Chapter 414: Chapter 414 Cooking Chapter 414: Chapter 414 Cooking Finally, after the lunchti rush had passed, they saw off the guests.
Bai Yue and Wang Yan then led the elderly lady and Erniu back to their house behind the restaurant.
The couple had actually just bought a house.
Last ti, Bai Xiao had instructed them that since their business had grown, and many of the service employees could no longer fit in their current dormitory, they planned to vacate the small courtyard they were renting to continue housing the staff.
With three and a half kids at ho now grown up, it was ti for them to have their own rooms.
Now that Bai Yue had money, her considerations had changed, and she felt that when her sons got married in the future, they definitely shouldn’t have to move back to the village.
So, these kids would always need a house.
Therefore, this ti the couple went big and set their sights on four apartnts.
All of them were apartnt buildings.
However, these apartnts were usually owned by work units and weren’t available for purchase by non-employees.
Thankfully, An Zhiyuan had made arrangents for his comrade-in-arms to look after them before he left.
That person had pulled so strings.
And the house was bought.
Even though the price paid was higher than others, the house was now theirs.
All four apartnts were four bedrooms with one living room. The children were still young, so they planned to rent out two of the apartnts for now. Even if not rented out, the number of service staff needed at the restaurant was bound to increase, so instead of renting from others, it made sense to let them stay in their own properties.
When the ti ca for the children to grow up and get married, they would vacate the apartnts for them.
The family of five was now settling into one of the apartnts.
With the house being spacious, the couple took one room, and the three brothers took the other three.
The remaining apartnt was reserved for Bai Xiao, as part of her dowry.
They brought the elderly lady and Erniu into the house.
As soon as they entered, both the elderly lady and Erniu were a bit stunned; they had never seen such a house before. Who in the village could afford a place like this?
Though it was cold outside, the inside of the house was warm and cozy.
And looking at how tidy and clean the house was arranged, one could tell Bai Yue was a diligent person.
Not to ntion the 24-inch color television in the living room or the furniture.
These were all the rage in the city, unseen and unfamiliar to village folks.
“Mom! Erniu, you guys sit down first. I’ll make so food for you, and after we eat, you can rest in the room,” Bai Yue said hurriedly, arranging everything. No matter what, they were Wang Yan’s family. Regardless of whether or not his family approved of them, they were still relatives and deserved to be hosted well.
Besides, the elderly lady was, after all, her mother-in-law.
Wang Yan waved his hand, “You go sit and rest too, I’ll cook. You don’t need to bother with it; you get so sick every ti you cook.” He knew his wife had been having a rough ti lately, the baby not giving her a mont’s peace.
The elderly lady rolled up her sleeves, “You save your breath! What’s a grown man like you doing cooking? I’ll do it. I’m here primarily to take care of your wife and to serve my grandson. Let handle these matters from now on. You just go on with your business. The old woman that I am, I may not be good for much else, but these hands can still wash clothes and cook als,” she said, breezing past her son into the kitchen without ceremony.
“Hey, why doesn’t this kitchen have a wood stove? How are you supposed to cook without one?” Hearing the elderly lady hollering from the kitchen, Wang Yan couldn’t help but laugh.
He went in to show her how to use the gas stove.
The elderly lady was amazed; the city truly had its perks—no need for wood or anything else. With just a flick of this thing, the fire would start.
And it wasn’t even smoky.
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