It was around four o'clock in the middle of the night when Zhang Jiang brought Han Guoli over.
Now that he is almost used to it, Zhang Jiang sends his wife over and then goes back to sleep.
Chen Rou was already busy in the kitchen. She had almost finished chopping the pork puree and was about to start cutting the leeks when Han Guolilai took over her sister-in-law's job.
Chen Rou brought the kneaded dough over and kneaded it back and forth for a while, which would make the taste more chewy. She then kneaded it into strips and cut it into even-sized dough pieces.
Sprinkle a little flour on the dough to prevent it from sticking, and then use a rolling pin to roll it into a bun skin that is thick in the middle and thin on both sides.
The aunt and sister-in-law had a clear division of labor and worked very quickly. At only five o'clock, the first pot of buns was put into the steaming pot.
While steaming the first pot of buns, the aunt and sister-in-law continued to work on the rest.
Chen Rou said, "The food business is busy, and it might be even busier when we open a shop. Now I have you to help me, and in the future you can work with my eldest sister-in-law to sell boiled peanuts. I will have to find someone else by then."
Han Guoli said: "Second sister-in-law, do you have a candidate?"
"I'll ask my eldest sister-in-law if she'll come. It'll be the slack season for farming by then. If she doesn't come, I'll go ask my third sister-in-law." Chen Rou said.
"I'm afraid my sister-in-law doesn't have the time. She has to take care of the household, so she can't rely on my brother." Han Guoli said.
Chen Rou nodded. This was why she didn't want to call her the fourth sister. She had to take care of the household, so it would be most appropriate to call her the fourth sister to come and help.
It’s still early now, so there’s no need to rush. We’ll see when the time comes.
The aunt and sister-in-law were busy until six o'clock. The second pot of buns was already out of the pot. Chen Rou took them out and put them in a wooden box, then covered it and set off.
The rest is left to Han Guoli.
Han Guoli cooked first, and scooped out some porridge after it was cooked. Her fourth sister-in-law specially reserved a dish of fried leeks and eggs, the filling of which was fried. She divided the dishes into equal bowls and brought them home for the three of them to eat.
"Hanghang, take care of the house." Han Guoli said to her nephew.
"Okay." Han Hang nodded after getting up and brushing his teeth to prepare for morning reading.
Han Guoli took breakfast home, and then came over to help her second sister-in-law sell buns.
"Your buns are delicious, no worse than those in state-owned restaurants, but they are a little smaller." A man directly bought a pound of buns for 20 yuan and gave them food coupons, and said so.
"But it's not small. One pound of flour can make fifteen buns. If you really want to make smaller ones, you can make twenty. Our buns are big, with thick skin and lots of fillings. They are definitely big and solid buns." Han Guoli said.
"There's indeed a lot of filling." The man nodded, and without saying anything else, he took it away.
Others also came over one after another to buy buns, but before they could finish, Han Guobin came over with another box of buns.
Just stand here and help sell buns.
When there was no one around, Han Guobin went back to look after the children.
Han Guoli smiled and said, "My second brother is a good person. Come here and stand here. You don't have to be afraid of anything."
Chen Rou smiled and said, "Only the head is worth looking at."
This was naturally a humble statement, and she still liked the rough guy.
After the buns were sold out, Chen Rou went home with Han Guoli. They had breakfast here together, and Han Guoli helped clean up the kitchen.
Zhang Yaoyao came over here soon. Her father was at work and her brother was at school, so naturally she could only come to play with Han Zhou and Han Cheng.
After packing up her things, Han Guoli went back first. It was already time for Han Guobin to go to work, so he gave the fourth child to his wife and went out.
Chen Rou carried little Lao Si back to the room. The little guy was a little tired because of the trouble his father had made him suffer on purpose, so his mother brought him into the house and fed him some food. Then he yawned and went to sleep with his mother.
Han Zhou was playing with his two younger sisters at the door. While they were playing, other children came over.
Children can always play with each other as quickly as possible and then forget about each other as soon as they turn around. I don’t know where I saw this saying, but it’s true.
They were having a lot of fun here, but when Chen Rou asked about it at noon, even Han Zhou didn't know anything. He didn't know who the person was, where he lived, and even his name had been forgotten.
Chen Rou didn't ask any more questions.
