Don't panic, the family boss is busy farming

Chapter 489 Looks Like a Person
Seeing that Xu Yue and the others showed no resistance, the female shopkeeper immediately continued:
"That's right, you must have seen it when you entered the city. There are four or five restaurants on our street alone. In the past, there was only one restaurant in my family on this street. The business has improved in recent years. Everyone is jealous of my business. opened a restaurant."

"But there are only so many customers, and there are more restaurants. If we divide it up, my restaurant customers will be less. Now I rely on some regular customers to come to patronize. Before the new customers have reached the gate of my house, let the first few restaurants pull people away. gone."

"No, I just saw that you are a troupe, and I thought that if you stay in the city for a few more days, you will help my restaurant to be lively and attract more guests."

"Look, you can help my house to have fun for a while when you are free, and I will also charge you a little less rent, how about it?" the female shopkeeper asked nervously.

She runs a restaurant and sees a lot of people of all kinds. She has a sharp eye and can tell at a glance that the troupe seems to be the young troupe leader who is trying to recruit, but in fact, every time before making an appointment, the troupe leader will first Look at this deputy class leader with a beautiful beard.

The female shopkeeper guessed that maybe the deputy class leader was the former old class leader. Seeing that the apprentice had almost completed his experience, he abdicated to let the virtuous, and passed the troupe to the apprentice.

That's why the head teacher asked the deputy head teacher for instructions on everything.

And the rest of the young brothers and sisters also have a close relationship with the deputy class leader. They don't look much alike in appearance, but they should be blood relatives, otherwise, they wouldn't have such comfort and intimacy.

Seeing the expectant expression of the female shopkeeper, the three of Xu Yue, father and daughter thought to themselves, isn't this just what I want?

However, this is suspected of cheating, after all, their performance is to carry private goods.

Seeing that Dad wanted to agree, Xu Yue suddenly said, "You should ask the class master senior brother about this first?"

When Xu Da got to his mouth, he took it back resentfully, and looked at his daughter helplessly, "That's right, it's not a trivial matter, you should ask the class leader."

Seeing that there was hope, the female shopkeeper hurriedly said: "No hurry, no hurry, then give me a reply after you ask. If the class leader agrees, I will give you half the rent directly."

Xu Da nodded reservedly, greeted his children and grandchildren, got up and went back to the guest room in the backyard.

Wen Qing and the others had already packed up the luggage on the ox cart, and the ox was fed, and they were washing up and getting ready to rest.

This Datong shop is full of people, Xu Da closed the door, and told everyone to put down what they were doing first, sit down before going to the case, and discuss the matter of entrusting the theater troupe to perform in the restaurant by the female shopkeeper.

Whether it is money or not is not the point, the point is whether to use the restaurant as the first pilot to see the effect.

"Of course, once we start, we have to be prepared to escape at any time, so I want to know your opinions." Xu Yue reminded seriously.

They had just entered the city and hadn't had time to meet up with their fellow Taoists. Without knowing the local situation, it was right to be cautious.

Their family is very good at escaping, but she doesn't know if Wen Qing and the others can escape.

In case of being caught, how to deal with it, these things need to be planned in detail.

Wen Qing and several important members of the drama troupe looked at each other, and Qiqi looked at Xu Yue, "We all listen to you!"

Xu Yue nodded, "Okay, then according to my idea, we will meet with the local Taoists tomorrow to understand the situation, and then decide whether to agree to the female shopkeeper's invitation."

"Moreover, once this matter is done, it may affect the female shopkeeper and bring a lot of trouble to the restaurant. Therefore, before the performance starts, we must make a plan to minimize the damage to the restaurant."

Wen Qing and the others nodded and had no objection. Although Xu Da wanted to go directly regardless of the consequences, for the sake of the overall situation, he endured it and did not express his opinion.

Xu Dalang's proposal to his younger sister naturally had a hundred supporters, and even the twins stood by his aunt, who did what the aunt said.

Everyone talked about tomorrow's face-to-face meeting with fellow Taoists, and then each took a rest.

Xu Yue took Xu Pingyuan to sleep with several female members, while Xu Dongbei followed his grandfather and uncle to sleep with the male members.

After a good night's sleep, Xu Yue woke up just after dawn the next day, took her niece to her father's side, left the restaurant with Xu Dalang and Wen Qing, and walked towards the residential area in the south of the city.

On the road, I met a peddler who brought tofu nao to sell. The three of them bought two bowls of salted tofu nao for breakfast.

To be honest, looking at the wide concrete road in front of me, and the surrounding stalls selling tofu nao, steamed buns, etc., it is obviously as familiar as Youzhou, but Xu Yue feels an indescribable awkwardness in her heart.

Obviously this city is so prosperous, but the people around them all look like they are about to be overwhelmed by life.

Just now they bought six bowls of tofu nao in one go, the peddler smiled for a brief moment, and was soon overwhelmed by melancholy, his dog-clad body seemed to be pressing a heavy mountain on his body.

With that strong sense of disobedience, Xu Yue and his party walked out of the main road and came to the alley leading to the main residential area in the city.

As soon as they stepped into this alley, the three of them smelled a strong smell of life, which was the smell of sewage and livestock excrement mixed together.

In an instant, memories of Xu Yue's life in the slums of Hejian County were brought back.

It was around [-]:[-] in the morning, and the sky had just dawned, and the residents in the alley were basically up.

A woman in patched sackcloth was carrying a child on her back, leading one in her hand, and carrying a wooden bucket filled with water, walking towards the house step by step.

The child in her hands, who looked about four or five years old, took the initiative to push open the heavy wooden door for his mother.

The house behind the door is narrow and crowded, and the yard is so small that only two shelves are erected inside, taking up most of the yard.

On the shelves are some wild vegetables that are drying in the sun. Smart women will go out of the city to pick wild vegetables in spring, then pickle them, and eat them slowly when food is scarce.

Xu Yue remembered that in the past, there was such a shrewd woman who was diligent and thrifty, who would take her two sisters out of the city to pick wild vegetables. The first jar of pickled vegetables at home was learned from her.

Seeing his younger sister staring at the woman in a daze for a long time, Xu Dalang said softly: "This person is very similar to Aunt Tong of the Wang family."

Xu Yue said "Yes", smiled apologetically at Wenqing, and signaled him to continue leading the way.

The bustling main street is paved with cement, but the alleys in the residential area don't even have bluestone slabs, just compacted dirt roads.

The road surface is uneven, full of muddy marks that people walked after the rain, and was dried by the sun, and this mark has been left on the ground.

The three of Xu Yue walked forward while inquiring, and finally stopped in front of an old wooden door in the deepest part of the alley.

(End of this chapter)