Chapter 153 Cousin

Liu Hong cursed and felt even more dissatisfied in his heart. Who on earth was this person?

"Manager Wan, my brothers are here. Let them come in and find me."

"Come on, what about you?"

Manager Wan looked at Liu Hong's back, snorted coldly, and went to get busy.

The clerk came forward and asked, "Boss, the owner of that new shop is really an expert?"

"Pa!" A slap landed on the boy's forehead. "Just do your job. Why are you asking so many questions?"

"Isn't this just asking?"

"Hmph, what are you asking? I've never even met this guy before. However, the person who can snatch the shop from Liu Hong must be an expert."

"So what happened to you just now?"

"Silly boy, this is the rule of our restaurant. Everyone who comes is a guest. I can't let that guy surnamed Liu trick me and plot against me. Otherwise, how can we keep our business going?"

The young man looked at Manager Wan with admiration.

Shopkeeper Wan kicked him in disgust and said, "What are you standing there for? Go get to work."

When Liu Hong's brothers arrived, they started drinking and poured out all his complaints.

One of them, Zhou Jiu, picked his teeth and said disdainfully, "Even if you really open that shop, you won't make much money. I say, we brothers should go for something bigger."

"What are you doing?"

Zhou Jiu picked up a hawthorn and put it in his mouth. "This! I remember my brother said he wanted to find a place to make this."

"Don't mention it. It brings bad luck. I haven't accomplished anything I wanted to do."

"Brother, please tell me what difficulties you are facing."

"Are you stupid? How do you make this thing without a recipe?"

"What's the big deal? We already know that hawthorn has to be watered. If you taste it, it's sweet, so you definitely need to add sugar. Isn't that enough?

When we leave later, buy a can and let my mother try it.

She can definitely tell how something is made just by the taste.”

"Is it really that amazing? How come I didn't know your mother had this ability?"

"My mother has many other abilities, so stop talking nonsense. Brother, let me ask you, do you want to make money?"

Liu Hong nodded.

"That's fine, we can't let others earn all the money, we have to earn some too."

Liu Hong thought for a moment and said, "Okay, Big Brother, I trust you this time. I hope we brothers can get rich soon."

Liu Hong couldn't drink any more, so he immediately pulled Zhou Jiu to get down to business.

They took the canned hawthorns they bought from Shopkeeper Wan and bought some candy. When Liu Hong was about to buy some hawthorns, Zhou Jiu stopped him and said, "I have this stuff at home."

When they arrived at Zhou Jiu's house, Zhou Jiu's mother Xu Zhen opened the cans of hawthorns and tasted one after another, and drank a few big mouthfuls of the soup.

"Mom, can you make this?"

Zhou Jiu gave Xu Zhenshi a look, which meant that even if he couldn't do it, he should pretend to be able to do it.

Xu Zhen understood, "You know my mother's ability. She can cook anything she has eaten. What's so difficult about this?"

Liu Hong was delighted when he heard this, "Auntie, are you really going to do this?"

Xu Zhen patted her chest and said, "Of course."

Zhou Jiu had already lit the fire. Xu Zhen, the good guy, scooped up a handful of unwashed hawthorns and put them into the pot, and poured in half a bag of the white sugar they had bought.

After cooking for a while, it was cooked.

She asked Liu Hong and Zhou Jiu to try it.

“It tastes okay.”

Liu Hong tasted one and said, "It's a bit sweeter."

"That's easy. Just add some water and some hawthorns. Brother, these canned hawthorns are already selling for a fortune at Manfu Restaurant. I heard they're also selling for a very high price in Shunhe County. New Year's is coming soon. We'd be fools not to take advantage of this time to make some money."

"It's just that hawthorns are hard to buy at this time of year!"

"That's easy. My uncle lives in the mountains. He gave us these hawthorns. Let him help us buy some."

"What about this?"

"Brother, this pottery jar is only three cents, and the hawthorns are not worth much. At most, the sugar will cost you a little. Don't hesitate."

Liu Hong made up his mind, "Fine, the place I found the other day is pretty good, let's settle on it quickly.

This is really God's will. Although I didn't rent the shop, God gave me such a profitable business.

Humph, I almost spent two hundred taels of silver to buy the secret recipe, but they didn't even appreciate it. Think about it, is my brain really all muddled? "

Liu Hong started making canned hawthorns in this confused way.

Zhang Juexia invited Song Yu, and she had a lot more free time, and she made a lot of money easily.

When Ye Suyun and Li Yiqun heard that Zhang Juexia had invited a master, they also came to study.

When Song Yu learned that Ye Suyun was Manager Yao's new apprentice, he quickly pulled Ye Suyun over to him and said, "Let me see. Everyone who knows him is talking about who Manager Yao's apprentice is, but I got to see him first."

Ye Suyun bowed modestly to Song Yu and said that she would need her guidance during this period.

"It's my honor to be able to instruct Shopkeeper Yao's apprentice!"

Zhang Juexia gently pushed Li Yiqin towards Song Yu, "Sister Song, this is my sister-in-law, and I need your guidance!"

Li Yiqun and Song Yu praised each other again before getting to the point.

Zhang Juexia also started to learn from them with great interest.

She was so engrossed in her needlework that she didn't even hear the sounds outside.

"Bei Xiu's wife, there seems to be some movement in the front yard, go and take a look."

Only then did Zhang Juexia put down the needle and thread in her hand and walked out.

When she walked to the front yard, she saw Ye Beixiu chasing another girl.

The girl was about to approach Zhang Juexia when she saw her, but was stopped by Ye Beixiu, "Xiaoqing, be obedient and go back to your home."

"Cousin, who is she?"

"She is your cousin's wife."

"Madam, she is Pang Xiaoqing."

Pang Xiaoqing stared at Zhang Juexia and giggled.

Zhang Juexia glared at her and said, "What are you laughing at?"

"My cousin's wife is so pretty!"

Zhang Juexia smiled. Although she had heard the name Pang Xiaoqing several times, she couldn't argue with a fool.

She asked Ye Beixiu, "How did she get here?"

Ye Beixiu shook his head. "I don't know. When I came to open the door, she was alone."

"Then send her home!"

Pang Xiaoqing seemed to be provoked and hid behind Ye Beixiu, "I won't leave. If I go home, they will beat me."

Zhang Juexia stepped forward and patted her, "Xiaoqing, don't be afraid. Tell your cousin's wife who told you this."

Pang Xiaoqing looked at Zhang Juexia and said, "I said, is there any candy?"

"Of course there's candy!"

As if by magic, she took out a piece of candy and moved it in front of Pang Xiaoqing.

Pang Xiaoqing reached out to take the candy, but Zhang Juexia grabbed it and said, "I'll only give you candy if you say so."

"Grandma told me to stay at my cousin's house. She said there are delicious food and fun things to do there."