Xiao Hechuan raised his eyebrows. He often said the phrase "be prepared for danger in times of peace". His wife didn't look like an uneducated person at all. She was full of loopholes, huh?
But it is precisely because she always keeps this word on her lips that she is able to perfectly avoid many disasters.
"Mom, we know that you will definitely not become lazy, nor will you be a drag on the family." Xiao Qin was the first to express his opinion.
After all, the success of this shop has little to do with them. It's all thanks to the fourth brother's wife. If the business does well and the family conditions improve in the future, they will also benefit from it and be able to eat and drink well.
However, Zhou couldn't help feeling a little unfair. If her husband didn't work in the shop, he would not get any share of the shop's wages in the future. Besides, she wanted to have a child, and if she really had a child, she would not be able to help and would not earn any money.
As a result, when the child is born in the future, they will not have enough money to raise the child. If the mother-in-law is asked to pay alone, it would be improper and unreasonable.
Xiao's mother was very smart. She saw the worries in her second daughter-in-law's heart. From a woman's perspective, this was inevitable.
In order to take care of everyone's emotions in a balanced manner, Xiao's mother added one more thing:
"From now on, eldest and third brother, you two have to hand over most of the money you earn outside to the family. As for eldest brother, I will save all the money you hand over to Yuan Geer for his future studies. As for third brother, I will save all the money for you to use when you get married. As for second brother, you can just give all your money to your wife.
"Yuemei, after the shop opens, you will be needed to help at home. Help with grinding sweet potato starch and drying vermicelli. These are all hard work. Even if you don't do these things, you may have to trouble me with cooking. From now on, mother will not let you work for nothing at home. Just like when we were in Baima Town, the more you earn every month, the more you will be paid. How do you do it?"
This decision made by Xiao's mother immediately dispelled Zhou's worries.
Zhou Yuemei is not a talkative person. She would rather keep things in her heart. She is used to making things difficult for herself. She can't make up her mind and she has no opinion of her own.
But she has fulfilled her duties as a daughter-in-law in the Xiao family over the past few years since she married there. She has also shared the burdens when there were difficulties and has never complained.
They are all daughters-in-law, so she has to treat them equally. She can’t let the older one feel that she, as a mother-in-law, is partial to the younger one, right?
In the future, Jiang Sui will get more because she contributed her brain and strength. There is no comparison between contributing money now. I hope Yuemei can understand this.
"Mom, you have the final say. I have no objection. I haven't made any contribution. You can still consider me so much. As a daughter-in-law, I am satisfied."
Fortunately, Zhou was not a greedy person, and her words touched the heart of Xiao's mother.
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After the shop was decided, the Xiao family began to arrange the decoration. The first thing to do was to buy new paint and repaint the doors, windows, pillars, and counters of the store.
Then we purchased good quality chairs and tables, and chose brown-yellow paint. Strictly speaking, it was called paint in ancient times.
The paint chosen is brown-yellow, and it has a bit of a yellow pear wood feel after being applied, so the table chosen has to match it so that it doesn't look out of place visually.
Get these done before the New Year, and the smell will be almost gone by the time the New Year comes.
At that time, the chopsticks and bowls used for eating noodles must be brand new. It doesn’t matter if they are a bit expensive, the most important thing is that they must be hygienic and durable. Especially for eating tools such as chopsticks, if the wood is not good, it will easily get moldy and slippery, and it will look unclean. Will the guests feel comfortable seeing them then?
As for the bowls for eating noodles, Jiang Sui also wanted to be more particular, so she went to a kiln to customize a batch of them. One is for hot and sour noodles, and the other is for noodles. She worked hard on the shape of the bowls. This is the exquisiteness she wanted. It is not expensive, but it is novel and curious enough.
Moreover, after the store opens, she plans to put into practice some of the things she has seen and learned in modern times, such as making some pickled radish cubes and pickles, and setting up a self-service area where customers can order as they like.
The most important part was the signboard. Jiang Sui asked Xiao Hechuan to write the words "Xiao Ji Noodle Shop" and then took it to a carpenter to make a custom-made signboard.
Originally it was Xiao Ji Noodle Restaurant, but after Jiang Sui thought about it for a night, she found that the streets were full of all kinds of restaurants, which were too monotonous, so she replaced "guan" with "zhuang". Wouldn't the grade of the restaurant be raised immediately?
Xiao Hechuan did not use his unique font to write the sign. He wrote it straight. After all, it was a sign, so the characters on it could not be too flamboyant. He wrote it straight and neat.
Fortunately, there are many people in the family, all of them are men. Jobs like painting in the shop can be done by Xiao's father and his sons, saving the money of hiring odd jobs.
When the time comes, several brothers can help move heavy objects such as tables and chairs.
The money saved from these odd jobs can be used for purchasing to improve the quality.
It only took one night for the whole family to get busy. After the New Year, they had to buy a large amount of sweet potatoes to make sweet potato starch. At that time, they also had to consider the weather. The sweet potato starch needed a certain amount of time to dry, so good weather was crucial.
Jiang Sui agreed to show Xiao's mother his noodle-making skills. The kneading of the dough is very particular. If the dough is well fermented, the noodles will be chewy. The soup base is also very particular, as is the topping.
You can make braised pork noodles or stir-fried noodles. As far as she knows, these creative ideas she has come up with are not yet available in the Jeju noodle market.
There are also red oil wontons, cold noodles, fried dumplings, mashed potato noodles, fried noodles, and fried rice, which are all business opportunities that can be developed.
She originally wanted to make pea noodles, but for this pea dish, she took the season into consideration. The taste is really great, so it can be used as a seasonal item.
After the business stabilizes, Jiang Sui also plans to make handmade noodles and launch noodles mixed with lard.
Jiang Sui kneaded the dough herself, steamed the potatoes, fried the fragrant meat sauce, and prepared the fillings for the dumplings. She prepared all the corresponding ingredients. Tonight, she plans to make mashed potato noodles and fried dumplings for everyone to try.
The starch used to make fried dumplings can be extracted from potatoes on the spot.
No one in the Xiao family had ever seen her eat in such a strange way. Even Xiao Hechuan, who had come back from a new life and had eaten all kinds of delicacies, had never seen her eat like this.
When the mashed potato and meat sauce noodles and a few plates of leek and pork fried dumplings were served, the aroma was so tempting that it made people salivate. What's more, the appearance was also very good, with chopped green onions and coriander, and it was full of color, aroma and taste.
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