Chapter 277 (Second Update)
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"Then you guys eat first."
As Li Shuai spoke, he went to the door and hung up a "Closed" sign before returning to the kitchen, washing his hands, and serving two bowls of rice to Mu Shaoyan and Ye Qingxi.
"Try it," Mu Shaoyan said to Ye Qingxi.
Looking at the fried potatoes and pork in front of her, Ye Qingxi asked in confusion, "Aren't we going to wait for Brother Li Shuai to eat together?"
They ordered five dishes; it seemed like he and Mu Shaoyan couldn't possibly finish them all.
"It's alright, you eat first." Mu Shaoyan was worried that he would go hungry.
Ye Qingxi refused, "Let's eat together."
Helpless, Mu Shaoyan could only shout to the kitchen, "Hurry up, Xiaoxi is waiting for you to eat together."
While tossing the food in the wok, Li Shuai replied, "No need, you guys eat first."
"Stop talking nonsense, listen to Xiaoxi."
Li Shuai: ...I almost forgot, his brother Yan is a nephew!
Li Shuai had no choice but to speed up the cooking process, wishing he could swing his arm until it sparked.
Once all the dishes were served, the three of them sat down together and began to eat.
Ye Qingxi tasted it and thought it was pretty good. It was a very home-style dish, with the right balance of sweet and sour, and spicy and sour. Fortunately, it was very appetizing. For a small restaurant on the street, this level of quality would be more than enough.
"How is it?" Li Shuai looked at him. "Xiao Xi, are you used to the food?"
Ye Qingxi nodded, "It's delicious."
Li Shuai smiled and said, "It's good that you like the food. If you like it, you can come over whenever you want to eat here. I won't charge you."
Mu Shaoyan: ...
Mu Shaoyan thought he was dreaming. Given his location, Ye Qingxi would have to take a taxi to come over. It wasn't like she was going to have to go through all that trouble.
Why can't we just enjoy the meals cooked by Aunt Zhang at their house?
However, since he was his brother after all, Mu Shaoyan didn't say anything.
Ye Qingxi readily agreed, saying, "Okay, thank you, brother."
"You're welcome, you're welcome. If it weren't for your set meal, I might not have so many repeat customers now!"
Ye Qingxi felt that wasn't quite right; his set meal was just meant to attract customers to the store.
Ultimately, what makes people return to his business is Li Shuai's excellent cooking skills, which offer high quality at reasonable prices, naturally leading to a surge in repeat customers.
"More than that," Mu Shaoyan said. "If it weren't for Xiaoxi, you wouldn't even be able to open this shop."
"The idea of giving each of you 100,000 was Xiao Xi's."
Li Shuai: "Huh?"
Mu Shaoyan smiled and glanced at his little nephew.
“He, I don’t know how much money he has saved, ran up to me with his bank card and said, ‘Uncle, give this card to Brother Lu Zhao so he can learn to cook and cut hair.’ He also said that not everyone can study well, and his friends listen very carefully in class but still can’t do the questions.”
"If he hadn't inspired me, I wouldn't have come to you later, and you wouldn't have this shop now."
Upon hearing this, Li Shuai exclaimed in surprise, "Is that so?!"
"Xiao Xi, you're so smart!" Li Shuai looked at the child in front of him. "Thank you so much!"
"If you ever need anything in the future, just ask your brother anytime. No matter when, your brother will help you solve it."
Mu Shaoyan: ? ? ?
"It's your turn."
Li Shuai: "...Of course, you can ask your uncle; he's even more capable than my brother."
Ye Qingxi laughed, "You're welcome. I just wanted to help my uncle. He looked very troubled at the time, and I just wanted to cheer him up."
Upon hearing this, Li Shuai felt guilty once again.
They genuinely felt that they, with no future ahead of them, were not worthy of Mu Shaoyan, who had a bright future back at school, so they thought of cutting off contact with him. However, they never expected that their so-called good intentions would cause their good friend distress.
"I'm sorry, Brother Yan," Li Shuai apologized again. "It was all our fault back then."
"Good to know." Mu Shaoyan said, whipping the corpse, "If there's a next time, see if I'll still talk to you."