The neighbors here knew that she was selling buns, but they didn't think much of her. However, they also knew that Han Guobin worked in the Transportation Department and that he would occasionally drive back. It was the Transportation Department's car, so they basically knew that.
So he didn't think much of her, but he didn't dare to look down on her family Guobin. As for the children playing together, he just acquiesced to it and didn't object too much.
Chen Rou didn't care too much about what her neighbors thought.
The days passed by.
Chen Rou officially opened the shop on April 29th, which was a Sunday.
Nowadays, many factories in the city don’t have to work on Sundays, so Chen Rou chose this time to open the bun shop.
Before opening this shop, Chen Rou promoted it for three consecutive days.
Whenever old customers come to buy buns, Chen Rou will smile and say that she will not come here to sell buns in the future.
Although some customers still complain that the buns are not big, in fact, Chen Roubao’s buns are solid, and the price is not as expensive as that of state-owned restaurants. Although it is not much cheaper, it is still cheaper.
Naturally someone would ask, and Chen Rou said that they could go to her bun shop to buy it, and she would give away sweet soy milk on the opening day.
Buy a bun and get a free soy milk, but it’s only available on that day. It will be gone after that day.
The three-day promotion was indeed effective. After the steamed buns shop opened that morning, not that many people came, but there were still about ten people.
He even listened to Chen Rou and brought pots and pans to make soy milk.
Because it was Sunday, many people didn't have to go to work and had some free time. Besides, the shop was not far from the place selling buns, and there was only this bun shop on her street, so it was not difficult to find.
Han Guobin also came at half past six, and as soon as he arrived, he rolled up his sleeves and started to help.
Give buns and make soy milk to customers.
When he came over, Han Guoli was greatly relieved.
Even though we have been selling steamed buns for a long time, but now that the shop is open, we have settled down here and can set up stalls anywhere we like.
So it was necessary for her second brother to come and support the party.
Zhang Jiang didn't have time to come because he still had to go to work. Last time everyone got a salary increase except their unit. However, this year there was new news that it was finally their turn to get a salary increase.
No one dares to slack off and everyone works diligently.
"Third aunt, it's too late to cook now. Please send some buns back to my third uncle and the others. Also bring some to Hanghang and the others. Let them eat and then play at home." Chen Rou said as she picked up the buns into the paper bag.
"Then you don't need to take so much." Han Guoli said quickly.
"Not many, just two people." Chen Rou said.
Not only did she bring some buns, she also made a lot of soy milk in an iron basin, put it in a basket, and asked Han Guoli to take it back first.
When she was carrying the buns home, Zhang Jiang had just gotten up and asked in surprise, "Why did you bring buns?"
"I don't have time to cook today, so my second sister-in-law asked me to bring it back." Han Guoli said, pouring out some soy milk, and she brought the rest over to her home.
Hanhang is studying English in the morning. English is his weak subject and he can only catch up by working twice as hard.
"Hanghang, wake up Zhouzhou and Chengzi to have breakfast." Han Guoli said.
"Third aunt, are my father and the others in the bun shop?" Han Hang asked.
"Yes, they are all here." Han Guoli said.
"Then you go and do your work first, Third Aunt. I'll be at home." Han Hang nodded.
Now they also have holidays and this day off every week.
They were resting, but there was a senior department in the school, and the senior students would use this day to go back to their homes in the countryside to get food.
Go out in the morning and return to school in the evening.
Han Guoli came to the bun shop without delay. Chen Rou stuffed her with buns and a bowl of soy milk: "Your second brother and I have already eaten, you should eat quickly too."
"Second sister-in-law, if we eat it this way, it won't even be enough for our family." Han Guoli said in distress.
"It's okay, just today. We'll cook porridge tomorrow." Chen Rou said.
Han Guoli nodded, and quickly ate the buns and drank the soy milk. It was so delicious that it left a lasting aftertaste.
It was already half past seven at this time. There weren't so many people coming to buy buns, but there were still quite a few scattered around, and there was still a bowl of noodles left to make.
Han Guobin was rolling out the bun wrappers and asked, "Are all the kids up?"
Han Guoli said as she was wrapping dumplings: "Hanghang is really hardworking. He gets up so early every morning to study English. No wonder he ranked first in the class last month."
The bad boy in her family didn't have such awareness. He was still asleep when she got home. He only got up quickly when he heard that there were buns to eat.
