After living a new life for my neighbor's grandmother, I traveled through the book again

Because of what Tong Jia and Tao Junle discovered in Rong Xinhua's room, no one had a good New Year.

After Guo Xin finished speaking, he packed up his things and left with Wang Tong. In order to reduce travel expenses, he also filled two baskets of steamed buns in a cloth bag.

After the two left, Tong Jia asked, "Why did you steam so many buns?"

Tian Ma said, "Aren't we going to open a bun shop? We need to test our skills first. Today we want to steam more buns so that everyone can taste them.

There are six more baskets, all with different fillings. Try them all and see which one tastes best. We'll use that filling from now on."

As Tian's mother spoke, she handed the buns, which were at just the right temperature, to Tong Jia.

Tong Jia had the cabbage, tofu and vermicelli dish, which tasted pretty good.

After giving Tian Ma a thumbs up, he started eating with big mouthfuls.

After finishing the buns, she thought of a question and said, "Mother Tian, these buns taste good to me, but if you want to sell them, I think you should add more salt or soy sauce.

I don't usually do any physical work, and it doesn't require much effort. Apart from liking spicy food, my diet is pretty light otherwise.

The people coming and going in this train station are respectable people, but there are also many people who need to do physical work, and they all have strong tastes.

I eat the right buns, but at their place, they might not taste good.”

After Xiao Kong swallowed the bun in his mouth, he nodded continuously and said, "I wanted to say it just now, the buns are very fragrant, but they lack a little salt.

However, since neither of you said anything, I thought it was just my taste, so I didn't dare say anything."

Mother Tian nodded silently, indicating that she remembered it.

Liu Qiang took a bite of a bun and said, "When I was mixing the filling, I smelled it and thought it should be salty enough. I didn't expect that after steaming it, I would have to eat it with pickles. Aunt Tian, let's add more salt when we mix the filling tomorrow."

Soy sauce is too expensive, not worth it.”

Tian Ma nodded and took a bun to eat. While eating, she asked Yang Jixia, "We have been making bun fillings for the past two days. Is there anything else we need to do?"

She also wanted to contribute and didn't want to just do logistical work.

Yang Jixia said: "Not yet. Once the bun shop is open, you two and Wang Tong won't be able to stay in the kitchen all the time.

You guys should arrange your shifts and take turns to help Lao Guo in the front. You should also remember all the relationships and connections.

This bun shop is called Yangji Bun Shop. When it is officially opened, Lao Guo will be responsible for greeting customers and communicating with Xiao Kong.

Tong Jia, you are in charge of financial matters. It would be great if we can make money, but we will send the extra money to the organization.

If it is really difficult to make money, we just need to keep from losing money. Once we show a loss, you must tell me in time.

Although Lele cannot speak, he can understand languages of several countries, so he can only play his role outside.

Just let him stay with you and help wait tables when you are too busy. Normally, he can just sit at the counter and read.

In two days, another person named Xiao Xie will come over. He is about the same height as Liu Qiang, so when making clothes, they will make a set for him according to Liu Qiang's size.

He's smart and has stood up to the test from Lao Guo and me, so he's the main waiter in the front hall."

"Haven't you decided on the staff and the name of the bun shop? But the store hasn't been renovated yet. It's New Year's Day and we can't find anyone. Aren't you a little anxious?" Tong Jia asked.

Yang Jixia said: "We sell steamed buns, and most people buy them and leave. Occasionally, some people sit down to eat, just to drink some hot soup.

The counters, tables and chairs in this store are all ready-made. Wipe them clean and try the table legs and chair legs one by one. As long as they are not broken, there is no problem.

Tong Jia, work with Tian Ma these few days to get some pickles and salted eggs or duck eggs, put them in jars, and place them behind this counter.

Lao Fang said that there was a wine-making business in the alley behind his house. When Lao Guo came back, he would ask him to go over and try some, buy two jars of wine, and put them behind the counter.

It doesn’t matter whether it can be sold or not, what matters is that we have it.

I'll find you a locked box to put your money in. That's about it for this floor.

The second floor needs to be renovated, but there's no rush. We can renovate it once the bun shop opens and becomes profitable."

"Isn't the second floor used as a bedroom? Does it need to be renovated properly?" Tong Jia originally wanted to renovate the first floor properly and leave the second floor casual, but she didn't expect Yang Jixia to have a different opinion.

Yang Jixia said: "The second floor is to be used as a bedroom, but Lao Guo and I have discussed that it cannot be used simply as a bedroom."

