Reborn Petty Citizen

Zhang Ze was really flattered.

Although the school is not far from his store, there are not many students nearby. From the beginning, he did not intend to put students in the customer base within a year.What's more, he doesn't think it's easy to accept that it's easy to accept such an outlier among a group of people with a good family background. Living again doesn't mean he's a different person. Zhang Ze's heart still subconsciously doesn't want to see The strange gazes of others are too explicit.It is precisely because of this that unless necessary, he doesn't take the initiative to make friends with people.Fortunately, he has learned how to accept other people's kindness calmly. Compared with the frightened bird in his previous life, Zhang Ze's changes are enough to make people look sideways.

It is precisely because of this that he is still quite insensitive to interpersonal relationships. Zhang Ze is already very grateful for having gained a few friends who he has never had in his previous life, and he will not take others' goodwill for him for granted.Being a man according to one's duty is probably the most suitable life motto summed up by Zhang Ze after suffering countless losses in his previous life.

However, at this moment, he felt extremely moved.

These alumni, whose names he didn't even know, were holding fruit baskets and bouquets, which looked like unusual outfits for dinner.They greeted Zhang's mother seriously one by one, sat upright, put the bouquets and fruit baskets behind the cashier, and quietly sent representatives to take orders for them.And most of their eyes were fixed on Zhang Ze in the kitchen.

Zhang Ze felt it, the gazes of so many people made him a little uneasy, but soon, the gratitude that came from his heart overwhelmed this timidity.He kindly pulled out a toothy smile that was very different from the usual gentle expression, nodded cheerfully towards the crowd, and unexpectedly found that the atmosphere suddenly became lively.

Especially the girls, the girls who were sitting in the chairs seemed to suddenly let go of their hands and feet. They met their eyes left and right, and then held hands and squeezed in front of the kitchen in small groups.The transparent glass made everything inside invisible, and Zhang Ze's originally smooth bun-making movements were a little shy because of their gaze, but they were still talking to him through the window——

"Zhang Ze, you look so good in a white robe!"

"Little Guanyin, you study so well, do you still want to help the family?"

"Are you short of manpower?"

"That's right, we're here to help, the salary is whatever you want!"

"..." Zhang Ze's courage driven by being moved was wiped out all at once, his head lowered lower and lower, his face became more and more red, little Guanyin?What is that called?

Ouch blushing!The girls were even more interested, and they all felt that their understanding of this little Guanyin in the past might be biased.

Lu Lu Du Xingzhi outside the door was silent for a long time before entering the store. Zhang Ze was surrounded by girls and did not see them.Du Xingzhi's eyes fixed on Zhang Ze's body for a moment, and he frowned and asked Lu Lu, "Do you feel nothing?"

"Ah?" Lu Lu thought for a while before he understood what he meant, and immediately smiled, "You think I'm going to be jealous? Just because of this? It's a good thing that others like him, it proves that I have good eyesight. But this kid may be able to attract people. Butterfly. Anyway, I'm not sure what to do with him, treat him like a friend."

Du Xingzhi frowned in disapproval: "Your liking is too childish."

"Cut," Lu Lu knew that Du Xingzhi's family caused him some emotional cognitive biases, and he didn't refute, lying on the cash register with folded arms and smiling, "Auntie, why are you here?"

Zhang Su was busy looking for change, and when he heard this, he thought he was another kid who jumped in line, and raised his head angrily to tell him to obey the rules, but he saw Lu Lu at a glance.Seeing Lu Lu, he also spotted Du Xingzhi standing behind him from the corner of the eye. Zhang Su was very surprised: "Why are you here?"

Lu Lu laughed in a nonchalant way: "I'm friends with Xiao Guanyin, and I will definitely come to support his new store opening. Auntie, you don't want to be friends with him, right? Then Xiao Guanyin's circle of friends is also quite impressive."

"What nonsense are you talking about!" His son was too taciturn, so Zhang Su treated Lu Lu, the few eloquent children among Du Xingzhi's brothers, especially differently. "Don't give people such weird nicknames. Ozawa has a very introverted personality, and he won't tell you if he's unhappy. His mother and I are good friends. I'm afraid he will be too busy to start the business, so let's help."

Du Xingzhi frowned, and suddenly interrupted at this moment: "Zhang Ze is Aunt Du's son?"

"Who is Auntie Du?" Lu Lu looked back at him, "Why do I feel like I don't know anything? Little Guanyin is your relative?"

Before Du Xingzhi could answer, he suddenly stretched out two hands behind his ears and quickly wiped his face.There are really few people in this world who dare to treat him like this. He silently swallowed back the words he was about to say, and turned his head to look at the visitor speechlessly: "Aunt Du..." Mother Zhang was hugged and kissed. a mouthful.

"Xiao Du, you came at a good time. Your mother can't do it alone. Go and help her collect the money together. I'll treat you to buns for free later." After Zhang's mother said this, she hurriedly planned to leave, and she didn't pay attention. Glancing at the stunned Lu Lu again, her eyes lit up, she didn't leave, and walked around Lu Lu, "Oh, who's this young man, he's in good shape!"

Knowing that she was Zhang Ze's mother, Lu Lu didn't dare to neglect, so he hurriedly said hello, and said that he was Du Xingzhi's friend.Zhang's mother immediately became even more impolite: "Can you make buns?"

"..." Lu Lu shook his head nervously, "No."

Zhang's mother let out a little disappointment, and soon regained her vitality. She happily pulled his wrist and walked towards the store, "It's okay. I see that you are in good health. You are too busy today. Help me run a hall. Auntie later I invite you and Xiao Du to eat ice cream and steamed buns..."

