Chapter 53: Keeping secrets will lead to suffering
Su Xueqing and Ning Yanjing went downstairs together. When they arrived at the door of Su Xueqing's room, Ning Yanjing planned to check to see which piece of clothing was not dry.
The weather was hot and the sun was shining brightly in the morning, so some clothes had already dried, except for the thicker underwear which might not have.
"Let me see." Su Xueqing looked down at the clothes in Ning Yanjing's hand. She wanted to take all the clothes away directly, but Ning Yanjing handed them to Su Xueqing one by one.
"Are you afraid of the thunder outside?" Ning Yanjing asked.
"Fortunately, it's okay as long as we're not outdoors." Su Xueqing said, "If we're outdoors, we might get struck by lightning."
"We have to be careful." Ning Yanjing said, "See which clothes are not dry. I'll hang the clothes that are not dry upstairs."
"I'll go hang up." Su Xueqing said.
"It's thundering outside." Ning Yanjing said.
Su Xueqing wanted to say that all the clothes were dry, but Ning Yanjing had the ability to distinguish. He saw that Su Xueqing's underwear was not completely dry because the underwear was thicker and dried slowly.
"I'll go upstairs to hang up the clothes." Ning Yanjing said, "Put the dry clothes back in the room, and put my clothes in the room as well."
"Oh." Su Xueqing said.
When Ning Yanjing went upstairs to dry clothes, he reached out and gently stroked Su Xueqing's head. Su Xueqing looked at Ning Yanjing carrying the underwear that was not completely dry upstairs, and her cheeks were a little hot. She was really embarrassed to let Ning Yanjing only take her underwear upstairs, but the other clothes were dry. Even if Su Xueqing took another piece of clothing to Ning Yanjing, Ning Yanjing would not deliberately use another piece of clothing to cover that piece of underwear.
Su Xueqing put her clothes in the room first, and then put Ning Yanjing's clothes in his room. Ning Yanjing's room had no lock, and it opened with a light push. Su Xueqing came over and saw that Ning Yanjing's room was clean and tidy. He didn't put things everywhere like Su Xueqing.
Su Xueqing had just opened the door and hadn't put her clothes down when Ning Yanjing came downstairs.
Ning Yanjing naturally took the clothes from Su Xueqing, and Su Xueqing said, "It hasn't been folded yet, fold it yourself."
"Okay, I'll fold it myself." Ning Yanjing said with a smile, and he folded the clothes in no time.
"I'll go back first." Su Xueqing said.
"Okay." Ning Yanjing said, "Are you still sleeping?"
"I'm not going to sleep anymore." Su Xueqing shook her head. This sounded a bit strange. "I'll go downstairs."
"Watching TV?" Ning Yanjing asked.
"No." Su Xueqing shook her head. Televisions these days are different from the ones in Su Xueqing's previous life. They have long antennas. Su Xueqing didn't plan to watch TV during a thunderstorm. It would be better to be careful. She suddenly thought of something. "Has Aunt Li not come back yet? Where did she go? Did she bring an umbrella?"
"Aunt Li knows to bring an umbrella." Ning Yanjing said, "Don't worry, the rain will stop soon. The clothes have been put away, or are you worried that Aunt Li will not be able to come back in time to cook?"
"No, I'm worried about her safety." Su Xueqing said, "No, Aunt Li's clothes haven't been collected yet. I'll go check her clothes."
Su Xueqing ran out of Ning Yanjing's room. She was going to collect clothes for Aunt Li. Aunt Li's clothes were drying on the first floor, which also had sunlight, near the backyard. When Su Xueqing went over, she found that there was a shed above, so the rain could not wet Aunt Li's clothes. It was probably because Aunt Li put the clothes in early.
Ning Yanjing did not chase her downstairs. He wondered what Su Xueqing would do if he chased her downstairs. Ning Yanjing thought about Su Xueqing's shy face with red cheeks, and he smiled softly.
Since Ning Jiaxuan bought Su Xueqing pajamas, she has no plans to go to Su Xueqing for the time being. When Su Xueqing and Ning Yanjing were not together, Ning Jiaxuan and Su Xueqing were often together. After Su Xueqing and Ning Yanjing were together, Ning Jiaxuan appeared less in front of Su Xueqing.
