Su Xiaomu put down her work and went out to entertain the guests. She still had a very standard smile on her face: "In addition to Roujiamo and braised eggs, we have two more things here. One is called pancake fruit, and the other is called pancake fruit.

Ice powder.”

"Ice powder? This is really fresh."

The guest was waving a fan in his hand, ordering every kind of interesting dish, "Boss, is there any ice here?"

"It just got its name because it can relieve the heat after eating it.

These days, except for government offices and wealthy people, where can you see ice? In other words, you, the guest, are well-informed and know such a rare thing."

Su Xiaomu does know how to make ice, but normally she doesn't dare to show off her cleverness.

After serving food to regular customers, several more customers came in.

Su Xiaomu promoted the shop's signature dishes to them one by one.

Several children happened to have returned from the market, so she asked them to help serve the food, and called Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Yin in.

Mrs. Chen was responsible for greeting the guests, while Mrs. Yin worked in the kitchen with her.

The number of guests gradually increased, and the benefits of this narrow alley gradually became apparent.

The more people there are, the louder the noise will be. The smaller the place, the more lively the place will be.

It happened to be the time when classes were over at the academy, and many students came to eat in search of the aroma.

They had just emerged from the academy at this moment, facing the sun and scorching sun, and it was the time when the heat was getting serious.

Each person took a sip of ice powder to relieve the heat around his body, and then started thinking about the next meal.

"Let me tell you, boss, your ice powder is really good at antipyretic. If we drink a bowl of it, we can completely dissipate the heat from our bodies."

A student was talking to Su Xiaomu.

She was no stranger to this person. She mentioned that when she was setting up a stall in the academy a few days ago, this student often took care of her business.

He can be regarded as one of the few regular customers that Su Xiaomu rarely remembers.

"Otherwise, Mr. Luo, you know how to eat it. This ice powder is a new food I just researched a few days ago. It's perfect for a bowl in the summer."

She saw that the students at the table had all drank up the ice powder, so she took advantage of the situation to sell other food in the shop.

"Now that you've had a great time drinking, gentlemen, why don't you try our other new dish? The pancakes and fruit are also very good."

"That's not urgent, we just want to ask the boss if you will still sell this ice powder this afternoon?

I see your business is doing very well, I'm afraid we won't have such good food to eat when we get off school in the afternoon."

It's so hot every day. Mr. Luo looked at the gentle and beautiful boss and his voice became gentler: "I wonder if the boss is willing to make an extra meal of ice powder and sell it in the afternoon for the students of the academy?

Don’t worry, boss, since we have troubled you, we are willing to pay more.”

"Yes, yes, I'll give you an extra penny for every bowl. It's really too hot, and everyone really can't stand it."

"Yes, boss, just think about it. After all, your shop is close to the academy, so it's not particularly troublesome to go back and forth."

The students kept talking to each other, and all of them stared at Su Xiaomu with extremely expectant eyes, which made it difficult for her to say no.

It's just that today, I really can't make them an extra meal of ice powder.

After all, there are only so many ice powder seeds, and we didn’t make so many servings for sale last night.

She felt a little regretful about the extra penny per bowl, but she had to reluctantly refuse.

"I'm really sorry everyone, it's not that I don't want to sell more money, it's just that I really don't have that much ice powder for you, so why not do this.

You pay part of the deposit first, and I will bring the ice powder to you at the entrance of the academy as early as noon tomorrow."

"That's okay, then we'll give the money to you, boss, now."

Mr. Luo and the others paid the bill readily.

On the first day that Su Xiaomu and others opened the store, they were so busy that they had nowhere to put their feet.

All the food in the store was sold out, all the white flour and meat were consumed, and even the egg basket had only the straw at the bottom.

After seeing off the last guest, Su Xiaomu and the others had time to sit down and take a sip of cold water.

She looked apologetically at the children who had been busy with them all day.

"I originally wanted to make you some food, but now there is nothing in the store except water. If you want to eat something delicious, you can only wait until you go home."

"It's okay, Third Aunt, the business in the store is good, we all felt happy when we saw it."

