Chapter 66: Be Prepared
The fashionable woman frowned, looking distressed. "There's only one ounce in a small bag, and it costs one yuan. There's a free sample over there. My husband, Mr. Li, has never had such delicious grilled fish fillets before. It tastes delicious. Because the price was too high, he only bought three bags."
Chu Xuan asked, "Do you remember what the brand is called?"
"It's Half Moon Grilled Fish Fillet. My son is waiting for it at home! I don't want to talk to you any more."
Fashionable woman hurried away.
Chu Xuan is now very sure that Boss Yuan sells her grilled fish fillets at ten yuan per pound.
"It's comparable to grilled fish fillets that cost ten yuan a pound in other markets, but now it's only two yuan and fifteen cents!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the people who surrounded Chu Xuan to bargain no longer complained about the high price, as if they had gotten a great bargain.
Each person bought one pound.
Soon, there were only five or six pounds left in Chu Xuan's backpack.
There were also enthusiastic women who helped promote the event and called a few people over.
Just buy it all.
Chu Xuan didn't expect that today's business would be so smooth.
Thanks to that fashionable woman.
Those who arrived later were unable to buy it.
Chu Xuan made an appointment with them to come back tomorrow afternoon, and also reminded them that no matter who came to sell the grilled fish fillets, they must taste them before buying to avoid buying grilled fish fillets of poor quality.
Some people might be jealous of her business and follow suit to sell grilled fish fillets.
At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Chu Xuan walked into the department store, intending to buy a new abacus for Xiao Feng as a gift for becoming his apprentice.
I saw a familiar figure, Mu Chenze.
Chu Xuan was very surprised. Shouldn't he be catching up on his sleep at home now?
Mu Chenze held a new abacus in his hand and took the initiative to greet him, "This is a gift for Xiaofeng. How is it? Is it okay?"
Gently shake the abacus and it makes a snapping sound, then put it horizontally and the abacus beads snap back into place, the action is handsome and cool.
Chu Xuan quickly pinched her palm and came to her senses, determined not to be attracted by Mu Chenze's masculine looks.
"How much? I'll give it to you."
Pretend to pay.
"You're like that again. Chu Xuan, don't talk to me about money! I sold 300 kilograms of grilled fish fillets today and earned a share of the profits. What's wrong with buying Xiao Feng an abacus? Are we still buddies?"
Facing Mu Chenze's questioning, Chu Xuan hung his head. He always wanted to make things clear with Mu Chenze, but the more he calculated, the more confused he became.
"Of course, buddy. I thank you on behalf of Xiaofeng."
Mu Chenze put the abacus into Chu Xuan's backpack and said, "You're welcome. You must be here to buy more than just this, right? Go buy the rest. I'll meet you at the door. I have something important to tell you."
"good."
More than twenty minutes later, Chu Xuan walked out of the department store carrying a backpack. In the backpack were four bottles of white wine, two bags of milk candy, two bags of egg cakes, two pieces of cotton cloth, two bottles of malted milk, and two bags of tea.
Two of the bottles of white wine were intended to be given to Grandpa Wang, and the rest were gifts for Accountant Qi to become his apprentice.
I saw Mu Chenze chatting with the rickshaw driver.
I didn't hear exactly what they talked about, I only heard words like typhoon and reinforcement.
Chu Xuan had lived a new life, so he naturally knew that a typhoon would come in a few days.
She also knew that the two adobe houses at home would not collapse for the time being, so she did not ask anyone to reinforce them again.
After all, the roof was just reinforced last month.
Could it be that the Mu family wanted to reinforce their house? That's not right! The Mu family's house is the strongest in the village.
I plan to ask Mu Chenze later.
At this time, Mu Chenze saw Chu Xuan, so he stopped talking to the rickshaw driver and walked up to Chu Xuan.
"Let's talk as we walk."
"good."
They walked forward together.
