Chapter 29: Stability
"You guys are finally here, and if you don't come again, Steward Xu will have to scratch your head and hit the wall, so I'm worried that you won't come." As soon as Cheng Xi Xu Sanlang entered the door, Aunt Zhu, who was washing vegetables in the yard, said with a smile.
Hearing the movement, Steward Xu, who came out of the back kitchen, also heard Aunt Zhu's words, and responded with a smile, "Nonsense, I'm in a hurry that I won't be able to get busy these days, how can their little couple be untrustworthy people." ”
After speaking, he beckoned the two of them to go to the dormitory next to the backyard to settle down and salute, and passed through a small door in the back kitchen courtyard, the dormitory was better than Cheng Xi imagined, it was a row of side rooms, according to Steward Xu, it was generally two to three people in a room.
Steward Xu took the two of them to a room in the back, the room was quite spacious, there was a bed, a simple cabinet, and a dilapidated table at the head of the bed.
Sure enough, Steward Xu opened his mouth and said, "This room has been empty, thinking that you are a young couple, I called everyone to pack it up for you, and there are almost all other daily necessities in the restaurant, but you need to buy the quilt yourself, do you have it?" ”
Cheng Xi shook his head and responded, "When it's empty for a while, let's go out and buy a set." ”
Steward Xu nodded, "You guys clean up quickly, and then hurry over, as soon as noon arrives, you will start to get busy immediately." ”
Xu Sanlang Cheng Xi nodded in response, thanked him, and Steward Xu left first, leaving the two of them to put the luggage first.
Cheng Xi looked at this small dormitory, and sighed in her heart, she originally thought that the dormitory was divided into men and women, and she would live with Yun Niang and Aunt Zhu, but she didn't expect that this Xu Steward kindly prepared a separate room for them, and this had to live with Xu Sanlang.
Although Xu Saburo is now his father-in-law, Cheng Xi is still a man he is not familiar with in his heart, and he is a partner if he lives together, so he has to share the same bed, which is always a bit uncomfortable.
But now on this condition, it's good to have a place to settle down, and Cheng Xi can't still pick and choose, so he can only live there, in the end, Xu Saburo is the person he is most familiar with, and it is better to live together than to live with strangers again, Cheng Xi comforted himself like this.
Xu Sanlang was about to put the luggage package in the closet, but was stopped by Cheng Xi, who came back to his senses, in time, "Don't do it first, no one lives in the thick dust, you have to clean it first and then put the luggage away." ”
Listening to Cheng Xi's words, Xu Sanlang put his luggage on the bed and said, "It's noon, let's go to work first, and come back to pack up when it's empty." ”
Cheng Xi nodded in agreement, took the lead to walk out the door, and responded, "Let's go." ”
The kitchen is almost the most familiar thing for Cheng Xi, except for burning firewood in this earthen stove is Cheng Xi's weakness, everything else is difficult for Cheng Xi, Chef Zhao is becoming more and more satisfied with Cheng Xi, his own son has almost completely become a miscellaneous worker, but Cheng Xi has gradually become his helper.
Xu Sanlang's hands and feet are neat and diligent, and his strength is also great, basically one person tops two, which makes the others a lot easier, and Steward Xu is basically idle, only looking inside and out from time to time to make a hand, keeping the kitchen running in an orderly manner, and the kitchen is completely free of the previous busy scene.
Such a scene made Xu Guan Shile close his mouth, and from time to time a few words of praise for Cheng Xi and Xu Sanlang, and did not forget to bring a few words of praise for himself, praising himself for his vision.
After finishing the noon and eating, Steward Xu personally took the two of them out to buy quilts, and the two didn't have much money in their hands, so they bought a bed cover, and then pulled the cheapest sheets and cloths, which almost cost more than 100 Wen, which was still because he was an acquaintance of Steward Xu, and then bought some necessary daily necessities, towels and other things, and the 200 Wen was almost gone.
Seeing that Xu Sanlang had not much copper plate left in his hand, Cheng Xi gritted his teeth and spent sixty yuan to buy a small piece of bath beans, which were scary, Cheng Xi felt pain when he looked at it, but there was no way, she was busy in the kitchen every day, firewood and oil smoke, and there was nothing to wash, she really couldn't stand it.
The days passed in a busy way, and the people in the back kitchen didn't seem to go to the front hall much, at most, they had some contact with Xiao Er, who served the food in the lobby, and Cheng Xi also guessed a rough idea, probably because of the relationship between the shopkeeper Xia.
