The leisurely life of rebirth

Another half month passed like water. Ever since Fang Monan took control of the kitchen, the food of grandma and the others had changed drastically. After a week, it was different every day, and my aunt felt her belly and cried out every day.

Mr. Lin, despite their kind invitation, did not go to the cafeteria to eat. He said that this was the best meal he had ever had. However, he had to pay the food fee. In the end, it was agreed that Mr. Lin would pay five yuan a month.

money for food.

However, Fang Monan didn't dare to make too out-of-the-ordinary meals, because the living standards here are not up to the standards in the space. There are many varieties in the space, such as sea fish, crabs and other products produced in the south.

It is even more important to prevent them from showing up, so as not to reveal their flaws.

But despite this, the space kitchen's products still allow Fang Monan and the others to eat whatever they want. So although it is home-cooked food every day, it adds a lot of color to the dining table.

Grandma made money by selling steamed buns. From time to time, she would go to the market to buy some things. The vegetable basket was always full of things, such as big bones, which she could make soup to drink. It not only replenished her health but also, most importantly, provided cover for Fang Monan. In the end, grandma simply bought it.

I keep a few hens at home. The yard is big anyway, so I can eat enough eggs, and no one comes to check how many eggs the chickens lay every day.[

The quality of food has gone up, and the quality of life has improved significantly. Fang Monan's face has become rounder and cuter, and his aunt and their complexions are also obviously rosy and healthy.

Fang Monan made a large table of dishes that day and just waited for them to come back before bringing them out from the space.

It was close to October, and the cool air in the late autumn evening was still a bit cold. The sky was getting dark, and grandma and the others hadn't come back yet. Normally, they would have arrived home early at this time. Fang Monan climbed over the threshold and before he even walked down the stone stairs, he heard

When I heard the voices of grandma and the others talking, they sounded very excited and excited.

"Mom, this is good. I was worried that the weather was getting colder and the steamed bun stalls were outside to freeze you! Now we don't have to work hard and suffer from the cold." My aunt rubbed her hands happily. "The stalls are outside for us.

In front of my home, on this Yamen Street, idle people don’t dare to come.”

While they were talking, grandma and the others came over and saw her standing outside. They felt distressed and said, "Nannan, it's cold, why are you waiting outside?" As she spoke, grandma took her into the house.

"Why are you so happy?" Fang Monan asked, looking at the two people behind him.

"Xiao Nannan, what do you think this is?" My aunt happily held up the 10 yuan unit and dangled it in front of her eyes.

"Oh, what's the matter? You're so happy. Tell me quickly." Fang Monan asked in a good-natured manner.

"This is the deposit." The aunt said simply and concisely.

They went into the room and sat down together. Fang Monan learned from his aunt that this evening, the principal of the county high school found grandma and the others. They entered the principal's office with some trepidation and found that Mr. Lin was also there. After hearing what the principal said, they

I felt relieved. It turned out that the high school ordered 240 steamed buns from them every day. 100 buns in the morning, 40 buns in the middle, and 100 buns in the evening. They were delivered to the high school cafeteria before meals, but the price was 10 cents for each bun, without adding food.

Tickets. Just like my aunt said, small profits but quick turnover! Cost-effective and capable. Think about the county high school, which combines junior and senior high schools. There are nearly 1,000 students. How come half of them are students living on campus?

As the saying goes, a half-year-old boy will overwhelm me. Judging from these days, they are selling faster and faster. Sometimes people who have been waiting in line for a long time can't sell. There is no way, just rely on grandma alone, and the quantity will definitely not be enough.

Go.

Knowing that business was coming to their door, grandma and the others didn't even bother to eat, so they started discussing, "However, can grandma handle such a large quantity by herself?" Fang Monan said.

"It doesn't matter. We discussed it on the way back. There are a lot of women sitting around here in the neighborhood! Just ask them to help and pay them back. It can supplement the family income. I guess someone will do it." The aunt said excitedly. "I'll do the math.

We deliver 240 steamed buns to the school a day, and if we set up a stall in front of our home, we can sell more than 100 steamed buns. If we conservatively estimate the cost, we can earn 200 yuan a month!" The aunt giggled, with RMB in her eyes.

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Fang Monan nodded, and it was even more than his aunt had calculated, "But we'd better improve the production method. We always rely on manpower and we can't survive." No one's hands can withstand long periods of time. Kneading a lot of dough requires a little time.

