The boy shook his head with a bitter smile. He could not attack such a person. The arrowhead on her head was normal green. His attacks were ineffective against the target in this state. Only when the other party was hostile to him would the arrowhead on her head turn red.
At this moment, the middle-aged man who was kneading the dough said," Honey, forget it. It's just two youtiao. It's only one yuan. Just treat it as doing a good deed! Do you have to be angry with a child?”
Seeing that her husband had spoken, the lady boss did not dare to disobey. She waved her hand and said angrily," Forget it, forget it. You can leave. It's my treat!"”
The boy was relieved. He bowed to the lady boss and thanked her. He sat on the stone steps of the shop next door and began to eat the youtiao.
The Lady Boss's eyes revealed a trace of disdain. So it was a little beggar! He could only blame himself for making a mistake. There happened to be a customer who came to buy youtiao, so he ignored him and went to do business.
As the boy ate his youtiao, he thought to himself. He truly understood the importance of money. It turned out that buying things in this place depended on those small metal pieces and pieces of paper printed with numbers. Otherwise, it would be difficult to move an inch. What should he do in the future? How could he get money?
On second thought, why didn't the kind-hearted father and daughter ask him for money when they were eating bread? Thinking of the face of the Lady Boss just now, he couldn't help but have a good impression of the father and daughter.
Starting from six o'clock, the number of people on the road at the entrance of the community gradually increased. There was a bus terminal across the road. There were many people taking the bus. Many of them were in a hurry to go to work. The business of the youtiao stall also improved.
The lady boss had to deep-fry the youtiao and collect money to pack the bags. She was a little busy. The customers lined up in front of the youtiao stall for more than ten meters. Many customers couldn't wait to catch the bus.
The middle-aged man kept taking out dough from under the table to make dough sticks. He was also very busy. He could see the situation with his wife, but he could not help her.
Seeing the situation in front of him, the boy stuffed the unfinished youtiao back into the plastic bag and placed it on the stone steps. He stood up and went to the lady boss.
"Let me help you fry the youtiao!"
"You?" The Lady Boss was stunned. She didn't expect this little beggar to take the initiative to help her.
"Don't worry, I can do it. Just demonstrate it to me once.”The boy's eyes were filled with determination.
The Lady Boss looked at the long queue in front of her and no longer hesitated. She thought to herself, having more helpers is better than having none.
He immediately picked up a slab and passed on his experience to the boy." Look, you have to pinch the slab like this, then gently pull it, and put it into the oil pot as you pull it. When frying, you must use chopsticks to flip it. If it's fried to this color, it's considered fried. You must pick it out in time, or it will be fried.”
"Learned the fried dough stick skill, skill proficiency 1%.”
The boy immediately took over the job of frying the youtiao. What surprised the lady boss was that although the boy didn't fry the youtiao very well at the beginning, some were too old, and some were not fried thoroughly, but later on, it became more and more decent.
The boy kept putting the middle-aged man's finished dough into the oil pan, picking up the golden fried dough sticks from the oil pan and placing them on the oil sieve. His speed was actually much faster than the experienced lady boss.
The lady boss was also puzzled. This boy's eyesight seemed to be especially good. There were so many youtiao rolling in the oil pan, but he was able to pick out the youtiao that she had put into the oil pan one by one according to the order. There was no mistake at all.
The lady boss watched the boy's operation for a while and was completely relieved. She turned around and was only responsible for collecting the money and changing the dough sticks. The speed of selling the dough sticks was naturally twice as fast as before. The queue quickly shortened, and the middle-aged man behind also revealed a happy smile.
It was not until around 9:30 pm that the number of people buying youtiao gradually decreased.
The middle-aged man stopped what he was doing and asked the lady boss to look after the stall in front. He put two more youtiao in a plastic bag and called the boy to the side. The two of them began to talk.
"Young man, you're not bad. What's your name? Here, eat two more! Uncle is treating!" The middle-aged man handed the youtiao to the boy.
The boy was stunned. What was his name? He didn't know how to answer this question. He took the plastic bag from the middle-aged man and glanced at a low bungalow opposite him. On it was written 'Shanghai Huanyu Financial Development Co., Ltd'. He couldn't help but feel moved and answered," My name is Huanyu."”
"Huanyu?" The middle-aged man was also stunned. He had obviously heard wrongly and could not help but laugh in his heart. The world was really big and there were all kinds of strange things. There was still someone with the surname 'Huan' in this day and age?
"Then I'll call you Little Yu. Little Yu, did you sneak out of the house?”
"Sneak out?" The boy was stunned.
Without waiting for the boy to answer, the middle-aged man chuckled and patted the boy's shoulder." Hehe, don't explain. I understand. I did the same thing when I was young. I stole 200 yuan from my family to go to Shaolin Temple to learn martial arts. Hehe, now that I think about it, I'm so stupid.”
