Chapter 194 Busy

Xu Qingmeng is not a soft-hearted person, but when she saw Xinting, she really felt that this little girl was really pitiful.

Maybe it was subconsciously that the original body felt sorry for this little girl.

Xu Qingmeng smiled and said, "Okay, I'm just afraid that you will despise me in the future and I will enslave you to work all day long."

Xinting burst out laughing, and snot bubbles came out.

Xu Qingmeng was disgusted and stepped back: "You are so old, but you are still like Yun Sheng, with snot bubbles."

"Aunt, you despise me now."

"Of course I am. I dislike you. Go wash your face and get ready for dinner."

"Then I'll go fry two more eggs for my uncle and make you some soup."

"Don't bother."

"No trouble. My uncle can't eat spicy food. I'll be quick." After washing his face, he started to work.

Xu Qingmeng just let her go. After all, she really didn't want to move. She was too tired.

Finally, Xinting fried two eggs and simply stir-fried shredded pork without adding chili peppers, and two steamed buns, which were brought over by Xunge'er.

The stir-fried pork made by Xinting was well received by He and Xun Ge'er.

Children can’t eat anything too spicy, so the two little ones ate some snacks and drank some soup and then they were full.

After dinner, Xun Ge'er cleared the table and washed the dishes, Xinting took the two little ones to wash up, and He came to Xu Qingmeng's side.

"What's wrong with Xinting? Why do her eyes look red to me, as if she cried?"

"Could it be that your second sister-in-law came looking for you?" He said with a serious face.

Xu Qingmeng quickly shook her head: "No, mother."

She explained to He and just said that he told her some of his thoughts.

He breathed a sigh of relief. She really felt sorry for this little girl. Such a good girl had such a terrible mother.

The next day at noon, Xu's eldest brother and sister-in-law came.

However, this time the two did not come on foot, but instead hired an ox cart.

On the ox cart, there were four large bags of crispy dates, all of which were extremely fresh.

Xu Jia's cleaner said happily, "I originally wanted to come here yesterday, but the old man thought that if you want to use it to make snacks, you must use the best. Yesterday, your third sister-in-law and I picked out the big ones without any dents."

Xu Qingmeng felt warm in her heart.

"Thanks to my father and sisters-in-law for worrying about it."

"We are a family, so we don't have to be so polite. Otherwise, I will be unhappy."

But fearing that his younger sister would worry, he quietly walked to Xu Qingmeng's side and said, "For those that are smaller or have some bruises on them, as long as they are not bad, Dad made up his mind and bought a lot of white sugar. He asked me to make them into candied dates according to your instructions. I asked him to take them to the town to sell early this morning. As you know, the streets in the town are not big, but they were all sold out in a short while."

"But these are not of very good quality. Dad asked us to give it a try, so the price was not high. But thinking about the price you set before, we discussed it and didn't sell it too low. We made a lot of money from the last 60 kilograms of candied dates."

She raised her eyebrows and made a gesture towards Xu Qingmeng.

Three taels of silver.

This is net profit after deducting costs.

For Xu Qingmeng now, it may not be much.

But for the Xu family, this amount is enough to cover half of the income from selling dried dates in previous years.

Of course, the Xu family was very happy to clean the house.

Not to mention her, even the capable younger brother and sister-in-law in the family were very diligent in helping with the work.

After all, the old man and the second brother had taught her a lesson before, and she had restrained herself a lot.

When Brother Xu came back from the town, he hadn't even sat down when the old man urged him to bring dates to Xu Qingmeng and told him not to worry about the snack shop.

The second and third brothers of the Xu family also started to get busy. One went to cultivate the land, and the other went to look for fruit tree seedlings. They both had a goal to pursue.

Xu Qingmeng smiled secretly. No wonder. Otherwise, with her elder brother's energy, he would definitely run twice more and carry the things for her.

After the dates were unloaded into the yard, Xu watched them making chili peppers again.

"Why is there so much this time? Is Chen Ji Grocery Store's business so much better all of a sudden?" Mrs. Xu said in amazement.

"No, this is what a noodle shop in the city wants. Meng Niang and her friends have cooperated with us in the city before. They didn't need it anymore, so they came to our house directly and said that they didn't have it and couldn't open the shop. They wanted to take it away in the evening. We are rushing to make it."

Mrs. He is accustomed to showing off her daughter-in-law, and Mrs. Xu never forgets to show off her younger sister. When the two of them get together, it is even more amazing.

Mrs. Xu felt sorry for her and knew they were so busy, so she didn't rush to leave. She took Mr. Xu to wash his hands, put on an apron, and sat down to help with the work.

Brother Xu is quite strong, and Sister-in-law Xu can also take care of the kitchen. Xinting did not go to the dim sum shop today, and with the help of two more people, the progress was much faster.

In the evening, when the waiter came, he saw that the materials brought in yesterday had been almost used up.

Xinting sealed the last bucket of chili oil and came to the yard to talk to Xu Qingmeng.

"Take inventory, they are all here."

The waiter opened his mouth so wide that he almost forgot to close it. When he was sure that everything was really done, he suddenly looked excited and, of course, grateful.

"Madam Gu, this is really troublesome. Let's settle the money now."

The waiter did not hide it from anyone and directly handed Xu Qingmeng three silver bills.

The silver notes are all bank notes used throughout the country, so there can be no fakes.

A total of nine hundred taels.

He and others couldn't see it, but they thought there would be a lot of chili peppers, after all, the price of red chili oil was there.

A conservative estimate would be at least two or three hundred taels.

He was so excited that even Mrs. Xu and others were stunned, but Xinting was the only one who remained calm.

Xu Qingmeng, the person involved, had an even calmer expression. He took the banknote, casually put it into his sleeve, then smiled and saw the person out the door.

After the car left, Xu Qingmeng returned to the yard, and everyone came to their senses.

No one asked about the money, and Xu Qingmeng did not say anything.

Xu Qingmeng did not think about paying the wages. After all, she had asked He to ask Shen Ji before. Shen Ji had actually stopped working for a few days. However, thinking that Gu Yunyi was injured and Xu Qingmeng was also frightened and in bad shape, Shen Jinwen naturally did not have the nerve to come to the house.

If it weren’t for someone coming from the prefectural city this time, He would have gone to ask, and I think Shen Jinwen would not have mentioned it for the time being, so he would have to work hard for another day tomorrow.

Mrs. Tang and her companions went back today and planned to come back tomorrow.

Mrs. Xu originally wanted to say that they should stay and finish it together tomorrow, but Xu Qingmeng's mother refused to agree. After all, the Xu family also had a lot of things to do, and Shen Ji didn't want that much.

(End of this chapter)