The woman took the soup and gave it to the eldest child first. The soup was still hot and not scalding. The eldest child drank it for a long time, while the second and third children just watched eagerly and did not clamor for more.
After the three children had finished drinking, Xu Xiangjuan also fried the vermicelli and served it into the woman's large ceramic bowl.
Not many people actually wanted cowpeas and cabbages, so she gave them a little more. Although there were two more vegetables, they didn't steal the limelight from the vermicelli, and the large ceramic bowl was almost full.
The eldest son carried the large ceramic bowl of fried vermicelli, while the woman carried the half-remaining bowl of tomato soup, and the family returned to sit in the "audience seats".
After frying one portion, no one came to buy it, so Xu Xiangjuan sat down to drink water.
Although she was not thirsty, she still had to face the steaming pot in this hot day and drink water in time.
Niu Niu was restless today. While being held by his grandfather, he kept calling out to his mother and stretched out his hands for her to hold him.
Xu Xiangjuan was not willing to hold the child, so she asked Zhou Chengning to hold the child. Niu Niu reluctantly allowed his father to hold him. The chubby little hand patted his father's broad shoulders and asked his father to take him to the venue.
Now the venue is filled with small benches, but not all the people are there. Guagua, Miaomiao, and Miaomiao's grandparents are together. Their mouths are moving all the time, probably praising their mother again.
Zhou Chengning brought Niu Niu closer. Niu Niu wanted to sit on a bench, so he satisfied him and put a small bench for him to sit on.
Zhou Chengning looked around from time to time, and if anyone walked towards this side, he would immediately pick up Niu Niu and take him back.
Niu Niu himself was quite curious and happy. He sat on a small stool supported by his father and felt the same as everyone else.
While sitting, the little calf makes a few "oh" sounds, as if he wants to tell other children that he is also sitting on the small stool like them.
Zhou Chengning didn't let Niu Niu be happy for too long. He carried Niu Niu back home, but Niu Niu refused and got angry with his father.
Xu Xiangjuan saw Niu Niu moving around, "Move a bench to the outer circle, and let Niu Niu sit for a while if he wants to."
Zhou Chengning didn't want to take care of the child, "Juan, I still need to help you."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Bringing Niu Niu is to help me. Go ahead. Your parents are here. Find a seat in the outermost circle and don't squeeze in. Niu Niu also wants to see something new."
Niu Niu was in a bad mood all the time, so Zhou Chengning had to take his bench and go to the outermost circle.
The bench was still given to Niu Niu to sit on, and he squatted behind it to support the little guy.
Such a small kid has such a bad temper. Zhou Chengning doesn’t know how bad Niu Niu’s temper will become in the future.
Although Guagua talks a lot and always scolds his father, he does not have a good temper. If Niu Niu, his younger brother, always has a bad temper, will he also lose his temper with his mother, father, and sister when he grows up?
After a while, Zhou Chengning had already started thinking about Niu Niu's education.
"Dad, why are you squatting here? There is a bench next to you." Guagua and Miaomiao ran out. When Guagua saw his father and brother, he couldn't help but ask.
Zhou Chengning: "The small bench next to it is not ours. Niu Niu wanted to sit here and watch the show, so I carried him over here."
Niu Niu, who was sitting on a small stool, saw that it was his sister, and shook his little legs and talked to his sister with "hmm" and "oh".
"Oh, Niu Niu, sit down nicely, I'm going to talk to mom." Gua Gua said this, and Niu Niu actually hummed.
The two little guys may not understand what each other is saying, but they communicate very magically.
After saying that, Guagua went to find his mother, and Niu Niu continued to sit.
When Gua Gua came to the stall, the third customer of the day arrived. Xu Xiangjuan put the ingredients away and said, "Gua Gua, get a small stool for your dad to sit on. Mom will work."
After squatting for so long, even if you don’t have anemia, your feet will still feel numb and you will feel dizzy when you stand up.
