Chapter 126 Xiong Kai's Rivalry
Shen Dagou and Shen Xiang were very hardworking. They were paid thirty cents a day and not only helped Shen Yi make pot cakes, but also cleaned the house and wiped the table for Su Tai.
All Su Tai had to do was to stay at home and take care of her pregnancy. Occasionally, she would use a medium tool to draw water from the water space to irrigate the grape seedlings and fill up the water tank. It was almost effortless.
Time flies by inadvertently, and spring goes and summer comes in a blink of an eye.
There were suddenly two more people ferrying the Daxun River at Shenjiazhuang, and Shen Yi's passenger transport business was greatly affected. In addition, he left the boat late and came back early, so almost no one took his boat. He didn't care and continued to live his life as usual.
The early morning light by the river is so bright that it is hard to open your eyes.
Ma Xingteng and his guards were guarding the riverside. The boat for the ferry had already arrived, and only three people were missing. There were four of them, so they could squeeze in. The people on the boat were getting impatient and shouted to them, "Get on board!"
The boy shook his head and said seriously, "We are not waiting for this ship."
The boatman, who had been silent the whole time, looked up and said unhappily, “Chen Yi is no longer pulling people across the river, so you’d better not waste your energy.”
The servant did not explain.
They refused to board the boat and the boatman refused to leave. Only the villagers who were in a hurry to cross the river were cursing.
After waiting for half an hour, the people on the boat still hadn't gathered. They were already starting to get dissatisfied, "Are you going to leave or not? In the past, when Shen Yi was pulling people across the river, he would leave even if the time was not full. What's wrong with you? If you don't want to sail, return our money!"
Xiong Kai really wanted to argue with the other party, but fortunately he was still rational and endured it. However, his stubborn temper came up and he really couldn't move.
Just when they were about to make a scene, Shen Yi appeared carrying a few large rattan baskets.
Ma Xingteng's eyes lit up, and he hurried over to greet him, "My benefactor."
"Mr. Ma? You want to cross the river?" Shen Yi was a little confused about the situation.
Xiong Kai subconsciously lowered the brim of his hat so that Shen Yi wouldn't see his true face.
Ma Xingteng shook his head and took a step forward. "I am here to wait for you, my benefactor. I heard that a kind of food called pot cakes is popular in Dahe Town recently. I asked many people and found out that it was sent from here. I am waiting here today. Now it seems that the person I am waiting for is my benefactor."
He originally planned to wait for a while. If the man selling pot cakes didn't come, he would take Shen Yi's boat to Dahe Town to ask again. It seemed that God was blessing him and his wait was not in vain.
Shen Yi was anxious to deliver the goods, and said, “If Mr. Ma is not in a hurry, let’s talk on the boat. I have to deliver the goods quickly.”
"Okay, okay." Ma Xingteng immediately took his men onto Shen Yi's boat.
From beginning to end, Shen Yi never looked at the boat next to him.
When the villagers on the bear-driven boat saw this, they immediately became anxious, "Hey! Is there still room? We want to get over there!"
Shen Yi looked at the position on the ship and nodded, "Okay."
A few people were delighted and just stood up, but were suddenly shaken and fell back.
Only then did they realize that the boatman had already sailed away. Now they couldn't change boats even if they wanted to, and could only get angry and curse.
Xiong Kai, who had his back to Shen Yi, was confused at this moment. What did the eldest son of the Ma family want to do with Shen Yi? Why was he so polite to Shen Yi? And how was the food that Shen Yi sold made? How much did he make in a day?
These questions were about to overwhelm his brain, and he had no time to care about those troublesome guests.
Shen Yi had no idea that Xiong Kai had been targeting him. He rowed the boat away before asking Ma Xingteng, "What did Master Ma want to see me for?"
"It's like this, I've tried Guokui and it's really delicious. And coincidentally, no one in Moshi Town sells this thing, so I opened my own restaurant and want to be the only one in Moshi Town that sells Guokui. Is that okay?" Ma Xingteng made no secret of his ambition.