Ning Jiaxuan was very understanding. Showing up occasionally would make Su Xueqing remember her, and her brother wouldn't think she was too clingy to her future sister-in-law. When her brother wasn't around, Ning Jiaxuan could spend more time with Su Xueqing.
After a while, the rain stopped. It was a thunderstorm that came quickly and went away quickly.
Aunt Li came back with a bamboo basket with vegetables in it. When it was raining, Aunt Li found a place to hide from the rain and waited for it to stop before coming back. As soon as Aunt Li came back, she quickly put the bamboo basket in the kitchen and went upstairs to collect the clothes.
"The clothes upstairs have been put away." Su Xueqing saw Aunt Li hurriedly going upstairs, and she said, "They were not wet by the rain."
"I brought an umbrella with me when I went out, but I forgot to collect the clothes upstairs." Aunt Li said, "The weather was good when I went out, and it rained suddenly."
Aunt Li brought an umbrella because the weather in summer is sometimes uncertain, so she brought an umbrella to avoid getting wet in the rain. Aunt Li thought that the weather was good and it shouldn't rain so soon, so she bought some vegetables and came back, but it rained unexpectedly.
"It's okay." Su Xueqing didn't mean to blame Aunt Li, "This is a natural accident and it's uncontrollable."
"The underwear is not dry yet, you have to keep hanging it out to dry." Aunt Li reminded Su Xueqing, "The surface is dry, but the inside is not dry."
"Leave it there to dry in the sun." Su Xueqing said. Thinking of Ning Yanjing helping her dry clothes, her cheeks felt a little hot again. "Did you get caught in the rain? Your clothes are wet. Change them quickly."
"It's not wet, it's dry." Aunt Li patted her clothes gently, "Luckily the rain stopped soon, if it didn't stop, I wouldn't be able to make it back in time to cook dinner."
"It's just a dinner. It doesn't matter if it's not cooked. What's important is your safety." Su Xueqing said, "Safety is very important in thunderstorms."
"Yeah." Aunt Li nodded. She liked working in this family because they were very considerate of her. They paid her a lot, provided she had few problems, and didn't ask for many things. It was very humane. "I'll go cook first."
"Okay." Su Xueqing nodded.
At this time, Ning Yanjing came down from upstairs.
"Aunt Li is back?" Ning Yanjing asked.
"Yes, I'm back." Su Xueqing replied, "I just came back."
"She's not back yet, I can cook for you." Ning Yanjing said.
Ning Yanjing's cooking skills were OK, at least Su Xueqing could eat it. Su Xueqing herself didn't like to eat the food she cooked. She had never learned how to cook systematically. She just watched others cook and thought about adding some salt and soy sauce. When cooking, she felt good about herself. When the food came out of the pot, Su Xueqing didn't want to look at it any more.
"Aunt Li is back!" Su Xueqing emphasized.
After dinner in the evening, Amelia Su sent her son to the Su family and asked Su's mother to help take care of the child.
"Did you make any money today?" Mother Su asked Amelia Su.
"After deducting the food for my relatives, I made some money." Amelia Su said, "When I closed the stall today, I saw those people who forced us to buy flour. They passed by our store and didn't let us buy it."
"Those people are not just in this street, they are also like this in other streets." Su's mother said, "They specifically pick the easy targets. Your third brother said that several families use their flour because the price is lower. Others sell the same product as you, but they make more money."
“Quality is more important.” Amelia Su said.
"I'm not asking you to buy it," Su's mother said, "I'm reminding you not to buy that kind of flour just for those crooked ones. Everyone here knows that that kind of flour is not good, it's too bad."
Su's mother cooks. When they go out to buy flour and noodles, they all have their own ideas. Some people think that as long as they have something to eat, some people still go to buy it because they are cheap. Su's mother doesn't buy that kind of flour for the health of her family. Outsiders who open shops are most likely to be suppressed. There are also some people who have no ability in their families. What others say is what they do, just like paying protection fees.
If you report this kind of thing to the police station, they may not be able to handle it.
Those people's buying and selling can still be called free trading, as long as they don't admit to forced buying and selling. There are also cases where the flour is of poor quality, but as long as it is edible, many things can be passed off.
