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Chapter 682: The Mother Exploiting Her Daughter

Now Song Xia has a good relationship with the Zhao family. Earlier this year, on Mr. Zhao's birthday, the Zhao family invited Song Xia to cook a meal, and Song Xia also closed the shop on that day.

For this reason, Song Xia has gained a certain fame among the upper class in the provincial capital, and occasionally he would attend private banquets that he could not refuse.

However, it was precisely because of the private banquets she occasionally prepared that Wei Zhu's life was so smooth afterwards. Even Wei Deng was treated with care when he was negligent in his work several times after work. After all, Song Xia was the only one in the entire provincial capital who had this skill!
Even she was allowed in, which once again refreshed Mo Ru's image of Song Xia in her mind. It was only after she entered that she realized that the two lobsters she requested were subsidized by Wei Deng privately.

"Why didn't you say it? If you had said it earlier, you wouldn't have wasted the money." Mo Ru said coquettishly, and Wei Deng said he appreciated it very much.

"You want to eat, it's no big deal to spend a penny more."

"Weiden, you are so nice."

"You are my girlfriend. If I don't treat you well, who will I treat well? Don't be afraid if you go to the buffet restaurant. The manager and colleagues are all very kind people. My mother knows the restaurant owner, so as long as we don't make big mistakes, the manager won't make things difficult for us."

"Auntie is amazing. She actually knows such a big boss."

"I heard from my sister that the whole family really likes mom's cooking skills. Mom has cooked for them several times. They agreed to let us work here during the summer vacation because mom agreed to host a dinner for them."

Wei Deng felt a little distressed as he spoke. If his sister hadn't told him, he wouldn't have known that this was how he got his job.

"Then I will definitely thank Auntie when I have the chance. Weiden, when can I go visit Auntie?"

Wei Deng said vaguely: "You also know that my mother is busy, let's talk about it when she is free."

Mo Ru was a little disappointed. She wanted to meet his parents as soon as possible to settle her relationship with Wei Deng. There were too many people coveting him in the school and she must not let him go. Although Wei Deng was not the one with the best conditions, he was the most reliable one she could grab at the moment.

She doesn't ask for great wealth and status. As long as her future husband has a good appearance, listens to her, and has a small fortune, she can live an easy life.

In fact, she didn't really want to work during the summer vacation. Wouldn't it be better to go out and have fun? She could just lie at home and do nothing, which was comfortable. Although it was just her stepfather's house, as long as she turned a deaf ear to it, who could do anything to her?

Isn't this to leave a good impression on Weiden's mother? By the way, keep an eye on Weiden during the holidays to prevent him from being seduced by someone else.

As for Song Xia, after sending the two to the buffet restaurant, she didn't intend to care about them anymore. It was hot, so the snack bar updated some of its menus. As the hot summer approached, the number of clay pot soups was halved, and they started making some desserts and iced drinks.

The most representative of them is mung bean paste. The mung bean paste cooked by her is sandy and glutinous, with moderate sweetness, becoming the hot product of the shop in the new quarter.

In addition, there are ice jelly, cold noodles, cold skin, etc., and the sales are also increasing every day. In order to give back to old customers, the store has added some free small cold dishes, such as sweet and sour radish, spicy and sour kelp shreds, refreshing lettuce, etc. Because they were originally supplied free of charge without limit, the customers felt embarrassed to eat too much, and finally strongly requested Song Xia to limit the supply per person. So Song Xia purchased a batch of small plates, with each person limited to one plate.

Nowadays, her shop has become completely popular in the city. Many food bloggers come to check in and praise it. One blogger, who used to be a chef in a five-star hotel, strongly invited her to Beijing for a better career after eating her dishes, but she resolutely declined in the end.

The video was posted online, attracting more and more food bloggers to visit the restaurant, which resulted in a queue even at non-dinner times, which made many old customers resentful. As a last resort, Song Xia had to hire two more employees. After sharing many tasks, she felt a little more relaxed, but in the end, she had to do the seasoning work.

Every week, she still takes a day off on Sunday. In fact, with so many people coming to punch in, business on Sunday is no worse than normal weekdays, but she doesn't want herself and her employees to be too tired. There is no end to making money, and only a reasonable rest can sustain the business.

During the break, she took her daughter to meet a real estate manager.

Wei Zhu reacted and opened his lips slightly: "Mom, are you planning to buy a house?"

"Well, I can't keep renting a house. I've made some money now, so I can just wait and see."

"Why don't you save more and wait? What if there are any setbacks in the business in the future and you can't pay back the loan?" Wei Zhu hurriedly made amends, "Didn't I say that what if there are problems with mom's business, or after I pass the exam and have a salary?"

"Since mom is looking at a house, she will definitely be able to pay it back. Even if the store is closed in the future, with mom's cooking skills, no restaurant will refuse to hire her. Remember the conditions offered by that blogger? They were no worse than those of the programmers."

Wei Zhu did not deny this, she just felt that it was too fast. How could her mother make money in this way?
"You didn't tell me about buying a house?"

"Tell him what to do, he can't afford it, and now he's just looking at it, he doesn't know when he'll buy it!"

Although Song Xia said this, he soon set his eyes on a house.

She had already agreed with the property manager that she wanted a house not far from her shop. There were basically no new houses in the old city area, so she only looked at old houses. She took a fancy to a small detached house with a courtyard.

There are many old houses like this in the old city. It is basically impossible to demolish them or rebuild them. They can only be repaired for maintenance. Also, due to the narrow roads, some alleys cannot be entered by cars, so they cannot be sold at a very high price.

The house that Song Xia liked was nearly sixty years old. Both the outside and the inside looked dilapidated. If people wanted to live in it, it would have to be rebuilt from the inside out. Also, because it was in the old city area, the sewers were narrow, so water accumulation during the rainy season was also a big problem.

Fortunately, this house is not very far from the road, and there is a parking lot and subway in the shopping mall next to it, so the location is pretty good.

As for renovating, that is inevitable. You just need to find a good decoration company and spend a little more money. They can get the renovation procedures for you and then solve all the problems.

Because it is a single-family house, there is a small courtyard of about ten square meters in the front and back, which is what Song Xia likes most. When buying a house, it is rare to find one that meets all the conditions, and the price is not cheap, so as long as it meets the core requirements, you can buy it.

After signing the contract, Wei Zhu was a little worried. He thought that the money for renovating this shabby house would be no less than the money for buying it.

"Relax." Song Xia said easily, "If you want us to fix it right away, you won't have to worry about anything in the future. You won't have to deal with the neighbors upstairs and downstairs like high-rise buildings, and you won't have to worry about elevator damage or paying property fees. Isn't that great?"

Wei Zhu agreed when he thought about it. It would be a bit troublesome in the early stage, but it would definitely be more comfortable than living in a high-rise building in the later stage. There would also be a small courtyard where he could park his electric car and plant his favorite flowers.