There was a small incident when distributing the steamed buns.
Xu Xiangjuan originally planned to have one for Aning, and one for Guagua and Niu Niu together, with Niu Niu taking the small half and Guagua taking the large half.
Gua Gua was fine. The steamed buns were big and her mom cut most of them for her, but she still had a lot. The problem was with Niu Niu.
Dad and sister both have big ones, why does he only have a small one!
Seeing that Niu Niu was about to throw the steamed buns in anger, Xu Xiangjuan took the steamed buns, cut them into several small pieces and put them in the boxes for Niu Niu. Seeing that the small pieces of steamed buns seemed to be more than those of his father and sister, Niu Niu stopped making a fuss.
Guagua handed the steamed bun he had bitten two bites of to his mother: "Mom, I want to cut it into two and save one for the kindergarten tomorrow."
Xu Xiangjuan took the steamed bun, cut the side that had been bitten a few times into smaller pieces, and the side that was for kindergarten larger, so that she could eat more to fill her stomach when she was hungry in kindergarten. "Okay, mom will cut it in half for you."
Zhou Chengning looked at his big bun: "Juan, I also want to..."
Xu Xiangjuan said helplessly: "What are you thinking? Forget it. Guagua can eat his fill, but you can't. You don't have to save it for tomorrow."
For dinner tonight, she steamed two steamed buns on the rice. Guagua didn't need to eat any rice as he was full with the steamed buns and the vegetables. But her husband needed a steamed bun and half a bowl of rice.
Guagua: "Mom, can Niu Niu eat anything now?"
Xu Xiangjuan: "No, Niu Niu's teeth haven't grown in yet, but he can eat steamed buns by himself, and he will eat more in the future...Are you worried that Niu Niu will snatch food from you?"
Guagua: "Don't worry, Niu Niu can't snatch it from me. I am the eldest sister, Niu Niu should respect the elderly and love the young."
Zhou Chengning's eyelids twitched as he listened: "Guagua, this is not how you should respect the old and love the young."
It was quite funny to hear Guagua say "big sister". Xu Xiangjuan didn't intend to play both sides when the father was educating the child. She agreed: "Dad is right. Respecting the old and loving the young is not the right way to do it. If we really respect the old and love the young, Niu Niu is so young, Guagua should give in to Niu Niu."
Guagua: "Then I will give my father's love to Niu Niu, and I just want my mother's love."
Xu Xiangjuan wanted to laugh when she heard this, but Zhou Chengning got angry and asked, "What does Guagua mean?"
Guagua: "Dad, don't talk while eating. I can't eat."
Guagua wanted to say don’t talk while eating and don’t talk while sleeping, but he forgot what the whole sentence was and simply couldn’t eat.
Xu Xiangjuan rushed to the rescue: "Okay, Aning and Guagua are eating seriously, and Niu Niu is eating well too."
Niu Niu on the side had a sticky tongue when he started eating the steamed bun, probably wanting to dissolve the bun with his saliva before eating it. When he heard his mother calling him, he deliberately raised the small piece of steamed bun covered with saliva.
When Zhou Chengning went back to sleep in the inner room at night, he was still depressed: "Juan, is there something wrong with the way I educate Guagua?"
Xu Xiangjuan: "No problem. Guagua is very clever. When Niu Niu grows up, he will definitely love his dad very much."
Zhou Chengning: "Guagua was cuter than Niu Niu when he was very young. Niu Niu didn't love his father when he was very young, and he will love his father even less when he grows up."
Xu Xiangjuan helped Niu Niu walk on the bed: "Aning, do you think Niu Niu's calves are very long? They look like yours."
Looking at Niu Niu's short legs, Zhou Chengning said reluctantly: "Yes, it's very long... Juan, are you listening to me?"
Xu Xiangjuan: "Ah? What did Aning just say?"
Zhou Chengning: "Niuniu won't love his dad when he grows up, and Guagua doesn't like his dad either. I am such a failure as a father."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Oh, so that's it. Aning, Guagua and Niuniu like mom purely because mom gives them food. Without food, they would like dad more."
Zhou Chengning was not comforted: "Juan, I am such a failure."
Xu Xiangjuan: "You are better than many fathers, relax."
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, how can I make Guagua and Niu Niu listen to me and love daddy?"
Xu Xiangjuan: "Isn't it enough that I love you? Aning, you are a good father and a good husband to me. I don't think there is anything wrong with your education of the children. The children are too young and don't understand."
