The modern fortune-telling history of a small shopkeeper

The twins were holding sesame seed cakes and gnawing on them all over their faces.

"Let's eat slowly, you two can eat everywhere." Qiao Minglang didn't dislike them, and wiped their faces with his hands.After the little ones had something to eat, they sat on the chairs and ate honestly without moving around.

The twins have a similar face, but if you want to distinguish carefully, you can easily tell that the two children are not too similar. After all, the boy is more like a boy, and the girl is like a girl.

"Brother, I'm here to cook today."

"I'm still here."

"It's okay. I used to do it. I'll do it. Brother, you sit here for a while, watch Xiaobao and Xiaomei, and don't let them run outside." See brother and younger brother and sister They were all tired after going out for a day, and Qiao Xiaohui took the initiative to take on the task of cooking.

Today my aunt brought a pumpkin to the house. She washed the pumpkin and cut it into pieces, and cooked a big pot of pumpkin rice.

The fish head and tofu brought back from the aunt's house made fish head tofu soup. She learned how to make it after seeing her elder brother make it twice.The fried fish is boiled in water again, the soup is off-white, the tofu inside is soft and fragrant, and then the chopped coriander and green onion are sprinkled on top, and the soup is ready in one pot.

Qiao Minglang stood at the door of the kitchen and watched, seeing that the little girl was cooking decently, but seeing that she still didn't put salt in, she had to remind her aloud, "Did you forget to put salt in your soup?"

"Hehe, yes, if you didn't remind me, brother, I would have forgotten it." Qiao Xiaohui smiled, and hurriedly scooped up a little salt and put it in. Salt is something that costs money, and she was reluctant to put more, so she just put a little bit , there is salt on the line.

"My aunt brought a pumpkin today, and I cooked pumpkin rice for it."

"Well, it's good, it looks good."

"The meal is ready, let's eat."

Qiao Xiaohui didn't even go shopping today, and the money her brother gave her is still in her pocket.Everyone brought out the cooked soup and rice together, and the brothers and sisters sat around the table and ate.

After eating, it was still dark, and they went to the field to remove grass for a while, and they returned home from outside when it was almost dark.

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Ever since they started doing business, their family has always been up early and late at night. They got up in the middle of the night to grind beans to make tofu, and after getting things ready, they went out to sell things at dawn.

After a few days of selling in this way, everyone also went from not knowing how to do business at the beginning to slowly touching the door of doing business.

Aunt Qiao and her aunt Huang Yan went to the market in the village to sell, Qiao Chunyuan and her eldest son Qiao Mingjing went to a neighboring village, and finally Uncle Qiao took his son and nephews to the town.

The team they went to the town had the largest number of people, and there were more people in the town. If it happened to be a market day, their things would sell better, and they would be able to sell out earlier and go home.

After selling things for a few days, Qiao Minglang felt that selling only one kind of fish ball was too little, so he made shrimp balls and shrimp dumplings.After several family members tasted it, they felt that the shrimp balls and shrimp dumplings were both good, so they decided to make a small amount to sell.

The shrimp used to make shrimp balls is not chopped into puree, but cut into small particles. The shrimp balls made in this way can eat the granular shrimp meat inside, and the taste is a bit crisp and fresh.The shrimp meat in the shrimp dumpling is even bigger, and there are water chestnuts and radishes in it. It is crunchy when you bite into it, and the taste is a little sweet.

The fish and shrimps they use to make meatballs are the fish and shrimps that returned to the boat early in the morning, and they are the freshest. The meatballs they make must be very fresh and delicious.

Whether something is good or not, people who have bought it and eaten it know best.

The fish balls and shrimp balls at their stall are very popular with everyone. The most important point is that their products are really good, and people will come back to buy them after eating them.In addition to tofu, they also made more bean cakes and bean skins.

After setting up their stall for a few days, repeat customers came back to buy things from them every day.After having a stable source of customers every day, their business has gradually come down, and the daily business is pretty good.

"Dad, be bright and brave."

"Why are you here, isn't the store busy?"

"I'm not very busy today, so I just wanted to see you."

Qiao Mingshan worked in the uncle's shop in the town, and knew that his father and his younger brothers were setting up a stall in the vegetable market to sell things. This day, he took advantage of the fact that he didn't have much work, so he went here to look for it, and brought some pears along the way. Come, "Eat a pear to quench your thirst."

"Brother, you brought us pears!" Qiao Mingyong exclaimed happily when he saw that there was something to eat.

"Well, yes, you guys take it and eat it." Qiao Mingshan gave the pear to the younger brother.

"Thank you brother, you are really kind." Qiao Mingyong took it, took out one for his father, and gave a few to his cousins.Hearing the younger brother's compliment, Qiao Mingshan laughed. This kid has been given delicious food since he was a child, and he has all kinds of good things to say.

