Chapter 121 - Chapter 121: Chapter 121: Everyone Knows (Extra Chapter for reaching 45 Monthly Tickets, Fourth Update) (1/2)

Chapter 121: Chapter 121: Everyone Knows (Extra Chapter for reaching 45 Monthly Tickets, Fourth Update)

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Retreat a step and speak, if Zhuang Qingning no longer opened this tofu shop in the future, Zhuang Mingliang could also stand on his own two feet, and would no longer worry about making a living.

Not to mention a raise in his wages?

And it was quite a substantial raise.

“Miss Ning, rest assured, I will definitely instruct Mingliang to work hard and learn diligently from you.” Mrs. He was somewhat lost for words: “You should also be at ease, Mingliang is a honest child, he definitely won’t forget his roots once he learns the craft of making tofu…”

Zhuang Qingning suppressed a smile. No one else could replicate her secret to making tasty tofu. She wasn’t worried about the saying, teaching the apprentice, starving the master.

“I also think Mingliang is reliable, I trust him.” Zhuang Qingning laughed, “Although we will have to wait until the shop is all set before we can start making tofu, in the meantime you could help me look around and see if there are people who could work in the tofu shop, we need two shifts so the grinder doesn’t rest.”

“Alright, leave it to me, I’ll find people for you.” Zhuang Yonghe kept nodding his head. He chuckled, “To be honest with you, Miss Ning, when I was looking for people to work in the tofu shop last time, there were many who wanted to come but couldn’t. Some regretted after seeing others earn money from the work. There were quite a few who discreetly asked whether there were vacancies.”

“Knowing that you are looking for people to work, just spreading the word without even needing to look, people will come on their own.”

“I’ll help you screen, only good ones are recommended to you, you can make the final decision.”

“Ok,” Zhuang Qingning laughed: “Thank you, uncle, for your efforts on this.”

“Don’t mention it again,” Zhuang Yonghe said: “We all benefit from your tofu business, so it’s our duty to help you. If you keep being so polite, I would be upset.”

“Alright, no more of that,” Zhuang Qingning replied, brimming with laughter.

After she finished discussing the tofu shop with Zhuang Yonghe and Mrs. He and chatted for a while, Zhuang Qingning prepared to go home.

Mrs. He handed her a bunch of vegetables to bring home.

“Auntie, not that I’m turning down your kindness, but there are a lot of vegetables at home, Qingsui and I can’t finish them all. If I took these, it would be a waste,” Zhuang Qingning declined.

Hearing this, Mrs. He burst into laughter: “That’s right, the vegetables you grow arc truly good. They’re so abundant I can see them over the wall. I see the pumpkin leaves are thick and plushy. I bet the pumpkins will be big and sweet. Just by observing this, I know the other vegetables you grow are not inferior.”

“The land where we previously slaughtered pigs and sheep is rich, so the vegetables grow really well,” Zhuang Qingning chuckled softly: “The chives are growing like crazy, we can’t finish them. Auntie, if you ever run out of vegetables, feel free to pick some at our place.”

Instead of giving Zhuang Qingning vegetables, she wound up offering her vegetables. Mrs. He, of course, declined. Eventually, Mrs. He gave Zhuang Qingning a small basket of peanuts to take home for boiling with porridge, which would give it a fragrant taste.

Since Zhuang Qingning didn’t plant peanuts at home, she accepted the gift and returned home with the peanuts.

She began grinding the tofu at midnight, walked to town in the early morning, and when she sold most of the tofu, she asked Zhuang Qingsui to watch over the tofu stall while she tidied up the shop.

After cleaning the shop inside and out, she let Lian Rong bring over the shelves, boards, tables and so on, which Mrs. Deng had mentioned. She also had Zhuang Yonghe find a carpenter to make some special boards for placing tofu and chopping boards for cutting tofu.

Zhuang Qingning also had a signboard made, which she hung at the entrance of the shop as an advertisement prior to the opening.