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Chapter 40 Rent a Store

Auntie went back to her hometown today and took the morning bus back. Xu Mu took a few hours off to take her to the station.When getting off the car, Su Zhaoxi helped her aunt carry the luggage.Auntie seemed to have endless things to say to him, she kept talking all the way, until the car came, Auntie was still holding his hand reluctantly.

Xu Mu coughed and reminded his mother: "The bus is coming soon, if you don't go, you will miss it."

"Just drive me away." Auntie slapped Xu Mu angrily, "If only you were as obedient as Zhaoxi."

"Yes yes yes, Zhaoxi is the most obedient, let him be your son in the future." Xu Mu took the luggage from Su Zhaoxi and walked to the bus. If he continued talking like this, he would really miss the bus.

After sending his aunt away, Xu Mu had to go home again to put Su Zhaoxi down.

"I can go back by taking a taxi myself." Su Zhaoxi sat in the co-pilot and said looking out the window.

"I'll see you off, it's not troublesome, and I have to go home again."

The traffic was a bit stuck in the morning, and the time to go home was 10 to [-] minutes later than Xu Mu expected.He didn't ask for a few hours' leave, put Su Zhaoxi down, took the documents in the study, and hurried to the hospital.

Auntie left, Xu Mu went to work again, Su Zhaoxi didn't even have anyone at home who could talk.He turned on the TV and felt bored. The variety shows on it made him feel that his IQ was rubbed on the ground, but he didn’t touch TV dramas at all, and he didn’t find any movies that suited his appetite. After changing all the channels He turned off the TV in disappointment.

It's only nine o'clock now, it's too late to go back to sleep, too early to eat lunch, Su Zhaoxi is fidgeting restlessly on the sofa.He walked to the balcony, where tables and chairs were placed, and he sat on the chair and looked out with his hands on his chin. The outside world is busy, everyone has their own destination, and his face is full of struggles for happiness. Anxious, but he had nothing, and was forced to hide for two days, he puffed up his mouth in dissatisfaction.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he stood up abruptly, causing the table to deviate from its position.Didn't he say he wants to open a bookstore? Now that Lu Yuanting has found him, he has nothing to hide. Now that he is free, he can just go out and look for a house, so he doesn't have to cause trouble for Xu Mu.

Just do it, Su Zhaoxi took the key and went out.He saw on his mobile phone that there were several shops nearby for rent, and he wanted to go over to check the situation.After telling the taxi driver the address, he began to browse the rental information of the shop on his mobile phone.

The first store opened at the junction of several large shopping malls, which is a bustling downtown area.The owner is a husband and wife selling beef noodles. Because the grandson was born, the child was busy working all day and wanted to take them over to take care of the grandson. The couple simply rented out the shop and worked hard all their lives. Now the child has a successful career and the grandson is also happy. , They want to enjoy the happiness.

When Su Zhaoxi arrived, there were not many people in the restaurant, and it was not yet the peak period of restaurant business, the boss thought he was here for dinner, so he hurriedly asked him to come inside.

"How many are you?" The boss took out the menu and put it in his hand.

"You misunderstood. I came to see the store. Is your store for rent?" Su Zhaoxi smiled.

"That's it, wait a minute, I'll call my wife out, you drink some water first." The boss picked up the upside-down cup on the table and poured Su Zhaoxi a glass of water.

The proprietress was called over from the back kitchen. Seeing that it was a young man who wanted to rent a house, she asked her husband with his eyes: "Is it reliable?"

"You want to rent our shop?" The proprietress sat down opposite him, and the boss sat next to her.

"Yes, let's discuss the rent issue. How much do you think is suitable?" Su Zhaoxi has been a surgeon for so many years, and he only has enthusiasm for opening a shop. He has no experience at all, and has not considered any factors. People talk about rent.

"What kind of shop do you want to open here?" The proprietress saw that he had no experience, and wanted to ask him what he thought first.

"I want to open a bookstore." Su Zhaoxi looked at her sincerely.

"Then how can you rent this place? This is a busy city, a street for eating and drinking. How can a bookstore open here?"

Su Zhaoxi really didn't think about this issue, he just thought about how to decorate, but he really didn't take the location into consideration.

"Then trouble you. I won't rent this shop for now." Su Zhaoxi apologized slightly, he was sorry for the trouble he caused others due to his insufficient preparation.

"It's all right." The boss smiled and sent him out.

Su Zhaoxi found a milk tea shop to sit down, ordered a glass of iced pearl milk, and looked at the rental information on the phone.This time he listened to the advice of the proprietress and considered the location.

The second store was near a high school, and Su Zhaoxi thought it was very good, so she rushed over immediately with pearl milk.

This store has a structure of upstairs and downstairs. After seeing it, Su Zhaoxi felt very satisfied. When he opened the bookstore, he could sell books on the first floor and live on the second floor, which fully met his needs.

The owner is a mother and daughter. This store is an ordinary jewelry store. It sells a lot of small things. Although this kind of thing occupies a good location, it is not very profitable, so the two thought about renting it out.

"How much rent do you think is suitable?" Su Zhaoxi asked the little girl after taking a sip of the milk tea in his hand.

"Tell me, it's also my first time in the rental business, so I don't understand much." The little girl scratched her head shyly.

"Then if you don't mind, I'll go back tonight and discuss it, and I'll give you an answer as soon as possible." Su Zhaoxi didn't understand either, and wanted to see if Xu Mu knew.

"Okay, I'll leave you a contact information." The little girl handed over a pen and paper, and Su Zhaoxi wrote her the contact information.