"Juan, say it again."
"The children are still young and don't understand, but I love you very much."
"Juan, I love you too." Zhou Chengning said affectionately.
"Love!" Niu Niu shouted.
Xu Xiangjuan thought about how she said he was her baby last night and how she had been tormented for a long time. Today was so similar to yesterday. She put Niu Niu down on the bed and said quickly, "Aning, go to bed quickly. You have to go to bed earlier than Niu Niu today."
She felt that she had expressed herself incorrectly before, which caused Aning to suddenly become strong in their married life. She would not say anything that made her uncomfortable, and he would take her refusal as a false statement.
It's so annoying to do this in the middle of summer, and there's no fan or air conditioning at home. She complained about the heat for a long time last night, and he coaxed her by saying it would be over soon and he would fan her with a palm-leaf fan when it was done.
What was the result? She was given a palm-leaf fan, but it didn't end quickly.
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, I'm not sleepy."
Xu Xiangjuan: "If I tell you you are sleepy, you are sleepy. Go to bed quickly."
In order to prevent his lover from driving him to sleep, Zhou Chengning quickly changed the subject: "Juan, I think Niu Niu does have long legs. Look, his legs are longer than my arms."
Xu Xiangjuan was almost speechless. Fortunately, Niu Niu didn't understand what she said. His father used his palm to gesture the length of his legs, and it seemed that he was praising his legs against his will.
Niu Niu didn't know and thought his father was playing with him. He touched his father's hand with his chubby little hands and laughed every time he touched it, over and over again.
I don’t know how dad’s hand made Niu Niu laugh, and the two adults played with the children.
Niu Niu played for a while and then fell asleep, and Xu Xiangjuan also lay down and fell asleep.
"Juan."
"Do you want to make me faint from the heat? Don't get close to me... What did you say before? Once a day, as long as my physical condition allows. If you do it more than once, you are not allowed to do it the next day."
"Juan, you also said that you can surpass it if you want."
"I don't want to... Let me help you."
"Okay then, thank you Juan."
...
As autumn approached and the weather got colder, Xu Xiangjuan stopped her cold noodle business because more people ordered steamed buns. So she started a steamed bun business. All the buns were vegetarian, including cabbage and mushroom buns, green vegetable and mushroom buns, and white radish buns.
The vegetarian buns and big steamed buns are the same price, 30 cents each and 50 cents a pair.
In autumn, people are too lazy to cook at home, so they just buy steamed buns and steamed bread to make do, or if the family conditions are poor and we occasionally want to eat something good, we buy a few and take them home to try.
Wu Caifeng: "Juan, do you think it will not be enough? We are only on the tenth floor."
A set of steamers has five layers, and they brought two sets, making a total of ten layers.
I steamed two sets of buns early this morning and brought them over, seven layers of steamed buns and three layers of vegetarian buns, one layer of each of the three kinds of vegetarian buns.
Only five steamed buns can be steamed on one layer, and ten dumplings can be steamed. Each layer of the steamer is marked.
Wu Caifeng doesn't go to the fields now, but helps her daughter. This is the first time she came to the market with her daughter to sell buns and steamed buns.
Now she is not discouraged at all, she is very confident that she will sell out today.
Xu Xiangjuan also took into consideration that there would be a lot of people at the market, and if she really wanted to do a large business of steamed buns, this would be the perfect time.
There are indeed a lot of people at the early gathering, but most of them come to set up morning stalls. The seats are reserved for whoever arrives first, and there is no fixed position for you.
Xu Xiangjuan did get up very early this morning, when it was already dark. Zhou Chengning wanted to get up with her and help her with the work, but she stopped him and asked him to sleep a little longer as there were still three hours before the usual time to get up.
Zhou Chengning insisted on helping her, but Xu Xiangjuan had no choice but to let him help out. After the buns were ready and started to be steamed, she coaxed him back to sleep.
When the steamed buns started to steam, Xu Xiangjuan went to her parents' house and made an appointment with her mother. She asked her mother to help her make breakfast, which she brought home so that Aning and Guagua could all have a share. As it happened that today was Aning's day off, she asked him to take care of Niu Niu first.
When she and her mother came out, it was already dawn. When they arrived at the town market, there were already a few people setting up stalls to do business, but not many people came to buy vegetables.
The tricycle is parked in a conspicuous place and can be seen by passers-by.
