Chapter 1679: So Many People!

Carrying a large group of friends who were unfamiliar with the local area, Lu Chuan drove very slowly.

Old Zhao was entrusted, called, and prepared this and that... everything was ready, but he hadn't seen the shadow of the car.

He wasn't in a hurry, anyway, he told the customers it was 10:30, it was still early.

Just stared at the brand-new barbecue cart and various tools, subconsciously wanting to find the two employees who helped clean up in his shop, and then realized this was not a vegetable market.

He stared at the barbecue stove, and fell into entanglement at this moment.

To say that he was in the past, getting up early and working in the dark to wholesale vegetables, setting up a stall with a small stool in the vegetable market, life didn't seem to be easy then!

Especially this vegetable selling thing, you can't fish for three days and dry the net for two days, you have to be there every day. Only when old customers recognize this face can the transaction probability be high.

But life has been better in the past half year, and every day, except for urging his nephew to pick up and unload goods, staring at employees to organize shelves, sending messages in the group, etc., he spent more time watching short dramas with his feet up.

Now asking him to wash and scrub again, he is still a little unaccustomed!

But thinking about it, thanks to Song Tan, he didn't earn less money!

Otherwise, why say money is a person's courage?

Looking at the brother who was also sitting on a recliner and brushing his mobile phone in the water heating shop next to him, he stepped forward to greet:

"Brother, you are familiar with this area, can you help find someone to do odd jobs? I am doing barbecue, and this stall has to be cleaned and disinfected."

So particular?!

The brother hurriedly sat up straight: "Then how much money?"

"200!"

Old Zhao, who had money, was generous: "Help wash, scrub, cut, pour dirty water, throw garbage, and after that, the barbecue stove and everything have to be cleaned."

It sounds like a heavy workload, but it's just busy for these few hours, and this price should be willing to do it.

"Brother, it's okay if your relatives and friends are willing to do it."

The aquatic shop owner instantly straightened his waist: "What relatives? Things that earn money—then look at me, is it okay?"

He said while nimbly entering the room and turning over a pair of gloves:

"Right, I'll do it, but give me cash for this money, okay? Oh my, my wife watches it tightly, I can't hide it on the mobile phone..."

As for what the private money is used for, looking at the ashtray on his desktop, he has a number in his heart.

Men, most of them are so incorrigible.

Old Zhao hesitated for a moment: "Are you really okay?"

The brother pointed to his own water heating shop: "Our ancestors knew that the God of Wealth does not enter a dirty door! You just say whether this room is clean or not? I cleaned it."

It is truly a family tradition.

Well, we met a capable brother today!

Old Zhao was satisfied instantly.

This brother's nimble energy, even if he doesn't open a water heating shop, if he does housekeeping in this small city, I guess he will be popular.

The two chatted, one worked, one cheered, and the combination was perfect.

This is not the main road of the barbecue street, the alley is not wide, and the 【Dafang Hardware Store】 is also lit not far away.

Song Dafang sat at the door, his eyes sweeping over from time to time, his heart was really depressed.

The boss opposite has a loud voice, and in this night's time, in addition to cigarettes, he earned several hundred yuan.

Although he wouldn't do this kind of cleaning work that has no face, seeing people earn money so casually, he felt uncomfortable in his heart.

And on that side, Old Zhao also lowered his voice and gossiped: "The name of this hardware store is quite generous, that is, the boss is not generous."

The brother was cleaning, and when he heard the words, he also lowered his voice: "That's not the name is generous? That's the name given by his parents, he is called Dafang."

"As for people... brother, you have a good eye, he is just talking about being generous, but people are not generous."

Old Zhao thought to himself, I don't have a good eye, I have really contacted him: "Talk about it?"

Men, gossiping is not bad, especially when they are talking about people, they feel extra interesting.

The brother also laughed.

"We have been opening shops here for decades, he was okay before, that is, his wife at home loves to take advantage of others, the key is that there is no good word after taking advantage."

"But he was still okay at that time, that is, the things in the shop were expensive, but..."

The water heating shop owner smiled.

Doing business, if you are really honest, you can't do it. That flowery explanation and high and low prices, customers also like to listen!

