Border Cook
Chapter 83 Causing trouble
Chapter 83 Causing trouble
"What's going on?" Song asked about business matters.
"Almost done." Ding Quan swallowed the food in his mouth. "Don't worry about the money. I have already made an agreement with Brother Sun. I will not give him the remaining money from the house for now. I will use it to join Xia Ji. I will give it to him when I make money. I will give him an extra 500 yuan at that time."
"Brother Sun said that I don't need to give him the extra 500 yuan and just use it to do business. But I thought that there is no such thing as taking someone else's money and not giving it back. I should do business first, so I think I should give him the money."
"That's what you said." Song said, "Big Brother Sun probably saw that our family was having a hard time and felt sorry for us. Big Brother Sun and his family are all kind-hearted people. We can't let them suffer in vain. We must give them the five hundred yuan."
"Yes." Ding Quan nodded, "But there's no point in talking too much now. When we make money and give it to Brother Sun, he will probably be willing to accept it. Let's leave it at that for now."
"Once the food stall is open, you and the child will have to follow me and help me. You will have to endure the hardship."
"It's just business, how can it be a burden?" Song lowered her head and touched her cheek with her hand. "I'm afraid that I will cause you trouble when I'm like this..."
There was a birthmark on her right cheek, the size of an apricot, red with a hint of black, and looked very scary.
Because of her birthmark, no one came to propose marriage to her when she was eighteen years old. Until one day, Ding Quan, who was fleeing famine with his old father, came to ask for water.
At that time, Father Ding was already dying due to the long journey, hunger, and being bitten by a poisonous snake on the way. He could die at any time.
Seeing this, Song's father negotiated conditions with Ding Quan.
Song's father helped Ding Quan bury his father, and Ding Quan married Song and settled down in Dingjiazhuang.
Ding Quan and Song became husband and wife and soon had their first child.
Although Ding Quan treated her very kindly and they seemed to be more affectionate than ordinary couples, Song was always uneasy in her heart and felt that Ding Quan had many helplessness in this marriage.
At one point, Song was prepared to be abandoned by Ding Quan at any time.
But as the years passed, Song's father passed away, the family was invaded by war, and they had to flee northward. Ding Quan seemed to treat her consistently and never showed any impatience.
Song's heart finally settled down, but she was still very unsure about the birthmark on her face.
"When have you ever caused me any trouble?" Ding Quan stopped eating and shook Song's hand. "On the contrary, it's me who always needs your help."
As a man, Ding Quan cannot support his wife and daughter by himself. Instead, he has to keep his wife and daughter busy because of life. He blames himself very much.
"But then again, God probably felt sorry for me and made my wife feel a little regretful. Otherwise, with my wife's virtue and beauty, many people would have proposed to marry her. How could someone like me have the chance to marry her?"
Ding Quan smiled playfully, "After all, it's me who has dragged my wife down. Please don't blame me."
Song was amused and smiled, then gave Ding Quan another bowl of cornmeal paste.
In the next few days, Ding Quan and Song Shi worked hard to prepare all the supplies for the food stall, and also went to Xia Mingyue's home to learn how to make cakes, how to make cold skin, how to mix cold noodles and cold dishes.
Xia Mingyue teaches very carefully.
Unfortunately, Ding Quan was originally a peddler and seldom cooked, so he was not as quick as Jiang Erniu in learning these things.
On the contrary, Song was clever and deft, and he could understand things quickly and well.
Seeing this, Ding Quan couldn't help but sigh for a long time.
The doctor once said that he had a bad spleen and stomach, but he said that he was in good health and had a big appetite, so how could he have a bad spleen and stomach? Now it seems that what the doctor said makes some sense.
The spleen and stomach are not good, and the food needs to be softer. And isn't he the kind of person who relies on his wife to make a fortune?
It turned out that he was lucky. It was because he met his wife that he could eat this bowl of soft and tender rice.
Seeing that Song was learning very quickly, Xia Mingyue simply focused her teaching on her.
Husband and wife are one body. If they want to do business together, it doesn't matter who they teach.
Song understood Xia Mingyue's intention and studied very hard.
As the days passed, Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu's faces became more worried.
Because the task that Xia Mingyue assigned to the two people has not been completed yet.
Not to mention finding this false nightshade seed, even if you ask, many people have never even heard of it.
In desperation, the two could only find Xia Mingyue and ask her what this so-called false nightshade seed was and what it looked like.
Xia Mingyue patted her forehead and said, "I was so confused. I didn't even tell you what he looked like and just asked you to look for him by name. You couldn't find him, right?"
Every region has different names for some items, not to mention plants, which definitely have their own names. If you want to find something, you can't just go by the name, you need to describe its shape.
But it was not too late to realize it. Xia Mingyue found a piece of paper and drew a pattern on it with a burnt firewood stick instead of a brush.
Xia Mingyue's painting skills are limited, so the patterns she draws are not very delicate, but they are recognizable enough.
Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu took the paper and went to the street again.
Soon, they got some clues. The false nightshade seeds mentioned by Xia Mingyue were called small lanterns by local farmers. They were wild and could be found everywhere in the fields.
The two were overjoyed to see that they could find it, "Can you find some of this? We'll buy a basket of these little lantern fruits. One basket will cost fifty cents!"
"A basket?" The young woman selling long beans curled her lips. "You can find this everywhere, but it's not like crops. It grows here and there, and it's small. You can't find a basket even if you look for it for ten days or half a month. If you want to earn fifty cents, you can spend more time tending to the vegetable fields. It's more cost-effective than this."
Like this?
But she just felt it was not cost-effective. For those who have idle people at home, every penny they can earn is a penny they can earn. There will definitely be people who will do this business that does not require a huge investment.
With this idea in mind, Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu continued to look for people.
But after searching for a long time from morning till noon, still no one responded to the conversation.
The two brothers became depressed again.
The reason they didn't complete Aunt Xia's task before was because they didn't know what it was. Now that they know what it is, they still can't find it. Doesn't that make them seem incompetent?
I'm incompetent, but I can't find this fake Physalis seed. The reward Aunt Xia mentioned...
I feel like I’m going to miss out on a lot of delicious food!
"Why do you two brothers look so sad? What happened?"
(End of this chapter)
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