Border Cook

Chapter 198 Something’s wrong
There are four eggs in total, and twelve egg shells of warm water. Stir it again to get rid of the bubbles produced by the continuous stirring of the egg liquid, and then put it on the steamer after the water has boiled.

After steaming on low heat for a cup of tea, it can be served.

The steamed eggs made in this way are tender, smooth and full of egg flavor. They are Wu Jin's favorite these days.

Wu Jin was also very satisfied after eating the steamed egg, and he kept a close watch on the two prickly white geese to prevent them from running around and pecking at people or the vegetables in the yard.

After harvesting radishes, mustard greens and cabbages from the vegetable garden in the yard, Xia Mingyue planted some vegetables that could grow in winter.

Cilantro, spinach and garlic.

At this time, all three kinds of vegetables are growing in the severe cold. Although they are still green, they look quite thin and are in need of care the most.

These are Xia Mingyue’s treasures and need to be well protected by Wu Jin!
The trial sale of Qianji's braised food continued to be popular. Even after all the braised food was sold out, people still came to buy it, and some customers even started to make reservations for the braised food.

Upon seeing this, Shopkeeper Qian and Mrs. Liu continued to maintain the braised food stall while renovating the interior of the shop in order to completely transform it into a professional braised food shop.

As for the rouge and powder, as well as various creams for face and hands in the shop, Manager Qian and Liu sold some of them at low prices so that they could clear out the stock quickly, and the rest of them, which were of excellent quality, were intended to be given away as gifts to maintain favors.

Since it was a gift, Xia Mingyue would of course need some. Liu was concerned that Xia Mingyue was often busy in the kitchen, and oil, salt and other things would inevitably make her skin rough, so she gave her a large amount of moisturizing cream, as well as pig pancreas powder that could wash away grease without hurting her hands.

In addition, thinking that Xia Mingyue was a young wife after all, she could not help being a little pampered most of the time, she also prepared several boxes of sunflower powder, rouge for her face and lip balm for moisturizing her lips.

Xia Mingyue did not refuse these and accepted them all, sharing them with Jiang Zhuguo and Lu.

The amount of lard ointment used for hand protection was large, so Xia Mingyue gave some to Zhou, Song and others as a token of her appreciation.

They are all people who have to wash and do housework on weekdays. Even if they pay attention to maintenance in winter and try to use warm water, the back of the hands and fingers will inevitably get chapped and cracked when the north wind blows. It is quite practical to apply some lard ointment to protect hands from freezing.

Everyone thanked Xia Mingyue, and did not forget to thank Manager Qian and Liu when they came to pick up the braised food and other goods in the morning.

Manager Qian and Mrs. Liu gave Xia Mingyue so many things, originally thinking of asking her to do them a favor. Now that the favor finally returned to them, they felt embarrassed but also very heartwarming.

The braised food business continued, and Song, as the person in charge of the braised food, paid great attention to it.

Because braised food has to be braised in advance and soaked in the soup for a while to be fully flavored, and it cannot be braised too early, so that the braised food does not appear fresh. Therefore, Song strictly followed Xia Mingyue's suggestion and went back to rest only after everything was prepared at the end of the Xu time every night.

When he got up in the morning, he went to Xia Mingyue's house early to check the condition of all the braised food and make sure there were no problems before distributing the goods.

To do this kind of work, you have to go out early and come back late, working under the stars.

Seeing Song like this, Xia Mingyue felt relieved but also a little worried. She just chatted with her and gently advised her to pay more attention to rest. She even strongly asked her to go back and rest for an hour at noon before coming back to work.

The work in the central kitchen is mostly busy in the morning and afternoon. There is not much work during the noon period, so it can be done if you are busy in the afternoon. Xia Mingyue began to implement a shift system at noon so that everyone can get enough rest.

"Madam Xia has just raised her monthly salary, and we were discussing how we could do more for her. Now she wants us to take a break. We really feel bad about it." Mrs. Song was not very happy.

"Rest when you need to." Xia Mingyue said, "People are not made of iron. Overwork will always hurt the body. If you do not do your job well because of being too tired, it will be more trouble than gain. A good rest will give you the energy and strength to do your job well and get twice the result with half the effort. Don't you think this makes sense?"

Sharpening a knife does not stop chopping firewood.

Seeing Xia Mingyue say this, everyone stopped refutation and just followed Xia Mingyue's words. Except for those on duty, everyone else went back to rest for an hour before coming back to work. Song was not on duty today, so she had to go back to Feng's house to rest.

As soon as she left Xinghua Lane, Song saw Li Shuisheng walking towards her in a hurry.

Song didn't hide, but frowned, "You need me for something?"

"Yes." Li Shuisheng nodded. "Sister-in-law, I came here to tell you that I have returned the yard I rented before."

Seeing that Song Shi didn't say anything, Li Shuisheng continued to explain, "I have a servant's room in the Luo family. It would be a bit of a waste to rent the house over there. This way, I can save some money every month."

"Don't worry, sister-in-law. The Luo family is kind and has everything they need. I can eat and live well. After I work hard for a few years and save money for a few years, sister-in-law will arrange a marriage for me. I..."

"I'll just start a good family!"

After saying this, Li Shuisheng's eyes turned red and his lips trembled slightly.

To be honest, he didn't want to say this and he didn't want to have a family, but judging by the current situation, if he didn't think about this, he would lose his only relative.

By then, I really won’t even have a home.

He didn't want to see such a bad outcome.

Seeing that Li Shuisheng had obviously let it go, Mrs. Song was relieved. "It's the best that you think this way. Do your job well in the future and try to get more wages."

"Sister-in-law will also help you save some money, and buy you a courtyard as soon as possible, so that when you get married, you can do it with peace of mind."

"Yes!" Li Shuisheng nodded heavily. "I have nothing else to do. I'll leave first. If sister-in-law has any problems in the future, you can come to the Luo family to find me."

"Okay." Song nodded in agreement.

But under normal circumstances, she shouldn't have anything serious to do.

Seeing this, Li Shuisheng smiled and left quickly.

After watching Li Shuisheng walk away, Song went towards Feng's house.

As he walked, he was thinking about what Li Shuisheng had just said.

Knowing that you need to get married and start a family, and knowing that you need to plan for the future, this should be considered as thinking it through.

That's good...

Song felt relieved and a smile appeared on her face unconsciously.

But this smile disappeared completely when he saw Liu Tiezhu.

After moving out of her home, Song first made things clear to Li Shuisheng, and later when Liu Tiezhu came to look for her again, she rejected him completely.