Chapter 335

Early in the morning, Song Tan received a call from Sun Sun Shouping:

"Song Tan, is it convenient today? If it is, I'll bring a few dogs over to meet."

What kind of meeting?

Wu Lan, who was passing by, heard it and became instantly vigilant.

Song Tan held back her laughter and agreed immediately on the phone:

"Fine, you bring them over first. But the same old rule applies: whether they take a liking to each other depends on their own wishes."

"That's for sure."

Sun Sun Shouping promised very loudly: "With the excellent appearance of the dogs in your family, they must not be wronged in their relationships!"

Wu Lan:...

"It's dogs."

She turned her head away in disappointment.

Song Tan couldn't help but laugh: "Mom, we're talking about dogs, why are you so excited?"

"Who's excited?" Wu Lan said while helping Song Qiao Song Qiao rub the green peaches: "I just asked casually."

Alright, casual is casual. Song Tan didn't dare to dig deeper into this topic; otherwise, Song Qiao Song Qiao couldn't handle the heat, and wouldn't she be the only one in danger!

She then quickly said to Seventh Master: "Seventh Master, it's just the owner of the dog farm at noon. He's one of our own, just cook as you usually do."

No sooner had she finished speaking than Song Song Sancheng's phone rang as well:

"Hello... oh, Big Brother... coming back at noon? Fine... let's discuss the house... oh oh oh, that's fine..."

He hung up the phone, only to see everyone in the courtyard staring at him, and couldn't help but feel puzzled: "What are you looking at me for?"

He turned his head to look at Seventh Master again:

"Seventh Master—"

Seeing that Song Song Sancheng was about to continue, Song Tan quickly interrupted: "Seventh Master, it seems my eldest uncle is coming back. But he's also one of our own, so you don't need to do anything special."

The words on the tip of Song Song Sancheng's tongue were swallowed back.

Seventh Master looked at Song Tan, then at Song Song Youde, who was not saying much on the side, and agreed with a smile.

And just at this moment, Song Tan's phone rang again.

This time, the person calling was Brother Xiao Zhang.

"Song Tan, do you have many orders this morning? I happen to have a package for you here. I see it's sent via cold-chain shipping, so why not wait until the afternoon? I'll just bring it to you now while I'm on the way."

Song Tan was a bit puzzled; she hadn't bought anything recently, had she?

But she still agreed: "Fine, come on over. There aren't too many orders this morning... why don't you stay for a meal at noon, and we can pack everything together in the afternoon?"

One sheep is a herd, and one more doesn't make a difference.

Brother Xiao Zhang was indeed extremely happy: "Oh my, that's so embarrassing—home-cooked food is fine, I'm not picky!"

After saying this, both sides of the phone fell silent.

After a while, Brother Xiao Zhang seemed to have found his composure and said nonchalantly:

"By the way, do you still have any pickled green peaches? I'll take 100 jin at noon first. You prepare them, and I'll be right over—"

After hanging up, Song Tan looked at Seventh Master. Before she could speak, Seventh Master nodded calmly: "One of our own, just cook whatever, I know."

Song Tan laughed: "Maybe we should add a good dish; Brother Xiao Zhang brought an order for 100 jin of green peaches..."

Song Qiao Song Qiao, however, sighed melancholically: "I haven't had time for class lately... Sister, when will the peaches be finished?"

Although he wasn't tired, he didn't find it interesting anymore since he had been doing it for so long.

Who could bear to see such a pitiful, well-behaved treasure feeling down?

Song Tan quickly promised: "Just these two days! At the latest the day after tomorrow, once we finish picking, we won't pick anymore. Next year we'll hire people, and I definitely won't let you do this work again."

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Next year?

Song Qiao Song Qiao thought about it, and instantly became motivated: "Good! Then I'll hold on for two days! Don't affect my classes next time!"

"Mm-hmm!" Song Tan replied perfunctorily, while looking at Xin Jun, who was enthusiastically writing copy with Zhang Zhang Yanping: "Definitely next time."

Wu Lan finished cleaning up the peaches and settled the day's wages for the workers, sighing while wiping her sweat:

"It's so hot, yet quite a lot of people came today."

She looked at Song Tan: "I see the three-story building over there is finished and they are laying tiles. Should we prepare to buy furniture and appliances?"

Song Tan shook her head: "No need, leave that to Zhao Zhao Fangyuan—she gets group-buying prices, and she'll arrange the color schemes and decorations as well."

Wu Lan couldn't help but be speechless: "Aren't you afraid she'll take kickbacks?"

Song Tan laughed: "Appliance prices are transparent now. If she can take kickbacks, it proves she has the ability. Besides, my grandfather and my dad can tell at a glance whether the furniture material is good or not—Mom, don't look down on Zhao Zhao Fangyuan. I've seen her cases; each one is beautiful, practical, and cost-effective. Her reputation is actually very good."

Wu Lan glared at her: "Who's looking down on her? I'm talking about you, spending money like water and being a hands-off boss, not knowing how to worry at all."

Song Tan thought to herself, with Old Zhao's connection here, and their family promising Zhao Zhao Fangyuan a bunch of delicious food, if she really had the ability to cut corners, the loss wouldn't be just a little bit.

This bit of trust, just looking at how meticulous and dedicated the construction team is, is well worth it!

Although Wu Lan said that, she was actually relieved and quickly directed Song Song Sancheng to move the racks for drying cowpeas outside.

Then she covered the jars of green peaches in the corner with gauze, and started rummaging through the freezer again:

"Seventh Master, what should we make for lunch?"

It's hot, and cooking at noon is really not easy. Seventh Master thought for a while: "How about we chop more vegetable toppings and have mixed noodles for lunch?"

"Sure!"

Everyone was happy with that.

It was truly hot, and eating this was the most comfortable! It was easy for Seventh Master to cook, and they were happy to eat it.

Anyway, there would be no shortage of good food in the evening.

This simple courtyard was really not a good place for cooking. Song Tan simply said: "Seventh Master, don't hand-roll the noodles; just boil dried noodles and scoop them out, it's the same."

Seventh Master shook his head firmly: "Dried noodles aren't chewy enough and don't match our toppings—use them next time if you want to eat softer noodle soup."

Only Song Song Sancheng was hesitant: "My eldest brother's family is coming, and we're only serving noodles..."

"Dad, you don't understand this!" Song Tan said as if she knew everything: "It's noon, and Uncle has to drive here. Is he tired? Is he hot? Can he have any appetite if he's tired and hot?"

"Besides, don't you trust Seventh Master's skills? Once the noodles are boiled and rinsed in cold water, topped with shredded cucumber, minced meat, paired with soy-braised eggplant, stir-fried cowpeas with minced meat, and our green pepper beef sauce, even an immortal would have to eat a few bites! Uncle will definitely be satisfied!"

She even felt it was a waste!

—That was true.

Thinking of the good taste of their own things, Song Song Sancheng also became proud.

It was Song Song Youde who seemed to have sensed something, sitting there and sighing silently.

But this sadness lasted only for a moment.

After he filled his tobacco pouch and took a deep puff, that little bit of melancholy drifted away with the smoke, and his state of mind became unprecedentedly peaceful.

After all, just thinking about Zhang Wang's family in the peach orchard, and looking at the busy Lotus mother-in-law and daughter-in-law on the side, his and his wife's life was already one of the most comfortable in the village!

Be content, be content!