Morning.
Grandma Ji re-fried the leftover noodles from yesterday, and the whole family was having breakfast.
Uncle Ji's family didn't leave yesterday. After breakfast, Uncle Ji and Uncle Ji were chatting again, basically bragging. Second Aunt Ji and Young Aunt Ji couldn't chat together either. They had a perfunctory relationship, and no one liked the other.
The two people who got married yesterday haven't gotten up yet, and the doors and windows of the ancestral house are closed.
Ji Huai and Cheng Yunyu didn't get up until noon, and they didn't feel guilty. In the past, it was common for them to sleep until noon when setting up a stall.
A small toilet and kitchen were built behind the ancestral house. Cheng Yunyu went to wash up and Ji Huai cooked noodles.
After eating, the two went to bed again.
The signal at home was poor, there was no TV in the house, and there was no entertainment at all. The sun was very hot outside, so they went to bed and chatted for a while, then hugged each other and fell asleep again.
I slept until the sun went down.
When Aunt Ji's family was going to the city, they happened to meet Cheng Yunyu coming out with a broom to sweep the floor. A smile appeared on her baby face and she greeted warmly: "Hello, Aunt II."
"Want to sweep the floor?" Second Aunt Ji forced a smile and looked at her secretly.
Yesterday, the other party wore bright makeup, which was eye-catching. Today, she took off her makeup, and she still looks good. Her baby face is fair and full of collagen, and there is a smile on her face.
"Well, just scan. Are you going back?" Cheng Yunyu asked.
Aunt Ji Er: "Yes."
"I forgot, you have to go to class tomorrow, Monday." Cheng Yunyu seemed to suddenly remember and felt a little embarrassed.
Second Aunt Ji exchanged greetings with her and then walked away. When he reached the corner, he looked back and saw Cheng Yunyu starting to sweep the floor.
She held the broom and lowered her head, sweeping carefully, and her hands and feet were very nimble. She was not unfamiliar at all. It was obviously her first time at Ji's house, but she behaved enthusiastically and was not afraid of strangers when meeting anyone.
As expected, he was a businessman, and she didn't dare to look down on him anymore.
After Aunt Ji left, Aunt Ji also observed Cheng Yunyu.
Yesterday, the kitchen team cleaned up at night. It was inevitable that some of the cleaning was not clean, and there were oil stains on the floor. After she finished sweeping, she brought a bucket, put some detergent on it, and brushed it.
Aunt Ji and Ji Xue had already inquired about Cheng's family yesterday and learned that Cheng Yunyu's parents' family was in pretty good condition. Ji Huai was opening a store and buying a house. She said to Ji Xue, "Girls have to be smart. You Look at her, even though she doesn't study, she still has good taste. You will have to learn to be smarter in the future."
"What does it have to do with me?!" Ji Xue was very unhappy and shook her head and left.
She had been unhappy since yesterday and felt like she was being pushed down. Everyone used to praise her for her ability to read, but she didn't even look at Ji Huai.
What’s so great about opening a store? Is it great to buy an old building
How funny.
If you don’t study, don’t you have to go out and work? You can make money by working. How many years has Ji Huai been working? Isn’t it normal to have a little money
After Cheng Yunyu washed the floor, Ji Huai also washed the clothes. He originally wanted to buy a washing machine, but she said it was not necessary and she would just stay for a few days and wait until she came back during the New Year to buy it.
The two stayed in their hometown for three days. We take a nap together in the morning, have a meal at noon, go for a walk in the town in the afternoon, and wait until the evening to walk hand in hand in the village.
Ji Huai walked with her on the country road and saw wild flowers on the roadside. He walked forward, picked a few flowers, pulled a few canes, and began to weave them.
Soon, he made a garland and put it on her head.
"Does it look good?" she asked with arched eyebrows.
"It's beautiful." Ji Huai looked at the crooked wreath, straightened it up a little, and nodded affirmatively.
On the way back, he knitted a few more grass rings and found some small flowers as embellishments. He took her hand and put it on hers.
"My hands are calloused." She opened her hands to show him.
The two of them have done a lot of work in the past six months. They work early in the morning and stay late at night. They do more work and their hands are not as tender as before.
"I have one too." Ji Huai also opened it and showed it to her. He had more calluses on both hands, which was much worse than hers.
Cheng Yunyu held his hand with both hands, touched it distressedly, and sighed helplessly: "I have to go back the day after tomorrow, and I have to stay up late. I'm sleepy. Let's go back and go to bed early."
"Are you sleepy again?" Ji Huai laughed at her.
"I haven't gotten enough sleep. I need more sleep after three days of marriage." She said and yawned very cooperatively.
