At half past five, Qingxi opened.

Soon a few guests came, rubbed their hands and ordered noodles, and sat in a scattered seat. Xiaolan looked at them obscurely, and could not tell the authenticity of guests just by looking at their expressions. She was not very energetic, but the lady said that even if only one of the more than 20 people came to eat noodles, they should treat them well and not ask randomly, which would ruin the interest of real guests.

After finally staying until 8:30, Xiaolan immediately put on the sign for business hours and closed the door to settle the accounts.

I sold 136 bowls yesterday, and 27 bowls this morning, earning a total of 16 yuan and 30 cents.

Qingxi handed over all the money to Xiaolan and asked Xiaolan to find Gu Mingyan immediately, ensuring that no more guests hired by Gu Mingyan began at noon.

The Gu family's Longxing Textile Factory is located in the suburbs of the city, mainly managed by the brothers Gu Shiqin and Gu Shichang. After Gu Mingyan returned from studying abroad, he was responsible for export trade. The company was located in the inner city. Xiaolan had been there once when she was working for Gu Shiqin and called a rickshaw. She arrived in about 20 minutes.

Gu Mingyan sat in the office and reviewed several foreign trade contracts sent abroad. Gu Mingyan suddenly put down his pen and pinched his eyebrows irritably. The more he thought about it, the more angry he became. Last night, Uncle San went to Qingxi restaurant to eat noodles again and accompanied Qingxi for a while. Gu Mingyan was almost sure that Uncle San was going to compete with him for Qingxi.

Someone knocked on the door, and Gu Mingyan raised his head with a serious face.

Secretary Liu said at the outsider: "Young Master, Xiaolan from Xu Qingtang wants to see you."

Gu Mingyan sneered. Xiaolan, the maid, had always been here before, said that it was Xiaolan next to her father, but now it was changed to Xu Qingtang. Is Xiaolan expressing her position to him?

"Bring it here." Gu Mingyan said carelessly, but a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, not knowing the purpose of Xiaolan coming.

When Xiaolan came in, Gu Mingyan sat on the chair and looked at Xiaolan expressionlessly.

Xiaolan was afraid of Gu Shiqin and the cold and majestic Master Gu San, who was not afraid of Gu Mingyan who was deliberately trying to please Qingxi. She put a stack of paper tickets on the desk in front of Gu Mingyan, and lowered her head and said, "Young Master, the young lady said, "Young Master, I told you not to hire someone to eat noodles in the future. You are helping you. Also, this is the one who sold noodles yesterday and this morning. There are a total of 16 yuan and 30 yuan. The young lady asked me to return them all to you."

Gu Mingyan jumped a few times with his brows, staring at the stack of small banknotes of different new and old with a gloomy expression. He didn't bother to pick them up when he fell to the ground. Qingxi actually made someone return it to him!

The man pursed his lips, as if a volcano was about to erupt at any time. Xiaolan's attitude changed and his voice softened. He sincerely advised: "Young Master, everyone can see your feelings for the young lady. Xiaolan was originally a maid of the Gu family. I really couldn't bear to take a detour. Now I'm brave enough to say a few more words. Do you think it's okay?"

Gu Mingyan glanced at her, but his eyes were still bad: "Say."

Xiaolan continued, "I haven't followed the young lady for a long time, but I can see that the young lady looks weak and is actually very strong in her bones. She is dedicated to the restaurant. The young master said that she would support the young lady, so you should believe in the young lady's cooking skills. If you deliberately hire someone to buy noodles, wouldn't you tell the young lady in a different way, do you think she can't do it?"

Gu Mingyan's mouth moved.

Xiaolan knew his thoughts and said first: "Yes, the business was not good on the opening day. The young master was afraid that the eldest lady would be sad. You have good intentions, but the fake ones were fake. No, this morning, the eldest lady accidentally heard someone muttering the truth. I was 100% happy yesterday, but today I was 200% sad. Haste is not fulfilled, and business has a starting process. If you really support the eldest lady, you should stand by and cheer for her instead of pulling seedlings to help her grow. Think about it, even if the eldest lady's business is really good in the future, it turns out that whoever hired by you let it go and what should I do if others think that the eldest lady's business is bought? Do you still have the reputation of Xu Qingtang?"