Shen Yi frowned slightly, "In this case, I can't sell Guokui alone in Moshi Town, right?"
Ma Xingteng said: "That's the principle, but if our cooperation ends, you can sell it however you want."
"So if you don't buy my pot cakes, I can sell them in Moshi Town?"
Ma Xingteng nodded repeatedly.
Shen Yi thought for a moment, then said in a deep voice: “There is something I must make clear. The pot cakes we make now are already at their limit. If you want to send them to Moshi Town, you will need to pick them up at my house later. However, my wife is the only one at home, so it is not very convenient.”
Ma Xingteng breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "It's okay, my wife's maid Shi Liu is also a woman, we can ask her to pick up the goods."
Shen Yi did not agree directly, "I will go back and discuss it with my wife, and then go to Moshi Town after noon to give you the news."
"Okay!" Ma Xingteng agreed readily.
Xiong Kai stared at them from afar, and seeing that the two were talking happily, his expression became distorted with jealousy.
He couldn't understand why Shen Yi was doing so well while he was getting worse and worse, since he was obviously better than Shen Yi in every way.
Ever since his mother-in-law's eye was injured by firecrackers, her temper has become more and more strange. When she is in a good mood, she will be polite and concerned about him. When she is in a bad mood, she will run to his door and curse him, saying that he is useless, comparing him with Shen Yi, and saying that she regrets marrying Mo Chunxiang to him.
If only Guan said this, he would not say anything, but Mo Chunxiang, that woman, actually had the same idea. She would always come up with something from time to time about how good Chen Yi was at making money and how much he loved his wife, comparing him to dust.
If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have been so angry as to solicit customers for the ferryman.
He thought he could be proud of himself by snatching Shen Yi's business, but he didn't expect that the other party didn't care at all. It was like he punched cotton. What's more infuriating is that Shen Yi can actually receive the courtesy of Mr. Ma. Why?
Is it because of the damn Guokui that Shen Yi is making now? Did he take over Shen Yi's business and all these belong to him?
The more I think about Xiong Kai, the more I feel that this is the case.
After the boat docked, he secretly followed Shen Yi. After he saw him deliver two baskets of Guokui to the Jixiang Inn and leave, he immediately went into the inn and said to Shopkeeper Li, "Shopkeeper, I want to buy the cake just now."
The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment before he reacted, "You mean the Shen family's pot cakes? What flavor do you want?"
"What flavors are there? How much are they?" Xiong Kai frowned subconsciously. Guokui? What a stupid name!
Shopkeeper Li introduced enthusiastically: "There are pure white flour Guokui and rough flour Guokui, each with three flavors, the sweet one has peanuts and sugar, and the salty one has preserved vegetable braised pork and scallion.
Two rough noodles with onion flavor cost three cents, two rough noodles with preserved vegetables and sweet flavor cost five cents, and all thin noodles cost an extra cent. "
"So expensive!" Xiong Kai widened his eyes, with a hint of anger and deep jealousy.
Shopkeeper Li said, "Sir, this price is very fair! You are not from our town, are you? We have been selling at this price for a long time!"
Xiong Kai was a little embarrassed and annoyed, and gritted his teeth and said, "Give me one of each flavor."
He spent sixteen cents to buy six pot cakes, which made him feel very sad.
As soon as he left the inn, he couldn't wait to take a bite. He had already thought about how he disliked this pot cake. However, after chewing it for a few times, he still couldn't figure out what was inside. He only had one feeling - it smelled good! It smelled really good!
Especially the pork with preserved vegetables, which would ooze out oil when you pinch it, and the meat was generous enough. It seemed like you had no reason to dislike it.
He was so angry that he wanted to throw the pot cake on the ground and step on it, but he couldn't bear to waste it, so he got stuck there, unable to move up or down. His resentment and dissatisfaction towards Chen Yi became stronger and stronger.
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