Ji Huai saw her sleepiness and squatted down in front of her: "Come up and carry you back."
Cheng Yunyu hesitated: "It's not good to be seen."
"It's already dark. Is there anyone else on this road?" He stretched his hand back to grab her hand, then wrapped it around his neck and carried her on his back.
She looked around, then finally lay on his shoulder and let him carry her, yawning again during the process.
"Are you so tired?" he asked as he walked.
"Hmm~~" Cheng Yunyu closed his eyes and nodded, his voice lazily. "Ever since I set up the stall, I feel like I'm sleep deprived. I don't even get enough sleep. I feel so sleepy."
Ji Huai's eyes flashed, but without saying anything, he weighed her up and carried her home steadily.
Three days later, the two returned home, and then they returned to the city.
Cheng Yunyu wants to renovate a room in the building first, and then move from the rental house into his own house. In this way, he can save 1,000 yuan a month in rent.
Even though they have a good income, buying a house, holding a wedding and various expenses have already depleted their money. They still have huge expenses every month, and they are really living a tight life.
Ji Huai disagreed. The rented house was indeed not suitable for living in because it was in a remote location. They no longer need such a large space, and he wants to quit and use the money to rent an apartment.
The rent of one thousand yuan is enough for them to rent a good apartment.
As for the old building, Ji Huai wants to demolish the third floor and make major renovations. According to his wishes, the third floor should be changed into a place where they live, and the first and second floors should be changed into a "restaurant".
He wants to open a private dining restaurant.
"We already have a store and we're too busy." Cheng Yunyu didn't quite understand his approach.
Ji Huai: "We can't spend our lives guarding that store. It's just an assembly line job. I mix the sauce, so I don't need to watch."
She added: "I have to collect money."
"Just hire a cashier. Do you have to keep watch until three o'clock every day? Repeatedly doing these tasks mechanically is not good for your health." After he finished speaking, he added, "We always have to find what we want to do, and it's not It’s time to put yourself through it, this restaurant is not going to open right away. I want to slowly decorate it myself, make it unique, and open it at regular times and rations every day.”
He had already thought about it: "There is a private room upstairs and a small table downstairs. The name is: Chuhe Private Kitchen Restaurant."
Cheng Yunyu knew that he didn't make a decision on a whim, so he thought about it seriously. They decorated the store themselves, and she even drew a picture at the time: "Since it's a private kitchen, what kind of dishes should we order?"
Ji Huai: "What's the point of worrying about food? During the renovation, I will learn one dish a day, and then make it and taste it together. If you think it tastes good, why don't we set a menu then?"
"Okay~~" She thought it was very good and agreed immediately, "Do we really have to destroy the entire third floor and then renovate it?"
"Well, decorate it how you like."
"Very good."
…
Although Ji Huai did nothing, he suffered hardships. Even though he said this, he didn't do it immediately. That month, he still got up early every day and went to the store to buy breakfast, just to make more money.
He would leave early and come back late. Only when he had a little more liquidity on his books would he dare to recruit two more people.
When the two were free, they went to the top floor of the old building to look at the house.
The layout of the old house is really not good, the walls are peeling off and moldy, it's pitch black, the room structure is not good, and most importantly, it's very, very stuffy.
It still leaks when it rains, so the renovation is a big project.
Ji Huai held the manuscript paper and ruler, and Cheng Yunyu followed behind him. The two kept discussing and bickering from time to time.
"The light from the window is so dark." She pursed her lips, feeling depressed.
"Smash it and make a big balcony." He said.
Cheng Yunyu: "What about here? The bathroom is here, the room is here, and what about this small space? The children's room? The second bedroom is already there. This space is really ugly."
Ji Huai: "It is connected to the bedroom and will be used as a dressing room for you."
"What is my identity? What kind of dressing room do I want?" The little girl raised her chest and raised her head, with her hands on her hips, not thinking about this at all.
"Maybe in the future? If it's useless, just use it as a warehouse."
Before he finished speaking, the little girl looked at him with her bright eyes: "Can I have a cloakroom? What does the cloakroom look like?"
"There are just a lot of cabinets and I can give you a whole dressing table, okay?"
"Wow~~~" The little girl was obviously shocked, "If this is the case, I am too happy, right?"
"Just what you said, this is how this place is designed." Ji Huai circled it on the manuscript paper, marked it, and said, "The boss lady must be treated like this."
Cheng Yunyu chuckled, opened his arms, ran over in small steps, and hugged him.
Ji Huai: "When the time comes, let them design it and get you some glass ones for packaging and stuff, okay?"
She took another breath and imagined it in her mind, but she had never seen it before. She wrinkled her baby face and asked him, "What is it like?"
