Chapter 23: The Road Winds and Turns

  Zhao heard that a oven actually costs 1,500. He was about to burst his eyeballs. With red eyes, he said to Li Xiaoteng: "Teng brother, I'm going crazy! An oven is so expensive, let's go to Turntable!"

  Li Xiaoteng still asked with some reluctance, "Can't it be cheaper?" "It can't be cheaper!" The beautiful receptionist shook her head helplessly. Li Xiaoteng saw this and casually picked up the rough sketch he had just drawn. Helplessly, he and Zhao Baozi turned around and walked out.

  Cui Xiaoyan stood by the counter, smiling as she watched Li Xiaoteng leave. She didn't even know why she was so happy! Maybe it was because of Li Xiaoteng's crazy outburst on the road earlier, which made Cui Xiaoyan deeply despise him in her heart.

  The receptionist asked: "Miss, what would you like?" Cui Xiaoyan suddenly came back to her senses and said: "I'd also like to make a mutton skewer oven!"

  The receptionist was speechless, thinking to herself: "Why do all the customers today want a lamb skewer oven?" But she still politely asked: "Excuse me, what size oven would you like?"

  Cui Xiaoyan was about to speak when a young woman with six-inch high heels and a cheongsam dress appeared from behind the century-old steel processing shop. Her long hair was styled in a pear flower roll, and her chest was adorned with a dazzling diamond. She held a small Hermès bag in her hand. The East-meets-West outfit would have made Zhao Baozi drool if he were there.

  The young woman saw Cui Xiaoyan and was taken aback. She exclaimed, "You're Teacher Cui, aren't you?"

  Cui Xiaoyan nodded and said: "It's me, who are you?"

  The young woman casually put down her small Hermès bag on the counter and said, "My son Qin Xun is a student in your class. I'm his mother. Just call me Yan Le."

  Cui Xiaoyan suddenly said: "No wonder I thought you looked familiar. I even thought it was Qin Xun's sister coming to pick her up after school..." Yan Le smiled and said: "Teacher Cui, you're really good at talking! It's not often that we see such a young and beautiful female teacher like you!"

  The front desk girl asked, "Director Yan, is this Qin Xun's teacher?" Yan Le nodded and said, "Yes, this is our family's Qin Xun's language teacher, also the class advisor!" Then looking at Cui Xiaoyan, he said, "Teacher Cui, has our Qin Xun been causing trouble for you at school recently?"

  Cui Xiaoyan hastily said: "Qin Xun is very well-behaved at school, not mischievous at all! The child is still quite good! But the bias towards a particular subject is a bit severe, I was thinking of inviting you to come to the school to discuss it. Didn't expect to run into you today!"

  Yan Le heard this and wanted to invite the parents. Her expression immediately became tense, saying: "Our family's Qin Xun is a bit of an oddball?" Cui Xiaoyan hastily said: "Sister Yan Le, mainly because I think the child is good, that's why I thought of inviting you. If they're not good, and we feel it's not necessary to manage them too much, then there would be no need to invite parents!"

  Yan Le's expression eased a bit, and his face looked better. He asked, "How did our family's Qin Xun fail the exam?" Cui Xiaoyan sighed and said, "You added that Qin Xun's math scores have been failing recently. The application questions are not even done! The big questions are all blank! And he actually wrote 'wasting water resources' under the question!"

  Yan asked strangely, "What question is this? Why didn't you do it?" Cui Xiaoyan shook her head helplessly and said, "I remember this question most clearly. The question asks: A sink can fill up with water in 5 minutes, a basin of water can flow out in 1 minute. If we fill the water on one side and let it flow out on the other, how many minutes will it take to empty? Qin Xun from your family didn't even do it, just wrote 'wasting water resources'!"

  The little sister at the front desk covered her mouth and laughed: "How is it that there's still this kind of question now? I learned this in third grade, it's killing me! I still can't do it to this day. One minute it's flowing water, the next minute it's releasing water... how are you guys still learning this?"

  Yan Le sighed and said, "Teacher Cui, I also know that Qin Xun's answer is not correct! But this is indeed the fact! Teacher Cui, don't be fooled! I won't do it either!"

  Cui Xiaoyan also helplessly said: "This kind of question is for training children's thinking..."

  The front desk little sister snorted and said, "Teacher Cui, our boss's wife is worth more than tens of millions! She has an import and export company, a restaurant, and a hardware store. How can she make so much money just by relying on tap water?"

  Yan Le was slightly pleased, but still gave a blaming glance at the little sister who had spoken, and said to Cui Xiaoyan: "Teacher Cui, when I get home, I'll talk to Qin Xun about it, and we'll take good care of this child who doesn't know how to behave! Ah..."

  Feeling a bit awkward, Yan Le asked: "You've finally spoken up! Teacher Cui, what are you planning to buy?"

  Cui Xiaoyan said with some embarrassment: "Help a friend set up a mutton skewer carbonization box." Yan Le hurriedly asked: "What size do you want?" And then asked the little sister: "Has Teacher Cui placed an order?"

  The little sister at the front desk shook her head, and Cui Xiaoyan hurriedly said: "Just get one that's 1.5 meters long!" Yan Le hurriedly asked: "Where do you want to deliver the goods?"

  While speaking, the front desk little sister had already written down the order and handed it to Cui Xiaoyan: "Teacher Cui, please write your address, name and contact information on it!"