"Big Brother." Qiao Minglang took the sorbet handed over by his little cousin, and smelled a fragrance when he held it in his hand, and called Big Brother.

The third younger sister Qiao and the fourth younger brother Qiao followed their elder brother to call for help.

Qiao Xiaofen was very happy to take the pears. Since the first day she came to the town to sell things and ate half of the biscuits, she came here with her elder brother and uncles every day, and there was not a day left behind.

Seeing his sister coming, Qiao Mingcheng naturally followed.

They don't go out to buy food every day. These days, they bring steamed buns from home, and when they get hungry at noon, they eat steamed buns to cover their stomachs.How can they not be happy if they can eat pears today.

Children are like this, as long as they have a bite to eat, they have great motivation and persistence to help adults do things.

Needless to say, these two siblings have helped sell a lot of things in the past few days, and they also know how to count money with their fingers.When there are many people, the two younger ones can also help to look after the stalls, prevent people from stealing things, and help collect money to find money, which can help a lot.

"Well, it's been hard work." Qiao Mingshan reached out and patted his little cousin on the shoulder, asking if he was in good health.

"It's fine, nothing serious." Qiao Minglang replied with a smile.

"That's good." Qiao Mingshan was still worried that his little cousin's health would be unbearable, and he would be overwhelmed by working so hard every day, but seeing that his little cousin looked better than before, he felt relieved.

Seeing his little cousin, a half-grown boy, lead a group of such young brothers and sisters to live his life, he had to admire this little cousin.

"Your uncle's business in their shop is okay?"

They didn't even have an extra stool here, so Uncle Qiao gave up the low stool that was sitting under his buttocks for his son to sit on.Qiao Mingshan didn't sit down, "Dad, sit down, I'll just squat down." He squatted down next to his father, and the father and son were talking.

Uncle Qiao asked how his son's relatives' business was doing, and Qiao Mingshan only said that it was okay.

"When you work at someone else's place, you have to be more diligent in your hands and feet, and do whatever you want. Just listen to what others say, and learn if you haven't done well." Uncle Qiao has always taught his children They should be hardworking and willing to work, not lazy, hardworking people will not starve to death, lazy people can't support themselves, their wives and daughters, or their families.

"Let's work harder, and life will gradually improve." Their family's life is much better than before.

"Well, I understand." Qiao Ming replied kindly.

Recently, his relatives have been picking on him on purpose. At first he didn't know what was going on, but when he went back and heard his wife talk about the little girl going back to her mother's house, he understood what was going on.

But it’s someone else’s work, and some anger can only be swallowed in his heart. If he really can’t do it, he won’t do it at worst. It’s good to go home and do business with his family.For the past two days, he has been thinking about this matter in his heart, and he has not made a decision for a while, and has not mentioned it to his family for the time being.

"Okay, you have been out for a while. We have nothing to do here. You go back to the store and do your work. We will go back when we sell out." Uncle Qiao was afraid that there would be too much work in the relative's store, so he didn't let his son stay here for too long. After a while, he drove his son back.

"Okay then, I'll go back."

Seeing that he really can't help here, and his father still needs to take care of him with him here, Qiao Mingshan got up, said something to everyone, and prepared to go back to the store.

"Hey, wait, take two catties of meatballs and two pieces of tofu to your uncle." Seeing that his son was about to leave, Uncle Qiao thought of asking his son to bring something back.

"Father, there's no need, you keep it for sale." Qiao Mingshan didn't want it.

Thinking of that stingy uncle and sister-in-law, he has worked in their house for so many years, and he has never even had a meal from their house. In these years, his sister-in-law always went to their house to play the autumn breeze, and took whatever was good.

Their meatballs cost several dollars a catty, and two catties of meatballs was more than his daily wages. Why did he send two catties of meatballs and tofu for nothing?

Qiao Mingshan knew that his family felt that he was working at a relative's house, and felt that he owed a great favor to the relative's family, so he usually sent any good things to his sister-in-law's house as a favor.If you want him to say, it’s not known who will benefit from this cheap price.

Before his father could get a bag to put the meatballs in, Qiao Mingshan left without taking anything back.

At this moment, Qiao Mingshan didn't know that his relative was waiting for him in the store and had been scolding him for a long time.

"You still know you're back! Tell me, where did you go again? You just ran to be lazy all day long. I searched for you inside and out several times but didn't see you. Do you know that the store is You were busy, so you ran away without a trace." Seeing someone coming back from outside, Feng Dongliang scolded in a bad tone.

Qiao Mingshan paused and asked, "Didn't I tell you when I first went out?"

"When did you tell me? Why don't I remember?" Feng Dongliang remembered that there was such a thing, but now if he admits that the other party said it, wouldn't that be tantamount to slapping himself in the face Yet?

So what if I told him, could it be that he couldn't be wrong?