Chapter 24 Selling Food (4)

  The next day, the sky was just brightening up, and the Chen family was already bustling with activity. Xi Mei stretched her waist in her own room, feeling around beside her to find that there was no longer any warmth there.

  Rubbed my eyes, looked outside and the sky was still light blue. I just wanted to sleep a bit more, but suddenly realized that today is the day she sets up her stall and needs to make money. Ah, dead, how could I have slept so soundly? Hastily put on my clothes, didn't even button them properly before rushing out.

  She rushed to the door and saw her elder sister push the door open. Seeing Xi Mei wake up, she smiled gently: "Little sister, our family is quite busy today, and I don't have time to take care of you either. Why don't you stay at home with Young Master Zhang today? I'll leave some food for you...

  Xījiě hadn't finished speaking when her younger sister hastily interrupted her, "I don't want to, big sis. I want to go too. When you're all not at home, I'm scared being alone."

  "Otherwise, I'll let Auntie come to keep you company." Xǐ Jú thought for a moment before responding. "No way, Auntie is too busy, I'll go tell Mother about it. Anyway, I have to go today."

  Looking at Xi Mei's resolute attitude, Xi Ju helplessly shook her head, "Alright, you go tell Mother about it. If Mother agrees, then you can go."

  She shook Xī Jú's arm, and the little girl looked up with her pale face and asked: "Big sister, you think mother will agree, right? After all, she can't watch me for a whole day, mother will miss me, I don't want mother to be sad."

  The two little boys who were eavesdropping outside shook their heads simultaneously.

  Alas, I reckon even the city walls would run away from her, because her shamelessness is so thick it would make the city walls feel embarrassed.

  Pulling Xi Mei to the kitchen, Zhao was busy preparing things. The big pot on the stove didn't know what it was cooking, but the whole yard was filled with a delicious smell. Rubbing her nose, no wonder she had been dreaming of eating all night, and it turned out that this was the culprit.

  Wiped away the drool that was about to flow out, no choice, haven't had a good meat meal since coming here. Rubbed belly, looking pitifully at her mother. "Mom, I also..."

  "No way." Zhao cut her off before she could finish, "I know what you want to say, but not today. Mom is very busy today and definitely won't have time to take care of you, so just stay home obediently."

  It's indeed like that. Looking at the silent Little Overlord standing there, a glance drifted away. Humph, don't think you can slip away unnoticed just because you're not speaking up; if I'm not going, neither are you.

  Zhang Zishang looked at the little girl's increasingly unfriendly eyes, and in his heart he secretly thought it was not good. He had calculated everything, but unexpectedly missed this little girl. He mustn't let her drag him down too, she hadn't even tried to make money yet. Today was a rare opportunity, and he absolutely couldn't let it be ruined by her hands.

  Xi Mei ignored the pleading eyes of her 'savior' and went forward to hug Zhao's leg, saying softly: "Mother, I don't want to be alone at home, I'm scared." Hearing her little daughter's coquettish words, Zhao nodded.

  "It's not like you're alone at home, isn't Young Master Zhang also at home to keep you company? It's chaotic and hot, can't let others suffer."

  After hearing Zhao's words, Xiaobao's heart was filled with tears. I want to suffer, I'm not being pretentious, I really want to go take a look. I don't want to stay home and accompany Xiao Yatou.

  No matter what Zhang Zishang thought, Xi Mei only wanted to hear Zhao's words. Immediately, her eyes were filled with tears, "Mother, I don't want to be with little brother, he can't even play with me, when you're not home, I'm scared."

  Seeing the little girl about to cry, Chen Tianfa couldn't help it. "Her mother, forget it, let her go if she wants to, I'm also worried with no one at home, you forgot last time..."

  Although the words were not clear, everyone knew what he meant. Zhao thought for a moment, yes, that young master couldn't even take care of himself, how could he take care of Xi Mei? Forget it, she'd better bring her along, if something happened to the child at home, she wouldn't be able to withstand another blow.

  "Alright, I'll take you there, but you have to listen and not run around, got it?" "Uh-huh, got it." Seeing Zhao's agreement, Xi Mei naturally had no reason to disagree.

  Haha, finally got what I wanted, happily stuck my tongue out and flirted with her dad.

