Chapter 19 Old Lady

Of course, there are also people who want to eat but complain that it is a bit expensive.

An elderly lady complained, "Your stewed food is too expensive. It's really unscrupulous. If it weren't for my little baby, who would want to come here?"

Xu Qingmeng didn't care and smiled, but He was unwilling.

"Old lady, what you said is wrong. Our stewed food uses only the best ingredients, which is labor-intensive and time-consuming. If you think it's too expensive, you still have time to buy meat yourself and stew a big pot."

"What are you talking about? You sell it at a high price, and you won't let me say anything?"

"I didn't force you to buy it. If you think it's too expensive, I won't sell it to you, so that the old lady won't ruin the reputation of our store when she meets people."

Having said that, He stopped paying attention to her and turned around to weigh and pack the food for others.

The rest of the people were watching and trying not to laugh secretly. Xu Qingmeng would definitely stand on the side of her mother-in-law at this time.

The old lady saw that He really didn't intend to pay attention to her, so she left cursing.

The busy time passed quickly, and soon all the things were sold out. It was much faster than yesterday. Even so, there were still many people who came late and missed out on the items, and they stood at the door and complained to He.

He could only ask them to get up earlier tomorrow and promised to prepare more tomorrow. She chatted with everyone about family matters for a while and then sent them away.

Xu Qingmeng was packing up her things and looking at the money box beside her, she estimated that there must be at least two thousand coins in it.

If this business remains stable, the income can reach at least fifty or sixty taels a month. It seems like a lot, but studying is very expensive, and this is barely enough for Gu Yunyi's expenses. And he can only use the most ordinary money, and the quality cannot be too high.

But seeing that Yun Mo and Yun Sheng were also going to school, they still had to work hard. After all, Xu Qingmeng was pregnant.

Xu Qingmeng was still very tired after two days. After all, her original body had been spoiled since childhood and had never done so much work. Xu Qingmeng had to endure it.

Moreover, she and He have limited energy and can only do so much work in a day. It would be impossible to add two more people.

Xu Qingmeng felt that she still had to hire someone, so she discussed with He, "Mom, please pay attention recently. If the business continues to be so busy, we will definitely have to hire someone. But there is no rush now. Wait until the shop is renovated."

He thought about it and realized that it was true. Then he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll keep an eye on it."

After Xu Qingmeng finished cleaning up, she went to prepare dinner.

There was a pot of braised food left in front, and millet porridge was also stewed in the pot in advance. Then I opened the dough jar, scooped a bowl of flour and poured it into the pot, beat four eggs, added some salt, added water and stirred it into a liquid paste, then chopped a handful of green onions and prepared to make the pancakes.

Put some oil in the pan, quickly pour a spoonful of batter into the pan, and spread it quickly with a spatula. The aroma of oil and chopped green onions comes out instantly.

Soon, beautiful pancakes came out of the pan. Xu Qingmeng also cut some shredded radish and potatoes and fried them into a plate, preparing to roll them up with the pancakes.

While eating, Xu Qingmeng thought that it would be perfect if the radish was dried well, and there were all kinds of pickled vegetables and kimchi in her past life.

Gu Yunyi looked up and saw Xu Qingmeng in a daze. He subconsciously said, "Why are you in a daze? You're not eating."

Xu Qingmeng came back to her senses and met Gu Yunyi's eyes. She felt a little uncomfortable and said with a smile, "Nothing, I just wanted to pickle some vegetables to go with the porridge."

He said quickly, "What's so delicious about that? It's so salty, just like eating salted eggs."

"I noticed that you cut a lot of radish strips this afternoon. Are they for pickling?" Gu Yunyi asked.

Xu Qingmeng didn't expect that Gu Yunyi noticed these things while reading in the room. "Well, I thought of pickling some dried radishes and pairing them with salty tofu brain. It will be good to eat with porridge later."

"Sister-in-law, everything you cook is delicious." Yun Sheng said from the side.

"What else do you know about eating every day?" He poked her head.

"I still know how to play." Yun Sheng stuck out his tongue.

Xu Qingmeng was also amused and asked about the old lady who was driven away by He.

Speaking of the old lady, the disgust on He's face was revealed, "That family is not good, they are lazy, the old one cheats people every day, the middle one and the young one lie around at home doing nothing, and the daughter-in-law ran away. I don't even want to mention them."

At night, Xu Qingmeng washed up and went to bed early. She was tired after a long day and had no habit of lying in bed and checking her phone as before. She got into bed and fell asleep immediately.

The next day was another day of getting up early, even earlier than yesterday.

He was busy grinding beans, Xu Qingmeng was hurriedly making dumplings and frying pasties. Master Li and his few people arrived in the gloomy sky. It happened that the soy milk and tofu pudding were ready at this time. The first batch of dumplings made by Xu Qingmeng was just put into the pot, and the pasties were already out of the pot.

When the second pot of buns came out, Xu Qingmeng planned to take the steamer to the front hall to exchange for the sold-out steamer.

As soon as Xu Qingmeng came out of the kitchen, she saw Gu Yunyi standing at the kitchen door.

"I'll go."

Gu Yunyi took the steamer and went to the front hall. Xu Qingmeng suddenly felt that Gu Yunyi was quite considerate.

Li Quan and others had steamed buns, soy milk or tofu pudding for breakfast, and Xu Qingmeng really had no time to make anything else.

After Gu Yunyi left, Li Quan looked at the three plates piled high on the table. At a glance, there were at least thirty buns. There were six of them, so each of them could get at least five buns, plus the smooth and tender tofu pudding and thick soy milk. Everyone had a happy look on their face.

Uncle Li and his colleagues are in this business, and their employers provide them with meals. They have met many people, but rarely have they met anyone so generous as this one. Li Quan said,

"The Gu family is kind and we have a good meal. We can't be lazy and must look good."

"That's a must."

"Master, don't worry."

Since the people Li Quan brought out were not the type to be cunning and deceitful, they worked really hard this afternoon.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that it’s only March now. These people are sweating profusely from working so hard.

Gu Yunyi's health has improved. As the man of the family, the matter of decorating the front yard naturally fell on Gu Yunyi.

Yun Sheng and Yun Mo had just made a new friend, Rongrong. After the two of them finished their meal, they disappeared.

Xu Qingmeng was preparing to go out to buy groceries, and asked He if she wanted to go with her, but He said she had something to do and asked her to go by herself.

Xu Qingmeng went out alone.

This time, Xu Qingmeng also planned to ask the stall owner whether he was willing to deliver the goods. After all, it would take up a lot of time to come out every day.

After the decoration is completed, Xu Qingmeng plans to start selling set meals at noon. After observing for the past two days, she found that the workers who go to work at the dock every day also need to eat at noon.

The Gu family’s location is not far from the pier. If they sell set meals at noon, there should be a lot of people coming.

(End of this chapter)