Lu Lu had no room for rejection at all, and was dragged away in despair. He was stuffed into a tray and given a few tips on how to check the seat number, and was left alone in the middle of the restaurant.

"..." Du Xingzhi silently glanced at the messy Lu Lu in the wind, pursed his lips and touched his face. Compared with the waiter, the cash register seems to be more technical?In short, he didn't dare to confront the vigorous and resolute Aunt Du. After thinking about it, he went behind the cash register and learned from his mother how to open fried bills.

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It was already after six o'clock in the afternoon that the flow of people had weakened.

With Du Xingzhi as a serious cashier in charge, although the queue in the store was extremely long, there was no riot from the beginning to the end.In the same way, Lu Lu, who is very well-known in the school, runs the restaurant in the store. Even if his footsteps are slow, no one dares to ask for food, and everything seems quite harmonious.

Later, Gong Shili and Chen Cong also washed their hands and put on aprons and went in to fry the buns for him, so the task was naturally not so onerous.Three well-mannered young men stood at the counter, attracting many passing residents to pack fried buns to take away.

Even with the opening of the store, Zhang's mother has no intention of lowering the quality of her fried buns.For pan-fried buns, firstly, the dough should be soft, secondly, the bottom skin should be crispy, thirdly, the juice should be fat and meat thick, half of the filling can be bitten off in the first bite, and the filling in the second bite will never be less than the first bite .Only such a steamed stuffed bun can make people clearly feel the heart contained in it, and it tastes delicious in the mouth, and they will continue to patronize the second time.

Since we are planning to do long-term business, word of mouth is of course essential.After discussing with Zhang's mother, Zhang Ze has decided that even if the price of fried buns is increased in the future, the ingredients for fried buns will not be shortened.

At the beginning, Zhang Ze only saw Lu Lu running around. Although he was surprised why he came to run the hall for his family out of nowhere, he didn't put down a bunch of guests to ask such unnutritious questions.However, when he untied his apron and came out to drink water, he saw Du Xingzhi and Zhang Su who were stacking banknotes one by one behind the cash register, and he couldn't calm down at all.

Zhang's mother even stuffed him with a bunch of rubber bands: "Take this to Xiao Du, and ask him to count a hundred sheets and tie them up. Are you hungry? I'll get you something to eat."

"Mom," Zhang Ze quickly grabbed her and asked palely, "Why is Du Xingzhi here?"

"Xiao Du?" Zhang's mother was taken aback, then smiled, "You know Xiao Du? He is your Auntie Zhang's son. He is older than you, so you have to call him brother." After that, she didn't wait. Zhang Ze replied, stretching out his hand and beckoning to Du Xingzhi, "Xiao Du, come here, Auntie will introduce you to Auntie's younger brother!"

Du Xingzhi's expression was a little subtle, seeing Zhang's mother pushing Zhang Ze's head and urging him: "Call me brother!"

He didn't know what was going on, and he felt a little hopeful in his heart.Call out the light and soft "brother" from this mouth, just thinking about it, it's like hiding a kitten in his heart, itching from the clawless pad.

However, Zhang Ze just closed his mouth with a pale face, no matter how urged by Zhang's mother, he refused to call for anyone.Feeling his strong resistance to himself, Du Xingzhi stared at his pale lips, his brows furrowed more and more tightly.He had never been so disgusted by anyone in his life, and he had a good impression of Zhang Ze at the beginning, so the blow he received at this moment was undoubtedly huge.

It was Zhang Su who came forward to make a solution: "Oh, Ozawa is a big boy, and you still let him call him brother, how hurtful his self-esteem. Ozawa, his name is Du Xingzhi, he is a few years older than you, and he is a senior in high school at your school." You can call him by his name directly, and you can also discuss with him if you encounter unsolvable things in school in the future.”

As Zhang Su spoke, it was rare for him to put on a dignified presence in front of Du Xingzhi, "Xingzhi, shake hands with Zhang Ze."

A dense layer of sweat broke out from Zhang Ze's palms, and his lips were bitten so painfully that he could barely bear the turbulent emotions in his heart.He didn't want to speak at first, but when he remembered that Zhang's mother was a good friend like Zhang Su in Huaixing City, his son's attitude was too bad, and he was undoubtedly embarrassing her.

Zhang Ze had no choice but to stretch out his hand and give Du Xingzhi a virtual shake, and soon wanted to retract it, as if he said stiffly on the day of school registration: "Senior Du."

Du Xingzhi stared at his lips in a daze for a moment, then felt the twisting and struggling in the palm of his hand, he squeezed it nonchalantly and finally let go.Feeling the wetness in his palm, he spoke in a steady and hoarse voice: "It's a coincidence that we met."

Zhang Ze pursed his lips hastily, took two steps back holding the chef hat he had just taken off, nodded to Zhang's mother and Zhang Su, then turned and left: "I'm going to do my homework, mom, auntie, you are all busy."

Looking at his anxious back, Zhang's mother was a little worried, and Zhang Su also leaned on Zhang's mother's shoulder worriedly: "What should I do... Xiao Ze doesn't seem to like walking around."

It's rare for a kid to be so rude, isn't he?Zhang's mother was also very suspicious, but she had no choice but to comfort her friend verbally: "He is just shy of strangers, let Xiao Du meet him more and get along with him more. After getting acquainted, he will be better than a brother."

"Tsk!" Lu Lu scratched his ears and cheeks anxiously behind Du Xingzhi's back, but the parents didn't dare to make a mistake here, so they could only jump around and poke Du Xingzhi's back whenever they had free time. Written on the face - is the hand of the little Guanyin easy to touch?

Du Xingzhi narrowed his eyes, and for some reason, he suddenly felt that the face Lu Lu was used to seeing became unpleasant.