been setting up their stall in this area for a long time. They had a lot of regular customers, including office workers, high school students, night runners, and even people who walked their dogs.
Speaking of which, it was funny. There was a time when someone walked over with a big dog and bought all kinds of meat skewers for 50 yuan. At that time, they thought that the person was going to share the skewers with his friends. They didn't expect that he would casually take the meat off the skewers and feed it to his dog …
Of course, this kind of behavior was very disgusting to other customers. In the future, when they met a customer with a dog, they would ask if the skewers were for a human or a dog. If the skewers were for a dog, they would ask the customer to walk away.
"Husband, how much do you think we need?" Seeing that there were no customers, Aunt Li asked her husband in a low voice.
His wife gasped. "Look at your memory … How many times have I told you? After all the calculations, you're still short by about 10,000 yuan. That's okay. It's not a lot. We can borrow it from someone. "
"That's good." Aunt Li was a little relieved, but then she looked at Zhonghua Road worriedly. She could see at least four restaurants, including a large general restaurant and three smaller specialty restaurants. There was also a local fried chicken restaurant that only provided takeout.
There was no doubt that there was a lot of competition to open a shop on this road, but it was not much better in other places. Anything that could make money would be done by people. What tempted them the most was that it was very safe here. Even their son, who was in middle school, heard from his classmates that there was a martial arts master living on this road.
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Zhang Zian had a headache. Fina, who was hungry, was full of resentment. Sentence after sentence almost pierced his eardrums.
"It's fine if you don't have a fixed time for your meals, and this empress will tolerate it. In any case, I didn't have much hope for a mere mortal like you to begin with. But what's with you having raw food and mushy food?"
Fina jumped on the chair, berating Zhang Zian with great vigor.
Zhang Zian couldn't refute it, because what it said was the truth. Roasting meat and fish not only required experience, but also constant observation. Sometimes, when a customer came downstairs or something else happened, he would forget about the food in the oven … Except for a few times when the heat was just right, the other times, it was either half-cooked or overcooked. When there were customers, he was busy dealing with them, so he could only postpone the meal time. If the customers were very dawdling, it was normal for lunch and dinner to be delayed by an hour.
Old Time Tea was fine. It wasn't picky, but Fina always complained.
"Your Majesty, please calm down! In my opinion, you should go buy an oven as soon as possible, "Old Time Tea advised.
"The oven is not the root of the problem! In essence, he was disrespecting this consort! " The more Fina spoke, the angrier she became. "If he had enough reverence for me, even if he didn't have an oven, he would find a way to roast the fish on time!"
Zhang Zian muttered in a low voice, "You sound like you can generate electricity with love …"
"What did you say? Don't think that I can't hear you! "
"I mean, if this continues, the supermarket will be closed. Don't say I didn't warn you," Zhang Zian quickly corrected.
At this moment, Xinghai came back from the door, raised a front paw and pointed outside, "Meow, Zian, can't we roast over there?"
"Which way?" Zhang Zian was surprised.
"Across the road." Xinghai trotted back to the door.
Zhang Zian signaled Fina to calm down, but it didn't work. He walked to the door and looked, "Oh, it's Aunt Li and her husband …"
Aunt Li and her husband sold breakfast and skewers. Zhang Zian had only gone there for breakfast, but he had never been there at night.
Thinking of this, he turned around and said to Fina, "There are skewers and sausages across the road. Should we go and have a look? If you think it's okay, we can have skewers for dinner today. If not … we can talk about it later. "
Fina looked over suspiciously. It saw two or three customers stopped by the skewers stand to buy food. "How can such a shabby vendor serve me?"
Zhang Zian nodded, "If that's the case, you can stay and wait. Grandpa Tea, do you want to try it? "
Old Time Tea left the electric blanket, "That's what I was thinking."
"Xinghai, come with me. Just take it as a walk, "Zhang Zian said.
Xinghai hesitated, staring at the two stall owners and other customers.
Zhang Zian looked at it patiently, waiting for its decision. Even if it decided not to go near those strangers, he could understand it. From a selfish point of view, he would rather Xinghai only belonged to him. But that was not okay. If he wanted Xinghai to be happier, he could not be so selfish.
"Meow, Xinghai, follow Zian." It stared at him.
"Good, Xinghai is so brave," Zhang Zian praised sincerely.
When he went to Longfeng Jewelry Store, he tried to bring Xinghai with him, but it turned out that he was too hasty. Letting it come into contact with so many pedestrians during the day only made it more afraid.
At night, there were not many pedestrians and cars, and the night was as gentle as water.
In addition, Aunt Li and her husband were not complete strangers. Xinghai looked outside the door every day, so it had already remembered them. It knew that they were good people who would not hurt others.
Zhang Zian and Old Time Tea walked out of the store first, then turned around and looked at Xinghai encouragingly. He looked around with the corner of his eyes, silently praying that no pedestrians should pass by.
Xinghai came to the door. In fact, there was no door. There was only a shallow white mark on the ground, proving that there used to be a floor-to-ceiling glass door. Although the door in reality had disappeared, there was still a door in Xinghai's heart.
It looked down at the white mark, hesitated for a few seconds, and then carefully put its front paw on the steps outside the door, followed by its back paw.
Zhang Zian and Old Time Tea both smiled.
Xinghai turned around and looked at the white mark again.
"Meow! Xinghai is coming out! "it shouted happily.
"It is just a door that doesn't exist. How can it stop Xinghai?" Zhang Zian was sad, but he forced a smile. "Binhai City is small, I can even go to the sea of stars!"
Nothing in the world could confine it, except itself.
"Xinghai wants to go to more places in the future!" it said with longing.
"No problem. Wherever you want to go, I will accompany you. But let's start by crossing this road." He reached out and pointed at the narrow road.
"Okay!" Xinghai nodded.
"Wait!"
Fina suddenly jumped out and stared at him with resentment. "How dare you act on your own! What do you think of me!"
"We didn't act on our own. I asked you, didn't I? And you were the first one to ask. You didn't want to go. After all, it is just a shabby street vendor. You don't deserve to … "Zhang Zian imitated its tone.
For Zhang Zian's safety, Old Time Tea quickly interrupted, "Eat first! What do you want to say? Let's talk after eating. "
"Humph!" Fina turned its head and was unwilling to give up.
"Okay, let's go. It is so hard to have a meal!" Zhang Zian took the lead and walked away.
"As if it has nothing to do with you …" Fina glanced at him and quickly looked away.
The man and the three cats walked to the kebab stall opposite them.
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