Border Cook

Chapter 59 Coaxing Children

Xia Mingyue's smile did not diminish. "But speaking of this, it's only two days before the Dragon Boat Festival, and I haven't even seen the sachets that sister-in-law promised to give me. Could it be that sister-in-law hasn't started making them yet?"

"Nonsense, I just need the last tassel for this sachet, and it will be ready this afternoon." Mrs. Lu spoke in a low voice, "But it's just this one, the rest are not made yet..."

"But we can still do it in the afternoon!"

"Thanks to those two bastards, I was able to wear the sachet made by my sister-in-law earlier." Xia Mingyue said.

"No problem!" Most of the anger that Lu had caused because of Sun Gousheng and the other man had dissipated, and she was only thinking about how to make the remaining sachets as soon as possible.

In the afternoon, while Mrs. Lu was busy making sachets, Xia Mingyue went to North Street to see how Jiang Erniu was preparing.

Everything has been prepared, the stove is also ready, and the pot will be delivered tomorrow, so everything is basically ready.

The opening time has also been set, which is the day before the Dragon Boat Festival, which is two days later.

"I originally wanted to schedule it for the sixth day of the first lunar month, but this means we have to wait two more days, so I decided to schedule it early rather than late, and I don't care what the date is."

Things like the almanac are just for good luck, everything depends on yourself.

Jiang Erniu thought so.

Xia Mingyue nodded, "That's fine, but we'll need to order less goods in the first one or two days so that we can get familiar with the process first, and do a good job with less quantity, so that there won't be any mistakes and we can build a good reputation."

For a food stall like this that has no brand effect, word of mouth is the key to long-term survival.

"Don't worry, Madam Xia. We understand." Feng replied.

Jiang Erniu is unable to handle the food stall by himself, so Feng needs a hand and works with him.

Xia Mingyue had met Feng twice and felt that she was an honest, hardworking and efficient person, and had a good impression of her.

After a few more words, the two-day supply of food for the stall was determined, and then Xia Mingyue and Jiang Erniu and his wife went back to their respective business.

When Xia Mingyue got home, two sachets had already been made for Mrs. Lu.

They are all made of scraps of cloth, with no uniform color. The main feature is a mix of colors. The shapes are not limited to one type, too. Some are triangular like rice dumplings, some are curved like the moon, and some are round like the sun.

Regardless of the type, there must be some tassels of the same different colors decorated underneath.

Looks weird... and harmonious!

If you have a sachet, you need a colorful bracelet to match it.

Take a piece of each colored thread, twist it into a rope like a hemp rope, and tie it around your wrist to prevent disasters and ensure safety.

Mrs. Lu tied the bands on the wrists of Xia Mingyue and Jiang Zhuguo respectively.

"These are all used to coax children. Now we wear them too." Jiang Zhuguo smiled.

"In my sister-in-law's eyes, you are all children." Mrs. Lu smiled as she tied a beautiful knot on the colorful rope ring on Jiang Zhuguo's wrist.

"That's right, sister-in-law." Jiang Zhuguo looked at the rope ring on her hand and smiled, "Thank you, sister-in-law."

This was the first time in her memory that she wore such beautiful colorful rope rings.

"I thank my sister-in-law too." Xia Mingyue followed.

"Stop talking nonsense." Lu rolled her eyes at the two of them and gave the remaining ropes to Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu respectively.

The two men thought that it was something that little girls wore, and it didn't fit in with their image as men, so they pushed each other and refused to wear it.

Wu Jin came up to him and stretched out his front paws in front of Lu. You don't want it, it wants it!
This action made everyone laugh.

Mrs. Lu suppressed her smile and said, "Okay, okay, let Wu Jin wear one too. It will bless Wu Jin to be safe and sound."

"Wang!"

In return, Wu Jin wagged his tail at Lu for a long time.

Seeing that the majestic Wu Jin liked this, Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu did not refuse. They tied it up obediently and then led Wu Jin to the door to play.

Wu Jin has become quite familiar with the two brothers during this period of time and is willing to play with them.

But while playing, he did not forget to restrain his movements a little to prevent the colorful rope rings on his legs from falling off.

Two days passed in a flash, and Jiang Erniu's food stall opened amid the aroma of rice dumplings that filled the street.

The food sold is exactly the same as that of Xia Mingyue’s stall. Even the sign has two eye-catching "Xia Ji" and a line of small characters below - Jinqiu County North Street Branch.

The Xia Ji brand has become somewhat famous under Xia Mingyue's continued operation. In addition, Xia Mingyue has been promoting it non-stop during this period, so the business of the Jinqiu County North Street branch was quite smooth on the first day of its opening.

As soon as noon passed, all the food on the stalls was sold out.

Jiang Erniu and the Feng couple were delighted to see this.

Especially when counting the money after returning home, the corners of his mouth were so upturned that he couldn't suppress them.

"The money I made in just one day is more than what you made in the past five or six days of selling sesame cakes." Feng's voice was trembling with joy. "This is just the beginning. If you sell more in the future, I'm afraid that in one month you will make as much as you did in a year selling sesame cakes."

"Yes." Jiang Erniu nodded with a smile.

If I make more money in the future, my life will be better.

The more Feng thought about it, the more excited she became. "Today's food is obviously not enough to sell. Let's ask Madam Xia for more later."

"I'm afraid you have forgotten Madam Xia's advice?" Jiang Erniu said, "In the first few days, stabilize it first, and then slowly increase the amount. Otherwise, you will make mistakes in a hurry and the business will be ruined."

"Yes, yes." Feng nodded repeatedly, "I was so happy just now that I forgot about this. Thanks to Madam Xia, our family can make money like this. We have to listen to Madam Xia in everything."

"Yes." Jiang Erniu also agreed.

The couple had no objection to this, and when ordering the goods needed for the next day, they also adhered to the principles explained by Xia Mingyue.

First do it smoothly and finely, then increase the quantity.

The next day was the Dragon Boat Festival, and Xia Mingyue did not set up her stall today.

There is no end to making money, so you need to take some relaxing vacations to restore your physical and mental strength and increase your enthusiasm when you work again.

Xia Mingyue gave this explanation for not setting up the stall today.

Jiang Zhuguo agreed naively, but Mrs. Lu felt that she was going to lose another day's chance to make a lot of money, and she was so distressed that she didn't even want to eat breakfast.

When Xia Mingyue heard about this, she specially made a bowl of fried noodles for Lu.

It was not made with boiled water, but with thin white flour porridge, and two large spoonfuls of white sugar were added.

Fried noodles have a strong burnt flour flavor when eaten with rice porridge, while white flour porridge has the light fragrance of flour. When mixed together, the fried noodles are sticky, soft and fragrant, and have a more flavorful taste than lotus root powder.

(End of this chapter)