Many years later, after Qiao Haisheng had lived to be over 100, he recalled his words and realized he had indeed been prescient. His words had saved him a great deal of trouble and allowed the Qiao family to thrive.
Qiao Xiaoni began to see Qiao Haisheng in a new light. She had initially thought he was just an old man who liked to weave bamboo baskets, but she hadn't expected him to utter such insightful words.
Early the next morning.
Qiao Xiaoni woke up groggily. It was still dark, but she could hear voices outside; everyone was already up. She rubbed her eyes to wake herself up, put on her clothes, and heard roosters crowing outside. Looking at the sky, it was just beginning to lighten; it must not be five o'clock yet.
I lifted the curtain and went out to check the clock in my parents' room. It was only 4:30. They were up way too early. I could hear the sound of chopping vegetables coming from the kitchen; it seemed they had gotten up before 4:00.
Money really does have power. We already agreed after dinner yesterday that Qiao Dashan will continue doing odd jobs, and we'll decide what to do next based on the actual situation after the project is finished. Qiao Xiaoshan will come along to help with the stall from now on, and with the old man along too, it will be safer for the two men to be there.
With so many people around, money attracts envy, and this is true everywhere. It's always good to be prepared.
Li Meihua was chopping vegetables with two cleavers in her hands, but she switched to a larger cutting board for convenience.
At this time, the cutting boards were made from logs, from old trees that were hundreds of years old. They were cut in half, the edges were sanded, and then they were simply processed into cutting boards.
Absolutely no formaldehyde, no additives, it can be described as a pure, natural and pollution-free cutting board.
Tao Chunfang squatted on the ground, tending the fire. On the stove, there was a basin of kneaded cornmeal, almost half as much again as yesterday.
"Mom, sister-in-law, you're up and working at three o'clock?" Qiao Xiaoni said, yawning as she leaned against the door frame, feeling that she could go back to her room and sleep a little longer.
Li Meihua put down the kitchen knife in her hand: "We got up at 3:30. How could we sleep when we thought about how much money we could make today? You should get up and quickly prepare the filling, wrap the dumplings, and steam them. Go to town early and sell all the vegetable pancakes."
Tao Chunfang: "Your brother is still sleeping. We talked for most of the night last night, and he was so excited that he almost couldn't sleep."
Qiao Xiaoni said, "You guys shouldn't do this anymore. You should sleep when you need to. What if you ruin your health?"
Li Meihua put the chopped vegetable filling into a bowl: "Your sister-in-law and I can sleep during the day, but you get up so early. What will you do if you're sleepy during the day?"
"Selling things won't make me sleepy, and besides, it's just selling for a morning, it's not physical labor, so it won't get tiring."
By the way, where's my second brother? Is he up yet?
Li Meihua placed the oil can on the stove: "Your second brother went out, saying he was going to find someone to come and help. He should be back in a little while."
Let's not worry about him for now, let's quickly prepare the filling. You can use as much lard as you like today. After you sell the meat this morning, go buy some pork fat and bring it back to render some lard tonight.
"Tomorrow I'll add a little oil to the vegetable pancakes; they'll definitely sell better than the vegetarian ones."
"Mom, you've finally come to your senses." Qiao Xiaoni washed her hands in the basin, dried them, and started preparing the filling. There wasn't much lard left in the jar, so she simply put all of it into the filling.
Yesterday's bestsellers should keep them selling for another day; I'm sure someone will try to steal their recipe, since vegetable pancakes seem easy to make.
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