Chapter 104: Attracting Wealth
"Sister, how could you bear to bring Niuniu to the shop today?"
As soon as Liu Xiaoru saw Niu Niu, she immediately hugged her in her arms.
Niu Niu also leaned her little face softly towards Liu Xiaoru.
Zhang Yunniang smiled and said, "Niuniu missed you at home, so I brought her over to see you."
As she spoke, she took out a plate of preserved fruits from the basket and handed it to Liu Xiaoru.
These were originally food for Liu Xiaoru, but she didn't eat them herself. Instead, she fed them to Niu Niu one by one.
While feeding the baby, Liu Xiaoru leaned close to the little girl and said in a surprised tone, "I miss Niuniu too. I haven't seen you for two days. How come you look so beautiful again, my dear?"
Niuniu tilted her head and said, "Aunt Liu and I are of the same mind."
Upon hearing this, Liu Xiaoru happily fed Niu Niu another candied fruit. Looking at Niu Niu eating, she felt unexpectedly satisfied.
Zhang Yunniang looked at the situation and said angrily, "I brought you food, why are you feeding it to her?"
Liu Xiaoru said: "I ate a lot of good food during the Chinese New Year, and I got fat. But our Niuniu is the best. She is still growing, and no matter how much she eats, she will only grow taller, not fat."
Niu Niu stuffed several candied fruits into her mouth. Her cheeks were puffy and she looked like a chubby little hamster.
Liu Xiaoru spent the New Year alone in the county. Zhang Yuniang and Gu Mingda wanted to send someone to Qingshui Village to celebrate, but Liu Xiaoru used to live in the village and knew that if she really went there, the women in the village would gossip about her.
"I have something to ask you..."
Zhang Yunniang had just started talking when an elderly woman walked in from outside the door.
"Cut two taels of pork head." said the old woman with a smile.
Liu Xiaoru glanced at Zhang Yunniang apologetically, put Niuniu on the chair, and stood up to greet the guests: "Aunt Sun, you haven't been here for a while, why don't you cut some meat and take it back for your son to eat with wine?"
Aunt Sun smiled and nodded, saying, "I've eaten a lot of other people's stewed food, but yours tastes the best, even if... it's okay, yours is the best."
Before Liu Xiaoru realized what Aunt Sun had not finished saying, Zhang Yunniang keenly sensed that something was wrong.
"Aunt Sun, you just said 'even if'. What did you want to say?" Zhang Yunniang asked directly.
Aunt Sun smiled awkwardly and said, "It's nothing, just pretend I didn't say anything."
Zhang Yunniang inexplicably felt that this sentence seemed very important, but Aunt Sun didn't intend to say it out loud.
Niuniu slid down from the chair, walked to Aunt Sun, and said crisply, "Mother-in-law, are you dissatisfied with the food in our store? Just let us know, and we will try our best to meet your requirements."
The little girl looked like a doll in New Year pictures. At this moment, she was staring at Aunt Sun intently with her beautiful big eyes.
Even though Aunt Sun had a heart of stone, she couldn't help but soften her heart at this moment. She reached out and gently stroked Niuniu's soft hair, saying, "It's not that I don't want to say it, it's just that these words are not pleasant to hear... it's just that... it's just that I heard people say that the stewed food in your house is not clean, and there is a lot of mud in the stewed soup, and it is also mixed with gold juice."
Zhang Yunniang took a breath of cold air when she heard this.
The name "Jinzhi" sounds high-sounding, but it is actually manure water.
The person who spread the rumor has evil intentions. He is determined to stop the shop from doing business.
If this rumor is circulating privately, it is no wonder that the sales of braised food are decreasing every day.
Niu Niu didn't know what golden juice was, so she looked up and said to Aunt Sun, "Mother-in-law, the stewed food in my house is made by the whole family, and we eat it ourselves. It is definitely not mixed with mud or golden juice. Niu Niu will not lie to you, mother-in-law."
Aunt Sun looked at the child's innocent big eyes and believed what was said. She couldn't help but regret in her heart. Because of a rumor whose authenticity was questionable, she had actually gone to buy braised food from other places during this period of time. She felt that her money was not worth it.
Aunt Sun actually couldn't explain clearly why she walked in today as if possessed by some mysterious force. She originally wanted to avoid it, but walked in inexplicably.
Liu Xiaoru wrapped the cut pork head meat and handed it to Aunt Sun, and asked, "Aunt, do you know who spread this rumor?"
Aunt Sun shook her head and said, "I heard it from my relatives, and my relatives heard it from others. Suddenly, the whole alley said that your family's food is not clean, but I don't know who was the first to say it."
After Aunt Sun left, Liu Xiaoru said, "Maybe it's because Niuniu came today and brought good fortune. Usually no one comes in to buy braised food at this time."
Zhang Yunniang was puzzled: "During the Chinese New Year, there were people waiting outside the shop every day. How come business is so bad now?"
Liu Xiaoru looked guilty: "Before the Lantern Festival, there were many people queuing outside the shop every day when the shop opened. After the Lantern Festival, the number of customers decreased every day. I thought it was because of the Lantern Festival, but I didn't expect that someone was behind it. Sister, I am too slow."
Zhang Yunniang couldn't bear to blame her sister, so she comforted her, "You are busy enough guarding the shop all day long. Besides, he is a local boss and he acts in secret, so it's hard to guard against him."
Liu Xiaoru forced a smile.
Niuniu suddenly said, "Aunt Liu, can you cut some braised food for me?"
Liu Xiaoru would never refuse Niu Niu's request, and immediately walked behind the counter to cut a platter of braised food for Niu Niu.
Zhang Yunniang thought that the child was just greedy, but she did not lecture her daughter in front of others. Instead, she told Liu Xiaoru: "Cut less. She just ate so much preserved fruit that her stomach is full."
Liu Xiaoru nodded on the surface, but in fact she didn't stop working and soon brought out a large plate for Niu Niu.
"Anyway, we may not sell all of them today, so just eat as much as your heart desires, dear." Liu Xiaoru also thought that Niu Niu was suddenly greedy.
Niu Niu dragged the chair to the door of the shop, then moved a small stool to sit on, and then she lay on the chair and started eating.
She was in the most conspicuous spot in the shop, and people passing by could see her.
The originally quiet shop gradually became lively after the little girl performed eating performance.
Zhang Yunniang and Liu Xiaoru didn't have the chance to chat at all. They were busy greeting customers the whole morning, most of whom were regular customers who hadn't come to take care of business for some time.
Regular customers looked at Niu Niu eating with gusto and suddenly felt that their suspicions during this period were ridiculous. The food in the shop was fed to his own children with confidence, so how could it not be clean?
They felt that they had been really stupid in the past to have believed those nonsense in the rumors.
Zhang Yunniang and Liu Xiaoru both looked at Niuniu in amazement.
Niu Niu was completely unaware of their shock. She was still sitting at the door, head tilted, eating very seriously with a look of satisfaction on her face, and her belly was gradually becoming bulging.
Cheng He at the entrance of the alley stared at the scene in amazement, and he could hardly hold the food box in his hand.
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