Su Yamei opened a breakfast shop and it seems to be doing well now, but what if others lower their prices in the future?
Su's mother was afraid that Amelia Su and her husband would be upset, so she also went to buy that kind of flour.
"We are all neighbors." Su's mother said, "You still have to make things better."
"Don't worry, I won't buy that kind of thing." Amelia Su said, "We still have food to eat, how can we buy such terrible things. I have told Dashan that he can't buy such terrible things. If he dares to buy it, I will divorce him. When buying things, we have to go to regular places to buy them, and we can't be greedy for cheap things."
"It's good that you know." Su's mother said, "When doing business, you have to think long-term. Don't worry about what the policies will be like in the future. If the policies change, there are so many people in the country, and the law cannot hold everyone responsible. With so many people doing business, there won't be big mistakes. Don't think that making a profit is just a profit. Do better and do it for a longer period of time, and you can make money in the future."
“Mom, you don’t believe me so much?” Amelia Su asked.
"It's not that I don't trust you." Su's mother said, "People's hearts are fickle. The family selling noodles at the door changed their flour. After changing the flour, they said that they didn't change it and said it was the same as before. They really thought we couldn't taste the difference. There are fewer people buying, so they lowered the price a little, but there are not as many people buying as before. I buy it occasionally, but the noodles are still not as good as before. Who would buy it?"
Occasionally they would buy some flour, but that was because of the neighbors, who were wondering if the man would exchange the flour for them. No, they kept using the cheap and inferior flour, firstly because they could still make a profit by calculating the cost, and secondly because they were trapped, and if others asked them to buy, they had to buy. If they didn't buy, their shops would be smashed and they would be forced to stop doing business.
Sympathy is sympathy, but Su's mother didn't want to buy such bad things. There were children at home, Su San's wife had to feed the children, and Su's mother was old, so they couldn't just buy those things. If it was a very difficult time, there was really no other way, and it was good enough to have something to eat, they wouldn't care whether those things were good or not.
"We have just opened our business." Amelia Su said, "We can't possibly do such a stupid thing. I told Dashan that if those people dare to continue to come to our door, let them inquire about our family and find out who my future brother-in-law is."
The Su family has many relatives here, and there are still a few male descendants. If this doesn't work, there is still the Ning family.
“I guess those people know about our family’s situation, so they don’t dare to come here.” Amelia Su said, “Those people are really bold. This is the provincial capital. Aren’t they worried about being discovered?”
"There are people behind them." Su's mother said, "It's impossible for them to make money by cheating others without anyone's support."
“As long as they don’t come to us and force us to buy, I won’t care.” Amelia Su said.
"Yeah." Su's mother nodded.
Those who sold flour did not intend to force Amelia Su and her husband to buy flour. They were all smart people, and some of them were locals. Some people did not know the situation of the Su family at first. When they knew the situation of the Su family, they did not dare to force Amelia Su and her husband to buy flour, for fear that the Ning family would intervene.
The flour sellers know whether the flour is good or not. If the flour is of poor quality and they force people to buy it, they will be easily classified as evil forces and will be targeted. Some people cannot be offended, so they avoid them.
Early in the morning, Aunt Su came to see Amelia Su and her husband. She saw that Amelia Su’s breakfast shop was doing a booming business. She was happy for Amelia Su, and she thought that if her family could open such a breakfast shop, they should be able to make some money.
“Aunt, eat buns.” Amelia Su took a meat bun for Aunt Su.
"Do you need help?" asked Aunt Su.
"No need, the two of us can handle it." Su Yamei was shocked when she heard what Aunt Su said. Could it be that her aunt wanted the Yu family to come to her side to do things? She was a small business and couldn't hire anyone else.
"As long as you can handle it, your mom and others can come and help you when they are free." Aunt Su said.
"We don't need them to help with the business in the store. I've given the child to my mother to take care of." Amelia Su said, "They only have a pair of hands, and they can't turn into octopuses. Dashan and I can do these things in the store. We get up early and go to bed early in the evening."
"How is business? Are you making money?" asked Aunt Su.
“Earn some hard-earned money.” Amelia Su said, “Why, aunt, you also want to open a breakfast shop?”
