Chapter 102: There are many benefits to being a hero
Rutang said sleepily, "The early bird catches the worm."
Yu Yaoyang was grinding his teeth, not knowing what was going on. He saw that she was about to become sleepy.
The young couple went to the provincial capital this time to purchase goods.
When Rutang was setting up her stall in D Port, she noticed that female workers from D Port would sometimes come to the provincial capital in groups to buy clothes. She wanted to come and see if she could get some in bulk and sell it back home.
Hao Mei felt that her daughter was working too hard. She was doing fine as a food seller, but why did she suddenly want to start a clothing business? These were two completely different directions.
But Rutang felt that this would not be a delay at all.
There are many people in my family, so I cannot focus all my energy on one thing when starting a business. It is hard to make money in the catering industry, and it is easy for others to imitate and follow the trend. The technical content is not high. I can do it for a few months, but if I want to do it for a long time in the future, I still have to think about other things.
Before, she sold small seafood at the train station, but now there are three fried seafood restaurants at the train station, one of which is Ru Tang’s nemesis Chen Guilan.
Last time, Chen Guilan failed to sow discord between Yu Yaoyang and Rutang in her hometown. After being beaten up by Yu Yaoyang, she somehow managed to swindle some money and went back to the train station to sell fried seafood.
But business is not very good.
The reason why Rutang knew that her business was not doing well was because the chili sauces for those stalls at the train station were all supplied by Rutang.
Although Rutang's family business was booming, she did not complain that she made little money from selling chili sauce. It was not a big deal anyway, so she would make some with her mother when she had free time. After it was done, they would send it to the train station to sell, and by the way, see how Chen Guilan's business was doing.
Chen Guilan sold fried seafood by imitating Rutang, but unfortunately she failed to achieve her goal. Chen Guilan did not grasp any of the secrets of Rutang's success and refused to reflect on where she lost.
The last time Ru Tang went to deliver chili sauce, he asked about it and was told that Chen Guilan liked to be cunning and the portion was always insufficient, and her chili sauce was not tasty, so naturally the sales volume could not increase.
The situation was different for the two companies that bought Rutang’s chili sauce. Once the chili sauce was fried in oil, the aroma wafted from far away.
Someone advised Chen Guilan to switch to the same chili sauce as the other two companies. Although Chen Guilan didn't know that it was supplied by Rutang, when she heard that a can of sauce cost more than one yuan, her head shook like a rattle and she would never buy it.
Rutang's sauce is very affordable and is packaged in the largest canning bottles. You can cook for a long time with one purchase and it tastes better than ordinary chili sauce. If you run a restaurant business and don't pay attention to details and are reluctant to work hard on raw materials, it'd be strange if you can get repeat customers.
"As a person, you must always observe everything around you, do what you are good at, and not follow the crowd." Rutang thought of Chen Guilan's miserable condition and couldn't help but share his thoughts with Yu Yaoyang.
Yu Yaoyang felt that what his wife said was quite right, but it was a bit of a downer.
"Why mention her? It's unlucky."
Rutang shrugged. Last time, Chen Guilan had really disgusted Yu Yaoyang, and he felt uncomfortable just mentioning her name.
The advantage of rebirth was given to Chen Guilan, which was somewhat of a waste. When Chen Guilan was still competing with the other two families for the profit of two or three dollars at the train station, Rutang and Yu Yaoyang had already embarked on a new journey.
The green train was quite slow, and when we arrived at the provincial capital, it was already past five o'clock.
As soon as I got off the train, I smelled the fresh morning air. The train station in the provincial capital was much busier than that in D City, with people coming and going.
The two of them stood on the roadside and waited for a while. A two-car bus slowly drove over. Ru Tang asked the driver to confirm that this bus could go to the wholesale market she wanted to go to, and then she got on the bus with Yu Yaoyang.
There were a lot of bicycles on the road, but very few cars. Occasionally, one or two were seen, and they must be government cars, so there was no traffic jam. Rutang thought he could reach the destination before 6 o'clock, but the car ran into trouble halfway through the journey.
Passengers are used to it. Buses can easily break down at this time, and people who take the bus frequently know it.
The driver asked everyone to get off the bus and wait for the next bus to arrive. The driver skillfully carried the tools and went down to fix the car. Because the car broke down all the time, the drivers had mastered the skills to repair cars and would go down to fix them themselves when they encountered a breakdown.
Yu Yaoyang had never seen this scene before and found it quite novel, so he went over to watch the car being repaired.
Rutang stood by and looked at him with a smile. After a while, she suddenly felt her heart sink and she subconsciously turned her head to look.
A young man in his teens was reaching into her pocket, a thief!
"What are you doing!" Rutang shouted angrily. When the young man saw that he was discovered, he turned around and ran away.
Yu Yaoyang looked over when he heard the noise, and saw someone bullying his wife while he was away, so he started chasing after him. The thief saw that Rutang was a girl and thought she was easy to bully.
Unexpectedly, Rutang had a "bodyguard". Seeing that Yu Yaoyang was tall and had long legs, and was about to catch up with him in a few steps, the thief got scared and took out a roll of money from his pocket and threw it on the ground.
Yu Yaoyang wanted to chase after him, but Rutang hurriedly stopped him. The thief took the opportunity to sneak into the alley and disappeared.
"Forget it. It's better to have less trouble than more. Just get the money back."
She had been prepared for this. She was afraid of encountering such things when she went out. It was quite chaotic at this time, so she divided the money into three parts and put them all in her underwear. She only put a little more than one dollar in change in her outer pocket for taking the bus.
Rutang bent down and picked up the roll of money thrown by the thief, counted it, and exclaimed.
"What's wrong? Something's missing?" Yu Yaoyang asked.
“It’s too much…” Rutang held up the money in his hand, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
She only had a little over one dollar in change in her pocket, but the thief threw down more than ten dollars, probably mixing his own money in it.
Just then the next bus arrived and everyone was trying to get on. Yu Yaoyang had to give up the idea of chasing the thief and beating him up, and instead protected Rutang and got on the bus.
With two cars' worth of people loaded into one car, the space became very cramped. Yu Yaoyang was tall and strong, and he held Rutang tightly in his arms, not letting anyone get close. Rutang felt very safe.
When she goes out, it feels quite reassuring to have a man like this by her side. If she goes out alone, she has to be vigilant.
This little incident did not affect Rutang's good mood. Yu Yaoyang was protecting her behind her, and she could see the corners of his mouth raised when she turned around.
"Are you happy?" Rutang asked.
"No wonder the heroes in radio storytelling all like to do justice, it's true." Yu Yaoyang answered happily.
Rutang nodded. According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory, when people have achieved food and clothing, they will pursue some spiritual pursuits.
Rutang felt that since he was so happy and even mentioned being a hero, he must have felt that his soul was satisfied after punishing evil and promoting good.
Just as Ru Tang was about to speak out his thoughts, he heard Yu Yaoyang continue, "I can earn more than ten yuan for doing this 'righteousness'. If I do this all day in the city, we can buy a house soon. Wife, why don't I go back? I will stay in the provincial capital and do righteousness. I can buy a house for doing this."
“…” Rutang was speechless. He shouldn’t have expected too much from this guy!
The bus braked suddenly and Rutang threw herself into his arms. With his help as a cushion, she did not fall. Yu Yaoyang's face turned dark instantly. He was about to scold the driver when he realized something was wrong in front of him.
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