Chapter 393 Very Happy
Before leaving, I took two delicious green bean cakes from the table.
Seeing Fan Wenxuan walking away, Chu Jinnian took out a jade disk from his sleeve and rubbed it in his hand for a long time.
How could he do such a thing as recruiting Zhuang Qingning as his staff? Chu Jin smiled and shook his head.
This smile slowly spread from the corners of his mouth, giving off a hint of warmth, making his originally icy face look a little more gentle and handsome. ——Zhuang Qingning and Zhuang Qingsui got home, packed up, and went to look around the workshop in the afternoon.
He also arranged with Zhou Daya to distribute jujube paste mooncakes and some preserved eggs purchased from Ruyi Pavilion in town to everyone on Mid-Autumn Festival as employee benefits.
The people in the workshop were all very grateful for receiving these things.
At night, many people came to deliver gifts to Zhuang Qingning.
The reason is of course very simple. Zhuang Qingning treats them well, so they naturally cannot always take things for free.
Homemade mooncakes, pears, apples, pomegranates, walnuts, dates and so on from the trees. Whatever was available at home, they would send over.
Some men in the family who had some skills brought some small things they made themselves, such as small baskets woven from bamboo strips, brooms made from sorghum ears, and so on.
Zhuang Qingning understood what everyone meant, so he did not refuse too much and accepted most of them.
After greeting the last group of people, Zhuang Qingning and Zhuang Qingsui closed the door and packed up the things that everyone had just brought over.
"This is an apple from Aunt Zhang's house, this is a pear from Sister Miao's house, and this is a pomegranate from Sister Dongmei's house..."
The two sisters put their things in order and took note of them in their minds.
There is give and take, and you have to remember clearly who the favors are with each other on a daily basis.
By the time they had sorted out everything, it was already dark. The two sisters had a quick dinner and went to bed.
The next day was August 15th.
Because today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhuang Qingning only operated the workshop half a day and gave half a day off. She and Zhuang Qingsui went to the town in the morning.
Send mooncakes to the Liu family and Uncle Zhang and his family.
The most important thing is that Zhuang Qingsui has been busy studying these days and hasn't come out to chat with her little sister Zhang Qiuying for a long time. Taking advantage of the fact that there are no classes during the Mid-Autumn Festival, she must let her have a good time with Zhang Qiuying.
Liu, Cao and others were overjoyed at the arrival of Zhuang Qingning and Zhuang Qingsui.
"But you probably won't come this Mid-Autumn Festival." Liu Shile's face was full of wrinkles like golden chrysanthemums. She hurriedly brought food and other things to entertain Zhuang Qingning and Zhuang Qingsui.
But since she started working in the shop in the town with Zhuang Qingning, the family's life has become a little better, but still not well off. They still live a tight life and there is no good food at home. Even today, which is the 15th of August, they did not go to the bakery to buy mooncakes. They just kneaded the dough, wrapped it with brown sugar, and baked a few sugar cakes to eat as mooncakes at home.
Cao felt that it was too rude to use this to entertain Zhuang Qingning and Zhuang Qingsui, so she planned to go out to the street to buy some snacks that the children liked to eat. However, she and Zhang Xiangrong were both in the shop and could not leave, so she took out a few copper coins from her purse and stuffed them into Zhang Qiuying's pocket, "Go quickly and buy some crispy fried dough twists and sesame candies."
Zhuang Qingsui finally met Zhang Qiuying, a little sister, and wanted to be with her all the time, so he pulled Zhang Qiuying's sleeve and took Zhang Qiuyue's hand, "Come on, let's go together."
She also had some pocket money that Zhuang Qingning gave her on a daily basis in her purse, so she took this opportunity to buy some food and snacks for the two little sisters as small gifts.
When Cao saw Zhuang Qingsui's expression, she knew that she was going to pay, and she hesitated for a moment.
Zhuang Qingning smiled and said, "It's okay, let them go, they are not children anymore."
"Whatever you want to eat, whatever you want, just buy it. Just don't go down the side road. Come back in half an hour."
"Okay." The three of them responded crisply, then held hands, talked and laughed, and went out the door chirping like little birds leaving their nests.
"Ning girl, please have lunch here at noon." Liu said warmly, "How are you these days? Is everything okay at the workshop?"
"Everything is fine." Zhuang Qingning replied with a smile, "This lunch..."
"Qingsui, please eat here. I want to go to Ruyi Pavilion to see Uncle Zhang."
This time when they went to Ruyi Pavilion, judging from Zhang Yongchang's temper, they hadn't seen each other for a while, so I was afraid that he would insist on keeping Zhuang Qingning there for dinner.
Liu understood and laughed, "Then you go first. I'll go tidy up and make a good meal for Sui at noon."
"Don't worry too much, aunt. I've been busy at home these days and haven't had time to make a good lunch for Qingsui. If possible, make her a bowl of steamed noodles. I'm sure she will be very happy." Zhuang Qingning said with a smile.
"Okay, let's make steamed noodles." Liu took off her apron and said, "I'll go to the butcher's shop and buy some pork belly."
The pork belly is fat and lean, and it can produce a certain amount of oil when used in the marinade for steamer noodles, which makes it easier for the noodles to be colored and taste more fragrant.
"You should go to Ruyi Pavilion as soon as possible, and don't worry about this, Miss Sui."
"Okay." Zhuang Qingning narrowed his eyes and smiled. "The mooncakes I brought were all made by me. They taste pretty good. Remember to try them when you have dinner tonight."
"Your cooking skills must be very good." Liu smiled and walked out of the shop with Zhuang Qingning. After watching Zhuang Qingning enter Ruyi Pavilion, she went to the butcher shop.
Zhuang Qingning went straight to the backyard gate of Ruyi Pavilion.
In the middle of the morning, the servants in the backyard were busy picking and washing vegetables and preparing ingredients for cooking at noon.
Today is the big market day, and it is also the 15th of August. If there are any relatives visiting or friends visiting, they will have dinner in the restaurant at noon today. Therefore, the private rooms in Ruyi Pavilion were fully booked yesterday.
Business is booming and the guys are very busy.
Lian Rong and Ma Tong were particularly impressed. They lowered their heads and did not even bother to talk. Their hands were so busy that they did not even have time to wipe the sweat from their foreheads.
It was not until he noticed a figure approaching and squatting down to pick off the dead leaves of the vegetables with them that he looked up in surprise.
"Miss Zhuang!" Lian Rong was surprised at first, then delighted, "It's been a while since I came to Ruyi Pavilion."
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