Liu Liangzhi was impressed: "Teacher Zhou, you are quite skilled in feeding the baby."
Zhou Chengning was feeding Niu Niu while eating his meal. Niu Niu was eating really seriously. When his father was so absorbed in his own meal that he forgot to feed him, he would remind his father.
Just like when talking to mom and grandpa and grandma, he will remind them if they forget to feed him.
But dad is different from mom. Dad always forgets about him while he is eating. That’s too much.
My wife not only brought porridge but also a bib and a small toy for Niu Niu. During meal time, Niu Niu didn't play with the toys, but just stared at his father.
"If my wife is too busy, I will feed Niu Niu. The main reason is that my wife cooks delicious food and the children love it. Niu Niu is so fat because of the delicious food."
As he spoke, Zhou Chengning forgot that the porridge was for Niu Niu and ate it himself.
When Niu Niu saw this, he got angry and kicked his father's thigh with his short legs.
Zhou Chengning quickly fed his son another small spoonful of porridge.
Not to mention, the porridge smells really good. Zhou Chengning took a bite.
Sun Hui: "Niuniu is not fat, he looks like a calf, and he can eat a lot, so he will definitely grow stronger in the future."
Liu Liangzhi: "Yes, he will definitely grow stronger in the future. My kid couldn't concentrate on eating when he was Niu Niu's age. It's just that we live too well now and spoil him. When we were kids, we didn't have the conditions we have now. Niu Niu could even urge us to grow up. My kid doesn't have much meat on his body now, just like a bamboo pole."
Niu Niu: "Eat."
Zhou Chengning hadn't finished his own lunch: "Okay, eat, dad will feed you lunch... Teacher Liu and Teacher Sun, please stop talking about little calves. A little fat boy is just a little fat boy."
Wang Qing: "Not really. Children are young and still growing. They will grow up in the future. My daughter is like this. She was like a little meat ball when she was young, but now she is skinny in the first grade."
Zhou Chengning: "Teacher Wang is right, but children do need to control their food intake and not eat too much."
Although Niu Niu can eat, he is still a baby after all, and cannot eat as fast as his dad.
After Zhou Chengning finished his meal, he started to think about what was in Niu Niu’s lunch box.
There seems to be a lot of porridge in the lunch box. It will definitely be enough if I share some with my son.
Just like that, Niu Niu took a bite, Zhou Chengning took a bite, and the porridge in the lunch box quickly ran out.
Niu Niu saw that his father had eaten half of his porridge. No matter how he "warned" his father, it was useless. His father still took a bite at a time. Niu Niu was ready to complain to his mother.
At noon, Xu Xiangjuan came to the restaurant, and her husband and son were waiting for her at the door.
Niu Niu cried out when he saw his mother, looking like he had been wronged. Xu Xiangjuan got off the tricycle and asked, "What happened to Niu Niu?"
The mother was asking herself, and Niu Niu was still held by her father, so she patted her father's mouth and then patted her own belly.
In fact, it is easy to understand what Niu Niu meant, which is that his father ate his lunch.
Xu Xiangjuan didn't think about it at all. "Didn't Niu Niu have enough for lunch? Then go back and eat in the afternoon."
"Dad!" Niu Niu saw that his mother didn't seem to be angry with his father at all, and thought that he was not obvious enough, so he just called him dad.
Dad is the bad guy who steals lunch.
"Why are you calling daddy? By the way, Juan, it's been almost two months. When are we going to get the photos?" Zhou Chengning put Niu Niu directly on the ground. What a bad boy! He even wanted to complain.
Xu Xiangjuan: "I forgot! I was so busy on this day off. Why are you reminding me now?"
Xu Xiangjuan did not pick up Niu Niu and ran to her legs. She hugged her legs. It was okay for Niu Niu to stand for a while longer. She felt very guilty about forgetting the photo.
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, at first I thought you remembered, but you were not in a hurry. Later I wanted to ask, but you were busy, so I was embarrassed to ask. Now our family hasn't started business yet, right? I just wanted to ask."
Xu Xiangjuan slapped her forehead and said, "Next time, just remind me directly. If I haven't mentioned it by the time, then I have forgotten it."
Zhou Chengning: "I understand. Should we still bring Guagua and Niu Niu?"
Xu Xiangjuan: "Bring it with you. We'll take a family photo, then watch a movie and have lunch. We'll take the bus there and take the bus to Hongshan Town on the way back. Come back early and visit grandpa at the same time."