The third customer ordered an egg pancake, which Xu Xiangjuan quickly prepared, and Wu Caifeng helped collect the money and hold the paper bag.
There aren't many guests yet, and it's not that busy now, so the mother and daughter can handle it.
Xu Gensheng temporarily took over the job of scooping the soup. There was no other customer buying fried vermicelli yet, so he was looking at the ingredients and had some free time.
"Dad, Mom asked you to sit down." Gua Gua moved the small stool over, completed the task, and immediately went to play with Miao Miao.
Zhou Chengning didn't sit there for long. Seeing that his lover was getting busier and busier, he went over to help.
Niu Niu was placed on the large rag that Xu Xiangjuan had specially brought for Niu Niu before she left. The rag was spread next to his grandfather, and Niu Niu was given a small stool to sit on and play.
The effect is the same with a small stool. Although Niu Niu cannot sit on the small stool, it is also possible for him to hold the small stool and look at the stage from a distance.
Niu Niu was playing by himself, and Xu Gensheng had to keep an eye on Niu Niu while keeping an eye on the ingredients to prevent the little guy from falling and getting hurt.
Only a few people started buying vermicelli. After all, everyone thought that egg pancakes have eggs as the base and have a meaty taste. If you want eggs in vermicelli, you have to pay extra, which is too expensive.
But a few people who were waiting for egg pancakes saw the people in front of them waiting for vermicelli, and discovered that the vermicelli was so plentiful and looked good, and it also came with soup. So some of them went home to get bowls.
During these days of watching plays, everyone is not so busy, there is not much work in the fields, people are relaxed, and naturally willing to spend money to watch plays for entertainment.
"Can you save one portion for me? I plan to take it home after the show tonight. My wife is about to give birth and is stuck at home. I want to bring her a portion with eggs and cabbage." The freshly fried vermicelli was served to the customer, who started eating right away, and did not forget to reserve a portion while eating.
The customer brought an enamel pot, and Wu Caifeng filled a ladle with soup. Seeing that the young man started eating right away and didn't seem to have hands to take the soup, she simply helped him take it first, and said, "I'll leave you a portion, so remember to come over, otherwise we'll close the stall and no one will make it for you."
"When will you close the stall?"
Wu Caifeng: "I'm not sure. We can leave when most of the tickets are sold out, but we will wait until the show is over. After all, the children will be playing around and will not come back until the show is over."
"Okay, I'll come over when the song is almost over. If you're not busy, fry it for me first and I'll come get it."
"Okay, take your soup and don't spill it. It's free, but it tastes good. Someone just came over to ask for soup. I remembered his face and only gave half a scoop to those who bought dry fried noodles. Those who didn't buy it can forget about it."
The young man stopped eating the fried vermicelli and took a big gulp of the tomato and egg soup. "The soup is delicious. Leave a ladle for me too. My wife may not have an appetite for fried vermicelli, but she will definitely like the soup."
Xu Xiangjuan has stopped talking now. Her mother does all the talking. She doesn't say that she knows everyone in the village, but most of the people in the village know her. She likes to talk normally. After she got used to it yesterday, she should be used to this job today.
After Zhou Chengning came back, he continued to be responsible for quoting prices and collecting money. His wife seemed to talk little while cooking, and he understood why. He tried his best to be her assistant, and when his wife's hands were not so busy, he would wipe the sweat off her face.
While wiping the sweat off her face, Xu Xiangjuan consciously turned to Zhou Chengning, and waited for him to finish wiping the sweat off her face before she continued with her work.
Because the fried vermicelli is large in quantity, it even sells better than egg pancakes.
An egg pancake doesn't really look like a proper meal, and the amount doesn't seem to be as large as that of fried vermicelli that can fill a bowl, but many people are willing to buy vermicelli.
I am busier tonight than last night because the fried vermicelli does not sell as fast as the egg pancakes. I can only relax a little after the fried vermicelli is sold out.
