When school ended today, Xiao Muyu specifically reminded her, "Xiao Li, remember we made plans to go shopping tomorrow!"
To be honest, if she hadn't reminded her, Jiang Xiaoli would have almost forgotten.
Seeing her evasive gaze, Xiao Muyu put on a stern face and asked, "You wouldn't have changed your mind, would you?"
"No way! Before we go shopping, could you come with me somewhere first?" Jiang Xiaoli asked.
Hearing that she didn't intend to break her promise, Xiao Muyu's expression softened considerably. "Where are you going?"
"Guizhi Steamed Bun Shop has been open for two days and I haven't been there yet. Shall we go check it out together tomorrow and give each other some feedback?" Jiang Xiaoli asked.
Xiao Muyu was quite interested in this as well, and she readily agreed, "Then I'll come to your house to find you tomorrow morning?"
"Okay, okay, see you tomorrow. I'll come over for dinner after we go shopping, and I'll also ask Uncle Xiao something!"
Yuan Manming has family matters to attend to tomorrow and can't go shopping with them, which makes her a little resentful.
Hearing that Jiang Xiaoli was going to Xiao Muyu's house for a free meal, she was even more annoyed. "I'll definitely make time next time!"
Xiao Muyu and Jiang Xiaoli exchanged a glance and comforted her, "Yes, yes, we'll definitely do it next time!"
Sunday was also a rest day for Jiang Xiaoli's running exercise plan. She was still lazing in bed when Li Guizhi let Xiao Muyu into the room and pulled off her blanket.
Although it wasn't cold in September, having her blanket taken away still managed to wake her up.
"Aaaaah~ Why are you up so early?!" Jiang Xiaoli wailed, rolling around on the bed.
Xiao Muyu said matter-of-factly, "Of course, the steamed bun shop is busiest in the morning. If we don't go first thing in the morning, when will we? Get up, you lazybones!"
Li Guizhi chimed in, "That's right, Xiaoyu's here and you're still not up? Get up, get up!"
With no other option, Jiang Xiaoli was forced to get up with difficulty after being hit by the two men's combined punches, and washed up like a walking corpse.
She shuddered when the cold towel was placed on her face, and then she was fully awake.
Before leaving, Li Guizhi slipped 500 yuan to her daughter, saying, "Buy whatever clothes you like, and buy some for Xiaoyu too!"
Jiang Xiaoli looked at the stack of "huge sums of money," smiled, and nodded. "Don't worry, Mom."
Having been reborn, few can rival her in spending money.
After leaving the house, the two of them decided to go shopping instead of riding their bikes and took the bus to the steamed bun shop.
It's already 9 o'clock, and there's still a long queue in front of the window under the "Guizhi Steamed Bun Shop" sign.
Jiang Xiaoli led Xiao Muyu around the courtyard, where Nan Gua was carrying several baskets of steamed buns to the stove.
Upon seeing the two, he called out excitedly into the house, "Brother Zong, Little Pear is here!"
Soon, Zong Jia came out of the house, holding a stack of loose change in his hand, clearly having been helping to collect money.
Jiang Xiaoli first introduced them to Xiao Muyu, "Xiaoyu, these are my partners. This one is Zong Jiayu, and the one who was just carrying the steamer is Nangua."
Then she looked at Zong Jiayu and pointed to the person next to her, "This is my best friend, Xiao Muyu. We're here to inspect the work!"
The two people being introduced immediately smiled.
Xiao Muyu smiled happily when she heard Jiang Xiaoli introduce her as her best friend.
Zong Jiayu smiled when he saw the girl's proud little face as she talked about inspecting the work.
Zong Jia nodded to Xiao Muyu first, "Welcome to visit, you and Little Pear. I'm a bit busy right now, but I'll get to you when I'm done. Please feel free to look around for now."
After saying that, he gestured to Jiang Xiaoli and went back inside to continue working as a cashier.
The two stayed in the yard. Pumpkin put the batch of buns on the stove and came out to bring each of them a stool.
"Little Pear, what do you think of our steamed bun shop? Is there anything we need to change?"
Jiang Xiaoli looked around and said, "It's already very good, Brother Gua. I see some aunties are still making steamed buns non-stop. Can we keep up with the current quantity?"
Pumpkin got excited when she heard this, "How could that be? Yesterday was our first day of business, and we sold nearly 300 baskets by the evening. It's not that there weren't enough people buying; it's that we were simply too busy to keep up!"
He pointed to the kitchen, "There are four stoves inside now steaming at the same time, and they can only make 20 baskets at a time. That's not enough. There's always a queue outside our window. Yesterday, someone almost got into a fight with the people behind him because he ordered 100 buns at once. You can imagine how much trouble that caused."
Xiao Muyu listened with her mouth agape, while Jiang Xiaoli smiled and asked, "So, is there a solution now?"
Pumpkin pointed to a vacant lot in the yard, "Zhong Yuan went to contact people. This afternoon, they'll build a shed for this area and put a few stoves inside. It'll be usable, I guess. As for the aunties, Brother Zong said it's not reliable to have several aunties working around the clock, so it'll be two shifts."
Just then, the batch of steamed buns inside was sold out, and Zong Jia came out with the money box in his pocket. "Little Pear Sister, how was it?"
Jiang Xiaoli gave them a thumbs up, "Awesome! I heard about your amazing achievements at school yesterday!"
Zong Jia raised an eyebrow. "Don't listen to what others have told you. If you want to know, just ask me directly."
She burst out laughing, "Who taught you that! It's so slick!"
They didn't linger at the steamed bun shop. "We're going shopping now, so we're off! Good luck to you guys!"
Zong Jia nodded and didn't ask them to stay, but he instructed them, "When you're out and about, look for suitable storefronts and write them down so I can check them out later."
Jiang Xiaoli gave him an OK sign and pulled Xiao Muyu away from the steamed bun shop.
Seeing Xiao Muyu's puzzled expression, she snapped her fingers. "What questions do you have? Ask them now."
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