Shengfu Restaurant successfully broke out of its local circle and became popular beyond the county. This made Manager Zhou want to cling to Yun Ling and Yun Ruoxia and beg for their forgiveness when they met again.
"My ancestors, you've finally arrived! If you hadn't delivered the mushrooms soon, my signboard would have been torn down."
Yun Ling was also quite helpless. Since returning that time, she and Yun Ruoxia had bought another batch of flowerpots to grow flowers. In addition, with her superpowers, the production had doubled, but it still couldn't keep up with the speed at which he sold them. It was truly a sweet trouble.
"Shopkeeper, just think of it as a form of scarcity marketing."
"You make it sound so easy, young lady. The weather is so hot and humid right now. People inside are sitting and enjoying the coolness, but those standing outside are all steaming like buns. If I hadn't put two big blocks of ice at the gate and served them fresh mushroom soup, the guests would have all left long ago."
Yunling scratched her temple and replied, "The shopkeeper should choose a specific time each day to sell the next day's mushroom oil noodles. He can sell one hundred or two hundred servings, but don't set the quantity too high. Let the occasional customer who misses out get some."
"Some people harbor this wishful thinking. If they get to eat it, they'll be happy. If they don't, they won't complain. Besides, they might order something else."
Manager Zhou was delighted and immediately instructed his servant to carry it out.
Yunling's move not only failed to cause Shengfu Restaurant to lose customers, but also gained goodwill due to the humane arrangement of not having to queue in the sweltering heat, making people go there to eat other things even if they didn't want to eat the mushroom oil noodles.
The other restaurants were furious, but they didn't know how to raise or process these black-skinned chicken mushrooms, so they could only watch helplessly. They didn't know, but Pei Lin knew everything.
He had even questioned that little moron's ability to do anything and cursed her to be poisoned. But look what happened! Not only was she not poisoned and not carried into Ren'an Hall lying down, she actually grew similar fungi and became quite famous.
Where does that leave him to put his face?
He never wanted to see Yun Ling again. That silly girl had a sharp tongue and would definitely ridicule him to save face. But some things are more likely to happen the more you try to avoid them. It's like going out to take out the trash in your pajamas without makeup or washing your hair and running into your crush.
Yunling appeared.
I even bumped into him!
Pei Lin immediately turned his face away, pretending not to see.
Yunling found it strange. If this idiot had seen her in the past, he would have definitely made a fuss about her. Was he possessed by a ghost today?
When he doesn't look at her, she takes the initiative to move closer, tilting her head to look at him. When he turns away again, she tilts her head again.
Seeing that he was about to twist his neck, Pei Lin quickly said, "What are you doing? I've never seen such an unruly young lady."
"Oh? You can talk? I thought you were mute."
Pei Lin was so angry her mouth twitched. When would this girl stop being so sarcastic?! When would she stop making her so infuriating?!
"What are you doing here? Don't try to extort money from people by using Professor Zhong's name again."
Yunling ignored him and led Yun Chu inside. This was the first time she had gathered herbs to sell, and she couldn't spoil the fun.
The landlord smiled upon seeing Yunling, "It's been so long since I've seen you. I thought you'd gone somewhere else."
Yunling smiled and said, "I'm a very busy person. From now on, I'll leave the matter of the herbs to my elder sister. I hope the master will take good care of them."
A hint of sadness flashed in the landlord's eyes. He had finally gotten to know Yun Ling, and now that someone else was in charge, he felt a little uncomfortable. But he couldn't force her to do something against her will, so he smiled and agreed.
Pei Lin, who had caught up to see what was going on, learned that Yun Ling knew about herbs. He then remembered how worried he had been about her trampling all the herbs last time. Wouldn't that mean...?
Aaaaaah!!!
When will he stop being embarrassed by her?
Uncle Cao, who had witnessed everything, wanted to greet Yunling, but it was his turn to see a doctor, so he put his mind at ease. However, when he returned to the shop and saw the jar of matsutake mushroom oil on the table, he felt a pang of regret.
"I should have greeted her earlier."
Lu Yinghuai took the medicine from Uncle Cao's hand, ordered someone to cook it, and then asked, "Who did you greet? Be careful, or I'll tell Aunt Cao."
"Oh, that's Brother Hua's youngest daughter."
Lu Yinghuai's body trembled violently, and he took a step to leave, "Where did you see him? When did you see him? Has he left yet?"
“Ren’an Hall, but she had already left when I came to see her.” Uncle Cao was puzzled as to why Lu Yinghuai was in such a hurry. “By the way, she seemed to be very familiar with Lin Ge’er. When Lin Ge’er was angry, she would coax him. The two of them looked like childhood sweethearts, and they were a good match.”
Lu Yinghuai still had a smile on his face, but it was a very stiff smile. He couldn't even eat dinner that night, but Yunling ate very well. The braised pig's trotters made by Zhang were very flavorful, but they used a lot of seasonings. She was thinking about going up the mountain to find star anise trees after autumn, so that she could save some even if she didn't sell them.
But before autumn arrived, rumors began to circulate in the village that Lin Sanlang had touched Yun Ruochun's feet and that the two had been intimate when Yunling and the others were practicing swimming.
Xia, the head of the household, quickly came out to refute the rumors, saying that he only saw four men in the pond and did not see Yun Ruochun among them, and that was the end of the matter.
But then came the news that Yun Ruochun had a scar on her foot. Such a specific description made it hard not to think in that direction. Yun's mother panicked. Years ago, when Yun Ruochun was running away with Yun Shenghua to raid a beehive on the mountain, she fell and lost her shoe. Her instep was scratched by a tree branch and left a deep scar.
Since ancient times, a woman's feet have been extremely important and can only be seen by her husband. Now, Yun Ruochun has been touched on the feet before she is even married, and her reputation has been completely ruined. How can she ever get married in the future?
Yun Ruochun recalled that during the fight, something seemed to have grazed her foot, but she didn't want to marry Lin Sanlang because of it. She would rather die than do that. Why must women marry? Can't we sisters just stay close like this forever?
"Let them talk, I'm definitely not going to marry him."
"How can you let others talk nonsense? Don't you care about Xia Jie'er and the others' reputation?"
"Mother, are you trying to make me marry?"
"That's not what Mother meant. Mother was thinking..."
Before he could finish speaking, there was a commotion outside. The people inside were confused, but they could vaguely hear a few words of congratulations. They immediately knew that the Lin family had come to their door.
"Oh dear, greetings to my in-laws! The weather is lovely today, let's sit down and discuss an auspicious day for Chun-jie to visit us."
Old Lady Lin was truly overjoyed. Previously, she had asked a matchmaker to come to her door but was rejected. Now that this little slut's reputation has been ruined, she can save on the money, dowry, and betrothal gifts. It's really a good thing.
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