Lin Qingqing brought the rice and clams to the third company's kitchen. She chose a small stove, put the rice and clam meat in, and started to cook porridge. One advantage of this canteen is that there are enough stoves. Even if she uses one, the remaining stoves are enough to make breakfast for others.
Today, the breakfast of the Third Company's kitchen team was sweet potato porridge. Lin Qingqing didn't need to arrange the breakfast in the cafeteria, because there were only a few kinds of food for breakfast, and there was no need to make any special arrangements.
It was not yet eight o'clock. At about 7:30, the cafeteria welcomed its first guest... little Lu Haici. Lu Haici did not bring a lunch box to the cafeteria. Since everyone in his family ate in the cafeteria, the lunch boxes were placed in the cafeteria.
Lu Haici walked to the back of the cafeteria and saw his mother washing things. "Mom..." Lu Haici called out.
Lin Qingqing and Qi Shao and others were washing cabbage for lunch. Hearing Lu Haici's voice, Lin Qingqing turned around and found that the little boy's clothes were neatly dressed, not backwards or inside out, which was amazing. "Are you hungry? I'll get you some porridge to cool it down first."
"I'm not hungry." Lu Haici shook his head. "I'll eat with mom."
Lin Qingqing said gently: "You eat first. You still have to go to kindergarten after you finish eating. If you wait for me to eat together, you will be late for kindergarten."
"Comrade Lin, go eat." Qi Shao said, "Let's take a break and eat. The comrades from the company will be here soon, and we won't have time to eat."
After hearing what Qi Shao said, Lin Qingqing did not refuse.
The others were eating sweet potato porridge from the cafeteria. Lin Qingqing served Lu Haici a bowl of her own seafood porridge with clam meat. In fact, there was only a little clam meat, but after soaking and chopped, it looked like a lot. Lin Qingqing also served herself a bowl. She did not sit with Qi Shao and others, but sat with Lu Haici to eat.
The little guy eats slowly and blows on his food a few times after each bite because the freshly cooked clam porridge is still a little hot.
"Mom, why was I in the little ** when I woke up today?" God knows when Lu Haici woke up and found himself sleeping in the little **, he was stunned.
Lin Qingqing said: "Guess."
"Hmm..." Lu Haici thought about it, and then seemed to have thought of something. His face flushed as he asked, "Mom, did I wet the bed?"
Poof... Lin Qingqing almost spit out the porridge in her mouth. She didn't know how he came up with this idea. "Why do you ask that?"
Lu Haici looked at Lin Qingqing shyly, then lowered his head again: "I... I wet the bed when I was a child, and my aunt would carry me to the bed, so... so when I woke up, I was in another bed." His voice became softer and softer, and he was ashamed. When he thought about how he was grown up and still wet the bed, his little face became even redder.
Lin Qingqing didn't expect that the kid would have such logic. But Lu Cheng said that he went to sleep in the crib because he was hot. She was confused at the time and didn't think much about it. Now think about it, how could it be possible? A five-year-old kid would go to sleep in the crib by himself when he was hot? No matter how dumb Lin Qingqing was, she knew that it was Lu Cheng who carried him there.
However, she didn't care about the fight between father and son. Instead, she found it quite interesting.
After dinner, Lu Haici went to the kindergarten alone. Lin Qingqing and Liu Honghua went to the back of the cafeteria to continue washing the cabbage, which would be used for lunch.
"Deputy Colonel Lu, this is your breakfast." Qi Shao saw Lu Cheng standing in line and handed him the lunch box that Lin Qingqing had placed in the window. "This is the breakfast Comrade Lin prepared for you."
Lu Cheng took the lunch box: "Where's she?"
Qi Shao: "We are arranging lunch in the back."
When the soldiers next to him heard Qi Shao mention lunch, they immediately asked, "Qi Squad Leader, what are we having for lunch?"
"That's right, can you tell us a little bit?"
Qi Shao smiled slightly: "Eat cabbage."
"cut… "
Qi Shao restrained his smile and said, "You are really eating Chinese cabbage."
The soldiers were silent. They were actually looking forward to the lunch, but when they heard that it was cabbage, they immediately lost their expectations. Maybe after the two meals yesterday, they had too much expectations for the lunch.
Lu Cheng shook his head, holding his lunch box and found a seat to sit. He opened the lunch box and the aroma of porridge wafted out. The seafood porridge smelled so good that people around him could smell it.
"Deputy Captain Lu, your rice porridge is so delicious."
"That's right, Deputy Captain Lu, I didn't see any rice porridge in the window today."
Lu Cheng: "It's not from the cafeteria, it's specially made by your sister-in-law." He said the word sister-in-law as a matter of course and with great pride.
"No wonder it smells so good, sister-in-law is so kind to you, Deputy Captain Lu."
