Chapter 2 Growing in Love(1/2)
Eight years have passed in a flash.
Time flies.
Eight-year-old Qi Yu has a father who loves her, and a mother who also "loves" her, but has amniotic fluid embolism when she gave birth to her, and can only continue to spread "maternal love" in another world.
Although he has never had a mother since childhood, Qi Yu has always grown up in love.
She loves her father and also loves the home that is dilapidated and like a "dangerous house" in the eyes of others.
After Qi Yu was born, Qi's father no longer opened his door because he needed to take care of Qi Yu.
Despite this, the blacksmith stove on the first floor is cleaned up every day.
Qi Tiechuan has the ancestral blacksmith gene, the kind that is born and deeply rooted in the bone marrow.
Qi Yu likes to watch her father make a blacksmith, but his father never lets her get within three meters of the blacksmith furnace.
Dad said that the child's eyes have not grown strong yet and cannot stare at the stove.
Even if I like it, I can only take a look from a distance.
Qi Yu just watched from a distance as his father made an iron Mickey Mouse, Beautiful Sheep, Scooter, Bicycle...
Since childhood, Qi Yu's toys have been unique.
It is a private customization that other children can’t buy no matter how much they spend.
Although the income is not much when the door is open, if you don’t open, you will lose your business even more.
After thinking about it, Dad Qi thought about it, he could barely park two cars in his small yard, so he decided to drive a "car wash shop" inside.
Qi Tiechuan wrote the word "car washing" in red paint on the courtyard wall, and even if the door was officially opened.
In this way, he would not have to go out to find a job and take care of Qi Yu, who was still in his infancy at home.
In 2008, Qi Yu, who had been eating and living in "Qijia Car Washing Store" for eight years, was already a car wash expert.
But my father only allowed Qi Yu to wash one car a day, which was considered an extracurricular activity.
Qi Yu likes the feeling of "subsidizing the household income" with her own hands. She likes it so much that her father wants to close the "Qijia Car Washing Store" but she disagrees.
One day in April 2008, Qi Yu went home from school and started to "take orders", but received a broken weird order.
"Little brother, why is your car so strange? Why is the driver's seat on the right? Is it broken? Do you need to repair it?" The car wash shop can't make money by washing the car.
It is necessary to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, plus diversified operations.
Huan Xiang (huàn xiǎng) was stunned for a moment before explaining: "Little sister, this car is not broken... In many countries, the driver's seat is on the right. For example, in the UK, Australia, Singapore, Japan, etc. It is normal for the driver's seat to be on the left or on the right."
Huan Xiang didn't expect that when he saw the word "car wash" in, he would be received by a child and asked such a "depth" question.
"But this is China, little brother." The eight-year-old Qi Yu is already a very logical first-year student.
Not bad in other countries does not mean that not bad in China.
"But the driver's seats in Hong Kong and Macau are also on the right side, little sister." Huan Xiang's words were unknowingly taken by Qi Yu.
Qi Xiaoyu is the kind of person who can’t speak without adding “ah”.
After listening to Huan Xiang's explanation, Qi Yu's child carefully recalled the Hong Kong dramas he had watched with his father.
The car inside seemed to be on the right.
"Young brother, you are right, but you are driving in the mainland now, so you must follow the laws of the mainland."
"Look at the four words written next to it, Qi, Jia, Tie, and Shop, this was written by my great-grandma."
"Eight generations of our family have all made irons.
"Although this golden sign is a little older, my dad is super invincible."
"My dad can definitely help you correct this when your driver's seat is acting counter-argued."
"The technology is super invincible, and the price is very reasonable."
The matter of starting a business for my father is a special skill that Qi Yu had learned when he was less than five years old.
Huan Xiang didn't know how to explain to Qi Yu what the license plates were, so he could only let Qi Yu look at his license plates: "Look, my car has two license plates, one with Hong Kong and one with Guangdong Z from the mainland."
"Little brother, isn't it blatantly a car with two license plates installed in one car?" This is Qi Yu's first reaction after reading the license plate.
"Little brother, it's wrong for you to do this."
"When my dad helps you change the location, you can open the mainland openly."
