Because of his morning battle with Wei Zijin in the bathroom, Wang Xiaoliang ended up running a little late.
He had been the one to set opening time at six.
By the time he raced up to Store One on a shared bicycle, it was almost seven.
His original plan had been to be the first customer today as the owner: buy a grilled sausage and a drink, then go to the second store for some bread, followed by the third for a tea egg.
He wanted to give the supermarkets an auspicious start.
But now that plan had fallen through completely.
The supermarket's glass doors stood open, and students were already coming and going in twos and threes.
At the checkout, Li Fengxia deftly scanned items, took payments, and packed bags, unable to suppress the excitement on her face.
"Xiaoliang, you're finally here!" Li Fengxia stole a moment to glance up at him. "See? People haven't stopped coming since we opened."
"Something held me up." Wang Xiaoliang felt a little embarrassed.
Seeing the dozen or so sausages rolling on the grill, he hurried to fetch more and fill it up. Some of the drinks in the cooler beside it had sold out too, and an employee was restocking it.
His slight regret at missing out on the "first sale" was instantly replaced by an enormous sense of satisfaction.
This was exactly what he wanted to see.
Good business mattered more than anything.
"How's it going? Can you keep up?" Wang Xiaoliang walked over to the checkout.
"We're managing! Most of this morning's customers are buying breakfast. Grilled sausages, tea eggs, bread, milk, and soy milk are selling fastest. Look, those shelves over there are already empty."
He did not stay long. He had accepted Zhou Qiang's advice: no interfering,