"I paid my mother." Gua Gua could understand what the auntie said. She asked Miaomiao and sister Xixi to continue eating. She jumped off the chair and walked to her mother's side to talk to the auntie.
She feels more confident standing next to her mother.
Auntie: "Giving money to children shows that adults are generous."
Xu Xiangjuan: "It's not a big deal to pay a child one or two cents for his work."
Just then a guest came, and Xu Xiangjuan was too lazy to talk to her, so she asked Gua Gua to eat cold noodles.
No one paid any attention to the old lady, so she left in disappointment.
Some people become more and more unreasonable the more you reason with them.
After the three children finished eating, Gua Gua wanted to lead the other two to wash the dishes, but Xu Xiangjuan stopped them: "They are little guests now, it doesn't make sense to let little guests wash the dishes, Aning, you go wash the dishes, Gua Gua and the sisters go play."
Obviously, my daughter is the youngest among the three, but she talks so much that people would misunderstand her as the oldest.
And about washing dishes, when is it the children's turn to wash dishes at home? I don't think it was Guagua's idea, maybe Xixi's.
Xu Xiangjuan was right. It was indeed Xixi who suggested it. Xixi was the oldest of the three and was much more sensible. She talked to Guagua about washing the dishes. Although Guagua had never washed dishes at home, he cooperated with Xixi and told his mother that he wanted to wash the dishes.
Zhou Chengning took the initiative to get the bowl, and the three children went back to play only after they saw that the bowl had indeed been taken away.
Xixi: "Guagua, your cold noodles are really delicious. I'll treat you and Miaomiao to some tomorrow afternoon."
Her father gave her 3 yuan and asked her to buy food for Gua Gua. It was impossible for her to spend one yuan in one trip to the store, so she was worried about how to spend the money.
Now she knows that she can spend her money by eating cold noodles and treat Gua Gua to some.
Guagua said that although her family sells cold noodles, her mother doesn't let them eat too much because cold noodles are sold for money.
Miaomiao: "I don't have money. I'll treat you to cold noodles when I have money."
Guagua: "Miaomiao, you don't have to treat us to cold noodles. We can go to your house to eat tomatoes. You can treat us to tomatoes."
Guagua knew that Miaomiao had spent all her savings on buying egg pancakes for her grandparents, and now she only had a few cents left. She knew that saving money was difficult, and her mother said that there should be give and take.
When someone invites you to dinner, you should also invite others to dinner. Miaomiao has always wanted to eat the tomatoes, which are more beautiful than those grown at home.
Xixi: "And Miaomiao, I don't come here every day. I begged my dad for a long time before he let me stay at Guagua's house for three days, waiting for you to save up money. I won't be here. We can just save up money to buy stationery. We'll need a lot of stationery when we go to elementary school."
"Okay, then I'll treat you to tomatoes. Now go to my house and pick tomatoes. I'll talk to grandpa and grandma and you can do it."
Guagua responded: "Eat tomatoes at night!"
Several adults saw the three children running away in a gust of wind.
...
The three children lay in bed without saying a word. Xu Xiangjuan knew that they were quite excited to sleep together at night, and she, as an adult, was disturbing the little girls' speech.
Guagua was lying in the middle, Miaomiao was inside, and Xixi was outside. None of the children had any objections when they were lying down, and they lay like that automatically, as if they had already "rehearsed" it.
Xu Xiangjuan couldn't help but suspect that it was Guagua who had arranged it in advance. Did her daughter have self-awareness? Even if she was not in the middle, she would talk the most on either side.
It didn't stop her from speaking at all.
After telling the children to cover themselves with blankets at night, Xu Xiangjuan turned off the lights and closed the door.
When the door was closed, I didn't leave immediately. I stood at the door for a while. Sure enough, I heard the chattering sounds of children from inside.
I have to warn Gua Gua tomorrow that he can stay up late, but he must not disturb other children’s sleep.
Quietly leaving the small room and returning to the inner room, Xu Xiangjuan saw her husband sewing a cow toy under the lamp.
"Mom!" Niu Niu was sitting and watching his father sew toys. As soon as his mother came back, he called for her and tried to stand up and ask his mother to hold him.
Zhou Chengning looked up: "Juan, our Niu Niu is smart. He still remembers to call you mom."
Xu Xiangjuan picked up Niu Niu and sat him on the big bed: "How did it break? The cotton is leaking out."
Taking the toy and needle and thread from her man, Xu Xiangjuan started sewing. It was not as strenuous as it was for him and it was done in just a few strokes.
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, I'm sorry, I tore this by accident. I sat on Niu Niu's toy and Niu Niu tried to pull it apart, but it couldn't be pulled apart. I wanted to secretly sew it back together when you were not around, but I didn't expect you to come back so soon."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Who wants to listen to you talk so carefully? Don't touch needles and thread at night in the future. It's bad for your eyes."
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, but you also mend sweaters at night."
Xu Xiangjuan: "I can say you, but you can't say me, understand?"
Zhou Chengning stopped talking, but Niu Niu, who was sitting next to him, called out "Mom" and handed the toy to her.
Xu Xiangjuan said that Niu Niu was better behaved than his father and put away the needle and thread.
Zhou Chengning was upset about the dress. Although it was beautiful, her lover had only worn it once: "Juan, you should wear the dress I gave you."
"Is it scary to wear this so late at night?" Xu Xiangjuan picked up Niu Niu and coaxed him to sleep.
Zhou Chengning was unwilling to give up: "Juan, let me hold Niu Niu, and go change your skirt."
His wife had thin arms and legs and was holding a little fat cow. He took the initiative to take the job.
"Why should I listen to you? I won't wear it." After handing Niu Niu to Zhou Chengning, Xu Xiangjuan combed her hair and prepared to go to bed.
