Volume 1: Reborn in the 1980s, selling lunch boxes with my mother Chapter 86 Kimchi is more popular than lunch boxes
Unexpectedly, the aunt who lived behind her house would not be greedy for small gains. Jiang Tian glanced at Xu Laosan, whose back was crooked, and felt as if she had inadvertently found Aunt Li's weakness.
The bustle of the pedestrians was over, but the diners under the pergola were still not satisfied. Immediately, a few locals started chatting with the outsiders about the gossip about Aunt Li's family with great relish.
Otherwise, why is there the saying "A loving mother often spoils her child"?
Aunt Li used to be so strict with her two daughters. Country girls don’t talk about music, chess, calligraphy, or painting, but they know what country girls should know, such as washing clothes, cooking, raising chickens and pigs, and operating a sewing machine to embroider... Both girls learned it very well.
It was also because Aunt Li's two daughters were hardworking and capable that as soon as they reached the age of marriage, many families sent matchmakers to propose marriage to them.
In the end, both girls married well.
The eldest daughter married a miller in town.
The second daughter married better, her son-in-law works at the grain station.
But the couple's most partial to their youngest son, who has been spoiled by the whole family since he was a child. Unexpectedly, this spoiled him into a person with high expectations and poor skills.
Both of my sisters married well, and my brother-in-law is willing to help my younger brother-in-law.
The eldest brother-in-law introduced Xu Laosan to learn how to slaughter pigs from his friends. Although this job is dirty and tiring, in this era, if you can slaughter pigs, you can find a way to work in a slaughterhouse, which is at least a formal job.
Xu Laosan was unwilling because he thought it was dirty.
His second brother-in-law introduced him to someone to learn how to drive. After he learned it, he could drive for others and earn a lot of money every month. Drivers are still very popular these days.
Xu Laosan went to learn how to drive happily.
In less than a month, he was politely sent back.
The old master was quite polite. He praised Xu Laosan for his good looks and gentle manners. He said it was a waste of time to learn how to drive and that he should go back to school, study hard and take the college entrance examination in the future.
When my second brother-in-law heard this, he knew there must be some story behind it.
After asking around, I found out that this guy thought driving for others was a way to enjoy himself.
Others who followed the master to learn how to drive, not to mention serving him at his beck and call, at least they could help him. But he was different. He was slow to do the work when his master asked him to do it, but when it was time to get off the car to eat, he moved his chopsticks faster than his master. It was not enough to just eat the food. The boss of the other car escort asked them politely if they wanted some wine, but the master declined. But he agreed carelessly. After the boss and the master had finished eating, he was still drinking and eating leisurely.
At night, the other apprentices would take the initiative to watch the cart so that the master could get some sleep.
Xu Laosan, on the other hand, was sleeping soundly in the hotel room, leaving his master to keep watch.
My second brother-in-law was speechless after hearing this.
The whole family couldn't do anything about him, and Li Xiangmei was afraid of bringing trouble to her two daughters, so she could only take her son home and let him help grow vegetables at home. She wanted to find a marriage for her son, but everyone in the town knew what kind of person her son was, and no one was willing to talk to her.
She's just a country girl, and her old lady doesn't think much of her.
As a result, Xu Laosan's marriage was delayed.
Li Xiangmei is also panicking now. She has been looking for someone to go to the countryside to propose marriage to her son. No wonder she would rather spend money than quarrel with Hu Qiongfang's family.
Nowadays, when two families are planning a marriage, parents with a little bit of conscience will secretly go to each other's house to inquire around, to see what the other's children are like, whether the parents get along well , etc.
If Aunt Li had a quarrel with Hu Qiongfang's family at this time, when the girl's family came to inquire about the matter, they would definitely ask about Hu Qiongfang's family.
She is quarreling with Hu Qiongfang now. Can she still expect Hu Qiongfang to say anything good about their family later?
Sure enough, in the evening, Aunt Li came over with a basket of vegetables, smiling.
"Sister Hu, my third son made a fool of himself today and almost delayed your business. The peppers we planted at home grew a lot this year and we can't eat them all. It would be a pity to sell them at a low price, so I picked a basket for you. If you like them, go to my vegetable garden and pick them yourself when you want to eat them later."
Aunt Li was suddenly so generous. Not only did she not ask them to share the cost of digging the ditch, she also gave them chili peppers. Jiang Tian found it incredible.
Unexpectedly, Hu Qiongfang actually accepted the basket of peppers.
After Aunt Li walked away, Hu Qiongfang sighed, "Children are all debts!"
If it wasn't for her son's reputation, how could Aunt Li give in to them based on how tough she was when they first met?
Perhaps the only ones who can make their parents bow their heads and submit to others are their children, right?
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After three days of trial operation, Hu Qiongfang's "Sister Fang's Lunch" has completely made a name for itself in this provincial road area.
The food is of good quality and inexpensive, and it has plenty of oil. Although the price of the lunch boxes is a few cents more expensive than other places, there is still a constant stream of people coming to eat and buy buns.
When the store officially opened for business on Saturday, at lunchtime , there were already several large buses parked in the open space outside the door.
There were also some truck drivers who were in a hurry to travel. They had a good meal last time, so this time they parked their cars on the side of the road and got out to buy lunch boxes to take away.
When encountering such a situation, Jiang Tian would deliberately add more soup for them, and after serving the vegetables, she would also put some homemade kimchi on top.
This way, even if there is not enough food, you can still eat it with kimchi.
The kimchi in their family is all made by Jiang Tian herself.
Green and red peppers, young ginger, long beans, white radishes, cucumbers, cabbages, etc. grown in your own vegetable garden can all be used to make kimchi.
She learned this skill from an aunt from Sichuan and Chongqing when she worked in a canteen in her previous life. Later, because the kimchi she made was so delicious, she followed the trend and learned from young people to make some kimchi and set up a stall at the night market.
I tried to make it again in this life, and sure enough, the whole family loved it.
Especially the younger brother Jiang Cheng. Probably because he was in school during the day and there was no electric fan in the classroom, he was almost suffering from heatstroke. When he got home at night, he couldn't eat anything. But the mung bean porridge sold at their stall and the kimchi made by Jiang Tian were sour, spicy and refreshing. With the kimchi, this kid could drink two large bowls of mung bean porridge in one breath.
Unexpectedly, the guests who came to her house for lunch also liked the free kimchi.
However, the restaurant has a rule that when you eat here, you can eat as much kimchi as you want, but you cannot take some in a lunch box to take away.
It’s not that Jiang Tian and her daughter are stingy. The vegetables used to make kimchi are all grown in their own vegetable garden and are not worth much. The main reason is that the mother and daughter are busy preparing two meals a day, noon and evening, so they really don’t have time to make too much kimchi.
Unexpectedly, at noon that day, a truck conductor found Hu Qiongfang after his meal and said he wanted to buy a jar of pickles.
"Big sister, can you help me out and sell me a jar of kimchi? My daughter is pregnant and can't eat anything in this hot weather. I think your kimchi is sour and spicy, she will definitely like it."
Now that people have said so, what else can Hu Qiongfang do?