A family portrait is a must. After all, she and her parents, brothers and sisters all have family portraits. Life was much harder back then than it is now. Since her second sister asked, her parents still took them to take a family portrait.
Her daughter had regrets, so naturally she wanted to take the whole family to take pictures to make up for the regrets.
This trip to the county town was similar to their previous arrangements, except that they brought two children with them.
Tuesday the 21st was his lover’s birthday, and she must have forgotten it, but Zhou Chengning was still thinking about buying her a skirt.
Zhou Chengning: "Is it the same place we went to eat last time? Is it too expensive?"
You can buy your lover a skirt with the money spent on a meal.
Xu Xiangjuan: "It's okay, we don't eat it every meal."
Zhou Chengning: "It's okay to eat it occasionally."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Aning, you should go back to school first. Class should be starting soon. I'll take care of Niu Niu."
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, be careful on the road."
"I'll be careful. Mom is following me, but I'm at the market right now to see if there's anything I can buy."
Her mother got off the tricycle and went to the market in town. She will come over later.
Zhou Chengning: "I'm leaving, Juan."
"Let's go, don't be late."
After watching her husband leave, Xu Xiangjuan carried Niu Niu to the mat in the tricycle at the door and sat him down.
A few more toys were placed in the truck bed. Before her mother came over, she had to tidy up the tables and chairs so that Niu Niu could play with the toys.
This place is really empty, there is nothing here. Xu Xiangjuan didn't plan to move in the afternoon and made time to arrange the tables and chairs.
Afraid that Niu Niu couldn't see her and called her, Xu Xiangjuan pushed the tricycle to the door. Although the door was blocked, no one came in and Niu Niu could still see her while playing.
Niu Niu is a little baby with the memory of Goldfish. He sat in the truck bed and forgot about his father snatching his lunch. He could see his mother anytime, so he didn't make any noise and played quietly.
The business will not open until next week, so the family went to the county town on the day off.
Guagua still felt uncomfortable riding the bus and his head was dizzy, but he was happy because he was going to the county town and didn't care about the discomfort of the bus.
Guagua gets car-sick, but Niu Niu doesn’t. He even shouts excitedly when the car is bumpy and encounters potholes, and laughs when sharing his joy with his parents.
The child's teeth are more visible now.
Because the car was making a lot of noise, the baby's voice was not too prominent, and Xu Xiangjuan did not stop her son from speaking.
On the way in the car, only Niu Niu was happy, while the other two adults and one child were not very comfortable.
After getting off the car, Niu Niu was still not satisfied, so Xu Xiangjuan asked Zhou Chengning to take Niu Niu away quickly, otherwise the little kid might make a fuss and ask to get on the car.
This was Niu Niu's first time to the county town, so it goes without saying how excited he was. Gua Gua had been here once, and after that Xu Xiangjuan went to the city without taking Gua Gua with her because Gua Gua was not comfortable riding in a car.
There is no way around having a family photo today, no one can be missing from the family.
"I thought you wouldn't come, and you said you'd wait half a year and if you didn't come, I'd hang the photos in the display window." When the photographer saw the young couple coming, he gave them the photos in an envelope.
When the couple took the photo, they thought it looked nice and asked if they could show it, but they were refused.
It's the second month now, and I almost thought that the couple would never come again. Then I can hang up the photos to attract customers.
Xu Xiangjuan already knew the order format of this photo studio: "Today we are here to take a family portrait, in color, one photo, no need to rent clothes."
"5 yuan, withdraw it in a month. Don't forget it then."
"Okay, I won't forget it this time."
Guagua regained some spirits. Since it was her first time in a photo studio, she was so busy looking at the photos that she didn't notice the envelope her mother had stuffed into her bag.
Niu Niu wanted to be touched here and there, so Zhou Chengning held Niu Niu and asked him to sit down. To control Niu Niu, you have to be strong, otherwise Niu Niu would not listen.
Niu Niu, who was sitting on his father's lap, noticed the camera in front of him and the photographer sitting behind the camera, and waved his chubby hand to say hello.
Seeing his son waving his hand, Zhou Chengning took his hand back.
Guagua wanted to stand in front of his parents. Seeing that Niu Niu was not cooperating, Xu Xiangjuan simply picked up Niu Niu and let Guagua sit on his father's lap.
The most noisy one was Niu Niu. Gua Gua was almost five years old and was much more sensible than his younger brother. He didn't say much during the whole process.
