"I'm going out. Guagua and Niuniu can go to the nearby playground to play. Remember to go home early. Aning, stay at home and study hard." After Xu Xiangjuan finished speaking to one or two little boys, she turned and left.
Zhou Chengning and Guagua Niuniu saw her leave, waited for a while, walked to the corridor and looked down to see where their lover/mother was.
Only when the lover/mother rode away on her bicycle and disappeared did the adult and two children return to the house.
Guagua: "Dad, will mom abandon us? Xiaomei said her mom often went out and later didn't come home. Later, she didn't want her and dad anymore. Her dad later remarried, so Xiaomei had a stepmother."
Xiaomei's stepmother is so mean. She gives all the delicious food to her little brother and never gives any to her.
Niu Niu: "No stepmother."
Niu Niu also heard from sister Xiaomei that his stepmother gave all the delicious food to his younger brother and not to sister Xiaomei.
Although Niu Niu doesn’t have a younger brother...oh, if Zhu Zhu is considered a younger brother, he must be very sad if his mother gives all the delicious food to Zhu Zhu and doesn’t give it to him.
His mother can give it to him and he can give it to his younger brother, but his mother cannot give all the food to his younger brother directly, because he will be unhappy.
But their mother would not give all the food to only one child. She gave it to both children, so he and his sister had some.
Zhou Chengning: "Mom just made an appointment with Zhuzhu's mom to go out for a walk. Aren't Guagua and Niu Niu going to the playground to play? Mom also has friends to go out to play... Mom doesn't go out often. When the restaurant opens, she has to stay in the restaurant. It's very hard. Mom will not not go home, and Dad will not marry another wife. Dad only has one wife, and you only have one mother."
He didn’t know what the two kids heard outside, but he still wanted to explain it to them.
Guagua and Niu Niu said that their father would not lie, and Zhou Chengning certainly would not lie.
Although he did not have the "fear" that the other children had about their mother going out alone, he was still somewhat melancholy and uneasy.
He originally wanted to go out with his lover, so he would at least ride his bicycle to send his lover there and then pick her up when the time was about the same.
But his wife directly refused and wanted him to go by himself, and asked him to stay at home and study hard. He could only force himself to calm down and study.
Looking at his son and daughter, Zhou Chengning said, "Guagua and Niuniu, if you want to go out and play, go out and play. Come home early so that mom won't miss you when she comes back."
Guagua: "I've already played in the morning. I have to wait for my mom to come home in the afternoon. I won't go to the playground to play."
We always go to the playground to play in the morning on weekends. We played there today.
"No." Niu Niu and his sister waited for their mother to come home.
Zhou Chengning: "Okay, Guagua will do oral arithmetic training, Niu Niu will write, and wait for mom to come back."
When the two children saw their father’s gentle smile, they really wanted to regret and asked him to take back what he had just said.
The two children had painful expressions on their faces, but in the end, those who did mental arithmetic training continued to do mental arithmetic training, while those who did continue to write continued to write.
It is summer now and mats have been laid at home. The two children use the bed as a table and move small stools to sit on to complete the tasks assigned by their father.
When Niu Niu was younger, he regarded writing as a fun thing and had no aversion to it. But when he grew up and followed his sister's path, he felt that writing was no longer fun.
However, Niu Niu is still young and hasn't even started kindergarten, so Zhou Chengning didn't make it difficult for Niu Niu. He just practiced basic characters like one, two, three. Niu Niu really started to write and was able to concentrate on writing.
Guagua kept counting his fingers to practice mental arithmetic. Only after doing the mental arithmetic did he realize that writing was really simple.
My daughter and son are concentrating on writing, and Zhou Chengning is also studying. I hope my lover can come home early today.
...
Unlike Guagua Niu Niu's "dire straits", Xu Xiangjuan went to the tea restaurant and had a happy chat with Guan Qian.
Guan Qian: "You want to open a restaurant here?"
