I fell through the tunnel and brought my family to live a good life

She bought some common fruits from the space. Xu Congyi picked good quality ones. Although they were big, they would not arouse suspicion. She just said that she bought them from a street vendor. When she arrived at the noodle stall, Xu Congyi found that the original location of the noodle stall was empty. When she was wondering, she saw the sign of "Shen's Noodle House" on the other side. She walked over to take a look and found that it was moved into the house. This was good. She could do business regardless of wind, rain or snow, and would not be affected by the weather.

She stepped into the house lightly. Although the house was not luxurious, it was spacious enough. There was a stove near the window at the door. Several small pots were cooking noodles. Two large pots must have been filled with fragrant noodle soup. Her eyes fell on three unfamiliar faces. They each performed their duties. Two of them were enthusiastically entertaining guests, collecting money, serving noodles, and clearing the table with skillful and neat movements; the other was concentrating on frying noodles with skilled techniques, and the noodles were rolling in the pot. Grandpa Shen sat quietly aside, responsible for serving the guests with noodle soup. Presumably, these three people were recruited by Tang Wenhao. Looking at the busy and orderly scene in the store, she couldn't help but sigh that Grandpa Shen's business was getting better and better.

Recalling that Grandpa Shen once said that he could make a net profit of one tael of silver by doing business in the morning and at noon every day. Now, even though she only does lunch and has hired three people to help, she still received a share of one tael of silver and eight cents last month. This means that after deducting the cost and the cost of hiring people, the income is still considerable.

It was just past ten o'clock and it was not yet time for lunch, so there were not many people. There were still two tables with empty seats. When Xu Cong came in, he saw four or five tables standing outside the door. They must have been placed outside when there were many people.

"Girl, what would you like to eat? Our signature dish here is eggplant and meat braised noodles. You can also order meat sauce noodles and clear soup noodles." Seeing that a customer had arrived, a runner hurried over to ask Xu Congyi what she wanted to eat.

"I don't want to eat. I'm here to see your boss."

Xu Congyi smiled and waved his hand. Hearing the familiar voice, Old Man Shen, who was adding firewood to the stove with his back to the door, turned his head. When he saw that it was Xu Congyi, he walked out happily.

"Yi Yi, how come you have time to come here today!"

Old Man Shen quickly asked Xu Congyi to sit in an empty seat and prepared to pour him some water.

"Grandpa Shen, please stop being busy. I have some things to do in the county town. I haven't seen you for a long time, so I came here and bought you some fruit."

"You kid, just come if you want to. Why are you buying any fruit? Grandpa has to thank you. Without your recipe, we wouldn't be able to open this place."

"Speaking of which, Grandpa Shen, business is good right now. I have a few noodle stew recipes here. I can write them down for you."

"No, no, no," Old Man Shen refused directly. "This recipe alone has made me a lot of money. I am an old man who is extremely content. Besides, you see, I am already too busy with this eggplant and pork braised noodles. If you serve a few more delicious braised noodles, I am afraid the roof of this store will be blown off!"

Old man Shen also has a good sense of humor. Seeing that Grandpa Shen said so, Xu Congyi no longer insisted. Grandpa Shen took the initiative to talk about the origin of this store. It turned out that the store here was always losing money due to its poor location. No one has been interested in it since the previous tenant closed it. Later, after learning about this, Tang Wenhao directly helped to contact the owner and bought the store at a very low price. Originally, Old Man Shen just wanted to rent the store, but Tang Wenhao, who was more thoughtful, thought that Grandpa Shen’s noodle stall business has always been good. If it moves to the store, the business will definitely be more prosperous. By then, the landlord may think it is profitable and drive them away to open a noodle shop himself. Wouldn’t this be a loss?

However, even if it was very cheap, the money they had on hand was not enough, and Tang Wenhao had to pay the rest, so Shen Xiao wrote Tang Wenhao an IOU. Originally, he planned to give 10% of the monthly net profit to Xu Cong, and the rest would go to Tang Wenhao, but Tang Wenhao refused to do so, so Shen Xiao kept 20% for himself and gave the rest to Tang Wenhao.

Grandpa Shen looks very good now. It must be that the medicine and nutritional supplements he took effect. Xu Congyi discovered this when he examined Grandpa Shen before. Grandpa Shen was suffering from a chronic illness caused by not taking good care of himself when he was sick before. If he takes good care of himself now, he will get better and better.

Although the two did not meet often, they had endless things to talk about. Every time they chatted, they were as close as ordinary grandparents and grandchildren. There were even guests who came to eat noodles and asked Old Man Shen curiously if the little girl was his granddaughter. Hearing the guest's question, Xu Congyi responded generously without any shyness that yes, and Old Man Shen was very happy in his heart, as if Xu Congyi was really his granddaughter.

Seeing that more and more people were coming, Xu Congyi stopped bothering them and planned to leave. She didn't see Shen Xiao, so she casually asked where Shen Xiao had gone.

"Grandpa Shen, Brother Shen Xiao is not in the noodle shop. Did he go to the academy?"

"No, now that the noodle shop has hired someone, he can have more time to do his own things and doesn't have to hang around the stove. Wenhao just found an ancient book and said it was a rare copy, so he went to find Wenhao after helping me open the door and clean up. He is probably in Wenhao's shop now."

Talking about the days of working around the stove, Old Man Shen's eyes revealed a trace of guilt towards his grandson, and his tone couldn't help but become a little heavy. However, he quickly adjusted his mood and showed a relieved smile on his face. Now that he has a noodle shop, he no longer has to work outside in the wind, sun and rain, and he has hired people to help, and his life is getting better and better. All these changes are attributed to the help of the two children, Xu Congyi and Tang Wenhao. He remembers this friendship deeply in his heart and is full of gratitude.