Finally, the photo shoot was over. The makeup staff member chatted with Xu Xiangjuan, "I didn't expect your children to be so big now. I couldn't tell. I thought you were a newlywed couple."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Time is merciless. My eldest daughter is already five years old, and I am almost 30. I am just not in a hurry to grow up."
"Indeed, there is no need to rush. He looks young."
Xu Xiangjuan: "The children will grow up in the blink of an eye. In a few years, the children will grow up quickly, and we will both age quickly."
Xu Xiangjuan chatted with them for a few minutes and left with the two children.
After leaving the photo studio, Zhou Chengning held Niu Niu in one hand and held his lover's hand with the other, and was deeply touched by what his lover had just talked about.
Although he is already 30 years old, his life is really complete. He dare not imagine what his 30s would be like if he had not met his lover... It is better not to imagine this. He has his lover, two sons and one daughter, and lives a happy life. All these are very good.
Xu Xiangjuan was holding Guagua with her other hand, and she was standing in the center of the family.
Guagua started chattering only after leaving the photo studio, asking his mother this and that. After seeing many photos and understanding what photography meant, he decided to go back and brag about it with his friends.
Today's movie is still a martial arts movie, which is different from the last one. In order to prevent Niu Niu from shouting, Niu Niu is held in Xu Xiangjuan's lap and sits down.
Xu Xiangjuan bought a ticket for Guagua. Guagua had his own seat and was sitting there concentrating on watching the movie.
Guagua didn’t understand what was playing, but that didn’t stop her from finding it novel. She had been seeing new things today.
Xu Xiangjuan couldn't control Niu Niu from barking, she could only control Niu Niu from barking for a long time. When Niu Niu started to bark, she would immediately go to stop him.
She couldn't continue watching the movie and kept paying attention to Niu Niu, afraid that Niu Niu's barking would disturb others.
Today is a rest day, and there are many young couples coming to watch the movie. Their family is quite unique, as the couple also brought their two children with them.
After watching the movie, except for Xu Xiangjuan, the adults and two children were all reminiscing about it. As soon as Niu Niu came out of the cinema, he shouted loudly to express his excitement.
After leaving the cinema, Xu Xiangjuan didn't pay much attention to Niu Niu. It was okay for him to shout a few more words if he wanted to.
Anyway, it’s not uncommon to see little kids barking on the street.
We had lunch at that old restaurant again and again had to wait for a long time before we were served.
Today we ordered braised fish, braised eggplant with sauce, stir-fried pork with oyster mushrooms, a bowl of millet porridge, and four bowls of rice. We didn't eat anything while watching the movie. Xu Xiangjuan was hungry and could eat a bowl of rice, and Gua Gua could also finish a bowl if he ate slowly. Two bowls were given to Aning, and the millet porridge was for Niu Niu.
Niu Niu was excited the whole morning, but felt tired when it was time for dinner. After being taken to the bathroom by his father, he sat on his father's lap without moving.
Just move your little head and look at the lively scene of people crowded around.
"Xiao Xu?"
"Sister Zhao, are you eating here too?" Xu Xiangjuan turned around and looked towards the source of the voice, and it was indeed Zhao Huizhu.
Zhao Huizhu came to eat with her husband and children. When she saw the family sitting there, she was not sure whether it was Xiao Xu's family. Now she is sure.
Zhao Huizhu: "Yes, the food here is pretty good. Our family occasionally comes here on our days off."
The two families sat at adjacent tables. When they first arrived, there were too many people and Zhao Huizhu did not notice Xu Xiangjuan's family. It was only after she sat down that she noticed the adjacent table.
While chatting with Zhao Huizhu, the dishes on Xu Xiangjuan's table arrived first, so Zhao Huizhu let her eat first.
When Xu Xiangjuan took Niu Niu out today, she put a small overall on Niu Niu. The overall was not enough, so she also put a bib on him so that she could feed him without worry during lunch.
Compared to millet porridge, Niu Niu was more interested in the dishes on the table, so Xu Xiangjuan fed Niu Niu the eggplant, and while feeding Niu Niu, she also picked up some dishes for Gua Gua, asking Gua Gua to concentrate on eating and not look around.
Zhou Chengning would put meat into his lover's bowl from time to time, so that she would eat more and not just feed the cow.
Xu Xiangjuan agreed, but she still fed Niu Niu first. She only started eating after Niu Niu was full.
It's April now and the weather is getting warmer, so the food doesn't get cold so easily and still tastes good.