"Absolutely not, Brother Yan, don't worry. From now on, unless you abandon me as your brother, I'll keep my word. If you say the sun is square, I won't say it's round."
Upon hearing this, Ye Qingxi almost burst out laughing.
Mu Shaoyan: ...
"There's no need to be so obsequious."
Li Shuai smiled and looked at him, "I know, I was just exaggerating."
"Come on, let's eat. Brother Yan, try my cumin-fried pork, it's absolutely delicious. And Xiao Xi, have more of this sweet and sour pork, I fried it until it was super crispy, your uncle said you like it crispy."
"Okay." Ye Qingxi immediately picked up a piece and started eating.
It's really crispy.
He looked at the person in front of him and smiled slightly.
After finishing their meal, Mu Shaoyan left with Ye Qingxi.
Li Shuai saw them to the door and said, "Come over often when you have time. Xiao Xi, if you want to eat something, just give me a call and I'll have someone deliver it to you."
"Okay," Ye Qingxi replied. "Thank you, brother."
"No need, no need. When your brother expands the restaurant, you can invite your classmates to dinner then."
No, not now. His shop is too small now; it wouldn't be classy enough to host guests there.
Mu Shaoyan turned to look at him, "Then good luck."
"Don't worry, I'll definitely do my best!" Li Shuai said with great enthusiasm.
Ye Qingxi encouraged him, saying, "Then I'll wait!"
Okay~
Mu Shaoyan led Ye Qingxi to the spot where they had just parked, opened the car door, let Ye Qingxi get in, then got in himself and drove away from the alley.
"Are we going to Wang Xu's shop next?" Ye Qingxi guessed.
Mu Shaoyan was surprised, "How did you know?"
"Because you said you would take me to two places, the first being Brother Li Shuai's shop, I guess the second one is Brother Wang Xu's shop."
"Your little brain is really sharp." Mu Shaoyan patted his head. "But you actually still remember their names? I thought you had forgotten them long ago."
After all, he had only mentioned it once or twice.
Of course, he would remember. They were all Mu Shaoyan's friends. He was there when Mu Shaoyan gave them money. At that time, he was very emotional. There are millions of Li Shuai, Wang Xu, and Lu Zhao in this world, but not every Li Shuai, Wang Xu, or Lu Zhao can meet their own Mu Shaoyan.
From this perspective, they are actually very lucky people.
Not long after, the car stopped on another road.
Mu Shaoyan led Ye Qingxi out of the car and into a barbershop.
This barbershop is also located on the street, and the store is not big, just like any other barbershop on the street that Ye Qingxi sometimes passes by when she goes to their steamed bun shop.
As soon as Ye Qingxi stepped inside, she heard a laughing male voice, "Look, don't you look even better now than before?"
"It seems so."
"Definitely! Trust me, you look better with short hair than long hair! It suits your face shape better!"
Ye Qingxi was looking at it from afar, wondering what kind of short hair it was, when she heard a surprised female voice, "Brother Yan, what brings you here? This is...?"
Ye Qingxi turned her head, and the other person's eyes lit up instantly, "Xiao Xi!"
Ye Qingxi: I almost forgot, he's a celebrity now, not bad.
"Hello." Ye Qingxi smiled.
"Hello, hello! I've seen the variety show you and your dad were on. Xiaoxi, you're so cute! I'm a big fan of yours!"
Ye Qingxi had guessed that was the case.
Mu Shaoyan: ...Good heavens, Wang Xu's girlfriend is actually a fan of his nephew!
I should have known better than to bring Xiaoxi!
"Do you want a shampoo or a haircut? Wang Xu will be done soon," Zhang Hui said.
"Give him a wash." Mu Shaoyan looked at Ye Qingxi.
Upon hearing this, Ye Qingxi looked up at Mu Shaoyan and asked, "Aren't you going to wash?"
"I'll wash later," Mu Shaoyan said. "He's short-staffed here, you go first."
"Yes." Zhang Hui was a little embarrassed. "Our shop is small, with only two people. I'm in charge of washing hair, and he's in charge of doing hair."
Ye Qingxi nodded. It's normal. Many small barbershops on the street are like that. Nowadays, they can even change their names to something more fashionable, like a studio.
