Chapter 103 Li Yi's Restaurant
"Madam Xu, I think we can just plant the pear trees on the land in the east."
Village Chief Wang followed Xu Miaomiao and spoke.
"Okay." Xu Miaomiao made the final decision: "Find a few young and strong people to accompany me to plant and move the pear trees over here."
When they heard that they were going to the back mountain, everyone was a little scared, but when they heard that they were following Xu Miaomiao, they all stepped forward enthusiastically.
Originally, they were like a pile of loose sand, but now Xu Miaomiao is like their stabilizing force, which can keep them stable.
After a busy day, Xu Miaomiao led everyone to plant the pear trees.
There are not many now. After all, they cannot just move all the pear trees in the back mountain. Otherwise, she will be worried that Dahu will take her away in the middle of the night for a talk.
The few pear trees have branches full of pears, which can be picked and eaten in autumn.
Xu Miaomiao was delighted.
When there are more pears, you can save some and plant some small saplings from scratch.
"Everyone has worked hard today, go back and rest early."
After the inspection, Xu Miaomiao spoke to the men led by Wu Zhuang and said that they must be exhausted after moving so many trees today.
Everyone shouted at Xu Miaomiao to leave.
As soon as Xu Miaomiao got home and had her meal, she took Erbao to change the dressing.
The scars on his face have healed a lot and his right eye has regained its sight.
Erbao's mood also improved a lot: "Mom, is Erbao going to be well?"
As soon as she took off the gauze, the little girl couldn't wait to walk to the mirror and look at herself in it.
Seeing that there were still some traces on his face, he hung his head dejectedly and said, "Why haven't you recovered yet?"
"It's okay." A pair of steady and powerful hands were placed on the little girl's head. When she looked up, it was Dabao: "With your brother here, you don't have to worry about not getting married."
"Humph." Erbao turned his head to the side angrily, muttering, "Brother is a bad guy, you're the one getting married."
Xu Miaomiao looked at the two laughing siblings, touched Erbao's head, applied the medicine again, and put the gauze back on.
"Don't worry, it will be fine soon."
"Yeah." Erbao looked at Xu Miaomiao and nodded with a smile.
“Dangdangdang—”
There was a sudden knock on the door, and Xu Miaomiao came out following the sound.
When he opened the door, he saw that it was Village Chief Wang, who asked in confusion: "Village Chief Wang, what's the matter so late at night?
The man swallowed his saliva and said anxiously, "Madam Xu, I was worried at night so I went to the pear garden to check. It was fine during the day, but at night there were many small insects gnawing on the trees, so I came to check on you."
Xu Miaomiao put on her coat, picked up a lamp, and walked towards the Pear Garden with the man.
"Originally I didn't want to bother you so late at night, but I'm really worried that if something happens to the pear tree, it would be difficult to explain to the villagers."
Xu Miaomiao nodded and patted the man comfortingly: "Village Chief Wang, I know, let's go and take a look now."
The two of them shuttled through the wind and snow with night lights in their hands. The dark night sky was burned with a hole by the light, illuminating the cold winter.
The originally lush green trees were indeed surrounded by insects, and densely packed small insects surrounded the pear trees tightly.
"Ms. Xu, what's going on? It's not here yet this afternoon."
"It's probably because the environment here is different from that in the back hills, which may not be conducive to the growth of pear trees."
Thinking carefully, there used to be a patch of insect repellent grass growing near the back mountain. It must be because of the insect repellent grass that the insects did not gather on the pear trees. Now that there is no such grass nearby, the insects have begun to settle down unscrupulously.
Xu Miaomiao was suspicious in her heart, and searched in her own space. She found a piece of insect repellent grass and put it on the tree. Sure enough, the original small insects quickly fled away.
"Hey, Madam Xu, where did you get the grass in your hand?" Village Chief Wang asked curiously, "Why did the insects retreat when they smelled it?"
Xu Miaomiao touched his head awkwardly and said, "I picked this insect repellent grass when I came here. Don't worry, Village Chief. This problem is easy to solve. I'll prepare some medicine tonight and sprinkle it around the tree tomorrow."
"Okay, Madam Xu, I'll wait for you tomorrow."
After hurriedly saying goodbye to Village Chief Wang, Xu Miaomiao followed the light to find the way home. She also did not forget to count the insect repellent herbs in the space, which should be enough to make insect repellent.
The woman who was about to develop it was suddenly attracted by a beam of light in the room and walked over immediately.
Seeing the boy's face reflected on the window, Xu Miaomiao knocked on the door curiously.
“Dangdangdang—”
Soon the door was opened. When Li Yi saw that it was Xu Miaomiao, he immediately lowered his head respectfully and said, "Master, what's the matter so late?"
