Bai Mengdie secretly tilted her head and squinted her eyes to steal a glance at Chen's father's wallet.

Seeing that the money in his wallet didn't seem to be enough, he smiled understandingly and said, "Uncle, I speak quite straightforwardly, although it may sound uncomfortable, but it is really kind."

Wild soft-shelled turtles are so expensive, you must not buy them back and eat them yourself, you must have a seriously ill patient at home to make up your mind to buy them, right?

If there are sick people in the family, there will be no shortage of places to use money.

What about you, don't be polite to me, just follow me, buy it for 300 yuan a catty, this soft-shelled turtle is wild, and I didn't pay a penny, it doesn't matter if I make a little less. ”

Chen Junnan raised his eyes and glanced at Bai Mengdie speechlessly, where did the patient come from in his own family? It's the old man who loves to eat wild soft-shelled turtles, so of course I bought it when I met it.

This little fat man's imagination is so rich that he actually thinks that he is buying it for the patient......

He didn't want to explain, so he took out all the money in his wallet and counted it, a total of two thousand and fifty-eight dollars.

He handed the money to Bai Mengdie: "Although there are not two thousand eight, there are more than two thousand, you can accept it." ”

Bai Mengdie thought about it for a while, and took the money generously: "Since the uncle must give so much, then I might as well be respectful." ”

She returned another fifty-eight yuan to Chen Junnan: "How can you be a big man without a penny in your hands?" Uncle took the money. ”

Chen Junnan hesitated for a moment, then smiled meaninglessly and took the money.

Bai Mengdie put the money from selling soft-shelled turtles close to her, and then put the bamboo basket containing the big soft-shelled turtle at Chen Junnan's feet, and smiled at him very sunnyly: "Then I'll go!" He stood up, nodded, and left.

Chen Junnan looked at the fifty-eight yuan in his hand, and then looked at Bai Mengdie's back as he walked away, hooked the corners of his mouth slightly, put the money in his pants pocket, picked up the bamboo basket containing the wild soft-shelled turtle and left.

After walking a distance, Bai Mengdie raised her hand and looked at her watch, it was almost twelve o'clock, and she planned to go to the vegetable market to buy some food.

Bai Aiguo did not return to the countryside for several weeks, saying that he stayed in the city to tidy up the house and rent a house, because many tenants were only free to visit the house on Saturdays and Sundays.

He definitely hadn't eaten a delicious meal during this time, so Bai Mengdie wanted to cook him a delicious meal.

After asking the price of vegetables at the vegetable market, Bai Mengdie's intestines were repentant, and she should have brought some vegetables from the countryside, the vegetables here are too expensive!

Bai Mengdie cut a pound of pork belly, bought a few Hangzhou peppers, and saw lettuce for sale, she wanted to buy half a catty.

Lettuce is not grown in the countryside, Bai Mengdie hasn't eaten lettuce for a long time, and she misses the slightly bitter, cool, and slippery feeling of lettuce.

As a result, when I asked, it was not cheap.

Lettuce is a common vegetable in Liangguang, and it was not popular in Jiangcheng in 98, so the price is expensive.

Bai Mengdie had no choice but to give up, bought a few pieces of dried incense and half a catty of celery and went to the family area of the national cotton factory.

When she went up to the fourth floor, she saw that the door of Fang Yiming's house was closed, Bai Mengdie's heart was light, she didn't want to touch the best family at the other door.

Open the door with the key, the house is quiet, Bai Aiguo is not at home!

Bai Mengdie felt a little lost in her heart, she originally wanted to share the joy of selling soft-shelled turtles at a high price with him as soon as she saw Bai Aiguo, but unfortunately she was not there......

Bai Mengdie was thinking while preparing lunch, where did Bai Aiguo run on the day off?

Stir-fried pork belly with Hangzhou pepper saves much more time than making tamales and Dongpo pork, and after eight or nine minutes, a plate of spicy and fragrant fried pork belly with Hangzhou pepper is out of the pot.

At this time, there was a sound of the door opening, Bai Mengdie poked her head out of the kitchen, and it was Bai Aiguo who walked in with a box of lunch.

Bai Aiguo also saw Bai Mengdie, he was stunned for a moment, and said, "Why are you here?" ”

"After the exam, it's a holiday, and I have nothing to do, so I came to the city to help my grandfather sell soft-shelled turtles, and I came to see my father by the way." Bai Mengdie retracted her head and stir-fried celery until fragrant.

When Bai Aiguo heard this, he walked to the kitchen door and asked, "Your grandfather is here too?" ”

"No, I'm alone."

"Then where did you go to sell the soft-shelled turtle and how much did you sell it?"

