Chapter 102: The Final Journey on July 5th
"You can't keep accounts. Who said you can keep accounts?" Xu Yu shouted at the top of his voice and waved his hand to drive people away.
When the people in Taohua Village heard his words, they were instantly shocked.
Two ruffian-looking men jumped out and started talking to each other, spitting excitedly.
"Last time I heard you and the educated youth from Haiyu Village say that villagers can keep accounts."
"Yes, that kid named Huang, I heard it too."
"We said it loudly beside the haystack on the threshing floor."
"You are an educated youth from outside the village, so you don't consider us as people from Taohua Village?"
Xu Yu was only panicked for a few seconds, and quickly thought of a strategy to deal with it.
"I never said such a thing." He first denied it loudly, and then put the blame on the two men, "Everyone knows that you two brothers are used to stealing and cheating, and you just want to eat and drink for free."
The quarreling sounds of several people and Xiao Hu's voice sounded at the same time, so that the people in Haiyu Village could not hear her words clearly.
Yu Zhile asked: "Sister Hu, are you looking for me?"
"Ah, um." Xiao Hu responded randomly, his eyes always staying on Xu Yu and others.
The three of them made so much noise that almost everyone in the market came over to watch and point fingers at them.
The new staff members at the stall were all educated youth, who had never experienced such a scene before, and were so embarrassed that they quietly moved out of everyone's sight.
Zhang Wenxin was also watching with great interest. After seeing Xu Yu being hit by a punch, she almost jumped up and cheered.
"Alas, even if you take a step to the side, you can't avoid it." Xiao Hu commented.
Suddenly, a short whistle came from far away and was extremely harsh.
Then, a fat old lady with a red armband came into everyone's sight and cut a path through the crowd.
"What are you doing? What are you doing?" She walked over to Xu Yu, "You can't start a fight in the market."
The three angry people could not hear her voice and continued to wrestle with each other, raising a cloud of dust.
The fat old lady held her breath and blew a long whistle, then shouted: "If you don't let go, I will go to the police station and ask the police to handcuff you all."
As soon as these words were spoken, the three people on the ground stopped moving and stood up reluctantly.
The fat old lady called them aside and gave them a lecture, and the people who had nothing to watch dispersed.
"Oh my God, this is my sister-in-law's former evil mother-in-law Zhang Cuihua. Why was she transferred here to be the market manager?" After seeing her elder sister's face clearly, Zhang Wenxin leaned close to Yu Zhile's ear and exclaimed in a low voice.
"It's okay, we're not breaking any rules." Yu Zhile responded, and then looked at Xiao Hu, "Sister Xiao Hu, do you have something to talk to me about?"
Xiao Hu came back to his senses: "Oh, yes, do you know where Zhou Yuesheng is? Teacher Hu wants to postpone his departure for a day, so he asked me to inform him to change his ticket."
"What do you want to do with him?" Yu Zhile was a little confused.
She knew that Hu Qulian was going back to Beijing, but she didn't know what this had to do with Zhou Yuesheng.
"Didn't you know Zhou Yuesheng was leaving with us?" Xiao Hu asked in surprise, "We were originally scheduled to leave on July 5th, but Xiao Zhao felt unwell this morning, so Teacher Hu decided to stay with him for another day."
Yu Zhile was stunned for a few seconds, shook his head, and said, "He should be in the armed forces department."
Xiao Hu scratched the back of his head awkwardly, and without even asking for the address of the armed forces department, he quickly said goodbye and left.
"Maybe I forgot to tell you." Zhang Wenxin laughed awkwardly and tried to smooth things over.
At that moment, a customer stopped in front of the stove and said, "I want a bowl of pickled pepper rice noodles with shrimp and bean sprouts."
"Thirty-five cents." Yu Zhile stepped forward quickly.
The stove for pickled pepper powder was handed over to Zhang Haizhu, who glanced at Zhang Wenxin blankly.
Zhang Wenxin spread his hands towards her and signaled with his eyes that she should continue to rest.
After that, several customers came to order pickled pepper powder, and Zhile took care of them all.
Several people in the sideline group noticed that the atmosphere was not right, so they focused their attention on their noses and their hearts, and tried not to make any other noise.
"Wenxin, Lele." Zhang Haiyan was holding a large watermelon with a cut on it and a cloth bag on his arm.
Zhang Wen's heart began to beat. He looked around vigilantly, but didn't see Zhang Cuihua, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Aunt, have you delivered the clothes?" She went up to him and took the watermelon.
Zhang Haiyan had a faint smile on her face and seemed to be in a good mood. She said softly, "Yes, I also took on a few jobs."
The news of her divorce from Zhang Fang had already spread throughout the textile factory. The people in the staff building immediately changed their attitude and tried to find an excuse to reduce the balance.
When delivering the goods, she had already completed the formalities and her attitude was very tough, so they could only pay the money while cursing.
In addition to sending clothes, she also informed several sisters that she was going to resign. Fortunately, the sisters supported her and found some work for her.
"Zhang Cuihua has been transferred here to be the market manager." Zhang Wenxin looked around as he spoke.
"What are you afraid of her doing?" Zhang Haiyan smiled and broke the watermelon and passed it to others, "Everyone has worked hard. Eat the watermelon. You're welcome."
The watermelon brought a slight coolness, which took away some of the heat, and everyone enjoyed it with a smile on their faces.
Zhang Wenxin asked Zhang Haiyan to get a piece for Brother Tao, and Brother Tao thanked him repeatedly.
At that time, Yu Zhile was cooking pickled pepper powder for Zhang Haiyan. The base ingredients had just boiled, and he was holding long chopsticks in one hand and grabbing the powder with the other.
