Ji Huai said he wouldn't do it, but he really didn't do it.
He and Shani were upstairs and didn't come down at all.
In the evening, a customer came into the store and said to Tong Zhenmei, "Let's have a bowl of milky taro, a pair of fried chicken wings, and a glass of lemon juice."
"alright, please wait."
Tong Zhenmei smiled and went to the kitchen alone, urging Ji's father to work together.
Ji's father is soft-tempered and lets her scold him and stumbling along with her.
The taro is cooked, but I don’t know the next steps. I only know how to add milk, sugar and salt. I don’t know the proportions, so I just add them randomly.
Fried chicken wings are heated in oil and then thrown in.
"Are our things ready?" the customer urged.
"It's coming soon." Tong Zhenmei brought out the prepared lemon juice first, and then brought out the milky taro and chicken wings.
Ji's father continued to work clumsily inside. You could ask him to do heavy work, but he really couldn't do this kind of rough work. He was slow and slow and often made mistakes.
Tong Zhenmei put down the food, and a female customer smiled at her friend and said, "Try their milky taro, it's really delicious."
"Really? Let me try it."
"What are you lying to?"
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While the two were talking, Tong Zhenmei had an awkward smile on her face, feeling a little guilty, and walked away with the plate.
After a while, the two customers asked if there was any sugar. She took it out and helped them add a little bit of lemon juice. She caught a glimpse of the bitten chicken wings on the table and could see a trace of blood.
It wasn't cooked yet, so she pretended she didn't see it.
The two of them were young girls, so they didn't say anything. When they left at the end, she went to clean up. She didn't take a single bite of the milky taro, the lemon juice didn't seem to have been touched, and the chicken wings didn't seem to be touched either.
Tong Zhenmei scolded Ji's father while cleaning up, "The chicken wings are not yet cooked, do you have eyes to see them?"
Ji's father was honest and honest. He worked hard without saying a word, and he didn't talk back much when he was scolded.
"Won't you fry it longer? How can you eat it if it's not cooked? Are you going to eat it if it's not cooked?" Tong Zhenmei's expression changed and she started to scold again.
At the end of the scolding, Ji's father got tired and retorted, "Then you won't let me make another one for them?"
"Isn't that a loss?" Tong Zhenmei thought he was crazy and said in a sarcastic tone, "You are the only one who can make money by doing this business? No wonder you will be poor all your life!"
The store made a profit of 10,000 to 20,000 yuan in the first month, so she naturally looked down upon Ji's father who worked hard to earn more than 200 yuan a day, even though he gave the money back to her every time.
Ji's father had a sullen face and was a little angry, but how could he compare to Tong Zhenmei
The number of guests gradually increased, and the two of them were busy for a while.
Tong Qingmei was running back and forth, making lemon juice for a while, and carrying things for a while, and the milk-flavored taro was neither fishy nor fishy.
One or two guests didn't say anything, so they just put it aside if they thought it wasn't delicious. When more people ate, some people were dissatisfied and asked, "Why is your food so unpalatable today?"
Tong Zhenmei smiled, "Maybe it's a little worse than before. My wife doesn't have time to do it today."
She doesn't admit that she is worse than Shani, and she doesn't want to admit that she can't survive without her.
"It's not even close, you are making people unable to eat it." The man was not polite and complained, "The lemon juice is so sour, why is it still bitter? It can't be bad, right? The taste has completely changed. I can’t eat it at all.”
"Are you still selling this thing?"
When doing business, Tongzhenmei didn't dare to curse, and kept a smile on her face. She had no choice but to say, "How about adding some sugar? Can I give you another pancake?"
The pancakes were made by Ji's father, but they were not as crispy on the outside as those made by Ji Huai, but soft on the inside, and some of the flour was not evenly distributed.
Not tasty enough.
The customer shook his head, paid and left.
Many things were not cooked, including pumpkin, pink and sweet potato soup, etc. Guests came and left, even if they sat down, after ordering one portion, the corners of their mouths were twitching, and many people hurriedly said, "I don't want the rest." .”
Tong Zhenmei knew the reason but had to pretend not to know. She nodded, "Okay, I'll tell him not to do it."
Without Shani and Ji Huai, she was busy all day long, her legs were almost broken running, but her daily turnover was less than 500 yuan.
Ji's father was scolded countless times by her and was a complete mess.
But the virgin Mei would not beg Ji Huai and Xia Ni, and her self-esteem would not allow it, so she called Ji Yun back.
Ji Yun had nothing to do after her divorce. She rented a house in the city and didn't work. She hung out for a few days here and there for a few days, messing around with all kinds of men.
