Volume 1: Reborn in the 1980s, selling lunch boxes with my mother Chapter 163 I'm thinking about our Zongzi recipe
The entire Hu family had no objection to Grandma Hu's equity distribution plan for the rice dumpling workshop.
The only ones who had objections were actually my aunt’s family.
Now Grandpa Hu has to take care of the family store, and Grandma Hu is busy in the rice dumpling workshop all day. The restaurant run by the Hu family is really too busy to handle it, so the eldest aunt and the younger aunt, in line with the tradition of "keeping things within the family", called people from their mother's family to come and help.
Anyway, the helpers have to be paid. It is so hard to make money in the countryside these days. Working in a restaurant, you can get 30 yuan a month, which is really not a small amount. Instead of giving it to outsiders, it is better to give it to our own family.
My second aunt, Chen Xiaohong, was more thoughtful. She knew that it was a job that paid thirty yuan a month and everyone in the family wanted to come, so she simply made an agreement with my parents' home. There were only two spots and she didn't care who was chosen. The family could discuss it themselves. But the candidates had to be diligent and hygienic. If they brought shame to her, don't blame her for being angry!
The Chen family muttered a few words behind the scenes, thinking that Chen Xiaohong had become arrogant in her parents' home ever since her husband's family started doing business and making money, with an ugly face of a landlord's wife. However, they did not dare to deny Chen Xiaohong face in person.
This girl changes her attitude faster than turning the pages of a book!
When I went back to my parents' home during the Chinese New Year last year, my second brother's wife just complained a few words to my face, saying that my eldest sister-in-law earned so much money this year, but why didn't she buy something good for her parents' home.
Unexpectedly, the little bitch Chen Xiaohong snatched back the New Year's goods that she had just given away without saying a word.
The whole family was shocked at the time.
Chen Xiaohong sneered beside him:
"We are all family, why should I give you ten dollars just because your family gave me a two-dollar New Year gift?"
"Since you don't like my things, I won't send them to you anymore."
Because Chen Xiaohong went back to her parents' home on the third day of the Chinese New Year and caused a big scene there, after the Chinese New Year, when Chen's eldest sister-in-law and younger brother's wife came to work in the store, they didn't dare to show up.
In comparison, my aunt Jiang Xiuxiu's status in her mother's family is not as high-profile as my aunt's.
She didn't understand what was going on. When she went back to her parents' home on the third day of junior high school, the gifts she and Jianguo gave to her parents were better than those given to other married girls in the village. Countless people in the village envied her parents.
But after Jianguo got drunk at noon, her mother still called her into the room and gave her a severe scolding.
After the lecture, Jiang's mother gave her eldest daughter a task:
This year, my son-in-law and I must save enough money to build a house near Shuangfeng Town for her brother Jiang Zhiguo.
Jiang's mother looked down on the provincial road, thinking it was too far from the town, so she asked Jiang Xiuxiu to build a house for her brother near Shuangfeng Town.
As soon as Jiang Xiuxiu said that her mother-in-law would definitely not agree to this, her mother-in-law spat in her face.
"Bah! You have already separated the family property, is your mother-in-law still checking your accounts?"
"I'm telling you, this man becomes bad when he has money. If you don't quickly get your brother to be with you, what if Jianguo has money in his pocket and does something stupid outside? Without your brother by his side, who will you find to take care of things for you?"
These words made Jiang Xiuxiu start to feel puzzled.
Isn't it because Mr. Tong, the boss of the gas station, has money in his pocket that all the young girls and wives in the town want to throw themselves at him?
Fortunately, Jiang Xiuxiu had been brainwashed by Grandma Hu for several years and was no longer as gullible as she was when she was at her mother's home.
She promised Jiang's mother that after the Chinese New Year, she would let her brother and sister-in-law help out at the restaurant. But no matter how Jiang's mother threatened or tempted her, she refused to agree to pay for her brother to build a house.
Don't ask, the answer is that all our family's money is in the bank, and any large amount of money spent must be approved by my parents-in-law.
Jiang's mother was so angry at her stubborn eldest daughter that she rolled her eyes and wished she could peel off Jiang Xiuxiu's skin and put it on herself.
As long as I become the eldest daughter-in-law of the Hu family, the entire Hu family will belong to me sooner or later!
Because the eldest daughter refused to tell Jiang's mother how much money the couple had saved and how much money the Hu's Restaurant earned every day, Jiang's mother forcibly pulled her daughter-in-law off the back seat of her son's bicycle before leaving.
She went up by herself.
Jiang Zhiguo and his wife Zhang Chunmei were both stunned.
"Mom, what are you doing?"
"What? Tell Chunmei to stay home to feed the pigs and look after the house. I'll go with you to your eldest sister's store to take a look."
As soon as Jiang's mother arrived at the store, her eyes were so busy that she couldn't keep up.
After a while, I looked at the whole row of red brick and tile houses of the Hu family and drooled with envy.
After a while, he ran next door to say hello to Grandpa Hu, and asked him in some subtle ways how much money Grandpa Hu could earn in a day from his shop.
After a while, he frowned at the big pot of braised pork with tofu, complaining that his eldest son-in-law was a fool. Anyway, those who passed by here and got off the bus to eat might never come again next time. It was just a one-time business and he didn't expect repeat customers. Why give them such good food?
In her opinion, the stinky meat that the butchers in the countryside cannot sell every day is just perfect for making dishes in the store!
The price is at least 30% cheaper than fresh meat. Add more chili and garlic when frying the meat, and the smell will be so slight that you can't smell it at all.
When it was time to sell lunch boxes at noon, Jiang's mother looked at the big iron spoon Chen Xiaohong used to serve the lunch, and she was so distressed that she could hardly stand.
These wasteful things!
Is there any business done this way?
Such a big iron spoon, filled with a spoonful of braised pork with tofu and another spoonful of braised fish, and then covered the rice with it. Even state-owned restaurants would not be so generous.
If this store belonged to her, the first thing she would do is to replace the iron spoon for serving food with a small one.
Then when stewing the dish, you need to add more water and make more soup. When serving the dish to the customers, there should be at least half a spoonful of soup in one spoonful of the dish. That way you can make more money.
Thinking of this, Jiang's mother couldn't help but hate the blind God.
How did the Hu family let these fools get rich?
If God really has eyes, he should allow someone like her who knows how to live to become rich!
Jiang's mother looked down upon the Hu family's business methods and was already very angry. When she heard about Grandma Hu's equity distribution plan for the rice dumpling workshop, she jumped up on the spot.
"Your mother-in-law is too partial!"
"What kind of business can a little girl like Jiang Tian do? I think your mother-in-law favors your sister-in-law. She lets Jiang Tian put her name on the workshop and gives her 40% of the profits?"
"Bah! I see this money is clearly given by your mother-in-law to her daughter."
As he said this, he poked Jiang Xiuxiu twice in a frustrated tone, "Are you and Xiaohong both idiots? Your parents-in-law are so partial to you, and you two are so stupid to just agree to this?"
"Are you guys stupid? I've heard that your mother-in-law's zongzi workshop sells out cartloads of zongzi every day, and the money she makes is too much to count. That's all your money."
Jiang Xiuxiu couldn't help herself and whispered to her mother:
"I think Tiantian should take the 40% profit. The recipe for making big rice dumplings in our family was originally invented by Tiantian."
When Jiang's mother heard this, her eyes instantly lit up with evil.
"Go and copy this recipe!"