"I am ranked first in the class, but compared with the class next door, I am still surpassed by several outstanding students." Chen Rou said with a smile.
"The grades of the class next door are so good?" Han Guoli couldn't help but ask.
"It's just that their English is a little lacking." Chen Rou said. English is also taught in the town, but it's not as good as in the city.
So the eldest child’s English performance fell behind.
"With this kind of hard work, you will definitely become a college student in the future," said Han Guoli.
Chen Rou smiled and said, "Don't praise him, or he'll become proud."
"Why are you so proud? Hanghang is a mature person. He's not like Haohao who gets carried away by just a few words of praise." Han Guoli said.
The aunt and sister-in-law were chatting while Han Guobin was busy working nearby.
Zhang Jiang was going to work, so he brought his daughter here.
"Why were you brought here? Where is Haohao?" Han Guoli asked.
"Haohao went to look for Hanghang and the others, and Yaoyao said she wanted to come to the bun shop herself." Zhang Jiang said, greeted Han Guobin and Chen Rou, and went to work immediately.
"Everyone is busy here, why don't you go to the yard with your brother?" Han Guoli asked.
"I just wanted to come over here and take a look." Zhang Yaoyao said in a low voice.
"What's there to see here? Everyone is busy." Han Guoli said to her, "Don't come next time."
"Just come, what's the matter?" Chen Rou said.
"It was more fun to play over there, and she also helped to take care of the house. Now I have no time to take care of her here." Han Guoli said.
As they were talking, the buns had already been put into the steamer and started to steam. Zhang Yaoyao couldn't take her eyes off the buns.
Han Guobin didn't have to go to work today and was not in a hurry to go home, so he just stood next to his wife.
"What are you doing?" Chen Rou glanced at him.
"Wife, are you tired?" Han Guobin asked with a smile.
"Not bad." Chen Rou smiled.
At that time, there was really no other shop on the entire street except hers. Some people didn't buy buns, but they couldn't help but come over to watch the fun.
"Aren't you afraid of opening the store for business?" An old lady who didn't want to buy any buns came over and asked.
"What are we afraid of? Now that the new policies have been implemented, we don't steal or rob, and we are not breaking the law," said Han Guobin.
"Young man, I seem to have seen you somewhere before." The old lady looked at him and said.
"I work in the Transportation Department. Maybe you have seen me there, Auntie?" Han Guobin also looked at her and said.
"I was wondering, I once met you when I went to ask my eldest nephew to get food coupons. My eldest nephew works in the Ministry of Transportation." The old lady remembered and said.
"What's your name?" Han Guobin scooped a bowl of soy milk for her and said.
"No, no, I've already had breakfast." The old lady pushed it away, and seeing that he was willing to give it to her, she smiled and said, "My nephew's name is Zhou Chuan."
"That's right. I have heard of you, auntie. You are Zhou Chuan's aunt. Zhou Chuan's father passed away early, and it was you and his uncle who raised him. Later, when he came back from the army, you introduced him to a good wife. He is very grateful." Han Guobin said.
He heard this from Li Dayuan, because Zhou Chuan knew that he was from the countryside and his family had distributed grain, so he often came to him to exchange grain coupons. He asked Zhou Chuan if he was a reliable person, and Li Dayuan told him these things.
The old lady didn't take credit for it. She said, "The situation at that time was that he was my nephew, so I couldn't just sit there and watch him. There wasn't much food, so I just got through it."
Then he smiled and said, "Young man, I won't be polite to you. This soy milk smells delicious."
"Drink it, it's scooped for you," said Han Guobin.
Chen Rou found it a little funny that this guy could meet acquaintances even when he opened a bun shop.
After drinking the soy milk, the lady surnamed He washed the bowl on her own initiative, handed it to Han Guobin with a smile, and asked his name.
Then he introduced himself and pointed to the direction of his home to Han Guobin: "My home is in that alley. It's the second house after you go in."
Han Guobin nodded and introduced her to her wife and sister.
"Your sister is good-looking, and your wife is also good-looking. They look diligent and capable." Aunt He said with a smile.
Chen Rou smiled and said, "Auntie, don't stand. Sit down."
Aunt He said, "No, I have to go cook for my grandson."
"Okay, Auntie, come and chat with me when you have time." Chen Rou said.