  Is that okay? Looking at Xi Mei's proud appearance, Zhang was really speechless. On the other side, Zhao was directing his family to load things into the car. Xi Mei saw him dazing and shouted at him, "Hurry up and work, standing there like an idiot!"

  Taking a deep breath, he still rudely shouted at her: "Got it, just you nagging." Unexpectedly got a white eye.

  "Older brother, you go and move the braised beef, pig's trotters and pork head meat with your father to the pushcart."

  "Xǐ mèi, bié zài nǐ diē shàng nì wā le kuài xià lái. Duì le nǐ yě bié jiàn zhe, qù gēn nǐ sān jiě bǎ liàng hǎo de shāo bǐng tái shàng qù."

  Translation: "Xī mèi, stop pestering your dad and come down quickly. By the way, you shouldn't be idle either, go with your third sister to carry the baked buns upstairs."

  "Old Two, move the marinated meat that's been prepared onto the cart. Forget it, there's too much, you and I will move it together."

  They all finished their shifts and looked at Xiaobao with an expectant face. "That's it, why don't you go bring up the mung bean soup?"

  "Got it." Looking at Zhang Zishang's joyful face, Zhao couldn't help but wonder why this young master didn't look like a young master at all? She shook her head in dismay and turned to busy herself with her own tasks. After about half an hour, the whole family finally finished moving everything upstairs.

  Looking at the full load of things, Chen Tianfan said, "Shall we go?"

  "Let's go and try it out, whether we succeed or not. At worst, we'll just lose some money." Zhao said with a flourish.

  "Hey, hey, why are you talking about unlucky things so early in the morning? We'll definitely make money, lots and lots of it." Jiemei retorted.

  "Alright, mother was wrong. We will definitely make money. When we have made money, if Jie wants something, we'll buy it for her, okay?"

  A family chatted and laughed as they hurried towards the town. After walking for almost an hour, they finally arrived at their destination.

  Ruihao helped Chen Tianfa park the car, took a rough breath, "Finally arrived, if I walk anymore, I'll fall down. This stuff is really heavy."

  Of course it's heavy. Not to mention the table, chairs and all those messy bowls, plates and chopsticks that take up a lot of space, let alone a large pile of food.

  Although they were saying how tired they were, anyone could see that the smile on his face was not fake. Zhao carefully ladled out a few bowls of green bean soup for everyone and asked anxiously, "Do you think, with all this preparation, will anyone actually come to eat?"

  Rui Xuan wiped the sweat from her forehead and comforted her, saying: "Don't worry, mother, there will definitely be a way. We are so diligent that heaven will help us."

  "I hope so." Zhao Mali got off the car and unloaded two tables and eight benches, which took up almost half of the space in the car.

  At this time, the sun had already climbed high, but there was still no one on the road. The Chen family's original joy slowly turned into disappointment.

  Sister Xi saw everyone like this and was about to comfort them when they suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes coming from afar. "Dad, mom, listen quickly, is someone coming?"

  Chen Tian Fa listened carefully and said, "Right, it's the sound of horseshoes. The sound isn't from just one horse. Quick, Mother, get ready to receive our guests."

  As soon as he said that, everyone got moving. Xiao Bawang was still nervously holding a rag and wiping the table with all his might. Ah, in just one morning, the table was almost worn out by him, but now no one had time to pay attention to him.

  The sound of horseshoes gradually became clear, and in less than a moment, three people got off their horses. One of them exaggeratedly said: "Big brother, I've finally found a place to eat in this godforsaken land that's as barren as a bird's anus. But you've starved me half to death!"

  He swung his leg over and plopped down on the stool. "Quick, bring me a few small dishes, and a few more jugs of wine. If there's anything good to eat, bring it out." He turned his head to call out to the other two people, "Older brother, second brother, hurry up and come over!"

  Chen Tianfa stepped forward and said, "Alright, you all wait for a moment." The chrysanthemum had already helped Zhao's family with the next move.

  In an instant, several people were busy, Xi Mei looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to her, so she walked towards the three big men with her small short legs...

  La la la, the wonderful tomorrow will continue. Little Overlord blocks the way and shouts: "Don't miss it when you pass by, ask for recommendation, collection, and reward! La la la, see you tomorrow!"