After breakfast was ready, Li Shuping called Xiao 냫 and Qin Ye to wash their hands and eat.
Boil rice oil and millet porridge, serve with leek egg pancakes and Biju eight-treasure pickles.
Freshly fried chive egg pancakes are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, and taste especially delicious.
When Qin Ye came to his senses, he had already eaten a lot.
He controlled himself and wanted to eat his hands with the cake. He drank the last bit of porridge at the bottom of the bowl and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.
"Aunt Li, I'm done eating. I'm going to the meat processing factory to get some goods first."
"Go ahead."
She had signed a contract with the meat processing factory and had to go to the factory to pull the meat every morning. The payment for the meat was settled every ten days.
With a special approval from the Industry and Commerce Bureau, and with such a big store located here, the people at the meat processing factory have nothing to worry about.
Qin Ye rode a tricycle to the meat processing factory. It was still early, so Lin Xiao helped to prepare the vegetables for a while, then put on her schoolbag and went to school.
Li Shuping and Qin Rong were the only ones left at home, and they were not idle.
Li Shuping is responsible for kneading the dough, and Qin Rong is responsible for preparing the vegetables.
Li Shuping also blanched spinach to make spinach juice, and made a green dough to make emerald cabbage dumplings.
Both of them are very hardworking. After the dough was kneaded, Li Shuping started to beat eggs and scramble the eggs to mix with the stuffing.
After preparing the dishes, Qin Rong went to the sink to wash them one by one.
Qin Ye came back soon, and fresh pork and pork bones were brought into the kitchen.
Li Shuping asked Qin Rong to wash the vegetables, including leeks, cabbage and fennel.
Qin Ye chopped the pork filling.
There is no need for any skill to chop the meat filling. Just use two kitchen knives to chop the filling until it cannot be finer.
She washed the pork bones, which had been cut in half, and blanched them in water, then put them together with the soaked kelp into pieces in the pot to make soup.
Today's kelp and bone soup is free. The stove is hot and the pot boils quickly.
Li Shuping beat off the foam and boiled it for a while, then scooped all the soup into the large soup pot on the back stove with a ladle.
Wash the large iron pot, add half a pot of water, and blanch the spinach, vermicelli, and fungus that will be used to make salad in the pot one by one.
Qin Rong and Qin Ye chopped the stuffing, and Li Shuping mixed the stuffing.
Today is the first day of business, and Li Shuping prepared four kinds of dumplings.
Cabbage and pork, shiitake mushroom and pork, leek and egg, fennel and egg.
It was exactly half past ten when the four kinds of fillings were mixed.
The three of them hurriedly washed their hands and went to hold the store opening ceremony.
Qin Ye took a long bamboo pole and hung several strings of firecrackers on the pole, which were longer than the bamboo pole.
Li Shuping lit the fuse with a match and quickly opened it while covering her ears.
"Crackle, crackle..."
The long-lasting sound of firecrackers rang out on Changning Street, attracting not only nearby residents but also passers-by on their way to state-owned restaurants and supply and marketing cooperatives.
When the sound of firecrackers stopped, quite a few people had gathered outside the store, including a familiar face who had come to catch the rapist last time.
"Every time I pass by, I always come to see if your dumpling shop is open. Today is finally open."
"Hey, is this a dumpling shop?"
"Yes, there used to be a delicious dumpling stall in Lihua Lane, and it was moved here."
"Really? Then I'd like to try it."
Li Shuping smiled and tore off the red silk covering the sign. "Today we are officially opening our Li Ji Dumplings store. For the first three days, we will give away free big bone and kelp soup. Limited to one bowl per person. When they are all gone, they will be sold out."
“We welcome new and old customers to come into the store and taste the food.”
Qin Rong and Qin Ye didn't know what to say, so they just stood behind Li Shuping.
When everyone heard that there was free pork bone and kelp soup, they were all excited.
"When can we eat dumplings?" someone asked.
Li Shuping: "We are not fully prepared yet, you can come over to eat at 11:30."
"Okay, I'll come back later."
"I'll come back later."
After a brief bustle, the store returned to its peaceful state.
The three of them returned to the store and continued to speed up their preparations.
Lin Yongnian was discharged from the hospital that morning. Although he felt that his body had not fully recovered, the doctor said that he no longer needed to stay in the hospital, so Lin Guodong processed the discharge procedures for him.
The two of them took the bus home.
When they were about to reach the bus stop outside the State-owned Hotel, Lin Yongnian swallowed his water and said, "Guodong, how about we go to the State-owned Hotel for lunch?"
He always ate the tasteless patient meals in the hospital cafeteria, and his mouth was filled with boredom.
Moreover, he felt that he was so weak, most likely because he did not eat well, and he needed to eat something good to replenish himself.
Lin Guodong frowned. A simple meal at the state-owned restaurant would cost the two of them about one dollar.
His father didn't have a penny on him, so he had to pay for it.
He has been in the hospital these days and has spent a lot of money.
"The doctor said you need to eat a light diet, so let's go home and I'll make you some porridge."
Lin Yongnian: “…”
In the end, the two of them got off the bus at the bus stop opposite Lihua Lane, crossed the road, and saw the dumpling stall in the alley. Lin Yongnian walked slowly towards them.
"Guodong, how about some egg dumplings?" Lin Yongnian licked his lips. He was craving for dumplings.
Lin Guodong paused and turned to look at the dumpling stall on the roadside.
Liu Mingxiang quickly greeted, "Have a bowl of dumplings. Our dumplings are delicious and inexpensive. Dumplings stuffed with egg and chives are only 25 cents a bowl."
When Lin Guodong heard this, he thought it was indeed not expensive and that it would be troublesome to go back and cook porridge over a fire, so he hesitated for a while and finally agreed.
Two people walked up to the stall and sat down, each ordering a bowl of dumplings stuffed with leek and egg.
Liu Mingxiang recognized the two as Li Shuping's ex-husband and eldest son, and started chatting with them.
"Uncle, where are you coming from?" Liu Mingxiang asked as she threw dumplings into the pot.
Lin Yongnian glanced at him and her and said, "Hospital."
"Are you sick? I see that your condition is much worse than before."
Lin Guodong raised his eyebrows, "Do you know my dad?"
Liu Mingxiang: "How can I not know you? Aren't you Li Shuping's ex-husband and eldest son? She and I live in the same courtyard."
Lin Yongnian and Lin Guodong looked at each other. They had no impression of this.
However, when Li Shuping was mentioned, their faces all looked unhappy and they didn't want to continue chatting with her.
Liu Mingxiang saw it, but continued: "I heard about what Li Shuping did to you, she is really too much."
"They say that a night of love brings a hundred kinds of affection, but she doesn't even remember the old feelings. She is so cruel..."
Hearing Liu Mingxiang accusing Li Shuping, Lin Yongnian did not feel comfortable, because the fact that he knelt down to apologize was really too disgraceful.
"Just cook the dumplings, why are you talking so much? It's so disgusting to spray water into the pot." Lin Yongnian said unhappily.
"..." Liu Mingxiang choked, pouted and closed her mouth.
I was helping him to blame Li Shuping, but he said she talked too much and that he deserved to be bullied by Li Shuping.
Zhou Cuilan put on a new dress and prepared to go to support Li Shuping at noon.
If it's busy at noon, she can help out.
When I passed by a dumpling stall in the alley, I saw two familiar faces sitting there.
(Wow! There are so many reminders and flowers, thank you for the gifts, (づ￣3￣)づ╭❤～There will be another chapter later.)
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