Chapter 202: Small Business
Hong Daquan accosted Liulang, and Liulang nodded, and without saying anything, he drove away in the donkey cart.
When he got home, He Mai filled Hong Daquan's jug with water, covered it with a lid, and Xiao Hei went out with the handle of the jug in his mouth to deliver water to Hong Daquan.
"In the past few days, I have always seen a few strangers from other villages in front of our house." Rokuro said to Hemai.
He Mai was fetching water at the well to prepare for laundry, and when he heard Rokuro say this, he also recalled, "I noticed it too!" There are indeed a lot of people from other villages in front of the gate these days. However, it is not surprising that the largest piece of land in the village was leased, and naturally a few tenants from outside the country would come to cultivate it. Brother Nahong is a tenant from another village. ”
"In the past few days, I have seen him once among the people from other villages who have been wandering around in front of my house." Rokuro said.
"Maybe they're walking around the village while they're resting?" He Mai said, looking at Rokuro's thoughtful expression, "What, what's wrong?" ”
"Nope." Rokuro shook his head and smiled at Hemai, "Maybe I'm too careful." ”
The next morning, He Mai went to Qinglu Village to go out and unexpectedly saw the young man again.
The young man changed into new clothes, but his spirit was a little sluggish, and seeing that she was the only one in Hemai's stall, he hesitated and sat down.
"I want to eat steamed buns, a meat and a vegetable, a bowl of sweet porridge!" He took out a few copper plates from his arms and slapped them on the table, "Counting the eight cents owed to you that day, count them!" ”
He Mai smiled, brought the buns and porridge over, handed them to him and collected the silver, "I forgot about it if you didn't come, okay, you are a good boy and keep your promises." ”
He Mai's few words of praise made the young man blush, and he exclaimed, "I am not a child, not a few years younger than you, how old are you?" ”
"Where is it to come up and ask a woman's age? I'm married, naturally older than you, what's wrong with calling you a child? He Mai laughed.
"What's your name?" For the first time, the young man asked for the name of He Mai.
"Hemai, you can just call me Sister Hemai. What about you? ”
"My name is Li Changan," the young man ate a mouth full of steamed buns, and his words were vague, "These buns are all made by you alone?" It's delicious. ”
He Mai smiled: "Eat more if it's delicious, or I will have these buns leftover." ”
A few more guests came while talking, ordered steamed buns and porridge, and when Hemai served breakfast to the guests, Li Changan wiped the oil stains from the corners of his mouth and had eaten them clean.
What about your man? Li Changan asked.
"Call Big Brother!" He Mai emphasized, "He's gone to buy me tofu brains." ”
"He's weird to you, he has something to eat at home, and he is used to you getting you food from other stalls every day," Li Changan chirped, "If you are a woman, such a loser, I will have to call it out." ”
As soon as he finished speaking, he was slapped on the top of his head by He Mai.
"How do you beat someone!" Chang'an covered his head and glared angrily at He Mai.
"If you don't learn well at a young age, what nonsense? Last time, I wanted to teach you a lesson, but this time I said something disrespectful," He Mai stared at him, "I want to fight before I marry a daughter-in-law, and whoever marries you in the future will be really unlucky!" ”
"There are so many people who want to marry me!" Li Changan stood up unhappily, "You look at Wenwen quietly, but why are you so gentle when you talk and move?" How could your man want you? ”
He Mai pretended to be angry and raised his slap again, but the bluffed Chang'an shrank his neck and jumped away a few steps stupidly, "That's it, let's talk more about good men and not women." ”
"It's not enough to be beaten by the eldest brother at home, but if you come to eat a bun, you will be beaten, bad luck, bad luck!" Li Changan shook his head and left the porridge shop with kicking steps.
He Mai heard his whispered words, and just wanted to call him to ask what was going on for a while, but saw that Rokuro had finished buying tofu brains and came back with a whole bowl of hot and fragrant tofu brains.
He smiled at Hemai: "The boss knows me, I added two more spoonfuls of green onion and coriander, and scooped some more marinade." ”
Liulang put the bowl down and told He Mai to sit still, he went to the small pot and fried five buns, scooped another bowl of porridge, and put it on the low table, "You eat first, I'll help you watch the stall." ”
He Mai sat on the low table, and was moved to see the female guest eating buns at the low table next to her praising Liulang, "Your man is really decent, if you were the one in my family, he would have yelled at me a long time ago, and he usually loves you so much, right?" ”
"He's usually better than me," He Mai looked at Rokuro with a smile, his eyes full of love, "I'm reluctant to do anything, for fear of tiring me out." ”
"How happy, it's so good...... the female guest looked at her enviously, "He looks good, he has strength, and he loves his daughter-in-law, where can I find such a man?" Why can't I get one? Alas......"
Not long after this wave of guests left, He Mai hurriedly finished eating. As soon as she put down her chopsticks and didn't clean them up, she saw the next wave of customers enter the stall and start ordering buns for porridge.
She and Rokuro went into battle together and were busy for a while.
He Mai seems to have discovered that this business is either very deserted, and there is not a single customer. If it opens, even if it is not prosperous, it will not stop the flow of customers.
Now her business is like this, it is not a hot stall, but when the stall is closed every day, there are almost two porridge buckets left, let alone the buns.
By the time Xiaoshi was about to close the stall, there were still two buns left in the small pot, and there was not much porridge left.
He Mai and Liulang were about to close the stall and go home, and the flow of customers in the morning was not interrupted, and the two of them were very busy, and they also felt a little tired at this time.
At this time, Xiao Hei, who was lying on his stomach under the outer wall of the stall, suddenly came in from outside, stretched out his long tongue and stared at the wheat with a long tongue.
"Hemai, Brother Liulang, it's really you!" This surprised voice sounded, and He Mai saw that there was a person standing behind Xiao Hei, who was Changxin.
"Brother Changxin?" He Mai put down the rag and looked at him in surprise, "Why are you here?" ”
Changxin looked at them with a smile on his face, "I teach people in the school in this village!" Today, the students are out of class, and I'm going to go to the town to pick up my mother, Hemai, Brother Liulang, I really don't know when you set up a porridge stand? It's decent! I saw the little black at the door come in, but I didn't expect it to be you! ”
Seeing Changxin, the three of them naturally wanted to talk for a while, and Hemai Liulang was not in a hurry to leave, Hemai asked Changxin, "Brother Changxin, haven't you eaten yet?" There are two buns and a bowl of porridge left, and I will serve them to you? ”
Changxin touched his stomach and smiled embarrassedly, "That, that's okay, I just want to come out to find some food, I'm afraid it's going to be noon when I go to town!" ”
The buns and porridge were served, and Changxin talked to them while eating.