Although the elderly people didn't understand the concept of personal privacy, they still insisted on not entering the living space of Chen Hong, a young woman, showing a great sense of propriety.
This is what makes the two elderly people so appealing to young people: their meticulous and thoughtful manners.
Without interfering too much under the guise of "it's for your own good," the distance between oneself and young people is always kept at a level where everyone feels comfortable.
These are invaluable life experiences that many elderly people lack! She even has things she can learn from Aunt Guo and the others!
After finishing two cups of tea, Chen Hong saw that it was time to cook the bones, so she went into the kitchen and brought down the pressure cooker.
After releasing the pressure, open the pot lid and pour the meat and bones into a basin to cool. Once they're no longer too hot, you can feed them to Black Tiger and Glasses.
Yu Yang could do this job, so Chen Hong didn't bother with it.
She had to hurry up and clean the second floor. Taking advantage of the midday sun, she took off the sheets and blankets, washed them, and hung them out to dry on the balcony.
The master bedroom, the second bedroom, and the guest bedroom were all cleaned, and all the bathrooms were also washed.
I wiped down the study and small living room, and carefully mopped the stairwell and hallway. The only thing left to clean was the second-floor windows.
After finishing the work, I checked the time and it was past midnight. I quickly went downstairs, called Yu Yang, locked the door, and went to the hotel for dinner.
They eat and do nothing, so we can't wait for Uncle Village Chief to come and call them again. The elderly women are all over sixty years old and are busy with chores every day.
Even from outside, I could hear the bustling noise inside the restaurant; it seems business has been good lately!
No wonder Aunt Guo was anxious when she saw everyone not working; when business is good, there's plenty of work to do!
Upon entering the restaurant, wow! It was like a large hotel in the city, with 80% of the seats occupied.
With so many people having lunch, the hotel rooms must be packed. No wonder the hotel was so full this morning!
Yu Yang stayed in the restaurant to watch TV, while Chen Hong went straight into the kitchen.
"Have we been getting this many customers these past few days? Business is booming!"
While busy with her work, Aunt Guo said to Chen Hong, "It's strange, as the weather gets hotter, more and more people are coming to the beach."
For three days in a row, the hotel has been fully booked. Even so, some tourists have left. Our little hotel is still too small!
"Why did we let them leave? Don't we have any spare rooms in our village to accommodate them?"
Chen Hong found it strange, because she remembered that many villagers in the village would leave their rooms vacant to accommodate guests.
Aunt Guo sighed: "About half of them live here. Some families are not particular about hygiene, and their houses and yards are all messy."
Tourists who go there don't seem to want to stay. They only stay for one day before heading back to the city.
Our guests are all long-term residents; the shortest stay is two days.
They've been eating and drinking at our hotel for several days now, which has really helped us make money!
Chen Hong nodded: "The more people there are, the more we need to pay attention to food hygiene."
As the weather gets hotter, food spoils more easily, and leftovers have to be thrown away instead of being kept for the next meal.
Not only can't we give it to the guests, but we can't eat it ourselves either. If we get an upset stomach, it'll be a case of trying to save a little money but spending a lot more – suffering and wasting money both ways!
Aunt Guo laughed: "Don't worry, you don't need to tell me this. Your Aunt Erhu and I have lived to be this old, how could we not understand this simple principle?"
Apart from meat, rice, noodles, and seasonings, which we need to buy, we produce and sell everything else ourselves.
The vegetables are all picked fresh from the ground, and the chickens and ducks are all stewed and slaughtered fresh – everything is so fresh!
The meat and ribs we bought are all frozen in the freezer. They're kept fresh for at most two days. Your Uncle Erhu goes to town to buy them once a week!
The fish and shrimp are all alive; we'll cook whichever one the tourist points to.
Food hygiene is absolutely not a problem. We eat at the restaurant ourselves, and we eat the same food as the tourists.
Chen Hong was relieved; everyone there was honest and wouldn't cheat or rip off customers.
She was just worried that the elderly people had been frugal all their lives, and that if they ate leftovers, they would get sick, which would also pose a threat to the restaurant's food hygiene.
Since the elderly people take this matter very seriously, she decided to completely abandon it!
As long as we operate with integrity, we will definitely have no shortage of customers in the future. As everyone's income increases, they will be more willing to invest. A virtuous cycle is the best business model.
They waited until all the guests had finished eating before they sat down to eat. There wasn't much leftover food in the restaurant at noon; there were only two plates of pan-fried ribbonfish and braised mackerel.
The other dishes were all taken by the tourists, so Aunt Guo and Aunt Erhu went to the kitchen to stew a pot of cabbage, tofu and sliced meat, make a jellyfish and cucumber salad, stir-fry a plate of shredded potatoes, and make scrambled eggs with tomatoes.
Chen Hong thought the dishes were too simple. There were ten people in total, including her and her daughter, for lunch, but only six dishes, and very few meat dishes.
Chen Hong went to the corner and found a suitcase. She opened the suitcase, took out the braised pork hock she had bought in Beijing, went to the kitchen to slice it, plate it, and bring it out.
He then brought out a box of Erguotou (a type of Chinese liquor), opened a bottle, and poured a glass for the village chief and his wife, as well as for Erhu and his wife.
"Uncle and Aunt, please try the good wine and meat that Yu Yang and I brought back from Beijing."
People from Beijing say it tastes amazing; this braised pork hock is even said to have been eaten by Empress Dowager Cixi.
"My three sisters-in-law, if your sister-in-law can drink baijiu, please grab a cup and pour yourself some to try! Don't be shy!"
The village chief chuckled upon hearing this, picked up his wine glass, and first clinked it against Uncle Erhu's.
"Come on, Erhu, let's try some Erguotou from Beijing. I've heard it's really good."
This is the best baijiu in China. Drinking it will give you courage; you wouldn't even need to hide if an atomic bomb came!
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