Qiao Xiaoni led them to Qiao Xiaoshan's residence. The kang (a heated brick bed) in the house had been removed and turned into a storage room and living area.
At night, we put down the folding bed, and Qiao Xiaoshan sleeps on it. The weather isn't too cold yet. When the weather gets colder, we can light a small stove in the room; it's easy to warm up a small room.
Su Chenhao had already set up a table and chairs in the room, with paper and pens on the table.
Li Changde sat on the stool and said with emotion, "I really didn't expect that you would have the money to buy a house so quickly."
How much money do you earn in a day? Can you tell me the exact amount?
He thought to himself, "This house is worth over 1,000 yuan. It wasn't that no one wanted to buy it before, but the price was too high and things never went through. And now, in less than a month, they've raised enough money to buy it! How much money must they be making every day?" He couldn't even imagine it; it was simply unbelievable.
Su Chenhao sat to the side and said, "Uncle, the money we used to buy the house wasn't earned during this period, but from other sources. If the snack shop could really make this much money, we would have opened a branch elsewhere. Why would we spend money to buy a house?"
Li Changde thought that made sense. Renting a house was troublesome, but at least it didn't tie up his money. Buying a house was a huge expense that he couldn't earn back in a short time. It seemed he had been overthinking things.
The aroma of meat in the air whetted Hu Yijun's appetite. He said to Qiao Xiaoni, who was standing at the door:
"I've heard your braised meat is delicious, can you get us some?"
Qiao Xiaoni: "No problem, I'll go cut the braised meat for you right away. Have you had breakfast? Would you like another bowl of noodles?"
Hu Yijun nodded shamelessly: "If you're treating, then I won't stand on ceremony. I've heard from others that your noodles are delicious, but I haven't had time to come and eat them. Today is a lucky day, so I'll have a meal at your place."
"Sure! It's an honor for our little shop to be able to treat the mayor to dinner." Qiao Xiaoni quickly replied. Although the mayor's official rank wasn't high, getting along well with him would definitely be useful in the future.
Her parents and older brother refused to come in, afraid they might say the wrong thing. Qiao Xiaoni decided to leave the house-buying matter to them today. She felt they still needed more experience, and she'd find a time to have a proper talk with them about how to handle similar situations in the future.
She went to the kitchen and sliced a plate of braised pork with alternating layers of fat and lean meat, and also made a plate of mung bean jelly, a new dish she had recently come up with. It's basically just mung bean sheets; you put starch water on an iron plate, swirl it around in a pot, and once it sets, it becomes mung bean sheets.
It's made by adding sesame paste, chili oil, soy sauce, vinegar, and sugar, along with some shredded cucumber. It's very appetizing.
The noodles are pre-cut; just boil them in a pot, pour on the broth, and you're done.
Bring these things to the table and give each of them a pair of chopsticks:
"Try it carefully, and feel free to give any feedback."
Li Changde and Hu Yijun exchanged a smile, then each picked up their chopsticks to eat noodles. The key was to fill their stomachs in the face of delicious food.
After finishing a bowl of hot noodle soup, and knowing they had eaten breakfast before coming, they were obviously stuffed.
They ate all the braised meat on the table, but there was still half a plate of rice noodles left.
Li Changde: "I really can't eat anymore. If I had known your food was so delicious, I wouldn't have eaten breakfast this morning."
Hu Yijun put down his chopsticks: "Isn't that right? My wife steamed five buns this morning. I just wanted to have a quick bite, but they tasted so good that I ate until I was stuffed."
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