Wanghai County, Qingshui Town, Baimeizhai Restaurant.

Dabai and Hongmei faced each other and shoveled their supper into their stomachs.

Finally, Hongmei put down her chopsticks and looked at Dabai expectantly, "What's the little surprise? Can you take it out now?"

Dabai also burped, put down his chopsticks, and took out a handkerchief from his arms.

There was something wrapped in the veil. He opened the veil layer by layer, and there was a piece of silver inside.

"This is an ingot of silver, about five taels." Hongmei pointed at the silver and said, "Is this the ingot of silver that you gave me as a surprise?"

Dabai nodded: "Isn't this a surprise?"

Hongmei frowned, "The money is good, but it's not a surprise. By the way, where did you get this money? I remember when you went to the county town to serve your mother, you went empty-handed, without bringing a penny!"

Dabai said: "How stupid am I to bring money? My mother has money. Xiaohei just held a banquet a while ago, and all the gift money is in my mother's hands!"

Dabai did not dare to tell the truth to Hongmei.

It’s not that he didn’t bring any money with him, he had three taels of silver hidden in his crotch!

These three taels of silver were Dabai's private money.

"Then where did these five taels of silver come from?" Hongmei asked again.

Dabai said: "Didn't I get beaten up by Brother Gou? Half of the money was paid by Brother Gou to buy me supplements, and the other half was from running errands to buy medicine and food for my mother in the county.

, I picked it out piece by piece!"

Dabai will never tell Hongmei that despite the five taels of silver in his hand, he still has the three taels of silver hidden in his crotch.

After Xu Mang shook out the three taels of silver last time in public, Yang Huamei and the others didn't want it because they disliked the smell of the silver.

So in the end, the three taels of silver returned to Dabai's hands.

Now, Dabai has eight taels of silver on hand. Take a look and go to Wanghai County. Although it took half a month of work, he still managed to get some money back. This can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune.

"Now, these five taels of silver will buy you some rouge and gouache to dress up, and the rest will buy you two new sets of clothes." Dabai stuffed the silver into Hongmei's hand, very proudly.

He went on to say: "As for things in the shop, don't worry about it. Just relax and raise your baby. I'll figure it out!"

Hongmei was not as polite as Dabai and kept the five taels of silver generously.

No matter how good the business in the shop is, she still has to keep her little treasury.

She remembered that when her ex-husband, Shopkeeper Zhang, had an accident, she and Dabai lost their money while escaping, so Dabai was eventually arrested and sent to jail. She herself didn't even have the money to stay in an inn, which was so pitiful.

Therefore, as a woman, no matter when a man can earn money to support you, or at any time, you should make more plans for yourself.

What if one day the man becomes unreliable? At least he still has money with him, he has his own place to stay wherever he goes, and he has his own food and drink.

Hongmei knew that Dabai knew that she had a small treasury and saved her own money. Otherwise, Dabai would not have said that she had used the five taels of silver to save it.

But Dabai didn't know exactly how much money she had in her coffers, and she didn't plan to tell him.

These were all earned penny by penny by taking advantage of the convenience of accounting for the shop.

This was something she had been relying on. When no one else could count on it, she could only count on the money.

"Master, you've been sleeping for a while, but have you thought of any good ideas?" Hongmei asked again.

If possible, of course she still hopes that the shop's business can continue smoothly.

Because this is a long-term plan, it is about eating every meal, not just one meal.

Dabai thought for a moment and said, "It's a sure thing to find a chef, but I'm afraid I won't be able to find one because of the time constraints."

"Even if we find it, if the other party knows our situation, they will probably raise the price."

Hongmei didn't say anything, but she felt that what Dabai said was reasonable.

"Then what are you going to do?" she asked again.

Dabai said: "The top priority is that if we cannot increase revenue, we must first reduce expenditure."

"What do you mean? Please explain clearly."

"What I mean is very simple, that is, lunch and dinner are cancelled. We should return to our old business and continue making morning tea."

"Ah? You've gone back to the small business of selling morning tea? Isn't your dream to open a big restaurant?" Hongmei was very confused.

Dabai smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I had a bad idea, but no, I took a big step, did I accidentally pull it!"

"So, during this period of the year, we still stay tight and hold on to the morning tea. You know, the morning tea in our shop has a heritage in Qingshui Town. Many people grew up eating the morning tea in this shop!"

After Dabai said this, Hongmei also fell into thinking.

Indeed, Zhangji Morning Tea Shop is a time-honored morning tea shop in Qingshui Town. Several generations of the Zhang family have opened the shop at the south entrance of this town.

The residents of the town, as well as the villagers from Shiliba Village, who come to the town to attend the market or something else, always choose Zhangji Morning Tea Shop when it comes to having morning tea.

The craftsmanship of Dabai's pastry is inherited from the Zhang family, and has even been improved in some aspects, making the taste, patterns and so on more colorful.

"Then you have to be in the shop. Only you can hold up that part." Hongmei said.

Dabai nodded, "Well, I will stay in the shop for a few days. I guess when my mother returns to the village, I will take time to visit the county town."

"Oh, by the way, if we don't have lunch and dinner, and just have morning tea, I can go back and forth to the county seat that day, and I don't need to stay overnight in the county seat."

Mentioning this incident, the smile on Hongmei's face suddenly disappeared without a trace.

"I'll clear the dishes first." She stood up, picked up the empty dishes on the table and prepared to leave.

Dabai called out to her.

"You are my mother's eldest daughter-in-law after all. Isn't it not good to say nothing to my mother?"

Hongmei stood there and turned to look at Dabai, her face full of sarcasm.

"Then has your mother ever cared about my second child like you?"

Dabai was stunned for a moment and remained silent.

Hongmei laughed twice, "The relationship between your mother and I is right there. I'm not Xu Qiaohong's kind of person who likes people. I say whatever I want, whether I like or dislike you, it all shows on my face.

"

Mentioning Xu Qiaohong... Dabai's face didn't look good either.

"Compared to you, I think that woman Xu Qiaohong is more like an actress, wearing a mask on her face! Fake!" Dabai said.

Hongmei snorted coldly, "And your mother's character is also there."

"She has looked down on me and disliked me from the beginning. So, no matter what I do or say, it will change in her eyes."
Chapter completed!