Li Changlong involuntarily shrank back and said, "This is not good."
Zhang Shude glared at her husband in dissatisfaction, feeling very disappointed in him. "Don't you want to expand your stall and open a store? Besides, our son is about to go to college. Even if you don't consider us, you should at least consider your son."
"I'm not asking you to kill or set fire to anything illegal. If you can't even do something as simple as this, what else can you do?"
Li Changlong whispered, "I can make fried noodles."
Zhang Shude rolled her eyes in anger, raised her voice, and shouted, "What did you say? Say it again!"
"Okay, I'll do it!" Li Changlong finally compromised. For the sake of his son, what's shameful about stealing other people's ingredients? Besides, he didn't steal them, he made them himself!
The couple decided to unlock the ingredients of Jiang Yingxue's recipe.
Opposite the fried noodle stall is the Xuehe rice ball stall.
The wealthy Min Junru greeted Jiang Yingxue and began stocking up. Today was Friday, and Xuehe Rice Balls usually stayed closed on weekends, unless students were taking extra classes. If Min Junru didn't buy more today, she'd have nothing to eat over the weekend. She was going back to the city tonight, so she brought some of Xuehe Rice Balls back for her family to see.
"Sister, I want four cups of freshly squeezed peach juice, three servings of shrimp and seaweed rice balls, three servings of pork chop and seaweed rice balls, three servings of ham and egg rice balls, and fifteen skewers of each of these meatballs. Um... two boxes each of raw meatballs and fresh shrimp." The meatballs and shrimp were new, and out of her trust in Xuehe rice balls, she ordered them all without hesitation. She would take the cooked portion back to the city to share with her parents and younger brother, and save one portion of the raw portion for her grandparents to cook on the weekends.
Jiang Yingxue looked at her gently, "Xiaoru, why buy so much?" As she spoke, she took out an oversized paper bag from the cabinet.
Min Junru nodded and said, "Sister, if you were here this weekend, I wouldn't have to buy so much."
Jiang Yingxue smiled faintly. "Then you should buy more." A job without days off is not a good job. Students have two days off every week, and she wants one too. "The total is 1,290 yuan. I'll charge you 1,200 yuan. Have a nice weekend."
"Have a nice weekend, sis, too."
Ever since trying the shrimp and seaweed rice balls, Min Junru has been eating lunch at the Xuehe Rice Ball Stall. When she tires of the shrimp and seaweed rice balls, she tries other flavors, and she always orders the freshly squeezed peach juice. Ordering this daily is a significant expense, but Min Junru's family is in the business world, and she's a relatively wealthy woman, with a monthly allowance of 30,000 yuan. She spends most of it on food, saving the rest.
Min Junru's parents sent her to her grandmother's house for reform for half a semester. She felt very happy. If Xuehe Fantuan was still here next semester, she would be willing to reform forever.
After paying, Min Junru happily took the big bag. She put the bag in the bicycle basket, covered the lid and locked it to prevent anyone from taking it away. Then she rode her bicycle home humming a song all the way.
The classmates who were standing close to her and behind her widened their eyes when they saw Min Junru buying so much at once.
Zhang Tong, who was standing in line not far away, looked at the large bag in Min Junru's hand with great dissatisfaction and complained to her companion, "Do you think she's crazy? How can she finish all that by herself? I've seen her buy so much more than once or twice, and each time she carries a huge bag. Today was even worse, an extra-large bag. And the line is so long. Will there be any more by the time it reaches us? Seriously, just being rich is considered a big deal."
Her companion agreed with her and nodded emphatically, accusing her, "Exactly. You don't even consider those of us waiting in the back. You're so selfish!"
On the one hand, I worry that I won’t be able to buy it. On the other hand, when I see others buying a big bag while I can only buy a little, I feel jealous and complain that it’s unfair.
If their complaints were heard by Min Junru, she would definitely retort angrily on the spot, saying that it was her money that she could spend however she wanted and no one else could interfere. She would not change her behavior and would even intensify her behavior to disgust them in front of Zhang Tong.
The next second, another male classmate left with a big bag full of food.
Zhang Tong's hatred deepened as she watched this scene. She gritted her teeth in hatred. Another rich student.
Humph, why are you so proud? One day, she will proudly pass by them carrying a big bag!
Zhang Tong and other students who were worried about not being able to buy rice balls actually didn’t have to worry at all, as there were plenty of rice balls today.
Because it was the weekend, Jiang Yingxue knew that some of her more affluent classmates tended to stock up. Last Friday, she'd set up her stall with her usual quantity, but just a few students had sold out all the rice balls, leaving only peach juice, leaving those behind looking at each other in bewilderment. This Friday, she'd learned her lesson and stocked up more than she needed.
Min Junru and Chen Jinbin were on the list of people who stocked up last week. The adults in their families also expressed their approval of the food in Xuehe Rice Balls. They had no shortage of money to pay and were generous in buying it.
Zhang Fuyao from Class 9 (10) of Junior High School was struggling with what to buy since he was queuing up, but he finally bought two rice balls and two skewers of meatballs, totaling 50 yuan.
As he was carrying his packing bag back to school, he saw Zhang Tong in the group. Their eyes met, then quickly looked away, pretending not to see each other. Their gazes flickered, like someone they knew had been caught doing something bad.
It wasn't long before Zhang Tong arrived. All the food was still available, and in quite a lot of quantity. Zhang Tong chose to buy both the new products and the rice balls, spending a total of 30 yuan. She had budgeted to spend 10 yuan to buy an egg, ham, and seaweed rice ball, but that was over her budget.
"Oh..." She sighed in her heart. It was her fault that she didn't have much money for food.
Some people driving electric cars or cars would pass by Xuehe Rice Balls without stopping, while a small number of people were attracted by the satisfied expressions and praises of the children eating the meatballs and rice balls. Out of curiosity, they also stopped to buy some rice balls to take home.
With the purchases by students and others, the rice balls and strings of meatballs on the stall were sold out, leaving only boxed fish balls and fresh shrimps, as well as food ordered by customers nearby.
Jiang Yingxue has three stable large orders, one is the order from Xihua Oil Factory, the second is the order from the teachers of Taoxi Middle School, and the third is the order from Xue Kaisheng.
These orders were placed with her on WeChat one day in advance. Jiang Yingxue created a group with all her added customers, and she would also release new products in the group, so there were new products in the three big orders today.
The teachers from Taoxi Middle School had already driven away with their packed food. Jiang Yingxue was waiting for Lin Wenjuan and Xue Kaisheng from the Xihua Oil Factory.
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