"They did have this idea. Guochao and his friends don't have jobs yet, so they just do odd jobs. There aren't that many odd jobs for them to do." Aunt Su said, "They saw you opened a breakfast shop, so they wanted to open one too. Their cooking skills are not very good, so they wanted to come and learn from you."
"We also learned from others." Amelia Su said, "We spent money to learn from others. Everyone's cooking skills are different, and the steamed buns they make are also different. If you really want to learn, it's not impossible, but we really don't have time. We have to get up early to knead the dough. The dough must ferment before making steamed buns, and the fillings can't be prepared too early."
"You can let them come earlier." Aunt Su said.
"We got up in the early morning." Amelia Su said, "It takes time for my cousins to come here. From kneading the dough to the stuffing, there are particular requirements. It's not safe to come here late at night because there is a long distance on the road. It's better to spend some money to find someone to learn."
"What about during the day?" asked Aunt Su.
"We sold out at noon, so we have to go back and rest." Amelia Su said, "We didn't continue to make any more in the afternoon. We did make some in the morning, but not much. Our skills are not up to par, we are only half-baked. You should learn from us. If you are still half-baked, the buns you make will not taste like this."
Amelia Su was unwilling to teach the Yu family, there was no benefit, and others might leak their formula.
“Aunt, it’s not that we don’t want to teach my cousins, it’s just not worth it.” Amelia Su said, “You can find someone to learn from you. The round-trip fare is enough, and you don’t have to work so hard at night. They don’t have to sell breakfast, there are so many things they can do. In the evening, there are people selling roasted sweet potatoes in front of our store. Since we didn’t open the store, we didn’t let the people selling roasted sweet potatoes move to other places.”
As long as people don't make the ground dirty, everyone should be considerate of each other.
Amelia Su did not go to drive people away. If people came to sell at the door when Amelia Su was selling things, that would not work.
"You are their cousins and cousin-in-law, so we just want you to help." Aunt Su said, "It's not a good idea for them to stay at home all the time."
“They should have considered this issue when they returned to the city,” Amelia Su said.
"They still owe money, and they haven't paid it back yet. How can they pay it back when they have nothing to do?" Aunt Su was melancholy. "They owe money to your parents and other relatives."
Amelia Su thought that it was not that she owed so much money, "You have to pay back the money you owe, you can't not pay it back. If not... go to work on the construction site. I heard that the development zone needs a lot of people, and there are many people working there. As long as you have strength and can endure hardships, you can do it."
"There are dead people over there, how can we work?" Aunt Su was unwilling to let Yu Guochao go over to work, and Yu Guochao himself didn't want to go over to work either.
The development zone was recruiting workers, and that was open to the whole society. If Yu Guochao had worked there, he could have applied. But he didn't, because the work on the construction site was too hard, and he preferred to work in a factory.
"So many people, one died, there must be a reason, find the reason, solve it..."
"They want to climb the shelf." Aunt Su said, "The shelf is very high. If they accidentally step on empty space, they will fall down. That's not allowed."
"..." Amelia Su thought that her own mother still said that she was picky, and she felt that the Yu family was even more picky. There was no money to pay off the debt, and they were still thinking about doing easy work.
"Your cousin has a wife and children, so he should not do these dangerous jobs." Aunt Su said, "If an accident really happens, how will his wife and children survive?"
Yu Guochao and his wife did not go to look for Su Xueqing. They also thought that Su Xueqing might just throw them directly to the construction site.
"You make steamed buns, so at least you are your own boss, you..."
"Being your own boss, you are responsible for making money or losing money." Amelia Su said, "I still owe money to my parents. I borrowed the money from them to close the store. Aunt, we started by learning how to make buns from my mother, and later, they asked us to learn from the noodle chef. It is said that a good teacher produces good students, so if you want to learn, you have to learn better. Sharpening the knife does not delay chopping wood. You have to sharpen the knife when it is time to sharpen it, and you have to learn from others."
“Aren’t you afraid that they will spend money but not learn well?” Aunt Su heard Amelia Su’s subtext, but she was still unwilling to give up. “Let your cousins come and learn from you. If they don’t learn well, then let’s talk about it. This way you can spend less money. If you spend money to learn from a pastry chef and don’t learn well, they won’t refund the money. By the way, didn’t Xue Qing take a baking class at that time?”
