At the end of July, although the city of Tokyo has entered autumn, the autumn tiger is still very powerful, especially at noon, the sun overhead is even hotter, and even feels hotter than in June, so every noon, there will be fewer pedestrians on the streets, and even the business in the shops will become lighter, until after noon, the flow of people will slowly recover.

This morning, when the weather was not too hot, in front of the corner gate next to an old store called the Zhou family at the entrance of the street, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy pushed a flatbed truck and shouted loudly into the shop: "Dad, I'm going to pull coal!" ”

"Go ahead, stop being like your brother and buy those broken coals of the Cao family cheaply!" A middle-aged man's deep voice came from the shop.

"Got it!" The boy agreed, pushed the flatbed cart and left the shop. This young man's name is Zhou Xiaoyi, and he is the second son of the shopkeeper of the old Zhou family. The old store of the Zhou family is not a store, but a small foot shop, only Zhou Xiaoyi and their father and son are in the store, among which the father is the shopkeeper, the eldest brother is the cook, Zhou Xiaoyi in addition to being a buddy, usually does some chores, the business in the store is not good or bad, and he can barely maintain the livelihood of the family.

Today, the coal in the store is running out, Zhou Xiaoyi took advantage of the fewer customers in the morning, and planned to pull some coal back, after all, noon is the time when the store has the most customers, first, he can't leave, and secondly, the kitchen uses more coal, only relying on the coal at home, it can't support today, not to mention that they open a restaurant, and the fire in the kitchen can't be extinguished for twelve hours a day, so they can't do without coal all the time.

Zhou Xiaoyi pushed the flatbed truck through two street corners, and a coal shop appeared not far in front of him, but he looked at the words "Cao Ji" hanging in front of the coal shop, but he shook his head helplessly, and pushed the car to walk forward over the coal shop.

Originally, this Cao Ji was the closest coal shop to the old store of the Zhou family, but since some time ago, there was suddenly no coal in the Cao Ji coal shop, to be exact, there was no lump coal that they usually burned, only some very cheap crushed coal, this thing was not worth much, it was used as an addition when buying a lump of coal, and no one usually bought crushed coal.

It is precisely because of the above reasons that Zhou Xiaoyi can only go to the Gaoji coal shop farther away to buy coal during this time, originally just went farther, and Zhou Xiaoyi didn't care too much, but a few days ago, Gaoji suddenly increased in price, and it rose by ten cents per 100 catties of coal, although it doesn't seem to be much, but it is a big expense for the old Zhou family, a shop that uses relatively large coal.

"Damn the Gao family!" Thinking of Gao Ji's high price of coal, Zhou Xiaoyi couldn't help but curse in a low voice, but he also knew that there was no way to do it, there was competition between Cao Ji and Gao Ji before, so the price of coal was not expensive, but now that Gao Ji is a big family, Cao Ji's coal shop can't hold on, and Gao Ji naturally wants to take advantage of the trend to increase prices.

After the price of Gao Ji's coal rose, it naturally caused a scolding on the street, but only Gao Ji's coal was paved with coal in the entire Tokyo City, so no matter how much he scolded, he could only honestly buy high-priced coal, unless someone was not very particular about using coal, but he could go to Cao Ji to buy some broken coal, but the broken coal was dirty and not easy to burn, two days ago Zhou Xiaoyi's eldest brother bought Cao Ji's broken coal because of greed, and as a result, the coal ash was blown into the dish when cooking, so the guests outside almost demolished the old store of the Zhou family. In the end, the father and son apologized and apologized, and finally let the guest not pursue it again, and his eldest brother was almost broken by his father afterwards, and now he still has a wound on his face.

Thinking of what happened to his eldest brother, Zhou Xiaoyi couldn't help sighing, and pushed the car to walk quickly in front of Cao Ji's coal shop, planning to buy the coal back as soon as possible, after all, there were still a bunch of things waiting for him to do in the store.

"Brother Xiaoyi, walk slowly, come and take a look in our coal shop, there is new coal arriving today, and it is very cheap!" Just when Zhou Xiaoyi was about to walk past the Cao Ji coal shop, he suddenly heard someone shouting loudly inside, but he turned his head to see that it was now Liu San, the guy in the coal shop, this Liu San and he were neighbors, the two grew up together, Liu San's family was poor, and he was sent to the coal shop as a buddy since he was a child, although the salary was not high, but it was enough to support himself.

"Third brother, don't come to entertain me anymore, what else do you Cao Ji have besides broken coal, I am waiting for coal at home." Zhou Xiaoyi didn't believe Liu San's words at all, and was about to walk in front of the coal shop with the cart.

Liu San, who was covered in black ash in the coal shop, saw that Zhou Xiaoyi was leaving, and he was also anxious at the moment, so he rushed out and grabbed his car and said: "Brother Xiaoyi, this time it's not my brother who entertains you, but there is really a good thing to cheapen you, today a batch of new coal came to the coal shop, which is not only clean and easy to burn, but also cheap, and more importantly, you can give you a coal stove when you buy coal, where do you find this kind of good thing?" ”

"Huh?" Zhou Xiaoyi was also very surprised when he heard this, and his footsteps stopped, and then asked with some suspicion, "There is such a good thing?" ”

"Of course, my brother is also for the sake of our neighbors for many years, so he pulled you, after all, if there is a bargain, we have to take advantage of it ourselves!" Liu San said very righteously, this time he is indeed a good heart, he has already seen the effect of those new coals, and the price is also low, so this kind of good thing must be introduced to acquaintances first, so that Zhou Xiaoyi can also owe himself a favor.

