Jiang Ning opened her eyes to the sound of roosters crowing, yawned, stretched out, and felt that her whole body was stretched.
"It was such a good night's sleep."
"Yes, mother, I feel like I am full of energy now." Lu Sheng raised his little arm.
The four of them rented a car and arrived at the county town. There were already vendors selling goods at the market.
"You go to the store, I'll buy the ingredients,"
Jiang Ning looked around, found a deserted place, filled the basket with the ingredients prepared yesterday, and took another detour back to the store.
Lu Ping saw it from a distance and trotted to help Jiang Ning carry the basket on his back.
"Mom, this is too heavy. How much meat did you buy?"
Jiang Ning moved his shoulders, regretting that he had done so much at once.
"Didn't you say yesterday that you would work until night? If not, I would buy more meat."
The two carried the basket into the kitchen, and Lu Yuan heard Jiang Ning's voice.
"Mom, do you really want to work until night? What if the county is locked down? Do we have to sleep in the store?"
"Sleep in the shop, sleep in the shop." Lu Sheng cheered from the side.
"How can you sleep in a shop without a bedding? Let's go back before the city gate is locked."
Hearing this, Lu Yuan and Lu Sheng were both a little disappointed.
Jiang Ning took out the apple from the bottom of the basket.
"Look what this is, I bought it just for you."
"Ah, red fruit. The red fruit is so beautiful. What kind of fruit is this?"
"Forehead……"
Jiang Ning was careless and didn't expect that they didn't know each other.
"I heard the fruit seller said they were called apples. He said they were crisp, sweet and juicy. I thought the color was really nice. I bought six of them in total."
Jiang Ning gave one to each of them, and the remaining two planned to make something else for them to eat at night.
"Eat quickly. Eat something after that, and then you have to work." Jiang Ning said while kneading the noodles.
"Crack." Lu Yuan took a big bite.
"Wow, this red fruit is so sweet and delicious." Lu Yuan said with wide eyes in surprise.
Lu Ping and Lu Sheng nodded wildly in response.
After the three boys finished eating the apples, they circled around Jiang Ning and helped her with her work.
Three meatloaf were fried first to make sure the three boys were full. Jiang Ning made several more pancakes while they were eating. Lu Ping came over to make pancakes after finishing the meal, and Jiang Ning happened to go eat.
"Mom, I can count the eight cents of cake now. I'll be in front today."
"Okay, if you don't understand anything, just come in and ask. By the way, let me tell today's guests that there is no limit to the meatloaf today."
Jiang Ning didn't expect Lu Sheng to be so good at arithmetic, but in half a day yesterday, he was able to calculate all the cakes sold for eight cents.
"Lu Yuan will make less glutinous rice cakes and rice balls today. He will mainly make meatloaf."
Several people worked in an orderly manner, and when they were busy, Lu Ping would run to both sides to help.
"Mom, someone outside said that the cabinet you ordered has arrived."
Jiang Ning wiped her hands and walked out, and Lu Yuan also joined in the fun.
"Lu Ping, please move the table away. Please put the cabinets away, please."
The square table that I originally bought for eating was moved back to its original position. Once the new table was set up, the shop looked more formal.
"What are you selling, boss lady? Why does it smell so good?"
"This is the meat pie made by my family. Please wait a moment, two brothers." Jiang Ning turned around and went to the kitchen to get two pancakes and wrap them.
"Thank you for your hard work, brother. It's just out of the oven. I'll give it a try for you. It's delicious. Welcome to come again."
The two boys took the cake and thanked Jiang Ning and left.
The three kids were so curious around the new cabinet that they had to open every drawer to take a look.
The cabinet Jiang Ning ordered was different from other cabinets. While the three boys were studying the cabinet, a customer in line also stepped forward to study it.
"Boss, where did you order this cabinet from? My family owns a grocery store and I want to ask you about it. Your cabinet is really nice and it looks very organized. I want to get one in my shop too."
Jiang Ning pointed to the direction of the carpenter's shop with the shopkeeper. The man thanked Jiang Ning and continued to line up behind her. She was about to turn back to the shop when she saw Yu Zhiheng.
"Master Yu, are you here to buy meat cakes?"
"Yes, I heard yesterday that there is a shop selling meat cakes that are affordable and delicious. I guess it's yours. I came here yesterday afternoon and it was closed. Why don't I come here again this morning just to have a bite? This is a perfect sign. My brother probably wrote it."
"I wrote it, Brother Yu, you're here to buy meat cakes too." Qi Benyan happened to be here too, and he heard Yu Zhiheng's words as soon as he arrived.
Jiang Ning quickly invited the two of them into the shop and sat on the more expensive set of tables and chairs.
"Are you here to buy meat pies, or do you have other matters?" Jiang Ning asked with a smile.
"To be honest, my wife has always had a poor appetite since she became pregnant. She can't eat meat and can't even smell meat. But yesterday she ate your meat pie and she didn't feel anything wrong. I thought my wife's appetite had improved. , but I still can’t smell meat this morning, but I only want to eat your meat pies, I’ll come over and buy some.”
Jiang Ning heard the suspicion in Qi Ben's words, but didn't take it seriously. After all, she was pregnant, so she should pay more attention to her food.
"If my boss doesn't come to me, I still want to find my boss. You two can follow me to the kitchen."
Jiang Ning led people into the kitchen, where Lu Yuan was kneading dough and Lu Ping was making pancakes.
"I want to find someone to build another fire stove. Now my shop is not equipped with just one stove. I would like to ask the owner if it is possible. If so, I would like to ask my boss to recommend a worker to build the stove."
Qi Benyan looked at the kitchen from top to bottom as if he had never seen it before. Everywhere was clean and tidy. He walked to the stove and looked at the minced meat in the big basin.
"This stove is not enough, so I should build another one. I would also like to ask Shopkeeper Jiang why this minced meat is so delicious, with a lingering fragrance on the lips and teeth."
"Hey, Brother Yu, I can't just tell you this is someone else's store secret." Yu Zhiheng was afraid that Jiang Ning would be dissatisfied and stop him.
"Nothing happens, this meat stuffing has something to say."
Jiang Ning told Qi Benyan some methods of cooking meat, and even prepared several sets for him from the seasonings on the stove.
"There are so many things to pay attention to when making meat. No wonder the shopkeeper's meatloaf is so delicious. Please bring me ten meatloaf." Qi Benyan's tone was more sincere.
"I want ten too." Yu Zhiheng added,
"Wait a moment, you two." Jiang Ning brought them freshly baked meatloaf and sent them out.
After the busy work at noon, Jiang Ning planned to go outside to look for the person Qi Benyan said was building the fire stove. As soon as he went out, he saw Qi Benyan and his people coming over.
"Shopkeeper Jiang, this is the craftsman of the fire stove. Is it convenient for you to go and have a look now?"
Jiang Ning didn't expect Qi Benyan to bring someone over and rush in to welcome him in.
"There aren't many people around now, please come in."
