Chapter 67: Chapter 67 To Avoid Being as Stupid as Them Chapter 67: Chapter 67 To Avoid Being as Stupid as Them Even though Bai Da saw the group pet’s sorrowful and aggrieved eyes, he wouldn’t disturb Ye Xiu at this moment. He wasn’t in the mood to heat up their food either. He settled for some cake and other dishes.
“You all should go rest early, I’m going to rest too.”
Bai Da was exhausted; he wanted to explain, but Xiuxiu simply wouldn’t listen.
Bai Ye and Bai Yu saw the tense atmosphere and quickly took the group pet and went away, how they comforted the group pet shall not be mentioned for now.
On this side, Bai Da returned to his room and found that Ye Xiu had already closed her eyes, definitely not asleep, just unwilling to deal with him.
A pang of pain went through Bai Da’s heart.
“Xiuxiu, you can scold me, hit me, blame me, hate me, but please don’t leave me.”
Otherwise, he didn’t even know what he might end up doing.
Ye Xiu was the wife he had managed to acquire with great difficulty; they were supposed to be together for a lifetime. No one should destroy that.
Bai Da lay down and firmly hugged Ye Xiu, unwilling to let go even though Ye Xiu struggled.
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Bai Zhi pouted her lips, although it sounded nice, she wasn’t sure if they would actually listen to Ye Xiu.
She really didn’t want to have anything to do with them, feeling as if her intelligence had dropped significantly.
She was busy too. Tomorrow was the market day, and she had her pan-fried dumplings and radish.
Unlike the group pet, who had the luxury to feel sad and upset, her?
She was not entitled to; she had to keep earning money and then leave here, the further the better, to avoid being as foolish as them.
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Having a tricycle indeed made things a lot easier; a bucket of wave-cut radish, a large bowl of egg and green onions, a large bowl of chives, all placed in the bamboo baskets, along with two stoves, pots, and Bai Dan’s bamboo-basket sieve among other things.
The tricycle was packed fully, and the grandfather and granddaughter started out just as the sky was showing the first light of dawn.
Bai Dan even went to obtain a business permit specifically; though nowadays people just paid a stall fee to sell items, one had to be cautious with food. Bai Dan knew what he was doing.
Thus, everything was taken care of, leaving Bai Zhi with no worries.
At this moment, Bai Zhi hadn’t even remembered this due to her annoyance.
When she did remember and saw it, she jumped up and hugged Bai Dan’s arm. She always felt her grandfather was capable of anything; whatever she wanted to do, he would manage it perfectly.
At this moment, the first thing Bai Zhi did was to rush to buy meat. Pork belly, three parts fat and seven parts lean, because if it were all lean, the taste wouldn’t be good, too tough.
She bought five pounds, not worried for the first day just wanted to test the waters; the radish was her main dish. She also bought soybean sprouts, winter melon, pumpkin, and dried tofu.
Originally she hadn’t planned on buying, but once she arrived, she discovered that the small stall had undergone massive changes.
Now there were water pipes, a sink for washing vegetables, and several small wooden tables and bamboo chairs.
All of these, needless to say, were arranged by her grandfather; she was really too happy about it, so the radish could be cooked with vegetables and even batter, nearly becoming fried batter.
Currently,
that was because there couldn’t be any preparation; next time it would definitely be better.
Bai Zhi made dumplings filled with chives and eggs. Bai Dan started chopping the meat, then they worked together in perfect sync to handle the meat filling.
When Bai Zhi’s first pan of chive and egg fried dumplings was ready, that aroma.
A breeze came by, the entire alley, at least half the street, could smell that aroma.
Customers who followed the scent soon arrived.
It was a girl, looking about the same age as Bai Zhi. Dressed in a pretty ethnic skirt adorned with layers of silver ornaments, she looked quite glamorous.
The girl herself was somewhat chubby, and with glances she sneaked from time to time, she finally couldn’t hold back and spoke up.
“What kind of dumplings are these? How much are they being sold for?”
They look really tasty?
“Chive and egg fried dumplings, the meat ones are three for one yuan, these are four for one yuan because they are chive and egg flavor.”
The young girl’s eyes lit up, and since they were chive and egg flavor, she decided to try some.
“I’ll have two yuan’s worth, can I sit here to eat?”
The girl made her decision after examining the size of the dumplings, as she wanted to eat something else after having them.
“Of course you can.”
Bai Zhi took out a bag, placed the dumplings inside one by one, and handed it to the girl.
The girl looked a bit confused.
“How can I eat without chopsticks?”
She blinked her eyes. She could have used her hands, but Mommy had said that she shouldn’t eat directly with her hands outside.
“Sorry, I forgot. Wait a moment. I’ll get you new chopsticks.”
Bai Zhi then realized the big blunder she had made by forgetting the chopsticks, quickly went to Bai Dan and got two sets of chopsticks. She washed them clean; these were the ones Bai Dan had prepared, steamed and ready to use.
Then, she pulled out a pair and handed them to the girl.
“Try them.”
Bai Zhi’s dumplings were thin-skinned and generously stuffed, with three dumplings being as big as a large bun, so with eight dumplings, Bai Zhi was a bit worried that the girl wouldn’t be able to finish them.
However, Bai Zhi was clearly overthinking it. The girl picked up a pan-fried dumpling, smelled it, and it seemed good.
She nodded and began to eat. One bite and the flavors of chives and egg melded in her mouth without overpowering the delicious taste of the dumpling wrapper.
Her eyes brightened, and she ate the dumplings much faster.
Over at the section where Bai Zhi was making pork and green onions, there was already a customer.
It was the mother from the previous time, who wanted to eat fries.
“Sorry, no fries today. How about some crinkle-cut potatoes?”
Bai Zhi pointed to the wavy potatoes beside her.
“How do they taste?”
Clearly, the young mother didn’t care whether they were fries or not as long as they were tasty.
“Very good. You can try them. One yuan for a small portion, two yuan for a large one. Which size would you want?”
“A large one.”
A small portion wouldn’t be enough.
“Okay.”
Bai Zhi quickly began to fry. The oil was freshly boiled, so she could start immediately by putting the potatoes in, and they sizzled.
Soon, the pan-fried dumplings were ready. When Bai Zhi opened the two lids, the fragrance spread, and the woman forgot all about the potatoes. She pointed at the pan-fried dumplings and spoke.
“How much are these?”
“These are pan-fried dumplings, pork with green onions, one yuan for three.”
“I’ll take two yuan’s worth.”
The woman wasn’t stingy at all. People should have some indulgences, and she just loved to eat.
“Okay, I’ll pack them now.”
“I want this,” suddenly, the young girl spoke up.
Bai Zhi was packing for the woman and twitched the corners of her mouth upon hearing this. She couldn’t quite believe it but didn’t want to say anything inappropriate.
The last thing she could do was straight-up say, “I’m afraid you might overeat, right?”
After packing, Bai Zhi handed it to the girl. The potatoes were ready, too. She scooped them out and began adding seasoning.
“Do you want spicy, or sweet and sour spicy?”
“Sweet and sour spicy.”
The girl, upon hearing this, seemed quite happy there was a choice of flavor.
Bai Zhi sequentially added salt, MSG, chili powder, Sichuan pepper powder, pepper powder, chicken seasoning, vinegar, broth, chili oil, green onions, and radish bits.
She mixed everything well. The sour and sweet taste, combined with the spiciness, tantalized the taste buds and smelled exceptionally delicious.