Border Cook

The golden lucky bag is a small round piece made by mixing egg liquid and cornstarch, filled with meat filling, river shrimp, etc., and tied with chive leaves.

The golden lucky bag is stewed in the bone broth for a long enough time and has absorbed enough broth. The skin has the unique fragrance of egg, the taste is chewy, the gravy is mellow inside, the river shrimp is fresh and fragrant, and the leek at the end serves to slightly enhance the flavor. Eating one will make you feel full of satisfaction and double the happiness!
Fish tofu is mainly made of fish paste, which is mixed with tapioca starch, sweet potato starch and various seasonings. The mixture is then molded into long rectangular strips using a mold and then cut into small cubes one inch wide and half an inch thick. The strips are then fried in a pan until they are fixed and then skewered and cooked.

Fish meat is already delicious, and after being made into fish tofu and blended with bone broth, the delicious taste is taken to a higher level. The most important thing is that it has a chewy texture that appeals to both young and old.

After this series of changes, Xia Ji's oden/cold pot skewers business has become even more prosperous than before.

Many people like this hot oden, and they are full of praise for the bone soup base. Some people even want to buy a clay pot of the soup base to take home and cook thin noodles.

However, the snack cart does not sell the soup base alone, but is willing to scoop two more spoonfuls of soup from the oil paper cup when buying skewers. So some people come to buy a few skewers every day and ask for more soup base. They just take the soup base back and cook noodles or soak pancakes with it to eat, which is very satisfying.

In short, there is a constant stream of customers coming in, the snack carts are all a little overwhelmed, and the amount of orders from the central kitchen is also gradually increasing.

Xia Mingyue became increasingly busy.

It seems that there is a shortage of staff in the central kitchen.

Seeing this, Xia Mingyue began to look for people who could work here, while also looking for franchisees who could take over the Xia Ji Food Stall on West Street in order to improve the current situation.

But solving problems always takes a process. Under the current circumstances, if Xia Mingyue wants to ensure that all Xia Ji operations are normal, she has no choice but to extend the working hours of those currently doing the work.

"I have to make everyone work harder during this period. You have to come in early and leave late every day, and the working hours have increased a lot. I am really sorry."

Xia Mingyue said, "As compensation, I will take care of all the morning and evening meals, and I will also increase everyone's wages by 20% during this period."

"Madam Xia, you are too polite." Zhou said hurriedly, "Madam Xia has always been very kind to us. She pays us wages on time and never delays payment. She also always lets us take a lot of food back home. This is already a great favor."

"Yes." Song also nodded. "Normally, if someone in the family has something to do or asks for leave, Madam Xia never cares. We are all grateful in our hearts. Now Madam Xia is busy here and needs help. We don't have much to offer, but our strength. We are very happy to be able to help Madam Xia, and we definitely can't ask for more wages."

Several other people also nodded in agreement.

They work for Xia Mingyue and earn a lot of money every month, not much less than what men make, so they are very content.

Just as the Song family said, they were very grateful to Xia Mingyue and had nothing to give in return except their strength.

There's really no need to be polite with them, just use them casually.

Everyone insisted that there was no need to charge any more processing fees, so Xia Mingyue had no choice but to not mention the matter for the time being. She only told Jiang Zhuguo to make breakfast and dinner more sumptuous so that everyone could eat well.

Only in this way can you have the strength to do your work well.

Because of her busy schedule, she returned home later and later at night. It was autumn, so it got dark earlier and earlier. Every time Song returned home, it was already dark.

They had already had dinner at Xia Mingyue's house. Li Shuisheng had been busy at his master's house recently and often did not come back. Song had nothing to worry about when she returned home at night, so she could just wash up and go to bed. It was quite simple.

But today when I returned home, I heard some noise in the yard before I even reached the gate.

In the moonlight, Song saw that the person in the yard was not someone else but Li Shuisheng, and she was relieved. When she saw him washing clothes in the yard, she hurriedly said, "It's rare for you to come back. Go and rest. I'll wash the clothes."

"It's okay. I didn't do much work today and I came back early, so I'm not tired." Li Shuisheng smiled, "It's just that my sister-in-law has been busy at Madam Xia's place recently, and she came back so late today. Let's go to the house and take a rest. The clothes will be washed soon."

Song was still a little hesitant.

Since she entered the Li family, she has been doing all these chores. Later, when her parents-in-law passed away, she took care of Li Shuisheng independently and took care of everything. Even when Li Shuisheng grew up, she never asked him to wash his clothes. "Let me do it." Song rolled up her sleeves.

She felt at ease doing these jobs.

As she spoke, Song squatted down, picked up the clothes in the basin and began to rub them.

At this moment, Song discovered that the clothes in the basin were not Li Shuisheng's, but hers.

Li Shuisheng washed her clothes?

Song was stunned.

Although they are a family, she is the sister-in-law and Li Shuisheng is the brother-in-law. It is somewhat awkward for Li Shuisheng to wash clothes for her.

"I came back to fetch water and saw my sister-in-law's clothes placed next to the water tank, so I took them up to wash." Li Shuisheng explained hesitantly, "I also saw that my sister-in-law was too busy, so I thought of doing some work for her..."

It is said that the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother.

I think Li Shuisheng just wanted to help and didn't have any other thoughts.

Song waved her hand and said, "Go and have a rest. I'll do it myself from now on."

"It's mainly because I'm used to it. I always feel uneasy if I don't do things myself..."

This sounds like an explanation.

It also seems a bit like disgust.

Li Shuisheng pursed his lips and stood up. "I've got that. I'll go get my sister-in-law a bowl of water. She'll have something to drink after I'm done with my work."

"Yeah." Song didn't even raise her head.

Li Shuisheng worked silently, placing the water bowl near Song. After a while, he spoke, "Today the housekeeper said he would give me a raise. I estimate that in two years, we might be able to buy this small courtyard we rented, and then we can live in peace."

"Yes." Song nodded and continued, "By then your marriage will be almost settled."

The timing is just right.

There are only two rooms in this house. When Li Shuisheng just got married, the family could barely live there. But when Li Shuisheng had children and the children grew up, the house would not be enough.

She also had to make plans early.

When Li Shuisheng heard that Song was talking about his marriage again, he felt unhappy and frowned, "Oh."

"talk later."

Before he finished speaking, the man had already entered the house.

This child... (End of this chapter)