Chapter 449
Since they had already seen it, Ye Fuyue had no intention of hiding it.
A smile appeared on her face and she said, "Indeed, I opened it."
Zhang Huiyun, Li Juxiang and Yang Lu were all shocked.
Li Juxiang's eyes widened in disbelief: "Did you really drive it?"
Ye Fuyue smiled and said, "If I lied about something like this, wouldn't it be easy to be found out?"
"How did you manage to open such a bun shop?" Zhang Huiyun exclaimed as she looked at the not-so-small bun shop.
Ye Fuyue did not answer their questions, but asked: "Why are you three here?"
The bun shop is quite far from their school. Generally speaking, students in the school would not run so far to eat.
Li Juxiang said, "Zhang Huiyun and I came here to look around. Zhang Huiyun said she heard there was a new bun shop nearby that was delicious, so we wanted to try it. While we were looking for the bun shop, we ran into Yang Lu and dragged her over here."
Yang Lu raised her head proudly and said, "I was originally going to buy something and didn't want to come here, but they insisted on dragging me over."
"The reputation of my bun shop has spread so far?" Ye Fuyue said with a bit of pride.
Zhang Huiyun nodded. "That's why I'm curious about how you managed to open such a bun shop. I heard about it from my husband, and he heard about it from his classmates. You can imagine how far your bun shop's reputation has spread."
Ye Fuyue smiled without any modesty: "I didn't expect my bun shop to be so famous."
Yang Lu rolled her eyes speechlessly and entered the shop first: "Stop standing here talking nonsense."
"Yes, come in and sit down and see what you want to eat and drink." Ye Fuyue said with a smile.
Yang Lu, Zhang Huiyun and Li Juxiang each ordered a steamed bun and a bowl of sweet soup.
Zhong Lan brought them the buns and Cui Li brought them the sweet water.
Zhang Huiyun asked Ye Fuyue curiously, "Are these two your hired workers?"
"No," Ye Fuyue said, "They are my partners. As you know, I have to go to school every day, so I don't have so much time to manage the shop by myself."
Zhang Huiyun and Li Juxiang nodded in agreement.
Li Juxiang asked, "So, you contributed a lot of money to the partnership, didn't you?"
Ye Fuyue smiled but said nothing.
This matter is too private, she can choose not to answer.
Li Juxiang also realized that her question was a bit rash. She smiled sheepishly, took a bite of the bun, and praised: "The buns are really delicious. No wonder you can open a bun shop."
"The tofu pudding is delicious too. It's different from the tofu pudding I usually eat. It has red beans and osmanthus honey in it." Zhang Huiyun said, "No wonder it costs 15 cents a bowl."
Yang Lu also ate tofu pudding, but Li Juxiang ate peanut butter.
Tofu pudding is the most expensive of all the sweet soups. The reason why Yang Lu ordered tofu pudding was to see why it was the most expensive. Now after tasting it for a few bites, she finally understood why it was the most expensive, because it was indeed much more delicious than the tofu pudding sold outside.
After eating the buns and drinking sweet water, the three of them planned to leave.
While paying the bill, Zhang Huiyun said enviously, "Fuyue, you're amazing! You're in school like us, yet you're also running a bun shop and making money. Unlike me, I can only receive the monthly subsidy from the school and have no other way to make money."
Yang Lu was annoyed when she heard Zhang Huiyun say this. She rolled her eyes speechlessly and said, "Everyone can only receive subsidies from the school!"
Zhang Huiyun felt that she didn't say anything, so why did Yang Lu speak to her in such an impatient tone.
She said rather aggrievedly, "You and I are different. Your family is so well-off. Even if you can only receive subsidies from the school, your family can still help you. I'm different. My husband and I both come from poor families. Let alone helping us, it's good enough that they don't ask us for money. I..."
Yang Lu couldn't stand Zhang Huiyun's Xianglin Sao-like complaints any longer, so she interrupted her: "If you're not satisfied with your current situation, then work hard to change it. What's the point of envying this and that and complaining about this and that all day long?"
"I'm not complaining about this or that." Zhang Huiyun grumbled aggrievedly.
Yang Lu didn't want to talk to Zhang Huiyun anymore, thinking that she was just a complainer. She asked Ye Fuyue, "How much?"
"A meat bun is 10 cents, a bowl of tofu pudding is 15 cents, a total of 25 cents." Ye Fuyue said.
Yang Lu was about to take the money when Li Juxiang said, "Fuyue, we're all in the same dormitory. Can you give us a discount?"
After saying that, Li Juxiang smiled at Ye Fuyue a little embarrassedly.
Yang Lu was dissatisfied: "Other people open shops to do business, not to do charity. If people in the same dormitory want a discount, then people in the same class, grade, and school should also get a discount. How can others do business then? It's just a matter of a few cents, how can they ask for a discount?"
Li Juxiang's face flushed red at Yang Lu's words, especially her last sentence. Yang Lu's family was well-off, so of course she didn't care about a dime or two. But her family was different. She came from the countryside, and her parents depended on the weather for their livelihood. Unlike city dwellers, they ate commercial grain and had a more stable income than their rural counterparts. Yang Lu's last words seemed to be looking down on her for being poor.
Li Juxiang was a little unhappy and muttered, "I'm just talking, I don't really want Fuyue to give us a cheaper price."
Ye Fuyue was very happy that Yang Lu spoke from her perspective. However, she saw that Li Juxiang was a little embarrassed, so she said, "Since this is your first time here and we live in the same dormitory, I was planning to give you a cheaper price. How about giving you a 20% discount?"
Li Juxiang looked at Ye Fuyue gratefully and said, "Just pretend I never said anything I said just now. It's okay if you don't give us a discount."
Ye Fuyue said, "I give discounts to acquaintances who come for the first time, but there will be no such discounts after that."
Li Juxiang felt even more grateful to Ye Fuyue and said with a smile, "Thank you very much."
Yang Lu felt a little embarrassed. Ye Fuyue's behavior made her seem too fussy. Unable to resist, she murmured softly, "How generous."
Ye Fuyue smiled sweetly and said, "It's not that I'm generous, but since we just opened, we have to offer some discounts to attract people. However, what you just said is also what I want to say. I opened the store for business, not for charity. Discounts like this are not always available."
Yang Lu's expression finally eased a little, and she snorted proudly.
Yang Lu and the others paid the bill and prepared to leave.
Yang Lu and Li Juxiang both walked out of the shop, only to find that Zhang Huiyun had not followed them and was still in the shop.
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