Guagua didn't drink the soup. He finished his egg and went out to play. Xu Xiangjuan fed Niu Niu some soup, and Zhou Chengning finished the rest by himself.
Xu Xiangjuan: "If you are still hungry, take the biscuits and eat them yourself. You know where they are. Don't let Guagua or Niu Niu see them."
When Gua Gua saw this, he not only wanted to eat it, but also wanted to "educate" his parents.
"Aoao." Niu Niu heard his own name.
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, I get it, egg tea is sweet."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Is it too sweet?"
Zhou Chengning: "Not too sweet, just right."
"Let me have a sip of the soup to try." Xu Xiangjuan was really afraid that she would cook it too sweet, so she directly used Zhou Chengning's spoon to scoop out the soup and drink it.
Gua Gua didn’t show it just now. After all, he was only eating one egg. If the egg was too sweet, it would be the end of him.
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, it's just right, I love drinking it."
"It's OK, not too sweet. If you like it, I'll cook it for you next time. My parents will come over this afternoon and bring some fish to our house. I'm going out to buy groceries later. You can look after the shed at home while I'm buying groceries. Don't do any business before my parents come. You can't handle it by yourself, and Guagua can't sit still, and Niu Niu has to be taken care of."
After tasting the egg tea, Xu Xiangjuan also talked about her afternoon plans.
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, are you going to buy groceries when the snow hasn't melted yet? It's not safe to ride a bike on the road."
Xu Xiangjuan: "I don't ride a bike, I'll walk. By the way, a bike is hard to ride, but a tricycle is also OK. I'll take a look when the time comes."
There are many vendors on the market street on market days, and also on ordinary days. Basically, there are people selling vegetables there all year round except when it rains or snows.
There are not many vegetables left at home today, so we need to replenish them.
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, no, the snow outside is too thick, you are not allowed to go."
Not even a tricycle.
Xu Xiangjuan: "I'll go early and come back early, you just stay at home and look after the kids."
Zhou Chengning felt that the egg tea in his hand was no longer sweet: "No."
Xu Xiangjuan said softly, "Aren't we running out of food at home? Sister Ding's family ate so much at noon, so we have to buy some more."
"Ah ah." Niu Niu shouted twice.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Look, Niu Niu said that the family needs to buy groceries."
Zhou Chengning still insisted: "No, we can't go out. Wait until the snow has melted. If we go out now, we will slip... we will also slip while riding a tricycle."
Xu Xiangjuan: "How about waiting for my parents to come and let them look after the shed and the children, and you ride the tricycle to take me there, and we can go together?"
Zhou Chengning reluctantly agreed: "Okay."
He feels more at ease when someone is with him on the tricycle, and he feels even more at ease when he is alone.
Xu Xiangjuan: "What's good about that? It's not good. If you don't agree to let me go alone, mom and I will go to the head office. When mom comes, I will ride my tricycle with her. Maybe Guagua will come with us. You, dad and Niuniu can stay at home."
"Dad." Niu Niu listened to his parents talking, and occasionally uttered a word or two to join in the conversation.
Niu Niu is now at a stage where he needs to communicate, and he also wants to talk. I don’t know where Gua Gua is going in the afternoon, so someone has to stay at home to deal with Niu Niu occasionally.
Niu Niu is a relatively well-behaved child and not willful. As long as someone is talking around him, even if he is not the one talking, he will feel that he is involved in it. He will only make a fuss if you run away and ignore him.
Her parents don't have the energy to deal with a child for an entire afternoon.
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, why don't you take me with you?"
Xu Xiangjuan: "You need to stay home and look after Niuniu."
Niu Niu: “Oh.”
"What are you crying about, Niu Niu? Can't you go out and play with your sister by yourself? Why does he have to be accompanied by an adult?" Zhou Chengning treated Niu Niu as a little punching bag, but he lost confidence and courage at the end and his voice became even weaker.
My husband never had a fierce expression when he complained or scolded the child, and my son didn't realize it yet. When his father spoke to him, he just babbled back.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Isn't it better to stay at home with Niu Niu? It's so tiring to go out, and you don't know what to buy, and you can't bargain. It's better to talk to Niu Niu."
Zhou Chengning: "I don't want to, I don't want to."
"I was so patient when I taught Guagua to talk, but why am I so unwilling to do so when it comes to Niu Niu?"
He is very patient not only in teaching Guagua, but also Niu Niu. Both children are taught very well by their father.
Zhou Chengning: "I'm afraid I'll teach another fool."
Teach a child to say that his father is a bee, his father is a pig, and his father is a leader.
He is so talkative, and sometimes what he says is shocking, no, scary.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Well, Niu Niu will not turn into Gua Gua, don't worry, it will be settled this afternoon."
"Okay, by the way, Juan, when are we going to go see the store we talked about today?" As long as his wife didn't go shopping alone, he wouldn't mind.
When Zhou Chengning heard Ding Li talking about the house today, he listened very carefully. He didn't expect that he would be able to find a place to rent so soon.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Don't take it seriously. Sister Ding didn't leave a specific location, nor did she take the initiative to tell us the time. How would we know when and where we can go to see it? Only if you take it seriously would you take the initiative to ask about these things. I didn't take it seriously."
Zhou Chengning lost hope when he heard his lover say this: "Is that so? Then when will we rent it?"
Xu Xiangjuan was not impatient with her husband's repeated inquiries, "I'll wait until after the Chinese New Year to make arrangements. Let's celebrate the Chinese New Year first."
"Well, have a good New Year, so that you will have the strength to continue working next year."
Although Zhou Chengning was anxious, he could continue to wait. After all, it was clear that things would not be resolved in a day or two.
But sooner or later, sooner or later his lover will be able to open a shop in town. Maybe then his lover will come to the school to see him, and the teachers will all envy him for having such a good lover.
