Chapter 1

Before leaving the store, Jiang Qi left twenty yuan for Old John and told him to find a small stir-fry restaurant to eat something in the evening. According to the consumption in this area, twenty yuan was enough for Old John to have a bowl of braised pork rice and a braised egg.

When Jiang Qi arrived at Jiang Xiaohong's house, everyone was already there. Jiang Xiaohong and her aunt were preparing meals in the kitchen. Her uncle and Jiang Xiaokang were playing chess at a small table by the window. Jiang Wanwan was sitting on the sofa talking on the phone, while Wen Luo was playing games as if to get revenge.

Jiang Qi was a little surprised to see Wen Luo. He hadn't seen Wen Luo at family dinners during this period. As the last student in the family to attend evening self-study classes, Wen Luo usually had lunch and dinner at school.

"No classes tomorrow?" Jiang Qi glanced at his phone. It was indeed Tuesday.

"The final exam is tomorrow." Wen Luo raised his head to reply when he was beaten to death by the opposing jungler.

"Wen Luo, you can't play for the last ten minutes. You have an exam tomorrow. Go back to the house to review after dinner. You are too old to study hard." Jiang Xiaohong came out of the kitchen wearing an apron and holding a braised fish. Seeing Jiang Qi, she smiled and said, "Xiao Qi, there is no drink at home. Go to the supermarket next door and buy some. Tell your brother Xiao Qi what drinks you kids want."

"Brother Jiang Qi, I want to drink an ice cola." Wen Luo learned his lesson this time and spoke without looking up.

Jiang Wanwan just hung up the phone, jumped up from the sofa, and said with a look of offering a treasure: "I'll go with you."

As soon as Jiang Qi saw Jiang Wanwan's expression, he knew she had something to say.

As expected, as soon as he went out, Jiang Wanwan couldn't wait to say, "Brother, I got a big order for you!"

"Oh?" Jiang Qi was a little surprised.

How come Jiang Wanwan is so dedicated in her role as a host this time?

"Do you remember the roommate I brought yesterday? The tall one."

"Gao Qin?"

"Yes, that's her! She is the president of our school's roller skating club, and she will step down next semester. Summer vacation is coming soon, and their roller skating club is doing a team building, with a book show in the afternoon and karaoke in the evening. Gao Qin is a regular customer of JC Detective Museum, and she was originally planning to go to JC for the team building, but after the book show yesterday, she changed her mind and thought our store was not bad, and that acquaintances could get discounts, so she came to our place instead."

"Luckily Sister Bing bought that new exclusive. I asked Gao Qin to come many times before but she was not willing to come."

Jiang Qi never thought that he would one day snatch customers from the city's number one script-killing store, so he asked, "When will they have their team building, and how many people will they have?"

"We'll have a team building this Sunday, but the number of people hasn't been confirmed yet. I'll let you know when it's confirmed."

"Why didn't you tell me at my aunt's house just now?"

"That's because my dad is here. He always scolded me when I went to Bingjie's milk tea shop to drink milk tea. Let's not talk about this anymore. Brother, is the shop still hiring summer workers?"

"The store is about to go bankrupt. Do you think we should hire more people?"

"My mom insisted that I go out and find something to do during the summer vacation. Brother, how about this? If you have money, you can pay me. If you don't have money, don't pay me. I can just stay in the store and eat some snacks and drink some beverages."

"No." Jiang Qi refused on the spot, "You drink endlessly. If you drink six bottles of drinks a day like you did at the convenience store before, and your aunt comes to your house after drinking so much, how can I explain to your parents?"

"I won't drink too much this time, just one bottle a day!"

"One bottle a day is not enough."

"One bottle every two days is fine. My dearest cousin, my mom said she won't give me living expenses during the summer vacation, and this month's living expenses are almost gone. If you don't take me in, I will be so poor that I can't even afford a drink this summer."

Faced with Jiang Wanwan's request for free drinks during the summer vacation, Jiang Qi thought about it and felt that it would be a good idea to have a relative who could work for him during the summer vacation without having to pay him, so he nodded and agreed.

When Jiang Qi and Jiang Wanwan returned with their drinks, the dishes were already on the table, and the whole room was filled with the aroma of mutton. Jiang Qi looked at the table and was surprised to see a mutton feast.

Stir-fried lamb with green onions, lamb rib hotpot, braised lamb legs, and even the soup is lamb soup.