Gu Mingyan's face was still ugly, but he lost his anger.

He was born in a wealthy family, with a big family and a big business. From childhood to adulthood, he saw how his father and uncle dealt with various crises and learned various business theories and foreign trade processes, but he had never personally experienced a process of industry from zero to some. Although Xiaolan was a maid, every word she said just now was reasonable, and Gu Mingyan could not refute it.

Seeing that he had listened to it, Xiaolan wanted to take his leave.

"Wait." Gu Mingyan called her and looked directly at Xiaolan and asked, "I heard that the third master has been there for two consecutive nights?"

Xiaolan felt a sudden heart. She had heard of the grudge between Mr. Gu and Mrs. Gu for a long time.

She said cautiously: "The third master has good pasta. When they come, we must not stop treating him..." She was afraid that Gu Mingyan would take over his business because the eldest lady took over the third master's business. Xiaolan thought very clearly. The eldest lady was a woman and looked so beautiful. If she wanted to gain a foothold in Hangzhou, she still needed Gu Mingyan and his son to help her.

Gu Mingyan stared at her, and after a while, he changed the topic: "Tell you ladies, there will be no fake guests in the future."

Xiaolan nodded, and after finishing her errand, she immediately returned to the noodle shop.

Qingxi learned that Gu Mingyan had specifically inquired about Gu Sanye and was too lazy to get involved in the grudges there, so he didn't care about it.

It reopened at half past ten, and there were no fake customers. The business in the store suddenly became deserted, and only about ten bowls were sold at noon.

"That's right. We only sold three bowls at noon on the first day." Cuicui encouraged Qingxi.

Qingxi smiled, smiling a little reluctantly. If it weren't for the false comparison of yesterday's false prosperity, she would probably be really satisfied.

In the afternoon, Qingxi went home to take a nap, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

"Sister is back early." Yuxi went to school. Yunxi sent her sister to the door and said sweetly goodbye.

Qingxi hugged the third sister and was in a better mood.

The passenger flow in the evening was more than noon. As of 7 o'clock in the evening, a total of 32 bowls were sold today, but the ones in the morning were not counted.

"Tomorrow's weekend, there will definitely be more people." Cuicui is still quite optimistic, making progress day by day.

Qingxi smiled, and when he looked up, he saw Lu Duo, Gu Huaixiu came again.

Qingxi is a little strange. Even if Gu Huaixiu likes to eat noodles, isn’t he tired of eating noodles every night? Or, Lu Duo specially brought his uncle to take care of her business?

"I took it, otherwise I thought I was in the hospital." Lu Duo skillfully asked Qingxi to take off his mask.

Qingxi pursed her lips and lowered her head and took it off.

Tonight, the yellow croaker faces that the uncle and nephew ordered, Qingxi, and Cuicui went in to busy. Xiaolan stood near the entrance of the noodle shop and observed the passenger flow outside. After looking for a while, a familiar face suddenly appeared outside the door. Xiaolan was surprised and was about to notify Qingxi that the man in a white suit shook his head at her, stepped in and his hands were behind him.

Lu Duo turned around and saw Gu Mingyan. He pretended not to see him. Gu Huaixue was wearing sunglasses and waiting silently.

Gu Mingyan sat at a table next to the two of them, and the kitchen could be seen across the aisle, with the angle slightly worse than that of Gu Huaixue and the others.

The atmosphere in the noodle restaurant was not right. Xiaolan looked at what Gu Mingyan had in her hands and knew that he wanted to surprise Qingxi, but after all, she was Qingxi's maid, so she called out conscientiously: "What do you want to eat at the young master?"

In the kitchen, Qingxi paused, and then listened to Gu Mingyan saying, "Three Fresh Noodles."

Xiaolan went to pass the message.

Qingxi nodded, Cuicui brought the yellow croaker noodles and sent them out, and she continued to make Gu Mingyan's three-finished noodles.

Gu Mingyan only looked at the kitchen, although he could only occasionally see the silhouette of Qingxi in his position.

Lu Duo chatted with Qingxi as if no one was around: "Miss Qingxi has been busy for so long, have you eaten? Why don't my uncle and I wait for you, let's eat together?"

Qingxi replied: "I've eaten it, I'll eat it at more than four o'clock."

Lu Duo said oh.