Xu Xiangjuan: "I have already selected a few stores. I will take a closer look when the time comes and I will have a clue."
The days of spending money without earning any are too hard to bear, she can't just sit there and do nothing. She is almost done with her break for two months, so it's time to take action.
Guan Qian: "The rent here is not cheap. If you don't do a good job, you will suffer losses."
She was afraid that Xu Xiangjuan would be too fearless and lose all her money.
Xu Xiangjuan: "I run a restaurant in my hometown. I came to Huadu when I had some capital. I can't just wait for my husband to get a job before opening a restaurant."
Guan Qian: "I will definitely visit you then. I am free even if I don't have classes... When you open, I will ask Dayue to invite his friends. My parents have a lot of friends, so they can help you get a good start."
Xu Xiangjuan laughed: "If the food is unpalatable, wouldn't it be embarrassing for you and your wife?"
Guan Qian: "It's not bad, I think it's delicious. When Zhuzhu gets home, he's still thinking about when he can go to his aunt's house for dinner. Dayue and I don't know how to cook, so when we're busy, we send the kids to their grandparents' house. In the past, we could get by with milk powder and porridge, but now that Zhuzhu is older, he wants to eat this and that."
Her parents, father-in-law and mother-in-law are not specialized in the food business. If they had the ability, they would have opened a restaurant long ago. Therefore, their cooking skills are average, let alone her and the one in her family.
I was busy studying before, and later I worked and stayed in school. I mostly ate in the cafeteria. I thought that when I grew up, there would be cafeterias in kindergartens, elementary schools, junior high schools and high schools, and it would be convenient to eat in the cafeteria. Anyway, I didn’t care much about cooking.
Yin Yue knew that Zhou Chengning's family was going to open a restaurant earlier than Guan Qian, but after hearing that Zhou Chengning had a good plan and his family had the capital, he did not tell Guan Qian, for fear that the relationship that had just been eased would become strained again because of this matter.
Xu Xiangjuan: "It's normal. My baby Guagua and Niu Niu are like this too. Niu Niu is only a few months older than Zhuzhu, but now they can basically eat softer food. If Zhuzhu wants to eat, you can bring the baby over to eat on your day off next week."
Guan Qian: "You can't spoil her like this, or she'll keep asking to go to her aunt's house for dinner. By the way, what are you going to sell in your restaurant?"
Xu Xiangjuan: "For soups, we will have hand-rolled noodles, rice noodles, and vermicelli. For stir-fried dishes, we will have fried noodles, fried vermicelli, and fried rice cakes. For rice, we will have rice with toppings. By then, we will not only have vegetables, but also braised meat, duck heads, duck feet, chicken legs, duck legs, chicken feet, braised eggs, dried tofu, and cold noodles. These are tentative plans. In the future, we may sell soups, porridges, red beans, mung beans, white fungus, and red dates."
Guan Qian felt a little dizzy after hearing this. The variety was really too complete: "How many people do we need to hire to handle this?"
Xu Xiangjuan: "I can only be busy when there are customers. I can handle it alone without customers. Besides, Aning passed the interview and will not go to work until the end of August. He will definitely not want to stay at home to study. I will find a restaurant with a small room when the time comes. He usually studies in the restaurant. If he is too busy, I will ask him to help me. If there are too many customers later, I will go and hire someone else."
What she said seems like a lot, but in fact, not that much work is required. The preparation work is troublesome, but there is no rush. The braised dishes are braised in advance, and there is a fixed pot every day, and they are gone once they are sold out.
Soup noodles are boiled noodles. The noodles should be processed in advance and the soup should be ready. If the guests want to eat it, it is not difficult to make.
Just mix the cold noodles and it’s done. Stir-frying requires more effort, but I feel like not many people eat stir-fried ones.
She prepared for the worst, thinking there wouldn't be many customers and she could handle it herself.
Of course, if there are really a lot of people, we will make other plans and we will definitely need to recruit more people.