Think about it later.

"Also, have you told the principal that we are a small business and do not accept credit. It is best to settle the accounts one day at a time." Fang Monan said.

"Ha...ha, I knew that our girl still has such talent for business." Mr. Lin said happily, "Your grandma and your aunt are happy to patronize her."

"Thank you, Grandpa Lin." Fang Monan smiled and thanked them. I guess Grandpa Lin helped them a lot during the conversation.

"It's nothing. The old boy promised to settle the bill every day." Mr. Lin said jokingly, "If he dares to default on the bill, I will shave his precious beard."

"By the way, have you signed the contract? How many years has it been signed?" Fang Monan asked again. Seeing the confusion on the faces of her grandma and aunt, she looked at Mr. Lin.[

"I signed a temporary contract for three years." Mr. Lin said, this girl is really not simple! The more he comes in contact with her, the more interesting life becomes, and there are new surprises waiting for him every day.

"By the way, grandma, do we have enough flour? Do we have enough coal? Do we have such a big pot? Do we need to replate the stove? When will we start delivering it?" Fang Monan asked a bunch of questions.

"Tsk tsk... Sister, your granddaughter is really thoughtful." Mr. Lin glanced at her and said.

"Oh! I was so excited that I forgot about everything." Grandma lowered her head and thought, "There is not much coal left, and the pot for steaming buns needs to be bought a bigger one, and the stove needs to be rebuilt. Fortunately,

Tomorrow is Sunday, and most students have gone home. We can just steam the usual amount. On Monday, we can still steam the usual amount, and the quantity will be increased after two days." She counted on her hands. "We won't go to the school gate to display it in the future.

The stall is set up. I think the stall is right in front of our door. We all know us now, so this location is good." She thought about it.

That's good. The Chinese have never lacked followers who are incompetent. In this era of food rationing, it is obviously uneconomical to buy high-priced food, and those who are capable will disdain to be individuals. Fang Monan and the others have

The unique advantage is that now there are orders from high schools, so even if there are followers, the business will not be affected in any way.

Fang Monan thought for a moment and then said: "In the future, we can also steam steamed buns, steamed soup dumplings, steamed flower rolls, and steamed sugar buns. We will continue to innovate the tricks, so we don't have to worry about not being able to retain customers."

"Yeah! Yeah!" Grandma nodded, "There's no rush now. We haven't become rich yet. If the meat buns are sold, the quantity will definitely not increase. We'll wait."

Grandma and the others were having a heated discussion about what was missing, and my aunt wrote it down on paper one by one.

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"Mom, are you all here? I'm back." A clear female voice came from the yard outside the door.

When grandma heard this, she immediately got up and went out, "Dayan, why are you coming back so late! It's already dark, and it's so unsafe on the road!"

"Mom, it's okay. Zhengping and I came back together. It's going to get cold soon. We brought two carts of coal, as well as flour and rice, and we came back in someone else's car, so we were late." Mom held up her hand.

He said holding a sleeping child over two years old in his arms.

The grandma took the child in her hand and when she heard her talking about coal, her eyes lit up. She really thought of whatever she wanted. They walked into the house together. She walked into the bedroom and put the child in her hand on the bed and covered it with the quilt.

Out.

When Fang Monan heard a familiar voice, he knew that his mother, Mo Yongyan, was here. People liked to call her Dayan. Maybe she was timid about others. She had already reached the threshold, stopped, and looked through the light in the room.

I saw a young woman walking in. She was dressed in dirty clothes, a pea-green sweater knitted by herself, a dark red coat, black pants, a pair of black leather shoes, and a smile on her face. It turned out that my mother was like this when she was young.

So beautiful! She pursed her lips and said that she must keep her mother beautiful and not let her be weighed down by money.

"Mom" Fang Monan staggered across the threshold and jumped on her. 'Long time no see. It's been such a long time.'

"This child still recognizes me." My mother hugged her excitedly. She was chubby, round and cute, wearing an old thin cotton jacket, cotton trousers, and a washed-white corduroy coat. She felt sour, "

Nannan, mom has brought you new clothes this time."

"Mom made it herself." Fang Monan stared at her and said. My mother taught herself to be a tailor. When she was a child, she made all her clothes, cloth shoes, and cotton shoes by herself, until she went to elementary school.