How great would it be to go back to the store and help
In the past, she could collect several hundred bills a day, so it would be a great blessing for her to go back.
After Ji Yun went back to help, she naturally heard Tong Zhenmei curse. Ji Huai was also at fault, but it must have been the instigation of that dead girl Xia Ni.
She followed Tong Zhenmei, she was very rude, and she got very angry when she heard about it.
noon.
Ji Huai and Shani came down from upstairs.
Shani used to cook, but she didn't cook in the past two days. Ji Huai took her out to eat, and wanted to eat rice noodles today.
As soon as they came down, Ji Yun saw it and snorted coldly, raising her eyebrows and saying, "Hey, where are you going?"
This question was asked while looking at Shani. She reluctantly refused to reply and answered, "We have to go outside."
"Whether you have to work or not, you have to go and enjoy yourself. Ji Huai, I'm not talking about you. You married a daughter-in-law and forgot about your mother. You put all your family affairs aside. Do you still want this store?" Ji Yun planned to vent her anger on Tong Zhenmei. .
She felt that Tong Qingmei must have been bullied. As long as Ji Huai and his wife were not restrained, they would be wronged.
"You have to work without money?" Ji Huai held Shani's hand and looked at her, "In the past, if my eldest sister came back and didn't work, she would have to collect money. If I asked you to work without getting money, what would happen to you? I'm afraid. Are you going to tear down your home?"
Ji Yun had been brewing curse words for a long time, but was blocked immediately, her face turned blue and white, "What about you, what are you doing with me? What do I do to you?"
"Then the eldest sister is lenient. It's not the eldest sister's turn to dictate what we want to do. Aren't you coming back to take over?"
After Ji Huai finished speaking, he took Shani and left again.
Tongzhenmei's scolding came from behind again, and her nose became crooked with anger, "Look, he looks like this, I won't give him a penny!"
"If you still want money, just dream!"
…
Shani was led out by him, looked sideways at him, and asked, "Are you really not going to help mom anymore?"
Who is the mother? Many family matters cannot be explained clearly.
"That's right." Ji Huai led her across the street and spoke calmly, "No matter how much work we do, people think we are freeloaders. We might as well go out and work for others."
After he finished speaking, he asked again, "How much money do we have now?"
"It's less than thirty-nine thousand." After Shani finished speaking, she whispered, "Mom didn't give us any money this month."
I said I would pay sixty-five thousand, but after the quarrel, the other party pretended that they didn't know. I worked for a month in vain, otherwise it would have been forty-six thousand.
"Forget it if you don't give it, you can't get it." Ji Huai still knew his mother to a certain extent and continued to walk with her to the breakfast shop in the market.
After sitting down, he ordered two portions of rice noodles. He picked the chicken into her bowl and said, "Just take it one step at a time. The worst is possible."
In the past, Shani had no money and no sense of security, but now she has nothing to fear. They can rent a brand-new room in a small town for four to five hundred yuan. The consumption is very low, and the money in their hands can last for a long time.
She knew from the beginning that moving out would not go smoothly. Ji Huai had never gone out at all. He was also soft-tempered and could just muddle along. He would not care too much and would probably continue to help the family in the end. She couldn't let her family's store collapse. .
After finishing the rice noodles, the two walked back. Shani stopped at the mall and looked at the refrigerator, "I want to eat ice cream."
"What kind of ice cream should I eat?" Ji Huai frowned, "It's not good to eat."
"I want to take a bite." She was very greedy.
Ji Huai looked at her and then at the refrigerator. After hesitating for a while, he walked over and opened the refrigerator to carefully select.
Finally I bought her a chocolate bar.
Shani was greedy and took two bites before handing it to him. Ji Huai held the ice cream in one hand and held her in the other, looking at her and saying, "Would you like another bite?"
"Yeah." She leaned over and rolled her eyes.
"Ha." He laughed out loud and continued to lead her to the fruit stall, buying her two dragon fruits, two apples, and some longan.
When she went back, Shani looked at his back. In fact, she didn't think much about marrying him. She thought he was quite good. He had a good temper, could cook and do housework, and would love others as he got older.
Honest and down-to-earth, he takes care of her in everything he does.
"Would you like to buy you some snacks?" Ji Huai suddenly turned around and asked, "What do you want to eat?"
"What's there?" she asked casually.
I was only sixteen when I met him, but seventeen when we got together. Not long after I started working, I made some money on my own. I like snacks very much. He always buys her a lot, including after they get married. Sometimes when the stall is closed, he will secretly Buy her barbecue or other late-night snacks and bring them upstairs for her to eat.
