Siheyuan: I, an ordinary resident, the king of chefs

Most of the guests have left.

There was still an old man standing there. He smiled and said to Zhang Liang, "Young man, I will reserve a place for you tomorrow. Just come and set up your stall."

Zhang Liang looked at the old man in front of him and said to him, "Thank you very much."

When he said this, Zhang Liang took out two bags of tea and handed them to the old man:

"Grandpa, this tea is a thank you gift to you. My brother and I will definitely come here to set up a stall tomorrow."

The old man didn't hesitate and took the two bags of tea. "Okay, I'll be waiting to eat your cooking tomorrow."

After saying this, the old man smiled and waved goodbye to Zhang Liang and left.

Seeing Zhang Lin still cleaning up the dishes, Zhang Liang walked over to help.

When the vendors nearby saw the brother and sister packing up, they all hurried over to join them.

Because the brother and sister set up a stall here, their business is much better than usual, and everyone is happy to come and help.

They also took the things from their stalls and gave them to the brother and sister:

"Oh, young man, your cooking smells so good, I'm drooling just by smelling it."

"Yes, those guests came to line up and bought a lot of things from our house, all thanks to you."

"These are our homemade braised meats. Take them home and try them."

"And mine. My tofu pudding is the best in Beijing. I've made some for both of you. Have a try too."

Zhang Liang and Zhang Lin had smiles on their faces as they chatted with the vendors while cleaning up.

"We all have stalls on this street, so we help each other. Today, we have to thank you for the stools, otherwise our customers wouldn't have a place to sit."

One of the uncles smiled and scratched his head:

"Little things, little things."

With the help of the vendors, the brother and sister quickly packed up the stall. While eating salty tofu pudding, they took out all the money they had collected that day.

Zhang Lin looked at the pile of banknotes in front of him, his eyes almost bloomed with smiles, and said to Zhang Liang:

"Oh my god, Third Brother!!"

"Guess how much money we made from setting up the stall today."

Zhang Liang estimated the dishes sold today, and then said, "There should be more than 30."

Zhang Lin smiled and nodded:

"That's 43 yuan in total!"

"After deducting the cost of the ingredients we bought today, we made 31 yuan!!"

"I made more than 30 in just one day!"

Seeing Zhang Lin getting more and more excited, Zhang Liang nodded with satisfaction. It seemed that the money sold today was about the same as he had expected.

Moreover, today is the first day of setting up the stall, and the ingredients bought are indeed a bit too little. If I prepare more ingredients tomorrow, I will definitely be able to sell more.

Thinking of this, Zhang Liang said to Zhang Lin:

"Let's go to the market tomorrow and buy some more ingredients. Many of our customers didn't get any food today."

"If we can sell more stir-fried vegetables tomorrow, we can make more money."

Zhang Lin held the full amount of money in his hand, feeling extremely happy, and said to Zhang Liang: "Okay! I'll steam more rice tomorrow, as we don't have enough rice today!"

"Third brother, your cooking skills are really great."

"We have earned more than 30 yuan today, which is more than what my brother earns in a month. My brother's monthly salary is only 28 yuan."

Zhang Liang smiled and tapped her head: "This is just the beginning. We can make more money in the future."

Zhang Lin also stuck out his tongue: "This is the first time I've received so much money, I'm really happy."

The two quickly finished their salty tofu pudding and pushed the cart to the market to buy dinner for the day.

While walking on the road, Zhang Liang noticed that Zhang Lin's clothes had holes in them. "I'll buy you new clothes later. Look, your clothes are full of holes."

Zhang Lin followed the direction of Zhang Liang's finger, looked at the hole in his clothes, smiled and shook his head:

"No need, Third Brother. My clothes can still be worn after mending them. Why would I spend that money on buying clothes?"

Zhang Liang felt a little sad when he saw Zhang Lin's sensible look.

She is only a teenager now, and girls of her age would jump for joy when they hear about buying new clothes.

But Zhang Lin was reluctant to buy it because he felt sorry for the money.

Thinking of this, Zhang Liang couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

In his previous life, he was alone and had no brothers or sisters to help him. Now that he met Zhang Lin, he felt the warmth of home.

So, Zhang Liang decided to make more money so that his family could live a good life.

But this is premised on the fact that they can save the money and never let the old man at home know about it.

While pushing the cart, Zhang Liang said to Zhang Lin:

"That's fine. We just made some money now, so it's not good to be too conspicuous. I'll buy you new clothes after a while."

Zhang Lin smiled and nodded, and then heard Zhang Liang continue:

"By the way, we must not let our father know that we are making money by setting up a stall. We should keep it a secret if possible."

Zhang Lin naturally knew what Zhang Liang meant. After all, his father was a notorious scoundrel.

As the head of the family, he has no ability to make money and hangs around in the alleys all day.

The father has played an indispensable role in making their family as poor as it is today.

So Zhang Lin agreed, "Don't worry, Third Brother, I won't tell our father."

The two of them pushed the cart to the market and bought today's ingredients. Zhang Lin was holding the full bag and looked at Zhang Liang with surprise.

"Third brother, aren't we buying too many vegetables today? We're just having dinner."

Zhang Lin looked at the two large bags of pork in his hands and felt a little uneasy.

There is hardly any meat in their house all year round.

Even during the Chinese New Year, I would buy some pork to stir-fry a dish of meat. The whole family would take turns eating with their chopsticks, and it would be all gone in no time.

Before I could even satisfy my craving, the food was already gone.

Now they bought so much meat just for tonight's dinner, Zhang Lin felt like he was dreaming.

Zhang Liang naturally knew what Zhang Lin was thinking, and said to her with a smile on his face: "We made so much money today, we have to reward ourselves with a good meal."

"Brother has worked hard in the steel mill all day, and you have been busy for so long too. If you don't eat some meat and vegetables, how will you have the energy to continue working tomorrow?"

Zhang Lin nodded thoughtfully:

"What Third Brother said makes sense."

"Wait a minute, if our eldest brother came home and saw such a sumptuous dinner, his jaw would drop to the ground in shock."