Unexpectedly, he decided on the location when he saw the second store. He only drank half of the milk tea in his hand. After he came out of the store, he took a walk on this street, wanting to observe the surrounding situation.Not far from the store is a key high school. The students there have heavy schoolwork and are well-behaved, so there are very few fights and fights. The annual key admission rate is also very high. Parents want to send their children there.

There are also a few restaurants on the street, all of which are home-cooked dishes, and occasionally a few noodle restaurants.The more Su Zhaoxi looked at it, the more he was satisfied, and he decided in his heart that this place was not far from Xu Mu's house, and he could get there in 10 to [-] minutes by car. He felt that there was nothing more suitable than this place.

When Xu Mu came back from get off work at night, he was afraid that Su Zhaoxi wouldn't be able to eat dinner alone at home, so he didn't eat at the hospital. He wanted to take him out for a meal, and the two of them hadn't been together for a long time.Su Zhaoxi was not sitting in the living room, Xu Mu unbuttoned his cuff buttons and pushed open the door of the master bedroom.

Su Zhaoxi was sitting in front of the table with a pen and paper in his hand, and was calculating something with a calculator. When he saw Xu Mu coming in, he excitedly pulled him over to sit down. Xu Mu had no choice but to pull a chair and sit beside him.

"Didn't I say I wanted to open a bookstore? I went out to look around today and found a good one. I'm negotiating the rent. I don't know much about this, so I want to ask you for advice." Su Zhaoxi turned her head and smiled. He couldn't hide the joy in his eyes.

"Are you going to move out?" Xu Mu suddenly became depressed after hearing what he said, and the excitement when he first entered the door disappeared.

Su Zhaoxi asked him about the rent, but Xu Mu asked him if he wanted to move out. He didn't react for a while, and replied in a daze: "Yes, I can't live with you all the time, it's too troublesome is you."

"It's not troublesome at all. Is the shop you rented far away? You can live with me in the future."

"The store has an up and down structure, and I plan to live on the second floor."

Xu Mu warned himself not to act too hastily, he tried his best to keep calm and calm: "Have you had dinner yet, let's go out to eat later?"

As soon as Su Zhaoxi came back, he sat at the table and started to settle the accounts. He completely forgot about having dinner. When Xu Mu mentioned it, he remembered hunger: "What do you want to eat? I'll treat you tonight as a thank you for these days I've taken care of it." Su Zhaoxi patted him on the shoulder with a high-spirited look.

"Okay, let's go." Xu Mu stood up, went to the living room to get the car keys, Su Zhaoxi followed him out the door.

He thought Xu Mu would go to some high-end restaurant, but he didn't expect to bring him to a roadside stall.This is a barbecue stall, and the lights of the store's signboard are used as street lights, and the smell of fireworks at night is mixed with the voices of people talking.The boss is very busy, the skewers in his hands are constantly tumbling, the fat and thin pork belly is roasted, leaving traces of it on the grill, and the peeled crayfish is in the mouth of the diners The symphony of protein and teeth collision was played, and with a sip of beer, the diners let out a sigh of satisfaction.

"So you still eat at this kind of place?" Su Zhaoxi found a seat among the many diners and sat down. He was dressed more casually today, with black half-sleeves and light-colored jeans, revealing a white and tender arm.

"You don't know, I don't have so many eccentricities of being a doctor. It's enough for me to eat happily, and I don't care if it's unhygienic." Xu Mu ordered a few bottles of beer, and eating barbecue without beer would make him less interested half.

"Stop drinking, who will be driving later." Su Zhaoxi saw that he was pouring beer and was about to pass it to his mouth, so he quickly reached out his hand to stop him.

"Let's ask for a substitute driver." Xu Mu was not very happy when he heard Su Zhaoxi said that he was going to move out, so he pushed away Su Zhaoxi's hand holding back the drink, and poured him a glass too.

"Let's drink one." Xu Mu raised his glass to respect him, Su Zhaoxi saw that Xu Mu was a little unhappy, thinking that Lu Yuanting had caused trouble for him, and this glass of wine seemed to mean apologizing, so he drank it down in one gulp.

When the skewers were brought to the table, the two of them didn't show any courtesy to each other. They rubbed their hands together and began to eat. It's no wonder that the business of this stall is good. It's because the boss's craftsmanship is so authentic. Even Su Zhaoxi, who doesn't like spicy food very much, couldn't do it. stop talking.

Xu Mu drank a little too much, so Su Zhaoxi drank half a bottle, and the rest went into Xu Mu's stomach. He was afraid that if he continued to drink like this, Xu Mu would not even have the energy to get up and go to work the next day. After this dinner, he took out his mobile phone and called a driver.

When they arrived at the entrance of the unit building, Su Zhaoxi helped Xu Mu to get on the elevator. Xu Mu seemed to be drunk and unconscious, and kept his eyes closed on the way back just now.He struggled to open the door of the house, threw Xu Mu onto the sofa, and drank half a glass of water exhausted.

"Really, is the wine so good? You have to be so drunk." He looked at Xu Mu's tightly closed eyes, and muttered to complain about him.

"Lie down obediently, I'll get you a towel to wipe your face." Su Zhaoxi regained his strength, and wanted to go to the bathroom to get a hot towel to wipe him.

Xu Mu was already half asleep and half awake, but he could still hear Su Zhaoxi talking.The moment Su Zhaoxi got up, he held his arm tightly, and slowly opened his eyes, only seeing Su Zhaoxi's back in a trance, but he still murmured: "Don't go, stay with me." Come with me, don't go."

[The author has something to say]: Thanks to Xiu's skin, fat orange, Yi Xiaohe, and Fang Fangjun's recommendation tickets, thanks to shohokug, fat orange, big walnut, Sakura, and Mingyue Qingfeng's monthly ticket, thanks to shohokug, Fang Fangjun's Reward!

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