struggle in a small town

Chapter 35 You have to plan early
The shopping mall rang the bell for get off work, and it was time to close.

There are still customers in the store, and Zhang Xuejiao is trying her best to sell.

Lin Zhiyuan looked at the time, it was only seven o'clock.

closing so early?
The shopping mall opposite his community doesn't close until ten o'clock every night.

At seven o'clock, many people just went out to eat and go shopping by the way.

After seeing off the last customer, Zhang Xuejiao was also a little tired.

I got up at four o'clock, and I didn't catch up on sleep during the day. Not only did I have a headache, but my throat was also uncomfortable.

Zuo Ting took the mop consciously: "Sister Jiao, you and Brother Lin go first, I will clean up."

"Okay, I'll trouble you then, I'm really tired today."

Lin Zhiyuan took the initiative to help her carry the bag, just waiting for her to leave.

Zhang Xuejiao didn't notice, and walked around the store looking for bags everywhere.

Zuo Ting was busy mopping the floor, but didn't care.

Lin Zhiyuan thought she was looking for something else, so he didn't think about the bag.

Zhang Xuejiao looked for it twice, but she couldn't find it, and she was in a bad mood: "It's over, it's over, my bag is gone!"

Zuo Ting was stunned: "Lost it? Impossible!"

Lin Zhiyuan couldn't laugh or cry: "I'm here, I want to help you reduce the burden."

Only then did Zhang Xuejiao see the satchel on his shoulder, and she clutched her chest: "It's scary, there's a lot of money in it."

"Sorry, I should have told you."

"It's okay." Zhang Xuejiao walked over, "I'll carry it by myself."

Lin Zhiyuan didn't want to give it, hesitated for a moment, and gave it anyway.

So far, he is only Xiaoxue's friend, not her boyfriend.

It was dark outside.

Looking at the lights of the shopping mall opposite, Zhang Xuejiao said, "Everything in Yuanyuan Shopping Mall is good, but the closing time is too early."

Hearing this, Lin Zhiyuan felt more and more that he and Xiaoxue were suitable, at least they looked at the world from the same angle.

It's cold, and the ice and snow left under the landscape trees haven't melted yet, so it looks dirty.

Zhang Xuejiao rubbed her hands together: "Thank you for today, I invite you to dinner."

"You invited me at noon, it's time for me to change at night."

"How can I do that!" Zhang Xuejiao took out the car key: "I must invite you. What do you want to eat?"

"Hot pot, it's such a cold weather, eat something warm."

Zhang Xuejiao hesitated.

It's always weird to eat something like hot pot with someone you just met.

Think about it, everyone's chopsticks are stirring back and forth in the pot, and each other's saliva is stained, isn't it too intimate?

Lin Zhiyuan noticed it: "You don't like it? Then change it."

"No, just hot pot."

Zhang Xuejiao feels that since she treats guests herself, she should let the guests choose. How can she influence the guests because of her petty thoughts?

In addition to the big pot, the hot pot also has a small pot for each person.

Anyway, Lin Zhiyuan only said to eat hot pot, but he didn't say that he must eat big pot, right?

Zhang Xuejiao showed the way, Lin Zhiyuan drove, and the two came to Jinshui Road west of the city center. To save trouble, the locals called it Xier Road.

This north-south street, I don't know when it started, it attracted many gourmet merchants to settle down, and gradually evolved into the largest gourmet street in the city.

It was dinner time, and both sides of the road were full of cars, and there was not a single vacant parking space.

Zhang Xuejiao led him to turn east and west, and came to another small road before finding a place to park.

Lin Zhiyuan didn't pay attention at first, but when he got out of the car, he realized that it was only a 10-minute walk from Chen Lei's house.

I came here last time when he was handing out leaflets.

It's just that when he was walking on Dongfeng Street, he turned suddenly from Xi'er Road and didn't recognize him.

Seeing him looking into the distance, Zhang Xuejiao wondered, "Is there something delicious over there?"

"The car wash shop I told you before is only 10 minutes away."