The first three had a lot of spices and sauces, and they smelled okay, but the mutton soup seemed to have only pepper added, and it smelled a bit pungent.

Wen Luo's cell phone had been confiscated, and he sat at the table with chopsticks in his hand, ready to go.

As the last dish of stir-fried cabbage was served, Jiang Xiaohong untied her apron and sat down, smiling and saying, "Come on, come on, eat your food. Come to my house to eat mutton these days. This morning when I went to the market to buy vegetables, I happened to meet a sheep seller. It was fresh and cheap, so I bought a whole head. Xiao Qi and Wan Wan, you are growing up, so eat more!"

Jiang Qi couldn't calculate how many days it would take for the family to finish eating a whole sheep, so he could only bury his head in his work and eat his food.

While eating, Wen Luo quietly switched seats with Jiang Wanwan and sat to the right of Jiang Qi.

"elder brother."

As soon as this name came out, Jiang Qi knew that Wen Luo wanted to ask for something.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Qi swallowed a big mouthful of lamb leg.

"Sister Wanwan told me that there is a discount price if I bring my classmates to your place to play." Wen Luo whispered.

Jiang Qi was relieved when he heard that Wen Luo was asking about this. He quickly snatched the fat and lean chunk of lamb leg from Jiang Wanwan's chopsticks and said, "20 yuan off per person."

Wen Luo immediately jumped up in excitement: "We have an appointment for this Saturday afternoon, Jiang Qi, remember to save a seat for us!"

After dinner, Wen Luo didn't want to go into the room to review, and insisted on staying in the living room to listen to Jiang Xiaokang share the latest news in the city.

Perhaps because today's news was indeed very fresh, Jiang Xiaohong rarely urged her son to go back to his room to study, and she herself was listening with great interest.

The amusement park on the outskirts of the city is going out of business.

Jiang Qi heard this news from his freshman year until he graduated from college, and he had no idea whether it was true or not.

"I think it's true." Jiang Wanwan said to Jiang Qi and Wen Luo, "I went there with my classmates during the May Day holiday. There were not many people there during the holiday. The facilities were very old. The Ferris wheel and roller coaster were not open. The sausages and drinks were very expensive. It should have closed down long ago."

"If we really have to close it, there won't be any amusement parks in our city." Wen Luo was a little reluctant.

"That store is too remote. It takes more than 40 minutes to drive there from the city, and it takes two hours to take a direct bus. Our city is not big, so it is normal for it to go bankrupt." Jiang Qi analyzed calmly.

Jiang Qi felt that the owner of a large amusement park located so remotely in a small city should have a lot in common with Jiang Bing.

While we were chatting, Liu Lan called.

Six customers came to the store and chose the only emotional book in the store, "Mask Club". Liu Lan asked Jiang Qi to go over and prepare to perform. After Jiang Qi hung up the phone, he hurriedly said goodbye to the elders, borrowed his uncle's battery car and rode over.

Before entering the store, Jiang Qi smelled a faint smell of alcohol.

Old John was mopping the floor, and it seemed like orange juice was splashed on the floor. Jiang Qi accidentally stepped on it, and it was sticky.

"This happened when I came back from dinner," Old John explained, trying to prove that it was not his fault for not cleaning it up right away.

Jiang Qi expressed his understanding and went upstairs to see what was going on. As soon as he reached the door of the book opening room, he smelled a strong smell of alcohol, as if someone had spilled beer in there.

Jiang Qi was just about to take a look inside through the crack in the door when Liu Lan came out.

As soon as Liu Lan closed the door, Jiang Qi couldn't wait to ask, "What's going on?"

"I don't know either." Liu Lan had a complicated expression, "I think it's outrageous."

"Among the six people, one girl was drunk, while the other five were not drunk, probably because we were sending her home. Just as they passed by our store, I was squatting at the door eating a pancake, and the drunk girl suddenly clamored to play a romantic role. Her friends couldn't stop her and had to give in. There were six girls, luckily this wasn't a traditional romantic role, otherwise I would have been embarrassed for them."

Jiang Qi was also confused: "How can you read clearly when you are this drunk?"

"You know what, I can really see that the girl is really into it, and the atmosphere is pretty good."

Liu Lan estimated the time and felt that he had to go in. Before going in, he reminded Jiang Qi: "Be more restrained when you play the scumbag later. I think that girl is heartbroken. She just happened to be the one being PUAed by the scumbag. If you act too vividly, I'm afraid she will rush over and beat you up."

Jiang Qi: ...