Shen Qinghe had never cared about Zhao Shida's ridicule and was too lazy to argue with him. He was angry this time only because Zhao Shida had dragged his family into it. But seeing Meng Zhao's relaxed expression, he felt relieved. As long as his sister-in-law didn't care, that was fine.
The county school would be more boring than the academy, so Zhao Shida wouldn't go. If he had the chance to enter the county school, he could stay away from it.
Gu was quite surprised that the two had returned home together. Meng Zhao explained to Gu, "The host of today's banquet is Qinghe's classmate. We happened to run into each other and came back together. Because of this, the host gave us extra reward money."
Shen Qinghe looked at his sister-in-law with gratitude, not wanting Gu Shi to worry about him anymore.
Although he earned thirteen taels yesterday, it was still far from enough to rent a shop in the county, so Meng Zhao did not rest the next day and continued to set up his stall as usual.
When we arrived at the stall, there were already many diners waiting.
"Boss Meng, why didn't you come to set up your stall yesterday? I waited for a long time but you didn't show up, so I went to eat at another place."
Meng Zhao smiled and explained, "I'm sorry everyone, I had something to do at home yesterday, so I couldn't come to set up my stall."
"I didn't get to eat with Boss Meng yesterday, and I felt weak when I was moving goods in the afternoon."
"That's right. I feel uncomfortable if I don't eat Boss Meng's food for a day. I look forward to this delicious food every day."
Seeing everyone's enthusiasm, Meng Zhao didn't delay and quickly served rice to everyone.
Nowadays, Meng Zhao's stall is famous throughout the entire dock, and many people come from far and wide to buy it. He has no trouble selling his food; in less than an hour, all one hundred boxed meals are sold out.
Also, thanks to Young Master Zhao, today when I set up my stall, someone claiming to be a merchant from the city came to ask Meng Zhao to host a birthday banquet.
According to the visitor, their master went to the Zhao family as a guest yesterday, and after returning, he sent him to the dock today to find a young woman surnamed Meng to prepare a feast for their family.
The manor will provide the ingredients and cooks; Meng Zhao only needs to go. There will be five tables in total, and the salary is two taels of silver. Meng Zhao can accept this amount; after all, a sucker like Young Master Zhao isn't someone you can always find.
It was thanks to the fact that the Zhao family were wealthy merchants and that the guests visiting their home were also wealthy households in the county that they had so much silver.
In a village, making a few dozen coins net from a single table is considered good.
Since opening the lunchbox stall, the Shen family's yard has become increasingly prosperous. The original empty space has been put to full use, and the area suitable for growing vegetables has been cultivated by the family.
While they weren't busy, the group planted some cabbage, loofah, chili peppers, spinach, and other vegetables, but it still wasn't enough to meet the demand for the stall.
These days, they've been buying vegetables from many households in the village, and the courtyards at the foot of the mountain have become lively. People come and praise how tidy their yards are, saying that they've clearly put a lot of thought into them.
At this moment, the group was busy in the yard, preparing food for lunchboxes.
Meng Zhao picked up a basket of spinach and was about to wash it when she realized that the fresh spinach was only on the surface, with many wilted ones mixed in underneath. It was clear that it had been sitting for at least two or three days. She then called Gu Shi over.
"Mother, come and see who delivered today's spinach. A lot of it is wilted."
Gu was washing the dishes when she heard this. She quickly wiped her hands on her apron and ran over. She was very angry when she saw the wilted spinach.
“This spinach was delivered by Granny Fang today. We’ve only been receiving vegetables from her for a few days, and she dares to do such a shameless thing. I’m going to find her.”
As she was about to go out to find that old woman, Meng Zhao quickly stepped forward and stopped her.
"Mom, we can find her anytime. Let's not delay setting up our stall at noon."
"Yes, yes, I was so angry that I forgot about the important matter."
She originally planned to make a stir-fried spinach with dried tofu, but now the spinach is unusable, so she has to find other ingredients.
Meng Zhao walked around the courtyard and decided to change the dish to stir-fried green peppers with dried tofu. Fortunately, green peppers can be stored for a while, so sometimes she would prepare more than she needed. Otherwise, it would be really difficult to make do if she was missing a dish at the last minute.
I put the spinach that I had just poured out back into the basket and set it aside to deal with when I got back.
After successfully selling all the boxed lunches for lunch, as the group pulled their cart back to the village, they saw Granny Fang standing at the corner, glancing at them every now and then.
Meng Zhao stopped the car and asked Shen Qingze to run home and bring the basket of spinach back.
She then pulled the cart and continued walking. Usually when they returned to the village, people would greet them from time to time and ask how business was. Usually, Meng Zhao would just chat for a few words and then make excuses that she had too much work to do at home and had to go back quickly.
But this time, Meng Zhao stopped the car directly, removed the rope, and wanted to have a proper chat.
"Stop talking, we almost didn't manage to set up our stall today."
As soon as everyone heard what Meng Zhao said, they knew there was going to be some excitement, and quickly asked, "You're usually fine, what's wrong with you today?"
Meng Zhao recounted her grievances of the day in a heavy tone, and almost squeezed out a few tears at one point.
“We prepared vegetables as usual to set up our stall today, but the spinach we received this morning was wilted and unusable. We’ve never had anything like this happen before when we buy vegetables from our neighbors, so we weren’t prepared. We almost couldn’t make any more vegetables. My family is a widow and her children, and we rely on this stall to make a living. Who knew that our only hope would be almost ruined by someone?”
Seeing Meng Zhao's emotional words, someone couldn't help but speak up for justice, "Who is this? How can you do things like this? How can you give someone spoiled food?"
"That's right, we're all from the same village, how could they do such a despicable thing?"
Someone whispered, "It seems like Granny Fang delivered the spinach this morning."
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