Chapter 84 Your Concern
The dinner was a great pleasure.

Zhang Yunqi chose the restaurant where Wang Xiaokai celebrated his birthday last time, Zui Xiangnan.

During the meal, Lin Yueying, who was sitting next to Zhang Yunqi, asked him quietly, "Why didn't Chu Jian come?"

Zhang Yunqi replied: "She has something to do and can't come."

Lin Yueying said "Oh" and glanced at Zhao Han.

After returning to the dormitory after eating, Zhang Yunqi told Wang Xiaokai and the others that his family had bought a house in the city, near the No. 1 Middle School, and he planned to move out of the dormitory and live at home.

After all, they had lived together for more than half a year, so when they suddenly heard about this, Wang Xiaokai and the others were quite uncomfortable, but they were far from sad. They just lay on the bed and made a few jokes and the matter was over.

To transfer from a boarding student to a day student, one needs the consent of the class teacher. Zhang Yunqi asked his sister Zhang Qiulan to call Jiang Lihua. The reason was very sufficient and Jiang Lihua had nothing to say. The family had bought a house in the city and they would live there in the future.

Zhang Yunqi moved during those two days of this weekend.

In fact, there were not many things in the dormitory, and Zhang Yunqi could move them two or three times. However, Wang Xiaokai, Tian Zhuangzhuang and Yang Wei did not go back to their homes that day, so they moved all his things back home at once, and also bought a bunch of ingredients and seasonings from the nearby vegetable market.

After admiring the house, Wang Xiaokai lay on the soft sofa, drank Coke and sighed: "Rich man, rich man, if time goes back another thirty years, you would be qualified to be a landlord and live in a cowshed."

Zhang Yunqi, who was busy in the kitchen, said, "The house was bought by our family. Come over and wash the vegetables. Look how hardworking Zhuangzhuang is. You are the laziest one."

In order to reward these three little fools, he cooked himself at noon and was busy for two hours, making four dishes and a soup, all of which were hearty dishes, Jiangchuan City's specialties: roast chicken with tea oil, fish head with double peppers, sweet and sour spare ribs, and spicy chicken wings.

The three brothers were all lazy and ignorant. At first, they were skeptical about Zhang Yunqi's suggestion to cook at home, but when the fragrant food was served, they devoured it while saying, "It's delicious, so damn delicious! Why are you still studying? Just open a restaurant!"

After the meal was gone in no time, all the food on the plates was finished. The three little fools sat on the chairs, some picking their teeth, some smoking, looking so satisfied that they were at a loss.

In the following two days, Wang Xiaokai and the other two stayed at Zhang Yunqi's house. They rented a dozen Hong Kong movies from a nearby rental store, including Stephen Chow's "God of Gamblers", "Casino Tycoon", "Fight Back to School", as well as some movies by Chow Yun-fat, Andy Lau and Jackie Chan.

The three brothers watched movies from morning till late at night every day. They were fascinated by the classic Hong Kong movies of the golden age. Zhang Yunqi prepared midnight snacks for them most of the night, and when he called them to eat, they were still discussing heatedly who of Zhang Min and Zhu Yin in "Fight Back to School 2" was more suitable to be a wife.

Zhang Yunqi had watched these movies countless times and knew the plots by heart. He had no interest in accompanying them to relive the passion of the past. Moreover, he had not thought through an important matter.

Now that his home in the city has been simply settled, he has to find a way to make a fortune for his elder brother Zhang Yunfeng and his mother who has been kept in the dark as soon as possible. However, both of them are authentic farmers who have been digging in the soil for so many years, and there are not many ways suitable for them.

For the moment, Zhang Yunqi had no good ideas.

Two days passed quickly, and classes began as usual on Monday. Life in school was very peaceful. Apart from thinking about his elder brother's business, Zhang Yunqi studied step by step every day. He did not seek to have amazing grades, as long as they could improve steadily.

It is worth mentioning that he found something unusual about his recent first encounter.

Although Chu Jian was still the first student to arrive in the classroom every day, she often left with her schoolbag after the last class in the afternoon and did not come to evening self-study. What surprised Zhang Yunqi most was that her clear little face often looked tired. Once during a self-study class, she actually fell asleep while reading.

Zhang Yunqi had never seen such a first meeting before.

