Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 271 How can this be called expensive?

"Hey, Huairu, have you heard? There seems to be a store called Xiangmi Zhai opened on Zhengyangmen East Street, specializing in selling honey and honey lemon tea, the taste is so delicious."

"Really? I didn't know that yet!"

"How about we go take a look together after get off work?"

"Okay! Then you wait for me at the door!"

"Got it!"

Soon, Sister Wu, who worked as a cleaner in the factory, left with a happy look on her face, leaving Qin Huairu standing there thoughtfully.

If she remembered correctly, Li Guoqiang was the one who came back to the city to sell honey on behalf of the production team. So, could this Xiangmi Zhai be opened by Li Guoqiang?

If it was really opened by Li Guoqiang, then he is really amazing!
The store's reputation has spread to the steel mill so quickly?
After thinking for a while, she still couldn't figure out a clue. In the end, she could only suppress her curiosity and go back to the workshop to continue working.

Not long after, the bell for the end of get off work rang.

She hurriedly packed up her tools, picked up her handbag, and hurried to the steel mill gate to meet Sister Wu.

Moreover, she heard many workers discussing Xiangmi Zhai and honey lemon tea on the way.

This shows how famous this store is.

"Let's go, let's go quickly, otherwise we won't be able to buy it if we're late!"

When Sister Wu saw Qin Huairu coming, she hurriedly grabbed her hand, and then hurried towards East Street in a hurry.

Seeing this, Qin Huairu could only swing her big butt faster and hurriedly catch up with Sister Wu.

After such a busy schedule, they finally arrived at the destination ahead of many of their co-workers.

However, this was of no use, because from a distance, they saw a long queue in front of the store, which almost reached the end of the street.

Just when Qin Huairu was hesitating whether to queue up, she suddenly saw a very familiar figure walking out of the store, which made her stunned for a moment.

[Isn't this Qiangzi's wife Xiaojuan? Why is she here? Could it be that this store is really opened by Qiangzi? ]

Thinking of this, she hurriedly walked forward and shouted loudly.

"Juanzi, Juanzi!"

"Hey! Aunt Huairu, you're here too!"

Hearing this, Luo Huijuan turned around and saw Qin Huairu, and hurriedly smiled and greeted her.

"Well, you said I'm here too? Is there anyone else from our courtyard here?"

Qin Huairu raised her eyebrows and asked with some confusion.

"Yup!"

Luo Huijuan nodded, then laughed and said, "Just now Aunt Jingru, Sister-in-law Yu Li, Auntie One, Auntie Two and others all came."

"That"

Qin Huairu's eyes narrowed, and then she quickly asked, "Where are they now?"

"Oh!"

Hearing this, Luo Huijuan smiled slightly, then replied softly, "They bought a bowl of honey lemon tea, and then went back!"

After she finished speaking, she didn't wait for Qin Huairu to say anything, and immediately continued: "By the way, Aunt Huairu, do you want to buy honey or honey lemon tea? I can give it to you first!"

"This."

Qin Huairu hesitated for a moment, then asked somewhat embarrassedly: "I wonder how you sell these things?"

"Oh, this bottle of honey is 8 yuan per pound, and a bowl of honey lemon tea is 5 cents."

When Luo Huijuan heard Qin Huairu asking about the price, she answered without thinking.

There was no way, because she had answered this question to customers many times before, and it had become a conditioned reflex.

“This is so expensive!”

When Qin Huairu heard this, she couldn't help but exclaimed.

You know, her monthly salary is just over 30 yuan, which is not enough to buy 5 bottles of honey in total.

What’s even more shocking is that a bowl of honey lemon tea costs 5 cents, which is almost as much as a pound of meat.

She didn’t know whether others would buy it or not, but she just couldn’t bring herself to buy it.

“How can this be expensive?”

Luo Huijuan frowned, and then said unhappily: "You know, this honey is real, genuine flower honey, and this honey lemon tea is nutritious and delicious. Even if you search the whole city, or even the whole country, you can't find another store that sells this tea.

So, do you still think this price is expensive?"

“Uh, no!”

Qin Huairu saw that Luo Huijuan was angry, and immediately realized that she had said the wrong thing, and then she waved her hand and said, "That's not what I meant. I just didn't bring enough money. I'll come back next time when I have enough money."