Ye Qingxi followed Zhang Hui to the hair washing area.
Wang Xu's customers finally stood up and prepared to leave.
After Wang Xu finished speaking with her, he turned around and realized that his brother Yan had arrived!
Wang Xu instantly forgot about the customers and walked up to his brother Yan with delight, "Brother Yan, when did you arrive? Why didn't you tell me?"
Mu Shaoyan: "Just now."
"So, do you want to wash your hair or get your hair done?" Wang Xu enthusiastically recommended, "I just got a new batch of one-time hair dye, it's guaranteed to work well, do you want to try it?"
Mu Shaoyan: ? ? ?
Mu Shaoyan was speechless. "I haven't dyed my hair in a long time!"
Ye Qingxi was about to lie down when she heard this and burst out laughing.
He still remembers the first time he saw Mu Shaoyan outside of school. His bright red, gold-trimmed, punk-style hairstyle left him speechless.
It was only because his uncle was good-looking and had fair skin that he didn't look bad. Ye Qingxi now thinks that if it weren't for the gold trim and the pure red color, he might have looked like a handsome boy from a manga!
"You can lie down now," Zhang Hui reminded him.
Ye Qingxi said "Oh" and slowly lay down.
Zhang Hui turned on the tap, adjusted the water temperature, and asked him, "Is this temperature okay?"
“Okay,” Ye Qingxi said.
Zhang Hui then wet all of his hair and gently washed it for him.
"It feels quite comfortable," Ye Qingxi thought to herself. "Not bad."
"Is the pressure okay?" Zhang Hui asked.
"Can."
Ye Qingxi closed her eyes and relaxed.
After his hair was washed clean, Zhang Hui dried it for him and led him to Wang Xu.
Upon seeing each other again, Ye Qingxi smiled warmly at Wang Xu.
Wang Xu laughed too.
“I think his hair is getting a bit long, maybe he should get it cut?” Wang Xu said to Mu Shaoyan.
Mu Shaoyan lowered his eyes and asked Ye Qingxi for her opinion.
"Okay." Ye Qingxi also felt that his hair seemed to have grown a bit longer, "but don't cut too much."
“No problem.” Wang Xu said, leading him to a chair.
He dried Ye Qingxi's hair until it was half dry, picked up the scissors, and prepared to cut it.
"Wait a minute," Mu Shaoyan suddenly called out, "Is your skill level even acceptable?"
“Yes, bro. I had learned it piecemeal before, but after you paid me, I enrolled in a class and learned it all again. My teacher praised my skills.”
Mu Shaoyan: ...
"Don't worry," Wang Xu said confidently.
However, how could Mu Shaoyan possibly feel at ease!
Seeing that Wang Xu's scissors were about to fall, he quickly said, "No, I'm still not comfortable with this. Let's just forget about it!"
Wang Xu was shocked, "Brother, you don't believe me?!"
"It's not a matter of belief or disbelief." Mu Shaoyan looked at him. "If you were to cut my hair, I wouldn't say a word, but when you cut Xiaoxi's hair, I'm always afraid."
What are you afraid of?
"Of course I'm afraid you'll ruin his haircut!" Mu Shaoyan looked at his cute little nephew and felt more and more uneasy. "No, no, Zhang Hui, you wash my hair. Wang Xu, you cut my hair first. I really don't dare let you cut Xiao Xi's hair unless I experience your skills for myself."
Wang Xu: ...More than half a year has passed, and it seems that your nephew-slave behavior is getting more and more serious, Brother Yan!
Those who know him would think he's your nephew, but those who don't would probably think he's your son!
No, that's not right, Wang Xu thought. Most people probably don't treat his son as well as his brother Yan treats his nephew. Even getting a haircut requires him to take the lead himself.
Wang Xu silently put away the scissors and handed Ye Qingxi a bag of snacks. "Then you can eat the snacks first. I'll cut yours after I finish cutting your uncle's hair."
“Hmm.” Mu Shaoyan agreed, and he first helped Ye Qingxi check Wang Xu’s current level.
Ye Qingxi: ...
Ye Qingxi was both amused and exasperated.
His uncle is being far too cautious with him.
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