Chapter 370
"Our buns are not only made with good flour and have plenty of fillings, but they also taste great," Ye Fuyue said with a smile, and then said to Zhong Lan, "Let's fill them with carrots."
After Zhong Lan finished packing, Ye Fuyue handed the oil-paper package to Xiang Jialiang: "This is for you."
"Sister-in-law, how can this be so embarrassing!" Xiang Jialiang said with a look of rejection: "It's not easy for you to stand in the cold wind so early in the morning to sell buns."
"You did business for us. Given our relationship, what's wrong with giving you a bun?" Ye Fuyue forced it on Xiang Jialiang: "Just keep it."
"Then I'll accept it. Thank you, sister-in-law." Xiang Jialiang grinned and walked towards the factory.
When Xiang Jialiang met his colleagues from the security department, he would promote the stuff to them: "The buns sold by Section Chief Shen's wife are delicious. You should all go and try them."
Those colleagues all looked in Ye Fuyue's direction, but because they were afraid of being associated with speculation, they all averted their gazes and went into the factory.
There were a few workers passing by who, upon hearing what Xiang Jialiang said, came over curiously to ask about the price.
As long as one person bought it, others would follow suit. Plus, the buns tasted really good, so more people came to buy them out of a desire to give it a try.
Business picked up, and Zhong Lan was busy collecting money and packing buns, and she was so busy that she couldn't handle it.
When there was no worker left at the factory gate and everyone had gone to work, Zhong Lan had sold nearly three-quarters of the basket of buns she had brought with her.
"There are still some left. I'll go to the nearby family quarters to sell them." Zhong Lan smiled at Ye Fuyue.
"Okay." Ye Fuyue said, "I'll go back to the small western-style building and make some dough for you. You can make some more at noon and sell it in the afternoon."
"Okay." Zhong Lan responded happily.
Now that buns are selling well, she wishes she could sell more every day.
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After Zhong Lan and Cui Li's bun business got on track, Ye Fuyue no longer had to accompany them to sell buns. She focused more of her energy on the school.
However, the news that she and Zhong Lan were selling buns in front of a factory soon spread throughout the entire compound.
The aunts in the compound not only saw Ye Fuyue and Zhong Lan selling buns together, but also saw Ye Fuyue, Zhong Lan and Cui Li entering and leaving the small western-style building together.
So someone asked about Chen Guifeng.
"Guifeng, your daughter-in-law is selling buns outside with Zhong Lan and Cui Li?"
Seeing that everyone knew about this, Chen Guifeng had nothing to hide and said with a hearty smile, "Yes."
"Doesn't your daughter-in-law have to go to school? She still has to sell buns. How hard it is."
"She goes to school. Zhong Lan and Cui Li are the ones selling buns, and she mainly serves as a military advisor." Chen Guifeng said.
"Is it because Shen Yao also went to college and the couple has no money, so Ye Fuyue has to sell buns?" Aunt Yue asked.
Chen Guifeng smiled and did not respond.
"I also saw your daughter-in-law, Zhong Lan and Cui Li going in and out of a small Western-style building together. The small Western-style building is very beautiful and well-renovated. I heard that Zhong Lan and Cui Li live there now. I also heard that the small Western-style building is actually your home." Someone else said.
Chen Guifeng smiled and said, "It is indeed my house. Fuyue rented it to Zhong Lan and Cui Li, and asked them to help take care of the house."
"That's not right, Guifeng. Didn't you say that the house your family bought outside was quite shabby? I think that small Western-style building is not shabby at all. It is very grand and beautiful."
Chen Guifeng smiled and said calmly, "When we first bought the house, it was really shabby. It took us a long time to clean it up and make it look presentable."
"Since it was so worn out when you bought it, it must have been bought at a very cheap price." Aunt Yue said sarcastically.
Chen Guifeng glanced at her and said vaguely, "It's okay."
After that, whenever someone asked her about the small Western-style house, she would give vague and evasive answers.
After Chen Guifeng left, several aunts gathered together and murmured.
"Is the Shen family rich or poor? That little Western-style house has two floors. Even if it was shabby when it was bought, it couldn't have been cheap. But if the Shen family was rich, why didn't Ye Fuyue go to college and instead sell buns and do something so shameful?"
"Maybe she had money when she bought the buns, but had no money after that, so she had to go out to sell the buns." Aunt Yue said.
"Then why doesn't Chen Yao go out and sell buns, and let his wife do it? Doesn't this mean that Chen Yao is relying on his wife to support him?"
"What else could it be? He's not as thick-skinned as his wife and he's afraid of losing face." Zhou Jinmei interrupted, "And didn't you hear what Chen Guifeng said just now? It's mainly Zhong Lan and Cui Li selling the buns, and Ye Fuyue is the military advisor. To put it bluntly, Zhong Lan and Cui Li are working for Ye Fuyue. Maybe Ye Fuyue is taking the lion's share of the money, and Zhong Lan and Cui Li don't get any of the money from the buns."
"I think so too. Ye Fuyue looks very smart and doesn't seem like someone who would suffer any loss." Aunt Yue said, "She's in college and her mind is more flexible than the average person. She must have pocketed all the money she earned. Zhong Lan and Cui Li's divorce might have been Ye Fuyue's idea, just to make Zhong Lan and Cui Li work better for her."
"But Zhong Lan and Cui Li didn't have a good life in the Yao family, and they didn't have a good life in the Liang family." Aunt Qian said, "I think it was because Zhong Lan and Cui Li worked for Ye Fuyue and had their own money that they finally had the confidence to divorce."
"No matter how bad their lives are at the man's house, is it any worse than engaging in speculation and profiteering?" Zhou Jinmei disagreed. "People like them who engage in speculation and profiteering might be arrested and thrown in jail one day. How can they have a good life?"
Zhou Jinmei rolled her eyes and just finished speaking when she suddenly saw Ye Fuyun coming back from outside with the child in her arms.
Zhou Jinmei frowned and followed Ye Fuyun and asked, "Where did you go with the child?"
Ye Fuyun was startled. He didn't expect to bump into Zhou Jinmei. He said with a guilty conscience, "I went to the public restroom."
"Why are you going to the public toilet and holding my eldest grandson?" Zhou Jinmei was very unhappy.
"I'm worried about leaving him alone at home." Ye Fuyun said.
Zhou Jinmei snorted, "I'm worried about him being home alone, but you can't take him to the public restroom. What if you lose sight of him and he drops him?"
"Mom, you're right." Ye Fuyun agreed.
If Peng Jianxiang hadn't wanted to see his son, Ye Fuyun would never have taken the child out.
Fortunately, Zhou Jinmei did not become suspicious.
However, Peng Jianxiang's demands had become more and more frequent and excessive recently. He wanted to see his son every one or two days, and he kept talking about asking her to divorce Wu Longfei and live with him.
Ye Fuyun basically used coaxing and deception to appease Peng Jianxiang. She was really afraid that if she couldn't coax Peng Jianxiang anymore, things would develop in an uncontrollable direction...
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