Wu Caifeng was really impressed. "Juan, how did you know that fried vermicelli would sell so well? I prepared such a big pot and it was sold out."
Xu Xiangjuan explained, "Fried vermicelli can be eaten as a meal, it is filling, and even if you can't sell it, it won't go bad easily if you keep it."
She let Zhou Chengning massage her arm. In fact, her arm was still sore when she woke up in the morning, and she was almost losing feeling from all the work today.
Zhou Chengning was the one who helped Niu Niu pee. After frying vermicelli all night, Xu Xiangjuan was more tired than the night before and didn't have the strength to hold the child.
After closing the stall and returning home, although she was a little tired, she still insisted on boiling water to wipe her body.
"Juan, I see you frying vermicelli, I know how to do it now. Let me do it tomorrow." Zhou Chengning said as soon as he returned to the kitchen.
When he came back from coaxing the children to sleep, the two children fell asleep as soon as they touched the bed, without him having to worry about anything.
Today I noticed that my lover was extremely tired and was not in a good state when he got home.
"Then fry one tomorrow and let me taste it. If it doesn't taste good, I won't approve it, so as not to ruin our reputation."
Zhou Chengning: "Okay, Juan, I'll cook it for you at noon tomorrow."
He has to take notes when he is free tomorrow morning, writing down what he has seen in the past two days, so as to avoid forgetting some of the knowledge points.
Xu Xiangjuan was just joking, she didn't expect her man to be so serious, "You forgot, right? You still have to go to work tomorrow."
"I still have to go to work! What should I do? My classes tomorrow afternoon won't last until around 4 o'clock."
Maybe because the rest day was too long, Zhou Chengning even forgot to go to work.
"The dosage will be reduced tomorrow. You have to go to work and Guagua has to go to kindergarten. Our family is not in urgent need of money right now, so there is no need to work too hard. Your strength will return slowly, so just get used to it."
I have to prepare the ingredients with my parents tomorrow. It will be really hectic without my man. I will just reduce the quantities and close the stall after they are sold out.
She earned more today than yesterday, a full 40 yuan. The number of customers for the opera has increased significantly in the past few days, with people from the neighboring villages and towns coming to watch the opera, but she doesn't want to exhaust herself for the sake of some money.
"Don't tire yourself out, Juan. I'll ride back early to help you."
"I know, don't worry about it."
After washing up at night, the couple went to bed and fell asleep.
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Guagua naturally had to tell Xixi about her mother selling delicious food. He told her in the kindergarten and also in her father's office.
Guagua: "Sister Xixi, if you have time, come to my mom's restaurant to eat the omelette, it's delicious. The fried vermicelli my mom makes is also delicious."
Yes, Gua Gua has turned the small stall into a small restaurant.
Xixi: "Guagua's mom's cooking is delicious. I'll go eat there when I save up some money."
Gua Gua: "Well, Sister Xixi, you don't have enough money. I can tell mom that I don't want all of it, just half is fine. It's okay if you don't give me any. If I'm not here, Sister Xixi, you can just tell my mom and grandma my name and say that Gua Gua wants to treat me to Oh Oh egg pancakes, and my mom will make you Oh Oh egg pancakes."
Guagua’s bragging is about to go to the sky, but the worst thing is that Xixi doesn’t think there is anything wrong with what he said.
"Gua Gua, uncle can go and eat the omelette without paying, is that okay?" Teacher Liu asked Gua Gua after hearing this.
Gua Gua: "No, my mother knows that Sister Xixi and I are good friends."
Double standard Guagua appears.
"Guagua's dad and I are good friends, can we eat for free?"
Guagua still insisted on his principle, "No, adults want money, adults can make money, children can't make money."
Liu Liangzhi: "Guagua, why does your mother open a small restaurant? Isn't it your father who earns money at home?"
Guagua: “Who would complain about having too much money?”
Hao Man always felt that Teacher Zhou's daughter was deliberately targeting her. She didn't know it at ordinary times, but as long as she was around, Teacher Zhou's daughter would say a lot of things.