"Why aren't you sleeping so late?" Xu Miaomiao leaned against the door frame and looked at the boy in front of her curiously.
Li Yi walked straight into the house, and Xu Miaomiao followed him in to take a look.
The boy picked up a written plan on the table and handed it to Xu Miaomiao.
Xu Miaomiao looked at the immature but clear notes.
"Why, you want to open a restaurant?"
The boy nodded and looked at Xu Miaomiao: "Yes, Master gave me two choices at the time. I wanted to start my own business, and I also wanted to open a restaurant next to Master's department store."
"Oh." Xu Miaomiao laughed, "You've even asked around to see if there are any vacant shops near me."
The boy touched his head awkwardly and nodded shyly: "I went there often these past two days, so I watched it for a while longer."
"But you will be going back to Ducheng to learn new skills in a few days, so what are you going to do with this restaurant?"
"I hope Master can help me manage it, and I can give Master a share of the profits."
The boy said with hope in his eyes: "I like cooking, and I hope more people can eat my food, so I want to open a restaurant. When the restaurant here is stable, I will open another one in the capital."
"Aren't you afraid of failure?"
"I'm afraid, but if I don't try, I won't even have the chance to fail." Li Yi looked at Xu Miaomiao with firm eyes, hoping to get her support.
Xu Miaomiao was amused by his brave appearance and responded, "Of course I support you, but I want to share the profits for helping you manage the restaurant."
Li Yi also laughed and said, "Master will definitely be involved."
The moonlight was bright, and the warm conversation brought some warmth to the cold winter.
Xu Miaomiao looked at the boy in front of her with satisfaction. He was worthy of being the one she liked. He was a man of integrity!
The chill in the early morning made the rooster in the yard shiver. It walked lazily to the door and wanted to crow to wake up everyone in the house.
Before it crowed, Xu Miaomiao stretched and came out of the house.
She spent the whole night last night preparing the insecticide and finally finished it.
"Ms. Xu, can we prevent those insects from crawling up just by spreading these medicines?" Village Chief Wang took the things and confirmed with Xu Miaomiao again.
The people here used to make a living by hunting and had never dabbled in agriculture, so they only had a vague understanding of these things.
"Yes." Xu Miaomiao nodded: "But it may be hard for everyone. We may have to do it every few days."
"It's okay, Madam Xu, don't worry." The man patted his chest confidently and looked at Xu Miaomiao.
His attentive appearance made everyone laugh.
After finishing the work in the orchard, Xu Miaomiao hurried to the market and finally arrived in time for Li Yi's opening.
Although the little guy borrowed some money from her to buy this shop, when Xu Miaomiao saw him firmly saying that he would pay it back and decorated the restaurant so beautifully, she knew that he would definitely succeed.
As expected, a lot of people gathered at the door just after it opened.
Some were attracted to the department store to buy things, and some came just to join in the fun.
"Hey, isn't this the young master who defeated Mr. Bai before?"
The man took a closer look and recognized Li Yi.
"This husband is incredible." The man next to him echoed, "At such a young age, he actually opened a restaurant."
"Yes, yes, go in and take a look."
As soon as the red cloth on the plaque at the door was removed, a group of people walked in.
Li Yi changed his clothes and wore a loose robe, which really made him look like a shopkeeper.
"Boss, I will be your shopkeeper from now on." Xu Miaomiao looked at Li Yi jokingly.
The boy blushed and quickly retorted: "Master, please don't call me the boss. It's thanks to you that I can open this restaurant."
"I thought someone opened a restaurant next to us, but it turned out to be a handsome boy."
Lan Yin was holding a candied haws in her hand, as if she was here to join in the fun.
"My handsome brother, now that you have opened this restaurant, I will definitely come here to eat every day in the future."
The little girl spoke without restraint and stared at Li Yi intently.
Li Yi quickly retracted his gaze and looked at Xu Miaomiao and started chatting: "Master, what do you think about giving the guests who come to dine on the first day a free osmanthus cake?"
Xu Miaomiao thought for a moment and nodded: "You already have some fame thanks to the osmanthus cake, this will be more of a gimmick."
"Then the disciple went to do it."
Xu Miaomiao nodded slightly.
Because it was the first day, there were quite a few people coming, but for the time being, Li Yi was the only one busy in the kitchen, so the restaurant was not very large.
There are only a few tables for dining in the lobby on the first floor, but the decoration is unique.
The endless stream of guests were a little disappointed to see that the restaurant was already full.
Xu Miaomiao thoughtfully gave a portion of osmanthus cake to the guests waiting at the door, thus keeping some of the guests.
It seems that having a store that is too small is not a good thing, Xu Miaomiao muttered to herself.
(End of this chapter)
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