Chapter 205: Oh my god—why is it bitter?!
"Look, look! It's right here! I heard those firecrackers going off halfway. They went on for so long. It was really grand."
"Kai...Kai...Commander? Is that how you pronounce these three words? Is this shop really going to die? How dare they name it like that?"
"This is terrible... After we go in, won't the inspection team come to arrest us? Why did they come up with such a name..."
The sisters-in-law from the military compound took some extra time to get to the city by bus. By the time they arrived, they had already missed the most lively sound of firecrackers at the opening of the cake shop, but there were still a lot of people inside and outside the shop.
The sisters-in-law looked up at the cake shop's sign. It looked nice, but the three words "Commander" were really scary. People didn't dare to go in, especially since their identities were different. If they left any bad records, it might affect the men in their families.
So the group of people were curious and hesitant, and no one took the first step.
Fang Xiuli stepped out and explained to everyone, "You don't know, do you? Everyone, listen to me. Kaisheng is not our Chinese commander, but a foreign commander. It has been sold in Shanghai for decades. It will be fine. Feel free to go in. As long as you don't eat without paying, no one will do anything to you."
As soon as she finished speaking, she adjusted her red skirt and walked in naturally and generously.
Li Dahua was still hesitant and pulled the person next to her and said, "Can we really get in?"
"Xiu Li has already gone in, so why should we be afraid? Even if something happens, Xiu Li will be there to support us. Let's go, let's go in quickly! I've been curious about what this cream cake they keep talking about looks like!"
With a shout, the sisters-in-law walked into the Kaiserling Cream Cake Shop one after another.
Chen Fengying and Xia Xiaolan were walking at the back. Chen Fengying was startled the whole time, just like when she first came into the city.
"Oh my God, it's so small... It's just such a small piece, and it costs two dollars!... What is this? Why is it red in the middle... Oh my god... How much is it? How much is it? This is robbery... Just kill me..."
Chen Fengying looked at the cakes that cost two hundred yuan each. If she were asked to buy them, she might as well have her head cut off.
That's two hundred yuan! It's enough for a rural family of three to eat for a year or two, and all it cost was just to buy such a small thing.
"Shh, shh, shh! Sister Chen, please speak softly. Don't let anyone hear us." Xia Xiaolan followed Chen Fengying closely and reminded her. She was timid and thin-skinned, and was very embarrassed. She was afraid of being embarrassed if someone heard her.
After all, Xia Xiaolan came from Shanghai, so she was quite calm about the high prices in the cake shop and had already started choosing from the beautiful little cakes.
Chen Fengying covered her mouth and stopped talking nonsense, but seeing Xia Xiaolan carefully choosing, she couldn't help but asked in a low voice.
"Xiaolan, do you really want to buy something so expensive? This is two yuan, and you can buy two kilograms of pork! And it's fat pork!"
Xia Xiaolan looked around, leaned close to Chen Fengying and whispered, "I brought money. It's my own money, which my parents gave me before I joined the army."
That was the small treasury given to Xia Xiaolan by her parents. She had been staying in the compound and rarely went out. She had not spent a penny in all the time she had been here.
"I've been thinking about this cream cake for a long time, and I've been craving it for a long time. Two yuan each isn't expensive." Xia Xiaolan smiled with her eyes curved, patted Chen Fengying's hand soothingly, and then said to the waiter, "Hello, I'd like a small cream square and a cup of coffee to eat in the store."
"Okay, that's four dollars."
Xia Xiaolan carefully took out her wallet and generously gave out four dollars.
Not only Chen Fengying was stunned, but the other sisters-in-law around her were also stunned.
ka...ka...what is coffee?
They have heard of trucks, but how come there are also flying trucks?
After Xia Xiaolan bought a small cream square, Fang Xiuli also bought one. She ordered a hot latte and sat in the store to eat it slowly.
Xia Xiaolan asked Chen Fengying to have a taste as well, which frightened Chen Fengying so much that she waved her hands repeatedly.
"It's only two dollars for such a small piece. If I take a bite, it will cost you fifty cents. No, no, if I eat this one bite, I will definitely not be able to sleep tonight."
When Chen Fengying refused, several sisters-in-law winked at her. They were not staring at Xia Xiaolan's cake, but at the brown liquid drink she was drinking one sip at a time.
It's something called coffee.
Chen Fengying was actually curious too, so she couldn't help asking, "Xiaolan, what does this ka...coffee taste like? Is it delicious?"
Xia Xiaolan had one-third of her coffee left. After taking another sip, she handed the rest to Chen Fengying and said, "Try it. It's delicious."
Xia Xiaolan spoke in a sweet and gentle voice. She was so happy because she had eaten what she had always dreamed of. She even pronounced the Shanghai accent.
Chen Fengying took the cup from Xia Xiaolan, feeling happy, excited, and nervous. "Then...then...then I won't be polite. I'll take a sip, just a small sip, to taste it."
With excitement, Chen Fengying picked up the cup and took a small sip.
"Pfft—why is it bitter!"
It was just a small sip, but the moment Chen Fengying took a sip, her whole face wrinkled up and she sprayed out along with her saliva and coffee.
Fortunately, she didn't vomit on Xia Xiaolan opposite her, nor on Li Dahua next to her. Instead, she vomited on Fang Xiuli who was eating cream cake elegantly across from her.
"Ah—Chen Fengying! Did you do this on purpose?! Your saliva is all over me! It's so dirty!"
"Xiu Li, I'm sorry! Xiu Li! I swear, I definitely didn't mean it! I didn't expect something so expensive to be bitter! Why would you spend money on something bitter?"
"Chen Fengying, don't think I don't know. You've always been close to Chu Yue, and your son has been going to her house to play. Are you helping Chu Yue to target me? Are you deliberately embarrassing me?"
"...No, no, I really didn't! Xiu Li, I really didn't mean it... What does this have to do with Miss Chu? How could you say such things about her..."
"That's disgusting! You two are disgusting! How am I supposed to eat?"
Fang Xiuli was so angry that her face turned red. She stamped her feet uncomfortably and stared at Chen Fengying with flaming eyes. She thought Chen Fengying did this because Chu Yue had said bad things about her behind her back, so she spit on her on purpose.
Chen Fengying was so anxious that she almost died.
She drank coffee that was bitterer than Coptis chinensis, was slandered by Fang Xiuli, and Chu Yue was implicated. She was wronged, even more wronged than Dou E!
Why did she greedily drink that sip of coffee!
If I hadn't drunk it, nothing would have happened!
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