Thinking of the eyes of the shopkeeper in Naxia, Cheng Xi didn't plan to go out to make himself uncomfortable, An An stayed in the small world of the back kitchen, Xu Sanlang was originally a duty, and basically stayed in the back kitchen, plus the two of them are now strapped for money, and they will not leave the restaurant, although such a life is monotonous, but compared to the life in the village at the beginning, it is much happier and more stable, at least there is no need to worry about not having enough to eat.
Almost four or five days later, the busiest time at noon was almost over, Xu Sanlang and Cheng Xi were still busy in the back kitchen, and Xiao Li, who was greeting guests in front, suddenly came to the back kitchen and went straight to Cheng Xi.
Xu Sanlang frowned when he saw someone coming, this Xiao Li was the second child who greeted them when they came for the first time, and then they would go to the back kitchen from time to time, and most of them went to Cheng Xi's side, and the two of them often talked and laughed.
Xu Sanlang, who was still cleaning up on the other side, unconsciously passed over to Cheng Xi's side, and happened to stand in the middle of Cheng Xi and the second Xiao Li.
However, Xiao Li did have something to do this time, and said directly, "Brother Xu, Xiao Xi, there are two people outside the restaurant, saying that they are your brother and came to look for you, I am afraid that they will come in directly and recruit the shopkeeper, so I asked them to wait at the door, and secretly come in to tell you, you go and take a look." Then he turned and went out.
Cheng Xi's eyes lit up after hearing this, she almost forgot about it, but she was still working at this time, it was not easy to leave, Cheng Xi turned her eyes to Steward Xu, and was about to ask, not wanting Steward Xu to be next to her, Xiao Li also heard what she said, so he said, "Let your brother come through the back door." After that, he said to Xiao Li who walked to the door, "Xiao Li, please tell them and come through the back door." ”
Xiao Li replied with a smile, "Okay." Then he walked out the door quickly.
Steward Xu looked at Cheng Xi with a look of impatience, and said with a smile, "It's almost busy here, you two go and wait in the back, you can't delay for a long time." ”
Cheng Xi nodded clearly, then put down the work in his hand and followed Xu Sanlang to the door of the backyard.
After staying in the past few days, Cheng Xi almost understood the situation of the restaurant, and of course he also understood the meaning of Steward Xu.
The two of them stood at the door of the backyard, Cheng Xi stood at the door and looked around, and soon saw the second brother and the fourth brother coming from the corner, Cheng Xi waved his hand happily to the two, and when the two of them saw Cheng Xi, they also showed a smile on their faces, and they quickened their pace to come over here.
The two of them entered the backyard, Cheng Xi Xu Saburo beckoned the two of them and went directly to the small courtyard on the other side of the dormitory, there is a small courtyard on the dormitory side, there is a stone table in the courtyard, there are a few benches next to it, and the people in the back kitchen sit here and chat from time to time when they rest.
Cheng Xi beckoned the two brothers to sit down, Xu Sanlang said hello, and went to the back kitchen to pour water for the two.
As soon as Cheng Cai sat down, he couldn't wait to ask, "It's okay these days, are you tired, but can you still eat?" How did Xu Saburo treat you, did he bully you? ”
Listening to such a worried inquiry, Cheng Xi felt both heartwarming and helpless, and responded with a smile, "Fourth brother, why are there so many problems in the first place, let's see, I'm not very good, my face is full of flesh." ”
Cheng Cai looked at Cheng Xi from head to toe, and seemed to be much more energetic than when he first came, so he nodded with satisfaction, "It's good, if you're too tired, don't carry it." ”
Cheng Xi was afraid that the fourth brother would be endlessly entangled in this question, and he did have questions to ask them, so he changed the topic and asked the two of them, "The second brother and the fourth brother came to the county seat, but because of the matter of going to work in Fucheng?" ”
Cheng Chen nodded, and responded, "I received the news you brought, we discussed it with the family, Aunt Wu said that since the salary is so high, let me and the fourth brother go with me, and the father at home can be taken care of by her, and if you can't be busy, you can ask the fourth uncle to help, there should be no problem." ”
Cheng Xi was a little surprised and said, "Are you going?" There is still so much land at home, can it be done? ”
Cheng Chen sighed helplessly, and responded, "In the current situation at home, there is still a lot of debt, there is such an opportunity, you can't miss it, there is only hard work Aunt Wu in the field, if you are free, help go back and have a look." ”
Cheng Xi originally thought that there was still someone left in the family, but it seemed that the decision had been made, so he didn't say anything against it, and asked, "When are you leaving?" ”
Cheng Caiying said, "It's been more than ten days, Boss Zhao said that there are enough people to set off, we are all ready to go back, thinking that you are in the county, let's come and see how you are." ”