Chapter 76: Return to Anxian County
The carriage stopped at the entrance of the Chun Kee Snack House. Erlong is looking at the store. Seeing that it was Cao Yong who was driving, he hurriedly came out to greet him.
"Hey, you're back so soon?" Erlong was a little surprised.
Fang Yu and Chen Xiao got off one after another.
Chen Xiao asked, "How are you doing in the store these days?" ”
"It's good."
Liu Qiao's mother and daughter got out of the car and looked at the unfamiliar county.
Cao Yong went to return the carriage, and Chen Xiao and the others walked into the backyard.
"Where's Chunhong?" Chen Xiao asked Erlong.
"She went home and harvested the peppers."
"When did you go?"
"Yesterday."
"Did she say when she would be back?"
"Say it's two or three days."
At this time, there were customers in the store, and Erlong went to greet them.
Along the way, Chen Xiao was thinking: Where to arrange for Liu Qiao's mother and daughter to live?
Let's live with Chunhong, there are no more than three people sleeping in the warehouse;
Let her room be vacated for the three of them to live in, and should she go sleep in the storeroom?
Of course, she can also sleep in the storeroom, but they go to the storeroom early in the morning to get things. She usually sleeps in the space at night, so does she have to get up early every day to create the illusion of sleeping in the warehouse? Just thinking about it makes me feel tired and panicked.
How exactly do you adjust the room?
There are four main rooms and two ear rooms in the small courtyard, one of which is the kitchen and the other is the bathroom. As for the latrine, a pit was dug in the corner of the courtyard wall and a straw hut was built.
Come to think of it, why don't you just want a bath? - The weather in South Vietnam is hot, and South Vietnamese people like to take a shower. To be particular, there is a special room like theirs; If you don't pay attention to it, build a grass hut outside.
Chen Xiao said to Fang Yu: "Let's build a bath room in the courtyard and change this bath room into a residence, right?" ”
Fang Yu: "If we live in one room, we can make room for us." ”
Chen Xiaobai glanced at him.
Fang Yu said again: "I don't want to be seen when I take a bath. ”
The South Vietnamese have a thatched hut bath with their heads and feet visible from the outside.
Chen Xiaodao: "If the cover room is fully closed, you can't see it." She also doesn't like to be seen in the shower.
Fang Yu knew that it was impossible to let her live with him. Even though it was impossible, he kept saying that one day she would agree.
agreed, Chen Xiao said to Liu Qiao: "Tonight, you will sleep in Chunhong's room for the time being, and later we will change the bathroom room into a room for you and Brother Zhao." ”
After speaking, she took Liu Qiao to give a general introduction to the various places in the courtyard and introduce Erlong. Liu Qiao knew that they also had a female buddy, and went home to collect chili peppers.
Liu Qiao didn't expect that there were all boys and girls here. She thought that there was an elder in their family or something, but the eldest was Fang Gongzi, and it was Mrs. Chen who was in charge.
Seeing that Fang Gongzi and Chen Niangzi each lived in a room, Liu Qiao understood that they were not husband and wife. But why do they call themselves husband and wife?
In addition, she was also puzzled: on the deed of sale, she sold to Xiao Shi, at first she thought that Xiao Shi was Chen Niangzi's younger brother, but after getting along in the past few days, she knew that Xiao Shi was Chen Niangzi's partner.
Anyway, at the moment she is confused and can't figure out the relationship between them. But she understands one thing: it is Mrs. Chen who is in charge.
At dinner in the evening, Erlong said that he had come to the shopkeeper to find Chen Xiao before.
"What is he looking for me?"
"Originally, he wanted to buy chili peppers from you, but Chunhong said that she also had chili peppers at home, so he bought them from Chunhong from the shopkeeper."
Chen Xiao's chili peppers are not enough, and he can't buy them with Chunhong.
Erlong said again: "Shopkeeper Xiang also had a meal here. He brought a few guys, and Chunhong made them green pepper fish, green pepper chicken, and green pepper smoked meat. ”
"Why is he eating here?" Chen Xiao was strange. The dignified Ruyi building has less shopkeepers, do you want to experience the farmhouse?
