jdhmnovel Chapter 466 Discouragement
Chapter 466 Discouragement
"Haha, that's not the case. Counting money every day has become a chore. I'll have to hand it over to you young people in the future. When I get old, it's useless."
"Grandma, what are you talking about? You are still young. No other grandma in the village is as strong as you. You will definitely live a long life. I still have to rely on you to do the hard work of counting money."
"You little bitch, you're just good at talking nonsense. Just be tired if you want to. If I don't care, who will care?"
Old Mrs. Zhou lit an oil lamp and sorted the silver in front of her.
"When our business gets bigger, we'll hire a shopkeeper to help us. Given the current situation, we'd better work harder."
It's not that Zhou Mingshu didn't consider expanding the scale of the business, but his family's business has made a lot of money in the past year, and the reputation of getting rich has spread. If the business territory expands too quickly, mistakes will easily occur.
After thinking about it, it is safer to take one step at a time and leave yourself enough room for growth.
"Okay, you make the decision on this. Although you look young, you have more ideas than your uncle and your father. I, an old woman, can rest assured."
"Hehe, thank you grandma for believing in me."
Zhou Mingshu happily hugged Old Mrs. Zhou and wanted to spin around in circles.
"But then again, I've also looked at the things in the sweet shop. They're not as filling as food. Do you think those customers will cause trouble for you if they don't have enough to eat?"
"How could that be? Don't worry, grandma. The things you worry about will not happen."
"Okay, I'm old, and I don't have as many ideas as you young people. As long as there are no problems, just do it freely."
"Okay, I understand, grandma. I'll go back now. You should also go to bed early."
Zhou Mingshu closed the door and went back happily.
Once today's incident was resolved, Zhou Mingshu breathed a sigh of relief.
Judging from the grand scene of the opening of the Sweet Water Shop today, she estimated that within two days, the Sweet Water Shop would be crowded with customers, so she had to be mentally prepared and stock up on materials.
Zhou Mingshu simply washed up and soon fell asleep.
Early the next morning, she made a shopping list and asked her uncle to bring it back for her when he went shopping.
Then she took her elder and second sisters to the sweet water shop, cleaned up the shop and started business.
Since the eldest sister was pregnant and couldn't do heavy work, Zhou Mingshu lit a small stove and placed it in front of her, asking her to help fry dried fruits such as walnuts and peanuts.
The remaining heavy work was given to my second sister, who was responsible for wiping the table, washing dishes and cleaning.
"Saya, what are you doing? Do you need my help?"
Zhou Mingqin saw her sister stirring something in the kitchen. Her arms must be sore after stirring for such a long time.
"Big sister, just do your thing. I'm not doing anything. Uncle Xiaofan will be here soon. Just let him help me."
"Well, if you're tired, take a rest. Don't work so hard."
Zhou Mingqin kept stir-frying the walnut kernels in the small pot, and she remembered what Shen Yang said to her.
There is so much money that you can never earn it all until you die.
She felt that what Xiao Shen said was right. There were so many people in this world and so much money, so there was no end to the money that could be earned. As long as she was not hungry, it was enough. She had to slow down when it was time to enjoy life.
Zhou Mingshu was busy stirring the egg liquid. She wanted to make some egg cakes.
She went to many pastry shops in Sanshui County, but the pastries were almost the same, either too sweet or too dry, and she got tired of them after eating them so many times.
She wanted to copy all the modern pastries one by one, but the raw materials and energy were limited, so she could only start with simple egg cakes.
Not long after, Chen Fan came over jogging.
"Oh, my older nieces, you guys are doing all the work in the shop, so what is there for me, your uncle, to do?"
Chen Fan picked up the white sweat towel on his shoulder and wiped his face, then rolled up his sleeves and planned to find something to do.
"Uncle Xiaofan, don't worry. There is plenty of work in the shop. You won't have to worry about not having work."
Zhou Mingqi rubbed the rag back and forth in the basin and talked to Chen Fan with a smile.
"Okay, then hurry up and arrange it for me, otherwise our food won't be ready when the guests arrive."
Chen Fan's hearty laughter echoed in the shop.
Zhou Mingshu took out the prepared list.
"Uncle Xiaofan, this is what we need to prepare today. Just follow the list."
"Okay, leave the hard work to me."
Chen Fan reached out to take the form, glanced through it, then folded it and put it in his pocket.
As a grown man, he was responsible for all the hard work in Tianshui Shop.
But there aren't many jobs that require much strenuous effort...it's much easier than the work in the cafeteria.
After Zhou Mingshu put the egg cake base into the oven, he began to prepare various ingredients for making sweet water.
There are many varieties of condiments, and although the portions are not large, it takes quite a bit of effort to prepare them all!
Zhou Mingqin spread out the fried dried fruits to cool down and began to peel them, while Zhou Mingqi and Zhou Mingshu stayed in the kitchen to make various condiments.
But after working for most of the day, there was not a single person in the shop.
Zhou Mingqi sighed, "Sanya, I think today is over. It's already mid-morning and I haven't seen a single person!"
"Erya, shut up! It's not time for dinner yet. The guests must be on the way and may arrive in a while." Zhou Mingqin said angrily.
"Pooh, pooh, pooh, this should be OK now. I hope it's just as Big Sister said."
Zhou Mingshu was busy with the work at hand and ignored the two people's actions.
She believes in her craft, and, of course, she believes in the power of a woman's sweet tooth.
The aroma of egg cake filled the sweet shop, and the four of them shared a piece before waiting for the guests to arrive.
"Delicious, this pastry is so soft~"
"It's so delicious. It would be a shame if no one appreciated such great cooking skills~"
……
The time came to noon.
Apart from the Zhou family and the villagers of Lianglin Village, no outsiders have been seen in the Zhou family's sweet water shop...
Zhou Mingshu was also a little discouraged at this moment.
She walked around the kitchen, looking back and forth at the red, green and colorful ingredients in the porcelain jars, and suddenly felt a little confused.
Is it true that her sweet water is not good?
"Forget it, since there aren't many customers, let's just have lunch first."
Zhou Mingshu called out to him, and Chen Fan rode his donkey back to the canteen to get his meal.
The atmosphere in Tianshuipu was a bit depressing. Seeing that the eldest and second sisters didn't even dare to breathe, Zhou Mingshu suddenly laughed.
"If no one comes to eat, we can eat by ourselves. Such good food cannot all go into other people's stomachs. Second sister, go and get a few bowls of sweet-scented osmanthus and red bean paste, and I'll go to the flower garden and cut a few peony branches to plant."