Chapter 384: Not an Adoptive Mother 25
Aunt Zhang slapped her thigh excitedly and said, "Oh, Yuanchun, tell me what's wrong with your brain. How did you come up with the idea of ​​opening an entertainment room? That's great. In the future, when it's freezing cold in the winter, we old people will have a place to go."

Then, Aunt Zhang asked quietly, "Yuanchun, how much is a ticket to your entertainment room?"

Yuanchun laughed, "No need to spend money, ma'am, it's all free to come and play. I'll also provide you with hot water to make tea. Of course, you can bring your own teacups and tea leaves."

"Of course. It's a good deal for us old folks to play here for free. We can't shamelessly ask you to pay for the tea. It's all year round. You'll have to pay a lot of tea. If you ask me, don't even provide hot water. The coal briquettes are not blown by the wind."

Aunt Zhang was petty-minded.

Yuanchun was happy. "It's just some coal briquettes. It's okay. I don't need that little money right now. I don't supply tea, but I think that everyone has different preferences. I'm afraid that the tea I supply will not suit the old man's taste."

In order to ensure the warmth of the entertainment room in winter, Yuanchun spent a lot of money to install radiators in both courtyards, and also installed a large stove for heating. She also bought a large kettle and placed it on the stove so that hot water could be supplied all day long.

The old tables and chairs used in the entertainment room were all thrown away by people who sold their courtyard houses. Because they were moving into a new building and needed new furniture, they were all given to her for free.

She collected seven or eight sets, had them repainted, and repaired some of the flimsy ones. Worried that there would not be enough chairs, she bought a dozen new chairs, a pool table, and two mahjong tables.

Although she provides poker and mahjong, the entertainment room also has regulations. People who want to play for money are not welcome in her entertainment room. Her entertainment room is a place to provide entertainment for the elderly, not a casino.

Yuanchun's entertainment room opened soon.

Because we were the only family there and it was November, the weather outside was getting colder and the old people didn't like to stay outside, so there were a lot of people coming to play on the first day. There were not enough benches in the house, so some grandpas had to play while standing.

Because it is winter, the recreation room is warm and attracts many old men and women to come and play. Some young people also go to the recreation room during holidays.

Because there is a recreation room, the grocery store business is also very good. The grocery store still sells groceries, braised food and fried food as before.

But after the entertainment room had been open for half a month, an old man made a dissatisfied suggestion, "Xiao Bao's mother, you have food and wine in your store, you can cook some noodles and rice to sell, we can play until noon, and then have a meal at the table, so we don't have to go home to eat, the trouble of going back and forth, and it's also troublesome for us to cook."

Afterwards, Yuanchun bought two extra-large rice cookers.

Every day when she cooks at noon, she would put a few more bowls of rice, cook a pot of rice, and then cook another pot of two-grain porridge. Some elderly people have bad teeth and don’t like to eat rice, so they like to drink porridge.

In order to get the elderly to eat porridge, she added four cold dishes to the stewed food cabinet, and prepared four different cold dishes every day.

As a result, her monthly profit increased significantly.

Yuanchun thought that her life would continue to be so lively and colorful. However, not long after the word "demolition" was painted on the wall of this community, Wang Xiaoyan, who she had almost forgotten, suddenly appeared in front of her.

"Mom, I finally found you."

The little girl's eyes were filled with tears and she was crying uncontrollably.

She was skinny and pale, and it was obvious that she was malnourished. Her clothes were patched and loose on her, not fitting her at all.

Yuanchun was stunned for a long time before she recognized her, but she pretended not to recognize her, "Who are you? Why do you call me mom when you see someone? I only have one son, Xiaobao, but no daughter. Did you recognize the wrong person?"

(End of this chapter)