"If you know your mistakes, you can correct them. There is no greater good~"
The eight-year-old Qi Yu learned the idiom from which TV series, and he spoke like a little adult.
"Don't your family run a car wash shop? Why are they both blacksmiths and modified cars?" Huan Xiang couldn't resist Qi Yu, so he had to change the topic.
He really just came to wash a car, not to chat with the children, and he had never thought about it, nor had he needed to repair the car.
"That... we have a lot of industries."
Qi Yu said embarrassed words, but there was no expression of embarrassment:
"Little brother, I'm not bragging to you, my dad is really not an ordinary blacksmith."
"Look at my scooter, bicycle and these toys, they are all made by my father one by one. Are they super invincible?"
Qi Yu has done it perfectly, and both sales and car washing must be strong.
Communicating needs with customers is definitely a piece of cake.
"Yes, your father is super awesome." Huan Xiang decided to follow the rules. He looked around and did not find any adults except a little girl.
"That's right, little brother, for you are so aware of the goods, I won't go to the police to report your deck."
"But this kind of thing can't be covered by the fire. After a long time, you will definitely be arrested. You have to turn your back on the right path."
As Qi Yu spoke, he turned around to get the high-pressure water gun.
Seeing that Qi Yu was about to open the water and spray it on the car, Huan Xiang quickly stopped it.
"You are the ones in your car wash shop? How could your father let you wash the car by a child?" After Huan Xiang said that, he was about to take over the high-pressure water gun from Qi Yu's hand and DIY the car wash himself.
"Brother, don't underestimate me. I'm very powerful. I've washed all BMWs and Mercedes-Benz. Although I haven't seen your car before, at most I can only wash it a little bit larger, so I will definitely wash it clean." The little expert in car washing looked confident.
"I know you can definitely wash it, but I don't want to abuse child labor." Huan Xiang regretted that he drove into this "black store" when he saw the word "car wash".
"I've grown up, why am I a child laborer?"
Qi Yu showed off his little muscles that were not well-developed and had no recognition at all:
"Little brother, look at my healthy bronze skin, and look at your delicate skin and tender flesh, you are even more like a child laborer than me."
"You just sit in the room and drink tea and wait for me. I will be able to wash it soon."
Among the standards of Qi Yu’s classmates, only those under the age of three are called child labor.
Huan Xiang looked at Qi Yu with a little helplessness:
"It's because I have tender skin and tender flesh that I have to work more and bask in the sun more. You've already become bronzed. Just sit in the room and drink tea and wait for me to finish."
Huan Xiang was not angry either, and his face was full of smiles when he spoke.
"How can this work! Little brother, even if you wash the car yourself, you still use the water from our house. You still have to pay for it."
This is the first time Qi Yu has met a strange little brother who has to wash his own car when he arrives at Qijia Car Washing Store.
"That's all." Huan Xiang still took over the high-pressure water gun in Qi Yu's hand.
Qi Yu, who doesn’t need to work, is not happy about it:
"I don't want to just say that."
"If I could clean your car, you would have a card with me."
"You wash yourself, you will definitely not be my repeat customer."
The little girl’s business story is written one by one.
"I wash it myself, and I will apply for a card here after I wash it. Do you think this is OK?" Huan Xiang finally understood what the little girl in the car wash shop was insisting on.
"Really? I have ten times, thirty times, and there are still unlimited times a year. What kind of thing do you want to get, brother?" Qi Yu immediately started selling "membership cards".
"All right, please do it for me." Huan Xiang started washing the car with familiarity.
"Ah, all is OK?" The child Qi Yu's face showed a disconfidant expression for the first time.
"What's wrong?" Huan Xiang asked during the break of DIY's car washing.
"Little brother, you are just a waste of humanity when you see that you are not a human being, how can I let me do it?"
"Our Qijia Car Washing Store opens the door to do business. If you ask me to do it, I will definitely get the most expensive one for you."
As Qi Yu spoke, his expression became more confident.
"How expensive is the most expensive?" Huan Xiang's smile became stronger.
"There is no limit on the number of times a year, one thousand yuan." Qi Yu didn't think anything funny about what he just said.
"How much does it cost ten times?" Huan Xiang finally looked like a customer.
To be continued...