Chapter 328 Too Cool

Lin Xiangnan sat back, crossed his legs, and asked curiously, "Mom, what do you want to ask me for? You want to sell tea eggs with the Huang family, and you want to borrow money from me?"

"No need to borrow money. After a while, when your little brother comes back, I, your mother, will have money." Hu Meili said embarrassedly: "I want you to teach me the recipe of the marinade. This can be taught, right? When you went to the restaurant to learn it, didn't the chef say that it couldn't be passed on to others?"

"It's okay. I have a lot of marinade recipes, including salty and fragrant, sweet and spicy." Lin Xiangnan clapped his hands in a carefree manner, "I'll teach you when I have a day off on Sunday."

In most families, mothers teach their daughters how to cook and sew, but in this family, the situation is reversed.

Hu Meili said shyly, "I just haven't worked in a restaurant before, otherwise my cooking skills are not bad. I can definitely sell braised meat, braised eggs, etc."

"Yes, yes, yes." Lin Xiangnan nodded quickly and tactfully without exposing her at all.

Hu Meili has a very impatient temper, which causes her to do things roughly.

The food she cooked tasted average, not as good as Lin Xiangnan and Lin Xiangxi, and she was not as good at tailoring clothes as Gu Zhenjun. Even when she used to grow vegetables in the yard, she was not as good as Gu Zhenhua...

The whole thing is just a master of fooling around.

Now she wants to improve her cooking skills. Lin Xiangnan is very pleased and has bought various spices in advance.

"Why buy so many spices? I'm just trying to make it. Just buy a little bit." After calculating the money spent on the spices, Hu Meili felt a little distressed again.

"Don't worry if you buy too much, my little brother will be back soon, and he will use up the unused items." Lin Xiangnan said, "It's inconvenient for me to go to work, so it's the same if I let my little brother teach you. He's also a good cook."

Hu Meili curled her lips, somewhat unhappy.

She has an idol image in front of her children, especially Lin Xiangxi, the eldest son whom she had beaten since childhood. She cannot bring herself to learn from Lin Xiangxi.

Even before asking Lin Xiangnan for help, Hu Meili had to prepare herself mentally.

Although Lin Xiangnan didn't say much, Hu Meili couldn't help but ask, "If I set up a stall to sell things, would you feel embarrassed?"

"How is that possible?" Lin Xiangnan didn't have such a strange idea.

"Everyone in my family is a college graduate. They all have respectable jobs. I'm just worried that if I follow them to set up a stall, people will gossip about me."

Lin Xiangnan thought this worry was funny, but Hu Meili spoke from the heart.

In this era, setting up stalls or doing other small businesses are looked down upon. Working as a worker in a factory is the most glorious thing.

Hu Meili used to be a worker and was always very proud. She helped Lin Xiangxi sell hairpins during the summer vacation, thinking that she could make a quick buck and run away. She didn't have a fixed job, and no one knew her, so she wouldn't be embarrassed.

She decided to start a small business now, and she struggled with it in her heart for a long time before she said it out loud.

There was no other way, she wanted to make money. Her desire for money was greater than her desire for face.

The eldest son is living a hard life abroad, and Hu Meili wants to earn money to subsidize him. The younger son is also studying in another place. If he is assigned to a job in another place, he will have to buy a new house when he gets married... At home, except for Lin Xiangnan who is by her side, she doesn't need to worry too much. Hu Meili is also concerned about the other two children.

Although Hu Meili had made up her mind before she spoke, that she would do this business even if Lin Xiangnan despised her and thought it was shameful, she was still very moved when she heard Lin Xiangnan's words of support.

"Mom was right about you! You and our Zhenhua are both great."

"What's the matter?"

Lin Xiangnan looked at the street stall business from the perspective of future generations, while Gu Zhenhua did not care about his own face. Having lived a hard life in his childhood, he valued practical benefits more.

On Sunday, Lin Xiangnan personally prepared a pot of marinade for Hu Meili, and the family had a good meal.

In the next few days, Hu Meili took charge of the cooking, and the taste suddenly became strange.

Lin Xiangnan was not lucky enough to enjoy it, so she always took the portion that Hu Meili specially left for her to the research institute to share.

"Shaha~ Why is the stewed food you brought today so spicy? It was sweet the day before, salty yesterday, and spicy again today. Your performance is a bit unstable."

Ding Yougui and his friends ate and drank water at the same time, their mouths turned red from the spiciness.

"Who told my mom to cook as she pleases? She adds salt and pepper based on what she likes."

Lin Xiangnan clearly said it should be 'a little' or 'an appropriate amount', but Hu Meili just scooped half a spoonful of salt into the pot.

"When my younger brother comes back this Sunday, I will experiment with him and fix the formula to a certain number of grams so that the taste will not change. Let my mother find the feel for it. It will probably take half a year."

"You still want to take a day off this Sunday?" Sun Yi said, "Last Sunday, everyone was working overtime. Professor Wang was also working overtime."

Even with the current working hours of the research institute, the capitalists dare not exploit us in this way. But the people in the research institute work overtime, and it is all voluntary.

Wei Dongliang also said: "During this period, I dare not even think about taking a vacation."

"Coward, I just dare to think about it." Lin Xiangnan looked proud.

"What are you thinking about?" Professor Wang's voice suddenly came from behind.

Lin Xiangnan's expression turned serious in an instant, "Teacher, there is a piece of data that I don't understand. It feels a bit strange."

"Let's talk on the way. You come with me to the meeting."

"Okay, teacher." Lin Xiangnan followed happily.

Sun Yi and his friends ate secretly while admiring Lin Xiangnan's servile performance.

But even though Lin Xiangnan was a bootlicker, she didn't dare to take a proper vacation on Sunday and went directly to the train station with Gu Zhenhua to pick up her younger brother.

There were people coming and going at the train station, but Lin Xiangxi was still the most eye-catching one.

Wearing flared jeans, an afro, and sunglasses, he urged Lin Xiangnan as soon as he saw him, "Go, go, go home quickly. These big bags I'm carrying are really affecting my image."

The rustic urea bag carried on his shoulder does seem a bit inconsistent with Lin Xiangxi's trendy image.

Brother-in-law Gu Zhenhua took the initiative to help take the package.

Lin Xiangnan looked Lin Xiangxi up and down, and said with a sigh: "Coastal cities are really open. The jeans you wear are low-waisted! You are not afraid of the cold."

Lin Xiangxi was so fashionable that Lin Xiangnan even doubted whether he was too conservative. This pair of jeans was really too tight, which made Lin Xiangxi's butt look particularly round, and the bell-bottom bottom was also dragging on the ground and sweeping up the dust.

"I hope mom won't beat you with a stick when you go back." Lin Xiangnan was worried about his younger brother.

"Just fight me, what are you afraid of?" Lin Xiangxi shared excitedly, "Sister, I also bought you two pairs of low-waist flared jeans! We can wear them together later."