Si Li's hurt mood ended when the shop opened in the afternoon. The afternoon opening hours coincided with people's shifts and school hours, so the shop could sell until night. Nowadays, most of the people coming and going were customers on the beginning of winter and students from the academy. There were some strangers among the familiar faces, which was obviously the result of word of mouth from old customers.

Si Li fried two pots of wolf-tooth potatoes in the backyard and asked Wang Ting to take a bowl of French fries away. Just after wiping his hands, he saw someone knocking on the window sill outside. "So busy?"

When she looked over, the girl's coldness was gone. Xiao Qi was so anxious that she stopped laughing, "What are you doing? You're like a cat."

"Huh?" Si Li didn't understand what he meant. She wiped her face and saw the chili oil stains that had splashed on her face. Fortunately, she didn't go out like this, otherwise it would be embarrassing. "I left you a portion of fries with extra chili powder, and I thought I would come later, so I didn't rush out. But you were so anxious that you came in."

"I knew Xiao Si missed me." Xiao Qi reached in and took the paper tube. "The smell of oil smoke is so strong, why don't you come out?"

Si Li smiled helplessly, "You won't accompany your classmates?"

"They've all gone crazy. I'm not going to be the scapegoat after paying twice." Xiao Qi shrugged, said something to her classmates, and then approached mysteriously, "You'll never guess what happened today."

There is a saying that goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. The day before yesterday, Si Li was watching Xiao Que imitating Si Tang's expression and couldn't stop laughing. She happened to be bumped into by Xiao Qi who came in. In the laughter, the two of them became inexplicably familiar with each other. Rather than saying that she is a proud and unruly fire, it is better to say that she is still a lively and lively little girl. As soon as she walked out of the kitchen door, Si Li was hooked by Xiao Qi's shoulder. The girl had long arms and legs and was half a head taller than Si Li. When she lowered her head to talk, her ears were itchy.

Pushing her head away, the two entered the private room. Si Li asked deliberately, "What? Did you take the exam in advance?"

"Huh, what's so funny about this?" Xiao Qi poured the water in a familiar manner and lowered her voice, "Si Tang didn't come to school today. The news of your trouble yesterday has spread everywhere. We all guessed that she was locked up by her father because of this."

Si Li still remembered clearly that the person who came to Si Mansion yesterday was thrown back by the prince of Yue, Jiang Lang. Thinking of the help before, most of the anger disappeared. Si Li said with a smile, "You say you look down on her, but you are concerned about whether she comes to school. If you have this time, you might as well eat a few more snacks and recite a few sentences."

"You're right." Xiao Qi was a little upset after sharing her happiness but was fed chicken soup instead, and she just ate her fries. Si Li sat opposite her, sorting out the money she received today, counting it over and over again without getting bored.

Xiao Qi saw the porcelain bottle with her sharp eyes, reached out and picked it up, opened it and sniffed it, "Medicine? Are you injured?"

"No." Si Li shook her hand, which still had a little red mark, "Something went wrong and the customer made a big fuss."

Xiao Qi said in a long tone, "Oh - are you scolding him for being stingy and not giving him money directly?"

Si Li was not upset when her true nature was seen through, after all, she had never tried to hide it in the first place. She sighed, "This bottle weighs almost as much as ten taels of silver. It's all in vain."

"You are such a money-grubber." Xiao Qi burst out laughing and shook the porcelain bottle. "If you get sick, I won't dare to send you medicine. Silver is so economical."

Si Li nodded seriously and threw her a paper card, "Remember to ask Xiao Que to stamp it when you go out later."

"I almost filled up my last card! Tell me, don't you want to redeem it? Why does this card have so many extra spaces?" Xiao Qi took the newly made flower collection card and immediately smiled and pinched Si Li's face, "What a swindler! How could Miss Meng be so blind?"

Si Li spread her hands calmly, "Aren't you the same?"

After laughing for a while, Xiao Qi threw another French fry into her mouth, made two crunching sounds, and said vaguely, "I'm telling you, Taotao is so talented, why doesn't she go to the academy to study? We don't know if there will be an imperial examination next year. If there is, it will be very difficult for her to walk on the road without a teacher to guide her."

"No money, no people, what else can you do?" Si Li sighed and patted her shoulder, "This is the suffering of ordinary people."

Xiao Qi threw the porcelain bottle back into her arms, "Stop talking nonsense. You and I don't know that she is not from a wealthy official family. I have your last name."

"Maybe in the past, but now she is the only one."

"I am guilty of the offense." Xiao Qi stopped and her smile disappeared.

Si Li looked at her and said, "It's heartbreaking if you talk to her like this. Life will go on, and she, I, or you will get better and better."

After thinking for a while, Xiao Qi said, "Why don't I take you horseback riding when I have some time off? My two ponies have just grown up, so it's a good time to take them out for some exercise. The road from the outskirts of Beijing to Helan County in the west is smooth and has few trees, so it's perfect for horseback riding."

"I won't." Si Li refused bluntly, "If you want to send warmth, just go find Tao Tao directly."

"Why would she go if you don't go? Besides, if you don't know how to ride, I can teach you. Merchants travel all over the place, do you have to take a car?" Xiao Qi opened her mouth and soon listed more than a dozen advantages of learning to ride a horse, which made Si Li's ears buzz. "Stop, stop. The spring and autumn tours are out, and you are going to play winter tours. Then come tomorrow and I will confirm a date with you. Then both of our lives and property will be handed over to you."

