The Eight Treasures Porridge had to be cooked in a big pot. It would only taste good if it was cooked in one pot.
Jiang Ran spent some effort to buy a big pot to cook the porridge.
Because the pot was too big, it was not easy for them to bring it back. Someone would bring it back later.
Jiang Ran bought two of those pots. One was used to cook the porridge, and the other was used to make soup.
Just the two big pots alone cost dozens of yuan.
Fortunately, the money for the ingredients was used in advance. Otherwise, they would have to exchange money together again.
After buying all these things, their liquid capital on their books had already hit rock bottom.
Whether they could recoup their losses depended on tomorrow.
In order to be fully prepared, they naturally could not go home early.
However, Pei Jing was a child after all. He still had to go to kindergarten tomorrow. He could not stay with them all the time. Jiang Ran asked Pei Baoshan and Wang Cuilan to take him home first.
Jiang Ran, Pei Yang, and Pei Shanshan stayed together to prepare the ingredients needed for tomorrow.
Naturally, they could not use firewood to cook in the restaurant. They used coal instead.
The stove was set on the side of the door. This way, even if there was smoke when the coal was burned, it could directly drift out.
The three of them first had a simple meal before starting to prepare.
In order to make the Eight Treasures Porridge taste good, all the rice, beans, and peanuts had to be soaked in advance.
Jiang Ran washed every ingredient before soaking them in clear water.
While Jiang Ran was soaking, Pei Yang was chopping the stuffing.
Pei Shanshan was not idle either. She washed all the bowls and chopsticks they bought, dried them, and placed them properly.
The dough for the buns also had to be mixed in advance. Besides the dough for the buns, Jiang Ran also prepared the dough for the deep-fried dough sticks and sugar cakes.
When all these were done, it was already ten o 'clock at night.
For convenience, Jiang Ran specially bought a wall clock and hung it on the wall opposite the kitchen. She could see the time when she looked up.
Looking at the time on the wall clock, Jiang Ran did not want to go home.
It would take them at least an hour to get home. It would be past eleven o 'clock by the time they got home.
Tomorrow morning, they would have to wake up at four o 'clock and rush over. At most, they would only be able to sleep for five hours.
Thinking of this, Jiang Ran didn't want to go back even more.
Seeing Jiang Ran staring at her watch without saying anything, Pei Yang and Pei Shanshan looked at Jiang Ran strangely. "Sister-in-law, what's wrong?"
After a busy day, Pei Yang and Pei Shanshan were exhausted.
When they were finally done, they saw Jiang Ran standing there in a daze. It would be strange if they didn't find it strange.
Hearing their voices, Jiang Ran turned to look at them. "I was just thinking that since it's so late now, I don't want to go back. I have to come here early tomorrow. It's troublesome to run back and forth, and it's also a bit of a delay."
Without waiting for them to say anything, Jiang Ran continued, "How about this, the two of you go back. Don't come too early tomorrow. Just wake up at four-thirty and come here. I'll prepare by myself."
"How can we do that!" Pei Yang immediately objected.
"That's right!" Pei Shanshan echoed. How can we go home and sleep and let Sister-in-law work alone?
If Sister-in-law doesn't go back, I won't go back either. "
"Then I won't go back either.
I don't feel at ease with the two of you here. "
Hearing this, Jiang Ran glanced at Pei Yang. "Can you beat me?