Food: The super chef just wants to set up a stall leisurely

Chapter 142 No one should live according to other people's expectations

"Yes. I was afraid that if I told them I was also a part-time worker, the part-time workers they hired would not obey my management, or if I asked them to do the work, they would have some opinions.

Besides, I have worked so hard to maintain so many customer relationships, and we now have three groups. If someone else comes and shares the commission directly with me, I feel it’s a bit of a loss. It’s better for me to stick to doing it alone.

But this is just my suggestion, if you mind, we can discuss it again."

Seeing that Zhao Xiaojing pointed out the problem directly, Lu Hongwen simply stopped beating around the bush and directly expressed his thoughts.

"No, I understand. Why should we mind if you use your own money to hire a part-time worker?

Besides, we agreed that you are the boss now, and Comb and I are manufacturers, and we are the source of goods for you. We will not interfere with the things that bosses like you worry about." Zhao Xiaojing saw that Lu Hongwen was a little serious, blinked, and answered jokingly.

"Okay, thank you, sister! I'll do it tonight!"

When Lu Hongwen heard this, he felt relieved and grinned with a look of relief.

Zhao Xiaojing smiled and shook her head. Since Lv Hongwen was in charge of the sugar water business, she and Su Yuchen didn't have to worry too much, as long as they delivered the goods on time.

Although they had told him to tell them if he had any questions or difficulties, his only complaint every time was that the amount was not enough and that they should do more.

With such a worry-free partner, they are happy to delegate power and would not mind these things.

Early the next morning.

Even though she had a busy day yesterday, Zhao Xiaojing still woke up at six o'clock as usual, washed up, and went to the park to stand.

At present, she has already learned the sixth form of Tai Chi in the course module, but after all, it is a virtual space, so she can only learn the movements accurately. Real body-building exercises still need to be practiced every day in reality.

After standing still for an hour, Zhao Xiaojing felt refreshed. When she was about to continue practicing each posture, she suddenly felt a burning gaze from the diagonal front.

Zhao Xiaojing turned her head and saw that it was her landlord Chen Huiping. She was standing in front of the tree altar with a full basket of vegetables on her arm, staring at her in a daze.

"Aunt Chen, good morning, are you back from shopping?"

"Ah." Chen Huiping nodded, smiled at Zhao Xiaojing blankly, then avoided her gaze and left in a hurry.

Zhao Xiaojing was stunned and felt a little strange but didn't take it to heart.

By mid-morning, when Zhao Xiaojing had finished purchasing goods from the fruit wholesale market and was unloading the full boxes of fruit, Chen Huiping came over with a bag of vegetables.

"Xiao Zhao, these are vegetables grown in the garden of your uncle (Chen Huiping's husband). I just picked them this morning. You can have them."

"Oh, Aunt Chen, thank you!

This is the cantaloupe I bought this morning, take it back and eat it."

Zhao Xiaojing took the dish and took out a cantaloupe from the box and handed it over.

"No, no, we are too old to eat such sweet things!" Chen Huiping stepped back repeatedly and stretched out her hand to push the melon that Zhao Xiaojing handed over.

"We have so much food here that we can't finish it all. You can take it and it won't be wasted. But you're going to use it for business, so put it down!"

"Okay, then thank you Aunt Chen, the food looks fresh!"

Chen Huiping kept refusing, but Zhao Xiaojing no longer insisted. She put down the melon and stood at the door with Chen Huiping.

"Excuse me this morning, please don't take it as an offense. I've seen you guys practicing there for a while, and every time I don't dare to watch too much, hey."

Chen Huiping glanced at Zhao Xiaojing, then lowered her eyes and spoke hesitantly.

"It's okay, Auntie. We are just beginners and are just practicing blindly. I'm sure you like Tai Chi too. It's okay if you want to watch it."

"It's not me who likes it, it's my youngest daughter who likes it. She started learning Tai Chi in junior high school and has been learning it until she was about the same age as you..." Chen Huiping sighed.

"What about her?"

"She was paralyzed for two years and has been dead for ten years. Tomorrow is the tenth anniversary of her death."

"Aunt Chen, please accept my condolences. Your daughter in heaven must wish you well." Zhao Xiaojing said softly.

Chen Huiping shook her head, and a trace of fatigue appeared on her face, which was usually full of energy and spirit.

"It doesn't matter whether you hope or not. No one in this world should live according to other people's expectations, even a mother and daughter.

"Xiao Zhao, she was like you back then, full of energy every day, getting up at five or six o'clock and practicing for several hours."

Chen Huiping frowned slightly, her eyes distant, looking at Zhao Xiaojing as if she was looking through her at a place far away.

Seeing that she was in a low mood, Zhao Xiaojing hurried into the kitchen, moved two chairs, and pulled Chen Huiping to sit down.

Chen Huiping was silent for a while, patted Zhao Xiaojing on the shoulder, and her lips trembled when she spoke again.

"It may seem a bit abrupt to tell you this, but they are so alike, so alike. I really can't bear it. I'm afraid you will end up like Mei Zi..."

Mei Zi is Chen Huiping's youngest daughter.

When she was in junior high school, Mei Zi and several classmates made an appointment to go to a famous Taoist mountain here to play. After coming back, she said that she was so handsome when she saw the Taoist priests practicing martial arts, so she started to want to learn Tai Chi.

At that time, Chen Huiping and her husband were busy with their careers, and Mei Zi's brother was in high school and boarding at school, so they had no time to take care of her. They just thought she was acting on a whim, so they gave her the money and let her enroll in the class and let her go.

Who would have thought that from that day on, Mei Zi actually took Tai Chi seriously and learned it, practicing in the coldest days of winter and hottest days of summer, and persisting day after day. By the time Chen Huiping found out, Mei Zi was already in her third year of high school.

At that time, Chen Huiping felt that practicing Tai Chi was just a hobby and she couldn't do anything with it. She could have just played with it casually before, but now she was in her third year of high school and time was precious. How could she waste one or two hours a day on it?

So Chen Huiping earnestly persuaded Mei Zi to focus on her studies and stop practicing Tai Chi. However, her originally gentle daughter was extremely stubborn on the matter and refused to give in no matter what she said. She just refused to stop, not even for a day.

Chen Huiping had been patient at first, but when she saw this, she lost her temper and scolded her. She threw all her Tai Chi clothes, shoes, and books out and ignored her even though she cried her heart out.

After that, she supervised for several days in a row. Seeing that Mei Zi seemed to compromise and no longer mentioned anything related to Tai Chi, and no longer got up before dawn to practice, she felt relieved.

However, since this incident, Meizi and her have become much more distant. She didn't take it seriously at the time, thinking that it was just a child's temper, and it would be fine after a while. As long as she didn't waste an hour or two doing these useless things, she would have accomplished her goal.

After Mei Zi's college entrance examination results came out, she ostensibly followed the instructions of Chen Huiping and her husband and applied to the Architecture College in her province. However, she secretly changed her application and applied to study philosophy in Dong Province, which was more than 2,000 kilometers away from them.

The couple was very angry when they found out, but the matter was done and Mei Zi refused to repeat a grade, so after a tantrum they had no choice but to let her go to Eastern Province.