She only felt her head hurting more: "How does he know that I didn't cook the food?"
There is only one thing that can be said about her lying to him.
Aunt Wu didn't know the twists and turns, and she was stunned for a while before she understood.
Startled her.
She thought her wife had done something to Qi Jinzhi?
Although Qi Jinzhi is handsome, his wife is still married.
She then talked about today's events: "Mr. Qi asked me today what you have been busy with these two days.
I didn't think too much and told him that you have been busy decorating the store these two days and went out early in the morning."
At this point, Aunt Wu's voice softened: "Madam, did I say the wrong thing?"
"It has nothing to do with you." Xia Qingyuan waved her hand, "I understand, please trouble Aunt Wu."
After saying that, he sighed and rubbed his tight temples.
It seems that he really wants to cook for Qi Jinzhi.
"Aunt Wu." She called Aunt Wu back who had just walked away, "Do you know how long it will take for Mr. Qi to be discharged from the hospital?"
Aunt Wu replied: "I heard from the nurse today that it seems that if I stay here for another three or four days, I can go home and rest."
She paused and decided to tell Xia Qingyuan what she heard: "I also heard that in addition to Director Qi visiting the Qi family a few times and Director Qi's assistant visiting the Qi family every day, Mrs. Qi never
No one was seen."
As for what they also said, "I don't know if Mrs. Qi is the real mother, she didn't come to see her son when he was injured." She still didn't say anything.
She can still tell which ones are facts and which ones are other people's gossip.
She originally thought that Qi Jinzhi was as difficult to get along with as rumored, so she was worried when she went there.
Unexpectedly, Qi Jinzhi was just not very talkative, so he was quite polite to her.
When she heard those words later, she couldn't help but soften her heart when she remembered what he said so eagerly that Xia Qingyuan had lied to him.
After hearing Aunt Wu's words, Xia Qingyuan frowned.
It seems that Qi Jinzhi is really not the child of Mrs. Qi.
No wonder, this time Qi Jinzhi was injured, everyone gathered around him, except Mrs. Qi, who stood on the side without even raising an eyelid.
As the so-called mother and son are connected, it really doesn't make sense if Mrs. Qi just has no feelings because they haven't gotten along with each other for many years.
She suddenly felt that Qi Jinzhi was a little pitiful.
But these are beyond her control.
She nodded: "I understand, I have been troublesome for Aunt Wu these past two days.
I can just bring the food for Mr. Qi tomorrow directly from the old street."
The old street is opening tomorrow, so you can bring some of the beef offal pot and side dishes made in the store, so you don't have to start a new one.
Aunt Wu said: "Madam, do you need me to help you?"
The shop was open and she had to deliver food to Qi Jinzhi. She was worried that Xia Qingyuan would be too busy.
Xia Qingyuan shook her head: "I can handle it, thank you Aunt Wu."
Aunt Wu was arranged by the provincial department, so it makes sense for her to be busy with her own family affairs. If she goes to the store to help, it will take up the company's resources.
After all, it was the provincial department and her who signed the contract.
Even if Aunt Wu wanted to, she couldn't do it.
*
When Shen Yizhou came back in the evening, Xia Qingyuan told him about Qi Jinzhi.
Shen Yizhou sat down for a moment. How dark was his eyes?
Xia Qingyuan sat aside, looking at his expression, and said: "I will deliver it to him personally tomorrow. From the day after tomorrow, I will do it over there in the old street, and then let Aunt Wu deliver it to him.
Anyway, he will be discharged from the hospital soon, it will only be a matter of three or four days."
If you get caught for being lazy, you still have to come to your door in person.
She put her little hands on his slender thighs, touching them through the fabric of his suit trousers as if playing a piano, causing an itch.
She moved closer to his arms and inserted her other little hand through the gap between the buttons of his shirt.
She smiled flatteringly: "Aunt Wu also said that no one in his family has ever visited him, which is quite pitiful."
Shen Yizhou held her little hand on her chest and looked down at her: "Is he pitiful?"
Xia Qingyuan nodded: "A little bit."
She picked him up with her fingers and said, "Just be a little brother and give him a few meals.
Besides, you were the one who promised him in the first place."
He raised his eyebrows and said in a playful tone: "I'm afraid he has ulterior motives."
