Chapter 41 The restaurant collects seafood

The sky gradually turns green, and Chang Pingning has appeared in the yard, waiting to go out to pick scallops with her mother-in-law.

Scallops are not as easy to pick up as sea urchins, and the price of scallops has always been high. Not only do cyclamen charge high prices, they can also be sold at high prices elsewhere.Therefore, the number of scallops Chang Pingning and Ye Xiuying picked up recently was small, and the money they sold was not as high as when they picked up sea urchins before.

On the way to the beach, Ye Xiuying seemed to hesitate for a long time before asking.

"Girl Ning, you said you were going to do business with someone yesterday. How much money is left?"

Chang Pingning looked at the blue-gray color under her mother-in-law's eyes, knowing that she must not have slept well last night, so she hurriedly explained: "Mom, don't worry. Bomer and I still have some money on hand, and it should be enough to set up a smaller stall." . And Miss Liu and I have not yet agreed on how much money to invest. According to their opinions yesterday, they did not plan to invest more money..."

"Well, there are always some basic things to buy, right?" Ye Xiuying sighed, then looked at Chang Pingning, "Girl Ning, it's not that the father-in-law doesn't want to use it for you because he has money, it's because the third and fourth children in the family are about to reach the age of enlightenment, and my mother is here Save money for them.”

Chang Pingning was surprised. She didn't expect that the Guo family would consider letting their children study.

Probably because the surprised expression on Chang Pingning's face was too obvious, Ye Xiuying hurriedly explained: "Girl Ning, don't worry too much. It means letting them learn a few words. Previously, when the eldest and second child reached an age, they also sent them to learn a few words. word.

"But they don't have any talent for reading, so they went to help your father work after they knew a few words. If the third and fourth children didn't have any talent, they wouldn't continue to study. Go to the town and find a job. , is it not better than being the number one scholar in thinking alone?”

Chang Pingning realized that this was because her mother-in-law was worried that as a sister-in-law, she would not want to support her brother in studying.

"Mom and dad have thought carefully." Chang Pingning said flatteringly, "No wonder I sometimes talk to Bomer and feel that his conversation is extraordinary, unlike the farmers I often see in the village.

"If the third brother and the fourth brother are really talented in reading, they must continue to study. Even if they fail to pass the exam, they might be able to pass the exam and be a civil servant to help our family."

After listening to Chang Pingning's words, Ye Xiuying felt comfortable knowing that her eldest daughter-in-law had no grudges. However, she said a few words of disdain for her own son: "They are fooling around all day long. It would be great if they can know all the words like their two brothers." When our little grandson is born next year, my grandparents will definitely pay for him to study hard."

As Ye Xiuying spoke, she looked at Chang Pingning's belly jokingly, making Chang Pingning blush.

The two walked to the beach. There were far fewer villagers who got up early to catch the sea than the people who hurried over to pick up sea urchins in the past few days.

Chang Pingning heard the sigh from her mother-in-law next to her, and she also felt it was a pity: if Aunt Yuhua hadn't randomly shouted down the price of sea urchins, she and her mother-in-law could still send two barrels of sea urchins to Cyclamen every day, and the selling price would still be the same. Not low.Unlike today's scallops, the number is small and the size is not obvious.

But the strange thing is that at the place where the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law usually look for scallops, someone comes earlier than them.When Chang Pingning and Ye Xiuying took a closer look, they found that the person was Guo Yuhua.

Chang Pingning looked at her suspiciously for a few times and met Aunt Yuhua's eyes when she straightened up to rest.

"What are you looking at? This is not your sea!" Aunt Yuhua shouted confidently.

Being yelled at like this, Chang Pingning looked away in embarrassment.But soon, Chang Pingning noticed her mother-in-law's thoughtful expression.

"Ning Yatou, did you meet Guo Yuhua in the town yesterday?" Ye Xiuying asked. It seemed that she felt that Guo Yuhua's confident appearance was to cover up her guilty conscience.