After the Sanxian noodles were ready, Cuicui brought it out, Qingxi cleaned up the kitchen, put on a mask, and sat on a small stool inside, sitting very close to the inside. Unless you walked to the kitchen door, no one outside could see her.

Lu Duo looked at his uncle, then glanced at Gu Mingyan, and did not call Qingxi out.

But Gu Mingyan left the seat and walked in with the things in his hand. Lu Duo quickly hit his uncle's arm, and Gu Huaixiu turned his head to look at him.

Lu Duo winked at Gu Mingyan's back.

Gu Huaixiu glanced at him and continued to eat noodles, as if he didn't see the lily in Gu Mingyan's hand.

In the kitchen, as soon as Gu Mingyan came in, he saw Qingxi sitting facing north in front of the dough drumming table, lowering her head slightly, wearing a white mask on her face, which made her drooping eyelashes look thick and slender, and she seemed to be angry with her little wife, waiting for someone to apologize. Gu Mingyan's heart suddenly softened, and walked over, squatted beside Qingxi on one knee, handed over the bouquet of lily flowers on her left hand, and apologized softly: "Qingxi, I know I'm wrong. I'm good at doing bad things, and I'm not as stupid as Xiaolan, but I promise I won't be smart anymore. Don't be angry?"

His voice was low, but the kitchen was so loud that even the lower voice was also heard. The man's gentle tone was better than saying that he was apologizing and seducing the girl.

But it made Lu Duo disgusting, no matter how delicious the noodles were, it lost its appetite. I turned my head to look at my uncle.

Gu Huaixiu picked up a cylinder and put it in the mouth gracefully.

Lu Duo admires it!

On the other side, Qingxi was indeed very angry with Gu Mingyan, but she had a soft temper but not hard temper. If Gu Mingyan wanted to defend herself, she would definitely not forgive him easily, but Gu Mingyan apologized when he came up, and Qingxi stopped the fire. In the final analysis, Gu Mingyan originally wanted to help her, but he used the wrong method.

Looking at the bunch of lilies, Qingxi whispered: "I'm not angry, you can take the flower away."

Gu Mingyan sighed: "If you don't collect flowers, you're still angry. Then hit me." As he said that, he handed over the thorn that had been hiding in his right hand.

Qingxi couldn't help but laughed out loud when he carried the thorns and apologized.

The laughter came out, and Lu Duo looked at his uncle again.

Gu Huaixiu put down his chopsticks.

Lu Duo immediately jumped up and rushed into the kitchen like an evil wind. Qingxi, Gu Mingyan raised his head at the same time, Lu Duo grabbed the salt pot with a skillful look, and shook it at the two of them sarcastically: "I'll get the salt, you guys continue, don't worry, I didn't see anything."

As soon as he finished speaking, he shrank back.

Qingxi recalled Lu Duo's words, but no matter how he heard it, he was alluding to what shameful things she and Gu Mingyan did inside. Qingqing's innocent girl was suspected of this. Qingxi's face turned red and white, and she angrily chased Gu Mingyan: "Go out quickly."

Gu Mingyan refused to leave: "What's wrong with your relationship with me? Let's talk alone?"

He was justified, Qingxi was angry and got up and was about to leave.

Gu Mingyan subconsciously grabbed her arm.

Lu Duo came back from putting the salt jar and saw this scene. He grinned and stared at Gu Mingyan and said, "It's like pulling, is it that Mr. Gu still let Miss Qingxi do business?"

He was sarcasticating Gu Mingyan, but Qingxi's face turned pale and he suddenly shook Gu Mingyan away: "You all go! No one will come to me in the future!"

Lu Duo's hand shook and looked at Qingxi. He was shocked to see the girl's eyes wafting and she was about to cry.

Lu Duo regretted that he couldn't do it: "Miss Qingxi, I'm not talking about you..."

"Let's go!" Qingxi, who was wrongly accused of innocence, didn't want to hear a word, so he pushed Gu Mingyan and Lu Duo out together. She hid in the kitchen and called Cuicui and Xiaolan to drive people away.

Lu Duo knew he was guilty and went out obediently. Gu Mingyan was the one who "pulled" Qingxi. He was afraid that Qingxi would cry, so he had to go out as well.
Chapter completed!