"Shaolin Temple? Are the people there very powerful?" It seemed like this was the first time the boy had heard the word 'Shaolin Monastery.'
The middle-aged man's eyes flashed with surprise. With the media's hype over the years, even an 80-year-old grandfather and a three-year-old child should know the words 'Shaolin Monastery,' right? This young man actually didn't know?
However, he didn't take it to heart and continued," Amazing my ass. Motherf * cker, they have to pay two thousand yuan to enter the school to learn martial arts. These monks are crazy about money.”
"Motherf * cker?" The boy repeated these words several times in his mind and finally classified them as a curse.
The middle-aged man continued his story." I begged for two days, but it was useless. They didn't accept me without money, so I had to go home. When I got home, I couldn't study anymore. The school said that I didn't abide by the school rules and that I skipped too many classes. They expelled me. I had to go out to work when I was fourteen. I relied on the skills I learned in my hometown to make noodles and finally settled down in Shanghai.”
The middle-aged man patted the boy's shoulder again and said earnestly," Xiao Yu, you only know how good home is when you leave home. I advise you to go home as soon as possible. Otherwise, you'll suffer sooner or later.”
"Home?" The boy's eyes were filled with confusion as he shook his head." I don't know where my home is either.”
The middle-aged man was stunned. This boy had delicate features and a quick mind. He knew how to fry youtiao as soon as he learned it. He was also a good worker. He did not look stupid. Why would he say such silly words? However, on second thought, looking at this child's tattered clothes, could it be that his father had found a stepmother and was chased out of the house by her stepmother?
Since he didn't want to go back, it wouldn't be easy for him to persuade him. After all, the two of them were just acquaintances. The middle-aged man thought for a moment and said to the boy," Xiao Yu, I don't think you have much money on you. It's not a good idea to be hungry and full. Why don't you help me out here? I'll cover food and accommodation here. I'll give you 500 yuan a month. You can leave whenever you want to go back. How about that?"”
The boy was already worried about money. Hearing the middle-aged man's words, he thought that since he had nowhere to go, he might as well settle down here for the time being and earn some money. Otherwise, when his hunger rose again and he could not find food, it would not be a joke, so he agreed.
From today onwards, Xiao Yu would officially become the only waiter at Master Guo's youtiao stall.
Mr. Guo was from Anhui, and his wife was from Jiangxi. He had met her when he came to Shanghai to work. The two of them had a four-year-old child who was left with their grandmother in their hometown. The two of them only hoped to earn more money outside so that they could build a small building when they went back. In addition, they wanted to save more money for their child's tuition fees.
Master Guo's youtiao stall had a storefront. It was a simple house built along the main entrance of the community. It was both a wall and a shop. The simple house was divided into two floors. The small attic upstairs slept at night, and there were four or five tables downstairs as storefronts.
This kind of house cost 800 yuan per month and was handed over to Director Wang of the neighborhood committee on a monthly basis. It was considered an additional benefit of the neighborhood committee. During the holidays, they would use it to organize activities.
In the morning, after Master Guo sold the youtiao, he closed the stall and started selling spicy sauce noodles from noon until evening.
It was strange that Master Guo only made spicy sauce noodles out of so many kinds of noodles.
According to him, that was a secret skill passed down from his hometown. In addition to the unique kneading and ramen skills, the preparation of the soup and chili sauce was also very particular. A bowl of steaming noodles, with special soup and diced meat chili sauce, and sprinkled with a few chopped onions, the taste was simply insatiable.
The first time Xiao Yu ate it, he was stunned by the effect of this bowl of noodles.
"Special spicy sauce noodles, edible. Every 100 grams of it reduces hunger and thirst by 20%, immediately recovers 20% HP, increases pleasure by 20%, temporarily increases strength by 10, lasts for 10 minutes.”
The instant recovery of 20% HP was enough to prove the value of this bowl of noodles. It was much better than the bread and youtiao, which required five minutes to recover 5% of HP. Moreover, it also temporarily increased Strength by 10 and Happiness by 20%.
"To be able to eat this noodles every day, it's worth it even if you don't pay!”This was Little Yu's evaluation.
Master Guo's spicy sauce noodles had many regular customers. During lunch and dinner, there were the most customers, and the shop was often crowded.
The living standards of the residents in this community were not high. As it was located in the suburbs of Shanghai, most of the people living in this community were foreigners who rented houses and came to Shanghai to work. A bowl of spicy sauce noodles for four yuan was definitely the best choice for them to fill their stomachs. Moreover, this noodle was so delicious.
After Little Yu came, Master Guo and his wife felt a lot more relaxed. This young man was diligent and willing to work, and he learned everything quickly. It didn't take long for him to learn Master Guo's cooking skills.
While Master Guo was happy, he also kept an eye out. When he was making chili sauce and soup, he deliberately found an excuse to send Xiao Yu away. This was what he ate. If Xiao Yu learned this, then what was he doing?
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