"Yes." Amelia Su said, "Last year, when I returned to the city, she went to a baking class with her classmates, and often brought back the cakes they made. After the class, I seldom bake anymore, except occasionally. With my baking skills, it's not easy to open a shop, so it's okay for everyone to eat once in a while. She relies on good ingredients and has people around to help her, not entirely on her own. If you want to learn, don't look for me, she's even less likely to teach you."
Amelia Su thought that if Amelia Su heard what Aunt Su said, she must have looked like she had seen a ghost.
“If my cousins really want to learn, they can come over and study for a few days.” Amelia Su said.
"Well, I'll tell your parents to let your cousins sleep on the floor at your house, so they don't have to come over in the early morning." Aunt Su said, "Study for a few days first."
Coming in the early morning means that you didn't sleep much at night. You can come at around 7 or 8 o'clock the night before. Yu Guochao and his wife rested at Su's house for two or three hours, and then went with Wei Dashan to buy ingredients.
When Aunt Su went to tell Su's mother about this, Su's mother did not refuse. Everyone just wants to make a living, so any help would be appreciated.
After Xu Erge and Yu Li got their marriage certificate, Xu Erge and Yu Li cooked and did not go to Xu's house for dinner.
On a new afternoon, when Mrs. Xu passed by the home of Mr. Xu, she smelled the aroma of meat. When she returned home, Mrs. Xu told Mrs. Xu that Mr. Xu's family had cooked meat. Mr. Xu went out to set up a stall, and Yu Li cooked at home. After she finished cooking, she ate and then brought food to Mr. Xu.
"Mom, my second brother's wife cooked meat. It smells really good." Mrs. Xu looked at the vegetables and radishes on the table. She still wanted to eat meat. "Do you think they will send it to you and Dad?"
"They lit the fire themselves, fried some meat, and ate it themselves." said Xu's mother.
Xu Ruyun had previously told Xu's mother that Xu's second brother was already married, and asked Xu's mother and others not to think about Xu's second brother's things at home. Xu's second brother fried meat for dinner, and it didn't have to be given to Xu's father and mother. Xu Ruyun said that deliberately, just to prevent Xu's eldest sister-in-law from saying that. Xu Ruyun also said that if Xu's eldest sister-in-law said that, she would be tricking Xu's mother.
Therefore, when Xu's mother heard what Xu's wife said, she felt uncomfortable. Xu's wife wanted to make Xu's second brother move out early, but now she is staring at what he eats.
"The second son is going out to set up a stall. They are newlyweds, so it's understandable that they use some money to buy meat." Xu's mother said, "You and the eldest son are also going to set up a stall. You have money, so you can also use it to buy meat."
"It's enough to eat meat once in a while." Mrs. Xu was unwilling to spend money to buy meat. "Where can we get so much money to eat meat every day? My second brother and his wife don't know how to live, so we have to learn how to live."
Xu's mother was too lazy to say anything. Xu's sister-in-law did it on purpose. Xu's mother couldn't ask Yu Li to bring the meat over. That was too outrageous. If the son and daughter-in-law made something delicious, the parents would insist on eating it. It would alienate them. Before, Xu's mother asked the second brother to move out early, which made the second brother unhappy. Xu Ruyun also said a few words to Xu's mother.
Su Xueqing heard from Su Yanan about Aunt Su's eldest son and daughter-in-law going to learn how to make buns from Su Yamei and her husband.
Su Xueqing met Su Yanan on the road. Su Yanan was buying vegetables with a bamboo basket in her hand. There were a few tomatoes in the basket. Su Yanan's children liked to eat scrambled eggs with tomatoes, so she bought a few more tomatoes. The tomatoes could be kept for a day or two longer. After a long time, the seeds in the tomatoes would germinate.
"They sleep on the floor at my parents' house for two or three hours at night." Su Yanan said, "My parents agreed. My eldest sister and brother-in-law get up early in the morning, so they need to go to bed early at night and make up for their sleep in the afternoon. It's not easy for Yu Guochao and his wife to rest at their place. My parents will have to trouble themselves."
