Reborn in the 90s, I traded my ex-husband for eight apartments.

Bai Zhenzhu and Liu Fang waited at the school gate for a while before the children came out.

The first day was for paying tuition and receiving books.

The three brothers were dressed in new clothes and shoes, and were very clean.

In just a short while, Bai Wenjie came out with his arm around a little boy's shoulder.

Bai Wenxuan was also chatting and laughing with his new classmates.

Bai Wenbin is a big kid, and he looks more mature.

The three brothers all had smiles on their faces, and it seemed they really liked their new teacher and classmates.

The next day, classes officially began, and Bai Zhenzhu and Liu Huiying each took Shuo Shuo and Jia Jia to kindergarten.

Liu Huiying had already found out beforehand that Jiajia's kindergarten was privately run, and the tuition and meal fees were more expensive than those kindergartens run by government agencies.

Tuition is eight yuan per semester, and food costs fifty cents per day.

Fortunately, Liu Huiying now has a stable income, which she can afford.

Once the children started school, Bai Zhenzhu began working on her hot pot restaurant.

The hot pot restaurant was to be handed over to Bai Chenglei, and she decided to start with taro chicken for the time being, and develop other varieties later.

The stove problem is solved, but we're short-handed.

Liu Fang didn't want to involve those troublesome relatives, so she discussed with Bai Zhenzhu and decided to hire someone from Yuan County.

Bai Zhenzhu then went to find Xia He.

Xia He was overjoyed to hear that her hot pot restaurant was finally opening.

"You're hiring? I can introduce you to someone."

"At the end of the year, I asked a few people to help me temporarily, right? They were all people I knew, and they were all decent people."

Bai Zhenzhu smiled and said:

"That's great! We need four people for now, especially one who is educated, to take orders and collect money."

"The wages for kitchen helpers and waiters are six yuan a day. We need to hire a store manager to collect money and take orders, which will cost seven yuan a day. What do you think of these wages?"

Xia He: "The ordinary employees in their state-owned factories earn about the same salary, which is good enough."

With employees secured, Bai Zhenzhu also had a signboard made.

The trend is spreading so fast; the shop that made the sign before has already started making signs with light boxes.

The owner himself said that it was modeled after the high-end clothing store that recently opened in the department store.

This kind of thing is unavoidable.

So Bai Zhenzhu asked the boss to make a sign with a lightbox.

Let's call it Good Taste Hot Pot Restaurant.

Next came getting the necessary permits, buying kitchenware, installing cabinets, and so on. I tidied things up a bit.

Two days later, someone delivered a batch of stoves to Bai Zhenzhu, saying that Guo Yongliang had sent them.

Bai Zhenzhu immediately had the stove delivered to the shop on the other side of Qingshui River.

She has had all the lights in the shop replaced, so it's bright enough to be well-lit at night.

After the recruits arrived, Bai Chenglei and Liu Fang divided the tasks.

The couple finally decided that Liu Fang would take Liu Chao to run the hot pot restaurant.

Liu Chao has already mastered the art of making taro chicken, so he's perfectly capable of being the head chef.

Five people were hired. The restaurant assigned a manager to handle cashier duties and take orders. This girl was a year younger than Bai Zhenzhu, and her child was just two years old.

Because receiving money and keeping accounts both involve certain risks, his salary is one yuan more per day than others.

A kitchen helper, a woman in her forties.

The hot pot restaurant assigned one kitchen helper and one waiter.

Bai Zhenzhu flipped through the old almanac and chose an auspicious day to open her business.

The day before the opening, she bought a lot of red lanterns and hung them up in a row under the eaves and in the courtyard, making it look very festive.

On the opening day, Xia He sent six flower baskets.

Ge Minjing also came and brought six flower baskets.

The two flower baskets together were quite a sight.

Bai Zhenzhu invited them to have lunch together.

Ge Minjing was quite surprised to see that the original teahouse had been transformed into a hot pot restaurant by replacing the stoves and gas cylinders.