"I went to the Dadongmen Aquatic Market to sell it, and I sold a soft-shelled turtle of more than 5 catties for 2,000." Bai Mengdie's face was trembling, "Dad, I'm not very good, praise me." ”

Bai Aiguo praised sincerely: "My big baby is amazing! ”

Bai Mengdie laughed twice, glanced at the lunch box in Bai Aiguo's hand, and asked, "Dad, where did you go at noon?" Did you go out to buy food? Why don't you do it at home, it's expensive and small to buy outside. ”

Bai Aiguo lied half-truthfully: "I didn't go out to buy food, I moved bricks on the construction site on Saturday and Sunday, and I brought lunch and dinner back on the construction site." ”

Bai Mengdie stir-fried the dishes in the pot, and said distressedly: "Dad is not without a job, why did he run out to move bricks, how hard it is!" ”

"What's the hard work?" Bai Aiguo put the box of lunch in his hand on the small dining table in the living room, then returned to the kitchen, washed his hands under the faucet, and threw a piece of pork belly into his mouth with chopsticks, "My work is too idle now, I don't go to the construction site on weekends to find some odd jobs to do, I have to grow fat!" ”

Bai Mengdie glanced at him, obviously he had lost a lot of weight, but instead of saying that he was idle at work, he actually wanted to find an excuse to make more money.

The vegetables in the pot were fried, Bai Mengdie turned off the gas, and then fried the celery until fragrant and put it on a plate, and the rice in the rice cooker was just steamed.

Bai Mengdie went to the living room with two dishes: "How can Dad gain weight?" How bad a man eats in the city! ”

Bai Aiguo only served a bowl of rice to Bai Mengdie, and then came out with two pairs of chopsticks: "You don't have to do any work, why are you eating so well?"

Besides, every time I go back to the countryside, your grandparents always cook big fish and meat for me to eat, and there is no shortage of oil and water in my stomach, so I don't need to eat good. ”

"You always have a reason~" Bai Mengdie said distressedly, and put the plate of fried pork belly with Hangzhou pepper in front of Bai Aiguo, "Dad, eat more." ”

Bai Aiguo opened the lunch box brought back from the construction site, and Bai Mengdie glanced at it, in addition to a box full of rice, there were some cabbages and a little pickles.

I thought to myself, the food on the construction site is really poor.

To tell the truth, Bai Mengdie prefers vegetarianism, and she loves to eat almost all green vegetables, except for cabbage, but she loves to eat cabbage into sauerkraut, which is very crisp and delicious.

But the cabbage fried at this construction site lacks oil and salt, which makes people have no appetite at all.

Bai Aiguo picked up the chopsticks and put a piece of pork belly into his mouth, and bent his eyes with satisfaction: "The pork belly you cook is so delicious, Dad must eat more, and you will eat it too." ”

Thinking that the baby girl was losing weight, Bai Aiguo deliberately divided the lean meat on top of the pork belly with chopsticks and put it in Bai Mengdie's bowl.

Bai Mengdie said angrily: "Dad! Yesterday I ate a lot of pork ribs and pork belly at home, and I'm still tired of panicking, so you still give me meat? Eat it yourself! ”

Bai Aiguo had two pieces of pork belly bulging in his mouth, and asked in surprise: "Why do you buy so many ribs and pork belly at home?" ”

Bai Mengdie patted her forehead in annoyance, grandpa told them not to tell Bai Aiguo about the old lady's injury, so as not to worry him, but he still said that he leaked his mouth.

The father and daughter looked at each other for a while, and Bai Aiguo put down his chopsticks: "If you don't tell me the truth, I won't eat." ”

Bai Mengdie was defeated, so she had to tell Bai Aiguo why there were so many ribs and pork belly at home.

Seeing Bai Aiguo depressed, she comforted him and said, "Although grandma is injured, we want a thousand yuan in compensation, which can be regarded as a settlement." ”

Bai Aiguo sighed lightly: "Let the old man suffer such a big crime, what is the use of asking for more money?" ”

"Why is it useless?" Bai Mengdie put some pork belly into his bowl, "The injury is already a foregone conclusion, irreversible, and you can at least make up for it by asking for money to come back." ”

Bai Aiguo ate a few bites of food and asked, "How did you do in the final exam?" ”

"I feel okay about myself." Bai Mengdie asked, "Dad, can you help me inquire about how to set up a food stall on Qinyuan Road?" ”

Bai Aiguo nodded: "Of course I inquired, a stall is three meters long, and the booth fee is one hundred yuan a month." ”

Bai Mengdie was stunned for a moment: "Last time we went to Qinyuan Road, which of those stalls was not more than ten meters long?" I just don't believe they're renting a few stalls! ”

Bai Aiguo said: "I asked the market administrator about this, and the market administrator said that if there is no one to rent the stall next door, it doesn't matter if we put it bigger, but if someone rents it, it has to be restored to a three-meter range." ”

Bai Mengdie nodded: "It's pretty much the same!" ”

She ate a few stalks of celery and asked, "I asked my dad to help me ask where the ingredients I wrote were purchased, did my dad inquire about them?" ”

Bai Aiguo nodded: "I asked the buyer of our factory, and they introduced me to a cadre of the meat association, and you can basically get the ingredients you want."