"Making breakfast...are they going to open a shop?" Su Xueqing asked.
"I haven't found anything to do, and I want to learn more." Su Yanan said.
"Can I learn it well?" Su Xueqing asked. She didn't think that cooking didn't require talent. Her own cooking skills were poor. She could do better by taking baking classes, with ready-made ingredients and following the teacher's instructions. If she did it herself, Su Xueqing would do worse.
"I don't know." Su Yanan said, "My aunt went to tell my elder sister and her husband personally. My elder sister couldn't refuse, so she asked someone to come and learn first."
"Let's learn first." Su Xueqing said, "It's not that we can't find work. The construction site in the development zone needs a lot of people. In addition to the villagers who need to be relocated, there are also people who take the ferry to work there. Build a simple house there to live and work there."
"Didn't someone die over there? My aunt is worried that something might happen to Yu Guo." Su Yanan said.
"When nothing happened, I didn't see them say they were going to work there." Su Xueqing said, "When the development zone construction site needed people, I asked my mother to tell them. I'm not responsible for recruitment, but many people signed up and basically got to work directly."
"The work on the construction site is hard. Yu Guochao and his team finally came back from the countryside to the city, but they are still willing to work in the remote countryside." Su Yanan said, "They don't want to do hard work either."
"It's not a remote place, it's... that's right, they have to take a ferry to get there, and if they go there to work, it's better for them to live there." Su Xueqing said, "But it can make money, it's better than them taking odd jobs at home."
"They have no work to do, but they have to send money to his father-in-law and mother-in-law every month, saying that they are paying back the money." Su Yanan said, "And they complain about this and that. At the beginning, it was really too early to say it. There is always a mountain higher than the mountain. My eldest sister is not picky, they are the ones who are picky."
Su's father found Wei Dashan a job as a porter, and Wei Dashan went to do it. Su Yamei worked as a vegetable washer for a few days. Yu Guochao and his wife were unwilling to even give it a try, they just stayed at home and waited for work to come to them.
"They are waiting for my uncle-in-law to give his job to Yu Guochao. You know my uncle-in-law very well. He is stingy." Su Yanan said, "Even when it comes to his own son, he thinks about himself first. It's not easy to ask his son for money. It's easier for him to work and earn money and spend it himself."
"Let them do whatever they want." Su Xueqing said, "Mom and Dad agreed to let them stay at home for a few days, and we can't say 'no'."
"Hmm." Su Yanan said, "I wonder what they can learn."
Su Xueqing bought some fruits and went to Su's house. As expected, she saw a quilt and straw mat in the corner of the living room. After having a refrigerator at home, the living room seemed more crowded. To make room for sleeping on the floor, you had to move the dining table away after dinner to make room.
"Grandma." Su Xueqing put the fruit on the table.
"Here it comes." Old Mrs. Su was holding a baby in her arms.
"Is this for my eldest sister or my third brother?" Su Xueqing asked.
"Can't you tell?" Old Mrs. Su asked, "It's just a few months."
"I think they all look the same." Su Xueqing didn't come every day, but after a few days, she felt that the children all looked the same and were very cute.
"This belongs to your third brother, it's smaller." said Old Mrs. Su.
"Grandma, how many days have my cousin and his wife been here to study?" Su Xueqing asked.
"They have been learning for three or four days." Mrs. Su said, "Last night they said it was hard to learn, saying the taste was different. They pay for the flour and stuffing themselves. If it's good, they sell it. If it's not good, they eat it themselves."
"Will big sister let them sell in her store?" Su Xueqing asked.
"They are not sold in your eldest sister's shop, but they are asked to carry baskets and sell them elsewhere." Old Mrs. Su said, "How good the buns can be made in just a few days. If they are not made well, they are not fluffy enough, and the dough becomes dead and hard."
Old Mrs. Su went to see the buns made by Yu Guochao and his wife. The buns made by Yu Guochao and his wife were not as good as those made by Su Yamei and his wife, both in appearance and the taste of the fillings.
"They also asked if your eldest sister and brother-in-law were hiding something and refused to teach them." Old Lady Su said, "I said no."
