After Yang Liufang finished listening and memorizing, he returned to Boss Chen, entered the stall, washed his hands and drank tea. Boss Chen told him how Ah Fu found him, how he came to his house, lived there, and was recognized as his godson by his parents.
"Oh, that's great! I'm the only one in my family, and I usually have no place to talk about anything that's on my mind. Junior sister and I..." At this point, I felt that I had made a mistake, so I abruptly changed the subject: "It's great to have another brother." Boss Chen didn't ask him any more, and Yang Liufang remained silent.
Yang Liufang was a little anxious until the market got off work, but he still hadn't seen Li Tongfu. Boss Chen and Boss Zhou finished packing up the stalls, packed up the samples, and rode their yellow croaker carts to wait with him at the market gate. Yang Liufang prayed silently: "Brother Afu, please never fail to come back."
The three of them waited for another hour. There were gradually fewer people on the street, and the last bus arrived, but there was still no sign of Li Tongfu.
"Wait a little longer. Let's go have dinner first if we can't wait." Boss Chen suggested.
"Okay, don't starve me, two brothers." Yang Liufang agreed.
As he was talking, he saw a man carrying a large travel bag from a distance, walking alone under the dim street lights. Yang Liufang stood in the car and shouted: "Brother Tongfu! Is that you?"
"Afang?"
Regardless of his hunger, Yang Liufang jumped out of the carriage and ran towards Li Tongfu. Li Tongfu threw away his travel bag and ran towards him. The two hugged each other and cried.
"Brother, you have made it so hard for me! Mom and dad are so worried!" Li Tongfu cried while hugging Yang Liufang and patting his back.
"Brother, it's okay. I'm fine. Come on, let's go have a meal. There's something good, a great thing. I'll tell you about it after dinner." The two of them held hands and walked back to the travel bag side by side, and each of them lifted the bag on one side. Hands, move forward. Boss Chen and Boss Zhou also rode toward them on yellow croaker carts. The four of them met quickly, and they put their travel bags on Boss Zhou's yellow croaker cart.
"Thank you two brothers for letting us brothers meet! I sold eight pairs of shoes today, I'll treat you later!"
"Oh, how can I treat you? You two are young, let's come. Today you brothers are happy to meet each other, and our brothers have also won a big business from Al Fang. Let's celebrate and eat finger food." Yang Liufang and Li Tongfu came up respectively. Zhou and Chen's yellow croaker, with four people and two cars, drove through the streets and alleys of Xizhou and soon arrived at Xiguan Cross.
We stopped in front of a very old halal restaurant and walked in. There was still a square table and square stools. Before we even sat down, we were greeted by a waiter.
"Four of you are here, please come and sit here." The waiter led the four of them to sit down at a window facing the street. "Do you four want to eat it hot or iced?"
"Three pounds of hot food, three pounds of ice cream. Let's order a few more dishes." Boss Zhou said proudly.
"Boss Zhou, six pounds, so much, I think it's enough."
"Is it enough?" Boss Zhou asked the waiter.
"Absolutely. We'll give you four cold dishes and four bowls of mutton soup. If that's not enough, you can have four steamed buns." The waiter answered honestly.
"Okay, let's eat first. If it's not enough, we'll order more!" Boss Chen said.
"Drinking is not allowed in the halal restaurant, so we won't celebrate today. When the business is done, we will find a place where skewers are served and have a good meal." After the waiter left, Boss Zhou whispered to Yang Liu Fanghe Li Tongfu said.
"Thank you, Boss Zhou." "Thank you, Boss Chen." Li Tongfu and Yang Liufang thanked them.
Yang Liufang briefly explained the business needs of customers in terms of shoes, work clothes, gloves, and towels.
"According to what A Fang said and the already established soap business, there should be no less than 210 sets each time. Including intermediate wear and tear, it is estimated to be around 300 sets."
"Brother, you came back just in time. You are an expert in selling shoes. Do you have any good suggestions?" Yang Liufang deliberately took Li Tongfu with him.
"Boss Chen and Boss Zhou, thank you both for your love for our brothers. I think since we are the ones grabbing the business, we have to do a few things: 1. We have what others have; 2. We have what others don't have. "
"How?" Zhou and Chen asked doubtfully.
"Customers in the past must have purchased similar Jiefang shoes and labor cloth work clothes, and the market was similar. We went in the opposite direction, providing special services and customizing them for them. After measuring the work clothes, we bought them according to the large and small sizes. Shoes The same goes for buying goods according to the size and quantity. This firstly reduces the trouble of returning and exchanging goods, blindly buying goods; secondly, the other party can receive shoes and clothes according to their height and foot size as needed, and there will be no loss or false claims. .”