After Aunt He went back, Han Guobin sat down by himself and asked his niece, "Yaoyao, have you had enough breakfast?"
"I'm a little hungry again." Zhang Yaoyao whispered to his second uncle.
Han Guobin went to get her a bun.
Han Guoli was stunned and asked, "Haven't you eaten yet?"
Zhang Yaoyao just lowered her head and ate the buns without saying a word.
"The kids are getting hungry." Chen Rou said.
Han Guoli glared at her daughter and said she would not say anything for now, but starting tomorrow she was not allowed to come over again.
After taking six buns back, she left two bowls of soy milk for Zhang Jiang. She didn't get any, so she gave some to the brother and sister. Two buns and a bowl of soy milk, how could they be hungry after such a short time?
With such a diet, how much money does her second sister-in-law make from running a bun shop?
Chen Rou and Han Guobin didn't care too much.
The bun shop is open until after nine o'clock, and that's when the work is done. Han Guobin takes his niece home first, while Chen Rou and Han Guoli, his sister-in-law, clean up the shop.
Aunt He had probably finished her work and came over to help.
Chen Rou naturally thanked her.
"Why thank me? Young people are brave enough to take risks. I'm sure they will be able to achieve great things in the future." Aunt He said, "I live in the front. If you need any help, just call me."
"Okay." Chen Rou agreed with a smile.
After closing the shop and writing down the business hours for tomorrow morning, the aunt and sister-in-law headed towards home.
Han Guoli said: "This Madam He looks nice."
"It's pretty good. If my eldest sister-in-law and my third sister-in-law are both busy, we can probably ask Aunt He later." Chen Rou said.
Just now, Aunt He helped to clean a steamer. She was quite satisfied with her meticulousness, as she is a very clean person. Of course, she might not be in need of a job, she just wanted to come over and lend a hand to return the bowl of soy milk.
Of course, the reason why he had a good impression of me was that in that environment, he was still willing to feed his nephew and raise him up.
As she said, there was not much food back then, so she did not take much credit.
It can be seen that he is aware of the situation and has no intention of seeking repayment for the favor.
After the aunt and sister-in-law went home, Han Guoli wanted to come and take her son and daughter back, but the brother and sister wanted to stay at their uncle's house, so she went back to catch up on some sleep.
Chen Rou and Han Guobin also went back to their room to rest. They would feel much more comfortable after sleeping for an hour.
The children were playing outside.
Zhang Haohao took the lead in throwing sandbags, while Xiao Laosi was playing with sand. He was sitting in the sand pile and having fun like a dirty monkey.
After Han Hang memorized the English words, he came out and saw his brother like this. He picked him up helplessly, patted the sand off his body and said, "You play so dirty, if your mother sees you, she will beat you."
"Hehe." The fourth little brother smiled at his eldest brother.
"Do you want to eat frangipani?" Han Hang asked.
Probably when he heard the word "eat", little Lao Si couldn't help but smacking his lips. Although his mother came back and carried him inside to feed him some food, he still wanted to eat frangipani.
Han Hang used the boiling water in the thermos to make egg drops for his brother.
Soon the bowl of frangipani was served.
When the fourth little one saw that there was food, he was very well behaved and just sat there letting his eldest brother blow and feed him.
Zhang Yaoyao was knocked back by a sandbag thrown by a kid next door named Chen Bing. She had to wait for her brother to catch the sandbag before he could save her.
If her brother was also hit, he would be dead and it would be someone else's turn to be the one to lose them.
However, Zhang Haohao is obviously a veteran and it won’t be over so soon.
Zhang Yaoyao came over and looked at Little Fourth eating frangipani eagerly, and said, "Brother, is frangipani delicious?"
"The fourth one can't speak yet." Han Hang blew again and fed it to his younger brother.
Zhang Yaoyao said: "Brother Hang, I haven't tried frangipani yet."
"Then ask your third aunt to make it for you." Han Hang said. Seeing that his brother was almost fed, he said to his sister who was running happily as a sidekick, "Chengzi, do you want to drink frangipani?"
"Drink!" Orange said, and then came over to drink the egg drop soup. Seeing that there was not much left, he said, "Is that all? Second brother hasn't drunk yet."
Zhang Yaoyao: “…” I haven’t drunk yet either.
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