Qi Ying frowned slightly, “Yue’er sent you here?”
“Yes. ……”
Song San Xiao lied without changing her face, “She had something to do today and was not free to come, so she specially instructed me to come and give Miss Qi a message.”
“Understood.”
Qi Ying answered indifferently, at this time of the day Song Si was at the academy and Song Wan Yue was not there, so she did not have the heart to go over.
Song San Xiao heard the perfunctory tone of her voice and naturally refused to give up so much, he had been waiting for a thousand years to see her again.
“If Miss Qi feels embarrassed to go by herself, she can ask someone from your dart board. Yue’er said that the people from your dart board have travelled far and wide and have seen a lot of things, so she wants you to give it a look. In the future, our family will rely on this spicy hotpot to make money, and if it doesn’t work, she will rethink it.”
Qi Ying could not refuse again, “Wait, I will ask my parents if they will go.”
“Then I’ll go back first, there’s only my second brother and sister-in-law at the stall, I have to go back quickly to help.”
Qi Ying casually waved his hand and turned to go into the dartboard.
Song San Xiao watched her back with unblinking eyes until she was completely out of sight, then she turned and ran back, running to the stall already covered in sweat.
The stall was full of people, Liu Cui Lan and Song Shu were busy, and when they saw him return, they greeted him, “Lao San, come and help quickly.”
“Coming.”
Song San Xiao went over and squatted down, handily brushing the plates used by the customers, a few of which he deliberately wiped with a clean cloth and put aside, then tiptoed on his heels and couldn’t stop looking into the distance.
When he saw Qi Ying and a few of the dartboard men approaching from afar, his mouth went up to the back of his head.
Pretending to overlook them, he said, “Second sister-in-law, do you see if that is Miss Qi?”
Liu Cui Lan raised her eyes and looked over, “No, Miss Qi is really a good person, she knows it’s our first day to set up a stall and has brought someone to help us out.”
“Who says it isn’t? Not only is she pretty, she’s also kind-hearted.”
Liu Cui Lan nodded approvingly and waved her hand at Qi Ying as she saw them approaching.
From afar, she saw a lot of people gathered in front of the stall, Qi Ying hesitated to come over at this time, and seeing Liu Cui Lan waving at her, she quickened her pace to the stall, “Auntie.”
Liu Cui Lan didn’t notice her change of address, “Miss Qi, come quickly ……”
said, reached out, Song San Xiao busy to just wipe clean a few plates handed to her, Liu Cui Lan gave Qi Ying, “see what you like to eat, take it yourself.”
Qi Ying is still the first time to see such a sale of food, very rare, took the plate, kept one, the rest gave to the master brothers who came with him, “This is the spicy hot pot made by Yue’er?”
Li Cui Lan thought Song Wan Yue had told her about it when she came to the county and didn’t think much of it, “Yes, you can take the skewers out and eat them, or you can jerk these off and eat them in a bowl with soup on them.”
These people from the dart board had travelled far and wide and had indeed seen all kinds of food, but spicy hotpot was the first time they had ever seen it. Seeing the people around them eating sweetly, they also took their favourite food and sat down at a stall to the side to feast on it.
Song Sanxiao kept looking at Qi Ying.
When Qi Ying noticed and looked over, he hurriedly withdrew his gaze and lowered his head to wash the dishes; when Qi Ying lowered his head to eat, he quietly looked over again.
He knew that he was not good enough for Qi Ying, but he just couldn’t help liking her. Since that day had passed, he had been thinking about her all the time, even in his dreams.
“Boss, you’ve treated this pig offal very well, I wonder what method you used?”
A man standing in front of the stall asked as he took a big bite, most of his plate was filled with pork offal, the pills were too expensive for him to buy, and the pork offal was just right, it was good enough to satisfy his craving for meat and cost less money at the same time.
“I can’t tell you this, we’re counting on this secret recipe to make money.”
Once he heard it was a secret recipe, the man stopped asking and finished his plate and reached for a few more skewers.
“It’s really delicious.” A dart master about Qi Ying’s age praised, his plate was filled with all sorts of pills and pork offal, no vegetables in sight, and he couldn’t stop eating.
Qi Ying also nodded, she had also eaten quite a lot, especially the various kinds of pills, which were strong and smooth, “Remember how much you have eaten, and leave your money later.”
The little girl’s family is not rich, they can’t get into this light.
Several people nodded, and when they had eaten their fill, they did not move and ordered the bamboo sticks, each reporting how much they had eaten with a gesture that only they understood.
More than eighty wens.
Qi Ying took out a small piece of silver and pressed it under the plate, got up and greeted Li Cui Lan, and led several people away.
As soon as she left, Song Sanxiao walked over and put the broken silver away, as it was more than enough to pay for the meal. The reason he pretended not to see Qi Ying give the money was that he wanted to take the opportunity to pay her back and see her again.
Liu Cui Lan and Song Shu were too busy greeting the customers to notice the commotion.
Song Sanxiao was so tired that he sat on a stool and panted. He had never done so much work before, and if it wasn’t for Qi Ying, he wouldn’t have come tomorrow.
Xu Laosan’s daughter-in-law came over to her, as Song Shu and Song Sanxiao had gone to pull the benches in the morning without asking her to help, so she did not come over here, lest people think she wanted to come and work.
After she had eaten, she took a look from afar and saw how busy they were, and that’s when she came over.
When she got close, she saw that there were still many dishes left to wash, so she started to roll up her sleeves, “Sister-in-law, I went to help with someone in the morning, I have nothing to do at noon, if you are too busy here, just go and call me, don’t treat me as an outsider.”
“Then I’ll trouble you.”
Before Liu Cui Lan could say anything, Song San Xiao already said immediately, he really couldn’t work anymore, he was too tired.
Liu Cui Lan wanted to stop her, but Xu Laosan’s daughter-in-law had already squatted down and started washing.
Li Cuilan gave Song Sanxiao a fierce glare. Twisting her face and smiling, she said to Xu Laosan’s daughter-in-law, “Then I won’t be polite to sister-in-law.”
Liu Cui Lan pulled her down and turned around and put ten strings of pork offal on a plate and brought it to her, “It’s not anything valuable, take it back to the children to satisfy their cravings.”
Xu Laosan’s daughter-in-law pushed the plate over, “Sister-in-law, if you do this, I won’t dare to come over again.”
Liu Cui Lan pushed it back again, “I don’t mean that, even if you don’t come, I will still ask Sandi to send you some. This time, not only these tables and stools, but also this pottery stove must be sent to your house.
“I’ll take care of that, sister-in-law. ……”
Liu Cui Lan held down her hand, “If you are polite to sister-in-law again, sister-in-law will not ask for your help.”
……
A carriage stopped at the entrance of the Song family, and the boy on the carriage jumped down and walked to the gate just in time to see Song Shen coming out of the house, and asked, “Excuse me, is this Miss Song Wan Yue Song’s house?”