Chapter 43: Strike while the iron is hot!
I said goodbye to Director Yu and returned home with the issued certificate.
After entering the door, Shi Xiaoai skillfully picked up the little girl who rushed towards her, patted her on the back, and then carried Mingxi into the back room.
After hearing what she said about the situation, Cheng Yang was pleased and asked: "Then what are we doing now? Why don't we strike while the iron is hot and go to Master Liu's house tonight? Anyway, it's not too late now. If we can talk to him, You agreed, then I'll ride over early tomorrow morning and buy the things you need directly?"
These words were very tempting to Shi Xiaoai, and she wanted to do all these things in one go, but after thinking about it, she still shook her head.
"Forget it, Master Liu is not in such a hurry. I have more important things to do today."
Cheng Yang was about to ask, but Mingxi shook excitedly in Shi Xiaoai's arms.
"Tell a story, tell a story! You want to listen to The Little Mermaid!" As she said this, she put her arms around Shi Xiaoai's neck and leaned back to pull her mother towards the house.
Even though Shi Xiaoai was already prepared when she called out for the first time, she was still dragged out of control by her excited daughter, who almost threw her out.
When she was so angry, Xiao Ai slapped the little bastard on the head and cursed: "Your back doesn't hurt anymore. If you keep making trouble like this, I'll send you to the hospital for injections."
Cheng Yang was also startled, quickly stepping forward to hold her back from behind to prevent her from touching the fracture, and then said: "Xiaoxi, be obedient. Go play in the house with your brother. Mom has something to do."
Mingrui, who had been following her parents but was treated as transparent, heard his name being called, pursed his lips and growled: "Who wants to play with this annoying spirit? She can do nothing but make trouble. No."
Mingxi, aggrieved initially by her mother's scolding, quit immediately when her brother said this!
She didn't want to listen to the story anymore and twisted her body to go down and fight Mingrui.
Seeing the little girl injured and still acting like this, Shi Xiaoai also had a headache.
She put Mingxi into Cheng Yang's arms and said, "Let Dad tell you a story. He tells it very nicely. He can also tell about the little match girl! Let him tell you a story."
After saying that, she left the confused man and the gleaming girl in his arms and walked into the kitchen with peace of mind.
Shi Xiaoai really needed more time to mess around with them. She found a lot of work for herself tonight.
She wants to add two new varieties to the tea stall - tea eggs and stone buns.
In fact, she has been thinking about adding new varieties for a long time, but she only had time to implement them after.
When she was in the office just now, she saw that Director Yu was in a good mood, so she put forward her idea and told her that she wanted to sell some accompanying food at the tea stall. Could she ask the director?
Sure enough, Director Yu agreed immediately without even thinking.
Why don't you strike while the iron is hot?
Is it possible that Director Yu regrets waiting for the heat of the cigarette tickets to pass?
Therefore, everything else tonight had to be put aside. Shi Xiaoai decided to make the new variety immediately without giving the director any chance to retaliate.
After entering the kitchen, she took out a large bamboo basket from the bottom of the cupboard. The basket was filled with whole blue eggs.
This egg was thanks to Cheng Yang. People from the Armed Forces Ministry brought it to him when they visited him the day after he had a fever.
In addition to eggs, they also sent fifty pounds of rice and fifty pounds of white flour.
Shi Xiaoai likes people from the Armed Forces Ministry; they are wealthy and influential!
And the things she sent were all in her mind!
Even though it had been so long, she still couldn't help but smile as she looked at the round eggs and snow-white flour.
After Cheng Yang finally fooled the two children, he came to the kitchen. The first thing he saw was Shi Xiaoai squatting on the ground, smiling with dimples as she looked at the flour and eggs, like a landlord facing a pile of gold. Looks like silver treasure.
He couldn't help but feel funny.
He cleared his throat, walked over, and asked, "What are you looking at?"
Shi Xiaoai raised her head.
Because she was in a good mood, she did not retract her smile but looked at him with a smile and said: "You came here just in time, and I was about to ask you to do me a favour. I remember that there were some flowers in the small house that my grandfather built. Please help me find the remaining pebbles and wash them. By the way, wash the broken enamel basin and bring it over." Shi
Xiaoai's smile was so contagious that Cheng Yang even forgot to ask what it was for and immediately agreed.
Instead, two little ones who quietly followed their father came up to Shi Xiaoai and asked curiously: "Mom, what kind of stone? Why do you want the stone?" At this time, Shi Xiaoai had already tasted it from the baggage dumping. Xiaoai said without guilt after hearing this: "You guys go quickly! Dad is looking for some nice-looking rocks. You go and play with him!"
With these words, Cheng Yang, who had just walked to the door, was almost beaten by himself. His legs stumbled while the two cubs' eyes gleamed, one running faster than the other!
Finally, the father and son were sent out, and the world gave Shi Xiaoai peace.
She found the various spices she had collected before, washed them, found a piece of rag and wrapped them into a packet.
Then, she put the ingredients bag aside for later use. At the same time, she took out the giant steamed bun pot at home, set it aside, and carefully put the washed eggs in one by one.
When Cheng Yang walked in with a basin of washed pebbles and two cubs with equally wet hands, the eggs in the pot had been boiled until they were steaming, and Shi Xiaoai also poured a large basin of pebbles into the pot. Knead the dough and set it aside to rise.
Although their parents were with them basically every day during this period, it was the first time that a family of four stayed in the same space and did things simultaneously. The two children were novel and happy.
Although they were a little tired by now, they couldn't bear to leave.
They were like headless chickens, rubbing against Shi Xiaoai's legs or standing next to Cheng Yang to make their presence felt.
And I don't know what happened outside. At this moment, the brother and sister started to fall out for the hundredth time in a day.
Mingxi's mouth was so pouted that it could hang an oil can, while Mingrui's face was dissatisfied, and his expression was full of accusations against his sister as if he had been greatly wronged.
Even so, the two of them stayed in the kitchen and refused to leave.
Seeing the two brothers and sisters looking dissatisfied and angry, Shi Xiaoai felt angry and funny.
She looked at Cheng Yang again and suddenly found that although the man's expression didn't seem to have changed much, there was a layer of sweat on his forehead.
Being forced to sweat in such weather showed that he was under pressure he had never endured.
When Xiao Ai saw it, she almost laughed out loud.
She glanced at the man again, finally realising her conscience, and started cleaning up the naughty child.
She smiled, stepped forward to take the basin from Cheng Yang's hand, and brought the basin and stones to the table in the outer room. Then she waved the two little boys over and handed each of them a bamboo basket.
He told them: "Personally, count a hundred stones into the basket and exchange them for delicious steamed buns. No one can help or replace anyone. Mom will see which little cutie can come first!" The child cheered and did as he was told, while Cheng Yang's eyes became full of admiration.
Returning to the kitchen, Cheng Yang finally asked the question that had been interrupted several times: "What on earth do you want to do?" "I want to start the stall tomorrow. It has been closed for so long. I want to open a new stall." Add two varieties to add joy; add a tea egg." Shi Xiaoai pointed to the stove.
"And make another stone bun."
"Stone bun?" Cheng Yang thought for a while: "A speciality from Shaanxi?"
Shi Xiaoai looked back at him in surprise: "You know?"
Cheng Yang smiled and explained. Said: "I've heard of it but never seen it. A comrade with whom I had a good relationship always told us about the delicious food in his hometown during the break. It made my ears grow calloused, but I never saw what it was like."
Hearing what he said, Shi Xiaoai raised her chin proudly: "Then you are in for a treat today. I'll tell you that I did a pretty good job at making stone buns!"
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