Boss Chang didn’t dare to suggest eating too many hawthorn pills, just one, making it like the Wujibaifeng Pills sealed in beeswax at the pharmacy.

Hence, logistics took a small knife, carefully divided it into four pieces, and everyone from the floor manager to the customer manager each had a taste.

The customer manager held a quarter-piece unceremoniously: "Boss, if you’re going to be stingy, be completely stingy, if you’re going to be generous, be completely generous. Don’t you find it so contradictory to be both generous and stingy?"

Boss Chang clicked his tongue: "What do you know? These, the purchase price is a hundred yuan each, you open your mouth and eat 25, what’s there to be dissatisfied with?"

"These ones are indeed cheap, but they can’t resist having a great digestive effect!"

He just tried those two in the morning and by seven o’clock his stomach was growling with hunger, and his mouth watered as soon as he opened it.

When he finally went up the mountain, he grabbed two cucumbers from the field, picked a peach, and ate a tomato, barely making it to mealtime.

As soon as this was said, everyone fell silent.

Boss Chang had lots of quirks, but he was basically honest about things, and they didn’t rely on the hawthorn pills to make money at the shop, so he generously disclosed the costs.

As for the digestive effect...

If not handled well, when the waitstaff serves food and a guest asks, they’ll have to take a sip to avoid drooling...

Ugh!

Everyone relished the tangy, sweet, slightly caramelized, and faintly textured hawthorn pill.

And honestly, it was quite tasty.

The floor manager chewed it twice, already planning how to have the waitstaff praise it, then suddenly said:

"Boss, can you sell me a few of these cheap hawthorn pills? My daughter has been a bit picky with food lately."

"Go, go!"

Boss Chang waved his hand: "Why eat digestion aid yourself? After tonight, each member of management gets to take home two jins of fish balls, let’s see if she’s still picky."

Hearing this, a big smile broke out on the logistics person’s face: "Two jins? Oh boss, why didn’t you say so earlier?"

If she had known, she wouldn’t have been secretly rolling her eyes.

This time it was Boss Chang rolling his eyes.

When he took over the restaurant, he had worked his way up from waiter to kitchen assistant, how could he not know what the staff thought about the boss?

Hmph!

...

Meanwhile, in Yunqiao Village.

Seventh Uncle was also making fish balls.

There were a lot of fish caught today, and they couldn’t be sold all at once, so a few big ones were kept at home. But now it’s hot, and everyone’s busy, gulping down food quickly.

Thinking about this, Seventh Uncle decided to make some simple dishes.

Chopped pepper fish head with handmade noodles, plus a bowl of fish ball soup, and that’s complete.

He was busy pounding and chopping when Wu Lan came in and commented:

"With Qiaoqiao not here, why do this hard labor in this hot weather? Isn’t there that machine? Just use the machine to grind it."

Seventh Uncle didn’t even raise his head.

"Just eat what I make."

At home, except for Lun Chuan who would eat some, the rest couldn’t really appreciate the food!

Everyone knew machine grinding was convenient, but as the machine spins at high speed, it heats up and affects the fish meat. It’s one thing with ordinary fish, but such good grass carp, isn’t it a waste?

Besides, only 7 big grass carp were brought back today, and making ten or twenty jin of fish balls without adding anything weird seems reasonable.

Is it necessary to use the machine for this bit of effort?

He’s old, but his skills haven’t declined!

Alas, as he chopped, he thought of Qiaoqiao.

When the kid was around, everything could be helped with, but now with the kid gone, it feels like everywhere lacks a person.

Seventh Grandma also kind of misses the child:

"Running all the way to Qin City in this hot weather, the Yang family is a big corporation, not in the same league as us. I wonder if Qiaoqiao is comfortable there..."

Just as she was speaking, Lun Jing arrived with a stack of vacuum-sealed bags.

Lao Song’s family did have a vacuum sealer, but the matching preservation bags bought before were missing, and it happened that Lun Jing often used them for freezing Nuomi dumpling balls, so she brought them over.

Upon hearing Seventh Grandma’s concern, she quickly said:

"Xiaoyang is very pleasant, sunny and warm, meticulous and considerate. Qiaoqiao being friends with him shows his character is absolutely fine."

"Besides, his family is a big corporation, but doesn’t the kid still go up and down the hill with us? Such education shows the family upbringing is trustworthy."

The most important thing is—

"He truly cares about Qiaoqiao."

He had only been there a couple of days, Secretary Xiaozu’s cooperation was just talked over, and while our side just submitted the report, their collaboration intention was already confirmed.

"Didn’t Secretary Xiaozu already reserve our family’s guesthouse?"

Whether someone’s attentive or not is obvious!

Hearing this, even Wu Lan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don’t rush off, after we’re done, let’s cut a watermelon and eat together."

The watermelon they brought over was huge, and Seventh Uncle said after a glance: "We’re about to have fish ball soup, eat less watermelon."

Wu Lan laughed: "It’s not just us, Hongmei and her boyfriend’s family—Uncle, are there extra fish balls? Pack two jins for them when they go."

Seventh Uncle nodded: "Alright, I’ll freeze them once done, it’s better in this hot weather."

He couldn’t help but look at Wu Lan: "I must say, your Wu Family and our Song Family are quite a match."

He’s a senior Douyin surfer, and now fashionably commented:

"Each house has its own hidden treasures."

Huh?

Now Lun Jing was puzzled: "What do you mean by that?"

Seventh Grandma laughed too: "It means each family has its own temperament—look how Hongmei’s family is so thrifty, even when Ling Qi brought his girlfriend over, he was hesitant to earn a wage here."

Wu Lan went up the hill to persuade once, but they firmly refused to listen, and Zhu Lingqi even chose the hardest and highest paying task.

What a joke!

If you’re working, might as well earn the highest wage! Sure, it’s hot while working and he couldn’t accompany his girlfriend and her family, but there’s a long break from half past nine to half past four!

Plus, earning these three or four hundred yuan, he could buy ten bottles of fermented tofu from Aunt Zhang Hong for Minmin...

Oh!

Minmin’s dad loves it!

Aunt Zhang Hong’s fermented tofu is really good, he’ll definitely love it more.

How perfect!

Thinking of this, Zhu Lingqi, who was collecting corn stalks hustled even more energetically.

Then look at Zhang Yanping?

Always the type who wouldn’t lift a finger for a downed bottle, and who knew how to spend for personal enjoyment.

The two brothers being polar opposites is quite typical.

As for the Wu Family, Tantan’s uncle’s family is very diligent and honest! Yet Wu Lei’s head...

Well! That’s also typical!

And Wu Ling.

She doesn’t come home for summer vacation, entirely focused on working to make up for last year’s dating deficit.

Truly too honest.

If she’s going to work anyway, and since she can endure hardship, wouldn’t she earn more working at her aunt’s place?