Chatting with Zhao Huizhu, Xu Xiangjuan learned that Zhao Huizhu had gone out to study for the past few months. The leadership team went out to learn from experience, adapt to local conditions, and draw on good local management methods. After all, other places have served as models and examples, and their management methods are all desirable.
Zhao Huizhu also said that Maodong Village is still a key village in the county, and she will go to Maodong Village later, maybe with her leaders or colleagues, and she can also go to her house for dinner.
Xu Xiangjuan took the opportunity to promote her own urban and rural restaurant.
The deputy county magistrate is definitely at a higher level. Although we don’t expect people to come over for dinner, the publicity effect is still quite obvious.
Maybe in the future her small restaurant will become a "landmark" of Dezao Town.
After working out for most of the day, the two children fell asleep on the way home. The two adults, Xu Xiangjuan and Zhou Chengning, were not as tired as the children, but they were not much more relaxed either.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Next time we go to the county town, we won't bring the kids with us."
"Well, Juan, it's just the two of us."
Because the child was asleep, Xu Xiangjuan did not go to her grandfather's house and went straight back home.
It was not late now. Although Niu Niu and Gua Gua were awake after getting off the bus, Xu Xiangjuan still asked them to go to bed when they got home.
"Juan, so beautiful." Zhou Chengning looked at the photo and was immediately amazed.
"Well, the real person is right in front of you." Xu Xiangjuan also prepared to take a nap first, she was a little sleepy too.
His lover was already lying down. Zhou Chengning carefully tucked his wedding photo with his lover into his diary, closed the door, drew the curtain, and then lay down on the bed. "Juan, are you here to repay me in this life? I am a scholar, and you were saved by me..."
Xu Xiangjuan: "What are you thinking? Am I a monster? Why can't you be a monster and I am a human? You just happened to save me, so I come to repay you."
She must have done something good to come back.
Zhou Chengning: "It's possible. I originally came to the mortal world to experience disasters, but I met the person I saved, Juan, and Juan wanted to repay me... Juan, I don't like to repay, repaying doesn't sound very emotional."
Xu Xiangjuan was helpless: "How can you be a demon and come down to earth to experience tribulations? Well, it's not a reward, just think of it as me falling in love with you, and I want to pledge my love to you, okay?"
Zhou Chengning: "Okay, I'll pledge myself to you."
"It's broad daylight." Xu Xiangjuan said this, but her body did not resist.
"Niuniu is asleep, Juan, you don't have to worry."
"…Yeah, whatever you want."
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On the first day of the opening of the Chengxiang Restaurant, Xu Xiangjuan lit firecrackers early in the morning. They were small firecrackers, which made a noise, but not that loud.
There are also talented people who like to watch it. If everyone is still sleeping, it would be disturbing to others.
There will still be activities on the first day, selling steamed buns and steamed buns. The size of the buns sold is the same as the ones we made at home before, and the price is the same. Today, buy a pair and get a small steamed bun for free.
Baozi steamed buns are 50 cents a pair, which means you can get a small steamed bun for 50 cents.
The small steamed bun was as big as Xu Xiangjuan’s fist.
There were still people buying buns and steamed buns in the morning. Xu Xiangjuan and her mother were selling them outside, while her father was watching the fire in the kitchen.
The steamers have been moved here, but the buns and steamed buns will not stop selling.
Ding Li knew that the Chengxiang Restaurant was open today, so she came here specially to show her support. It happened that her unit sent her out, and she had to go to work early in the morning, so she didn't have time to eat breakfast. "Auntie, give me two tofu and vegetable buns, Juan, and give me a bowl of vegetable vermicelli soup, let's eat here."
There is a menu at the door, which lists the food served in the morning, lunch and afternoon.
There are steamed buns in the morning. Please note that if you need a large number of steamed buns, please make a reservation in advance. There are also green vegetable/sauerkraut vermicelli, green vegetable/sauerkraut rice noodles, and green vegetable/sauerkraut hand-rolled noodles in the morning, all at 20 cents a bowl.
Ding Li was the first customer to eat there. Wu Caifeng took a plate with two buns and went over, while Xu Xiangjuan went to the kitchen to blanch the vegetables and vermicelli.
The quantity of vegetable vermicelli for breakfast is naturally not as large as that for lunch or dinner, but it is enough to fill you up when paired with steamed buns.
The soup in the morning is light but not tasteless. After all, the soup is specially made to suit the morning appetite.
Because there were people sitting in the restaurant, a few guests who were not in a hurry also went in to have breakfast.