"There are many." Ji Huai took her to the small supermarket and selected snacks for her on the shelves. "Wait a minute, I will find you the dried bayberries you like to eat."
"There are also dates," she reminded.
"Yeah, candied dates." Ji Huai nodded.
More than ten minutes later, Ji Huai took her back with a bag of snacks.
Shani actually felt a little embarrassed, fearing that Tongzhenmei and Ji Yun would talk about it again.
When I went to the supermarket with him before, he would always buy her a lot of delicious food. He always said that she was a child, and children should be coaxed with snacks, so there was nothing wrong with eating more snacks.
Later, when he got married, he was afraid that Tong Zhenmei would accuse her of spending money indiscriminately, so he didn't dare. However, he would buy a few packages secretly from time to time.
I no longer help in the store, but when I am with him, the feeling of falling in love seems to have returned.
They were living so comfortably that Ji Yun couldn't stand it. Even when Ji Huai came down to make her a cup of passion fruit tea, he would be ridiculed openly and implicitly.
If Ji Huai heard this, he would say with a straight face, "How old is Xiaoni? What do you care about with her? Sister, you are almost forty, so you are not afraid of being laughed at if you care about her."
If Tongzhenmei tried to quarrel, he would reply, "She is not sensible, and you are not sensible either? How old are you?"
After being talked to so much, Shani felt like she was a child, so she simply hid behind him without saying a word. Anyway, he couldn't get even a hair on her, and someone was there to block him.
After scolding and quarreling, Ji Yun came back to help Tong Zhenmei make drinks together, but the food she made was still nondescript. Both of them were too lazy to cook, so how could they care about it
The store is getting worse and worse. Customers with a good temper will not look for trouble and at most will not come back next time. Some customers with a bad temper will ask them to leave and have their work done again, or they will give them a scolding.
Neither Tong Zhenmei nor Ji Yun are willing to make something with complicated steps like pumpkin powder. They don't make this or that, so there are not many things that can be sold.
Seeing that she couldn't make any money, Ji Yun also made excuses to leave.
If this continues, the store will have to close sooner or later.
Tong Zhenmei was anxious, and she couldn't lose her dignity, so she asked Ji's father to persuade her. At that time, Shani was eating barbecue and fried noodles that Ji Huai bought for her.
Ji's father Xiaozhi was moved by reason and emotion, and said over and over again, "It's not easy to open this store at home. At least there is income. Anyone can make it. They are all family members. Now there are fewer and fewer repeat customers. If this continues, That’s not the way to go.”
Ji Huai didn't reply.
"You are the eldest brother, she is your mother, why are you angry?" Ji's father sighed, "What's the point of a good family being in such trouble?"
"Dad." Ji Huai looked at him with great helplessness, "Sooner or later you will get yourself into trouble."
Ji's father was slightly startled, then said, "I'm in my sixties, and I'm about to be in a coffin. What else is there to trap?"
Ji Huai knew that he couldn't persuade the other party, so he didn't say anything. In the end, he just said, "I know, I will do it tomorrow."
"Just think about it." Ji's father got a satisfactory answer and left.
Shani had no intention of eating dinner and looked up at him, "Are you really going again?"
"What if I don't go? If I don't go, dad won't leave today. At least I can make money." Ji Huai locked the door, walked to the bed and covered his son with a quilt.
Shani looked down at the fried noodles. She knew that it would be too difficult to move out. She comforted herself: Forget it, forget it, just help. At least you can get paid, which is much better than before.
The next day.
Tong Zhenmei bought back the ingredients twice as much as before. It seemed that she wanted to make up for the losses during this period.
When she saw Shani and Ji Huai coming down, she didn't say anything, but she didn't show any expression either. She acted as if the previous incident had never happened.
Shani worked beside Ji Huai, and he learned a lot and could make everything by himself.
Prepare everything one by one and put it in the pot to cook.
Tongzhenmei was in a wonderful mood as she watched the two of them busy at work. Xiaonan had urged her to do picoseconds several times. This time, a beautician from a big city came to do it for them in person. If she missed it, she would not have the chance.
She had to borrow some money and collect money in the store, and she would be able to save it soon.
Even though the reputation was a bit bad some time ago and many people didn't know about it, customers started arriving one after another at two o'clock.
"What do you want to eat?" Tong Zhenmei greeted her with a smile.
"What's there?" the man asked.
"This is the menu in our store, you can take a look." Tong Zhenmei brought the menu over.
How many portions did the man order? She shouted to the kitchen.
"Pack it up."
"OK."
Tong Zhenmei hurried to the kitchen. As soon as she said that, Shani took the lunch box and started packing it, and then handed it out.