After hearing her mother-in-law's question, Chang Pingning recalled what she had experienced in the town after she separated from her mother-in-law the day before, and told her mother-in-law one by one.

First, she went to the wet market and saw the difficulties of various seafood stalls; then she met a hawker, who vividly told her about the scene where Guo Yuhua shouted for a price reduction on sea urchins; finally, when she left the wet market and was about to leave the town, she saw Guo Yuhua... Out of town in the other direction.

However, Chang Pingning noticed that her mother-in-law seemed to have no clue after listening to her story. "She didn't go to the vegetable market yesterday?" Ye Xiuying was confused, but shook her head in confusion.Finally, Chang Pingning was asked to follow her to another place to pick up scallops.

There were not as many scallops as there were sea urchins. After a busy morning, the two of them only picked up half a bucket of scallops.The other bucket was slightly full, mainly clams and conch, these common seafood.

When Chang Pingning and her mother-in-law arrived in the town by bullock cart, Chang Pingning noticed that Guo Yuhua was following them, walking together in the direction of Cyclamen.

Facing Chang Pingning's confused gaze, Guo Yuhua shouted back again.

"Does this street also belong to your family? Don't you want others to leave?"

Chang Pingning reluctantly looked away and looked at her mother-in-law.Ye Xiuying could only tell her not to be as knowledgeable as Guo Yuhua. It was more important to go to the restaurant to deliver overseas goods now.

As usual, the two of them walked to Cyclamen's back door and knocked on the door.

After the cyclamen clerk opened the door, his attitude towards Ye Xiuying was a little too flattering: "Madam Guo, you came really early today. Are you tired from the journey? Come in and have a rest. Have you had breakfast?"

Chang Pingning noticed the obvious surprise on her mother-in-law's face, but she politely responded to the restaurant waiter's greetings.When the two of them were about to enter the restaurant, they heard the waiter next to them saying hello.

"Auntie, I wish I had told you that you and the two ladies from the Guo family are together. Why did you have to make an extra trip yesterday?"

Chang Pingning turned around following the waiter's voice and saw Aunt Yuhua as expected.Just as Chang Pingning was about to tell the guy that they were not together, he heard Aunt Yuhua retort first.

"What's the 'Guo family lady'? My surname is 'Guo'! The two of them just married into our village!" Aunt Yuhua looked very excited.

"Hey, okay, okay, Aunt Guo, please." The waiter invited Aunt Yuhua into the restaurant eagerly, "Your bucket of seafood is quite heavy, I'll help you carry it."

Chang Pingning noticed that the bucket of seafood in Guo Yuhua's hand looked much heavier than what she and her mother-in-law had.

"Brother, we are not together." Ye Xiuying reminded.

"It's okay, they are bringing seafood anyway." The restaurant waiter waved his hand, apparently not intending to kick Guo Yuhua out.

Seeing this, Ye Xiuying stopped and asked the restaurant waiter on the side: "Brother, how is the sea urchin fried rice business in the restaurant recently?"

After hearing Mrs. Guo's question, the restaurant clerk curled his lips and said: "The sales are not as good as before. Recently, everyone is thinking about how to make sea urchin fried rice at home. Even if they come to the restaurant, they will not order this dish."

Ye Xiuying nodded: "Thank you, little brother."

Chang Pingning didn't understand why her mother-in-law suddenly asked about the sea urchins in the restaurant, but she knew that her mother-in-law had an idea. In this case, she could just follow her mother-in-law quietly.

The two of them entered the restaurant's kitchen and saw Guo Yuhua as expected.The three of them were all waiting in the back kitchen of the restaurant for the people from the restaurant to collect the seafood.

Ye Xiuying looked Guo Yuhua up and down, and then called to a restaurant waiter: "Is your shopkeeper Zhao here? I have something to do and want to see him."

(End of this chapter)

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