A small breakfast shop in the street market, supporting the family and making money

In this era, pig offal and mutton offal are treated the same because they are difficult to clean, waste firewood and ingredients, and taste bad no matter how they are cooked, so few people eat them.

Previously, their Lengji Snack Shop was very popular because of its delicious braised pork offal. All of a sudden, other shops imitated it, causing the prices of the cheap pork offal to increase, but no one was interested in the mutton offal.

Even mutton fat doesn’t sell as well as lard because it smells fishy.

It was only when Leng Yan heard Aunt Lu mention mutton offal in the morning that she remembered that she could make a lot of delicious dishes with mutton offal.

So when she saw the buckets of mutton offal, she immediately came up with an idea, but considering that the hot pot restaurant was busy at night, Leng Yan got on the ox cart and pulled all these things to Leng Ji Snack Shop.

The hotpot restaurant does business during lunch and dinner, while Lengji Snack Shop does business during morning and lunch hours.

Therefore, when Leng Yan drove the ox cart to the back door of the food store, except for her parents, all the other workers had already packed up and left work.

Leng Xun and Zhang Cuiniang had not left yet because they wanted to wait for their daughter to go home together and to review the daily accounts.

"Oh, what's that smell?"

The smell of mutton offal was so strong that Leng Xun, who came to open the door, couldn't help but rub his nose.

“Haggis!”

Leng Yan said this with a smile while carrying a wooden barrel in one hand and walking very briskly.

"Dad, there are two buckets in the back. Help me carry them into the yard. I'll make you something delicious later!"

"Okay, daughter, put down your two buckets and let daddy do it. How can a girl do such heavy work?"

Even though he knew that his daughter was stronger than an average person, Leng Xun couldn't bear it.

"It's okay, Dad. I'll be busy soon."

Thinking about the mutton offal that would have to be cleaned later, Leng Yan felt a headache.

This is the case with mutton and pork offal. They are delicious whether they are mutton offal soup or mutton noodles, but they are too troublesome to clean.

Besides, there are only three people in the shop now, her, her parents and others. The workers have been busy all day, and it is not convenient to ask them to come back to work overtime. Moreover, they have to continue working tomorrow. If they don’t get enough rest, it will delay things.

The hot pot restaurant was even more overstaffed, so Leng Yan could only help her parents wash the dishes.

Leng Yan hadn't washed half of the clothes when she felt that her back pain was unbearable. Besides, she still had things to do after washing, so she slumped down on a small stool and thought of a solution.

At this time, Zhang Cuiniang, who was standing next to him, spoke up, "My daughter, I remember there are a few women who wash clothes at the end of the alley. Why don't we pay them some copper coins and ask them to come over and help wash the clothes?"

"real!"

Leng Yan exclaimed in surprise. She was so busy that she was only concerned about not asking those who had just finished work to come back to work overtime, but she forgot that she could ask others to help.

"What's true or false about this? It's the same as washing clothes or sheep offal. As long as you pay a copper coin, there will definitely be people willing to come."

Zhang Cui Niang tapped her daughter's forehead in a reproachful manner. "You've been busy with the hot pot restaurant these days. You must be dizzy and exhausted. You can't even spin your little top anymore."

"Yes, yes, daughter, go and take a rest over there, we will take care of the rest."

Leng Xun also echoed: "Look at how tired our daughter is. She can't even grow any taller!"

Leng Yan: “…”

"Dad! Please stop using my height as an excuse. It drives me crazy!"

Leng Yan is pretty and cute, with regular and delicate facial features. She is obviously a beauty at first glance.

Therefore, Leng Yan was very satisfied with her appearance, but she grew a little slowly, which had always been her sore spot, and she would get angry if anyone stepped on her.

Leng Xun laughed out loud at his daughter's little appearance, while Zhang Cuiniang shook her head helplessly, walked out of the yard and went to the end of the alley to ask for help.

Leng Yan ran to the kitchen angrily, put the lamb bones and the lamb offal that had just been cleaned into the pot, blanched them, and then cooked them into lamb offal soup.

After that, Leng Yan sat on a small stool and lit a fire. Looking at the crackling fire in the stove, he felt a little drowsy.

It's so comfortable to burn a fire in cold weather. Leng Yan couldn't help but squint her eyes happily until she heard her mother coming back. Then she went out of the kitchen to see.

Zhang Cuiniang did not look very good. She came back with two other women and two half-grown children.

The two women had kind and honest looks, although they and their children were all skinny, and their clothes were all patched up and wrinkled from being washed so much that they looked white and wrinkled. But they were all clean and tidy.

"What's going on, mother?"

Leng Yan stepped forward and asked.

"It's nothing."

Zhang Cuiniang shook her head and introduced them first: "These are Wang Sao and Xia Sao. Mother has arranged for them to help us wash the sheep offal. She has paid them ten copper coins as wages."

Ten copper coins is not a lot, but it is definitely not low. Besides, you don’t have to work for a whole day. Just wash the mutton offal in front of you.

Zhang Cuiniang thought this was a good job, but when she went to find someone to help, she was bullied by a laundry woman and several other people.

They said they would only pay such a small salary and still want me to help wash sheep offal, which is such a fishy thing. If they get the smell on their clothes after washing, how will they wash clothes in the future?

Zhang Cuiniang felt that what they said was quite right. Since they were unwilling to wash the clothes, she planned to ask other people. If anyone still thought the price was low, she would raise the price appropriately.

No one's money comes from the wind, and Zhang Cuiniang has experienced hard times before, so even though her family is rich now, she has always maintained her good habit of thrift.

So when she was about to leave, the women seemed to know what she was thinking of and stopped her from going. Their words implied that they would only help her out reluctantly if she raised some money.

Zhang Cuiniang was shocked when she heard this. She instantly understood why they had behaved like that. Not to mention their previous sarcastic attitude and their current change, just based on their character, she didn't dare to ask them for help.

Not to mention that they were cleaning mutton offal, their family was in the food business, so she could rest assured in letting them handle the food.

So Zhang Cuiniang turned and went to the end of the alley. Seeing this, they wanted to stop her, but Zhang Cuiniang was not a pushover and started arguing with them immediately. Then she invited Wang Saozi and Xia Saozi to the end of the alley.