Hearing this, Xia Qingyuan smiled.
The hand on his leg directly covered a certain part: "Isn't it to you? Who was he always staring at before?"
Shen Yizhou: "..."
He didn't say anything anymore and picked her up.
The next second, Xia Qingyuan had been thrown onto the soft bed.
Xia Qingyuan didn't know what he wanted to do, so she just wanted to crawl under the bed.
Shen Yizhou held her down from behind, preventing her from turning around.
The hot breath fell on his neck, making her shrink back.
She whispered: "Shen Yizhou!"
Shen Yizhou said: "Don't worry, don't take off your clothes."
As she said that, her big palm reached up from the bottom of her skirt.
Xia Qingyuan: "!"
*
Early the next morning, the old street opened.
Xia Qingyuan and Lin Dongxiu wore smart clothes and went there early in the morning.
The signboards in the old street are wrapped in red cloth, waiting to be taken off when the store opens.
Cheng Shuangzhi stood under the signboard. When he saw the two people, he shouted: "Old Madam, Madam."
It's only seven o'clock now, and except for the breakfast shop and the teahouse, the rest of the shops are not open yet, and even the shops on the pedestrian street are closed.
Xia Qingyuan first took the two of them to familiarize themselves with the items in the store, and then took them to the vegetable market.
The first is to take Cheng Shuangzhi to meet the boss who will buy beef offal in the future, and the second is to purchase some ingredients for today.
After buying the ingredients, the three of them started working.
Cheng Shuangzhi worked very efficiently and was stronger than the two of them. It only took more than an hour for all the ingredients to be prepared.
The next step is to make the beef offal stew.
In the cold winter, the beef offal soup base can be used all the time.
Just simmer the soup base on the first day, then keep adding ingredients and appropriate seasoning to it, and you're good to go.
As for the spicy cabbage, spicy radish and pickled radish that were prepared a few days ago, Xia Qingyuan also brought them over.
When she opened the jar, the smell of kimchi hit her nostrils, and her mouth secreted saliva unconsciously.
Xia Qingyuan took them out, placed them in a clean container, covered them with a clean glass lid, and placed them in a transparent cabinet.
There are three stoves for beef offal stew, one next to the cabinet in the store, one at the door of the store, and the largest one in the small kitchen.
Xia Qingyuan also packed a portion of kimchi at the entrance of the store, which was used to attract customers.
Two hours later, the beef offal and radish stew has been stewed until soft, and the meatballs added have absorbed the soup. Even with the lid closed, it cannot stop the aroma that continues to come out of the casserole.
It was ten o'clock in the morning, and there were more and more pedestrians on the street.
The three of them set off firecrackers, and as soon as the red cloth on the signboard was lifted, the old street was officially opened in the food court.
Xia Qingyuan put up a sign at the door, which read: 20% off for the first three days of opening.
This can be regarded as a sales promotion method to attract customers at a lower price.
Maybe Xia Qingyuan's smile was too bright, maybe it was because the signboards in the old street were too eye-catching, or maybe the smell wafting from the casserole aroused the greed in people's stomachs, and one after another people walked into the shop.
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After not doing business for a while, Lin Dongxiu became a little nervous.
Cheng Shuangzhi looked like he had done this before, greeting guests and so on, and he was pretty good at it.
Xia Qingyuan patted the back of Lin Dongxiu's hand and said with a smile: "Mom, just do what you did in Dian City before, and you can do it now."
Lin Dongxiu naturally understood this, and she said, "I'm a little worried."
The rent alone was one thousand eighty yuan a year, and she also hired someone to decorate it. With so much money invested, she was under great pressure.
Xia Qingyuan smiled: "Mom, this store is mainly open for you to pass the time. You don't have to think about the rest so much."
Xia Qingyuan's words did not lie to her.
No matter how good the business in the old street is, after excluding the capital, it is estimated to only cost two to three thousand yuan a month. It is impossible to rely on this to earn the capital to start a business.
She wants to focus mainly on the clothing store.
When Lin Dongxiu heard this, she couldn't help but feel that the daughter-in-law here was so heroic.
She said nothing more and nodded: "I will definitely not hold you back."
Xia Qingyuan smiled and said nothing more.
She looked at the watch on her wrist. It was almost time and she was going to deliver food to Qi Jinzhi.