After Aning's interview results came out, he had no worries. Compared with the exam in December, he thought that the family business was more important.
He said it would not be too late to prepare for the exam after he started working at Renda University.
But for his sake, Xu Xiangjuan still wanted to find a good restaurant.
The shops near the Huadu school district are all for rent, not residential buildings. Compared with residential buildings, the rent of those shops is more expensive, but they are indeed suitable for opening restaurants.
Guan Qian: "I feel like there will definitely be a lot of customers. If you need to recruit people, I can ask my parents to keep an eye on you."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Then I'll trouble you, uncle and aunt... By the way, how about the nightgown I gave you? Is it cool to wear?"
Guan Qian didn't expect Xu Xiangjuan to mention nightgown, and her cheeks flushed.
"It's quite cool." But it soon became hot, because of her husband.
Seeing Guan Qian's expression, Xu Xiangjuan seemed to know something and simply changed the subject.
...
"Mom!" The two children called for their mom together.
Xu Xiangjuan had just returned from outside and saw that the children and adults were waiting for her at the door. She asked them to come in quickly: "How long did you play in the playground today?"
Guagua spoke first: "Mom, I did mental arithmetic at home today. I did two sides and didn't go out to play."
Niu Niu followed closely: "I'll write, one side."
Although it’s not much to do one with two sides and one with one side, for a child, this is really the most efficient way to do it in an afternoon.
Xu Xiangjuan: "You were so good this afternoon? Mom bought you roast duck as a reward for Guagua and Niu Niu to do mental arithmetic and write at home."
Xu Xiangjuan opened the paper package and found half a roast duck, special sauce, chopped green onions, and round dough.
He picked up a piece of roast duck with chopsticks, dipped it in sauce, and wrapped it in dough with chopped green onions: "The first one is for Gua Gua."
According to the original steps, the second one was given to Niu Niu and the third one was given to Aning.
Zhou Chengning ate the roast duck and saw that his lover was not moving: "Juan, I'll roll one for you."
Xu Xiangjuan: "No need, Aning. Qianqian and I had some snacks this afternoon and we are still full. If Guagua and Niuniu want to eat, you can roll them up for them. I will go in and change my clothes first."
Guagua and Niu Niu were still hungry and asked their father to roll up the roast duck for them.
Zhou Chengning had no choice but to roll one for each of the two children according to his wife's method.
Xu Xiangjuan changed her clothes and came out. Zhou Chengning rolled one for her and fed it to her mouth.
Xu Xiangjuan had no choice but to bite it into her mouth, fearing that the sauce would spill out, and she bit it into her mouth a little anxiously.
I went shopping with Guan Qian in the afternoon. On the way back, we each bought half a roast duck and took it home. The roast duck is still warm.
Guagua: "Mom, what are we having for dinner?"
Xu Xiangjuan: "Tonight we'll have rice noodles with soup, rice noodles with green vegetables, and roast duck. Guagua Niu Niu and my dad will finish it all."
She was not hungry now. She would finish half a bowl of noodle soup later. The rest would be taken care of by Guagua Niu Niu and Aning.
When Gua Gua and Niu Niu heard that they could eat roast duck, they asked their father to continue rolling it for them.
Just now, Dad said that they couldn’t eat it and had to save it, but Mom said that they could eat as much as they wanted.
Zhou Chengning felt that the roast duck he bought must be very expensive and he was reluctant to eat it all in one night. Although his wife said so... he pretended not to hear it.
Who is Gua Gua? Gua Gua is a smart child. Without a father to roll with her, she will roll by herself.
After rolling one, he gave it to the eager Niu Niu next to him, and then rolled a bigger one for himself to eat.
The meat cooked by mom is delicious, but the roast duck she buys from outside is also delicious. The children don’t make a choice and they all eat both.
Seeing this, Zhou Chengning simply put it away: "I've already eaten three, I can't eat any more. I won't be able to eat the dinner my mother will make tonight."
