Carpenter Zhao was very fast, but in two days he finished the cake stand that Li Hehua asked for, exactly as she asked. Da He used a small cart to help Li Hehua transport the shelf.

The shelf was ready, Li Hehua started to make three new cakes the night before, each made 20 pieces, and placed them on the shelf together with the other cakes, no longer using the previous basket.

The pastry rack is one person high and is divided into two parts: the lower part is a cabinet, which can put various things in it, and the upper part is used to place cakes. There are three layers in total, and each layer can hold two kinds of cakes, one piece. The pastries are no longer crowded together, but neatly spread on the shelf in pieces, which looks more beautiful and makes people want to eat.

As soon as the shelves were set up, the thick sweet fragrance filled the surrounding air, which immediately attracted the curious onlookers of the people around. They are all squatting on the side of the road and selling them in baskets.

However, such a shelf is definitely much better than a basket. People who see it all think it is good, and they all praise the goodness of this shelf, saying that it looks clear and good-looking. The three newly-made pastries were all placed in the most conspicuous positions, and they could be seen by everyone at a glance. When everyone asked curiously, Cao Simei introduced them to the guests one by one according to Li Hehua's teaching.

It is inevitable that some people will not dare to buy new food. Li Hehua prepared it before. At home, he cut three kinds of new cakes into small pieces and placed them on a plate for the guests to try. Only the guests thought it was delicious. will buy.

Whenever there is a tasting, there will always be a lot of people around the pastry stall, especially children. Looking at the pastry rack, they are reluctant to leave and clamoring to eat. The stall was very lively for a while, Cao Simei and Daya were busy all the time.

"Auntie, why is your house so lively today? What are you doing over there?" A child's voice came from in front of him. When Li Hehua saw it, it turned out to be the little guy Gu Jinzhao.

Gu Jinzhao's hand was being held by Gu Zhijin when his uncle and nephew came together.

Li Hehua hurriedly asked, "Jin Zhao, why are you here?"

Gu Jinzhao retracted his gaze towards the pastry stall and replied to Li Hehua's words, "Auntie, take a rest today, I will ask the second uncle to bring me to your place, I want to play with Shulin."

It turned out to be like this, Li Hehua said: "Okay, hurry up and sit down, Shulin is over there." Li Hehua pointed to the table where Shulin was, and then said: "There is Auntie's pastry stall, which is newly made today. Three kinds of cakes, you go and sit, and my aunt will bring them to you."

Gu Jinzhao smiled sweetly, seeing that Shulin was sitting at a table and playing Jiulianhuan seriously, broke free from Gu Zhijin's hand, ran to Shulin, and sat next to Shulin.

Watching Gu Zhijin still standing there, Li Hehua smiled at him and said, "Master Gu, you can also sit down, you're welcome."

Gu Zhijin nodded, "Excuse me today."

Li Hehua smiled, this Master Gu always speaks so politely.

Li Hehua went to the pastry stall, put three new pastries on a plate, and brought them to the table where the two children and Master Gu were. "This is the new pastry sold today, you can try it, and I will bring it to you after you finish eating."

The eyes of the two little guys lit up, and Gu Jinzhao immediately said sweetly, "Thank you, Auntie." After that, he picked up a piece of horseshoe cake and put it in his mouth. The expression on his face immediately became very enjoyable, and he was ready to shoot a food advertisement.

Seeing Gu Jinzhao's movements, Shulin also took a piece and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing a lot more than usual, and obviously enjoying it.

Li Hehua is funny, these two little guys are so cute...

At this time, Gu Zhijin suddenly asked, "Boss, do you want to open a shop?"

Li Hehua saw that Gu Zhijin was looking at the announcement she wrote about renting a shop, and said truthfully: "Yes, I want to rent a shop for business purposes. It is not convenient to set up a stall, and there is not enough space now."

Gu Zhijin nodded, "Boss, your business is so good, a shop is indeed more convenient than a stall. Have you found a good shop?"

Li Hehua sighed, shook his head and replied, "No, the shops in the town are not very easy to rent. I searched for a long time and couldn't find it."

Gu Zhijin didn't know much about doing business, and wondered, "Is it so hard to find? Don't you have one?"

Li Hehua smiled bitterly, "I really don't have one. After looking for it for so many days, there is one. It's a restaurant to be sold, but it's too expensive. I can't buy it, so I can only find another one."

Gu Zhijin frowned.

Gu Jinzhao, who was happily nibbling on the pastry, heard the words, rolled his eyes and curved his mouth, and said, "Auntie, how much money do you lack? You can ask my second uncle, my second uncle is rich."

"Jin Zhao, don't talk nonsense!" Gu Zhijin reprimanded softly. It is too frivolous to say this, and it is easy for others to misunderstand, and it will not be good if it affects the reputation of the boss.

This kid always loves to talk nonsense.

