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Chapter 11

You have no part in this

Author: Er Meow Go to bed early

You have no part in this

Xu Nan looked over and saw an elderly man in simple clothes.

The old man is holding a small stool in his right hand and holding a little girl in his left hand.

This image is exactly the same as that described by the old man next door to the lady whose granddaughter was clamoring for spicy hotpot.

It's a pity that today...she doesn't sell spicy hotpot.

I'm afraid I will disappoint the elderly.

The aunt next door waved and said to Xu, "This is the aunt. She has been here more than a dozen times today and she just left when you didn't come."

As soon as he finished speaking, the old man came over with his granddaughter.

The old man looked at Xu Nan as if he had seen a savior.

If nothing else, it’s because my little granddaughter is too difficult to deal with, crying, fussing and acting coquettishly. Ever since she ate the Malatang she bought yesterday, she has been making noises and saying she wants to eat more.

But Xu Nan closed the stall yesterday, so she coaxed her granddaughter to come back and buy it for her tomorrow.

Doesn’t this promise have to be fulfilled?

She got up early today, fearing that she would not be able to wait in line to buy spicy hotpot.

But she walked around the market several times, but she couldn't see Xu Nan's figure.

After she returned home empty-handed, the little granddaughter stopped working and kept saying her grandma was a liar.

She was so exhausted that she could only bring her children to the market to have another look.

It didn't matter, Xu Nan was here. She hurriedly led her little granddaughter forward.

Xu Nan looked at the old man, pointed at the words on the blackboard, and said apologetically:

"Old man, I'm not selling spicy hotpot today, I'm selling beef noodles."

After hearing this, the old man's face changed instantly. She lowered her head and looked at her little granddaughter who was holding her left hand.

Sure enough, as soon as Xu Nan finished speaking, the little girl started crying.

"Ooooo, grandma is lying, I want to eat spicy hotpot."

Xu Nan lowered his head and saw that the little girl was about five years old. She was wearing a beautiful princess dress and was chubby. She was crying and burping. She looked very cute.

When the little girl cried, the old man felt very distressed and quickly held her in his arms to comfort her.

Afraid of disturbing Xu Nan's business, the old man walked aside with the little girl in his arms, vacating the seat in front of Xu Nan's stall, cast an apologetic look at Xu Nan, and left with the child in his arms.

When Xu Nan saw it, he quickly stopped her, looked at the little girl in her arms, and said in a soft voice:

"Let me see whose little princess dropped the little pearl?"

The little girl's attention was distracted and she cried for too long. She gasped and gasped.

At this time Xu Nan said again:

"Let me guess, do you want to eat spicy hotpot?"

The little girl nodded after hearing this and looked at Xu Nan's aggrieved mouth.

"But sister didn't prepare Malatang today, but I did prepare beef noodles that are a hundred times more delicious than Malatang. Our little princess wants to try it."

Children are easily attracted by new things. When the little girl heard that there was something more delicious than Malatang, her attention was instantly diverted.

She stopped crying, put her two chubby arms around her grandma’s neck, and said to Xu:

"Then I want to eat."

"Okay, sister, I'll make one for you!"

The old man looked at Xu Nan and gave her a grateful look, thinking that young people are really good at coaxing children. If it were up to her to coax her, she might not be able to do it well.

Dang even took out his wallet to pay and said to Xu Nan:

"Take it away and we'll take it home to eat."

"Okay, I'm adding a few more pieces of beef for you."

Xu Nan put the freshly rolled noodles into the pot and cooked them, took them out, put them in a lunch box, added the braised beef, eggs and sausages, and then poured a ladle of soup into it.

Considering that it was for children to eat, Xu Nan did not put chili peppers in it and handed the packaged noodles to the old man.

The old man took it over with a smile and said to the little girl:

"My sister made delicious food for you, what should you say to your sister?"

The little girl touched her head and saw that the uncle and aunt next door were looking at her. She shyly buried her face in the old man's arms and said dullly:

"Thank you sister."



A dumpling shop located diagonally opposite the Xu Nan stall.

The business in the shop seemed to be pretty good. A young woman was picking from the menu, and there were many people waiting in line behind her.

The young woman ordered a beef dumpling first, then lowered her head and asked the little boy standing aside:

"What kind of dumplings do you want to eat?"

The little boy took the menu and slowly selected it, without saying anything for a long time.

The shop owner was a middle-aged man with a shaved head, wearing a tank top, and a very fierce look. Seeing that the little boy had been silent for a long time, he said something fierce to the little boy in a particularly bad tone:

"Hey, I'm asking you to read the menu, but I'm not asking you to embroider. Tell me what you want to eat. Don't you see a bunch of people waiting behind you?"

The little boy was so frightened that he hid in his mother's arms.

"Why are you so cruel to the child!"

Seeing that the child was frightened, the little boy's mother said to the dumpling shop owner.

"What's wrong with me? Who let him delay me from making money!"

Some customers at the back couldn’t stand it anymore and said to the dumpling shop owner:

"What are you trying to do to a kid? We are not in a queue yet, so why are you in a hurry?"

"That's it. The child is not afraid. Let's choose slowly."

A middle-aged woman behind the little boy's mother glared at the dumpling shop owner and gently touched the little boy's head.

When the dumpling shop owner who was chopping stuffing saw this, he threw the kitchen knife on the chopping board, pointed at the middle-aged woman, and said in a loud voice:

"You old bitch, why are you staring at me!"

That looked a bit like a fight. Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, the proprietress in the shop stepped forward and pulled the dumpling shop owner's arm. Her voice was as low as a cat's, and her tone was without strength:

"Dad, we are doing business, please don't quarrel."

"Mom, just stop cooking the dumplings. You have no part in this!"

Suddenly, someone among the customers in line said:

"What does this smell like? Why does it smell so good?"

"Yes, yes, I smelled it too. What delicious food is this? My mouth watered when I smelled it."

The last person in line was an old man. He sniffed sharply, turned his head and looked around. Finally, his eyes were fixed on Xu Nan's stall, and he pointed and said:

"That girl sells it, let me see what's written on the sign?!"

“Beef Pan Mian? This thing sounds fresh!”

The little boy who was frightened just now also smelled the smell, and Xiang's saliva flowed out. He tugged on his mother's sleeve, raised his arm and pointed to Xu Nan's stall:

"Mom, I want to eat that!"

The little boy’s mother heard this and said to the owner of the dumpling shop: “We don’t want any more dumplings.”

After saying that, he led the child straight to Xu Nan's stall. The aunt in the queue looked at her and said, "What are you eating here to eat noodles and dumplings? I won't buy dumplings either, so as not to get upset here."

After saying that, he glared at the shop owner fiercely and strode away.

The old man at the end of the queue saw the fierce look of the dumpling shop owner and thought he might as well have a bowl of beef noodles and enjoy something fresh, so he said to everyone:

"Let's go and have a look!"

The dumpling shop where there was a long queue just now was suddenly empty, and everyone was gone.

The landlady took a box of frozen dumplings and stood in front of the pot, not knowing what to do.

She was holding the frozen dumplings, glanced at the shop owner cautiously, and asked with fear in her voice:

"Are these dumplings still cooked?"

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