"Yes! I made it myself." The mother thought it was grandma who often nagged in the children's ears, so she didn't think much about it.

"Thank you, mom." Fang Monan kissed his mother and said.

"Mom, this child." The mother looked at grandma questioningly, as if what was going on? There were also people in their unit who left their children with the elderly at home for work, but when they went back to see the children a few months later, the children didn't recognize them.

He is a human being. He is nothing like this child, who looks attached to him.

"Dayan, don't ask yet. We'll talk later. Have you eaten? Why hasn't Zhengping come in yet?" Grandma knew that she had many questions, but now was not the time to talk.

"Oh, the coal is being unloaded? It's probably going to be soon."[

Just as he was talking, my father came in with a piece of cloth hanging on his shoulders and a bag of flour. "Mom, where do you put it?"

"Follow me and put it inside." Grandma kicked aside the small bench to make way for him to enter.

"How is Zhengping? Have you finished unloading?" Mom put down Fang Monan and asked.

"After the coal was unloaded, it was piled at the gate. They also unloaded the flour at the gate, but I had to carry it in myself." Dad said as he walked.

"Then let's go out and help too!" Grandma said.

"No, it's not much. I'll finish it in four more trips. Just sit down!" Dad unloaded the noodles into the storage room. When he came back, he smiled and said to Mo Nan, "Do you still remember me? Xiao Nannan."

"Remember, Dad." Fang Monan said loudly, as if he had vented all his emotions for so many years.

Dad seemed to have taken a stimulant and went out to carry the noodles with brisk steps.

Soon five bags of noodles and one bag of rice were moved quickly. Grandma poured warm water for Dad and asked him to wash up.

Fang Monan took his grandma and the two of them to the kitchen and took out the prepared meals from the space. Sweet and sour fish, braised pork, hot and sour potato shreds, and yam pork ribs soup.

"This isn't enough!" Grandma looked at the amount, but she still felt it was a little less.

"It's simple. Grandma is the doorkeeper. I'll come back as soon as I go." After Fang Monan finished speaking, he flashed into the space and came back soon, holding four plates of 'Crab Roe Xiao Long Bao' in his hand, "I'll definitely take care of this."

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"So fast." Grandma came back in the blink of an eye. "Xiaoyan is here to serve the food."

My aunt and grandma brought the dinner in and put it on the table.

They all sat down and introduced each other to Mr. Lin. Dad and Mom were dumbfounded when they saw the dishes on the table. "When did our family's living standard become so good?" Mom asked in confusion.

He looked at them and said, "It's fish and it's meat. It's good to eat it during the Chinese New Year."

"Dayan, Zhengping, don't ask anything. Let's talk after eating." Grandma said, eat first and then talk.

"Okay, I've been hungry for a long time." My aunt shouted happily.

"Grandma, Grandpa Lin, parents, and aunt are eating." Fang Monan called around and picked up the steamed dumplings with chopsticks.

Dad and Mom put aside their doubts and concentrated on eating. Judging from the speed at which they picked up the dishes, it was obvious that they were also conquered by the food.

"This is not real crab roe!" Mr. Lin carefully tasted the xiaolongbao in his mouth. He remembered that there were no good crabs in this place.

Fang Monan gave a thumbs up, "Grandpa Lin's mouth is really sharp, with salted egg yolk inside." This old man is also a foodie, and he is a good eater.

Dad and Mom feel like they haven't been back for so long. They seem to be in two different worlds and they can't understand each other.

Everyone finished the meal quickly. Mr. Lin left, and the aunt went to wash the dishes and clear the table. Fang Monan and his parents said good night and went to bed. The days are still long! We will talk about it later.

The three of them were left sitting in the living room, and grandma told them everything that happened during this period.

The mother and the two were stunned when they heard this, especially because her little sister went to school again, and her daughter was so smart and capable. The world was changing too fast, or they were falling behind.

"Okay, go to bed early! We can talk about anything tomorrow. It's been a tiring day." Grandma clapped her hands and said, "There are still a lot of things to do tomorrow."

"Mom, the foot washing water is ready." Xiaoyan came in carrying a washbasin.

"Dayan, go get some water too. You can wash your faces and feet and go to sleep in the north room. The two children will sleep with me tonight." Grandma followed her aunt into the south bedroom to wash up.

Dad and Mom also went into the house to wash themselves, and hurried back. After a day of exhaustion, they fell asleep amidst surprises and questions.