Border Cook

Chapter 81: Practice More (Monthly Ticket 50 plus more)

Shopkeeper Ge paused and said something very pertinent, "Brother, you are full of manliness!"

He has a strong build, arms like pillars, fists like sandbags, a face like a silver basin, and a beard that covers half of his face. He looks very powerful and full of masculinity!

Shopkeeper Ge felt that he had not lied and had not said anything wrong.

"Since I'm so manly, that shouldn't be the case..." Wu Xiong still couldn't figure it out, so he could only ask Shopkeeper Ge for help, "Then Shopkeeper, how can I look more friendly?"

Shopkeeper Ge: "..."

You are a thug guarding the gambling house, okay? Why do you want to be friendly?
But since he wanted to be more friendly, it was probably because of his mother, Han.

Shopkeeper Ge had a general understanding of the situation of Wu Xiong's family, and he also knew that his filial piety towards his mother Han was unreasonable.

But Shopkeeper Ge always recognized filial piety, so he did not belittle Wu Xiong. Instead, he respected him.

"Maybe..." Shopkeeper Ge thought for a while, "There is an old saying that goes, 'Don't hit a smiling person.' Even if there is a grudge, when the other party greets you with a smile, you will feel embarrassed to say anything excessive. So I think if you smile more, you will appear more friendly."

If looks aren’t enough, smiles make up for it.

No one can resist a Wu Xiong who smiles like a flower.

"Is that so?" Wu Xiong was a little unconfident.

When he went to Madam Xia's house today, he was also smiling, but it seemed that he still scared Madam Jiang.

"Of course." Shopkeeper Ge nodded affirmatively.

Maybe it's because he's not good-looking enough.

Wait until he practices more and tries to smile more kindly!
Action speaks louder than words, so Wu Xiong immediately began to practice grinning, and kept asking his subordinates to look at him to see if his smile looked more friendly.

Little brother, "..."

Suddenly I really wanted to be beaten so that I could lie at home for two days.

It's better than being tortured here...

The rain stopped completely before daybreak.

Before the sun rose, a red morning glow appeared in the east.

While it was still early and cool, Xia Mingyue borrowed a hoe from Lu's house and turned over the ground in the yard that was surrounded by bricks.

It rained heavily last night, but the rainfall was large and lasted for a long time, so the rainwater was slow to drain out, so the ground and soil absorbed enough water, making it an easy time to turn the soil.

Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu also came to help, but since they didn't farm here, there weren't many hoes and shovels, so they could only make do with axes.

The place Xia Mingyue stayed in was not big, and she finished browsing it in just one morning.

When the soil was dried in the evening, Xia Mingyue turned over one-third of it and planted radish and mustard seeds bought from farmers on the street.

In the first ten days, grow radishes; in the second ten days, grow mustard; in the third ten days, grow cabb

The dog days of summer last for twenty days this year, and it is just the beginning of the middle of the summer. Xia Mingyue is not so particular and simply plants them at the same time.

For the remaining small area, about one-third of the land, Xia Mingyue used a hoe to level the land into ridges, preparing to plant cabbage again.

This time, Xia Mingyue used the broadcasting method for the radishes and mustard greens, and she especially spread a little more of them, preparing to have a bite of refreshing cold vegetable salad when the radish and mustard seedlings grew out and thinning them out.

After the work of planting radishes and mustard greens was completed, Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu also handed in their tasks.

What Ding Quan said was all true. He was a peddler with a good reputation. Because he was eloquent and honest in business, he had a very good reputation near his home.

Ding Quan's wife, Song, was also a thrifty, virtuous and capable person, and her two daughters were also quite sensible. The only bad thing about Ding Quan's family was that it was not rich.

"I heard that Ding Quan's family fled here from famine. They have been here for less than two years and are still renting a house. The owner of the house thought the two houses were shabby and felt sorry for Ding Quan, so he wanted to sell them to him at a lower price."

Before Zhao Dahu finished speaking, Zhao Erhu continued, "Ding Quan gave all the money he had saved in the past few years to the master, but it was still not enough. He said that he would owe it to him for now and give it to him when he had more money. The master thought Ding Quan was honest and dutiful, so he agreed."

After listening to the brothers' description, Xia Mingyue smiled and nodded, "You two did a good job."

The two people who received the praise smiled so hard that their eyebrows and eyes were invisible, but they still looked at Xia Mingyue eagerly.

Since it is done well, then it is not...

Some reward or something?

For example, delicious?

As the biological mother of the two brothers, Mrs. Lu had no intention of farting properly once her son raised his butt, so she said, "Hey, hey, hey, if you two have nothing to do, go back and fill up the water tank at home, and then fill up the water tank at your Aunt Xia's house as well."

"alright."

The two brothers hung their heads and walked out slowly.

"You two, come here." Xia Mingyue shouted with a smile.

"Sister-in-law, don't spoil them." Mrs. Lu stopped her. "If they do something, they should be rewarded. If they don't have rewards in the future, they won't want to work anymore. That won't work."

"I want to ask them to do something else." Xia Mingyue looked at the two brothers with a smile, "If this thing can be done well, you can really reward them with something, but the premise is that they can find it. If they can't find it, it won't work."

"What is Aunt Xia looking for?" Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu's eyes lit up.

If they wanted to find someone, they had some experience from last time, so maybe it would go smoothly.

"You guys should go around the streets these few days, especially ask the farmers, to see if they have any false nightshade seeds for sale. If so, see how many there are and whether you can buy a basket." Xia Mingyue instructed.

False Physalis?

What is that? I've never heard of it before.

But since it’s what Aunt Xia wants, let’s go find her first.

The two brothers agreed hurriedly and repeated the four words "false nightshade seeds" many times until they could remember them completely. Then they ran to the street to ask people.

Seeing this, Mrs. Lu just smiled and shook her head.

Just let it go, kid.

Ding Quan came again on the date agreed with Xia Mingyue.

After some pleasantries, Ding Quan wanted to ask something, but Xia Mingyue had already spoken, "Brother Ding, have you found a place and prepared the money needed to join?"

This means agreeing to let him join Xia Ji’s food business.

Ding Quan was overjoyed and nodded hurriedly, "I have already found a place, and the money is almost ready. I have also inquired about the stoves, iron pots, tables, chairs, bowls and chopsticks that are needed. We can start preparing everything right away."

It seems that he is also a prepared person.

"That's good."

Xia Mingyue and Ding Quan discussed and explained in detail some of the procedures after joining the franchise, and then went to take a look at the place that Ding Quan had chosen.

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