While waiting for the sign to be ready, Zhao Qinglan finally decided to take a good rest and not go into the city.
She also told her mother and sister to take advantage of this opportunity to rest quickly. When the snack bar really opens, they will definitely be busy.
At that time, it will not be easy for them to take a good rest.
Confidence in her craftsmanship makes Zhao Qinglan feel that the snack bar business will be good in the future.
The three children went to the city for several days in a row. Although there was delicious food, they might be happy to stay at home and rest.
Knowing that the children had not slept in for a long time, Zhao Qinglan let them take a nap for a while.
Even she, leaving early and coming back late for days, had to worry about many things, and was a little tired both physically and mentally.
On the first day without entering the city, she also got up late.
Zhao Qinglan is not going to the city that day. Wu Mei next door doesn't know, and she still wonders why Zhao Qinglan hasn't come here yet.
In the past, before Zhao Qinglan left, he would come to inform her.
Zhao Qinglan didn't go there, but Qian Hongxia, who was always paying attention to her movements, noticed her.
Although Qian Hongxia obeyed her husband's instructions and stopped following her into the city, she still rushed over in the morning to see if Zhao Qinglan had brought her children into the city.
She didn't see her this morning, and Qian Hongxia also became confused.
However, due to her bad relationship with Zhao Qinglan, even if she had doubts, she did not dare to ask and could only guess secretly.
Wu Mei waited and waited, but finally she didn't sit still and came over.
As soon as she arrived in the courtyard, she felt that the room was quiet.
At this time, Qinglan has neither entered the city nor is she at home? Then where has she been?
With doubts, Wu Mei walked to the door of the house, but saw that there was no padlock outside.
"This door is unlocked, is someone at home?" she muttered, walking up and knocking.
In fact, Zhao Qinglan woke up, just thinking that the children were still sleeping, and she was also greedy for the warmth of the quilt, so she continued to lie down in the quilt.
As soon as Wu Mei knocked on the door, she heard it. "Here, wait a minute."
Quickly putting on her coat and pants, she dragged her shoes outside and opened the door.
Seeing her like this, Wu Mei shook her head helplessly. "I thought you weren't at home, but it turns out you're still asleep."
"Sister-in-law, come in quickly."
When Wu Mei sat down, Zhao Qinglan picked up the thermos and poured water.
"Qinglan, are you not going to the city today?" Wu Mei asked.
"I'm not going, let's rest for a few days." She put the bowl on the table.
"That's right. You leave early and come back late every day. Even if you can bear it, the children may not be able to bear it after a long time."
"Sister-in-law, you haven't seen how happy Da Wa and the others are when they come to town with me every day." Zhao Qinglan wanted to laugh when she thought of it.
"By the way, I came to see you to tell you something." Wu Mei remembered.
"Sister-in-law, tell me."
"I heard from my old grandson that Li Huai and the others will be back in a few days."
"Really!" Zhao Qinglan became happy, this is really good news.
"Really, it's quiet over there. It's so cold in this weather, so we can't let people come back slowly." Wu Mei was also very happy when she mentioned this.
"Sister-in-law, thank you so much. If you hadn't told me, I would have waited until Li Huai came back to find out."
"Hey, it's a big deal, but just know it in your heart and don't say it outside." Wu Mei quickly warned.
"I understand, I know the importance." Zhao Qinglan nodded.
"By the way, there is also Wei Hong. I feel like she seems to have something on her mind. I asked her, but she didn't say anything. She even came to see you several times." Wu Mei started nagging,
"Wei Hong is looking for me?" Zhao Qinglan was confused.
"No, I don't know why she is looking for you. Since you are resting at home, I guess she came here today."
The two chatted for a few more words, then Wu Mei got up and left.
Anyway, he had come out, so Zhao Qinglan did not go back to sleep. After getting dressed, she started to tidy up the house.
They haven't spent much time at home these days, and there's still some dust in the house, so they need to clean it up, especially after hearing the news that Li Huai is coming back soon.
The quilt in winter is especially comfortable after being warmed all night.
The three children slept more soundly than each other, and it was the smell of Zhao Qinglan's cooking that wafted in and woke them up.
The first one to wake up was Erwa.
They went to bed as soon as they came back yesterday and washed up. They slept until this point. To be honest, they were also hungry.
As soon as she smelled the fragrance, the second baby knew that her stepmother was cooking. Curious about what she had cooked, she jumped up.
Zhao Qinglan was just thinking about asking the children to get up, wash and eat, when the three children came out of the house one by one.
"Mom, what did you do?" Erwa asked quickly.
"You don't have to choose anything, just wash your hands and face."
Erwa stuck out her tongue and walked to the basin stand.
Big baby pours hot water and Xiaoduo mixes cold water.
The two brothers unanimously asked Xiaoduo to wash first, which was a habit they had developed over the past few days.
After washing their hands and faces, the three children went to the yard together to brush their teeth.
Seeing them acting together, Zhao Qinglan also felt quite pleased.
While the children were washing, she quickly went into the house, took out the urinals they had used, emptied them and flushed them clean.
There is a dry toilet in the yard, but it is too cold at night, and she is afraid that the children will fall asleep and accidentally step on it and fall into the latrine, so she lets the children use the urinal at night.
As for her, she basically sleeps until she wakes up in the morning and rarely goes out to use the toilet.
By the time mother and son sat down at the table and started eating, it was almost time for lunch.
They had a good meal in the city these days. Zhao Qinglan didn't cook anything too complicated for this meal.
Corn batter batter, pickle dumplings and shredded pickles, cabbage dipped in hot oil and peppercorns, and some steamed buns with noodles.
Her favorite is cornmeal batter with shredded pickles, and she can drink two bowls of it in one sitting.
Maybe there is plenty of oil and water these days, and the eldest child and the second child are also very satisfied with their food.
What makes Zhao Qinglan most gratified is that they have negotiated the source of flour pork for the snack bar, and their family has no shortage of meat every month.
They don't eat meat every day. In the past, they could only eat two or three meals a month. Now, they can still eat meat at least every other day.
She wanted to do business to make money, originally to improve her family's living conditions. Now that the snack bar can get meat, it doesn't matter if she feeds her family a few more meals.
After finishing the meal and tidying up with the children, Zhao Qinglan waved her hand.
"I won't ask you to study today. You can go out and play if you want."
"Oh, great." Erwa clapped her hands and cheered.
Zhao Qinglan also generously gave a child a dime of pocket money, euphemistically calling it a reward for the children's help these days.
There was even pocket money, a dime, and even the usually calm old boy started to smile.
One cent can buy two pieces of the most common candy, and one cent can buy a lot of things!
After asking the children to put on their clothes, hats and scarves, Zhao Qinglan let them go.
As for her, she took the tool for holding shoe soles and went next door to chat with Wu Mei for work.
These days, there are so many great events.
Even if it was ordinary, as long as her family was around and she was safe and happy, she couldn't be happier.