1952: Walking through Nantongluo Alley

"Brother Chen Xiao, have you heard? Jia Dongxu was rushed to the hospital last night and almost died!"

Chen Xiao became interested and joked.

"What happened to Jia Dongxu? How could he be so fine that he could hardly be saved?"

Sha Zhu raised his head and glanced around, making sure that no one was around, then he whispered to Chen Xiao.

"Last night, Jia Dongxu got a huge pot of ants from somewhere and drank it all with some white wine. If it weren't for the first and second uncles pulling a cart to take him to the hospital, I'm afraid we would have a feast in two days."

"I was wondering why Jia Dongxu brought a big bag of ants yesterday. Turns out he was going to make some wine!"

Chen Xiao sighed.

I originally thought that Jia Dongxu's family was unable to make ends meet, so he caught ants to eat.

At this time, Yi Zhonghai came out of his house and saw Sha Zhu and Chen Xiao standing together stealthily. He frowned.

He coughed twice and then questioned Sha Zhu.

"Silly Zhu, what are you doing sneaking around like that?"

Sha Zhu was so frightened that his whole body trembled.

"what?"

"No, no, no, I didn't say anything. Uncle, it's getting late. I'm going back to cook for Yu Shui first!"

After saying that, Sha Zhu ran home.

Chen Xiao ignored Yi Zhonghai. He didn't bother to care about Jia Dongxu's life or death. Chen Xiao, who had watched the TV series, knew that Jia Dongxu could still live for a few more years.

Chen Xiao rode his bicycle and went out humming a little tune.

Qin Huairu hadn't finished cooking yet and it was still early for work, so Chen Xiao planned to go visit Qin Huaiguo.

Check out how the Konjac Dessert is doing, and then arrange today’s sales plan for him!

I rode a bicycle to Qin Huaiguo's residence. Fortunately, the rented house was not far away, only two streets away from the courtyard where Chen Xiao lived.

In the yard, Qin Huaiguo was stirring the konjac in the water tank.

Seeing his brother-in-law coming, he stopped what he was doing and greeted him enthusiastically.

"Brother-in-law, you are here."

"I just came to see how the konjac cake is made, and by the way, tell you about today's sales plan!" Chen Xiao came to the water tank.

There is a full tank of konjac in the water tank. I took a deep breath and the fragrance is similar to the ones I make myself, but I don’t know how it tastes.

"Brother-in-law, let me give you a piece to try. It's definitely not worse than what you made!" Qin Huaiguo reached into the water tank and grabbed a handful.

Chen Xiao's face turned dark when he saw this scene.

"Stop, stop, stop!!!" Chen Xiao waved his hands.

"What's wrong, brother-in-law? Don't you have an appetite so early in the morning? Don't you feel like eating?"

Qin Huaiguo threw the konjac soup back into the water tank and wiped his body with his hands covered with the sauce.

"no......"

"It's my fault. I forgot to tell you."

Afterwards, Chen Xiao spoke to Qin Huaiguo in a serious tone.

"When making food, especially food that's meant to be eaten directly, regardless of whether it tastes good or not, you have to ensure hygiene first!"

"I'll buy you two pairs of rubber gloves someday, and then have your sister make you some masks."

"When making konjac cakes from now on, you must pay attention to hygiene!"

Qin Huaiguo didn't take it seriously. Thinking he was very clean, he reached out and wiped his nose.

"Brother-in-law, this isn't dirty, right? I wash my hands every day."

Chen Xiao was really speechless.

He said with a dark face.

"If you don't listen to me, I'll give you one dollar for your trip and you pack up and go home right now!"

Hearing this, Qin Huaiguo panicked.

I haven't even taken the lead yet, so why did he suddenly retire and go home?

"Brother-in-law, please don't! I was wrong. I should be able to do it again in the future."

"Yesterday, Mom just told me to listen to you, brother-in-law. The day hasn't even ended yet. If I go back now, Mom will definitely beat me to death."

Looking at Qin Huaiguo's tearful appearance, Chen Xiao seemed to have grasped his weakness.

He's afraid of his mother.

"Since you don't want to go home, then be careful about your hygiene."

"Brother-in-law, don't worry. I will pay attention to hygiene from now on!" Qin Huaiguo promised, patting his chest.

"Huaiguo, you should know that your brother-in-law is doing this for your own good."

"Think about it, if you go out to buy food and someone makes you food with their snotty hands, or if you find something foreign in your bowl, how would you feel?"

“Remember! Food safety is paramount!”

Qin Huaiguo's eyes lit up when he heard this. In his eyes, Chen Xiao was so great and noble.

he murmured.

"Brother-in-law... the old man said that eating dirty things won't make you sick..."

Chen Xiao simply found a wooden stick and started beating him without saying a word.

"Huaiguo, come here, brother-in-law will show you a treasure."

"Brother-in-law, I was wrong. I was really wrong this time!" Qin Huaiguo was so scared that he started running around the yard.

"You are not wrong, I am wrong..."

......

After a while, Qin Huaiguo stood aside obediently, rubbing his butt.

"Huaiguo, your task today is to pack this jar of konjac into oil paper bags. Each bag weighs one jin, so don't put more in."

"You know Old Drum Tower Street? You'll start selling there today. Remember, you have to give out some konjac for people to sample. People won't buy it until they've tasted it!"

After Chen Xiao finished speaking, he looked at Qin Huaiguo who was still rubbing his butt, as if he had not heard what he had just said at all.

Chen Xiao silently picked up the stick again.

As soon as he held it in his hand, Qin Huaiguo shouted from the side.

"Brother-in-law, I know everything. Go to Old Drum Tower Street to sell them! Have a tasting! One bag for one pound!"

"This boy is teachable..." Chen Xiao nodded.

"It's getting late. I'm going home to eat and go back to work."

Chen Xiao pushed his bicycle out of the yard. Just as he reached the door, he suddenly thought of something.

He turned around and said to Qin Huaiguo.

“Huaiguo, if you have time these two days, please help me with a small matter.”

"Someone wants to take advantage of your sister!"

Chen Xiao was not going to fall out with Sha Zhu. After all, he might still be useful to him in the future.

It is better to have one more friend than one more enemy.

Besides, he just wanted Huaiguo to teach Sha Zhu a little lesson.

"What? Someone dares to take advantage of my sister???"

When Qin Huaiguo heard this, he was immediately furious.

"Brother-in-law, tell me who he is! I must fight him to the death!"

Seeing that Qin Huaiguo was about to go berserk, Chen Xiao hurriedly explained.

"Huaiguo, calm down first. Things are not as you think."

"It's just that someone's been peeking at your sister from time to time, and I have a pretty good relationship with that person, so I don't want to deal with it myself. I want you to teach him a lesson so he'll remember it and stay away from your sister in the future."

"Is that really the case? Brother-in-law, you have to tell me the truth!"

"Could your brother-in-law really lie to you? If someone really dared to do something he shouldn't do to your sister, I would have beaten him up long ago!"

Afterwards, Chen Xiao told Qin Huaiguo about Sha Zhu's appearance and age.

After Qin Huaiguo learned about Sha Zhu's appearance and age, he was ready to stake out the place after selling all the konjac cakes!