Chapter 316 The journey home is successful
Early in the morning on the eleventh day of the first lunar month, the two were woken up by Su's mother. After breakfast, it was just half past six and the sky was just getting light. The two set off again at Su's mother's urging.
Su Yuchen knew that Su's mother had put the prepared things in the car the night before, but he was still shocked when he opened the trunk.
Not only were there a bunch of snacks like second aunt's fermented fish, third grandmother's sesame candy, cousin's fried dumplings, Su's mother's fried sazi, sesame leaves, meatballs, etc., but also homemade braised pork, sausages, bacon, braised beef, and even dried radish, salted duck eggs, dried beans, pickled sauerkraut, etc., which were both easy and difficult to carry.
There was also milk, biscuits, Want Want gift packs, orange juice, cookies sent by relatives, and the most exaggerated one was a vacuum compression bag, which actually contained several quilts.
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"What are you doing? Are you going to empty the house? Why do I need a quilt? We can buy all these things from you. We are not fleeing famine!" Su Yuchen was shocked.
"I brought a quilt for Xiaojing! You're only thinking about yourself!" Mother Su slapped Su Yuchen on the back. "How can a bought quilt be as warm as the cotton quilt we made ourselves? Oh, just bring it if I ask you to. Why are you making such a fuss? We have a car here. I'm not asking you to carry it!"
Before leaving, Su Yuchen was yelled at by his mother again, and the journey home was a complete success.
They drove on the highway all the way back and didn't have to stop in Yangcheng. They arrived in Jiangcheng just at 9:30.
There was a car full of miscellaneous things. The two of them moved quilts, snacks and other things to the rental house, cleaned and put them in order, and then went to the store.
"Oh, Sister Geng and the others are here!" As soon as Zhao Xiaojing, who was sitting in the passenger seat, drove to the store door, she found that the store door was already open. Geng Mingyan and Hou Guihua were mopping the floor and wiping the windows respectively.
The two lived in the building above Chen Huiping, very close to the store. They often got up early in the morning and came to the store early. Zhao Xiaojing simply left a key for them. Unexpectedly, the two responded more actively than their two bosses.
"Xiao Zhao and Xiao Su, you're back so early!" Hou Guihua saw their car, dropped the mop and ran over shouting. Seeing this, Geng Mingyan hurriedly got down from the stool and followed.
Zhao Xiaojing suddenly laughed, "Happy New Year, sisters! I hadn't even told you guys how good it was, but you guys said it first."
"We sent Chuchu to school yesterday, and since we have nothing to do, we will be there in the evening."
"Yeah! We said the shop hadn't been empty for half a month, so we cleaned it out first and made it available for you guys to use right away when you came this afternoon. We wanted to give you a surprise! Who knew you'd come so early?"
Zhao Xiaojing was touched. Sister Hou and Sister Geng felt a sense of belonging to the store and treated them as their own family.
While chatting and laughing, they moved all the things into the kitchen in one go. The hall was not cleaned yet, so Su Yuchen stayed to join the work, while Zhao Xiaojing went to the vegetable market to pick up the goods and buy a batch of seasonings.
The pig's trotters had to be made in advance, and the agreement was made with Boss Huang yesterday. This time, under Xiaozhi's plan, the order quantity was doubled. Boss Huang looked much kinder when he saw Zhao Xiaojing, and the smile never left his face.
However, Zhao Xiaojing was still doubtful. Could they really sell so much on the first day of opening after the New Year?
When they returned to the restaurant with bags of food, the restaurant had been completely cleaned. Several young people were standing in the store, talking to Su Yuchen.
Zhao Xiaojing gently pressed the horn. Hou Guihua heard it and hurriedly pulled Geng Mingyan out to help. Su Yuchen glanced over here and took a few steps out, but the people around her seemed to still be talking, so she had to stop again.
"What are these selling?" Zhao Xiaojing asked curiously.
"Oh, it's time to eat! The kids have been talking about it for a long time and they insist on eating!" Hou Guihua took the two heaviest bags of ingredients directly from the open trunk, looked up and said happily.
"I even pestered Xiao Su to play guitar, which made Xiao Su feel embarrassed." Geng Mingyan chuckled and divided the remaining things with Zhao Xiaojing, each carrying several bags.
Playing guitar? Zhao Xiaojing was just wondering when she saw several people turning their heads to look at her. They suddenly became excited, waving at her and pointing at the bag in Hou Guihua's hand.
"The food is here! Isn't that pig's trotter? Can we have pig's trotter rice? We can wait even if it's cooked now, sister!"
"The chef sister is back too, so this is all right, right?"
"Sister, we can listen to you play the guitar first, and then wait for the chef to cook. We have time!"
"Yes, yes, sister, sister..."
"Pork trotter rice has to be made a day in advance. It can't be made today. It takes us two or three hours to process the pig's trotters, and then we have to soak them overnight to make them tasty. I'm really sorry." Su Yuchen explained with a headache.
"Then we can eat something else. What else do you have, sister? Anything is fine. Just cook us a meal." A girl turned her head and looked at Zhao Xiaojing pitifully.
"Sister, just tell me what you bought today? What can you do with it?" another boy continued.
"This... Today I bought pig's feet and seasonings, as well as a few handfuls of vegetables for us to eat. The store opens tomorrow, and I didn't buy any other vegetables..." Zhao Xiaojing was stunned. Seeing that the young people were aggrieved and unbelieving, she opened the bag and showed it to them.
"Really not..."
"We came all the way from Shengte District. It took us a long time to find your store..."
"Before coming here, I searched for your phone number online, but I couldn't find it. Otherwise, I would have called and asked."
"I looked too! I searched for Baidu entries, Pretty Group, Hungry or Not, and even the map..."
"Sister, are you really not having any? Is it too late to go out and buy groceries now?"
Several people looked at Zhao Xiaojing and Su Yuchen with grievance.
"I'm really sorry, we didn't expect this situation. Let me write you a note. When we open tomorrow, you can come and get a 20% discount on all the rice with toppings. I'll also give each of you a free braised egg. I'll also reserve whatever you want to eat in advance, okay? We're still cleaning today, and we haven't cleaned the kitchen yet, so there's no time." Su Yuchen discussed with a few people with a wry smile.
"Let us figure out how to set up the contact number, and then we'll call you right away. We guarantee you can find us next time," said Zhao Xiaojing.
Seeing that the two men really couldn't do it and were saying it with sincerity, they looked at each other and agreed reluctantly.
"Okay then, let's come back tomorrow. What's the earliest time to start cooking tomorrow?"
"Eleven o'clock, eleven o'clock is fine. I'll write a note for you." Su Yuchen breathed a sigh of relief and quickly ran to the front desk to get a pen and started writing.
"Is this our old customer or your fan? Why are you so concerned about our meal?" Zhao Xiaojing asked in surprise after they left.
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