"Chef Yu, eat it." Zhang Wenxin picked a piece of plump and red watermelon and handed it to her mouth. "It's crispy, sweet and refreshing. It can relieve the summer heat."
Yu Zhile smiled, took it and took a bite, then asked, "Does my aunt have any dietary restrictions?"
"No, I eat everything, but I prefer shrimp and abalone." Zhang Wenxin replied, still holding the watermelon in his hand.
Yu Zhile added an ingredient and took a bite, and quickly finished a slice of watermelon.
"It's almost time to cook lunch." She used long chopsticks to turn the ingredients so that they were heated evenly.
Zhang Wenxin threw the melon rind into the trash can she brought with her, wiped the juice off her hands on her clothes, and went to collect the noodles that everyone wanted to eat.
After getting everyone's answers, she washed her hands, stood in front of the stove at the same time as Zhang Haizhu, and started cooking noodles.
The others were not idle. The three members of the delivery team were cleaning the delivery trucks. Now each of them has two delivery trucks, and the iced drinks and powder are packed separately.
Zhang Ling started to crush lemon slices to make lemon tea, and then removed the lemons after finishing.
The noodles were cooked, the long table was filled with bamboo cups, and the people from the popsicle factory also delivered the ice.
After lunch, Yu Zhile and the other two kept repeating the action of cooking noodles. Finally, at 11:30, they finished the delivery orders and stopped to rest.
Yu Zhile stopped Ge Tai as he was about to leave and said, "On your way back, stop by the state-owned restaurant and ask Brother Hu San to buy a few crucian carps tomorrow."
"Okay." Ge Tai responded.
The delivery trio set off pulling their own small wooden carts.
"I'll take the village ox cart back. It's time to go." Zhang Haiyan looked at the sky, stood up and said goodbye.
After making more than 300 servings of noodles in a row, Yu Zhile and the others were so tired that they couldn't speak and just waved at her.
"Hey, they can't get any delivery today. That's great." After a while, Zhang Wenxin regained his energy and pointed at a few people who were swatting flies out of boredom at the stall next door.
They hung their heads, looking discouraged.
Xu Yu was beaten so badly that his face was bruised and his nose was swollen, and he looked seriously injured.
"Don't worry about them, let's just do our own thing." Yu Zhile held her fingers.
Zhang Wenxin made a face, stopped saying anything to rub elbows in, and lay on the table, playing with her fingers.
“Ding, ding, ding.”
The bell rang at a nearby factory to signal the end of get off work.
The people at the two stalls straightened their backs at the same time, ready for battle.
As usual, the workers walked towards the market, chatting and laughing.
"Pickled pepper powder, authentic Sichuan pickled pepper powder, fragrant and spicy, 20 cents a bowl." Xu Yu was seriously injured, and it was another educated youth who shouted, "Iced lemon tea, one third a cup, one third a cup."
They started a price war again, attracting a lot of people's attention.
"Excuse me, excuse me." Zhang Cuihua pushed the person who stopped there and sat down on a chair in Taohua Village.
She exchanged glances with Xu Yu and said loudly, "Give me a bowl of pickled pepper powder and a cup of lemon tea. I miss your discount so much."
There was a small group of people who had heard of pickled pepper powder for a long time, but it was their first time to eat it. When they saw the armband on her arm, they thought it was the restaurant that their colleague had mentioned, so they sat down.
Some people were attracted by the prices and sat down to place their orders.
The stalls at Taohua Village were soon filled up, with a few people standing in front of the stove waiting.
Xu Yu glanced proudly at the stall in Haiyu Village, but found that there were more customers from Haiyu Village, and Yu Zhile and others were so busy that they had no time to look up.
Zhang Haimei and Ge Xiaoju, who were in charge of nearby deliveries, returned to the stall to help collect money and make lemon tea, which reduced Zhang Ling's workload.
"Don't miss it if you pass by. This is the first pickled pepper powder in Daji. Thousands of packets have been sold."
"The iced lemon tea in Haiyu Village uses the famous tea from Guangdong Province, which is fragrant and mellow."
Zhang Ling's voice was clear, pleasant and loud. It easily drowned out the shouting of the educated youth from Taohua Village and attracted the attention of the guests from Taohua Village.
At this time, the smell of pickled peppers in the air slowly changed.
"Who is the first one? As an administrator, don't I know?" Zhang Cuihua sneered and started to lie with her eyes open.
A regular customer of Haiyu Village laughed and mercilessly exposed her: "Zhang Cuihua, isn't this your first time as a market manager?"
"So it was a proxy." Someone muttered, looking annoyed.
He was not the only one who regretted it, Xu Yu was also there.
He winked at Zhang Cuihua so hard that his eyes almost twitched, but Zhang Cuihua didn't even look at him.
Some people who were still on the fence chose Haiyu Village without hesitation and ate to their heart's content.
The guests left one after another, and Yu Zhile saw Chen Zhao and Huo Tianhe walking towards them arm in arm.
"Sister, I think I can do it." Chen Zhao looked very bad, but there was a confident light in his eyes.
The next second, his expression changed and he said proudly: "Haha, Huangshan was so scared when he saw me appear."
He then vividly described the scene until the first moon appeared.
"Le Le, Wen Xin, we've drawn the entrance!" she shouted as she ran closer.
Zhang Wenxin cheered: "Great news!"
Zhang Haimei and others cheered in unison, and Yu Zhile's face was full of smiles.
Chen Zhao clapped his hands vigorously to celebrate, then suddenly stopped and said loudly: "Brother Zhou, you are here in town today too."
Yu Zhile looked up and the smile on his face disappeared.
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