"That's right. When I get married in the future, I want to marry someone who can cook like my sister-in-law."
"You're dreaming. There's no way you'd get a lesbian like this. It's better for me to marry her."
"You kid..."
After breakfast, when the soldiers dispersed, the canteen returned to silence. The canteen was not busy today because they were serving braised pork intestines and cabbage. The braised food was braised yesterday afternoon, and the cabbage was prepared in the morning. So the morning was very free.
In other words, I had a lot of free time yesterday, because I spent time washing pig intestines. I also spent a lot of time making smashed cucumbers and salad eggplant yesterday afternoon.
Qi Shao found it strange. When they cooked before, it was like a war. But since Comrade Lin arranged the dishes, they had nothing to do.
Lin Qingqing was free and listened to Qi Shao talking about the mission. Qi Shao had just finished talking when a voice came from outside: "Qingqing... Qingqing..."
Lin Qingqing listened. Wasn't this Yu Xiuyao's voice? "Sister-in-law, I'm inside." She responded while walking outside.
Yu Xiuyao's face was full of joy. She said to Lin Qingqing mysteriously, "Guess how much goods I brought today?"
Lin Qingqing understood what she meant: "Generally speaking, for two pigs, the pig intestines and pig heads would weigh about 60 to 70 kilograms, about the same as yesterday. But seeing how happy you are, sister-in-law, it should be doubled, right?"
Yu Xiuyao gave her a thumbs up and said, "More than that, it has tripled, almost 200 kilograms."
What? Lin Qingqing was shocked: "So many? Director Ma didn't rob all the pig intestines and pig heads from other supply and marketing cooperatives, did he?"
Yu Xiuyao laughed loudly, and then continued: "But Qingqing, now the problem comes, I'm afraid I can't wash this 200-pound thing by myself, what do you think I should do?"
What to do? It's simple. Lin Qingqing didn't expect the business to come so quickly. She thought Director Ma would have to wait for a few days at least. "Sister-in-law, go and call a few people you trust and give them a profit of one cent per kilogram each. Of course, if they also deliver goods, they can compare it with your profit." But the problem is that those people don't deliver goods, so half a cent will be deducted. "But sister-in-law, these people need you to manage them. You become the team leader and I will give you five dollars a month. What do you think?"
"No, no, why do you want money? I will take care of the people for you. I will call a few people who are on good terms with me, the ones who took you to the hospital that day. They are all hardworking people and easy to manage. As for the money, don't ask for it. Those of them who have bicycles can deliver the goods, and those who don't have bicycles can't deliver the goods either. In this way, those who have bicycles can do the same work as me and have the same profit as me, and those who don't have bicycles will have half of their profits reduced." Yu Xiuyao was also making plans for Lin Qingqing.
Lin Qingqing said: "Okay, let's do as my sister-in-law said." As for the five yuan monthly management fee, she would just pay it directly when the time comes.
Yu Xiuyao: "Also, I bought some of the seasonings you asked for. Since there's no one at your house, I'll keep them at my house. But please be careful. If it's a few dozen kilograms, it'll be enough for our two stoves. But if it's 200 kilograms, I'm afraid our two stoves won't be enough. If we have to stew it from morning to night, won't the neighbors be too hungry to eat?"
Lin Qingqing thought for a moment and said, "Can the other sisters-in-law who participated in the cleaning make the stewed food together? I will prepare the ingredients."
Yu Xiuyao: "If you are assured, then they will definitely be willing. If they are not willing, just don't ask them to participate." But who would refuse such a job? Even if the profit is only one cent per kilogram, if we work 60 kilograms a day, that's 60 cents, which is 18 yuan a month. This is a good way to make money, and you can't make it anywhere else. "But there is one more thing, this method of washing pig intestines must be known to others."
"It's okay." Lin Qingqing didn't care. Not to mention that some people can wash, and even if they can wash, they may not know how to do it. So she didn't care. In the future, this is not a secret at all.
Yu Xiuyao: "Okay, I understand. I'll go find someone to do the work now."
Lin nodded gently. She was now a little impatient thinking about noon.
kindergarten
The kids have good memories. Early in the morning, after arriving at the kindergarten, they started a discussion about yesterday's incident of begging.
"Lu Haici, I went home yesterday and asked my grandma. My grandma said that if my mother gave my grandma money, she would be a beggar. But my mother would also give her some money during the Chinese New Year." Anyway, that was the idea. Qin Ming couldn't remember the details. In the end, he concluded that his grandma had asked his mother for money, so his grandma was a beggar.
After hearing what Qin Ming said, Lu Haici said apologetically: "I forgot to ask my mother, but I can ask her at lunch."
Chen Zhou: "I also asked my father, and he said that my grandmother was a beggar."
Qin Ming: "Then let's ask your mother together during lunch. What about Ji Yang, have you asked your mother?"