Gu Ruochen made a milky sound while holding the water and sipping it in small sips.

His big eyes looked at Su Xiaomu intently, with such a soft and cute look, Su Xiaomu felt that his whole body was less tired.

She pinched Gu Ruochen's cheeks teasingly and said, "As long as you are happy, our Ruochen is such a cute child."

They rested for a while.

Su Xiaomu asked Mrs. Yin to take Gu Ruotong to get the pig head meat. Their business was good today, and they expected that tomorrow's business would not be much worse.

So one pig head might not be enough, so I have to buy some other meat to supplement it.

As for why Su Xiaomu didn't go?

This is not because Chen is here and she has other things to talk to her about.

"Second sister-in-law, looking at the egg consumption situation of our shop, I am afraid that our chickens are not enough. I asked you to help collect them in the village, but it is only a drop in the bucket.

Why don't you go back and discuss it with your natal family later, and we will all buy eggs from your natal family from now on."

Chapter 49: Smart Ruotong

Mrs. Chen did not expect that Su Xiaomu would take her mother's family with her when she started this business.

She had really worked in this shop for a whole day today, and she knew exactly how much money she made and whether she made money.

For the daily consumption of this shop, she really has to buy eggs from her parents' family.

But...why didn't the third child go to the village chief's wife to collect it?

After all, their family used to buy eggs from the village chief’s wife.

"Xiaomu, of course I am happy that you are willing to take my mother's family to make money together, but don't blame the second sister-in-law for talking too much. Before this, our family collected eggs from the village chief's wife."

Chen didn't ask clearly about this, so she felt a little depressed and uncomfortable. She has a straightforward temper, and she just wants to ask questions clearly when she encounters something unclear.

“Of course it’s nice to stay with the village chief’s wife, but it’s the village chief’s house after all, and the people in the village have mixed conversations.

Second sister-in-law doesn’t want to be caught asking about the status of our business every time she goes to collect eggs.”

"That's true. Then I'll talk to my elder brother when I go back later."

Mrs. Chen thought about it and this was indeed the truth. If her family wanted to make money, of course they had to do it behind closed doors.

Su Xiaomu and Chen waited in the shop for Yin and others to come back, then packed up and went home.

Because she was very hungry after a tiring day, Su Xiaomu bought a cake for each of them on the road.

After returning home, Ms. Yin was busy cooking in the kitchen, while Su Xiaomu went back to the room to count money.

Gu Ruotong came in to bring her water. Don't stand next to her and watch her settle accounts.

The little girl's big eyes were full of curiosity about the ledger. Su Xiaomu couldn't help but smile when she noticed it.

"Do you understand?"

She glanced at Gu Ruotong tenderly, then tilted her body slightly to reveal most of the account book to her.

"If you don't understand something, just ask me. Third Aunt will explain it to you patiently."

"I'm afraid... I'm afraid I'll trouble Third Aunt."

Although Gu Ruotong was already very familiar with Su Xiaomu, she was shy after all.

Before Su Xiaomu came, the only two people who could talk casually were her mother and sister.

So even though she wanted it very much at this moment, her first reaction was still to reject Su Xiaomu's kindness.

But Su Xiaomu was no different. She had always been very patient with the children of the Gu family.

Especially Gu Ruotong, she is even more partial.

So she pulled Gu Ruotong to sit next to her, opened the account book, and explained it to her word by word, symbol by stroke.

She was afraid of scaring the girl, so she thoughtfully slowed down her speaking speed and her voice.

"Actually, it's very simple to look at the ledger. For example, this word can represent..."

"Remember?

Although our family’s business is not big yet and we can’t make much money in a day, as long as we do business and there are income and expenses, we need to record it.”

"It's like what Third Auntie did with you just now. You tell Third Aunt how much money we made today?"

Su Xiaomu looked at Gu Ruotong with guiding eyes, her eyes full of encouragement.

"Earned...two-two-and-fifteen coppers..."

Gu Ruotong embarrassedly read out the words on the ledger.
To be continued...