You all eat until you are full, so you don’t want to eat the dinner your lover makes in the evening?
Xu Xiangjuan didn't care how the children and their father planned to divide the roast duck and went to do the laundry first, but she still had to give them a reminder.
When the weather is hot, eat the roast duck as soon as possible, otherwise it will go bad easily.
...
"This shop is great. Can we get a discount if we rent it for two years at a time?"
Xu Xiangjuan took Guagua Niu Niu and Aning to the store she finally chose and is now discussing with the store owner.
In the future, shops in this kind of school district will be sold at auction prices, and the highest bidder will win. Generally, the contract is only signed for one year. Of course, the price may increase in the future. Are you getting a good deal?
Now people don’t have this awareness. When the shop owner heard about the two-year term, he was tempted: “If it’s two years, I’ll give you one month’s rent off, 460.”
"Okay, 460 is 460." Xu Xiangjuan didn't bargain anymore and paid the money directly. Both parties signed a certificate and put their fingerprints on it.
The price of 20 yuan a month seems expensive, but it is still worth it. After all, the location here is good, at the intersection of Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Peking University. Teachers and students can pass by after school, so there is no need to worry about the flow of customers.
After the certificate was completed, the shop owner counted the money, 460 was no problem, and handed the key to Xu Xiangjuan.
Guagua and Niu Niu have become accustomed to their mother's generosity, and Zhou Chengning's heart is bleeding again.
After the shop owner left, Xu Xiangjuan took Gua Gua and Niu Niu for a walk.
The restaurant still needs to be named. Xu Xiangjuan said, "The restaurant will be called Zhouxu Restaurant. What do you think, Aning? Zhou means Kyushu, and Xu means lifelike."
"Mom, let's call him Jiu Sheng." After listening to his mother, Gua Gua thought of another name.
Xu Xiangjuan's eyes lit up: "Jiu Sheng is very good, it doesn't seem so difficult to pronounce."
"A narrow escape from death? That doesn't sound very auspicious." Zhou Chengning retorted after thinking it over.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Aning, you can't think like that. You can think of it as nine lives. If you have many lives, it's called nine lives."
"Well, there are such creatures in myths and legends. It sounds good." Zhou Chengning agreed with the name Jiu Sheng without any principles.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Aning, you come and write the words and hang them up. Jiusheng Restaurant, our Guagua is really smart."
The name "Chengxiang Restaurant" is only suitable in the town. But in Huadu, with so many students and teachers here, no one would be willing to come in to eat.
Zhou Chengning: "Well, Juan, I'll write it when I get home."
Niu Niu held it in for a long time, and when his mother locked the door and was about to leave, he finally spoke: "Mom, I'm smart too."
It took Xu Xiangjuan a while to realize what Niu Niu said, "Yes, our Niu Niu is also smart."
She praised her sister, but she didn't expect Niu Niu to take it to heart.
Niu Niu didn’t know that this was not the first time that his mother had praised his sister for her intelligence, and there would be many more times in the future.
...
"Sister Guagua, Brother Niu Niu."
Before Xu Xiangjuan's family welcomed Guan Qian's family as their second visitor, they went to Guan Qian's house as their first visitor.
Because Xu Xiangjuan's family was preparing to open a restaurant, Guan Qian simply invited them over and also invited her own parents to her home.
In this way, if everyone gets to know each other, Xu Xiangjuan's family will be able to open a restaurant and have her parents to take care of them.
Guan's father looked quite serious. Even a child like Guagua, who was very talkative, could not say a word in front of him.
While the adults were talking, Piglet got off his father's lap and took his brothers and sisters to visit his house.
Xu Xiangjuan comes into contact with a lot of people, and she can even chat with people like Guan's father.
Guan's father worked in the public security system and is now retired, but I heard from Guan Qian that he was once a deputy director.