In addition to the chicken feet can't be cheap, no one wants the chicken rack, duck rack, and duck intestines you want, and if you want it, people can give it to you cheaply.

Pig bones should be given as much as they want, and beef bones can only supply twenty or thirty catties a day. ”

Bai Mengdie listened carefully and said with satisfaction: "It's enough, then Dad will go to the market manager to pay the booth fee today, and we will have a trial opening tomorrow night." ”

"It's so urgent." Bai Aiguo was a little surprised, "We didn't prepare anything." ”

Bai Mengdie said calmly: "What do you want to prepare?" Seven or eight sets of tables and chairs, two barbecue grills, a car similar to selling breakfast, a large soup hanger with braised vegetables, and some disposable dishes and chopsticks...... And then there's the seasoning ingredients, which are prepared very quickly.

After I ate, I went to someone to order a car and a barbecue grill for breakfast, and by the way, I bought folding tables and chairs, pots and pans, and all kinds of spices.

Early tomorrow morning, Dad and someone put the chicken rack, duck rack, duck intestine into 30 catties each, beef bones 10 catties, pig bones 20 catties, I put the chicken rack, duck rack and duck intestines out before the stall, and I can sell it directly when the night market is set up at night. ”

Bai Aiguo asked: "Do you have any money in your hands?" If I don't have any money, I'll give you the rent I just collected. ”

Bai Mengdie was pleasantly surprised: "Is the house rented out?" How much is each set per month? ”

Bai Aiguo grinned happily and said, "Well, all of them are rented out, the market price, one hundred and five per single room." ”

Bai Mengdie nodded with satisfaction: "The price is okay." ”

Bai Aiguo smiled: "I think so too, our family relies on rent for about seven hundred a month, which is more than the monthly salary of an old worker, nine thousand a year, which is quite cost-effective, and I will use the money to buy you things after eating." ”

Bai Mengdie said hello, although she had a lot of money on her, but that money was the money to help her grandfather's family sell soft-shelled turtles, and it couldn't be easily misappropriated.

After eating, Bai Aiguo gave Bai Mengdie 500 yuan, and the father and daughter went out together.

Fang Yiming, who was opposite the door, also walked out with a schoolbag on his back, and at first glance, he was going to cram school.

Bai Mengdie glanced at him, and both of them looked away indifferently.

At the gate of the community, the father and daughter broke up, Bai Aiguo went to the market administrator to pay this month's booth fee, and then went to the construction site to move bricks.

Bai Mengdie went to a street where breakfast cars were ordered.

After inquiring about the price for half a day, and grinding the price for half a day, I finally negotiated a breakfast car for 100 yuan.

The boss asked her to pay a deposit of fifty yuan.

Bai Mengdie was about to pay when a woman in her forties came to pick up the breakfast cart she had customized yesterday.

The boss pointed to a brand-new breakfast lane at the door: "Well, it's already done for you, you can push it away after you hand over the balance to me." ”

The middle-aged woman took a general look at the breakfast cart and was immediately furious: "You are too cutting corners in this car!" With such a thin iron sheet and such a thin iron frame, it didn't take long for it to break.

What did I tell you yesterday, the iron sheet should be thick, the iron frame should be thick, you promised to be good, but you don't talk much! ”

The boss said with a cold face: "I dare to guarantee that your breakfast car will not break down for five years, you go and see if other people's breakfast car is my iron sheet and my iron frame?"

It's because you don't know how to do it, so you have to have a thick iron sheet and a thick iron frame.

It's not impossible for you to want a thick iron sheet, but you only give a little money, and you still want good materials? Haven't you heard that you get what you pay for! ”

The middle-aged woman was even more annoyed: "If you can't afford it, you shouldn't agree!" You agreed to my request, but made this inferior breakfast cart for me, you are a fraud, do you understand! ”

The boss had a rogue face: "I deceived you? Then you go sue me, you see if anyone cares! ”

Bai Mengdie watched coldly, and there was no paper contract for the customized breakfast car, and it was generally a verbal agreement.

It's useless to find the police, it's not that the public is justified, the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable, this middle-aged woman can only suffer a dumb loss.

That boss is also determined to eat this, so he has no fear.

And he was not afraid that the middle-aged woman would not buy the car.

I received a deposit of 50 yuan before, and if the woman refused to buy a car, he would not return the 50 yuan deposit he had paid before.

Didn't that middle-aged woman lose fifty dollars for nothing? Then you might as well buy the car.

Although the two had a big quarrel, in the end, the middle-aged woman still angrily paid the balance of 50 yuan, bought the car and pushed it away.

Seeing this, Bai Mengdie didn't want to order a breakfast car in this store, these bosses were too black-hearted and made money.

She looked left and right, and finally gave up on the idea of a custom breakfast cart.

The world is as black as a crow, and I'm afraid this street is like this, and the promised materials will all cut corners for you in the end.

The boss urged, "You hurry up and pay the deposit." ”