"What else can it be used for?" Tong Jia thought that it was impossible to put both the private room and the bedroom on the second floor, right?

Yang Jixia said, "We had never thought about cooperating with Jingxia and Rong Xinhua before, so it really didn't matter whether we had private rooms or not. But now that we have this plan, if we don't prepare one or two private rooms, when Jingxia and the others come, it will be difficult to lead them to the backyard, right?

Our idea is that there are five rooms on the second floor, three of which face the street and two are close to the backyard.

The three street-facing rooms were converted into two, with two of them connected to form a suite, with sleeping inside and dining outside. The other room was only used for dining.

The two rooms near the backyard were both used as bedrooms, one for me and one for Xiao Xie.

He, Liu Qiang and Wang Tong also had to take turns sleeping and keeping watch in the lobby on the first floor.

Another area that needs major changes is the backyard, which also has five rooms.

I had no idea of decorating the house originally, but what you said just now reminded me that we need to install a darkroom. If we encounter something like this again in the future, we can develop the photos ourselves and reduce the risk of exposure.

Of course, it cannot be a darkroom at first glance, and it needs to be covered by a small study in front.

One of the five rooms needs to be left empty. For the other four rooms, one will be for Tian Ma to live in, one will be for Lele to live in, one will be for you to live in, and one will be directly converted into a kang for Liu Qiang and Wang Tong to sleep on.

What do you think? "

"You've thought about it all, why are you asking us?" Liu Qiang, who needed to sleep in a dormitory, didn't even have one, and Tong Jia, who had a single room, had even less objection.

Liu Qiang had even slept on the dirt floor before, but now he had a kang to sleep on. It was called a shared bed, but in fact he just slept with Wang Tong. What else could he complain about?

Yang Jixia said, "Since everyone has no objection, let's get started after Lao Guo and the others come back.

We can hire someone to do the renovation on the second floor, but the darkroom in the backyard is a darkroom, so it’s best not to let outsiders know about it. It’s better for us to do it ourselves.”

So, because of Yang Jixia's words, Liu Qiang started to work diligently that afternoon. Tong Jia felt that her ears had been seriously poisoned, with the sound of house demolition and demolition every day.

She couldn't discourage Liu Qiang's enthusiasm, so she had to take Tao Junle to find Rong Xinzhi.

This was not her way of seeking quiet, but through this act of "hiding", she wanted to let Rong Xinhua, who had been living almost exclusively with Hu Huihuang since he was released on bail, know that his family was going to open a bun shop.

I originally thought that it would take at least three days for Guo Xin and his friends to go to Diao's house and back, but I didn't expect that they would come back the next day, and Diao Ren and Xiaoting came back with them.

When everyone saw that Diao Ren had white cloth tied around his waist and arms, they immediately understood what was going on.

But I still have to pretend that I don’t know and ask.

Tong Jia asked, "What's going on? Is it because one of the elders in my brother-in-law's family has grown old?"

Diao Ren shook his head and said, "It's my young master. He was in poor health to begin with and fell ill when he returned home from Shanghai.

He insisted on waiting for me to return from the provincial capital, and gave me an address and asked me to go to visit my in-laws' young master. But before I could set off, my young master passed away.

Fortunately, the young mistress gave birth to the young master's posthumous child, which meant that the Diao family had a descendant.

The younger one came to announce the death of Mr. and Mrs. Yang, and happened to meet Brother Guo and Brother Wang on the way.

The young lady...the young lady said that she was a widow now and it was inconvenient for her to keep an unmarried adult man like me around. She gave me some money and drove me away from the Diao family.

I brought Xiaoting back from the provincial capital. The "Ting" in her name has the same pronunciation as the "Ting" in "Young Master". The young mistress complained that Xiaoting and the young master had violated a taboo and she was unwilling to keep her.

I really have no choice but to bring Xiaoting back to you two.

I beg you, Mr. Yang, Mrs. Yang, for my godmother's sake, please take us in, let us do some odd jobs, give us food, and a place to live. That's all."

At the end of his speech, he knelt down and began to kowtow.

Maybe he was really good to Xiaoting during this period. When she saw him kneeling down and kowtow, Xiaoting also knelt down.

Tong Jia glanced at Yang Jixia, Yang Jixia looked at Guo Xin, and then at Tian Ma.

Seeing one of them nod, the other felt sorry for them and said, "Hey... Diao Ren, you should know my situation. Whether I'm going back to Shanghai from Jiangcheng or from Shanghai back to Jiangcheng, accidents always happen one after another, and I don't have much money left.