Zhou Xiaoyi also felt that Liu San would not lie to himself in this kind of thing, after all, not to mention the neighborhood feelings for many years, and the good coal and bad coal can be known at a glance, so Zhou Xiaoyi simply pushed the car to the front of the coal shop, and then followed Liu San into the coal shop, the result surprised him that the coal shop was full of stoves one by one, and there were some round cake-shaped coal in the corner, but there were not many of them, and Zhou Xiaoyi was not surprised by this, after all, the coal in the coal shop was generally placed in the backyard, and the front was only responsible for bookkeeping and weighing coal.

After Liu San pulled Zhou Xiaoyi in, he first said hello to the bookkeeper behind the counter, and then pointed to the round cake coal in the corner of the wall and introduced: "Brother Xiaoyi, look, this is the new coal that has just been sent, the name is honeycomb coal, and it needs a special furnace to burn, these stoves you see are, as long as you buy coal, you can pull a furnace back from here for free, and this honeycomb coal is half cheaper than lump coal, and the fire is enough after burning, and there will be no coal ash, how about you pull a car back?" ”

Zhou Xiaoyi was not afraid of being dirty, he reached out and picked up a honeycomb coal and looked at it carefully, but now this thing seems to be glued with broken coal, but it is also very strong, and this is less of the trouble of coal ash, it should be very clean to burn, and the most important thing is that the price is cheap, but he has not used this thing, I don't know how the fire is burning?

Liu San saw Zhou Xiaoyi's hesitant look, and immediately pulled him to the side of the coal shop again, pointing to a furnace of honeycomb coal that had been burning: "Brother Xiaoyi, look, this stove of honeycomb coal was just lit by me this morning, and half an hour has passed until now, but the fire is still very strong, and there are air intakes underneath, when not in use, you can plug the air intake holes, so that the honeycomb coal can burn slowly, and it is enough for ordinary people to use only three or four pieces of honeycomb coal a day, as for your old Zhou family, it must be used more, But no matter how you calculate it, it's much more cost-effective than burning lump coal! ”

After listening to Liu San's introduction, Zhou Xiaoyi couldn't help but show a heart-warming expression, fuel has always been one of the biggest expenses of their foot shop, if they can reduce this big expenditure a little, they can save a lot of money every month, but what he is most worried about now is whether this honeycomb coal is really as good as Liu San's introduction?

Just when Zhou Xiaoyi was hesitating, a person suddenly came from outside, and as soon as he entered the door, he began to shout: "Liu San, go find a few helpers to help you send the stove and honeycomb coal to several major restaurants on the street!" ”

The person who came in, Zhou Xiaoyi, knew that he was the shopkeeper of Cao Ji Coal Shop, also surnamed Liu, and seemed to be Liu San's distant cousin, speaking of which, Cao Ji Coal Shop has dozens of coal shops in the city, but there are only a dozen shopkeepers, and one person has to manage several shops, this Liu shopkeeper can sit in the position of the shopkeeper, which shows the Cao family's trust in him.

"Uncle Cousin, wait a minute, I'm about to sell the first batch of honeycomb coal!" Liu San also said with a smile. Although this batch of honeycomb coal arrived yesterday, but this morning officially began to be taken out, Liu shopkeeper went out early this morning, just to find some separate merchants to try, as long as the other party understands the benefits of honeycomb coal, will naturally scramble to buy.

Shopkeeper Liu also saw that there were outsiders in the coal shop at this time, and he also knew Zhou Xiaoyi, so he also smiled at the moment: "It turned out to be Brother Xiaoyi, just now I discussed with your father to give him a stove and ten pieces of honeycomb coal to try, but I didn't expect Brother Xiaoyi You came first, or you will bother Brother Xiaoyi to pull away the furnace and honeycomb coal for the trial, which will save us trouble?" ”

Hearing that it could be tried, Zhou Xiaoyi also felt very cost-effective, not to say a word at the moment, not only asked Liu San to help carry his own stove to the car, but also to carry the stoves of several other houses to the car, anyway, the coal shop also needs to help deliver the stove, Zhou Xiaoyi just had time, rather than let Liu San go to find someone else, it is better for him to earn this help money, for which Liu Shopkeeper praised Zhou Xiaoyi's flexible brain to make money.

Just when Zhou Xiaoyi helped to deliver the stove and honeycomb coal of Cao Ji Coal Shop to the major restaurant shops, other Cao Ji coal shops in the whole Tokyo City were also doing the same thing, after the free stove and trial honeycomb coal were sent to the restaurants and shops, they quickly got unanimous praise from everyone, the most important thing is that the price of honeycomb coal is much cheaper than lump coal, so for a while, honeycomb coal immediately spread throughout Tokyo, and Cao Ji's honeycomb coal was sold out in the blink of an eye.

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