Mrs. Su understood what Yu Guochao and his wife meant. They wanted Mrs. Su, as an elder, to speak up and not let Amelia Su keep it to herself. Amelia Su and her husband learned to make steamed buns for breakfast. They had been learning for a long time. After they said they wanted to open a breakfast shop during the Chinese New Year, Wei Dashan started learning early, and Amelia Su also started learning after she finished her confinement.
How is it possible for Yu Guochao and his wife to do better than Amelia Su and his wife after just a few days of study?
Anyone who has cooked knows that the same ingredients, when cooked by different people, will taste different. From the way the dough is kneaded to the seasoning of the filling, everything is different.
"If my elder sister and brother-in-law really want to keep it secret, it's not their fault." Su Xueqing said, "How can you tell others about the ingredients you have? Ingredients and seasonings are extremely important."
"They have all learned step by step from your eldest sister and brother-in-law, but they haven't mastered it yet. They have to learn slowly." said Old Mrs. Su.
"Learn slowly... They can't live here for a month or two." Su Xueqing said, "If they can't learn well, they can do something else."
"Look at them." Old Mrs. Su said. They couldn't tell Yu Guochao and his wife not to study. If they did, the Yu family would only think they were stingy.
Yu Guochao and his wife arrived at the Su family around 8 or 9 in the evening. At this time, Su Xueqing had already gone home. Yu Guochao and his wife did not have dinner at the Su family. They were embarrassed to have dinner here, fearing that the Su family would be unhappy.
When Su Xueqing talked to Ning Yanjing about Yu Guochao and his wife, she felt a little disgusted.
"They are picky about everything they do." Su Xueqing leaned in Ning Yanjing's arms, and the two of them watched TV in the living room. "There are some risks at the construction site, but if you follow the steps and procedures, it is very safe. What we are afraid of is people who have little education and are unwilling to endure hardships. Earlier, I told my parents that they were recruiting workers there, and basically you can do the job once you go there. My parents also told my aunt, but my cousin and his family just didn't want to do it. Someone died a while ago, and they were glad they didn't go."
Su Xueqing thought it was a good thing that she didn't say that the Yu family had to go to the construction site to work. If she had said so, even if nothing happened to the Yu family, they might blame Su Xueqing.
"You still can't tell others where you're going to work casually." Su Xueqing said.
"Then don't tell them." Ning Yanjing said, "Don't introduce them to jobs."
Su Xueqing told Ning Yanjing not to care about those people, and Ning Yanjing really didn't care about those people.
"It's okay that they didn't come to me." Su Xueqing said, "They came to my elder sister."
At around eight o'clock in the evening, Yu Guochao and his wife were walking on the road. They rode their bicycles for a while and then walked again.
"Have you seen your cousin secretly put other things in there?" asked Mrs. Yu.
"I didn't see anything." Yu Guochao said, "It was just those seasonings. Nothing else was secretly added."
"Really?" Mrs. Yu frowned, "Why are the ones we made different?"
"The dough is also different. It may be because our craftsmanship is not up to par." Yu Guochao said that they didn't even knead the dough clearly.
"The dough is the dough, and the fillings are also very particular." Yu Dasao said, "We have been learning here for these days. We paid for the dough and the fillings ourselves, but we were not charged for the seasonings. You can ask your eldest cousin what kind of seasonings we should buy. Now we know, we can go back and make it ourselves, and we don't have to do it here all the time. We will record how long they knead the dough, and it will be the same every day."
"Let me ask." Yu Guochao said.
"It takes a long time to come here from so far away," said Mrs. Yu. "It takes two or three hours to go back and forth."
Sister Yu didn't want to come to the Su family all the time and sleep on the floor, so others had to move the table away. Sister Yu didn't hear the Su family say anything bad about them, but she knew that the Su family would be unhappy. If it were her, she wouldn't be happy either. For the sake of her relatives, she had to move the table away every day.
Su Xueqing's place has an empty room with a large space, so Yu Dasao didn't dare to say she would live there. The Su family lived in a crowded place, and no one said they would live there. Yu Dasao knew with her toes that the Su family would not allow the Yu family to live there. If that were the case, Su Xueqing would refuse, and Amelia Su would also refuse to teach them how to make buns.