"How much?"
"Thirty-five in total." After Tong Zhenmei finished speaking, she saw him take out his phone and the QR code.
Scan the QR code to check out and your payment will arrive quickly.
The smile on her lips deepened. It was the easiest way to collect money. After a few days, the two of them would get some sweet treats and give her a few thousand yuan to save her brain pain.
By three o'clock, business was even better.
"A bowl of steamed taro and a bowl of jelly."
"Two grilled chicken wings and one mildly spicy chicken steak."
"Plum juice needs to be at room temperature."
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Tong Zhenmei kept shouting, Ji Huai fried the chicken wings and chicken steaks, and put the pickled plum juice prepared by Shani on the tray, "I'll deliver it."
"Okay." Shani also feels tired easily recently and doesn't want to move around.
Ji Huai walked over and put down his things.
"How much?" People on the table rushed to take out their mobile phones to check out.
"Forty-two." Ji Huai directly took out a payment code. Tong Zhenmei turned around and saw it, thinking it was scanning her, but he went back to the kitchen and there was no movement on his mobile phone.
She also took out her cell phone to check, but there was no message at all.
This was terrible, but she endured it.
Once again, Ji Huai came out with something. She was greeting her and speeding up to catch up, but she didn't expect the other party to say directly, "You have to pay first, the total is twenty-eight yuan."
"good."
The customer scanned his QR code again.
Ji Huai took the tray and left.
Tong Zhenmei couldn't bear it and rushed to the kitchen and asked, "What on earth do you mean? Whose payment code are you using to collect money?"
"Mine." Ji Huai took out the payment code, which was his own avatar, and replied, "Whoever works gets paid, and whoever doesn't have money works for nothing?"
Shani on the side felt that he suddenly became handsome. She really didn't expect that he would collect money openly.
"I will give you the money." Tong Zhenmei squeezed out each word through her teeth.
"I don't believe it. It's mine when you get it." Ji Huai took out two more pairs of chicken wings and showed the payment code, "Twelve yuan."
Tong Zhenmei was so angry that she could only hold it in.
Not getting paid
If you don’t give it, you won’t do it! Throw it down and walk away.
As long as Ji Huai brought it out, he would definitely collect the money in advance. Tong Zhenmei had no choice but to collect money for the things she took from Shani.
In addition to enduring, you have to endure.
Watching Ji Huai keep collecting the bills, his eyes made him want to kill him.
Tong Zhenmei, who had left at 9:30 in the evening, did not leave today. She had no choice but to collect more than 600 yuan. When the two of them worked in the past, she could collect one or two thousand.
When closing the stall, she exploded and scolded Ji Huai, "I bought the ingredients and you took all the money. Do you think this is right?"
"You don't need to collect money. From now on, I will give you sixty-five thousand a month, and you don't have to pay for food!"
Ji Huai collected a lot today. Of course, six thousand and five thousand was the most cost-effective, and she knew it in her heart.
Shani looked at Ji Huai and heard the other person say, "You brought out the ingredients, but didn't you do any work? The work was done by the two of us, canceling each other out."
"Do you want to piss me off to death?" Virgin Mei yelled with a twisted look on her face, "You two have to go against me, right?"
"We don't want to go against you, and you don't want to make things easier for us. This is good now. I keep the income from my side, and you also get part of it. It's quite fair."
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Tong Zhenmei was so angry that she wanted to eat the two of them alive, but Ji Huai could still calmly take Shani upstairs.
After entering the room, he immediately transferred the money he received to her.
Today's price is 849 yuan. No wonder the virgin plum blossoms are so hairy.
"Mom won't agree to this, right?" Shani looked at the money on her phone and felt that he was a bit harsh. It was several hundred, much more than Tongzhenmei.
"If you don't agree, just go out. I'm eager to go out." Ji Huai took off his shirt, looked for pajamas from the closet and went to take a shower.
Hearing this, Shani was surprised and asked, "Why are you so angry this time? Do you really want to go out?"
Ji Huai turned to look at her, put his pajamas on his shoulders, and said as he walked to the bathroom, "I can do anything. I will be very angry if I bully you."
"Stay if you can, and leave if you can't. Where can you go without making a living?"
"How old are you? What can you understand? "
…
"Bang" he closed the bathroom door.
The tip of Shani's nose was a little sore. She put her hand on her lower abdomen and reached out to touch her sleeping son's soft hand.
He had always said that Ji Fan was a child and she was an older friend, but this time it made her want to cry.
Someone is willing to stand in front of her, be her unparalleled hero, and tell her not to worry and to grow up slowly.
Although, she thinks she is strong and smooth enough.