When you go in, there is vinegar, chili sauce and paper on the table.
There are also customers who don’t buy buns or steamed buns, but just come to eat noodles for twenty cents.
No matter what they eat, as long as they are not causing trouble and really want to eat, Xu Xiangjuan will treat them well.
There aren't many restaurants in the town, but she's not the only one. Her food variety and taste aren't enough to win, and her service attitude needs to be better.
Malatang will be operated for another month after moving to the new location, and then it will be replaced with cold skin and cold noodles in May. Cold skin should be the "sales" king besides steamed buns at the moment.
Although the Malatang business is okay, it is obviously not as good as the Liangpi business.
There are no refrigerators or freezers here, so it is difficult to store vegetables. Malatang requires vegetables, so it is not realistic to buy so much every day.
After entertaining a wave of guests, there were no new guests for the time being, so Xu Xiangjuan went to check on the dishes in the kitchen.
In order to allow ventilation, both doors of the kitchen are opened. With both doors open, it is more comfortable in the morning than the kitchen at home, and the heat dissipation is also faster than at home.
Electricity will be available this year, and we will have to install fans in our homes and shops.
Niu Niu sat on his chair in the kitchen. For safety reasons, Niu Niu's chair was placed next to the small door. There were no pots and pans there, so there was no need to worry about the little baby bumping into anything.
If Niu Niu wants to go down, if his mother is not inside, he needs his grandfather to carry him down.
He can walk and go find his mother, but he is used to being carried by his father and doesn't quite remember how to walk.
The whole family got up very early in the morning. Zhou Chengning and Gua Gua also came here early and had breakfast. After breakfast, they were sent back to school/kindergarten.
Aning wanted to help, but Xu Xiangjuan wouldn't let him and told him to go back to school as soon as possible, saying that school work was his main job and he could come over to help on his days off.
Gua Gua was reluctant to leave after seeing the completed small restaurant at his home, and even didn't want to go to kindergarten. So Xu Xiangjuan personally took Gua Gua to kindergarten in the morning.
Niu Niu saw his mother coming in and shouted, "Mom."
Xu Xiangjuan stroked Niu Niu's hair and said, "Be good, Niu Niu."
Xu Gensheng: "Girl, is everything busy outside? I see there are quite a lot of people sitting there."
The inner kitchen and the outer dining area were separated by a curtain. Even when Xu Gensheng was sitting inside and making a fire, he could still see feet coming in and out.
He still pays close attention to his daughter's business, after all, he has invested money in it.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Dad, it's okay. They've all been served. If any customers want noodles, Mom will call them."
The workload is not that intense right now, and they don't open at night. They're only busy during meal times. Even during meal times, they can still be busy in an orderly manner, with everyone doing their job.
It was good to hear that, so Xu Gensheng spoke up: "Your mother and I have thought about when the store can sell dumplings and wontons for lunch or in the afternoon. Of course, we are just thinking about it."
Xu Xiangjuan did not object to her father's words: "Dumplings and wontons are fine, but this month we will mainly sell spicy hot pot. Next month we can sell dumplings and wontons, and then we can put rice with toppings on it on the menu."
Since we are opening a small restaurant, we need to have a wide variety of food. Since my parents have thought about it, they will agree to everything. Even if they don’t agree, I have to pretend to agree first, and then talk about some things that may not be convenient later.
You can't be too hasty about the variety. You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. After all, there are limited manpower and only two pots.
What's on the rice depends on what she cooks that day. Anyway, there's a small blackboard hanging outside the restaurant now, which can be erased and written with chalk what dishes are on the rice today.
The steamed buns were sold out in the morning, so Xu Xiangjuan canceled the activity of giving away small steamed buns today. Many customers who had eaten the steamed buns in the morning chose to "repurchase".
It’s still the same idea, it’s delicious and comes with a steamed bun, and there’s no limit to the number of steamed buns you can get. Buy five pairs and get five for free, while stocks last. Who wouldn’t be tempted?
Xu Xiangjuan didn't want to spend all her day on steamed buns and steamed buns. She thought the steamer could also be used to steam dishes, so she could try it first. If there were customers who really bought steamed dishes, then the value of the steamed dishes would be much higher than steamed buns and steamed buns.
It was almost lunch time, and Xu Xiangjuan told Guagua to stay in the kindergarten to eat and not waste the kindergarten's food.
Guagua is not among the lunch group, so the meal for Aning, her, and her parents can be prepared first.
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