Chapter 325: Too excited to sleep? Then let's relax
After dealing with Lin Jiao, Chen Hui turned his attention to An Wenjing.
He opened the drawer, pointed to the pitiful amount of change and neatly stacked ten-yuan notes inside and said:
"We only have so much change in the store, and the denominations are not complete. If there are too many people tomorrow, we won't be able to make change."
"You need a lot of change to open a shop. You need a few dollars, a few cents, and a few cents!"
"One cent, one, two, and five cents, as well as one and two yuan, you should have some of these denominations."
An Wenjing was stunned, "Why didn't you tell me before?"
"It's not too late to talk now. Let's go and change some change!"
"Change some money? Where can I change it?"
"In the village, go to any house that has it and exchange it."
As Chen Hui spoke, he asked Lin Jiao to count out two hundred yuan of fixed assets from the drawer.
Holding umbrellas, An Wenjing and I went door to door in the village to exchange change.
It didn't take long for the rain to stop and the sky cleared up.
However, neither Lin Jiao nor An Wenjing had time to go up the mountain again.
An Wenyi and his good friends Niu Niu and Zaizai were having a lot of fun playing the "opening a shop game" and they didn't let Lin Jiao leave at all!
The villagers don’t have much money, and the money exchange process is not very smooth.
Chen Kaiming saw it on his way to the village, and went home and called Chen Xiaoqiao to go with him to change the coins.
In one afternoon, I finally exchanged all the twenty ten-yuan bills into small change of various denominations.
Back in the store, An Wenjing carefully sorted out and counted all the money.
After confirming that everything was correct, he danced with joy.
"Mom, can you cook something delicious tonight? Let's have a good meal together." Chen Hui said.
"Okay, then roast the smoked pork and steam the pickled fish!" Lin Jiao said with a smile.
There they are again.
Chen Hui felt half full after hearing this.
"We cooked the top of the pork leg that Qiao Mei gave us as an engagement gift, but the main leg is still soaking."
"How about cooking that in the evening?" Lin Jiao asked again.
"Cook it quickly, or it will go bad if you don't."
"Forget it, I'll cook the meat tonight and prepare two vegetarian dishes." Chen Hui said.
"Okay, whatever you say is what it is!"
"I'm an old man now, so I'll let you young people take charge of family affairs." Lin Jiao said with a smile.
She got married early and is only forty years old this year.
In addition, she has good genes and looks about 32 or 33 years old. When she and An Wenjing go out, they look like sisters.
"Mom, you're not that old and you look young?"
"Don't waste your youth. It's okay to find another good person if you meet one."
Chen Hui made a joke casually.
When he looked up, he saw Lin Jiao and An Wenjing looking at him with unfriendly expressions.
He immediately said in a cowardly tone, "I was just kidding! Don't take it seriously, don't take it seriously, I'm going to cook!"
"Mom, Brother Chen Hui means no harm!" An Wenjing said.
"This kid has no respect for his elders!"
"Chen Hui sometimes gives me the feeling that he is not like a child, but more like a person of the same age."
"It's outrageous!" Lin Jiao shook her head in confusion.
Take a pile of money and touch it in your hands to practice what Chen Hui calls "feeling the touch".
"Brother Chen Hui has had a hard time these past few years, so it's normal for him to be a little more mature than the average 20-something."
"Mom, you get familiar with money first. I'll go cook with Brother Chen Hui!" An Wenjing said.
An Wenyi is also tired of playing the game of opening a shop.
Seeing An Wenjing walking out, he chased after her and shouted, "Sister, I'm going too!"
An Wenjing waited for her, then left holding An Wenyi's hand.
In the kitchen at home, Chen Hui was cooking braised pork trotters, while An Wenjing prepared the rice and put it in the steamer at the back, then went to the side to make other dishes.
The little An Wenyi was making fire behind the stove.
From time to time, she would shout: "Brother-in-law, come quickly! The fire is about to go out!"
"How stupid! When I was your age, I could already make a fire very well."
"Didn't I tell you not to pile so much firewood in there? How can it burn if there's no air?"
Chen Hui dealt with An Wenyi several times and couldn't help but complain.
"Brother-in-law, what is air? Has the firewood eaten it all up?" An Wenyi asked with his head tilted.
"You'll know later. Just don't put too much firewood!"
Chen Hui said perfunctorily and turned the food in the pot again.
The fragrant braised pork trotters came out of the pot, and Chen Huihong's voice came from outside: "Is there any more food?"
Chen Hui grabbed the process and looked over.
Seeing Chen Huihong and Wu Shuisheng coming back, he asked, "Uncle, didn't you go out to sea?"
"It rained heavily in Dasha Village, and the sea was rough, so we didn't go there."
"We've agreed to go in two days, and you'll be free then," Wu Shuisheng explained.
"The rice isn't cooked enough, how about mixing it with some vermicelli?" An Wenjing said.
Chen Hui saw that there was still some lean meat on hand, and there were also some vegetables that Lin Jiao had harvested from the fields in the morning.
Xiang An Wenjing said: "Wife, go to the back and see if there are any eggs and touch two more. I will arrange a special vermicelli for you to try in the evening."
"There are eggs. They were laid this morning."
An Wenjing said this and took out two eggs from the small basket.
A big bowl of braised pork trotters, a plate of stir-fried vegetables, and a big bowl of fried vermicelli with shredded pork, egg and vegetables.
An Wenyi stood on tiptoe at the edge of the table, drooling as he watched.
He shook the coupon and shouted excitedly: "Chopsticks! Chopsticks! Give me chopsticks! I'm hungry."
"Wait a minute, your brother-in-law is still cooking." An Wenjing said.
"Put some rice in her first. I just have some blanched seafood here."
"It was originally reserved for cooking snacks for the workers in the afternoon, but since no one was working, there was extra food," said Chen Hui.
An Wenyi pointed at the dried rice noodles on the table and said excitedly: "I don't want rice, rice is not tasty, I want dried rice noodles!"
"This is outrageous. You've only eaten a few meals of rice, and you're already complaining about the taste of rice?"
"I can eat this rice without any vegetables for the rest of my life."
An Wenjing complained, but still took a bowl and filled it with fried vermicelli for An Wenyi.
After dinner, a few people chatted for a while about the opening of the business tomorrow, and then went back to bed.
Chen Hui fell asleep quickly, but was woken up several times by An Wenjing tossing and turning.
The little bit of sleepiness I had was almost gone.
He put his arm around his wife's slender waist and asked, "Why are you awake so late at night? Didn't I feed you well in the morning?"
"Bad guy!"
"As soon as I close my eyes, all I can think about is opening the store tomorrow."
"Do you think anyone will come to buy things tomorrow? What if a lot of people come? What if there is no one?"
"Will someone come to cause trouble? I don't think so, right?"
An Wenjing smiled and hit Chen Hui.
Lift up his arms and place them under his neck, then lean his head forward.
"Don't think too much, this is all tomorrow's business."
"You are so nervous that you can't sleep. Let's relax and we will fall asleep soon."
Chen Hui stretched out his other hand and kneaded it twice, then said with a smile.
"Relax? How can I relax?!"
(End of this chapter)