Chapter 217: Old
As soon as Wen Zhaodi left, Zheng Jie Xiu went to the store to knead dough.
Today she only kneaded 60 kilograms of flour. When Wen Zhaodi came back covered in dew, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law washed it carefully, chopped the meat, and mixed the stuffing.
They wanted to regain their lost reputation, and Zheng Jie Xiu mixed the meat filling very carefully and tasted it several times.
As usual, Yu Hui got up at five o'clock to pick up the meat. When she put on her clothes and left the room, she saw that Gu Huai had already gotten up and was wiping himself with cold water in front of the washing table early in the morning.
His upper body was naked, and his lower body was wearing the short pajamas that Yu Hui made for him.
When they saw each other, they were both stunned.
After a while, Yu Hui frowned and said, "You're taking a cold shower so early in the morning. Aren't you afraid of catching a cold? It's already autumn."
Although the autumn heat has not yet gone away, it is still very cool in the morning.
She was wearing a long-sleeved shirt and still felt chilly early in the morning.
Even in summer, it is not appropriate to take a bath like this early in the morning.
Could Gu Huai say that he got up early in the morning to take a cold shower in order to cool down his internal heat?
Of course not!
"I just came back from running and I'm sweating..."
He came back from running so early?
Doesn't that mean he got up at around four o'clock?
Yu Hui interrupted him, "You shouldn't take a cold shower after just running. You're already old, how come you don't even know this common sense?"
You are almost thirty years old, but you really think you are still a young man of seventeen or eighteen.
No, a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old cannot take a cold shower after running in the early morning of autumn.
At an age...
Gu Huai was hit by an arrow in the chest and whispered back, "You're not that old, you're only 29..."
When he said the four words "only twenty-nine", his confidence was obviously lacking.
"What did you say?" Yu Hui didn't hear clearly.
Gu Huai: "...Nothing."
Gu Huai put on his clothes, looked at Yu Hui who was coming over and said, "I'll go get the meat."
It's getting late now and there aren't many people walking around outside at this time. It doesn't feel very safe.
"Are you okay?" Yu Hui looked at him and asked.
Gu Huai: "...What's wrong with that?"
It's just a matter of taking on some meat. He can do it even if he is asked to kill a pig and cut the meat.
"Okay then, you go get the meat and I'll make breakfast at home." Yu Hui said, taking out the keys and money from her pocket and giving them to Gu Huai.
"After you give the driver the money, tell him that the amount of meat you want tomorrow will be the same as today."
"Okay." Gu Huai nodded, took the key, and went out.
When they arrived at the grocery store, the driver hadn't come yet, so Gu Huai waited for a while.
The bun shop is already open, the buns are already steaming and the air is filled with fragrance.
After waiting for a while, the meat processing plant's car stopped in front of the grocery store.
Then, trucks delivering other goods also stopped outside the grocery store one after another.
"Here are the steamed buns, big steamed buns with delicious sauced meat. Five cents each, ten cents for two. As a reward to new and old customers, buy two and get one free. Limited time only for three days, only three days." Wen Zhaodi started shouting when she saw the drivers coming.
The buy-two-get-one-free promotion was proposed by Director Wu in order to restore the reputation of the bun shop.
Something happened to the bun shop yesterday, so business today is definitely not going to be good. If I want to sell the buns, I have to use some preferential treatment to make profits.
Such discounts will make some people tempted to buy.
The people who bought the buns found that they tasted really good, and the reputation of their bun shop will definitely be gradually restored.
Those who like to eat their buns will continue to buy buns.
When Master Zhang from the meat processing factory heard this, he immediately scoffed, "Buy two, get one free. I'm afraid they didn't sell out yesterday, right?"
Zheng Jie Xiu wanted to argue with someone as soon as she opened her mouth. Wen Zhaodi saw it and quickly pulled her back.
"Of course not," Wen Zhaodi said with a smile. "We contacted the pig farm to take away the unsold buns from yesterday to feed the pigs."
Secretary Wu knew the people at the pig farm, so he didn't ask for any money. He just did them a favor and let them take the pig away for free.
"These buns are made with freshly bought meat this morning, freshly prepared fillings, and freshly made."
"Master, I'm sorry about what happened yesterday. It's true that our buns didn't taste good. We'll give you these buns today." Wen Zhaodi picked up two buns, handed them to Master Zhang with a pained look, and apologized with a smile.
Zheng Jie Xiu's heart was bleeding, but he held back when he thought of his son's words.
Master Zhang looked at Wen Zhaodi in surprise. If it weren't for the fact that feudal superstitions were not allowed nowadays, he would have wanted to wonder if this person had been possessed by another spirit.
The attitudes yesterday and today are completely two extremes.
"Did you put drugs in the buns?" he asked.
Wen Zhaodi's expression cracked slightly. "We are all honest military families doing business. How could we do something like drugging someone?"
Master Zhang: "That's hard to say. I wouldn't dare eat your buns."
Wen Zhaodi: “…”
This person really doesn't know what's good for him.
"Master Zhang, please sign." Sister Tang walked up to Master Zhang with the form.
Master Zhang bowed his head and signed, then looked around and asked, "Why hasn't Boss Yu come yet?"
"Coming." Gu Huai walked over.
"Who are you?" Master Zhang looked at Gu Huai and asked.
"I'm Yu Hui's lover. I'm here to help her get the meat."
Master Zhang glanced at Sister Tang and asked her for confirmation.
Sister Tang nodded, "This is indeed Xiaoyu's lover."
She looked at Gu Huai and thought: Captain Gu is so good to his wife. He has to go to work and is very busy, but he still comes to help his wife receive the meat so early in the morning.
When Wen Zhaodi saw Gu Huai coming to help Yu Hui receive the meat, she felt jealous.
After confirming the situation, Master Zhang turned around and went to unload the meat from the carriage, muttering quietly, "Boss Yu looks so young, but how come his wife looks so old?"
Gu Huai: "..."
Are you polite?
At this moment, he really wanted to grab Master Zhang by the collar and say, "Open your eyes and take a good look. How am I old? How am I old?"
He is the youngest deputy regiment commander in their military region.
After experiencing two blows of aging in succession in the morning, Gu Huai began to doubt himself, "Am I really that old?"
I once wondered if I, as an older person, was not worthy of my young and beautiful wife.
To the extent that, people are a little absent-minded when eating breakfast.
The buy-two-get-one-free promotion did attract some people who were unaware of the bun spoilage incident to buy buns.
Because of Zheng Jie Xiu's serious attitude, the taste of the buns has improved a lot compared to before. Although the meat filling is still caotou meat and paozaizi meat, the fishy smell is suppressed by the solid seasoning.
Many people ate the buns and praised them for being delicious.
However, most people who knew about the spoiled buns incident did not buy buns because of the buy-two-get-one-free promotion or the warm greetings from Zheng Jiexiu, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
There were a small number of people who were greedy for a bargain. After asking those who had eaten the buns and finding out that they were fresh and delicious, they still paid for a few.
But even with such an event, by the time Yu Hui and her friends went to the store, less than half of the items had been sold.
"I'm here." Qian Lan, who was already kneading noodles in the store, greeted Yu Hui who walked into the store with her three children.
"Good morning, sister-in-law." Yu Hui also greeted with a smile.
Qian Lan looked at the ginger linen shirt and trousers she was wearing and frowned, "Why don't you dress up properly? Don't you have an interview today?"
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