Now... I can’t even do a decent business, and can only open a bun shop to barely make a living.

If you really just want to have something to eat and a place to live, then you can stay and help out in the bun shop.

At the beginning, I can't say how much I can offer you. Everyone else has also agreed that you will be provided with food, accommodation and a set of clothes for the first three months. From the fourth month, the salary will be determined based on the performance of the business.

If you can't accept it, there are better ways to make money, but don't force it on me..."

"No, no, sir. In this world, it's good enough to have food and shelter provided.

"With your support, my godmother, and my sister here, I will definitely do my best," Diao Ren said.

Tong Jia felt that Diao Ren had traveled all over the country with Diao Yongting before, so could he really be content with an ordinary life?

She felt puzzled and asked directly. Diao Ren replied calmly, "Madam, it is precisely because I have experienced so much blood and rain before that I know the value of a simple life."

Well, Tong Jia couldn't refute this reason.

And since Yang Jixia and Guo Xin both agreed, they must have their own ideas, so Tong Jia didn't say anything else.

After these two people came, Xiaoting slept with Tian Ma, and Diao Ren slept on the same bunk bed with Liu Qiang and Wang Tong.

From that day on, Liu Qiang's clanging alone turned into the clanging of four people together with Guo Xin, Diao Ren and Wang Tong.

Two days later, Xiao Xie joined the group, and now there were five of them.

Since it was the Chinese New Year, there were basically no shops open on the street except for temple fairs at certain times. Tong Jia couldn't find a place to go out and get some peace and quiet.

As for Rong Xinzhi, in order to extend the time they are free, she will also control outsiders from contacting them. The main thing is to no longer give Rong Xinhua and Jingxia the opportunity to contact each other, so Tong Jia will not be able to come to their house.

So she obediently took Tao Junle to read in the room.

She reads history books, while Tao Junle reads novels.

In fact, Tao Junle wanted to read medical books, but Tong Jia felt that the child was still young and there was no need for him to be so studious. He should learn to relax properly and combine work and rest. So she threw several online novels that she had printed in batches in her previous life to Tao Junle.

Tao Junle, who has always been obedient, is actually not interested in those online novels, but he doesn't want to go against Tong Jia's wishes, so he bites the bullet and starts reading.

At first, he really couldn't continue reading. He flipped through several books and felt sleepy, but he still completed the check-in task assigned to him by Tong Jia at a glance.

Because the decoration outside would make noise from time to time, Tong Jia couldn't actually concentrate on reading completely, especially since she always read with a purpose.

She wanted to look in the book to see if there was any specific time and cause and effect of the major events that occurred during this period, but unfortunately, the book only briefly mentioned them.

She was a little frustrated and regretted that she should have bought more biographies and quotations of great men and celebrities. She thought such records would be more detailed than broad history books.

But it’s no use regretting now, I can only rely on my memory and feelings.

When I looked up again, I saw that Tao Junle, who used to turn the pages of the book as fast as shaking his head like a fan, had not turned the page for three minutes. This was too abnormal.

Put down the book and walk towards Tao Junle.

He was holding a stack of bound A4 papers in front of his chest, his eyes were closed, his right hand was clenched into a fist, as if he was beating out some rhythm.

Thinking that Tao Junle was sleepy from reading, but was too embarrassed to say it, he was about to ask him to take a rest.

Who knew that just as I stretched out my arm to pat Tao Junle, he opened his eyes, lowered his head and turned a page, stared at the words on it for a long time, and then turned to the next page.

He was so focused and careful that he didn't even notice Tong Jia had walked up to him.

"Le Le, you don't have to be so studious, do you? This is not a world-famous masterpiece, just a random novel. Do you have to memorize the whole text?" Tong Jia felt that no matter how studious one is, there should be a limit. It is not necessary to be like this when it comes to online novels.

Tao Junle looked up at Tong Jia, holding the stack of A4 papers in one hand and gesturing with the other hand, and asked, "Sister, you haven't read these novels before, right?"

Tong Jia nodded and said, “Well, I haven’t seen it.

I originally typed these novels because I wanted to use up all the toner in my printer cartridge, and I really didn't have much time to read them.

Does it look good? Let me see it. "

Tong Jia was about to take the A4 paper from Tao Junle's hand. Tao Junle stepped back and refused, saying, "Sister, I'm reading this one right now. I've finished reading the ones on the table. You can read those first."

Just as Tong Jia was about to get it, she heard crying outside the store and immediately went out to see what was going on.