Chapter 400 The old lady next door comes to ask for money
Chen Guanghai's eyebrows twitched. Why wasn't it over yet at this hour of night? Could something have happened to someone's family again?
He glanced at Boss Chen and said, "Boss, go open the door and see who it is."
Chen Lao Da is thirteen years old this year. He is the most stable of the three children and is like a little adult.
He nodded immediately and ran to open the door.
As soon as the gate opened, he saw an old face full of wrinkles at the door.
"Boss, what delicious food did you make at home? It smells so good, it made my grandson cry with greed."
The person who came was Mrs. Zhang from next door. This old lady is a shrewd person. She would shamelessly come to anyone's house to eat something delicious.
She said her grandson wanted to eat it, but in fact most of it went into her own stomach.
Because of his old age, the villagers were reluctant to say anything. At most, they would just hide more of the food he had.
Boss Chen didn't want to let the old lady in. His father was easy to talk to, but the old lady took advantage of her seniority and often came to ask for money.
"Nothing much. My mom stewed some leftover knife fish to satisfy the three of us."
Old Mrs. Zhang looked into the room as she spoke.
She had eaten knife fish before. It had many bones and a strong fishy smell, but it didn't smell this good. This brat must have been afraid that she would ask for it, so he lied to her.
"Grandma Zhang, I'll close the shop if there's nothing else. Tomorrow it's our village's turn to go out to sea, so you should go back and go to bed early..."
As he said that, Boss Chen was about to close the door, but before he could close it, a branch as thick as his wrist was inserted into the gap of the door, forcefully preventing him from closing it.
It is the wooden stick that old lady Zhang uses as a walking stick.
"Since I'm here, I'll go in and talk to your mother before I leave."
As Old Lady Zhang spoke, she ignored Boss Chen's attempts to stop her and, relying on her thin stature, slipped in with her cane.
Boss Chen tried to catch up with her from behind but couldn't. The old lady ran very fast with her bound feet, like a monkey.
He could only shout into the house: "Mom and Dad, Grandma Zhang from next door is coming."
Hearing this, Wang Xiujuan slid forward, picked up the plate and went into the inner room. Su Xiaoxiao was stunned by the sight. Her hands were so agile.
When the old lady entered the room, she saw a group of people gathered around the stove, and the tempting aroma could be faintly smelled from the pot.
She came forward with a smile on her face and said, "Guanghai, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but it's inappropriate for you to secretly eat delicious food from our neighbors, right? Look, my grandson is crying with greed."
As she spoke, she stretched her neck to look into the pot. When she saw what was in the pot, the expression on her face froze.
The pot contained a sticky mixture of bran and rotten sweet potatoes. It smelled nice, but it didn't seem like food for humans; it looked more like pig food.
This was thrown into the pot by Wang Xiujuan when she hid the hairtail fish just now.
After hiding the things, Wang Xiujuan came up slowly: "Aunt Zhang, you haven't eaten yet, right? Come on, have a bite. Third brother, go get a bowl for Grandma Zhang."
Whenever Chen Laosan saw Grandma Zhang coming to his house, he would roll his eyes to the sky.
Grandma Zhang is very old and likes to take advantage of her seniority. Even if her family is fermenting some manure, she will come over to taste it to see how salty it is.
However, I'm afraid the old woman's abacus beads are about to break.
"OK."
He responded, quickly ran to the kitchen to get dishes and chopsticks, and came back to hand the food to Grandma Zhang with a smile.
"Grandma Zhang, you're welcome, help yourself."
After taking advantage of her so many times, this was the first time the old woman saw Chen Laosan being so enthusiastic towards her.
But this... she really couldn't bring herself to say it.
Seeing that she hadn't touched anything yet, Wang Xiujuan directly picked up the bowl and filled it up for her: "Auntie, don't be polite. If you don't eat enough, there's more in the pot."
Old Lady Zhang: “…”
The more she looked at it, the more she felt that this thing looked like something you feed pigs at home. Resistance was written all over her body: "Forget it, I remembered that I still have fire in the pot, so I'll go back first!"
She immediately put down her bowl and chopsticks, and left quickly with her two old cold legs.
After everyone left, Wang Xiujuan told Chen Laoer, "Laoer, go scoop out all the pig feed in the pot and feed the pigs."
Now let's see if the old woman will come to her house to ask for money again in the future. She has been unhappy with this old man for a long time.
The troublesome person left, and a group of people sat around the table, with the spicy hairtail fish that Su Xiaoxiao had just made placed in the center.
This time, after repeated refusals, the head of the family, Chen Guanghai, was the first to pick up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of hairtail and put it in his mouth. He took a bite without saying anything.
Su Xiaoxiao looked at him expectantly: "Brother Chen, how does it taste?"
Chen Guanghai finished chewing a piece of hairtail fish, then took the time to say: "The piece just now had less meat, I couldn't taste the saltiness, I'll try another piece."
As soon as these words were spoken, four pairs of chopsticks started eating.
You don’t need to ask to know that this hairtail must be delicious.
Chen Laosan glared at Chen Guanghai with disdain, saying that he was such a shameless adult that he wanted to eat all the food by himself.
Chen Guanghai was also a little embarrassed. The hairtail he had just eaten was really delicious. He was afraid that if he said it was delicious, he would feel embarrassed to snatch it from the children.
There wasn't much hairtail on a plate, and several people ate it all up quickly with two or three pieces each.
Wang Xiujuan exclaimed, "Comrade Su, how come you're so amazing? This hairtail fish is so delicious! It doesn't have any fishy smell at all, and it's fragrant and spicy. Can you tell me the recipe?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Guanghai glared at his wife with disapproval: "How can I just give you Miss Su's recipe just because I tell her so?"
This daughter-in-law is usually very sensible, why is she so tactless today?
Su Xiaoxiao waved her hand nonchalantly: "Brother Chen, I originally wanted to give you this formula, but I have one condition."
Chen Guanghai didn't expect her to be so generous. Look at the courage of this young girl. No wonder she became a manager at such a young age.
He immediately said seriously: "Sister, just ask, I will definitely agree to anything I can do."
Su Xiaoxiao actually had her own selfish motives in encouraging them to can seafood.
Today's seafood is all natural, without modern pollution and without the addition of drugs, so it is definitely more delicious.
If she could sell these cans in the mall, they would definitely be a bestseller.
You can make money and help Chenhe Village at the same time. It’s a win-win situation. Why not do it?
Moreover, she has plenty of recipes. Even if she gives them this one, she can still make other flavors. For her, giving them the recipe is a win-win situation with no harm.
Thinking about it, she said, "Brother Chen, I want to cooperate with you. You must give priority to selling the canned seafood you make in the future to me."
"That's it?"
Chen Guanghai widened his eyes in disbelief. Doesn't this directly help them solve the sales problem of canned seafood?
This is not a condition at all, it is clearly a benefit for them.
Su Xiaoxiao nodded: "Yes, no matter how popular your canned seafood business is in the future, my order will come first."
As soon as these words were spoken, the room instantly became quiet.
Are her conditions too demanding? If that doesn't work, I'd be fine if I could just guarantee half of her order volume.
As she was about to speak, Chen Guanghai excitedly grabbed her hand.
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