90s Little Struggle

"Grandma, parents, look, that new store is really magnificent." Zhao Yanyan got off the truck, pointed to the magnificent new store diagonally opposite, and stared enviously.

The exterior walls of the five stores are all snow-white, but in the middle are red paper tubes filled with golden chicken nuggets.

There are also patterns of chicken drumsticks and burgers on the side, which are so vivid that people can't help but drool.

And there are large floor-to-ceiling windows, from the outside you can see the guests inside enjoying the food with satisfaction.

Zhao Yanyan is no longer the little girl who used to be greedy for meat. Now the family conditions are better, and the store sells either fried chicken nuggets, or various braised meat, or pork ribs, winter melon, pig's trotters and soybeans, etc., so that she can eat it every day to the meat.

But now that Zhao Yanyan saw the pattern of the hamburger, she couldn't help but feel greedy again.

This time, not only Zhao Laosi's family came, but also Grandpa Zhao, Grandma Zhao, and Zhao Laosan who had inconvenient legs and feet.

Originally, Grandpa Zhao didn't want to come over, but Grandma Zhao kept nagging in front of him about the prosperity of the provincial capital, how wide the streets are, how grand the houses are, how lively the night market is, and he became curious after nagging.

The most important thing is to mutter that after she came back to the provincial capital, she is in great health and eats delicious food. Anyway, she believes that she is blessed by Xiao Hong.

Grandpa Zhao, who was getting older and wanted to live a few more years, was also persuaded.

I also thought that before the third child had inconvenient legs and feet, he was the one who liked to wander around the most in the family, but it was a pity that he was not able to come to the provincial capital at that time.

Now that they have all earned some money, they simply took San'er to the provincial capital to broaden their horizons.

Grandma Zhao also widened her eyes: "My darling, the provincial capital is changing rapidly. When we came back, there was no such a grand new house on the opposite side."

Wu Julan explained with a smile: "Mom, that's the shop opened by Xiao Hong and Xiao Fang's friend, Liu Haibo's family."

"The Liu family is pretty good, but he has a problem with his brain." Grandma Zhao murmured to her daughter-in-law: "Dyeing all the good black hair yellow, it looks bad, like a bastard."

She looked serious: "Anyway, I don't want children to find a partner like him. It looks too slippery and unreliable. You can't allow him to chase our family's Hong'er and Fang'er."

Wu Julan couldn't laugh or cry. Two years ago, she couldn't believe that her mother-in-law would miss her two daughters so much.

She said gently: "Mom, don't worry, I think the same as you, and I will listen to you."

Zhao Laosi was very curious about why there were so many customers in the store, so he said, "You are waiting for me here, I will call Xiao Hong to come back and open the door for us."

"You don't need to go, you and the third child will stay and look after the luggage." Grandma Zhao straightened her new cotton padded clothes and walked forward holding her granddaughter's hand: "Yanyan and I went in to open our eyes, Julan, old man, Let's go too."

Wu Julan smiled at her man, and before he wanted to speak, she gave him her sleeping son, and hurried away.

The abandoned brothers Zhao Laosan and Zhao Laosi glanced at each other, and could only shrink back helplessly, drinking the northwest wind at the door of the 'Xiao's Family Lo-Mei' shop.

As soon as Grandma Zhao and the others entered, they could smell the familiar aroma of fried chicken. They looked around. There were at least a hundred brand new small tables in the store.

The most enviable thing is that in such a big place with so many tables, few tables are empty.

The store's business is so good, how much money can it make in a day?I really envy the dead.

Xiao Fang and Xiao Mengqiu cooperated tacitly in front of the milk tea bucket, one filled milk tea for people, and the other collected money for change. They were very busy.

After all the guests had left, Xiao Fang looked up and saw her family members coming, and she smiled brightly: "Grandma, Mom, Yanyan, you are here, are you hungry? Have a cup of milk tea first."

Xiao Mengqiu also greeted them with a smile, and started filling the milk tea.

Xiao Fang greeted the young man next to him, and at the same time took ten yuan from the drawer and handed it to him: "Group Leader Feng, give me five hamburgers."

Zhao Yanyan hurriedly said: "Second Sister, Third Uncle is also here, and our younger brother is also here. Seven hamburgers are enough to eat."

"Then seven?" Xiao Fang handed him another four dollars.

Team Leader Feng, who was at the cash register over there, put all the money into the cash register, handed her the list, and smiled at them gently and kindly: "It will be done soon, grandpa and grandma, please sit down for a while?"

Just as the family in front of the counter finished eating, they got up and left.

Xiao Fang asked the family to sit down, took a rag, and cleaned the table.

Grandma Zhao asked anxiously, "Why are you here? Where's your sister?"

Xiao Fang is also used to grandma's eccentric eyes: "My sister went to meet the supplier with someone."

Wu Julan took her daughter's hand and looked at it, and saw that she didn't have chilblains, and her little hands were warm, so she felt relieved: "You have had chilblains before, you should dress warmly and avoid touching cold water."

Feeling her concern, Xiao Fang smiled and nodded.

At this time, Xiao Mengqiu also came over with seven cups of milk tea on a tray, and greeted with a smile: "It's cold outside, grandpa and grandma, please drink a cup of milk tea to warm your body first."

After speaking, she saw someone going to buy milk tea, so she didn't have time to gossip, so she hurried over to get busy.

Xiao Fang inserted the straw in, handed it to grandparents first, and then inserted straws to her mother and Yanyan, and said in a low voice: "This is the milk tea that my sister made recently, and the money to buy milk tea in the store is also We collected it separately, and sold more than 200 cups of milk tea yesterday."

"More than 200 cups have been sold today."

"My sister also said, let you learn how to make milk tea well, and you can sell it in the store in the future."

"I just don't know if there is a dairy farm over there..."

Inside the store, the faint smell of meat and milk blend together, which smells surprisingly good.

But outside the store, Zhao's fourth brother was shivering from the cold wind, looking at the door of the store helplessly, expecting them to come out quickly.

Zhao Laosan finally couldn't bear it anymore: "Your fourth son, go and have a look, why haven't they come back yet?"

Zhao Laosi responded and ran away immediately.

Only Zhao Laosan was left squatting at the door of the store, looking at several baskets and boxes.

Mother Fan happened to come over, and their mother and daughter have now moved to the green brick house where Xiao Hong and the others lived. Anyway, the mother and daughter have no relatives in the provincial capital, so they made an agreement with Xiao Hong to sell milk tea with them.

They were busy in the store yesterday, Xiao Hong asked them to rest at home today, and then go to the store to help tomorrow.

But they couldn't stay idle, and they used up all the raw materials for making pearls at home, so Mother Fan came over and told Xiao Hong that she was going to buy some more.

When she came over, she saw someone squatting in front of the store. She thought he was here to sell things. After hesitating for a moment, she stepped forward to persuade her softly: "Brother, don't you know where the vegetable market is? I lead Why don't you go over there? I'm afraid there won't be anyone here if you sell things here. "