Young Again

Chapter 35 Drinking Soy Milk

Li Xintong knew that Chen Wang was not a vain boy, and he would feel proud if a beautiful girl was mistaken for his girlfriend.

Therefore, he would definitely deny it.

At the same time, he will have an identity he made up.

Instead of doing that, it is better to strike first.

But I don’t know if it’s because this identity is too radical that caused the boss and his wife to become fixed.

"I am a very humorous classmate."

In this regard, Chen Wang could only explain awkwardly.

What the hell! They don’t know we live together, isn’t it enough to just say we are classmates?

Chen Wang attacked Li Xintong with his eyes.

Li Xintong, who felt what the other party said, gave an insincere smile and responded with her eyes: Sorry, sorry.

"What would you like to eat?" the proprietress asked with a smile.

"What do you want to eat?" Chen Wang turned around and recommended to Li Xintong, "There's a menu on the wall. Everything is delicious, really."

"We sell freshly killed fish at home. We have been doing this for more than ten years. If the road outside our house had not been repaired, our business would have been much better than this."

Although the proprietress said this, even if the road had not been repaired, business was much worse than before.

Several new chain stores that opened near the school had a significant impact on her business.

After all, this store is indeed a bit old and small.

Li Xintong thought for a while and looked at Chen Wang: "Recommend one that you think is the most delicious."

"That must be the signature fish noodle." Chen Wang ordered directly, "Then boss, two bowls of fish noodles, with hot dry noodles (alkaline noodles), it can be a little spicy."

"Sure."

As he spoke, the boss started to kill fish in the backstage, and the boss's wife also went to help.

The reason why this shop is not doing well is that the fish are freshly killed live, not frozen fish fillets, which requires a long waiting time. And students basically don’t have much time to eat at noon, let alone queue.

Bad money drives out good money and is outdone.

Just like the pre-prepared meals that emerged like mushrooms after rain 23 years later, they dealt a devastating blow to domestic food safety.

After all, the threshold for opening a store has been lowered to the lowest level. As long as you are not a savvy person and can use scissors and a microwave oven, you will be fine.

"You seem to have a lot of memories here?" Li Xintong asked jokingly.

Chen Wang thought for a moment and said, "I can't say I have any memories of it, but I just eat here every day and it has become a habit. If I switch to another breakfast shop, I'll feel guilty about cheating."

"..."

Hearing his description, Li Xintong felt a sense of subtlety and said, "Your single-minded character is actually an advantage."

Therefore, it is impossible to forget An Jiani.

"It's not okay to cheat."

The proprietress came over with a smile and placed a glass bottle of soy milk in front of the table for two.

"We didn't order soy milk?"

Li Xintong looked at the bottle of milk and asked uncertainly.

"Thank you."

Chen Wang knew it was a gift, so he took it, pried it open with a screwdriver, inserted a straw, and pushed it in front of Li Xintong. He then talked to the proprietress, "Why does it feel like the price hasn't increased at all? Isn't there inflation?"

"The products are already expensive, and raising the prices will make business even worse," explained the proprietress.

"Indeed, except for the vegetarian noodles, the prices of other dishes are quite high."

Chen Wang remembered that he usually ate a bowl of hot dry noodles or wide noodles in the morning. He also ate pig intestine noodles, tripe noodles, eel noodles, fish noodles and the like only occasionally.

What purchasing power can a junior high school student have?

The two of them chatted naturally without any awkwardness.

Li Xintong, on the other hand, was holding the bottle of soy milk, with a straw in her mouth, drinking the milk obediently and observing secretly.

After a while, two portions of delicious and chewy meat and an attractive and shiny soup base, which were called fragrant fish noodles, were served in front of them.

Chen Wang, like an enthusiastic Amway advocate, took the initiative to get chopsticks for Li Xintong, looked at her with a smile, and watched her eat until she gave him feedback. Li Xintong could understand his feelings.

Missionaries all hope to be recognized.

But when I think of his usual cocky attitude, I can't help but sigh in my heart, this guy is too real.

There is no so-called gentleman style at all, everything he does is for a purpose.

But to be honest, this sudden attentiveness in order to gain recognition is quite childish...

Li Xintong gave him some face and let the boy stare at her while eating the noodles.

But after taking a bite, she found it was really good. After slurping up a mouthful of noodles, Li Xintong nodded: "Yeah, it's delicious."

“That was quite delicious.”

The boss who was sitting opposite the two of them said quite proudly.

But he did have the confidence. A person from the provincial capital came to this small county town, and opened a restaurant called Caiyu Noodles, which was everywhere in the local area. He was really well prepared.

After receiving high praise from Li Xintong, Chen Wang also transformed himself into a minority ethnic group - the Manchu.

Quite satisfied.

Then he started to eat.

It seems like I haven't had this bite for several years.

He remembered that when he was in Yuezhou, he and Haozi went around looking for restaurants in Jingbei for a while, wanting to have a taste of the tender pink pork ribs and lotus root soup.

Once I finally found it, but after taking a bite, I couldn’t help cursing: Which idiot taught me to use crispy lotus root to make soup?
People who don't go out often cannot experience homesickness.

I can only say that it’s a good thing that I died that day, otherwise I would still be wandering in a foreign land, a slave to money.

The two of them ate the fish noodles.

Because it was a little spicy, Li Xintong kept drinking soy milk to relieve the spiciness. At this time, she thought of Chen Wang, so she turned around, holding the glass bottle in her hand, and asked, "Are you spicy?"

Chen Wang looked at the soy milk and the straw inserted in it.

There was still a little red oil on the top of the straw.

It wasn't the beauty's lipstick, but the oil stains on the straw from the girl's lips...

Why does Li Xintong always think about feeding himself the leftovers?
"Hiss, not spicy."

So Chen Wang politely declined.

The corners of Li Xintong's mouth moved slightly, expressing her pride after saying "forget it", and she went to drink the bottle of soy milk by herself.

But after seeing the red on the straw, my cheeks flushed slightly...

She moved the soy milk aside and had to slurp it herself.

Indeed, it is time to curb our willingness to share...

Someone won't appreciate it.

The two of them ate like this, relaxed and carefree.

However, the boss and his wife sitting opposite looked at each other with sad faces.

To be honest, Chen Wang could understand.

Although Jiangchuan is a small county, the xenophobia is quite strong.

In addition, the boss had a straightforward and hot temper, so the project at the door was done in the name of official business, so he was slightly targeted.

Otherwise, it wouldn’t be so congested.

Or maybe this is some kind of low-end business war, where some people on the construction team are relatives of the owners of a nearby breakfast shop.

Yuezhou is already a very tolerant city, but in his previous life, Chen Wang still suffered a little because of his outsider status. When his business was at its best, the landlord increased the rent for his warehouse. He had no energy to find a new warehouse at that time, so he had no choice but to accept the increase.

Of course, this does not involve any negative social issues. This is normal human relations and exists everywhere in the world.

Looking at the two people who were sighing in their hearts, Chen Wang put down his chopsticks.

Then, he took out the SLR camera from the bag of "San Ge Digital".

"Boss, let's talk about cooperation."

(End of this chapter)