Chapter 59: Repeat Business
The little boy was about five or six years old, chubby and very cute.

Jiang Xiaoxiao couldn't help but laugh when she looked at him.

[My eight-treasure porridge is delicious, do you want to try it?]

[Humph, you must have never eaten such delicious eight-treasure porridge as mine.]

The little boy stared at Jiang Xiaoxiao with his big round eyes, thinking to himself, how strange! This little girl didn't say anything, but how come I could tell what she was thinking just by looking into her eyes?
The little boy couldn't hold back his curiosity, so he walked up to Jiang Xiaoxiao and pointed at the cute little bowl in front of her, "Is this really delicious?"

Jiang Xiaoxiao blinked her big eyes, nodded gently, and responded in a sweet voice: "Yeah."

As she spoke, she couldn't wait to take another big sip.

The little boy was pulled out of bed by his grandmother early in the morning and went to the street with his grandmother to buy vegetables. He had not had breakfast yet and was very hungry.

Seeing Jiang Xiaoxiao eating happily, his appetite was aroused and he felt even hungrier.

"Grandma, I want to eat this porridge!" He pointed at Jiang Xiaoxiao's bowl, turned his head and shouted at his grandma at the top of his voice.

The old lady felt sorry for her precious grandson who was hungry, so she took out her coin purse from her bosom and asked Liu Xihua, "How much is a bowl of porridge?"

Liu Xihua was overjoyed and quickly replied, "Six cents a bowl."

She was secretly happy in her heart. She didn't expect to attract business so quickly.

"Then give me two bowls." The old lady took out a dime and a half bill from her coin purse and handed it to Liu Xihua.

Liu Xihua took it, put it in her pocket, smiled and nodded, "Okay, sit wherever you want, I'll bring it right away."

She filled two bowls of porridge and brought them to the table.

The little boy glanced at Jiang Xiaoxiao and started eating with slurps.

"Wow, so sweet." He took a bite and looked at Jiang Xiaoxiao, "I have the same porridge as you."

Jiang Xiaoxiao was amused by him. Children are really easy to please.

[If it tastes good, come back tomorrow. If you don’t come, I’ll eat it all.]

When the little boy heard Jiang Xiaoxiao's thoughts, his jaw almost dropped in surprise!

This little girl actually wants to eat up all the eight-treasure porridge. Doesn’t that mean he will have nothing to eat tomorrow?

No, no, we must not let her eat it all!
He quickly pulled the old lady's sleeve and said coquettishly, "Grandma, can we come here to eat again tomorrow?"

The old lady's family is not short of money. Her son and old man both work in factories in the town.

Hearing her grandson's request, the old lady agreed without hesitation: "Okay, okay, you eat your food well and don't leave any leftovers. Grandma will bring you here tomorrow."

When the little boy heard this, he was very happy, and nodded quickly, "Yes, I will definitely eat it all!" After that, he picked up the spoon and started to eat the eight-treasure porridge in big mouthfuls.

The eight-treasure porridge was hot and sweet, and it tasted better the more you ate it! The little boy ate it with gusto and finished the whole bowl of porridge in a short while.

He proudly held the empty bowl in front of his grandmother and boasted, "Look, grandma, I ate it all!"

The old lady looked at her grandson's satisfied look, smiled from ear to ear, gently touched his head and said, "Not bad, good boy, I'll buy you another one tomorrow."

While the two were still eating porridge, someone else came in and asked about breakfast.

Jiang Xiaoxiao did not forget to use her skills, "Mom——"

She can't speak, she can only call "Mom".

Whenever someone came in, she would call for her mother.

This amused the people who were having breakfast and they couldn't help laughing.

The guest even brought his bowl and sat next to her, eating and making her laugh.

Jiang Xiaoxiao refused to smile, and kept a straight face. But she was cute, and no matter she smiled or kept a straight face, she was always likable.

With the first customer, there was no worry about the second one, and soon there was the third and fourth.

After a while, the two tables in Liu Xihua's shop were half occupied.

Most of the people who came in came to see Jiang Xiaoxiao.

For a while, Liu Xihua's newly opened shop was doing better business than the old shop diagonally opposite.
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Around noon, Jiang Daguo returned from City A.

At this time, Liu Xihua had closed her breakfast business and was taking a break to play with Jiang Xiaoxiao.

Jiang Daguo pushed his bicycle into the corner of the shop and parked it. Liu Xihua happily told him about today's breakfast business.

"The eight-treasure porridge, soy milk, and glutinous rice balls you ordered this morning are all sold out. I counted the money and it was a total of four dollars and thirty cents."

Jiang Daguo asked in surprise, "So many?"

"Well, after deducting the costs, I can make half of it, right? That's dozens of dollars a month, which is comparable to the salary of an experienced worker in the city," Liu Xihua said excitedly.

Jiang Daguo also talked about his gains today, "Deputy Director Hu introduced me to two companies, and both of them also asked me to deliver food. After a month, my income here is several dozen yuan."

"Oh, then our combined income would be around 100 yuan, which is more than 1,000 yuan a year," Liu Xihua said in surprise.

"We can start building the building next year." Jiang Daguo rubbed his hands excitedly.

Listening to the couple chatting about business, Jiang Xiaoxiao was happy for them.
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Because Liu Xihua was still pregnant, although selling breakfast was not a strenuous job, she had no rest and it was quite harmful to her health.

Even though he wanted to make money early, Jiang Daguo still didn't want Liu Xihua to be too tired.

The ingredients prepared for the next day not only did not increase, but were even less.

Just let Liu Xihua have some income so that she won’t feel idle and can earn enough to cover the rent.

Liu Xihua wanted to object, but she was also worried that being too tired would hurt the baby she had finally conceived, so she had no choice but to listen to Jiang Daguo's arrangements.

However, after Jiang Daguo delivered the food and left, Jiang Meihua came to the street.

She came to buy seeds and stopped by to see Liu Xihua.

Seeing that Liu Xihua was busy, she simply stayed to help.

The aunt and sister-in-law were busy, and someone said in surprise, "This is... Jiang Meihua? Your family opened a store?"

Jiang Meihua looked up and found that it was Tai Wenguang. She nodded with embarrassment and said, "This is the shop opened by my eldest brother and his wife. I am here to help."

Liu Xihua saw him coming and hurriedly greeted him, "Come in and have breakfast? You are an acquaintance, we will treat you, no charge."

Tai Wenguang smiled and waved his hand, "How can that be possible?"

After he came in and sat down, he still took out the money and put it on the table.

Liu Xihua refused to accept it, but he insisted on paying.

"Okay, then accept it. You are so polite." Liu Xihua smiled and shook her head.

Refusing to take the money, she put a few more dumplings in the bowl and added more sugar than others.

After serving, Liu Xihua pulled Jiang Meihua's sleeve and motioned her to take it over.

Jiang Meihua put the glutinous rice balls in front of Tai Wenguang with an embarrassed look on her face. "Here, it's done."

Just as she was about to turn around, Liu Xihua brought another bowl of glutinous rice balls and placed it opposite Tai Wenguang, and pushed Jiang Meihua over to sit down, "You didn't have breakfast? Eat something too."

(End of this chapter)