In the kitchen, Mr. He had already prepared lunch, and the four children were squatting by the basin to wash their hands. Shen Qingqing went over and took a look. Half of the sleeves of San Bao and Si Bao's clothes were wet.
She pulled the two of them up, dumbfounded, and squeezed the water from her sleeves. "Are you two washing your hands, or are you fishing in the water?"
Meng Qiyu pouted and complained: "Sister, throw the water at me."
"No! It was obviously you who got the water on me first." Meng Qixue retorted unconvinced.
"I didn't, I didn't!"
Seeing that the two children were about to quarrel again, Shen Qingqing quickly pulled them away, "Next time you wash your hands and take turns according to your age. Feng'er washes first and Xuebao last. If you can still get your sleeves wet,
I'm going to twist your ears."
Meng Qixue hugged Shen Qingqing's thigh and said coquettishly: "Mother is lying, you don't know how to twist Xuebao's ears."
"If your mother doesn't twist her ears, I will twist them." Mr. He walked out of the kitchen with a plate, "You've been washing your hands for a long time, haven't you washed them yet?"
"It's done, grandma, look, I'm very clean." Meng Qixue quickly let go of her hands and ran to Mr. He to show off her white, fat little paws.
Shen Qingqing laughed, bent down and touched Sanbao's head, "Go and eat, don't just stand there stupidly."
When Meng Qiyu heard that there was food to be eaten, Meng Qiyu immediately turned from worry to joy. She ran to the small table in the southeast corner of the yard, picked up her rice bowl, and shouted excitedly: "It's time to eat!"
Shen Qingqing rolled up her sleeves and washed her hands. When she walked to the small table, Meng Yuan had already served rice to the children. Of course, a bowl of hot rice was also placed in front of where she was sitting.
"Thank you." Shen Qingqing thanked him politely.
Meng Yuan seemed dissatisfied with his distant attitude and frowned slightly, but he didn't say anything.
After lunch, there was a knock on the door. The person who came was Xuan Zhi, the boy who was following Zhang Chengyi. "Miss Shen, my young master asked me to tell you that he has already taken care of the caravan and can take you with him."
"It's just that they are leaving tomorrow. I don't know if the girl is ready. If not, my young master also said that they can wait for you for a day."
Shen Qingqing nodded: "It's packed. Have you decided when and where to leave tomorrow?"
"It's decided that we will set off from Rongfeng cloth pile in the north of Ningyang County at midnight tomorrow. Miss, do you know where Rongfeng cloth pile is? If you don't know, I can lead the way."
"If you don't know the way, you can ask someone else for directions. Don't bother me." Shen Qingqing took out a piece of silver from her purse and handed it to him, "Excuse me for making this trip, take the money and buy a bowl of tea on the way.
Moisturize your throat.”
Xuan Zhi shook his head and refused to accept the money, "I am just following my young master's instructions. If he knows that I have accepted your money, he will not kick me out of the house."
I don’t know what kind of evil has possessed his young master, but he is very obsessed with this Miss Shen. Someone who never asked about the family business in the past two days has actually started to worry about the caravan for the first time in the past two days. He is looking for people and asking questions.
I never had any leisure time.
If Shen Qingqing was a little girl who had not yet left the court, he would still think more about it, but they are all children, so what's the point of making a fuss?
He couldn't understand and didn't bother to think about it. After bringing his master's words to him, he refused to accept anything and went home to resume his life.
Shen Qingqing immediately told He that he would set off with the Zhang family caravan tomorrow.
The big stone hanging in He's heart finally fell to the ground, "It would be nice if someone goes with you, otherwise I will always be in a state of anxiety and have no peace of mind."
"Auntie, just don't worry. With my ability, I can protect myself no matter whether I am accompanied by someone or not. Besides, isn't Meng Yuan accompanying me? I think he is pretty good too."
The person named turned to look over, "Auntie, don't worry, Qingqing is my wife, and I will do my best to protect her."
Mr. He smiled and nodded: "Okay, don't worry, I'm relieved. At home, you don't have to worry. With my wife here, I will never let the four children go hungry and cold."
"As well as the business in the store, I can also make clear arrangements for you, so for the rest of the time, you can focus on looking for Brother Yuan and don't worry about other things."
"Otherwise the noodle shop should be closed. How can you possibly take care of it by yourself? If nothing else, just rolling out noodles can break your arms."
Shen Qingqing disagreed with her statement, "Just take good care of the four children. Don't worry too much."
"Look what you said, you can roll out noodles and fold your arms? You look down on my aunt too much! The four children are obedient and don't have to worry about them at all. I can't just sit outside and bask in the sun every day. That would be boring."
Mr. He has a restless temper. When he has nothing to do, he always finds something to do, such as opening a wasteland to grow vegetables or going to the foot of the mountain to dig wild vegetables.
Now that she has fixed tasks to do every day, she doesn't feel tired at all, but enjoys them.
Seeing her firm attitude, Shen Qingqing could only sigh helplessly. If she had known what would happen today, she would have changed the 100-bowl noodle shop to 50-bowl noodle shop instead of 10-bowl noodle shop.
When no one could persuade anyone, there was another knock on the door, and Da Zhuang Niang and Da Zhuang appeared in front of the noodle shop carrying buckets. Their necks and faces were flushed from the sun, and their bodies were soaked with sweat.
As soon as Shen Qingqing saw them, she immediately thought of buying shrimps and snails, and apologized to them guiltily: "I'm really sorry. I ran into something urgent these two days and forgot about you."
As she said that, she quickly went to take the bucket from Da Zhuang's hand. Da Zhuang hid sideways and said in a muffled voice: "There is water in the bucket. It's too heavy. I can just carry it."
Shen Qingqing pointed to the open space behind the door, "Okay, then you can put the bucket here and come in and have a sip of herbal tea to relieve the heat."
The strong woman was relieved when she heard this. She couldn't find anyone for two days in a row. She thought Shen Qingqing was unwilling to accept these things, but she had already caught them, so she wanted to bring them over to try her luck. In fact, she had already done so.
worst plans.
Fortunately, they were willing to accept it, otherwise her work would have been in vain these two days.
The three of them entered the store, and Mr. He came over with a teapot and poured a large bowl of herbal tea for each of them. "Drink the tea first. You see, the skin on the child's neck is peeling from the sun."
Da Zhuang rubbed his neck honestly and grinned: "I didn't get the sunburn today. I got it when I was catching fish. It's nothing. It doesn't itch or hurt."
The big and strong woman shook her head and laughed: "This kid just likes to catch fish and fish for shrimps, and he doesn't do anything serious all day long."
Shen Qingqing looked at the honest and honest appearance of mother and daughter, and thought, she couldn't ask someone to help in the store, but she could ask someone to roll out the noodles in advance and deliver them.
The most tiring part of making mushroom oil noodles is picking the mushrooms and rolling out the noodles. As for the mushroom oil, she has a lot of it at home, which should last for half a month. Wouldn't it be nice if she hired someone to come over and deliver noodles every day?
Rolling it out on the same day, delivering it on the same day, and selling it on the same day will not affect the taste of the noodles mixed with mushroom oil, and it will save Aunt He from being troubled. It’s the best of both worlds. This chapter has been completed!