"Today, when I was delivering goods to Hou Mingliang's processing plant in the city, he happened to be there. He saw the grilled fish fillets on the truck and ordered 150 kilograms. I paid 1.6 yuan for them. The remaining 150 kilograms were sold at the farmers' market. They were all over 5 kilograms, and I paid 1.8 yuan per kilogram. The total income was 510 yuan. Today, Brother Lin took a job back to the county town, and I followed the truck back, arriving home a little after 7 o'clock in the morning. I was so sleepy that I couldn't open my eyes and fell asleep as soon as I lay down, so I didn't go to reconcile the account with you right away. I gave the money to Xiaofeng. I heard from my mother that you usually give the money to Xiaofeng when you come back to settle the account."
"No need to check the account right away. I'll see it when I pull the grilled fish fillets tonight anyway. I went fishing today and dug up some king clams. I also picked up mullet, sea bass, sea cucumber, and abalone. I sold them for a total of 102 yuan. I'll go fishing again tomorrow morning. I'll bring salt with me. Who knows, I might catch a lot of king clams. There are a lot of king clam holes on the beach today."
"It seems we are both lucky."
"Yes."
"Let me tell you something funny? Are you interested in hearing it?"
"Of course. Tell me!"
Before Mu Chenze started talking, he burst into laughter. "Let me laugh for a while. It's so funny! Haha..."
Successfully aroused Chu Xuan's interest.
"Hurry up and tell me. If you keep me in suspense, I'll ignore you."
Mu Chenze smiled and waved his hands, "No. I really want to laugh. Give me a minute, I'll adjust my mood."
"good."
Chu Xuan waited patiently.
A minute later, Mu Chenze turned serious. "Yesterday, Zhang Dong's wife's grilled fish fillets were sampled and inspected by food safety personnel. The results came out today, and all kinds of harmful bacteria exceeded the standard by 10,000 times. Coincidentally, this was discovered by a customer who bought her grilled fish fillets. Didn't she refuse to refund the money? That customer directly poured three days' worth of manure water on her. Luckily, we were all sold out of grilled fish fillets at that time."
Hearing this, Chu Xuan laughed, "Good job! She deserved it for daring to make stinky fish into grilled fillets and sell them to customers!"
"That's not all. The market staff asked her to clean the floor, but another customer rushed in front of Zhang Dong's wife and, when she wasn't paying attention, threw something into her mouth. She spat it out, yelling, 'It stinks!' and accused the man of throwing feces in her mouth. But the man said it was the stinky grilled fish fillets they were selling... Isn't that funny?"
Chu Xuan finally understood why Mu Chenze couldn't stop laughing just now.
She couldn't stop laughing, "Hahaha..."
After laughing, she felt refreshed, but suddenly she thought of something.
Zhang Dong's wife's grilled fish fillets were sampled for testing, and it was very likely that hers was also the case.
"Mu Chenze, send our grilled fish fillets to the county food testing station for testing!"
“It’s going to cost a lot of money.”
"The money doesn't matter. What's important is getting a test report. That way, even if the Zhang family fabricates false accusations against our grilled fish fillets, we won't be afraid!"
Given how shameless the Zhang family is, they might want to drag Chu Xuan into this.
"Okay! Without further ado, we'll go to the testing station for consultation."
"good."
About ten minutes later, Chu Xuan and Mu Chenze walked out of Lai County Food Inspection Station.
According to the regulations of the testing station, station staff are required to collect samples at the site and take them back to the station for testing. Only after the results come out can a written test report be generated.
All the fees, including the expedited fee, add up to twenty dollars.
It is equivalent to a worker's monthly salary.
Chu Xuan paid the fee without hesitation.
Two hours later, the testing station staff will come to collect samples and conduct overtime testing. The report will be available before midnight.
Mu Chenze and Chu Xuan need to rush back as soon as possible.
After getting on the bus back to town, Mu Chenze whispered, "What if the bacteria in our grilled fish fillets also exceeds the standard?"
(End of this chapter)
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