"Fine!"

When Luo Huijuan heard what Qin Huairu said, she didn't bother to argue with her. She just nodded and said, "I still have to greet the guests here. If you need anything, please let me know."

After saying that, she turned around and busied herself with directing the guests to line up and answering their questions.

Seeing this, Qin Huairu felt embarrassed to disturb Luo Huijuan from doing her work, so she quickly turned around and returned to Sister Wu.

"Huai Ru, who was that girl just now? Do you know anyone in this store?"

When Sister Wu saw Qin Huairu coming back, she hurried forward and asked.

"Oh!"

When Qin Huairu heard Sister Wu asking about Luo Huijuan, a smug look appeared on her face unconsciously, and then she answered softly: "She is our neighbor in the courtyard, and this store is opened by her husband."

"Her husband drives it?"

Sister Wu's eyes widened, and then she asked in disbelief, "Aren't individuals prohibited from doing business now? How come everyone in your hospital can open a store?"

"no!"

Qin Huairu was slightly stunned, then hurriedly shook her head and explained: "You misunderstood, he didn't open it alone, he came to the city to open it on behalf of the production team."

"Oh!"

When Sister Wu heard this, she suddenly understood something and nodded, saying, "So that's how it is!"

Then, she suddenly thought of something and asked hurriedly, "Why didn't you ask her to buy us a bowl of honey lemon tea? That way we wouldn't have to wait in line!"

"that."

Qin Huairu felt embarrassed when she heard this, and then she stammered, "I didn't bring that much money with me today, so I didn't buy it!"

"How much? I'll lend it to you first!"

Upon hearing this, Sister Wu glanced at the long line, then gritted her teeth and spoke.

As she spoke, she reached into her pocket and prepared to take out money. "5 cents!"

"What? How much did you say?"

Hearing Qin Huairu's answer, Sister Wu was stunned, then asked in surprise.

"5 cents!"

Seeing this, Qin Huairu could only repeat it helplessly.

“Why is this so expensive?”

Sister Wu frowned, then asked with some pain in her heart.

Hearing this, Qin Huairu's mind immediately popped up what Luo Huijuan had just said, and she couldn't help feeling curious.

[How delicious must it be to be sold at such a high price? ]

Not long after, Sister Wu, who had been standing there hesitating for a long time, finally couldn't bear to spend so much money to buy a bowl of honey lemon tea, and then left with Qin Huairu, looking disappointed.

There are many other guests like them.

However, more customers could not resist this trend and generously spent money to buy and taste the dishes so that they could go back and brag about it to others.

At this time, Pan Qiaoyan, Shen Fengxia, Shang Xiuzhen and others were so busy that they had no time to rest.

Fortunately, Li Guoqiang was able to prepare the honey lemon tea in time, otherwise it would have been even more difficult for them.

Correspondingly, the turnover in the drawer keeps increasing.

They kept busy like this until about one o'clock in the afternoon. Finally, there were no more customers queuing in front of the store, and they could finally take turns to take a break.

"Ouch! I can't take it anymore. I can't take it anymore. My legs are about to break."

As soon as Pan Qiaoyan walked into the backyard, she collapsed on the recliner in the aisle and cried out in pain.

Hearing this, Li Guoqiang and Luo Huijuan couldn't help laughing, then gave Pan Qiaoyan a thumbs up and shouted "Come on!"

When Pan Qiaoyan saw this, she couldn't help rolling her eyes. Then, thinking of the drawer that was almost full, she couldn't help but smile foolishly.

She was worried about the poor business in the store a few days ago, but she didn't expect that the situation in the store would change drastically in just two or three days.

Under such circumstances, she no longer had to worry about being called back by the production team.

Li Guoqiang and Luo Huijuan felt a little amused when they saw Pan Qiaoyan's silly look. Then they ignored her and hurriedly took the washed ingredients into the kitchen to cook.

Originally, Li Guoqiang was thinking of taking some time to go out, then take out the hot dishes and meals he had picked up from the storage space and bring them back for Pan Qiaoyan and the others to have a bite of.

However, because the customers in the store never stopped coming, he gave up this plan. He waited until there were fewer customers before he went outside to get some fresh ingredients and then started cooking with Luo Huijuan.