Zhang Xuejiao looked around after hearing the words, then thought about the nearby roads, and shook her head: "There is no future for a car wash shop here."

"why?"

"Generally, people who come to Xier Road to eat will stop if they can park on the side of the road. There is no need to come here. If you really turn around, everyone is in a hurry to eat and will not go forward."

Lin Zhiyuan knew this well, and asked her on purpose: "There are quite a few residents in the community."

"Stop making trouble. Besides commuting to get off work and running errands, who has nothing to drive? Besides, if you go to Xi'er Road for dinner, it's only two steps away, so it's troublesome to drive."

The two talked and walked, and soon came to the entrance of Xiabu Xiabu shop.

Lin Zhiyuan looked at the signboard with black lines on his face: "This thing is not fun."

Zhang Xuejiao was about to push the door, but stopped when she heard the words: "Then what do you want to eat?"

"If you want to eat, you can eat authentic Sichuan hot pot, the kind of Jiugongge."

Zhang Xuejiao took two steps to the side, so as not to block the store door: "Then we have to look for it."

"Go and see."

Since it is a food street, there are naturally various hot pot restaurants.

The two walked half the street, passing seven or eight hot pot restaurants, each with its own selling point.

Zhang Xuejiao felt that any restaurant would do, but Lin Zhiyuan insisted that she must eat authentic hotpot.

In his mind, this was the first time he and Zhang Xuejiao had dinner alone, how could they make do?

When I was almost at the end of the street, I finally found a hot pot restaurant with Jiugongge.

Zhang Xuejiao breathed a sigh of relief, she was really afraid that Lin Zhiyuan would look for him all night.

Sit down and order.

Lin Zhiyuan stood next to Zhang Xuejiao: "Do you have any taboos?"

"No, it's just that I don't eat much at night, you choose what you like."

Lin Zhiyuan looked her up and down in surprise: "You are already very thin, you don't need to lose weight."

"I'm just like my dad. I have a fat-prone physique, and I get fat as soon as I eat."

Lin Zhiyuan disagreed: "Then we have to eat."

The waiter reminded the two: "Hello, order the bottom of the pot first, and let the kitchen prepare it."

Lin Zhiyuan asked Zhang Xuejiao's opinion again, and the answer he got was casual again.

"Don't be careless."

Zhang Xuejiao had no choice but to give an answer: "Spicy will do."

The waiter is gone.

Lin Zhiyuan sketched on the menu: "Then I can figure it out myself."

"Ah."

There are many diners in the store, and the tumbling water vapor rises slowly, reflecting the surrounding glass in a color of water.

Zhang Xuejiao looked out the window with her chin in her hand, and suddenly remembered that this place seemed to be under Gao Peng's jurisdiction.

When you think of Gao Peng, you naturally think of Lei Ming.

I haven't seen him for a long time, and I don't know how he is doing lately.

Apart from those years in Shanghai, this was the first time she hadn't seen Lei Ming for such a long time.

Alas, growing up is such a painful thing.

Lin Zhiyuan had nothing to say: "What are you thinking?"

"It's nothing."

Zhang Xuejiao looked away, picked up the teapot, and saw that the teacup was already full.

Lin Zhiyuan felt that she was not in the right mood, so he interrupted with a smile: "What do you think of what I told you this morning?"

"What's the matter?"

"QQ group, old customers!"

Zhang Xuejiao remembered: "I feel very good, you opened the door to a new world for me."

"In the future, the Internet speed will become faster and faster, and online shopping will become commonplace. It is conceivable that physical stores will definitely be affected, and you have to plan early."

Zhang Xuejiao thought for a while and asked a question: "Computers are still quite expensive, not every family has them, and besides, it is troublesome to pull the network cable and go to the shopping website to register."

"Technology is developing. I believe that there will be many shopping apps on mobile phones in the future, so that people can buy things anytime and anywhere."

Zhang Xuejiao took out her mobile phone and immediately set up a QQ group, planning to find time to attract old customers into it.

These people are the fruits of their own hard work, and they must not be allowed to escape.

(End of this chapter)