"Pearl, you really have a good idea. You actually opened this hot pot restaurant."

Bai Zhenzhu was a little embarrassed by the praise:

"This is the only way for now. Sis, try it later and give me your feedback."

Ge Minjing didn't stand on ceremony and sat down with Xia He to drink tea and chat.

Upon hearing that Xia He was Bai Zhenzhu's son's godmother, Ge Minjing felt a pang of regret.

Too late.

Her husband, Lao Guo, even said they should find a way to win over Bai Zhenzhu.

Look what a great opportunity, gone now.

laughed:

"What a coincidence, I'm also a person with the metal element in my birth chart."

Xia He is so clever.

Upon hearing this, she immediately understood that this wealthy woman also wanted to become one of Shuo Shuo's godmothers.

A look of joy appeared on his face:

“I know someone who has two godmothers. If Shuo Shuo has the good fortune of being protected by Sister Min Jing, everything will definitely go smoothly for him in the future.”

Ge Minjing immediately said:

"Yes, although I haven't met Shuo Shuo yet, according to Lao Guo's description, he is a very sensible and beautiful child. If I had another godson, that would be a blessing for me."

"Pearl, I wonder if you and Shuo Shuo would be willing?"

Bai Zhenzhu was both amused and exasperated.

She could roughly guess what Guo Yongliang and Ge Minjing meant.

She wasn't worried about them kicking her out when they got too powerful, but they were the ones who started worrying first.

The wealthy godmother has come knocking on her door; she'd be letting her son down if she refused.

"Of course we'd love to. It's a blessing for Shuo Shuo to have all of you godmothers doting on him."

Bai Zhenzhu thought for a moment and said:

"Okay, when Brother Guo comes back someday, I'll bring Shuo Shuo to your house for a visit."

Ge Minjing immediately said happily:

"Okay, I don't have any token on me. I'll prepare one for Shuo Shuo later."

The location here is really out of the way. At lunchtime on opening day, we brought our family and we only had three tables occupied.

White Pearl had anticipated this situation long ago.

But she wasn't worried because this hot pot was the first of its kind in Yuan County.

Moreover, the aroma wafted far from the store, so I believe that more people will come to eat here in a while.

Ge Minjing and Xia He both praised it highly after eating it.

After eating the taro chicken, you can cook vegetables. The weather is still cold now, so there's nothing better than eating a steaming hot pot.

Although it's different from the hot pot in Chengdu, it tastes very good.

Especially for Xia He, who was eating hot pot for the first time, it was simply a delicacy.

Bai Zhenzhu also thinks her taro chicken tastes very good, so she is not too worried about making money.

The next morning at breakfast, Liu Fang said that there were three tables of people eating the night before.

Moreover, everyone said it was their first time eating this kind of hot pot, and they all praised how delicious it was.

Liu Chao is currently staying at the hot pot restaurant, so Liu Fang isn't in a hurry. She'll wait until her sons go to school before riding her bicycle over there.

Shuo Shuo and Jia Jia eat lunch at kindergarten, while the three boys in elementary school eat at Xu Yin's house.

With Li Xiufen in charge, the adults don't need to worry.

The primary school wasn't far away, and the three children would walk to school by themselves after eating.

No one needs to pick me up after school; I wait for my older brother to take me home together.

Ever since Shuo Shuo was almost abducted by human traffickers before the Lunar New Year, Bai Wenbin, as the eldest brother, has become more mature, keeping a close eye on the younger children every day.

Once the hot pot restaurant gradually gets back on track, the Lunar New Year will be over.

February's income was generally average, and Bai Zhenzhu deposited a total of 20,000 yuan into her account.

I withdrew 35,000 yuan last time to buy a courtyard house, and now I have 165,000 yuan left in my account.

She now owns eight properties.

She might be addicted to buying houses; she now wants to convert all the balance in her account into houses.

It's been 93 years, and the train station is not far from being demolished.