Chapter 79 Setting up a stall in the store

Ma Yinghe rolled the dough with a rolling pin: "Xiao Taozi, don't listen to her nonsense. Your grandmother Wen and I have tried, but we haven't succeeded once."

Wen Chengwen and the others were helping to knead the dough. They were steaming a lot of black rice today, so they used a lot more ingredients.

"You can't say that. What if Xiao Taozi has talent?"

"You're right, Little Peach. You can try it when you have time."

Zhu Tao didn't know how to answer.

Wen Zhenyi didn't let Wen Yongnan, Wen Yongman and others into the kitchen today, for fear that they would be covered in the smell of cooking fumes.

Wen Yongman placed his hands on his knees, cupping his face. "Brother, will it be boring to go to a private school?"

Wen Yongnan shook his head: "I don't know, but I'm looking forward to it."

"What are you looking forward to?"

“I learned something new, which might be helpful in the future.”

"That's right."

The black rice here has been steamed, so Wen Zhenyi and the others stopped rolling out the dough. The remaining dough can be brought to the stall to continue.

They don't need to bring too many things today. They left a lot of things in the store yesterday. It's just that the store doesn't have tables and chairs now, otherwise they could do business in the store.

"Grandpa, when will the tables and chairs be ready?" Wen Zhenyi looked at the old man Wen who had specially washed up.

"It will take at least ten days. Grandpa Gousheng said he would make it for us as soon as possible and send it to the store once it's done."

"Ten days isn't too long."

Old Lady Wen looked at the sky and said, "Why do I feel like it's going to rain today?"

Old Man Wen looked up and said, "It looks like it might be a bit troublesome to set up a stall outside today."

Ma Yinghe thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we set it up in the shop so that everyone can come in and take shelter from the rain. Even if there's no place to sit, at least they can get out of the rain."

Wen Zhen nodded: "Then we will sell it in the store today."

When they arrived at the village entrance, Mr. Shen and his grandson were already waiting there.

"Hello, Grandpa Shen, hello, Brother Shen." Several people greeted them one by one.

Shen Xiucai smiled and stroked his beard: "Okay, okay, I think it's going to rain today, are you still planning to go to the stall?"

"We plan to set it up inside the store. Although we don't have tables and chairs, it will still allow everyone to shelter from the rain."

"That's fine too. Let's go."

We didn't bring much today, so several of us could fit on the ox cart.

Shen Hanxing sat next to Wen Zhenyi: "What are you going to sell today?"

"I'll send some black rice and steamed buns to you at noon, but you need to eat less glutinous rice, as I'm afraid your stomach won't be able to digest it."

"You told me yesterday that I didn't eat much."

"I'll make you some three-fresh dumplings today, you can just eat that."

"Don't bother. I can eat steamed buns just as well."

"No, you won't be full."

Chen Hanxing did not refuse again. Even if she was determined, she would probably still do it.

"Brother Shen, I want to trouble you with something."

"What's up?"

"A shop opening always needs a plaque. Can you write it for me so I can find someone to do it?"

"Don't you want my grandfather to write it?"

“I won’t bother Grandpa Shen anymore.”

"Okay, what are you going to call the store?"

"I haven't thought about it yet. I'll tell you when I think about it."

"good."

When they arrived at the town gate, Mr. Shen and his grandson went back to the private school first and waited for them there for a while.

Old Mrs. Wen took Wen Yongnan and the others to the cloth shop to buy new clothes.

Ma Yinghe and his men drove the ox cart directly to the back door of the store and entered the store from there.

Wen Zhenyi went to open the door of the shop, while Zhu Tao prepared to go to the shop to light a fire.

"Yiyi, Aunt Wen, there is no firewood in the store."

Ma Yinghe then remembered: "Yesterday, I thought that the opening would not be so soon, so I forgot about the firewood."

"Mom, it's okay. There should be firewood for sale in the market. I'll ask someone to bring a load over."

"You two stay in the store, I'll go." Ma Yinghe said and walked out of the store.

"Mom, wait."

"What's wrong?"

"We still need to buy some ingredients, you can buy them together."

"Okay, go ahead."

"Carrots, mushrooms, and green onions."

"Okay, I'll buy them all."

Many diners had already come to their previous stall, but didn't see them. "Strange, why don't we see anyone from the Wen family today? Are they not setting up shop today?"

"That shouldn't be the case! They said they would tell us in advance if they didn't open the stall."

"Maybe you saw it was going to rain, so you didn't come."

"It's possible."

At this time, someone looked up at the shop behind the stall and said, "Hey, isn't that Miss Wen?"

"What about that?"

"That."

Wen Zhenyi also noticed the diners at the stall and walked out of the shop door: "Dear customers, today we will change the place where we sell food."

The diners all ran to the door of the shop and said: "This shop has been empty for a long time. Miss Wen, will you sell food here in the future?"

"Yes, we have rented this shop, but we don't have any tables and chairs yet, so there's no way for everyone to sit. Today, because it looked like it was going to rain, we moved inside."

"It's okay, it's okay. I thought you guys weren't selling today."

"We may have to wait a little longer today. The store hasn't prepared some items yet, and my mother has already gone to buy them."

"It's okay, it's okay, let's get in line first."

Wen Zhenyi smiled and nodded: "If it rains later, you can go into the store to take shelter from the rain."

"Miss Wen, you're too polite."

Wen Zhenyi didn't say anything else after he finished speaking. He turned and walked towards the backyard. Ma Yinghe had already come in with two men, both of whom were carrying firewood.

"We'll put it in the kitchen for you."

"Okay, thank you for your help." Ma Yinghe hurriedly thanked them.

"You don't have to be so polite."

When Zhu Tao saw the firewood being delivered, she hurried to the kitchen to light a fire.

Wen Zhenyi was not idle and started to process the ingredients he bought. Fortunately, these ingredients were not difficult to process and did not take much time.

After buying clothes for them, Old Lady Wen hurried back to help prepare the food.

Wen Zhenyi took the processed ingredients to the kitchen and chopped them into cubes. The fire in the stove was already lit.

When they came, they brought a can of lard from home. Now the pigs are sick and lard has become a rare commodity.

Wen Zhenyi added lard to the pot. After the lard melted, he poured in the diced bacon and vegetables, stir-fried them until fragrant, and then poured in the steamed black rice.

Stir-fry them evenly and add some seasoning to make the taste better.

Pour the seasoning from the pot and place it in a bowl for later use.

"Xiao Taozi, I'll teach you how to do it. Just do it."

Zhu Tao quickly washed her hands and walked to her side. She took out a piece of dough, put a slice of carrot in the center, and then put a small spoonful of fried black rice on it.

Then pinch the edges of the dough, leaving the middle uncovered to reveal the black rice inside, like a bunch of open lucky bags.