Zhou Chengning already knows how to get the child to sleep more easily, and Niu Niu is not averse to him as his father. His father holds him high, which is a different perspective from when his mother holds him.
Zhou Chengning: "Okay, Juan, I'll go write the lesson plan for the new semester when Niu Niu falls asleep. After all, I have to go back to school to work at the end of August."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Why write a lesson plan so late at night? It's a strain on your eyes. I'll write it tomorrow morning."
Zhou Chengning: “Just write it.”
Xu Xiangjuan realized that her man might be trying to go against her: "You write it, I'm sleeping with Niu Niu, I don't care about you."
Just ignore it. Xu Xiangjuan lay down by herself. Zhou Chengning put the sleeping Niu Niu in the crib, turned off the lights and went to bed. He would not waste the kerosene lamp by writing lesson plans at night.
There are things to do at night.
"Not today. I want to have a good sleep today." Xu Xiangjuan softened her voice and kissed Zhou Chengning on the cheek again.
"Okay." Although there could be no actual contact, Zhou Chengning still did not forget to kiss her a few times.
...
Since they had friends, the three kids played like crazy and ran around, and Xu Xiangjuan couldn’t find them.
Zhou Chengning felt sorry for Teacher Wang. A well-behaved girl like Xixi was about to be led astray by Guagua.
"Hello, two bowls of cold noodles, I don't want any spicy sauce for mine, but anything else is fine. He doesn't want any cilantro, just a little spicy."
The guest turned out to be the former deputy county magistrate. Xu Xiangjuan didn't say anything and quickly went to mix the cold noodles.
The cold noodles were ready, and Zhao Huizhu said, "I had a bowl of egg noodle soup here before, it was delicious, but I miss the cold noodles even more. My colleague said it was delicious when he went home, so I brought my husband here to eat it today."
"Liangpi is more suitable to be eaten in summer. Fortunately, we made it early. We will not sell it in another month or two." Xu Xiangjuan started chatting with her naturally.
The deputy county chief's husband looked silent and steady. Xu Xiangjuan's first impression was that he was engaged in technical research and development... She also felt that this gentleman was brought out for a ride by her wife.
"So what are you going to sell? The location here is not that great. The land is too vast and the customers are few and far between. If the food wasn't delicious, no one would come."
Xu Xiangjuan: "In winter, we should make rice bowls, which means putting vegetables on rice, such as seasonal vegetables in winter."
Afraid that people might not understand the meaning of rice bowl, Xu Xiangjuan specifically explained that cooking in winter requires a lot of firewood.
Before winter comes, the shed needs to be repaired. After all, who can withstand the cold wind?
"There is another kind of food. We will put all kinds of ingredients here. You can choose what you want to eat and we will cook it. The soup base is fixed to be spicy... Spicy is not that spicy. You can choose mild, medium or heavy spiciness according to your preference."
Xu Xiangjuan was talking about malatang. Hotpot is very popular in winter. Although they don't have the conditions to make hotpot, they can make malatang, a low-end version of hotpot. It just so happened that they had customized this cabinet at home. The cabinet has layers of layers, and all kinds of dishes can be placed in it in winter and they can all be reached.
Xu Xiangjuan doesn't eat hot pot or malatang much, but based on her own experience of eating them, she feels that malatang is cheap and delicious, but of course you can't eat too much of it.
She also tells her daughter not to eat spicy hot pot all day long. Has her daughter ever listened to her?
"Isn't this just cooking? Can it be sold?" Zhao Huizhu asked in confusion.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Just like cold noodles, that dish is suitable for winter. We can sell it because it must be able to sell."
Zhao Huizhu noticed that her husband had already eaten half a bowl of cold noodles and was about to start eating: "Then I must come over to try it in winter."
I don’t know why children aged four or five like to run so much. Aren’t they tired?
Sure enough, it’s because of their “youth”. Xu Xiangjuan felt emotional when she saw the three children running back.
The spicy hot pot she mentioned today was a spur of the moment idea and she hasn’t discussed it with her family yet.
Although she basically makes the decisions on household matters, they have the right to know and she will mention it briefly in the evening.
After finishing the cold noodles, Zhao Huizhu did not leave immediately: "Why don't you consider opening a small restaurant in the county town?"
Xu Xiangjuan: "I don't have enough money. I need to save money to go to the county town. The cost is not high here."
If she had money, she would not do business. Why would she open a small restaurant in the county town? Now she has to take it step by step.
Zhao Huizhu: "That's true. Although the profit is not much, the cost is not high either."
Nowadays, whether people live in county towns or rural areas, most of them are relatively simple and frugal, and their ability to spend money on eating out is relatively average. However, the advantage of county towns is that there are more people, so if she wants to earn more, she will still consider going to the county town.
After the deputy county chief and her husband left, Xu Xiangjuan received a question from her mother: "Juan, what kind of dish is that? Can you eat it if you cook it specifically?"
"Of course you can eat it, just like noodle soup, but you can choose the ingredients yourself."
"Oh, it's similar to an omelet."
"Mom, there's nothing wrong with you saying that."
Wu Caifeng: "Juan, if you want to open a small restaurant, why not go to the provincial capital? Your third brother is there and you can take care of him."
Wu Caifeng is open-minded. If her daughter goes on a long journey, the old couple will definitely not go with her. It would be good to have someone to take care of her outside.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Mom, it's a little early to consider it now, but if you guys are still willing to run the cold noodle stand, you can do it yourself and I'll send the cabinet over."
"Oh, why would we sell cold noodles since we don't know how to make them." Wu Caifeng was tempted by the idea. After all, she had nothing to do and making cold noodles wasn't too tiring.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Mom, making cold noodles is not difficult. You can learn it by watching. When you are tired, just rest at home."
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