Border Cook

Chapter 82 It’s hard to explain in one word
At the intersection of South Street and a small alley, the place was about the same size as Xia Ji today, and there was a cloth shop next to it.

This place is similar to the one Jiang Erniu rented at the time. It also charges rent, but the rent is not expensive.

Once you've chosen a place, you'll need to sign a document.

Ding Quan also joined, and the terms of this document only needed to be exactly the same as the one signed with Jiang Erniu previously.

Xia Mingyue thought about it and decided to go to the county school.

It is not impossible to find someone else to write it, but for something like the franchise agreement, the fewer people who know about it, the better. I have dealt with Zhang Mingyi and Fan Pingyang for a period of time before, and their character is trustworthy.

However, before Xia Mingyue went to the county school, Zhang Mingyi, Fan Pingyang and several students from the county school went to Xia Ji for lunch at noon that day.

Everyone ordered two meals, a large portion of each, and also asked Xia Mingyue to give each of them a dozen pancakes to take away.

"The weather is hot now, so it's fine to take the pancake home and eat it, but it won't work if you keep it for a long time," Xia Mingyue reminded.

"That makes some sense. Then one person should become five." Fan Pingyang replied.

In fact, for those who don't do physical work, five people can't finish a meal at night, but when they think about it...

I have to stuff the bread into my stomach tonight even if I have to!
"Okay." Xia Mingyue made pancakes for a few people.

And a few people continued to eat.

The food at Xia Ji's stall still tasted wonderful and delicious. They were wolfing it down, but their expressions looked very depressed. They didn't enjoy the meal at all, but instead felt a little...

Sad and angry?

Xia Mingyue was extremely surprised by the eating machine-like appearance. "Why do you gentlemen look so depressed?"

After hearing Xia Mingyue's question, several people sighed deeply at the same time, and their faces were wrinkled like buns, making people even more confused.

"This matter..." Zhang Mingyi sighed again and then spoke, "Today, Master Dai proposed to the dean that the students have been tired of studying recently, probably because the weather is hot and they want to wander around all day to cool off. So he asked us to stay in the county school from tomorrow and not go out."

"In this case, I can't come to eat at Madam Xia's place anymore." Fan Pingyang added dejectedly.

In fact, not being able to come to Xia Ji to eat is not the most painful thing. If the food in the county school canteen is still eatable, I can rely on my strong willpower to endure it.

The cooking skills of Chef Wei from the Kexian School Canteen...

It’s hard to describe in one word!

Eating tasteless meals every day just to fill the stomach, and then thinking about not being able to eat the delicious food from Madam Xia, this is endless torture!

And the more I think about it, the sadder I feel.

Several students thought of this and sighed at the same time again.

Xia Mingyue, "..."

She didn't know how to comfort them for a moment and could only silently add some food to the students' bowls as a way of thanking them for taking care of her business.

After dinner, when they learned that Xia Mingyue wanted to write two more documents, Zhang Mingyi and Fan Pingyang did not refuse.

Xia Mingyue went to the shop next door owned by Manager Qian to borrow paper and pen. The two of them each copied a copy based on Xia Mingyue's previous document.

"Lady Xia, if you want to write a document next time, you can still come to the county school to find us." Zhang Mingyi said, "Don't be polite."

"Yes." Fan Pingyang also agreed, "Even if you are not allowed to go out, you can still ask the doorman to bring it out after you finish writing." "In that case, thank you very much, gentlemen." Xia Mingyue thanked them repeatedly, and when the two of them left, she stuffed them with a few more meat patties.

The students thanked him repeatedly and left together.

Leaving behind sighs along the way.

"These students are really interesting." Jiang Zhuguo smiled. Seeing that Mrs. Lu was absent-minded, she touched her arm and asked, "What's wrong, sister-in-law?"

"I'm looking at Zhang Laifu's steamed bun shop." Mrs. Lu poked her head out, "It seems that it has not been open for business in the past two days."

Ever since Zhang Lai Fu went to Xia Mingyue's house to cause trouble, it seemed that he never opened the door again.

But if I think about it, maybe my arm was injured too badly last time and I can’t knead dough to make buns for the time being?
"You probably don't know yet?" A middle-aged woman who came to buy two bowls of cold noodles lowered her voice and said mysteriously, "I heard that Zhang Laifu sold the shop and will no longer do business in the future!"

Not doing business anymore?
"What will he do next?" Mrs. Lu frowned.

He's not going to do anything bad, is he trying to follow Xia Ji's example and go against him?

"I don't know. I just know that he sold the shop in a hurry. But I heard that he seems to be selling the house. Maybe he doesn't want to stay in this county town anymore." The woman smacked her lips. "I don't know what happened. He is in such a hurry to sell the house. It will definitely not sell for a good price."

"Maybe he can't stay here any longer." Mrs. Lu gloated a little.

Such a shameless person actually knows how to be ashamed.

It's better for it to go. Such a dirty thing is a nuisance here.

But I just hope that no matter where you go in the future, you won’t do anything like stabbing someone in the back again, otherwise it would be too deceptive...

After the document was written, Xia Mingyue signed it with Ding Quan on the morning of the next day, and Ding Quan also delivered the silver in full. After receiving the document, they began to prepare for various preliminary matters.

With Jiang Erniu's first franchise store laying the foundation, Xia Mingyue was familiar with the situation here and only explained to Ding Quan all the precautions required for the franchise store.

Ding Quan wrote down everything and began to customize the various items he needed.

After a busy day, it was already dark when I got home.

"Why did you come back just now?" Mrs. Song felt sorry for Ding Quan, who looked tired. "The steamed vegetable rolls are completely cold. Can I heat them up for you?"

"It's hot, so just eat something cold." Ding Quan disagreed.

We need more firewood to heat up the meal, because the weather is hot and firewood has become more expensive these days.

Song thought about it and did not insist. She gave Ding Quan four vegetable rolls and scooped a bowl of thin corn flour batter on them.

It is called vegetable rolls, but in fact it is vegetable dumplings. It is made by mixing purple amaranth, mung bean sprouts and other vegetables together, wrapping them in thin rolled unleavened pancakes, and steaming them directly in the steamer.

During the steaming process, various vegetables become soft and shrink, and the dough collapses to varying degrees, forming wrinkles, which are called vegetable mang.

The cabbage is big but there is not much noodles in it. It is not very filling, but it is filling and saves money.

During this period, the family of four relied on this to fill their stomachs.

Ding Quan had been busy all day and was very hungry. He stuffed some vegetable soup into his mouth and drank a sip of thin cornmeal batter from time to time.

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