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"Buy five pairs of steamed buns."
"Okay, I'll pack it right away." Five pairs of steamed buns directly emptied two layers of the steamer, and Xu Xiangjuan packed five pairs of steamed buns for the customers.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Aning, go to my parents' house and get some steamed buns. They're almost ready now."
"Juan, I understand." Zhou Chengning rode his tricycle directly to get the steamed buns.
The kitchen at home is busy with other things and cannot steam anything, so all the food is steamed at my parents' place. Zhou Chengning is the one who delivers the buns and steamed buns, and Xu Xiangjuan will occasionally go over to see how things are going at my parents' place.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Big Brother, Third Brother, you guys help me deal with this. There are customers coming to buy spicy hot pot. I'll go and make spicy hot pot first."
"Okay, go ahead." Brother Xu also saw several guests walking into the shed and asked his younger sister to go in quickly.
They can't have time to go home this year because they have to work for their sister. The two brothers are so busy that they suspect that the second sister/elder sister knows that their sister is busy and deliberately doesn't come back to celebrate the New Year.
The steamed buns were sold directly on a makeshift table next to the shed. Even though it was open air and not hot outside, there were too many people coming to buy them... or rather, too many people bought, so the buns were almost sold out before they could even cool down.
Early in the morning, before the business opens, there is already a group of people mixing steamed buns.
Those who make good-looking buns are responsible for making and pinching the buns. Xu Xiangjuan is responsible for mixing the stuffing, and those who are strong are responsible for kneading the dough. In short, everyone is responsible for the work.
The third sister-in-law was watching over the shed, handing baskets to the guests and clearing the dishes, while Xu Xiangjuan went in to help prepare the dishes.
There were already four tables in the shed, and there was no room for more, so three tables were placed outside. The guests who had just arrived chose their dishes and took their names, and Xu Xiangjuan asked them to sit outside.
She takes the dishes chosen by the guests to the kitchen. Now there are more guests, and each basket has a number. Guests will get the corresponding brand after making their selections.
Now not only her eldest brother and sister-in-law, third brother and sister-in-law came to help, but her mother's two old sisters also came to help. Her mother's old sisters and two aunts, one helped to wash dishes, and the other helped to cook spicy hot pot. Her mother and her father were making buns and steamed buns at home, and Aning was in between.
The kitchen at home no longer makes steamed buns and steamed buns. My parents are making them. Malatang is only cooked in the kitchen at home.
It might not have been that busy originally, but they said ten days ago that they would close at noon on New Year's Eve and reopen on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. There have been a lot of people these days, many unfamiliar customers, and quite a few large orders. Weddings have all come in all at once, and I don't know how many baskets of steamed buns I have to make just for the wedding.
They were still busy and had no time to cook, so they could only eat steamed buns first. Xu Xiangjuan put a few pairs of steamed buns in the vegetable bowl and said, "Brother, if you are hungry, just eat the steamed buns. I will go in and get some for my sister-in-law and aunts. I will bring tea over later. Eat slowly and don't choke."
Xu Xiangjuan asked all the children to go to their grandparents’ house and not to play here. Playing here would cause trouble for the adults.
Fortunately, Guagua played a leadership role. He didn’t even go to his grandparents’ house. He took his brothers and sisters out to play with ease.
Niu Niu was still sitting in the shed. Xu Xiangjuan went to see Niu Niu from time to time. Niu Niu was very curious to see so many people today. He knew his mother was busy and did not cling to her too much. He was very well behaved.
Xu Xiangjuan feels that there is order in the busyness.
Gua Gua remembered that his mother told him to take his brothers and sisters to his grandparents’ house for lunch, so when he was hungry, he called his brothers and sisters to go to his grandparents’ house.
Wu Caifeng and Xu Gensheng didn't have to deal with the guests, and they just focused on making and steaming buns.
The batch of steamed buns and dumplings were sold out early in the morning, and they even borrowed stoves from a few familiar families nearby to steam them. However, there was no other way as the quantity was too large and the two spaces on the stove at home were not enough.
"Grandpa and grandma!" Guagua was the first to call grandpa and grandma, and the other children behind him also called them, but they all called them grandpa and grandma.
Wu Caifeng had just finished steaming a basket of dumplings when she saw a group of children: "Oh, my dear grandchildren are here."
Guagua: "Grandma, we are hungry. Mom said we should come to your place for lunch."
"Guagua, tell grandma what you want to eat and she'll get it for you."
"Grandma, I want steamed buns with green vegetables and mushrooms and green vegetables and tofu."
"Grandma will give it to Guagua right away." The fillings of the buns were marked so there would be no mistake. Wu Caifeng took a bowl and put the buns for Guagua and put the bowl on the table.
Gua Gua sat down and started eating the buns, and told his brothers and sisters who had not started eating yet to be careful about the heat.
Several other children imitated Guagua and wanted the same thing as Guagua.
Wu Caifeng gave each child two buns. If they wanted more after they finished eating, they would tell her and she would get more.
The children were arranged to sit in a circle. Wu Caifeng took two steamed buns and handed them to Xu Gensheng who was sitting in front of the fire cave.
"I've poured you some water. If it's too dry, take a sip. After you finish this steamed bun, I'll give you another one."
There was a little soup in the dumplings, but not as dry as the steamed buns. Wu Caifeng was not worried about the children.
"Well, I'm not thirsty now." Xu Gensheng ate the steamed bun in big mouthfuls, feeling hungry.
The buns are too small and useless. Only children can eat them full, but adults cannot.
"Guagua, how's business going over there, mom?"
The business of steamed buns and steamed buns must be very good, but I wonder how the malatang is doing.
Although his mother didn’t let him go home, Guagua still passed by his house. “A lot of people.”
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