Li Hehua knew that the child was innocent and didn't care. He smiled and said, "Thank you Jin Zhao for your kindness, but my aunt will soon be able to make enough money, and if she makes enough money, she can buy a restaurant."

Gu Jinzhao pouted, swallowed the words in his mouth under the stare of his second uncle, "Oh" and stopped talking, and lowered his head to eat his own cakes.

Gu Zhijin looked at Li Hehua with a slightly unnatural expression, "Boss, don't mind the children talking nonsense."

Li Hehua waved his hand, "I don't mind, Jin Zhao is also kind, it's nothing, don't talk about him."

Gu Zhijin pursed his lips, hesitated a bit, moved his mouth, and finally said, "Actually, if you need money, I can... lend it to you." After that, he added, "Wait until you earn it. I'll be fine with the money."

Li Hehua was slightly stunned, and shook his head with a chuckle, "Thank you, Master Gu, but no need, I don't have to buy it, I will buy it when I have enough money."

Gu Zhijin pursed the corners of his lips slightly, and said, "Is that so, that...then you can find me if you need it."

Li Hehua smiled and thanked Master Gu for his kindness. But she didn't want to borrow money from Master Gu, and she didn't want to owe this favor. If she wanted to borrow money, why would she pay back Zhang Tieshan's money once or twice?

She still wants to earn enough money to buy it.

Speaking of Zhang Tieshan, Li Hehua glanced at Shulin who was playing with Gu Jinzhao, and was a little puzzled. Today is Shulin Xiumu. Didn't he take him home when he said Shulin Xiumu? Why didn't Zhang Tieshan come to pick him up yesterday? Nothing will happen, will it?

Realizing what she was thinking, Li Hehua shook her head. She was so worried about him. What could happen to someone as strong as him? Forget it, he wouldn't come if he didn't come to pick him up. never appeared.

Get rid of everything about Zhang Tieshan in her mind. The most important thing now is about the shop. Although the shop cannot be opened for the time being, she believes that it will be open soon, so now, in addition to making money, she should also do the right thing. Some preparations.

She is going to recruit two apprentices.

Once she opens a shop, the scale will not be as small as it is now. At that time, she plans to divide the shop into three parts, one part will still make the same snacks as now, the other part will be opened separately for cakes, and the last part will be The high-end route, cooking delicate dishes, including the use of boxes, she will be in charge of this part.

But by that time, the shop must be open all day or even at night, so she has no time to prepare cakes and snacks, and she wants to spend more time with her children, so she plans to hire two Apprentice, one makes cakes and the other makes snacks.

Everything has to be prepared in advance, so this person has to be recruited now, and then start teaching, training first, and when he can become a teacher, the shop is almost open, and then let them be responsible for making cakes and snacks, and she is responsible for cooking. .

It is not a simple matter to recruit apprentices. The person Li Hehua wants to recruit must not be ignorant of cooking skills in terms of craftsmanship. At least they must be good at cooking and have good talent; Of course, it is necessary to have a good character and be an honest person. Those with bad character, even if they are talented, she will not want them.

Recruiting apprentices is not a trivial matter, and it is not enough to rely on introductions, so she plans to openly recruit, and directly write a public notice and post it on the booth, waiting for people to come to the door, and then she will interview and conduct inspections one by one.

In the evening, after Li Hehua finished his work, he lit the oil lamp, spread a piece of white paper on the table, and wrote an apprenticeship announcement with a brush, which stated the recruitment requirements and basic wages.

Although apprentices generally don't have much money, and some even want to give money to their masters, but Li Hehua thinks of the difficulties of ordinary people in this era, and is not prepared to do so. She pays apprentices the same salary, but the salary before leaving the apprenticeship is not too high. Ten cents a day's wages.

After the notice was written, Li Hehua posted it on the booth and placed it together with the original rent-seeking notice, which was very eye-catching.

You are already familiar with the rent-seeking notice. Now that you see a new notice posted, you are naturally curious. Those who know the words will read it directly. The guests explained the contents of the notice, so within two days, everyone knew that she was going to recruit an apprentice, so naturally some people came to ask.

A total of three people came on the first day. The first one was a 10-year-old man. He had never been in the kitchen for so long, but he was attracted by Li Hehua's writing about food, drink, and wages, so he wanted to try it. . Li Hehua politely declined.

The second is a middle-aged woman who has been in the kitchen. Li Hehua refused to let her make a noodle dish, because this woman is not only good at cooking, but also quite dirty. She doesn't know how to wash her hands before cooking. I just grabbed the rag and went to grab the noodles. After making the noodles, I didn’t know how to tidy up the stove. I was used to cooking this way, and I didn’t realize that I was not clean. Li Hehua doesn't want people who don't have the habit of loving cleanliness, because the habit is hard to change.

