Chapter 298 The Worst One is You, Qian Lan
The weather was getting colder and colder, and fewer and fewer people came to Gu's house to watch TV at night. The noodle shop's business was also good because of the cold weather, and fewer people lined up to eat noodles. The only reason was that it was too cold to stand outside and eat.
Even though the noodle shop is open both at noon and in the evening, the stock of goods is reduced by half.
After lunch, when the last noodle customer left, Yu Hui discussed with Qian Lan, "Now that the weather is cold, there are fewer people lining up for noodles, and business is much worse. Why don't we close early and reopen after the Chinese New Year?"
The weather was cold, and she really didn't want to get up so early to work. She often had to touch cold water when handling ingredients, and her little finger was frostbitten, and it would itch at night.
Gu Hongmei often has to wash dishes and vegetables, and she has developed several chilblains on her hands.
Qian Lan frowned. "Although there are fewer people eating noodles now, the store still has business and can make money. It won't lose money. I don't think we need to close so early. It won't be too late to finish this month."
Chinese New Year is not until February this year. If they close now, won’t they have to take a break for two months?
Qian Lan wanted to earn more money and didn't want to stay at home every day and deal with that annoying old witch.
Yu Hui thought for a moment and said, "Since we're not closing the shop yet, let's do a two-shift system. There aren't many people eating noodles in the shop right now, so one person can handle it. There's no need for three people to stay in the shop."
"I'll be leaving at noon after I'm done. You and Hongmei will take turns working the morning and evening shifts. On the morning shift, you'll be working with me until noon and then leaving. On the evening shift, you'll be working alone at 4:30 and then going home after you're done."
Qian Lan thought this was a good idea, and Gu Hongmei also agreed. The morning and evening shifts will be implemented starting tomorrow.
Tomorrow Qian Lan will work the morning shift with Yu Hui, and Gu Hongmei will work the evening shift alone.
The sugar-controlled diet these days has wiped out all the fat and water in Bao Pandi's stomach, and his face is pale.
She ate every meal and ate quite a bit, but she always felt hungry soon after eating.
She is greedy.
Yu Qiang and Qian Lan both strictly controlled her diet. If she wanted to eat candy or biscuits, she would have to jump out of the room on one foot, holding on to the wall, when they were not at home, and rummage through the cabinets in the main room to find something to eat.
After finally finding a bag of rock sugar, Bao Pandi quickly opened it and stuffed a handful into his mouth.
The sweet taste entered his mouth, flowed down his throat and into his stomach. Bao Pandi was so moved that he almost shed tears.
She grabbed a handful and put it in her pocket, then hopped back into her room on one foot, lay down on the bed, and fell asleep with the candy in her mouth.
In the afternoon, Qian Lan came home from get off work and wanted to take some rock sugar out of the cupboard to stew some braised pork in the evening. She found that the cupboard had been opened and the rock sugar that had been unopened had been opened, with almost half a bag missing.
At this moment, she didn't think about Bao Pandidi, but was wondering if Yu Lixin had secretly taken rock sugar to school to eat.
After all, he'd done this kind of thing before.
Qian Lan took the rock sugar to the kitchen, and when she didn't hear any movement from the old witch, she went to check the room.
Seeing the person sleeping and snoring quietly, she rolled her eyes and had a bad idea.
Shouted loudly: "Mom, Mom, wake up."
Bao Pandi, who was soundly asleep, was startled awake. He opened his eyes and froze for two seconds before looking at Qian Lan in shock and scolding her, "Why are you yelling? You scared me to death! I was sleeping soundly."
Qian Lan covered her chest in feigned fear, "Mom, you scared me. I thought you had some diabetic complications, fainted or something!"
Bao Pandi's eyes twitched with anger, and he cursed angrily, "Just curse me."
"Mom, you're wronging me again. I'm not cursing you, I'm just worried about you."
Bao Pandi: “…”
Cursing in my heart.
Braised pork needs to be cooked for a long time so that it melts in your mouth.
At 4:30, Qian Lan started to cook the braised pork so that Yu Qiang and the children could start eating as soon as they came back.
It gets dark early, so now everyone has to eat earlier.
Bao Panddi, who was awakened by Qian Lan, was no longer sleepy. She was eating rock sugar on the bed. While eating, she smelled the aroma of meat, which made her drool.
She made up her mind that she must ask her son to let her eat two more pieces of meat tonight. She was so lacking in oil and water that her mouth was almost drooling.
"Mom, do we have braised pork tonight?" Yu Lixin came home from school and smelled the braised pork, so he rushed into the kitchen.
"That's right." Qian Lan nodded and said, "I made two kilograms of braised pork, so you can have enough to eat for a few days."
"Great." Yu Lixin jumped up with joy.
"By the way, have you taken the rock candy from the cabinet to school these past two days?"
Yu Lixin: “No.”
"Then why is half a pack of rock candy missing from the one I bought?"
Yu Lixin: "I don't know. Anyway, I didn't take any. Now I go to the grocery store to buy fruit candy."
Fruit candies cost one cent each, are sour and sweet, and taste much better than rock candy.
Who would eat rock sugar when you have money to buy fruit candy?
Seeing that her son didn't seem to be lying, Qian Lan glanced in the direction of her mother-in-law's room and knew what was going on.
It was time for dinner at the Yu family. As soon as Bao Pandi was carried by his son to sit on a stool, he picked up his chopsticks to eat the braised pork.
Seeing this, Qian Lan picked up the braised pork directly.
"Qiangzi, look at your wife. Now she won't even give me a piece of meat to eat." Bao Panddi was so angry that his hands were shaking.
Qian Lan: "I put sugar in this braised pork, Mom can't eat it. I'm sorry, Mom, I put the sugar in the pot and then I remembered that you can't eat sugar, and there's no way to get the sugar out."
"I'll be working the night shift tomorrow. I'll cook you some fish for lunch. The doctor said you can eat fish."
Yu Qiang was a little angry at Qian Lan for forgetting that her mother couldn't eat sugar and putting sugar in the meat, but when he heard Qian Lan say that she would cook fish for his mother tomorrow, he felt relieved.
"Mom, don't eat the braised pork today. Let's have fish tomorrow."
"I don't eat fish, I want to eat meat!" Bao Pandi became even angrier when he saw Yu Qiang still speaking for Qian Lan.
What she hates eating the most is fish. Not only are there too many bones, but it also smells fishy if not cooked properly.
"Mom..." Yu Qiang frowned and signaled his mother to be obedient and not make a fuss like a child.
Seeing his ugly face, Bao Pandi also got angry, "I'm not your mother, you're my father. You control me so tightly that you don't even let me eat meat."
"My son won't let me eat meat. What's the point of living? I might as well die." Bao Pandi said as he hit his injured leg with his hand.
Qian Lan smiled secretly in her heart, but frowned as she advised, "Mom, don't be like this. Yu Qiang is doing this for your own good."
"It was you who instigated Yu Qiang to not give me meat. How could you be so cruel, woman? If I had known, I shouldn't have let Yu Qiang marry you. You didn't earn a penny before, and not only did you rely on Yu Qiang for support, you also used his salary to support your parents and brother."
"You are a scoundrel, and you, Qian Lan, are the worst!" Bao Pandi pointed at Qian Lan's nose and cursed.
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