But who knows that online shopping has risen in these years!

Some things that are not urgent, everyone is used to online shopping, so the business in the shop is worse.

Coupled with the style of decoration people in the city over the years, young people gradually look down on it. If they want to decorate the house again, decoration companies and private designers are more popular.

Young people have their own channels, and the relationship he used to walk is not smooth.

The business in the shop is much worse for a while.

And when people encounter adversity, it is easy to highlight shortcomings...

The boss didn't finish his words, but the meaning can be understood.

The two chatted, one worked, one cheered, and the combination was perfect.

10:00.

Old Zhao finally saw Song Tan's broken pickup truck shaking and turning from the side road.

As soon as the car stopped, Song Tan sighed: "It's really blocked in front!"

"That's it, if I didn't point the way for you, you wouldn't be able to drive the car here yourself, that side is full of barbecue eaters, the parking lot is almost full."

Passing through the gap between the two residential areas to this side is much more convenient.

These 30-odd people got out of the car, hurriedly carried baskets, carried buckets, and saw Lu Chuan and Song Tan lifting meat on the pickup truck and receiving it, and a group of people rushed to take it over.

Master Xiao Zhou took his own tools, didn't panic to prepare, but looked at the seasoning purchased by Old Zhao, smelling and tasting one by one.

Old Zhao also laughed: "Your self-service barbecue is quite lively."

Song Tan was also stunned, pointing to the water heating shop owner who was scurrying around: "You also hired someone to help?"

That's it!

Old Zhao is very good at showing off his merits.

Master Xiao Zhou has even prepared his own tools. He doesn't rush to prepare, but instead looks at the seasonings Old Zhao bought, smelling and tasting them one by one.

"Eating it yourself, the newly bought tools have to be disinfected and cleaned, and the water heating shop owner next door is willing to supply water and electricity, and help, so I entrusted it to him."

Although he showed off his merits, he also had skills.

No need to say in detail, Song Tan knew that Old Zhao had paid a lot of favors and money, and couldn't help but be moved:

"Worthy of being the reliable friendship we have been through wind and rain!"

Old Zhao widened his eyes, thinking: How can you have the face to say such things?!

The only one who has been through wind and rain is me!

You come to set up a stall in the middle of the morning every day, come once every few days, and don't move when it rains.

What about me? I have to go to wholesale vegetables at two or three in the morning! I have to clean up when I come back... I had to get frostbite in winter in the early years!

But just as he was about to say two sentences, he saw Song Tan say again:

"Old Zhao, enough meaning, not in vain I specially brought you a lamb leg tonight!"

Old Zhao's words turned 90 degrees sharply, and he was also moved: "The friendship between you and the two of us is calculated separately! Why say it's still us who are iron! Really suffered together, it's different."

Don't look at daughter Zhao Fangyuan building him a house, that's different, that's business!

Still have to be myself!

Lu Chuan listened on the side, looking at their serious appearance, really wanted to laugh.

Turning around, he asked Qiao Qiao: "Qiao Qiao, is it bitter when you and your sister set up a stall?"

"Not bitter!"

Qiao Qiao was even quite nostalgic:

"Setting up a stall is interesting, sister also bought me Peppa, and bought bubble blowing... It's a pity Chen Chi didn't set up a stall. Many aunts liked me very much at that time."

Song Tan finished chatting with Old Zhao, her face thickened again, and she couldn't help but laugh when she heard this:

"Then you can take Chen Chi and three children to experience setting up a stall tonight. These three baskets—these two and a half baskets of water caltrops are your responsibility to sell, and the money earned can be used to buy barbecue skewers."

Chen Chi hesitated: "Then this money, whose barbecue skewers to buy?"

He hasn't eaten barbecue either.

Song Tan exaggerated: "Of course it's ours! It's so

Song Tan finished chatting with Old Zhao, her skin having thickened quite a bit. Hearing this, she couldn't help but laugh:

"Then tonight you can take Chen Chi and the three children to experience setting up a stall together. You are responsible for selling these three baskets—these two and a half baskets of water caltrops. The money you earn can be used to buy some skewers."