"My aunt works in the Huadu Public Security System." Zhou Chengning mentioned his aunt when his wife and Guan's father were talking about public security.
He actually didn't know which bureau his aunt worked in, but he knew she was in the public security system.
Xu Xiangjuan also knew that her aunt worked in the Huadu Public Security System, but she didn't know what position she held. Aning wondered how she knew that?
Aning mentioned it, and she felt that it was time to go visit her aunt, as their family had settled down here and wouldn't be a bother to anyone else.
Simply visiting is never a problem.
When Aning came to Huadu, she would rather trouble her old classmates than her aunt. Xu Xiangjuan could understand that. After all, old classmates were easier to talk to, and they were more familiar to Aning.
She saw that when her aunt was at her hometown, her own Aning and her aunt couldn't say a word to each other, and it was her aunt and grandfather who talked.
After all, grandpa and aunt are father and daughter, and they don’t have any deep hatred. Even if they haven’t seen each other for many years, whenever they meet, they always have endless things to talk about. Aning is like a background board on the side.
Father Guan: "What's his name? Maybe I know him."
Xu Xiangjuan answered: "My aunt's name is Zhou Cunxin."
"She is, I actually know her. She is the deputy director of the Huadu Public Security Bureau. She is a big shot."
Deputy Director of the General Administration, this is the first time Xu Xiangjuan and Zhou Chengning have heard of it. Xu Xiangjuan: "We are not very close to my aunt. We were embarrassed to bother my aunt when we came to China this time, and we have the audacity to bother Dayue."
Yin Yue was panicked when he heard this: "If I were you, I wouldn't dare to bother such an aunt."
He felt that Qianqian's cold-outward but warm-hearted personality was related to her father-in-law. He wanted to marry Qianqian because he was strong enough inside to meet his future father-in-law and mother-in-law.
Even now, he didn't dare to say a few more words to his father-in-law.
Guan Qian couldn't help but complain beside him: "What a waste."
Everyone couldn't help but laugh because of what Yin Yue said.
Although Xu Xiangjuan just graduated from high school, being able to speak well has nothing to do with academic qualifications. After all, she has been working in society for many years. She chatted with Guan's father and Guan's mother, and made the two elderly people smile all the time. If you don't know her, you would think they are looking at a very satisfied son-in-law.
As for the son-in-law Yin Yue himself, he was sent out to buy groceries.
The adults were having a great time chatting, and the kids were not bad either.
Zhuzhu took Guagua and Niu Niu to see his room and took them to the balcony.
"Brother and sister, look."
"The flowers are beautiful." Niu Niu praised when he saw several pots of flowers.
"It looks very nice." Gua Gua agreed.
The flower pots were bought by mom later and placed on the balcony. At this moment, the flower pots were all on the ground. The three children were squatting and looking at the flowers. Seeing that their older brothers and sisters did not touch the flowers but just looked at them, Piglet said: “Okay, touch them.”
As he spoke, Piglet's little hand went straight to the petals.
His brothers and sisters did not stop him from touching the flowers, but they did not touch them either.
Since the elder brother and sister didn’t touch the flowers, Piglet thought it was meaningless to touch the flowers: “Milk.”
He had milk, and Piglet felt like a fish in water in his own home. He stood up, shook his little body a bit, and prepared to get the milk for his brothers and sisters.
Gua Gua and Niu Niu had to keep up with Zhu Zhu.
Gua Gua and Niu Niu felt that no matter where Zhu Zhu was, he was a child who needed care. They were afraid that he would fall and cry, and then they would not be able to explain to their parents and uncles and aunts.
Before we went out, mom and dad told us to take good care of my little brother.
Zhuzhu took the two children to the bedroom and opened a large box, which contained three rows of cartons of milk.
Zhuzhu was very generous. He took a box for each of his brothers and sisters, and he was clumsy in opening it for them.
"Sister." Niu Niu didn't know whether to take it and drink it.