When Chu Jian woke up, he poked her shoulder with the tip of his pen and asked, "What's wrong with you recently? You look a little bad."

Chu Jian was stunned for a moment, then after she reacted, she smiled and said, "It's nothing, maybe I didn't get enough rest."

Zhang Yunqi nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

After class in the morning, he, Wang Xiaokai, Tian Zhuangzhuang, and Yang Wei went to eat outside the school. It was just the beginning of spring, and the weather was still very cold. The sun hanging overhead was weak and powerless. Students who had wrapped themselves like zongzi came out to look for food. The old cement road outside the school was crowded with people. The small restaurants and noodle shops on both sides of the road were crowded with people. Zhang Yunqi and the other three wandered around the street for a while and had a disagreement on what to eat for lunch.

Tian Zhuangzhuang wanted to eat rice noodles, but Wang Xiaokai felt sick at the mention of rice noodles and said, "Fatty, please stop talking about this. There isn't a single noodle shop near No. 1 Middle School in the entire city that's worth eating."

Tian Zhuangzhuang asked: "Then what do you want to eat?"

Yang Wei took a small round mirror to look at the new pimples on his face and said, "What good food can we find on this street? It's dirty, messy and poor quality. We can just make do with whatever we can eat. We are here to study, so don't be so picky."

Zhang Yunqi smiled and said, "Then let's go eat noodles."

When they get together to eat, it is common for them to struggle for a long time over what to eat. However, what Yang Wei said is right. The small restaurant outside the No. 1 Middle School is indeed dirty and messy, but when he is hungry, he can eat at all the restaurants on this street with his eyes closed. He originally wanted to compare which fast food restaurant tastes better, but in the end he could only conclude which fast food restaurant is the worst.

If conditions permit, it would be a good idea to open a restaurant or noodle shop here.

As soon as this idea came up, Zhang Yunqi thought of his elder brother Zhang Yunfeng and his mother. Neither of them had any skills, and there were not many ways for them to make a fortune, so running a restaurant might be one of them.

Everyone needs food, clothing, housing and transportation. Especially in the early 90s when everyone was eating and drinking, not only were there no restrictions on public consumption, but even the ban on alcohol at noon was not enforced.

Nowadays, any department or bureau is enough to make a large restaurant prosperous, because any unit with a little money always has a few designated restaurants, and any leader can get free meals. Of course, this also requires a backer, otherwise signing an IOU will make your mother explode.

Looking at the restaurants and noodle shops along the roadside of No. 1 Middle School, each of them is doing a booming business, and the streets are full of 10-yuan-50 stir-fried dishes. The more Zhang Yunqi thought about it, the more reliable it seemed. He had opened a restaurant in his previous life and had a lot of catering experience. If he could take the helm and let his elder brother and mother start from a young age and work their way up step by step, wouldn't it be a sure thing for them to become rich?
Thinking of this, Zhang Yunqi had a simple lunch and parted ways with Wang Xiaokai and the others at the school gate. He went straight to the classroom to think about opening a restaurant.

There were not many people in the classroom at noon. Most of the day students went home for lunch, and the boarding students usually slept in the dormitory. There were only three or two students in the classroom, either dozing off on the desks or curled up in chairs chatting with girls.

Chu Jian was reading a book in the classroom.

She heard some noise behind her, turned around, and saw that it was Zhang Yunqi, and smiled faintly.

Zhang Yunqi saw that she looked a little pale and said, "You are tired, take a nap."

Chu Jian opened his mouth and finally said, "It's okay, I'm not tired."

Zhang Yunqi looked at Chu Jian and turned his head away. He didn't know why, but he always felt that Chu Jian seemed to be worried about something, and seemed to be hesitant to speak. She wanted to say something to him but couldn't seem to open her mouth.

After thinking about it, he felt that this was not a big deal, so he reached out and patted her shoulder, saying, "First meeting, I think you haven't been in a good state recently. If you have anything to say, just tell me directly."

Chu Jian quickly said: "It's not what you think..."

After a pause, she whispered, "I just want to ask you for a favor."

"You said."

"Do you have money?"

Zhang Yunqi was startled: "Yes, what's wrong?"

After a long silence, Chu Jian said, "If it's not too much trouble, I'd like to borrow 300 yuan from you. I'll pay you back as soon as possible."

(End of this chapter)