Chapter 454
When Zhong Lan and Cui Li were not so busy, they would curiously come to Ye Fuyue to watch her draw the furniture design.
Seeing Ye Fuyue sketch out each piece of furniture with a pencil and then repeatedly modifying the details, both of them were amazed.
"Fu Yue, how did you come up with such beautiful furniture?" Cui Li exclaimed.
"Yes, I have never seen the furniture you drew in the supply and marketing cooperative." Zhong Lan also said.
Ye Fuyue smiled but said nothing. She couldn't honestly say she was designing furniture using memories from the future.
"What haven't you seen in the supply and marketing cooperative?" A smiling voice sounded outside the shop.
It was Aunt Tao who was speaking. She was standing outside the shop, carrying a bamboo basket.
Ye Fuyue did not have a good impression of Aunt Tao. She still remembered clearly the innuendos Aunt Tao said about her and Shen Yao last time.
"Nothing," Ye Fuyue said with a polite smile, and changed the subject: "Are you here to buy buns?"
Aunt Tao was a little unhappy with Ye Fuyue's perfunctory response, and it showed on her face: "It seems that you are talking about a secret that cannot be known to outsiders."
"Yeah." Ye Fuyue said with a forced smile.
Her admission made Aunt Tao at a loss as to how to proceed.
Aunt Tao curled her lips in frustration and said, "I heard you were planning to open a furniture store and asked Tian Hao, Wan Qi, and Fan Hua to join you?"
Wan Qi is Master Wan.
During this time, Master Wan, Tian Hao, Shen Shun, and Fan Hua were working together on furniture designed by Ye Fuyue. As a result, word spread throughout the compound that Ye Fuyue had brought them in to open a furniture shop. The news also reached the First Furniture Factory and the Xiangyang Furniture Factory, and both Master Wan and Tian Hao were summoned by their superiors to investigate the situation.
Ye Fuyue originally wanted them to resign later so that they could receive an extra month's salary, but after being asked by their leader, they both resigned immediately and focused on making the furniture designed by Ye Fuyue. This way, they could finish the furniture earlier and open the furniture store sooner.
Aunt Tao continued, "You're still a college student, and you still run this bun shop. Now you want to open a furniture store. Can you handle it?"
Aunt Tao's tone wasn't one of concern, but suspicion and contempt. She felt Ye Fuyue was just too eager for success and too ambitious, which was why she wanted to open this shop and that shop.
Ye Fuyue smiled and said, "Auntie, since you care about me so much, why don't you wait until my furniture shop opens and buy some more furniture to help me with my business."
Aunt Tao's face turned pale, and she was so choked by Ye Fuyue's words that she didn't know what to say.
She didn't care about Ye Fuyue at all, and she was even more unwilling to do business for Ye Fuyue. If her grandson hadn't wanted to eat the buns sold by Ye Fuyue, she wouldn't have bothered to do business for Ye Fuyue's bun shop.
"If there's furniture I like, I'll definitely do business with you." Aunt Tao said this perfunctorily, and then quickly changed the subject: "Give me a meat bun, a vermicelli bun, a tofu bun, and a bowl of tofu pudding to take away."
"Okay." Ye Fuyue said, and asked Zhong Lan and Cui Li to pack buns and sweet water for Aunt Tao.
"A total of thirty-seven cents." Ye Fuyue said.
"After the 20% discount, it's 29 cents now. I'll give you 29 cents." Aunt Tao said this and went to take out the money.
Ye Fuyue was slightly stunned, then smiled faintly and said, "Auntie, there are no discounts in the store right now."
Aunt Tao played dumb: "You gave us a 20% discount last time we came, you should give us a discount this time too, we live in the same courtyard."
"I gave discounts to first-time customers, but there are no discounts after that. Forget about sharing a courtyard. Even if my friends come, there's no discount." Ye Fuyue said calmly, then continued, "37 cents, no discount."
Seeing Ye Fuyue's firm attitude and blunt words, Aunt Tao couldn't continue to be shameless and pretend to be stupid.
She grumbled reluctantly, "37 cents is 37 cents, how stingy."
"Even brothers have to settle accounts clearly, let alone our relationship is not that close." Ye Fuyue said with a smile and handed the packaged buns and sweet water to Aunt Tao.
Aunt Tao took it with a grim expression, pursed her lips, and left.
"Aunt Tao still likes to take advantage as always." Zhong Lan sighed.
Cui Li also sighed, "It's still as difficult as before."
Ye Fuyue said to them, "Next time we encounter a similar customer, no matter what they say, we should stick to our principles. If they get upset and don't come back next time, it's a good thing. It will save us some trouble if these customers who always want a bargain don't come."
Zhong Lan and Cui Li both nodded in agreement.
Ye Fuyue was about to continue drawing the furniture design when she caught a glimpse of Chen Guifeng coming.
"Mom, why are you here?" Ye Fuyue said.
"Chen Yao took Haohao, Ranran, Qiqi and the others out to play, and Chen Shun went to find Tian Hao and the others to make furniture. I had nothing to do at home, so I thought of coming over to help you." Chen Guifeng said.
"Okay," Ye Fuyue said, "Help Zhong Lan, Cui Li and the others make buns and sweet soup."
"Okay." Chen Guifeng responded.
After the busy morning, there will be a small peak at noon and in the evening. Zhong Lan and Cui Li will take advantage of the time when there are fewer customers to make more buns and sweet soup that sell well to make up for the shortage.
Chen Guifeng was helping Zhong Lan and Cui Li, while Ye Fuyue continued to draw the furniture design.
"Give me two meat buns, one pickled mustard greens bun, one carrot bun, two servings of peanut butter, and one serving of tofu pudding." Someone said outside the shop.
"Okay—" Zhong Lan and Cui Li quickly put down their work and went to pack the buns and sweet water.
"Aunt Duan?" Chen Guifeng smiled when she saw that it was Duan's mother who came to buy food.
Duan's mother was originally worried, but when she saw Chen Guifeng, she forced a smile and said, "You are here to help your daughter-in-law."
"Yes." Chen Guifeng casually chatted with Duan's mother: "Buy so much to take home and eat together as a family of three."
"Yes." said Duan's mother.
Chen Guifeng noticed something was wrong with Duan's mother and asked with concern, "What's wrong with you? You don't look very well. Are you feeling unwell?"
Duan's mother originally didn't want to tell anyone, but she thought about the last house incident, when Chen Guifeng was the first to stand up for them. Duan's mother felt more affectionate towards Chen Guifeng than towards other people in the compound.
She said, "No, it's because of the house."
Chen Guifeng immediately became alert: "What's wrong with the house? Do Sanqing and Siqing still want to take it back?"
"Yes," Duan's mother sighed. "You guys helped the three of us so much last time that Sanqing and Siqing didn't dare go to the compound anymore. But they always hide on Dawei's way to and from get off work, and suddenly rush out from somewhere, beat Dawei up, and force him to return the house to them, otherwise they'll beat him up when they get the chance. How can Dawei alone be a match for those two scoundrels? They've beaten him twice already."
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