Although he really wanted to drink it, this was not their milk. His mother said that things from other people's homes could not be eaten or taken without the owner's consent.
"Drink it." Gua Gua also thought of what his parents said, but his mother also said that she and Niu Niu were the little masters of the house, and they should treat the guests well when they came.
Although the pigs are very small, they are also little masters, and they can drink the milk given by the pigs.
So the three children started drinking the milk. When Piglet saw that his older brothers and sisters were drinking it, he was so happy that two dimples appeared on his chubby face.
After the three children finished drinking the milk in the bedroom, the little pig got addicted and took two more boxes of milk.
"Zhuzhu is better at entertaining guests than his mother." Seeing Zhuzhu take two boxes of milk and put them in the hands of Xu Xiangjuan and Zhou Chengning, Guan Qian was really relieved.
Following his brothers and sisters, Zhuzhu has become a lot more sensible.
"And grandpa and grandma." Zhuzhu went to the bedroom to get milk again.
Niu Niu and Gua Gua are like Pig’s little tails, following behind Pig.
After Yin Yue came back from shopping, Guan Qian and Yin Yue went into the kitchen, leaving Xu Xiangjuan and Zhou Chengning to continue talking to her parents.
In the kitchen.
"I didn't expect that Da Zhou's aunt is the deputy director of the General Administration. I was scared to death. I didn't mean to be rude." Yin Yue couldn't believe it.
It turned out that Guan Qian introduced her parents to Xu Xiangjuan because of the issue of connections and safety.
Although my father has been a deputy director, he was in a branch bureau. Thinking about this, Juan's family is really very well-connected.
Guan Qian: "They don't look like they are familiar with Auntie, didn't I say that? Otherwise, why would I bother you instead of Auntie? Anyway, it's right to introduce Dad to them. If there are any troubles in the restaurant in the future, I can help solve them."
Yin Yue: "No, I don't know him well. Anyway, I don't dare to trouble Dad."
Guan Qian: "You will trouble me. When did you not ask me to tell Dad about something?"
Fortunately, none of them touched on principles, otherwise she would definitely not look for her father.
Going to her dad, does she want to be scolded?
Her father never had any philandering thoughts in his life. He devoted himself to his work, never flattered or offered himself up to anyone, and he hated people who committed crimes and were cunning. In short, he was extremely upright.
"Qianqian, it's only been a few times. Zhuzhu is really sensible. He usually only knows how to eat. This time he even knew to take the initiative to get milk for the guests and grandpa and grandma." Yin Yue wisely changed the subject.
"Zhuzhu will go to the same kindergarten as Niu Niu. With a role model, he will definitely learn well. I heard from Juan that Niu Niu has already started writing. When Zhuzhu grows up a little, he should also be taught to write. He can't just eat and drink all day long. If he becomes a little bully, it will ruin the child."
Speaking of Zhuzhu, Guan Qian's attention was indeed diverted.
Yin Yue: "How could he be raised as a little bully? Zhuzhu only talks about food and flowers all day long, but he doesn't do anything to bully children."
Guan Qian: "They won't bully you now, but they will when they grow up. And they are very destructive now. How many pots of flowers I bought have been picked?"
The potted plants on the balcony are bare with only leaves left. It's all the pigs' fault. They have plucked out the flowers, but they still remember to keep the leaves.
Yin Yue didn't know why his wife suddenly bought flowers, but his son was indeed very destructive: "He didn't pick them all, and even left a few pots for his brothers and sisters to see."
These pots of flowers were saved from the evil hands of the little villain because Guan Qian and Zhu Zhu specifically told them that their brother and sister were coming to visit and that they couldn't pick all the flowers, so Zhu Zhu didn't destroy them.
Because his older brothers and sisters were coming, he not only did not destroy the flowers, but also took care of them all day long. If he found a bug on the flower, he would call his father to catch it. He cherished the flowers very much.
So today Zhuzhu took Guagua and Niu Niu to see the flowers.
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