Thinking of the word "farmhouse", Chen Xiao suddenly had an epiphany. I've been thinking about finding a store to open a restaurant, so why not open it as a "farmhouse"?
Of course, this is not a big city, it is surrounded by farmhouses, and no one is uncommon to see "farmhouse", but farmhouse also means "one dragon".
Chen Xiao was thinking about it, and Xiao Shi suddenly got angry and said:
"What does Chunhong want to do? Eat something inside and out! ”
He knew that the chili peppers in Nangou Village were not enough, and he thought that Chunhong's family also planted chili peppers, and they would harvest them together when the time came. Unexpectedly, she actually sold it to Gao Xiang.
In addition, he suspected that Chunhong had sold the recipe for the green pepper recipe in private. Otherwise, why would she make green pepper fish and green pepper chicken for Gao Xiang.
Erlong said: "You haven't been here for the past few days, she left me alone to watch the store and went back to the mountain village twice." ”
"Two trips back?" Chen Xiao roughly guessed what she was going back for, since she sold chili peppers to Gao Xiang, she had to go back and pick them.
Xiaoshi said unhappily: "Sister, you can see it, as soon as we are not there, Chunhong will show her true colors." ”
His relationship with Chunhong has always been bad. Once quarreled at Shen's mother's house, when Xiaoshi defected to "Spring Records", Chunhong wanted to borrow money from him and treat him better. When she didn't need to borrow money from him, she changed her face again.
Usually everyone gets along, just to maintain a superficial harmony, if something really happens, he believes that Chunhong is the fastest. Of course, he will not sacrifice his life to save Chunhong.
Chen Xiaodao: "What doesn't show your true face, it's normal for the owner to be absent and the guys to be lazy." "She used to be the owner of the company, and she knew all kinds of employees at the bottom.
Erlong hurriedly said: "Boss, I'm not lazy!" I open the door at dawn and close the door at dark every day, just look at the daily bookkeeping. ”
Chen Xiao smiled at him and didn't say anything.
Chunhong had some small movements, and she had already found out. For example, if four or five people come to eat rice noodles, Chunhong will remember one less bowl. She doesn't keep an eye on it, and she doesn't know how much money Chunhong has, but usually there are at least two people in the store most of the time, and Chunhong has no chance. At the daily checkout, the number of bowls sold is also reasonable, so even if she is ambiguous, she does not have much.
Chen Xiao is not a calculating person, she is very tolerant of her subordinates. As long as it is not too much and does not harm her fundamental interests, she can tolerate a small action.
In addition, Chunhong made a great contribution to the opening of the "Chun Kee Snack House", if she wasn't busy, there would be no Chun Kee Snack House.
Xiao Shi said: "Sister, I suspect that Chunhong has sold our green pepper recipe recipe to Gao Xiang in private. He couldn't help it, he didn't vomit or feel unhappy.
Chen Xiao also had this suspicion. Although even if Chunhong quietly sells recipes, it will have no effect on them, but it is not authentic to do so.
The atmosphere at the dinner table was a little dull for a while.
Chen Xiao changed the topic and said, "Don't talk about Chunhong. I just thought of something. ”
She said to Xiaoshi: "After the chili peppers in Nangou Village are harvested, they should be dried into dried chili peppers. It often rains this season, and if we want to find a place with a roof and ventilation, we simply look for a warehouse. You ask a friend who works in the warehouse, which one has a suitable empty warehouse, and we will rent one. ”
Xiaoshi said: "There are so many chili peppers spread on the ground to dry, how big a place do you have to find!" ”
Chen Xiao said with a smile: "You don't need to spread it on the ground, weave it into a string, and hang it vertically." ”
This kind of pepper skewer is very common in rural areas. However, the people here have never even grown chili peppers, so naturally they don't know how to dry them. The small stone thought it was like drying rice, and spread it on the ground.
Of course, this is because the chili peppers that Chen Xiao took out were packed in a basket, giving them this illusion.
This is the chili pepper she brought from modern times. Modern chili drying uses automatic dryers, and dozens or even hundreds of tons of chili peppers are dried, which is no longer natural drying.
However, when it comes to this, it is back to the original method.