"Oh, isn't this Sister Li's ex-husband and ex-son Lin Guodong?" Zhou Cuilan walked over.
The mother-son relationship has been severed, so he is the former son.
Lin Guodong frowned. "Former son, what kind of title is that?"
Lin Yongnian and Lin Guodong ignored her and turned their heads away as if they didn't want to talk to her, knowing that she was in cahoots with Li Shuping.
Zhou Cuilan: "Sister Li's dumpling stall is opening today. As Sister Li's ex-husband and ex-wife, you didn't even go to show your support. Why are you eating dumplings at this small stall?"
These words startled Liu Mingxiang and her sister, as well as Lin Yongnian and his son.
Li Shuping’s dumpling shop opened today?
Liu Mingxiang had heard about Li Shuping making her ex-husband kneel down and apologize, so she naturally knew that she was going to open a dumpling shop.
When she first heard about it, she was a little worried that if Li Shuping opened a dumpling shop, it would take away her business.
But then I thought, since this dumpling stall serves the people in Lihua Lane and several nearby lanes.
Li Shuping's dumpling shop is quite far from Lihua Lane. It takes more than 10 minutes to walk there. Who in Lihua Lane would walk such a long way just to eat dumplings?
But when she heard Zhou Cuilan say that Li Shuping's dumpling shop had opened, her heart still skipped a beat.
Lin Yongnian said unhappily, "I would rather throw the money into the water and hear the noise than go to support Li Shuping."
Zhou Cuilan sneered, "Sister Li's dumplings are so delicious, there must be a lot of people eating them, it won't hurt if you two show up."
"That's hard to say." Liu Mingxiang added.
Zhou Cuilan looked at Liu Mingxiang and sneered, "What? Do you think my sister Li's dumpling shop's business won't be good?"
Liu Mingxiang curled her lips and said, "She used to set up a dumpling stall here. She only had business with her acquaintances. Besides, there are alleys around here and many people live there. No matter who sets up a stall here, the business will be good."
"But now she has moved to the streets of Changning. There are mostly shops nearby, not as many people working in factories as here."
"Besides, she opened a shop there, and she is a stranger without many acquaintances. It is really hard to say whether the business will be good or not."
Lin Yongnian and Lin Guodong nodded secretly, thinking that what she said made sense.
Li Shuping also opened such a store, and the monthly rent must be very high. But unlike here, there is no need to pay stall fees, and there is no need to invest much cost at all.
If business is not good, the little money she has will be lost in no time.
Zhou Cuilan smiled and said, "Instead of worrying about Sister Li's dumpling shop doing bad business, you should worry about your dumpling stall having no business once Sister Li's dumpling shop opens."
Liu Mingxiang scooped up the cooked dumplings and said, "I'm not worried. My location is good. Her dumpling shop is so far away. I don't believe anyone would go so far to eat the dumplings at my doorstep instead of eating them here."
Zhou Cuilan: "Have you ever heard of the old saying? Good wine needs no bush. As long as the food tastes good, many people will go far away to buy it."
Liu Mingxiang's heart skipped a beat at this, but she still said stubbornly, "Then let's see if the fragrance of her dumplings can drift to our Lihua Lane."
"By the way, Aunt Zhou, why aren't you setting up your tea egg stall? Are you not setting it up today? Or will you never set it up in the future?"
"If I had a neighbor like you who set up a stall with me, I really wouldn't be used to it."
Zhou Cuilan looked at her smug look and smiled without getting angry. "Sell it, of course. I'll take a day off today and I'll go back to the stall tomorrow. Let's continue to be good neighbors."
She specially emphasized the pronunciation of the word "good neighbor".
"That's great. But Aunt Zhou, please don't curse your mother when your business is bad. It brings bad luck." Liu Mingxiang said in a sarcastic tone.
Zhou Cuilan snorted coldly and turned away.
Hu Mingxiang rolled her eyes at her back.
On the way to the dumpling shop, Zhou Cuilan met Teacher Wang who was going to eat at the state-owned restaurant, and told him that Li Shuping's dumpling shop was open.
When Teacher Wang heard this, he asked for an address, then went home to inform the neighbors who had liked eating Li Shuping's dumplings because of him.
I haven’t eaten for half a month, and they are still thinking about it.
Yi Yuanming is the director of teaching at a middle school. In the afternoon, he went to the Municipal Education Bureau for a meeting. After the meeting, he rode his bicycle and rushed back to school for lunch.
He was so hungry from riding his bike that he suddenly smelled the aroma of meat bones and kelp soup.
Just as I was admiring the delicious taste of the soup, I heard a burst of shouting.
"Li Ji Dumpling Shop is grandly opened, offering free bone and kelp soup."
Free delivery?
Is there such a good thing?
He looked in the direction of the sound and saw a dumpling shop that had opened on the street at some point. A middle-aged man was standing at the door, clapping his hands and shouting.
How about not going back to school for lunch and just having some dumplings and some free pork bone and kelp soup outside?
Yi Yuanming rode over and parked his bike near the store door.
"Welcome to Li's Dumplings. Please come in." Qin Ye said somewhat awkwardly.
Aunt Li said he was handsome, so she asked him to stand by the door and shout to attract customers. If a customer came, he should say "Welcome to Li's Dumplings".
Yi Yuanming glanced at him. He hadn't heard the phrase "welcome" for many years.
Ever since all the stores were converted to state-owned enterprises, the attitude of the service staff in this store has become worse and worse.
Forget about welcoming them, it would be good enough if people don't just roll their eyes at you.
As he walked into the store, Yi Yuanming's eyes lit up.
What a clean and tidy shop. The kitchen and the living room are separated by glass. The glass is spotlessly clean and the kitchen is clearly visible through the glass. It is very clean.
You can also see the wooden plates stacked up layer by layer, with the round dumplings on them.
The dumplings with white tops and green skins look like emerald cabbages and are particularly beautiful.
It was the first time for him to see such beautiful dumplings.
Qin Ye: "You, you sit down, what do you want to eat?"
Yi Yuanming stared at the small blackboard hanging on the glass partition. On it was a menu with prices marked on it. The prices were really not cheap.
"I want a jade cabbage dumpling and a side of spinach vermicelli salad, and the bone and kelp soup for free, right?"
"Yes." Qin Ye nodded.
"That's it."
The bone and kelp soup and the cold-mixed spinach and vermicelli were served first. Yi Yuanming, who was a little hungry, ate some of the cold-mixed spinach and vermicelli first. It tasted very good and refreshing.
The bone and kelp soup is also very delicious, with a strong flavor of meat and kelp. It is not the kind of clear soup. There are also a few pieces of kelp and some minced meat in the bowl.
Yi Yuanming drank several bowls of soup in a row before he stopped. This free soup was so delicious that he was already looking forward to the dumplings.
"The dumplings are here." Qin Rong made dumplings.
Qin Ye continued to go outside to shout and solicit customers.
After the emerald cabbage dumplings were cooked, the green color of the dough faded a little, but they looked more like emerald, and their white and plump appearance was very pleasing.
Yi Yuanming picked up the dumpling, dipped it in vinegar, blew on it, put the whole dumpling into his mouth, and bit it with his teeth. The soup in the dumpling burst out.
The delicious soup was so hot that he opened his mouth and kept inhaling, but he was reluctant to spit it out.
After chewing a few bites and swallowing them, he exclaimed in surprise, "It's delicious. It's really good."
He was over fifty years old, and this was the first time he had eaten such delicious dumplings.
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