"Leave it to me!"

Si Li did not agree to the horse riding thing casually. Tomorrow, people from the neighboring house will come to dismantle the backyard wall. The movement of demolishing the wall will definitely be quite large. Seeing that he could not do business, he might as well stop and do some renovations on the store. While the renovations are being done, the boss will have some free time.

There is nothing wrong with the bungalow shop, except that there are not enough windows, which makes it dark, and not as bright as the second floor with windows. In the past two days, the shop has to light oil lamps before night. Si Li wanted to open a skylight on the roof, but the house would definitely get flooded if it rained. After confirming that it was impossible due to the technical limitations of the time, she could only turn her attention to the interior decoration.

After the four people moved in, apart from building a wing in the backyard of the shop to make the small courtyard with three rooms and a stone mill more crowded, the basic furnishings and layout were still those of Ma's shop, which was actually a bit unfriendly for a snack shop.

Watching the snacks being put into the pot and the aroma slowly changing is one of the pleasures of street food. Si Li thought about breaking through the wall between the back kitchen and the front hall, leaving half of the wall as a food delivery counter, so that the light from the back kitchen window can shine in, and ventilation can be provided on both sides. If the demolition team of the Prince of Yue's mansion is not willing to demolish another wall tomorrow, she can talk to the last bricklayer about the price. The quality of the last built room is good. The autumn wind in Beijing is strong. Wang Ting did not feel cold when he stayed there with his nephew these two days, which shows that the bricklayer's skills are good and the renovation is obviously not a big problem.

In addition, the pile of small pots left by the horseshoe shop have been gathering dust. Shopkeeper Tang and Wang Ting went to find a blacksmith shop each to get close to them and ask for the price, but they haven't received a reply yet. If they have enough money this time, they can also renovate them.

After thinking for a while, Si Li looked at the amount in the system account and felt a headache.

Scanning the system panel, Si Li was stunned for a moment.

After the last mission was completed, the "Little Famous" mission that was refreshed suddenly increased by 20% progress. It was actually completed with only 20% left? This mission has no time limit, the penalty is relatively small, and the description is vague. Si Li studied it for a long time but couldn't figure out how to complete it. She simply left it alone. Why did the mission progress so fast when she stopped doing it?

[“Become famous”: A qualified chef will surely become famous. Please attract five important promoters and win them over with the charm of food (current completion progress is 80%).

Reward: 1-2000 achievement points depending on the degree of task completion; Punishment: 100 achievement points will be deducted. 】

After comparing the people she met today with those she met yesterday, Si Li had no idea who the extra "promoter" was, so she simply gave up thinking about it. Since the system was a mature one, there shouldn't be any problem for her to complete the task herself.

After getting the 2,000 achievement points from the mission and the dozen or so achievement points she had earned in the past two days, she could buy a recipe that Si Li had long been eyeing: "popcorn." As for the indispensable snacks, she couldn't even think about buying spicy hot pot, barbecued skewers, and fragrant skewers. She couldn't afford two two-star and one three-star recipes.

Money is needed everywhere, so what's wrong with her being obsessed with money?

After seeing off Xiao Qi and a group of chattering little girls from the academy, the next wave of customers was about to arrive. Si Li walked into the kitchen with a tasting template facing the same sunny background and quickly wrote down a new slogan.

"Study hard and make progress every day."

If she had known she would travel through time, she would have definitely signed up for a new Western cooking course and mastered countless recipes before coming here!

The smell of oil and smoke in the kitchen gradually became thicker. A pot of French fries came out of the pot. Si Li took one French fry and threw it into the tasting system, and asked Xiao Que to take the rest away. Just as he was about to close the system panel to make the sweet potato shreds that required his full concentration, he saw the screen suddenly change.

The hands appeared in the picture and picked up the French fries covered with chili powder lying on the table. The written slogan also flew to the depths of the picture. Si Li reached out to grab it, but caught nothing.

The previous guess about the note replacement was verified. The system might be poorer than her and could only comment on one note.

After a while, the note floated out again and landed in Si Li's palm.

"Study hard."

[System: Food grade E, host, please treat the senior Pinjian seriously. Due to the host's behavior, Pinjian will be suspended for ten days. The senior will give you ten cents as study fee.]

???

"Is this a mistake?" Si Lijian was stunned. "This is a successful product that you yourself described as 'ordinary'! Can you at least give me some props?"

No response from the system.

Meng Taotao pushed the door open and was startled by Si Li's expression, "Did you get burned?"

"Nothing." Si Li squeezed out two words from between her teeth, still angry. This "senior" is always making trouble if he's not being weird! It's better not to use this module.

Meng Taotao obviously didn't believe it. She pulled Si Li out of the kitchen and gave her a cup of milk tea. "Take a rest if you're tired. Don't be angry with yourself."

It took Si Li a while to calm down. She realized how her anger would appear in the eyes of others. She felt a little embarrassed for a moment and silently crossed out the idea of ​​tearing down the wall.

With the system in place, it was impossible for her not to interact, but with the wall removed, her every move would be seen by others. If she talked to herself in the air or took out something, she would probably be caught as a monster.

Before Si Li could figure out how to renovate the shop without demolishing the wall, Meng Taotao forced her to sleep. At first, she could still say "let me go, I'm not tired", but when she touched the pillow, her eyelids were so heavy that she couldn't lift them.

A dreamless night.