"Oh, I thought it was someone else! You know what, women who can't have children have such great figures, unlike us who have big butts and thick waists after having children."
Two women selling meat baskets, carrying baskets, were talking animatedly. When Li Youran ignored them, they became even more outrageous.
"Pah, shameless little slut, you just got divorced and you're already looking for a man!"
"What's the point of finding more men if you can't have children anyway?"
The two burly women talked while glancing at the porridge bucket on the ground out of the corner of their eyes.
"Oh, so you really are here to sell love potion." One of the women said, reaching out to open the porridge bucket.
Previously, Li Youran had turned a blind eye to the two gossiping behind her back. Now that they were insulting her to her face, Li Youran simply couldn't tolerate it.
"I'm here to find a man, what are you two doing here?" Li Youran grabbed the woman's hand and pulled it back, causing the woman to stumble in pain.
"Take a good look at yourself while you piss. You're so fat and look like an old sow." Li Youran clapped his hands in disgust.
"I'll fight you to the death!" Enraged by the beating, the woman charged forward like a mad bull.
Li Youran wasn't afraid of fighting, but she was worried about her bucket of fish soup, fearing it might be knocked over in the chaos.
She hesitated for a moment, and the woman was already in front of her. She had no time to dodge and could only close her eyes.
There was no strong impact as expected. Li Youran opened her eyes in confusion and saw the woman lying on the ground.
"Young Master!" Liu Er quickly helped Liu Zhiyuan, who had fallen to the ground, up, his face filled with panic and worry.
Li Youran then noticed that to her right, there was a young man dressed in white, dressed as a scholar.
"Are you alright?" No wonder he didn't bump into me earlier; it turned out this scholar had helped me.
Li Youran was not a delicate or pretentious person, and as she spoke, she went to pick up the book that the scholar had dropped on the ground.
"It's alright, I'll pick them up." Seeing Li Youran helping him pick up the books, Liu Zhiyuan ignored his pain, avoided Liu Er's help, and picked up the books together.
"Um... thank you!" The two picked up the last book together, their hands touching in their haste, and Li Youran quickly withdrew her hand.
“These two old women are no pushovers. In the past, some women have sold things here, but they were all insulted and humiliated by them.” The moment their hands touched, Liu Zhiyuan felt as if he had been electrocuted.
"Don't pay attention to what they say, just keep selling here." After saying that, Liu Zhiyuan turned to look at the two women and said, "I am a teacher at the academy. If you two dare to cause trouble again, I will tell the students not to buy your things anymore."
"No, no," the two women said sheepishly, and then returned to their previous positions.
"Young master's kindness is beyond my ability to repay." Upon hearing Li Youran's words, Liu Zhiyuan suddenly thought of the second half of a line often heard in operas: "I can only repay you with my body."
"I can only offer you a bowl of hot fish soup, young master." Li Youran found this young master rather strange. He was just standing there grinning like an idiot. Could it be that he had just hit his head and damaged it?
"Huh?" Liu Zhiyuan suddenly came to his senses. "Okay!"
Li Youran lifted the lid of the porridge pot, and instantly the air was filled with the delicious aroma of fish soup. The milky white fish soup looked very appetizing.
"It's a bit hot, young master, please be careful." Thinking that this young master might have damaged his brain, Li Youran felt a pang of self-reproach and sympathy.
"This fish soup is so delicious." But to Liu Zhiyuan, this scene was filled with heartache and worry.
Each lost in their own thoughts, the bowl of fish soup was soon emptied. Li Youran took the bowl, but Liu Zhiyuan still showed no sign of leaving.
"May I ask your honorable name, sir?" Seeing that Liu Zhiyuan did not respond, Li Youran continued. "My name is Li Youran. I live in Liushui Alley on West Street. My family's pancake shop is my home. I don't know if there are any aftereffects from today's bump. If you feel unwell in the future, please feel free to come to me."
Li Youran is a responsible person. She will definitely take responsibility for what she is responsible for. Although she is a little worried about her tight schedule, she will never shirk her responsibilities.
"My name is Liu Zhiyuan." Liu Zhiyuan wanted to say that it was a misunderstanding, but after thinking about it, he thought that this was also a reason to find her. "I still have some things to attend to at the academy, so I will take my leave first. I wonder if you will come again tomorrow?"
"Let's see how business is today. If it's alright, we'll come back tomorrow." Hearing Li Youran's words, Liu Zhiyuan nodded, cupped his hands in farewell, and left.
About half an incense stick later, the students were dismissed from school.
Although the academy has a canteen, quite a few students still come out to eat at noon. Some come out to buy their own food, while others have Xiao Si bring them their lunchboxes.
Li Youran did not expect that her business would be so good on the first day of setting up her stall, and soon her stall was surrounded by students.
"The young lady's fish soup is really delicious. I want to drink it again tomorrow, so please come on time."
"A bowl of this warms you up, and with some steamed buns, you can eat your fill."
Li Youran's fish soup received unanimous praise, and even her steamed buns were popular. She arranged to meet her students again at noon the next day, and then waited for her second brother to pick her up to go home.
Fifty bowls of fish soup and eighty steamed buns sold for a total of three hundred and thirty coins. Eighty coins were spent on a roast chicken for a family meal, leaving two hundred and fifty coins. After deducting the eighty coins for the steamed buns and the thirty coins for the fish, Li Youran had one hundred and forty coins left.
"I still need to keep trying..." After working hard for most of the day, Li Youran only earned 140 coins. Although she was not satisfied, there was nothing she could do. After all, she lacked capital, and accumulating funds was the most difficult thing.
"Mom and Dad, from now on I will hand over one-third of all the money I earn." Dinner was unusually harmonious tonight, and Zhou Yingying didn't make a fuss because of the roast chicken.
"Little sister, you can keep the money you earn for yourself."
“Since my little sister has said so, then let’s do it this way!” Li Haoran was interrupted by Zhou Yingying before he could finish speaking.
Li Haoran glanced at Zhou Yingying, shook his head and sighed, then said nothing more.
"Father, Mother, Brother, Sister-in-law," Li Youran said with a smile, "It's settled then. I'll do my part for this family."
Li Youran knew very well that even if only Zhou Yingying had a problem with her now, more and more people would have a problem with her over time.
Only by contributing to the family and bringing benefits to everyone can one live comfortably in one's maternal home.
However, Li Youran did not intend to stay at her mother's place indefinitely; she could only take it one step at a time and find a way out as soon as possible.
"Shameless bastard, how dare you come knocking on our door!"
As Li Tairan spoke, he got up and walked towards the main entrance, reaching out to touch the door bar behind the door.
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