The third place is even more exaggerated. He is an ignorant gangster. He is also attracted by Li Hehua's package of food, drinks and wages. He didn't come to learn the craft at all, but wanted to find a place for free for a long time. Have a meal. Of course Li Hehua would not dare to ask for such a person.

Three people came one day and they were not reliable. Li Hehua cheered up and continued the next day.

Four people came the next day. Except for one of them who didn't know how to cook at all, the other three still knew a little bit. Li Hehua made a fried noodles in front of the three of them, and then asked them to learn to cook the same. .

The three of them have never seen noodles that can be fried and eaten, and of course they have never done it before. The first person made it directly fried, the second person did not master the salt well and it was salty; the third person was complete Made it, but the taste is far from Li Hehua's request.

These three people only know the furnishing of cooking skills, not to mention cooking skills, let alone talented.

Li Hehua shook his head in denial.

I didn't expect it to be so difficult to find a talented apprentice who can cook. It's much harder than in modern times, but can understand it when think about it. In modern times, there is no such concept as 'cooking is a woman's business', and most families are instead Men cook, and some men are better at craftsmanship than their wives. And here, the idea of ​​'a gentleman is far away from the kitchen, and cooking and housework is a woman's job' is still adhered to, so it is already very great for a man to know a little cooking skills, which leads to too few people who meet her requirements. As for married women who can cook, who would come out to be apprentices?

Li Hehua sighed again after a busy day.

Shulin saw Li Hehua sigh heavily, his little brows were slightly wrinkled, he stopped playing with his cloth tiger, ran over, crawled onto her lap, sat in her arms, and used The fleshy little hand touched her face, then blinked at her with big eyes.

What's the matter with mother?

Li Hehua was immediately attracted by the little guy, and the matter of recruiting apprentices that he was thinking about just now was forgotten.

"What's the matter, Shulin, are you worried about the mother sighing?"

Shulin put two small arms around her neck, and her small face rubbed against her neck, like a little milk cat.

Li Hehua lowered his head and kissed the top of his hair, and patted his small back, "It's okay, my mother is thinking about something, so I sighed."

The little guy's big black eyes flashed worry.

Really a little hot guy. Li Hehua smiled, gave him a heavy kiss on the fleshy cheek, and teased him: "Mother was worried just now, but as long as Shulin kisses her like this, mother will not worry."

The little guy opened his mouth slightly, surprise flashed in his big eyes, tilted his head and thought for a moment, then leaned gently close to Li Hehua's face, pouted his small mouth, touched her cheek lightly, and immediately retracted after touching it. , looked curiously at the place he just kissed, and then looked at Li Hehua's face.

This is Shulin's first relative! Li Hehua was excited and couldn't help rubbing the little guy in his arms, "My dear, why are you so cute! If you kiss me, my mother won't have any troubles at all!"

When the little guy heard it, his big eyes lit up immediately, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, very happy.

Li Hehua was about to love the little man in his arms, so he kissed him on the forehead again. As a result, after the little guy was kissed, he also pouted, and took another sip on Li Hehua's cheek, and issued a "mua" One beep.

"Hehehe..." Li Hehua couldn't stop laughing when he was kissed, a warm current flowing in his heart.

The little guy can even take the initiative to relatives now. He is getting better little by little. There is nothing more gratifying than this. Li Hehua couldn't help thinking, if Zhang Tieshan saw it, he would be as happy as her, right?

Uh, Zhang Tieshan...

Li Hehua's smile subsided unconsciously.

This person has not appeared for several days, and has not gone to the academy to read the book forest.

Li Hehua patted the little guy in his arms on the back, "Shulin, did Daddy come to see you today and give you money?"

Shulin shook his head, his mouth pouted slightly, and looked at Li Hehua suspiciously.

Why didn't Daddy come?

Li Hehua's brows furrowed, and his right eyelid jumped involuntarily. He felt a little flustered for no reason, and he didn't know where the emotion came from.

After doing the math, Zhang Tieshan didn't show up for five or six days. Before, he would go to the academy every two or three days, and then put the money in Shulin and ask him to come back to her.

Li Hehua was accustomed to his actions, and was used to stuffing some money into Zhang Tieshan's cloth bag every two or three days.

But Shulin hasn't come back to give her money in the past few days, and Zhang Tieshan has never been to the academy, but Zhang Tieshan's character is not that kind of giving up halfway. She knew his stubbornness.

Li Hehua didn't know what was wrong, but he always felt strange in his heart.

Shulin looked at Li Hehua, saw that she was ignoring him, and reached out a small hand to touch her face.

Li Hehua finally came to his senses and knocked on his head, feeling that something was wrong with her brain. She had rejected him so many times before, but now that he no longer comes to send money, she should be happy, she is not right here. !

After teaching himself a lesson in his heart, Li Hehua put aside the messy thoughts in his mind.