No one came over to ask, Xu Xiangjuan stepped on a small stool and opened a layer, and hot white steam came out instantly.
If she hadn't controlled the heat and only opened the lid once during steaming, the steamed buns wouldn't be so hot by now.
The old man who was selling pumpkin, peanuts, corn and sweet potatoes nearby saw the hot white steam and couldn't help asking, "Are you selling breakfast here? How do you sell it?"
This morning, the old man brought some dry biscuits. They had no taste, not much oil, and were hard and not tasty. But when I saw the hot steamed buns, I couldn't help but want to buy some.
Xu Xiangjuan: "The steamed buns are 30 cents each and 50 cents a pair. The buns are vegetarian and there are cabbage and mushroom, green vegetable and mushroom, and white radish."
The old man was a little hesitant and didn't immediately say whether to buy or not. After all, he came here to make money, not to spend money.
Seeing that the old man didn't move, Xu Xiangjuan didn't say anything. She just took out a few layers of steamed buns, five layers, and put them in the bed of the tricycle. It was a bit high for her, so she took out two or three layers and put them separately.
"How much is a steamed bun? Do you have dumplings?" An old lady was carrying a basket and bringing her granddaughter to the market to buy vegetables. Her eyesight was not very good and she didn't notice it just now, but her granddaughter saw it with sharp eyes and called out to her grandma, "Steamed buns."
The old lady just noticed the steamed buns. Her family was well off, and her son and daughter both had some money. After asking the price out of habit, she asked if there were any dumplings.
This time, Xu Xiangjuan didn't need to say anything, Wu Caifeng introduced it directly.
"Can a steamed bun or a dumpling wipe out a dime?" The old lady planned to taste it first.
"Okay."
"Then give me a green vegetable and mushroom, and a steamed bun."
"Okay, I'll pack it for you right away." Both big bags and small bags were brought today.
The small paper bag can hold two buns. Xu Xiangjuan did not put both the steamed buns and the buns into the big paper bag, but packed them separately into two bags and handed them to the old lady.
The old lady gave the buns to her granddaughter. The little girl took a bite of the hot bun and said, "Grandma, the buns are delicious. You should have some too."
"Lingling, you eat first. Grandma will buy more later and bring it home for everyone to eat."
Grandma didn't want it, so the little girl held the bun and ate it by herself. The old lady tore off a piece of steamed bun for herself and ate it. After eating, she said, "Give me a pair of vegetarian buns, three kinds of vegetables, and two pairs of steamed buns."
"Okay, I'll put it on right away."
The first deal was a big business deal. Xu Xiangjuan remained expressionless and Wu Caifeng was happy, but she also looked calm on the surface.
The old lady chatted with Xu Xiangjuan and Wu Caifeng for a few words, then left with her granddaughter. Half of the basket was filled with steamed buns from their family.
Wu Caifeng and her daughter whispered, "This is such a quick payment. They almost bought all the buns."
They are so rich. Even though vegetable prices haven’t dropped yet, they can still buy a lot of vegetables with 3 yuan.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Our food is delicious, I'm willing to buy it."
"Give me a plate of cabbage, mushrooms and a steamed bun." The old man next door couldn't sit still and finally made up his mind to buy it.
I’m afraid that more people will buy it later and there will be nothing left.
Xu Xiangjuan packed it for someone else.
The old man ate the buns with cabbage and mushrooms first. Unexpectedly, they tasted so delicious that he almost forgot that they were just vegetarian buns.
After eating a vegetarian bun, I still felt unsatisfied, but I didn’t bring much money, so I put the bun aside and eat it at noon.
After Xu Xiangjuan sold half of the peanuts, the old man's business finally welcomed the first customer, who came to buy peanuts.
The customer bought some peanuts for one yuan and fifty cents, and the old man used the fifty cents to buy a steamed bun and some cabbage and mushrooms, preparing to take them home for his wife to try.
Most of the people who started buying steamed buns were uncles and ladies who were setting up stalls. As more people came, more steamed buns were sold. Some even wanted to place an order specifically and asked if the goods could be delivered to them.
It's a wedding, so we can deliver the buns, but if you buy a large number of buns, we won't give you a discount. You have to pay first and then the buns will be delivered, Xu Xiangjuan stated.
The customer nodded and said yes, and wanted to buy 50 steamed buns. It was okay if the buns were cold, as they would be steamed hot when the time came.
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