In the afternoon, Aunt Wang cleaned up early and waited for her grandson to finish school and her family to get off work, and then went to Shuping's dumpling shop together to take care of the business.
"Grandma..." The eldest grandson Junjun ran into the house carrying a book on his back.
He threw down the book he was carrying and said, "Grandma, let's go to Grandma Li's store to eat dumplings."
"Why are you in such a hurry? Your father and the others haven't come back yet. Where's your brother?"
"In the back, Zhao Xingxing is a tortoise, he walks so slowly." Zhao Junjun pouted and complained.
Aunt Wang has only one daughter and a pair of twin sons. The two sons got married one year apart, and their children are one year apart in age.
The eldest son, Zhao Junjun, is seven years old and is in the first grade. The second son, Zhao Xingxing, is in preschool this year. The two cousins go to school and go home together.
Aunt Wang wiped the sweat off her grandson's head and said, "You were born in the Year of the Rabbit, so you run too fast."
"Is your zodiac sign really rabbit?" Zhao Junjun asked.
Aunt Wang: "You are born in the year of the pig."
Zhao Junjun: “…”
At five fifty, the Zhao family members returned home from get off work one after another.
After everyone was gathered, the whole family went out.
"Sister Wang, where are you and your family going?" Mr. Liu's wife asked when she saw them.
Aunt Wang stroked her hair and said, "Shuping's dumpling shop is opening today. Let's go and show her some support."
"It's opening today. Where is it? Let's go when Old Liu from the family comes back."
"Just walk along Changning Street to the end."
"Okay, then you guys go first, we'll be there later."
Old Mrs. Lai, who was sitting at the door of her house sorting vegetables, said, "Li Shuping is such an unrighteous person. She sent her in-laws' son to jail, cut off all ties with her own son, and treated the man she had slept with for more than 20 years like an animal."
"You guys are still going to take care of this person's business. Aren't you afraid that you'll get diarrhea from eating her food?"
Aunt Wang: "Shu Ping ordered dumplings the other day, and you went to ask for them with a straight face, but you didn't have diarrhea. You must not have diarrhea."
When Li Shuping was making dumplings, this lazy woman often went to her shamelessly to try them.
"..." Mrs. Lai choked.
"Mom, let's go." Aunt Wang's son Zhao Wu urged.
Aunt Wang snorted and followed her sons out of the yard.
Along the way, whenever someone she knew greeted them and asked them where they were going, she would say they were going to Shuping's restaurant to eat dumplings, promoting the restaurant all the way.
"Sister Hui, where are you going?"
Before leaving Lihua Lane, I met Zhang Jiao who was carrying vegetables. Zhang Jiao greeted Yu Hui, the eldest daughter-in-law of Aunt Wang.
Yu Hui glanced at her mother-in-law and said, "Isn't it time for Aunt Li's dumpling shop to open? Let's go and show our support."
The dumpling shop opened so soon?
Zhang Jiao's expression changed and she stopped talking.
Yu Hui: "Then you go home and get busy. We'll go first."
After saying that, Yu Hui quickened her pace and followed her mother-in-law and the others.
Zhang Jiao turned her head and watched them leaving, cursing in her heart that Li Shuping's dumpling shop would lose all its money.
The dumpling shop started to receive customers at 5:30. Qin Ye hadn't come back yet. As soon as Lin Xiaoyu got home, she put down her book and went to help.
A jeep stopped by the side of the road. Gu Zhenyuan, who was dressed in casual clothes, got out of the car first and opened the door of the back seat and the passenger seat.
A white-haired old man got out of the car.
Mother Gu, who wore a silver chain and reading glasses around her neck, and Old Lady Yu supported each other as they walked along the curb.
Mother Gu put on her reading glasses and looked up at the sign of the shop in front of her.
"This is where Li's Dumplings is. This shop is great, so it's sure to have good business on the street."
Old Mrs. Yu: "As for the taste of dumplings made by humans, they can't be bad."
