"By the way, why do you look familiar to me? Wait a minute, let me think about it..."

Before Xu Tongdao could answer, the shop owner, Boss Liu, stared at Xu Tongdao and suddenly said these words.

Xu Tongdao smiled slightly. I guess Boss Liu must have recognized him. After all, he and Xu Tonglin have been setting up stalls across the road for more than two months. Boss Liu's beef noodle restaurant and his barbecue stall are only separated by a road.

, it is entirely possible to meet him occasionally.

After thinking about it, Comrade Xu simply extended his right hand to him, "Brother Liu, you have good eyesight. I sell barbecue across the street. My surname is Xu. You can just call me Xiao Xu!"

Boss Liu looked at Tongdao Xu blankly, and it took him a while to realize what he was doing. He suddenly slapped his forehead and said, "Oh! It's really you! That's right! It's you. You're selling barbecue across the street. Hello, hello!"

As he spoke, he quickly stretched out his hand to shake Comrade Xu's hand, "By the way, Xiao Xu, you just asked me about the rent here. Do you want to open a shop? Don't want to set up a street stall anymore? I think your barbecue business is very good.

Ah! That's right, your business is so good, you should rent a store. Do you... want to rent the store next door to me? "

Tongdao Xu smiled and made up a lie to the other party, "Absolutely! But, Brother Liu, to be honest, I would rather rent the one you have now, but I don't know if you are interested in subletting this store."

Give me?"

Boss Liu was a little confused. He let go of Comrade Xu and asked confusedly: "No, the one next door is vacant. You don't want to rent but you want to rent my room? Why?"

Because I'm lying to you!

Tongdao Xu was talking nonsense in his heart, but what he said was: "Brother Liu, because you have a ready-made kitchen here, pots and pans, and these tables, chairs and benches in the hall! The one next door didn't seem to be suitable for catering before.

Right? If I rent the one next door, if I rent it, I have to spend money to find someone to decorate it, which costs money and takes up time, so..."

Having said this, Comrade Xu smiled and raised his chin at him, "Brother Liu, do you understand?"

Boss Liu frowned and thought for a while, then slowly showed a sudden smile and nodded vigorously, "Yeah, I understand, I understand! Yes, you are right! Your mind is really suitable for business! You are so right in thinking.

Okay, but do you really want to rent my store? This... that... you want to take over all the things in my kitchen and the tables, chairs and benches in the hall, right? Hmm... this, how much do you plan to give me?

Woolen cloth?"

When Tongdao Xu saw that he not only did not refuse, but also took the initiative to ask for the price, he was determined.

Comrade Xu smiled, stretched out his hand and said, "Brother Liu, how about you make an offer?"

…

About half an hour later, Xu Tongdao and Xu Tonglin came out of the beef noodle restaurant. Boss Liu enthusiastically sent them out. Both parties were very polite, and the smiles on their faces were full of positive energy, which was simply touching.

Tongdao Xu has just negotiated the sublet price of this store with Boss Liu.

In view of the fact that Boss Liu has been using this store for more than half a year, and there are still five and a half months of lease left, the rent is naturally not calculated based on one year. After friendly negotiation between the two parties, the rent for these five and a half months was agreed to be 3,500 yuan.

Both parties are very satisfied.

All kitchen equipment in the store, including tables and chairs in the front hall, are discounted by 3,000 yuan, making the final total price 6,500 yuan.

The two parties agreed to formally sign the contract and make payment in this store tomorrow.

Comrade Xu saw it - Boss Liu was very simple and lacked experience as a businessman.

Because Boss Liu only made a verbal agreement with him and didn't even ask him to pay a deposit.

When he came out of Boss Liu's store and passed by the store next to him with a notice for rent posted on it, Comrade Xu glanced at the notice for rent on the door.

Calmly, he memorized the contact number on the rental notice. It was a landline phone number.

Xu Tonglin left happily with Xu Tongdao, and did not notice Xu Tongdao's little actions. Xu Tonglin lowered his voice and kept talking happily, "Xiaodao, I really have you! I didn't expect that Boss Liu was really willing to give him

His store is rented to us. By the way, how did you know that he might rent the store to us? Hey, that’s not right! Didn’t you originally want to rent at least two stores? Why did you only rent that one? Xiaodao

Did you change your mind temporarily?"

"No!"

As Tongdao Xu spoke, he stopped on the roadside. At this time, they were already twenty or thirty meters away from Boss Liu's beef noodle restaurant.

Seeing him stop suddenly, Xu Tonglin felt strange, "Huh? Why don't you leave? Is there anything else?"

Xu Tongdao looked at both ends of the road and saw that there were no cars on the road for the time being, so he walked straight to the other side of the road. Xu Tonglin was confused, but he quickly followed.

"Xiaodao, you, what are you doing here?"

"Call the landlord of the store next door! If we can't negotiate the rent for this store, all the discussions we just had with Boss Liu will be useless!"

"ah?"

Xu Tonglin was shocked. He quickly chased after Xu Tongdao and asked in surprise: "Xiaodao, what do you mean, if we can't rent the empty store next to us, then we, we won't rent Boss Liu's store just now? We

Haven't you already made an agreement with Boss Liu to sign the contract and pay tomorrow?"

"Yes! But haven't we signed the contract and paid the money yet?"

Comrade Xu didn't even look at him and answered casually.

Xu Tonglin opened his mouth and was speechless. He could only look at Xu Tongdao in surprise.

Because that’s not what the teachers taught them since they were young! The teachers always say: To be a good person, you must be trustworthy! If you don’t have trust, you won’t be able to stand up.

Xu Tongdao... Xu Tongdao didn't listen to the teacher...

Fortunately, he didn't say this out loud, otherwise Comrade Xu would have casually replied to him - "I have returned the things my teachers taught me long ago, but they haven't returned the tuition fees I paid to me yet.

, it was the teachers who were not trustworthy in the first place..."

After a while, Comrade Xu quickly came to Aunt Wang's newsstand, reached out and picked up the phone at the newsstand, and smiled at Aunt Wang: "Aunt Wang, let me make a call!"

Aunt Wang, who was sitting in the newsstand and knitting a sweater, smiled back and said, "Well, you can do it!"

Tongdao Xu skillfully dialed the number he had just memorized. Unexpectedly, the phone number on the other side was a canteen. When Tongdao Xu talked about renting a house, the other party asked him to call the landlord for him and asked him to call back in five minutes.

Five minutes isn't long, but it still takes a while.

Putting down the phone, Comrade Xu looked at Aunt Wang in the newsstand. The charming incident between him and his daughter Wu Yali last night flashed through his mind, and Comrade Xu felt a little embarrassed.

If Wu Yali was a few years younger, if she had never been married and had no daughter, then Aunt Wang should be considered his future mother-in-law now.

It's a pity that there are so many obstacles between him and Wu Yali.

But that didn't stop him from wanting to chat with Aunt Wang, "Aunt Wang, it's been raining these two days. Will Sister Yali still come for dinner?"
Chapter completed!