"You'll know when you make it."
"It's pretty, isn't it?"
"right."
"You're so kind~~"
… .
Although Boss Ji is very generous, he is actually in a difficult financial situation. The two of them always count the bills of the store together, and when they make some money, they use it to renovate the new building.
Renovation is very expensive, and they can't complete the most basic decoration and wall smashing themselves, so they can only leave it to professionals.
After enduring it, all the money was spent on the old building, but nothing could be done to decorate it.
They no longer get up early and stay late at night to stay in the store. Cheng Yunyu doesn't have a tired day when she opens her eyes like before. Although she is tired now, she has something to look forward to.
In the morning, he would ride a small electric stove and go to the vegetable market with her as before. They held hands and walked street after street together.
Vendors display the ingredients in the streets and alleys, and everyone is choosing or bargaining.
"What do you want to eat today?" Ji Huai asked Cheng Yunyu.
"I ate fish the day before yesterday and duck yesterday. How about chicken today?" She suggested as she looked sideways at him.
Ji Huai: "Okay, let's buy half of one."
"I want to eat tofu pudding." She looked eagerly to the other side, where the old lady was selling tofu pudding.
"Buy." He led her over.
After buying tofu heads, Cheng Yunyu went to buy some fruit.
Back in the small apartment, Ji Huai went to the kitchen and started to process the chicken, put water in the pot, then added scallions, cooking wine and other seasonings, then put the chicken in and started to simmer.
Cheng Yunyu was eating tofu nao, and she took it over and gave him a bite.
He was busy, and she was watching him while she was busy, and she could also help him with the ingredients. Just like back when they first set up a stall, the two of them were "dependent on each other" like this.
It was so busy during this time, there was always endless work in the store, and they didn't stop for a long time. Cheng Yunyu felt more and more that this was not bad.
They were happy to be together.
When the chicken is cooked, Ji Huai takes it out and cools it, then takes out a small wooden stick and starts beating the chicken. This process is mainly to make the seasoning more flavorful.
Next, start shredding the chicken and preparing the seasoning.
Sesame oil, monosodium glutamate, Sichuan peppercorns, chili, soy sauce... After he mixed it, he dipped a chopstick into it to try, then poured it into the shredded chicken, put on disposable gloves for himself, and started stirring.
Cheng Yunyu made a drink, which she had recently learned. She made a drink using passion fruit, sugar and salt, and added ice cubes to it. It was salty, sweet, sour and fragrant, and it was also ice-cold and very delicious.
"Try it." Ji Huai picked up a piece of shredded chicken and handed it to her mouth.
She opened her mouth and bit into her mouth.
The shredded chicken is spicy and tender in your mouth. The juice is rich, fragrant and tender.
"It's delicious." She was always full of praise and kept praising him, her eyes sparkling, "Everything you cook is delicious, why are you so good?"
Ji Huai: "Add this dish to the menu."
"Okay." She took another bite and agreed without thinking.
"The drink tastes good." He had already drank one and poured himself another.
"I mixed it several times before making it." She also took a sip, with satisfaction in her eyes.
"This is the pre-dinner drink," he decided.
Cheng Yunyu thought it was okay, and the two of them were discussing the details while eating.
After dinner, they took a nap. Before two o'clock, they appeared downstairs on time. Ji Huai took out the key and opened the door. Inside, there were many cardboard boxes on the floor and tools everywhere.
He put on his old clothes, carried the paint, and went outside to paint. Cheng Yunyu stood on the stool and started painting again. This time he was much more careful than the last time because the design was slightly more complicated and the workload was larger.
They also bought a lot of cutting and grinding tools. The interior of the house adopts the style of logs, so many of them are made of solid wood. The solid wood in the store is expensive and ugly, and there is nothing new after buying it, so they decided to make it themselves.
As for the wood, some are bought from nearby small processing factories, while others directly buy old furniture and renovate the old furniture.
Even the pot containing green plants was surrounded by Cheng Yunyu bit by bit with hemp rope, and the few small flowers on it were also made by her hands.
The small old building gradually changed. They smashed the door, installed a glass door, and painted the outside with warm paint. Once inside, it slowly took shape.
There is a cute white bear on that wall, and the beautiful words "Chu He Private Restaurant". The sockets are covered with cute decorations, and there are different kinds of wooden furniture on all sides, giving people a very quiet atmosphere. feel.
There are three private rooms on the second floor, one large and two small. The stairs have been renovated and painted. Some handmade products are hung on the walls and many paintings are painted.
Cheng Yunyu and Ji Huai stayed here whenever they had time, decorating their home bit by bit.