Chapter 26: Rivals Want Her to Be a Big Target
After a while, those who went out to buy food came back one after another.
People eating in the cafeteria are curious. When they see people who have bought food, they go over to say hello and take a piece of food with them.
As a result, I was so addicted to the food that I couldn't sit still.
Especially those who had their turn to deep-fry the chicken skeletons, their faces were filled with intoxication as they ate.
Some people see a long line over there and go to the noodle shop owner to buy it. Wow, after buying it once, you will know what it means to be unpalatable.
The whole thing is not as good as homemade. Not only is it colorless, but it's also too salty. I took a bite and it was so unpalatable that I didn't want the rest.
Then I saw others eating with gusto, and I secretly made up my mind to try the delicious food there next time.
Shen Qingyue clearly had double the quantity from yesterday, but with several major customers coming in, it sold out just as quickly as yesterday, especially the sweet and sour chicken bones. Many people came out of the cafeteria after lunch to buy some as a snack, but the dish was already sold out.
In Shen Qingyue's three-in-one dish, if you choose the chicken skeleton, you will get two pieces. Similarly, if you buy the 50-cent dish and ask for the chicken skeleton, you will get a total of ten pieces, enough for one person as a snack.
Many people didn’t eat enough and advised Shen Qingyue to make more next time.
When the stall was closing, Shen Qingyue took her eldest sister to the bank to open an account. She counted out the eighty yuan from today's sales, added the remaining one hundred and twenty yuan from the three sisters' joint account, and deposited the two hundred yuan. This saved her from carrying a large bag of money every day!
Shen Qingyue was a little excited. Their total investment was only 270 yuan, and they were almost making their money back. Not to mention the food they had stockpiled at home, such as seasonings and so on.
Moreover, Shen Qingyue still had money in her pocket, so she bought another 100 kilograms of fine salt and 20 kilograms of soybean oil today.
Why don’t people say that her food is delicious? How can it not be delicious when paired with so many delicious foods?
I bought some more pork to fill up the remaining chicken bones, and then I saw some pig intestines in the corner.
There is a whole basin full of them, which have been washed many times with water.
Shen Qingyue bought it all. The price is high. One pound of pig intestines can buy three pounds of chicken skeletons. But at a recycling station like this, pig offal and scraps are not always available.
When I was selling pork liver today, I found that the top three items were not selling well, so I had to change them.
Shen Qingyue bought these things and spent all her banknotes, leaving only some cents and coins!
When Shen Qingyue returned home after shopping, she saw the noodle stall owner standing angrily at their stall.
It looks like someone is coming with bad intentions.
Chen Mei was not good at conflicts by nature, and her brows were furrowed at this moment. She was in an unfamiliar county, and if she had a conflict with the locals, she would be finished.
Shen Qingyue knew that her good sales would inevitably make others jealous. But she didn't care. She wasn't here to make friends anyway. Now she asked, "What are you doing?"
The noodle stall owner said, "I made so many dishes today and they didn't sell any. What do you think we should do?"
Shen Qingyue said: "Each of you sell your own things. What does it have to do with me if you can't sell it?"
The old lady at the noodle stall said, "That's not the truth. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have done this. Now the cost of more than 40 yuan has been invested. I can't afford to pay for this little fuss."
Shen Qingyue asked: "Then what do you want?"
The noodle stall owner said, "Buy all these things from me." Her attitude was so righteous that it made Shen Qingyue laugh.
"Why, do the words 'sucker' written on my face? If you can't sell it, just ask someone else to cover the loss. I'm really asking you to grow up. Let me tell you clearly, it's impossible." Shen Qingyue said.
The lady boss of the noodle stall said, "Haha, in that case, you shouldn't leave." After she finished speaking, two tall and big men came over.
Shen Qingyue said, "What? Forced buying and selling in broad daylight? Big sister, go call the police and see what the anti-gangster and evil campaign has to say. I didn't even know there were local tyrants in 1985."
When the noodle stall owner's two younger brothers heard this, they became a little scared.
He just heard from his sister that he wanted to scare her. After all, the other party was from the village. It would be best to squeeze her out of the stall. He didn't expect the other party to be so tough.
The severe crackdown in 1983 had just ended. At that time, anyone who made a small mistake would be arrested and shot.
Now I tremble when I suddenly hear the words "crack down on gangsters and eliminate evil."
"No...don't get me wrong, we're just here to ask what's going on. We're not local bullies."
"that is."
Shen Qingyue said, "We are two weak women here, and you two men are using psychological intimidation and you say it's not a demonstration of force."
When the two men heard this, they said in unison: "No, we were just passing by."
"Oh, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
The two men didn't dare to stay here any longer. They worked in respectable companies. If their leaders heard about this, they would lose their jobs.
The noodle stall owner was furious. She thought she had a sure win. Unexpectedly, the two brothers were cowards who could be frightened by a few words.
Now that everyone had left, her advantage was in jeopardy. She couldn't sit still any longer: "What do you say we should do?"
In order to compete with Shen Qingyue, she spent more than 40 yuan to buy vegetables and steamed rice, but she didn't sell many of them. These things would go bad before she got home.
The more she thought about it, the more frustrated she felt. She had finally come out, but instead of making any money, she ended up losing money. How could she bear this?
Seeing that many people were watching, Shen Qingyue said loudly, "I just want to ask, if your sales are not good, do you just go and find someone else to cover the loss?"
When the other vendors heard this, they said with some shame, "That's definitely not possible."
Shen Qingyue turned to the stall owner opposite and said, "Listen, you're not young anymore, how shameless of you to do such a thing."
The noodle stall owner's face turned red and white, but she still insisted on her point: "What should I do? It's forty yuan."
Shen Qingyue said: "Don't even mention paying forty, even if you pay eighty you can't blame others, it's not me who asked you to do it."
The noodle stall owner was unhappy again, but at the moment, was there any other advantage? Soon, she saw the old factory manager coming over and said, "What are you doing here?"
The noodle stall owner's face turned pale.
Shen Qingyue said: "Nothing."
The old factory manager said, "Oh."
Uncle Zhuangzi arrived just in time with his ox cart. Shen Qingyue quickly loaded the cart and was not stopped this time. She returned in high spirits.
On the way back. Chen Mei said: "Why didn't you tell him when he asked just now?"
If the old factory director could say that the noodle stall owner is better than Shen Qingyue, he would say ten sentences.
Shen Qingyue said: "Do you think he doesn't know? When the conflict just happened, he was watching not far away." He was like a mirror, and he had to wait until Shen Qingyue had resolved everything before he came late.
Cutting off someone's source of income is like killing their parents. This time, she gave the other party some face, which was also considered as a way of showing her character in front of other stall owners.
The owner of the noodle stall is a coward. If he dares to provoke her again, she will not be polite.
Chen Mei seemed to understand what she heard, but no matter what, she felt that her sister was right!
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