"Oh, Ah Fu, you are really smart. No wonder Ah Fang said you are an expert. You are amazing." Li Tongfu's words shocked the two of them. They thought he was just a backpacker selling shoes, but they didn't expect to be so professional.
"No, brothers, this is what I have learned after encountering problems while selling shoes over the years! If you two had visited the market in person, you would have done much better than me." Li Tongfu said modestly. "Also, if it is decided, we can label the work uniforms, and we can tell customers that this is a free publicity opportunity for you. Your workers can promote your factory wherever they go wearing work clothes."
"Okay, this is great. If we do this business, we will definitely win it."
"That's it, three brothers. I will soon go to make furniture for the leader's house. It is estimated that I will not be able to sell and purchase goods freely for three or four months. I want my brother to take over my business and connect with you two. ,How about it?"
Zhou and Chen looked at each other. Boss Zhou said: "That's great. You are brothers. Everyone does the same thing! Besides, Ah Fu is professional. He only goes there once a month and it doesn't affect his continued sales of shoes. That's a good thing."
While we were talking, my hand came up. I saw two large white plates with bone-in mutton chopped into long strips two fingers wide. One was steaming, more crystal clear, and felt like it was moving. This is what is called hot eating. A quieter one should be Bingzhu. Yangliu thought. The two plates of mutton were served with cucumber strips and coriander.
"Garlic, please chop it yourself." The waiter said. Then he placed a plate with salt and pepper in front of each person.
"Come on, let's eat the meat first." Boss Zhou took the lead and put a piece of rib meat in front of Yang Liufang, who gave way.
"Brother Zhou gave it to you, go ahead. The rules here are, whoever is noble speaks first, and whoever gets the best meat is given to him. You are the big hero today!" Boss Chen said, half formally teaching, half jokingly.
"Thank you, Brother Zhou, thank you, Brother Chen."
"Come on, the master has spoken today. The remaining three of us can get our own." Boss Chen made a gesture of invitation to Boss Zhou and Ah Fu, and the three of them took the meat respectively.
Yang Liufang waited until everyone finished eating but didn't say anything yet. It was his first time eating finger food. He was afraid of showing his timidity and wanted to see how everyone eats it. I saw Boss Zhou diagonally opposite, sprinkling a pinch of salt and pepper on the mutton, biting open a piece of garlic with his teeth, taking a bite of the meat, then biting another bite of garlic, and chewed it.
Yang Liufang followed suit and took a big mouthful of mutton. The aroma filled his mouth. The texture of the mutton was mixed with the unique fragrance and the spiciness of garlic. It was so delicious. Because people in the south rarely eat raw garlic, when Ah Fu eats meat, he doesn’t use garlic.
"If you eat meat but not garlic, the efficacy will be reduced by half! Ah Fu, try it, it will be great if you take it full!" Boss Chen said after seeing it.
"What is a full server?" Yang Liufang asked doubtfully.
"Silly boy, it is what the locals say is delicious and comfortable. Anyway, it is used in many places to express satisfaction."
"Yeah, it's delicious." Ah Fu exclaimed as he tried to take a bite.
After eating a few pieces, the mutton soup was served. Yang Liufang drank a few more mouthfuls of the mutton soup. It was still delicious. The side dishes were also given: the mixed radish skin was crisp and refreshing, the stir-fried haggis was spicy, and the frozen meat skin was as springy as the ones from the South. Preserved eggs, and another dessert I don’t know what it is, it’s mixed with watermelon like a smoothie. Yang Liufang took a spoonful of it, and it was sweet and ice-cold when eaten, and it was delicious.
Yang Liufang had already eaten as much as he could, but the six kilograms of meat and the four of them still hadn't finished eating. The remaining two pieces had to be packed away. After leaving the hotel, Boss Zhou and Boss Chen took the two of them back to Ning'an Hotel on a yellow croaker cart. Yang Liufang carried the samples, and Li Tongfu carried a travel bag with shoes. They walked into the hotel and opened a luxurious room with a bathroom. double room. Sure enough, it was more spacious than the single room without a bathroom that Yang Liufang had stayed in. The furniture was also newer, and there were toiletries and towels. There are two chairs in front of the desk.
Yang Liufang couldn't bear to move. He went into the bathroom and washed his hands with soap. When he came out, he threw himself on the white bed.
Li Tongfu waited for Yang Liufang to finish washing, and then went in to wash himself. While washing, he told him about his family, his parents, and harvesting rice and persimmons. Yang Liufang listened with red eyes, feeling sad that he could not help because he had escaped. When the news about Master and his family moving away and Liu Xia's depression came up, Yang Liufang felt aggrieved and tears gradually flowed out.
Li Tongfu must have seen Yang Liufang sobbing. Like his own brother, he silently took off his shoes for Yang Liufang and went into the bathroom to wash his socks.