  Cui Xiaoyan nodded and thanked him. She picked up the pen and started filling out the project. As she wrote, she asked: "Is this 350 including the frame?"

  Yan Le hurriedly said: "What money are you talking about? I'm in charge of this oven! It's on the house, when it's done, I'll deliver it to you directly!"

  Cui Xiaoyan put down her pen and said, "No way! I may not be able to get something from you for nothing!" Yan Le hurriedly smiled and said, "Our family's Qin Xun always asks you to take care of him! How can we invite your money?"

  Cui Xiaoyan saw the situation and hurriedly said, "You don't want money, I won't order it!" Yan Le looked at the front desk girl helplessly and asked, "How much does it cost? Give Teacher Cui a cost price!" The front desk girl stretched out three fingers and whispered, "Just thirty yuan!" Yan Le looked at Teacher Cui and said, "Thirty yuan, I really don't want to take your money! What do you think?" Cui Xiaoyan quickly took out thirty yuan from her purse and put it on the counter. She said, "I really won't take your money if you don't want it!"

  If you look at Tiejiangying from the sky or on a satellite map, you will definitely find that its layout is exactly the same as the ancient capital. A miniature Eight-Armed Nezha City appears before your eyes! When I saw Li Xiaoteng and Zhao Baozi, they were running around in Tiejiangying like headless flies.

  Zhao Pangzi sighed and said, "I'm going... Teng Ge, unexpectedly the entire Iron Smith Camp only has a hundred-year-old steel processing shop, and one store selling lamb skewer grills. Where can you reason with that?"

  On the way back, Li Xiaoteng walked with a gloomy face. He didn't know what he was thinking about, but he kept walking towards Bai Nian's place. When he reached the door, Li Xiaoteng looked at the two transparent glass doors and said, "This is really disgusting, opening the door for this disgusting thing!"

  "What does it mean?" Zhao Baozi asked strangely.

  Li Xiaoteng said with a scowl: "I'm fed up to the back of my teeth!" As soon as he finished speaking, Yan Le opened the door and saw off Cui Xiaoyan. The two exchanged polite words for a few sentences before Cui Xiaoyan walked out.

  He looked up and saw Li Xiaoteng, smiling and asking: "Brother, have you set the oven?" Li Xiaoteng shook his head helplessly and walked in without saying a word.

  Zhao Pàngzi looked at Cui Xiaoyan's chest with a deep gaze, as if he were a hooligan, his eyes seemed to have X-ray vision, wanting to see the magnificence inside. He reluctantly followed Li Xiaoteng into the house, not wanting to leave.

  Yan Le was still talking to the little sister at the front desk. Li Xiaoteng walked in and reluctantly handed over the oven design papers in his hand to the little sister. He casually took out money from his wallet. At this time, Zhao Baozi followed closely behind. As soon as he saw Yan Le, he suddenly felt a bit dizzy. He thought to himself, what a great day today is! There are so many beautiful women!

  Yan Le took a look at the two of them, didn't say anything, nodded, and then went back to his own office!

  Li Xiaoteng was taking out his money while persistently asking, "Sister, can't this oven be any cheaper?" The front desk girl looked at Li Xiaoteng and shook her head, saying, "We really aren't making much profit from you! It's the cost price..."

  The business of the night market has been booming recently. As the temperature rises day by day, more and more people come to the night market! The cars on the street can only honk helplessly! But the pedestrians who are used to having their own way seem to have no intention of giving way to cars. In the night market, whether you're a Chariot or a Mercedes, a dragon or a tiger, it seems like everyone has to slow down and crawl... as they move forward with the crowd.

  Li Xiaoteng sat in front of the hot pot, smoking while serving dishes to customers who had selected their ingredients. Zhao Baozi was collecting money and whispered: "Teng Ge, we're paying too much for people to string the food. One more cent is not a small amount! Our profit margin is already low!"

  Li Xiaoteng glanced at Zhao Wuzi and said helplessly, "Look further ahead. With your vision, how can you accomplish great things? From now on, we'll have more and more tasks. You're doing everything yourself, aren't you afraid of exhausting yourself to the point of spitting blood?"

  Zhao Pangzi heard Li Xiaoteng say so. He muttered a few unclear words in his mouth, and reluctantly sent dishes to the guests again.

  Just then, a short figure walked over. A big round face. No matter how you look at it, it's like a heavenly beauty descending to earth, with her face touching the ground first.

  Li Xiaoteng raised his head and saw that it was Xiao Bian, who was handling the credit card application. He had intended to pretend not to see him, but Xiao Bian happened to be running towards Li Xiaoteng!

  Xiao Bian hadn't even walked over yet, but she shouted: "Boss Li! Congratulations on getting rich! I have some good news to tell you!" Li Xiaoteng asked with a lack of enthusiasm: "Miss Bian is getting rich? What's the good news?"

  Miss Bai walked into Li Xiaoteng and said mysteriously: "The large credit card can be handled! Fill out the form today, copy your ID! It will be available as soon as the day after tomorrow!"

  Li Xiaoteng asked excitedly: "Really?" Xiao Bian nodded and said: "Of course it's true, but..."

  As promised, brother I finally finished writing three chapters today. Three explosions in one day! You're welcome to recommend it!