Mother Gu and Old Mrs. Yu entered the dumpling shop first. Lin Xiaoyu saw that there were customers coming, so she smiled and went to greet them.
"Welcome, grandma, are you two the only ones here? This way, please." Lin Xiaoyu said as she was about to lead the people to the empty seats.
Seeing Lin Xiaoyu's childish face, Old Mrs. Yu was stunned.
This child...
"It's not two, it's five." Gu Zhen walked to the door and said.
Lin Xiaoyu's eyes lit up, "Uncle Gu, are you two together?"
Gu Zhenyuan nodded, "These are my parents and two elders."
Lin Xiaoyu looked at them and said, "Hello, grandpa and grandma, welcome. Please come in."
Several people followed Lin Xiaoyu to an empty table and sat down. Even after sitting down, Old Mrs. Yu was still staring at Lin Xiaoyu.
Lin Xiaoyu noticed it, avoided her gaze, and introduced the menu of the store.
"We have all kinds of dumplings in our store right now, mushroom pork... fennel eggs, and spinach vermicelli... smashed cucumbers as cold dishes. Take a look and see what you want to eat."
"How about two plates of dumplings? And one cold dish?" Gu Huai suggested.
"Sister Yu, you don't eat mushrooms, right?" Mother Gu asked while looking at Old Mrs. Yu.
Seeing that the other party was staring at the little girl and didn't respond to what he said, he stretched out his hand and waved it in front of her eyes.
Mrs. Yu finally came to her senses and asked, "What?"
"You don't eat mushrooms, do you?"
"I don't eat mushrooms. If you want to eat them, just order them. I don't eat them."
Gu Zhenyuan: "Since Aunt Yu doesn't eat mushrooms, then why don't we order three plates of pork and cabbage, one plate of pork and mushrooms, and two plates of fennel and leek?"
Since everyone had no objection, Lin Xiaoyu went to the kitchen to place the order.
"Sister Yu, why are you staring at a little girl?" asked Mother Gu.
Old Mrs. Yu retracted her gaze and asked, "I always feel that this child is like someone. Have you noticed?" She looked at her old man and asked.
Mr. Li frowned and thought for a while, "It seems a little familiar."
"Who does he look like?" asked Gu's mother.
Old Madam Yu said, "This girl looks a bit like Zhenzhen."
"Really?" Mother Gu stared at Lin Xiaoyu who was standing at the food delivery counter.
Maybe her eyesight is not good, and she hasn't seen the Li family's little granddaughter Zhenzhen for some time, so she couldn't see it.
"Who is this girl to Shuping?" Gu's mother asked her son.
Gu Zhenyuan: "It's her daughter."
Mother Gu: "Look at her features and eyebrows, they look just like Shu Ping."
"Mom, Uncle Gu is here, and he brought his parents and two elders with him." Lin Xiaoyu said as he stood at the food delivery counter.
It looks like Mr. Li and his wife have arrived.
Li Shuping threw dumplings into the pot and asked, "What did they order?"
"Two servings of egg dumplings, three servings of pork and cabbage, one serving of mushroom pork, and one serving of cold dishes."
I ordered quite a lot.
Li Shuping: "Okay, let's make some cold dishes and soup first, and then go say hello to them after the dumplings are cooked."
Qin Rong and Lin Xiaoyu ordered soup and a cold dish together. Qin Rong put the soup on the tray on the table and said, "This bone soup is given away for free to celebrate the opening."
Father Gu looked at the bone soup in front of him and said, "Comrade Shuping has quite a business mind."
They even use free soup as a gimmick to attract customers.
Mother Gu: "If a person doesn't have brains, how can he open such a big dumpling shop?"
"Little girl, are you still studying?" Old Mrs. Li looked at Lin Xiaoyu and asked.
"Yes, I'm in the first year of high school."
Hearing this, Mrs. Yu smiled and said, "You are helping your mother in her shop while you are still in school. You are really capable."
Lin Xiaoyu smiled embarrassedly.
“Grandma, you guys eat first, the dumplings will be ready soon.” She turned around and went to greet other guests.
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