Pushing the cart to snack street yesterday, to be honest, was much more difficult than riding a tricycle there today, of course, riding is a bit faster.
Yesterday it took nearly half an hour to get there, but today it only took fifteen minutes to deliver all the food.
Because of the rain, the cart was a bit dirty. She took out a towel, soaked it with water, and wiped the handcart clean before uncovering the plastic sheet on the tricycle and arranging the insulated food pots one by one onto the cart. There was still water in the tank, which she didn’t add yet. After arranging the food pots, she quickly took down the stove covered with wood planks from the corner of the tricycle and placed it under the pushcart.
By the time all the food was arranged and the dishes, disposable lunch boxes, stainless steel chopsticks, disposable chopsticks, stainless steel bowls, etc., were all put back in their places, it was exactly eleven o’clock.
At that moment, there weren’t many people yet. She carried a red plastic bucket and fetched three buckets of clean water, just in case the dishes and utensils ran out; she could use this water to wash them.
After finishing the preparations, around eleven o’clock, customers began to come, several of whom had visited yesterday.
Upon opening the lid and seeing different dishes from yesterday, they were delighted, "Great, I was hoping for a change in the menu today. I didn’t expect the lady boss to actually change it. Is this Braised Pork Belly? The color is so beautiful. Give me a serving with three meat dishes."
"I’ll have the Braised Pork Belly too, two meat and one vegetarian."
"Me too, the one with three meats."
Gong Mingxia hurriedly said, "For those who ordered Braised Pork Belly, I’m only giving two pieces, as the pieces I cut are quite large."
"Okay, lady boss, just do as you see fit. Yesterday’s boxed meal from your place was very filling, reasonably priced, with a generous portion, and the taste was good,"
Receiving affirmation and understanding from the customers, Gong Mingxia felt gratified; she kept serving and sending until one o’clock when the number of customers finally began to decrease.
Due to the rainy weather, most people came to pack their food to go, resulting in a lot of leftover soup. Probably around two o’clock, the boxed meals finally sold out. Compared to yesterday’s amount, she had cut it by two-fifths, so the income definitely wasn’t as much as yesterday.
However, being able to sell out every day made her very happy. There was leftover soup today, about ten bowls of it, which she poured into a pot to take home, planning to use this tofu soup for noodles in the evening.
Next, she began packing up, and by the time she got home, it was already three o’clock.
Xiao Xiao and Aunt Wang weren’t at her house and were probably next door. After unloading her things, she took out her household registration book, ID card, and photocopies of the house rental and stall rental contracts. She had carried these with her in the morning before leaving and had them photocopied at the copy shop on her way back. She could go straight to use them now.
Probably hearing the noise at their home, Aunt Wang and Xiao Xiao didn’t wait for her to knock but came right in.
She gave Aunt Wang the keys to her house, and Aunt Wang also gave her the keys to hers. She said she didn’t need them, but Aunt Wang insisted, so she had no choice but to accept them. They even exchanged house keys, which showed a significant leap in their relationship.
"Yes, Aunt Wang, so shall we go now? I can tidy up these things when I come back later."
"Okay, important matters first. Kindergarten dismisses at five, so we have to hurry. Oh, and remember to bring money. Also, I forgot to tell you, technically it’s summer vacation now, and the kindergarten normally has holidays from mid-June to mid-late August, over two months."
"But many parents work and can’t take care of their children, so the school quietly opened a back door. Those who want can send their kids there; those who don’t want to can take their kids home. The fee for these two-plus months is calculated separately,"
"As you know, our area only has this one public kindergarten, so everyone is aware and no one does anything to shoot themselves in the foot. You get what I mean, right?" Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on novel⦿fire.net