Chapter 570: Visiting the Shop

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“This might take a while, how about we try another place?” Xia Wan looked around at the several shops nearby.

Although it seemed busy with people coming and going, the business was obviously not as booming as this one.

“Yes! There are so many people here, we’ll definitely have to wait a long time,” Liu Hua agreed. “Let’s try another place. The small wonton shop next door looks good too!”

However, Linda held onto both of their hands, refusing to leave. “Look, among all these shops, this one has the most people, it must be the tastiest!

“Anyway, we have nothing else to do, why not just stay and try it?

“Delicious food is worth waiting for, waiting a bit won’t hurt!

“Right? Right?” Linda tried her best to persuade them, holding onto Xia Wan and Liu Hua’s hands tightly.

Xia Wan and Liu Hua exchanged glances, seeing a helpless smile on each other’s faces.

“Alright then! We’ll wait a while!” Xia Wan said, pulling over a bench nearby, “Let’s sit for a while, looks like we’re in for a wait.

Linda immediately let go of their hands and obediently sat down on the bench, looking around curiously.

Liu Hua also sat down, but his eyes were fixed on his toes, as if observing something intently.

Just as Xia Wan was about to sit down, a child of no more than four or five years old approached, carrying a small wooden tray.

“Sister, here’s some water.” The child looked well-behaved, walking up to the three of them and extending the tray forward.

On the tray were three enamel cups filled with boiled water.

The child, not very strong, trembled slightly while holding the tray, and the water in the enamel cups also swayed gently.

Xia Wan was momentarily stunned, then quickly took two cups of water from the tray and handed them to Liu Hua and Linda, taking the last cup for herself.

“Thank you!” Xia Wan smiled at the child. The child shyly lowered his head. “You’re welcome.”

“Why are you bringing us water?” Linda asked curiously.

“Dad said there are many guests and was afraid you’d get thirsty from waiting, so he asked me to bring water for you to drink,” the child replied obediently.

After speaking, he hugged the small tray and scurried back into the shop.

“This kid is really cute!” Linda couldn’t help but exclaim.

“The owner of this shop really knows how to do business,” Xia Wan observed, looking at the bustling scene inside the shop. “I just saw these benches outside the shop and thought the owner must have some tricks to keep customers.”

“Yes! They even prepared hot water in case we got thirsty, quite thoughtful!”

Liu Hua commented, taking a sip of water, “Warm and nice, really good!”

Xia Wan looked at the people sitting outside the shop, chatting and laughing with cups in their hands, showing no sign of impatience.

This place seemed to have the means of retaining customers typical of the catering industry eighteen years later, though not yet mature or widely imitated by other shops.

As Xia Wan was thinking, she saw two girls who arrived earlier being invited into the shop.

The two girls had just stepped inside the door when they were pushed aside by a man walking by.

One of the girls, unable to dodge in time, hit the door frame, curling up in pain.

The other girl was luckier, bumping into a customer at the door and not getting hurt.

Flustered, the uninjured girl turned around angrily and asked, “Why did you push us?”

The man who pushed them showed no remorse, tilting his head and looking at the girl. “You were in my way!”

“We were queuing to enter the restaurant, we weren’t blocking your way!” the girl retorted. “Even if we were, you could have just said something, why resort to pushing?”

The girl was angry but knew she had to reason with him.

However, the man was not one for reasoning.

He looked the girl up and down, patted his stomach, and said brazenly,

“Standing in front of me means blocking my way! What, not happy about it?

“Or maybe, you want to go in with me? I might just forgive you for blocking my way then!”

The girl frowned deeply, about to retort, but then saw several garishly dressed men following the man and immediately lost her temper.

Her companion, who had just recovered, tugged at her sleeve, whispered a few words, and prepared to bypass the man and leave..