After Qiu Yan finished speaking, she went to the backyard to see if her younger sister had returned.
Tian Xiu was washing vegetables in the backyard when she saw Qiu Yan and quickly greeted her respectfully.
Not long after her mother died, she returned to work at the wonton shop.
She works efficiently, and without her mother as an obstacle, things are much smoother for her.
Qiu Yumei liked her very much and always wanted to introduce her to the young men in the village, and Tian Xiu did not object to this.
In the backyard, as soon as Gu Xiaoran saw Qiu Yan, she ran to her arms with her short legs, "Mom..."
Before she could finish speaking, Qiu Yan glared at her, and Gu Xiaoran stopped talking. "Don't be so busy every day, it hurts me to see you like this."
The grown-up-like voice made Zhu Juan, who was standing nearby, laugh.
"My lord, why don't you feel sorry for me? I've been running around chasing you every day until my legs are thin."
Qiu Yan deeply resonated with Zhu Juan's words. Gu Xiaoran was quick on her feet and even faster; before she knew it, she was gone.
Gu Xiaoran blinked her bright, sparkling eyes. "Aunt Zhu, I'm so small and I'm not tired at all."
Zhu Juan: "Uh... what the young master says is true."
Qiu Ling'er pushed open the back gate and heard this question as soon as she entered: "Xiao Ran, what's wrong with you? Aren't you tired?"
Gu Xiaoran said earnestly, "I'm not tired from running."
"Ling'er, are you hungry? Wash your hands, it's time to eat."
Qiu Ling'er did as instructed. Just as Qiu Yan was about to go to the shop in front, she heard Zhao Da Sao's voice coming from inside:
"Third sister-in-law, now that you're doing well, could you help out our eldest son's family? We shouldn't let the good stuff go to outsiders. Right now, my mother, your two nieces, and I are all unemployed at home. Do you think we could work at your shop too?"
After Sister-in-law Zhao finished speaking, her two daughters echoed her sentiments:
"Third Aunt, please take us in."
"Yes, Auntie, once we earn money, we will take good care of you."
Sister-in-law Zhao had long heard that Qiu Yan had opened a wonton shop in Baiyang, which was managed by Qiu Yumei. That's why she insisted on urging Xu to come and find work.
She knew that Qiu Yumei and Xu Shi had always had a good relationship. No matter what, Qiu Yumei couldn't refuse Xu Shi.
Madam Xu also looked at Qiu Yumei with anticipation. She also wanted to earn more money so that she could help Zhao San's family in the future and help her beloved grandsons, An'an and Yangyang, get married.
After hearing this, Zhu Silang and his wife stood silently to the side, because they had a contract of life and death, so they didn't have to worry about being fired.
However, Zhang Ming and Gao Yuan are different.
The two men looked rather unwell. They had finally managed to gain a foothold and were just waiting to earn some more money so they could get married.
If there's no work to do, I'll have to go back home and farm.
Qiu Yumei shook her head and said to Sister-in-law Zhao, "Sister-in-law, we have quite a few workers in this shop, we can't add that many more."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yuan and Gao Ming felt somewhat relieved.
Zhao Dasao and her two daughters immediately fell silent. Xu Shi could understand what Qiu Yumei was saying; there was no reason to make multiple people do what one person could do.
Qiu Yan isn't someone with so much money she doesn't know what to do with it, so why would she support these idle people for nothing?
Just as Xu was thinking this, she heard Zhao's sister-in-law continue, "If we can't add that many, how many more people can we add?"
This time, Qiu Yumei looked directly at Madam Xu and said, "Mother, we are short of someone to wash the dishes in our shop. If you would like to do it, you can do it."
Their wonton shop was short of a woman to wash dishes.
My mother-in-law is a good person and has always treated her very well. Although she is a bit old, she has been used to farm work since she was a child and can still do things like washing dishes.
She is now the female owner of the wonton shop, and because of her relationship with Qiu Yan, it is certainly possible for her to place someone in the shop, but it is absolutely impossible for it to be her sister-in-law.
Qiu Yumei knew that her sister-in-law was mean-spirited and always liked to take advantage of others.
When she was usually in the village, her sister-in-law always felt that her mother-in-law favored her and would always argue with her over the smallest things.
She currently manages the wonton shop, and if her sister-in-law were to work there, there would only be more work to do.
Xu knew that Qiu Yumei was still on her side.
She said happily, "Great! These chores won't be difficult for you, Mother."
Sister-in-law Zhao pursed her lips, somewhat displeased, but quickly put on a smiling face again.
"Third sister-in-law, Mother is so old, she should stay at home. My sister-in-law can do the washing of dishes."
Her two daughters echoed in unison, "We can do it too."
Looking at her two daughters and then at Qiu Yan, Sister-in-law Zhao thought, "They're about the same age, so why is there such a big difference between them?"
She was starting to look down on her daughter. "Yu Mei, the three of us can do this job. Please do us a favor. After all, the three of us are better than your mother, right?"
Mrs. Xu was somewhat displeased, but she remained silent.
Qiu Yumei shook her head again, "Sister-in-law, it's not that I don't want to help you, but our shop is only so big, we don't need so many people."
Zhao's sister-in-law was usually very jealous of Qiu Yumei, and now she was even more so. "Qiu Yumei, you're family, can't you help her out a little?"
Madam Xu glared at Zhao's eldest daughter-in-law, "Eldest daughter-in-law, speak properly."
Sister-in-law Zhao tried to persuade her again, but Qiu Yumei still refused to accept them. What kind of relatives were these? They weren't even as good as outsiders.
The argument ceased instantly as Qiu Yan entered.
As soon as Qiu Ling'er arrived at the shop in front, she was surprised to find four more people. "Grandma Xu, you've arrived."
Madam Xu smiled kindly, "Ling'er has grown so tall."
Without Qiu Yan having to ask, Madam Cao brought food to Qiu Yan and the others.
Qiu Yumei served a bowl of wontons to each of her mother-in-law and sister-in-law.
As Sister-in-law Zhao ate the fragrant wontons, she wanted to stay and work even more. "Qiu Yan..."
"Auntie, what my aunt means is also what I mean."
Qiu Yan didn't give Zhao Dasao a chance to say anything more. She was always decisive and would never waste time on such matters.
In the end, after getting a free meal of wontons, Zhao's mother and her two daughters had no choice but to leave.
Before leaving, the mother and her two daughters were full of resentment and disliked Qiu Yumei even more.
Qiu Yumei didn't care what Sister-in-law Zhao thought of her. Just as she said, the wonton shop really didn't need anyone.
Anyway, the two of them didn't have a good relationship before, and she didn't owe her anything, so she didn't need to fawn over her.
After Zhao Dasao and the other two left, Qiu Yumei and Xu Shi also left the shop.
She planned to take her mother-in-law to the market and buy her some clothes while she was there.
Before long, Hu Ying strolled into their wonton shop with small, quick steps.
This surprised Qiu Yan quite a bit.
Qiu Yan glanced at her but ignored her. Tian Xiu, however, said, "Boss, this woman has been appearing at our shop lately, saying she's looking for you."
Qiu Yan thought to herself that she had been busy with building the house with her second uncle these past few days and had rarely gone to Xingyue Tower, so how could she have run into her?
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