As for Pan Qiaoyan and others, they continued to receive guests while taking turns to rest in the backyard.

Due to time constraints, Li Guoqiang did not use any ingredients that are difficult to cook. He just took a piece of pork weighing two or three pounds, a bighead carp weighing more than ten pounds, three or four pounds of river shrimp, and some tomatoes, vegetables, and peppers. He could directly steam a dish of chopped pepper fish head, stir-fry a plate of river shrimp, and then make a pot of river shrimp, pork, tomato, and vegetable stewed noodles.

Soon, with Luo Huijuan's busy work, all the meals were ready.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang hurriedly walked out of the kitchen and greeted the shop in front.

At this time, there were no customers in the store.

When Shang Xiuzhen heard that it was time to eat, she hurriedly asked Pan Qiaoyan and Shen Fengxia to eat first, obviously not forgetting her identity as the acting shopkeeper.

Afterwards, when Pan Qiaoyan and Shen Fengxia were a little hesitant, Li Guoqiang directly told the three of them to go eat first, and he would stay in the store to greet customers.

After hearing his words, Shang Xiuzhen, Pan Qiaoyan and Shen Fengxia were about to say something, but were blocked by his gaze.

Helplessly, they had to follow Li Guoqiang's instructions and go to the backyard to eat first.

When Luo Huijuan saw this situation, instead of blaming them, she looked distressed and asked them to sit down and eat quickly, which really touched them.

If this happened in the old times, it would definitely be passed down as a good story.

However, this is already a new society, and their affairs are not to be exposed to the public, so they naturally cannot be spread out.

Soon, tempted by the delicious food, they no longer bothered to be polite to Luo Huijuan and hurriedly picked up their bowls to eat. In a short while, they finished a large bowl of noodles.

Seeing this, Luo Huijuan hurriedly put down her bowl and chopsticks and went to serve noodles to Pan Qiaoyan and others. She was very considerate.

In her opinion, since they are all family, they should take care of each other.

This also made Pan Qiaoyan and others accept her as the eldest lady from the bottom of their hearts.

Soon after, Pan Qiaoyan and the others had eaten their fill, and then hurried to the shop in front, letting Li Guoqiang go in to eat.

At the same time, it was time for Luo Huijuan to go to work.

She first helped Li Guoqiang serve a large bowl of noodles, then spoke to him softly and hurriedly left the store.

In addition, she did not forget to take a large pot of honey lemon tea from the store, ready to take it to the factory as a favor, and by the way, help promote the store.

When Li Guoqiang saw Luo Huijuan leave, he sat down to eat and thought to himself that it was time to write a letter of good news back to the Jinshanbao Production Brigade.

By the way, he also wanted to ask the team to ask two or three more people to come and help.

Anyway, I already have a place to live and the store business is slowly getting back on track. There is no need to worry about people gossiping about me.

Just as he began to think about who to ask, some people in the Jinshanbao Production Brigade, hundreds of kilometers away, were also worried about him.

"Hey, do you think Qiangzi can sell the honey at a high price?"

While checking the condition of the beehives, Qu Yinfeng asked Xu Yuping who was standing next to her.

"can!"

Hearing this, Xu Yuping nodded without even thinking, and replied with a confident look on her face: "I believe he can do it."

"Ok!"

Qu Yinfeng turned her head to look at Xu Yuping, then said with a little concern: "Actually, I also believe he can do it, but it has been more than a week, and I don't know if he has opened the store?

And what worries me most is whether he will come back in the future. "

"mom!"

When Xu Yuping heard Qu Yinfeng's last words, her expression changed slightly, and she quickly said, "Others may not know, but don't you know what kind of person Qiangzi is?
Since he said he would come back, he would definitely come back.

Also, it’s okay for you to say these words in front of me, but please don’t say them in front of other people.

Otherwise, they would have thought that Qiangzi had told us privately that he would never come back!"

"I know!"

Seeing Xu Yuping's serious expression, Qu Yinfeng nodded angrily and said, "I just said a few words to you casually. I won't tell anyone else."

"Ok!"

Xu Yuping's expression relaxed when she heard that. Just as she was about to say a few more words of advice, she heard someone shouting her name in the yard.

"Sister Yuping, Sister Yuping, please come back soon. Your daughter is here to see you."

(End of this chapter)