Teacher Liu probably doesn't have a good impression of Teacher Zhou's wife, but he is always left without room for rebuttal by what Teacher Zhou's daughter says.
If it were someone who couldn't speak, he would have been speechless long ago.
There was no class anymore, so she left quickly, not wanting to listen to the sharp-tongued little girl.
Who would complain about having too much money? Guagua still heard it from his grandmother. No, the more money the better.
On her birthday, her mother gave her a doll that never falls over, so she didn't have to buy herself a doll. However, she still felt that she should save money, the more money the better, so that when she has money to buy what she wants in the future, she won't have to wait so long.
After hearing what Guagua said, Liu Liangzhi really felt that the child had become smart. "Guagua is right. Teacher Zhou teaches children well."
Guagua didn't know what he said was right, "My mom taught me well."
We can’t let Dad take all the credit.
When Zhou Chengning came back from class, Liu Liangzhi said to him, "Teacher Zhou, let's go to your restaurant for dinner when we have time."
Guagua still cares a lot about money. "You have to pay. If you don't, you can't eat it."
Zhou Chengning was confused at first when he heard about the restaurant, but then he thought of something, "It won't be open for too long, but if the theater troupe comes, there will be a lot of people, and I don't know what to do in the future."
"I hear Guagua talking about how delicious his mother's cooking is all day long, and Teacher Zhou's lunch is really delicious, so I always go to the restaurant to eat there."
At noon today, Zhou Chengning’s lunch box was filled with yesterday’s lunch. He hasn’t had time to cook in the evening recently, so he always makes fried vermicelli.
Zhou Chengning felt embarrassed after hearing what Teacher Liu said, so he said, "We don't sell meals now, just snacks. I will invite Teacher Liu to dinner when things get more stable."
“That’s a good feeling.”
On the way to the stall by bicycle, Zhou Chengning had already lectured his daughter more than once or twice.
"Guagua, don't talk nonsense and exaggerate the facts in the future. Mom is running a small stall, not a small restaurant."
"It's just a small restaurant!" Guagua stubbornly believed that his mother opened a small restaurant.
Thinking that his daughter is young, doesn't know much and has never seen the world, Zhou Chengning feels that he can't persuade her even if he tries hard. He will talk about this with his wife in the evening and let her educate his daughter.
When Zhou Chengning arrived, Xu Xiangjuan and her parents had just arrived. The tricycle bed had been unloaded, leaving only the cow.
When Niu Niu saw his sister's schoolbag, he immediately became interested. He stretched out his chubby little hands and called out, hoping that his sister would show him the small schoolbag.
Gua Gua would never let her little schoolbag let her younger brother play with it because there were books in it. If her younger brother tore it, she would be scolded by the teacher. The teacher said they should take good care of their books.
Seeing that Niu Niu couldn't sit still, Xu Xiangjuan was afraid that Niu Niu would fall to the ground, so she picked Niu Niu up and put him on the rags, and she put Gua Gua's schoolbag in the truck bed.
She also didn't want Niu Niu to touch Gua Gua's schoolbag. Niu Niu now has destructive power. Although he is usually well-behaved, if he really starts to destroy things, it can cause economic losses.
Miaomiao and Guagua go to the same kindergarten. Guagua was picked up by his father and stayed in his school for a while. Miaomiao was picked up by her grandmother and went with her after school. Although she walked, she definitely arrived here earlier than Guagua.
Seeing that her mother had already put her schoolbag away, Gua Gua went to play with Miao Miao.
Dinner was indeed fried vermicelli, and the family still enjoyed it. Xu Xiangjuan, who had no idea how many servings of fried vermicelli she had made, no longer had much appetite for it. Before going out, she picked two fresh tomatoes from her family’s vegetable garden. Tomatoes were enough for her in the evening. If she was hungry, there was porridge at home, and she could have a bowl of it when she got home.
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