Chen Chi hesitated for a moment: "Then this money, whose skewers should we buy?"

He had never eaten barbecue either.

Song Tan said exaggeratedly: "Of course it's ours! Setting up a stall to earn money is so hard; how could you let others earn the money you've worked so hard for?"

Mainly because the meat here is fragrant, and they probably wouldn't look at anyone else's.

She was joking, but Chen Chi nodded seriously: "I also think we shouldn't let others earn it."

He clenched his fists, full of ambition: "Qiao Qiao, teach me! I'll take the three of them, and we'll definitely sell well tonight!"

He added actively: "I've seen people hawking when I go to the market! Do we need to hawk?"

"Yes, yes!"

Qiao Qiao was also very supportive: "I've hawked when I set up a stall with my sister! You are tall and have a loud voice, so just say, just say—"

He got stuck for a moment.

But fortunately, looking at the water caltrops in the basket, Qin Beibei had already raised her hand lively: "Just say: 'Selling water caltrops, 3 for 1 yuan! Fresh, tender, crisp, and sweet little water caltrops!'"

Alright!

The slogan was decided, and even the 3 children had a division of labor for hawking!

Except for Chen Chi, Qin Beibei and the other two had actually participated in charity sales since kindergarten, having set up school trading corners and practiced in parks.

However, that's different!

Selling second-hand toys in kindergarten, Mom said it was a huge loss.

Selling roses on holidays, they learned from 【Little Dog Money】 to calculate accounts and found that because rose wholesale prices rose during festivals, they pushed sales on the pedestrian street and only earned 11 yuan in a whole day.

That didn't include meals, water, ice cream, mall toys, etc.

Finally, there was the park charity sale. No one knew how others sold, but the things on Qin Beibei's stall were all bought by classmates' grandmothers.

And now, this is a real night market stall selling agricultural products! Although everyone didn't have the concept of 【agricultural products】 yet, it sounded completely different from those previous business attempts.

Therefore, from top to bottom, from big to small, everyone was full of passion. Not only was their energy bar not consumed, but it was even replenished a bit.

Yun Danqing was even more active, rushing to her grandparents:

"Grandma, I'm going to hawk and do business later, don't come to help!"

Grandma was busy skewering meat. She loved such multi-person activities at her age.

At this moment, she said: "Then you must calculate the accounts well and don't make mistakes."

"I won't!"

Yun Danqing was a little straight-A student. Three for one yuan; although she was young, she was very familiar with addition and subtraction within one hundred:

"But when will customers come?"

"Oh, my dear granddaughter!" Grandma laughed:

"We are in a small corner of this barbecue street. Even if you hawk with a loud voice, you won't be heard unless you get close."

"Besides, it's better for customers to come later. Our barbecue isn't ready yet, so don't rush to push sales."

In case someone comes to buy things, the adults have to keep an eye on the children.

But now everyone is busy waiting to eat skewers and can't spare the time!

Yun Danqing understood.

She ran back, and the 5 children huddled together to whisper for a while, then sat upright on their small stools, just waiting for the other side to stop being busy and chaotic, so they could officially start letting Brother Chen Chi hawk with his loud voice.

And Qiao Qiao thought for a while and asked Song Tan: "Sister, should I livestream tonight?"

It was agreed before that they would entertain friends and give the children a few days off.

Now that they've had a few days off, it's time to learn some new skills, right? Chen Chi doesn't know how to set up a stall, and the children might not know either!

Song Tan thought that the livestream room would be scolded tonight! The drool could flow for miles.

But not only did she not stop him, she said seriously: "When you livestream, remember to keep the camera on the water caltrops or the barbecue grill, not on people. There are many friends here, as well as customers; they might not like being filmed."

Qiao Qiao agreed seriously and started fiddling with the phone stand on the side. Lu Chuan looked up at Song Tan and also suppressed a laugh:

"You won't be satisfied tonight unless you make them drool to the point of no return, right?"

Drooling offline, and drooling online too.

Most ordinary people watching videos of meat sizzling late at night would get up to order a late-night snack. Not to mention here?

Song Tan reflected painfully: "I shouldn't have! I'll definitely pay attention next time!"