"Your eldest cousin always said that she runs a business, so it's impossible for her to be taught so slowly by a teacher." Yu's wife said, "She said that if we want to learn better, we should find a pastry chef to learn from. That costs money. Is your eldest cousin hinting that we should give her money?"
"No, there's no need to give her money. She doesn't dare to take our money." Yu Guochao said, "As long as my uncle is still here, my cousin definitely wouldn't dare to take the money. She just said that."
"Not necessarily. Su Yanan and her sister don't dare to charge, but your cousin might." Yu's wife said, "You can ask clearly tomorrow, and then we can make it ourselves. We will use the same brand of seasoning they use. We can go back and make it ourselves. If we make more, maybe it will work."
When Yu Dasao thought about the money she had spent on flour and stuffing these days, she felt bad. The buns she made were not good-looking and they were not easy to sell. The remaining ones were basically eaten by the family. Yu Dasao felt bad about the money. There were too many things and there was no refrigerator. If they were left for a long time, they would go bad. Yu Guochao gave the things to his parents, younger brother, and younger sister-in-law. Yu Dasao was reluctant to give them up, but she couldn't eat them. She couldn't just leave them there and let them go bad.
Yu Guochao and his brother had already cooked separately, and Aunt Su and her husband ate with Yu Jiachao and his wife. Yu Dasao and Zhu Baoqian had a quarrel before, so the two brothers simply ate separately so that no one would take advantage of the other. Yu Jiachao had a stable job, and Aunt Su Xiao also ate there, so the food at home would be much better. Yu Guochao's children sometimes couldn't stand it and ran over to stare at Aunt Su Xiao, and Aunt Su Xiao would pick some dishes for the children.
When Zhu Baoqian saw Aunt Su picking up food for the child, she would not say anything when she was happy, but would say something sarcastic when she was unhappy. Yu Dasao let the child go over there, and unless Zhu Baoqian said something unpleasant, Yu Dasao would not push the child back. She would privately tell the child that grandpa and grandma were eating over there and that there were delicious foods over there.
"Sleeping on the floor is too uncomfortable." Yu Dasao said, "It's true that I came from the countryside, but I didn't always sleep on the floor at my parents' home. I had a bed to sleep on. If our family wasn't well off, you wouldn't have married me at that time."
In order to suffer less, the educated youth who went to the countryside married local girls. They also looked at the conditions of the local girls. The same was true for the female educated youth. The people they married were generally not too bad. For a few who married very bad people, there were other factors. Some were forced, and some suffered the consequences of their own actions.
"It's just making steamed buns, it's not that complicated." Mrs. Yu said, "The dough will ferment. We can get the hang of it after we do it a few times."
Sister Yu kept talking, and Yu Guochao listened carefully. The two of them unanimously decided to ask Amelia Su. They didn't want to stay in the Su family any longer and didn't want to suffer. They had a good bed at home, but they had to sleep on the floor at the Su family, and they had to owe favors to others. It was too uncomfortable.
Amelia Su knew the little thoughts of Yu Guochao and his wife, so she placed the seasonings there clearly. The same seasoning could make a difference if the amount added and the order were different.
When Yu Guochao asked about the seasoning, Amelia Su directly asked Yu Guochao to look, "Take your notes and write down what brand and what kind it is. We use these seasonings and no other seasonings. This is grass fruit, not opium poppy. Addictive things cannot be used. Don't blame me for not telling you, the ingredients must be good, not too bad."
When Amelia Su and her husband went to buy seasonings, someone recommended poppy shells to them. Amelia Su and her husband did not buy them, as they knew what grass fruit looked like. Amelia Su and her husband heard that Yu Guochao and his wife were going to write it down and go back to learn, and Amelia Su was very happy, and they should go back quickly.
The breakfast shop itself is small, and it is too crowded for four people. The key is that Yu Guochao and his wife are not doing a good job. Amelia Su does not need Yu Guochao and his wife to help them with the work. If they really let Yu Guochao and his wife work, Amelia Su and his wife will be criticized if they don't pay.
“You go back and try it.” Amelia Su said, “My aunt’s cooking skills are okay. If you can’t do it well, you can let my aunt take a look to see if there is something wrong and whether there is anything that can be improved.”
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