But not this time.

……

On the other side.

The owner of the plumbing shop also felt that the money he earned tonight was really easy.

Don't look at the large number of people; he thought his workload would increase, but he didn't expect that no one was idle!

Not only were they not idle, but they were also groups of outsiders and locals from all over the country—wouldn't there be plenty to talk about then?

Especially since there were brothers of similar age, he ran around, throwing trash into the trash can one moment, pouring water into the ditch not far away the next, and pulling a water pipe here to help wash vegetables...

He didn't do much work, but his mouth was almost dry from talking.

After all, there were only a few types of chores, but there were more than 30 people!

Xin Jun was holding a large water pot on the side, throwing in some unknown tea bags—contributed by the Old Song family and Dr. Doctor Xiao Guo, using pickled green plums from the Old Song family's fruit thinning and tea bags prepared by Dr. Doctor Xiao Guo.

It's appetizing, greasy-relieving, and refreshing.

And Zhang Yanping asked everyone if they wanted ice, then turned and went to the Snow King shop next door to get a large pile of ice cups.

After the tea bags were boiled, he added some mineral water and poured it into the ice cups!

Oh my!

It's icy, but not thoroughly icy. This has the same effect as soaking goji berries in a beer mug!

He was complacent: "Xin Jun, how can I be so smart?"

Xin Jun couldn't laugh or cry: "Who at home said you were stupid?"

Didn't everyone say you wouldn't even lift an oil bottle if it fell over? And that you're all show and no substance!

Zhang Yanping:...

He turned his head and looked around: "The place Old Zhao found is really good. It's close to the barbecue street, but it's in a corner, with few people, and it's easy to park—why does this place look a bit familiar?"

He looked left and right, always feeling that he might have been here before.

Xin Jun didn't care: "This isn't anything strange, right? After all, you also grew up in the city; maybe you've been here sometime."

"No, no..."

Zhang Yanping looked left and right, changed angles to look around, and sure enough, easily saw the storefront not far ahead that was still lit—

【Dafang Hardware Store】

Good guy!

After turning into another alley, he didn't recognize the road! This is Tan Tan's uncle's shop!

Xin Jun:...

He said speechlessly: "Well, they haven't closed the shop yet. How about we go up and invite one?"

Pfft!

Zhang Yanping was disdainful: "For that family, I'd feel at a loss even if I stood by the road and smelled a mouthful."

It's just that this matter still needs to be told to Tan Tan.

Song Tan had already noticed—late at night, there were only a few shops lit up in this area, and she saw it as soon as she arrived.

However, there were dozens of people here making a ruckus and busy in a group, and Song Dafang hadn't come out of the shop yet, probably just observing secretly... he probably hadn't realized who it was yet.

"So what now?"

Zhang Yanping dragged out his tone, sarcastically: "After all, they are relatives... or elders..."

Song Tan also laughed: "Otherwise, Brother Yanping, why don't you cut a plate of the watermelon we brought and go over, and we'll go invite them over?"

Zhang Yanping:...

Wait a minute!

Song Tan suddenly realized, and looked Zhang Yanping up and down again, meaningfully: "Brother Yanping, if you go over with a melon now, maybe they will be very obedient."

Zhang Yanping smiled grimly: "Then do I have to say—【Boss, is this melon ripe】!"

Everyone burst into laughter.

Lu Chuan also pretended to persuade: "Forget it, forget it, it's not easy for anyone, late at night... just like this, pretend we don't know each other..."

Song Tan was also curious: "How did Old Zhao find such a good place, and just happened to avoid his shop?"

Old Zhao has something to say here: "You ask about that family? Oh, that's the one I found at the beginning! I thought the name was so loud, the boss must be easy to talk to. Who knew that two packs of cigarettes and 200 yuan weren't enough for them."

He winked: "It's not that they didn't like it, it's just that they don't look like a businessman, still holding onto that attitude—wanting to earn money, but also wanting people to hold the money up for them."

He has been setting up a stall in the vegetable market for decades and hasn't seen a boss like this, but there are many customers who are picky and want to bargain.

?? Here it comes! Another 5000, hehe!