After much searching, Jiang Xueying finally found a shop selling salt. She took Ye Xiaojin in the hand and walked in.
People were coming and going in the shop, buying all kinds of things. She did not rush forward to ask, but silently observed the transactions of other customers around her, especially those who came to buy salt secretly, and silently weighed the pros and cons of cooperating with this store in her mind.
The shop is a grocery store, but most of the customers come to buy salt, and most of the salt sold is coarse salt, and some customers also buy some other things.
Now we know the selling price of salt, but we don’t know the purchase price. However, it is estimated that the purchase price of this kind of private salt will not be much cheaper.
"Boss, how much is the salt?"
After thinking for a while and seeing that there were fewer customers, Jiang Xueying walked over and started chatting with the boss.
The boss also quoted the price with ease, turned around and took out some coarse salt, and said with a smile, "How much do you want, young lady?"
Jiang Xueying smiled lightly, "I'm not here to buy salt, I'm here to sell salt?"
The boss was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Jiang Xueying in astonishment. Seeing that she was dressed in ordinary clothes and had an ugly birthmark on her face, he couldn't help but look suspicious.
They had obtained this salt with great difficulty, where did this woman get the salt to sell?
"Are you sure you're not joking?"
The boss stared at Jiang Xueying, trying to tell from her expression how much of what she said was true and how much was false, but Jiang Xueying had a faint smile on her face that was hard to tell whether what she said was true or false.
"certainly!"
As she spoke, Jiang Xueying took out the coarse and fine salts she had brought with her from her bag and said, "I only brought some samples today. Boss, please see if we can make a deal. If we can, we can talk about the rest later."
The boss opened it with some doubt. When he saw the coarse salt, his expression was normal. But when he saw the fine salt, his pupils shrank obviously. He moved it with his hand, picked it up and smelled it, and finally tasted it.
"Where did this come from, young lady?"
Seeing the boss's expression, Jiang Xueying smiled with satisfaction. This was the fine salt she had extracted using modern advanced methods. Naturally, it was better than the fine salt here.
"Boss, can you cooperate just based on this thing?"
The boss was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth. He looked at the things in his hand, then at Jiang Xueying who was smiling, and nodded hurriedly.
"Of course, of course!"
It was the first time that the boss got such a good thing, so he didn't dare to agree to it casually. He could only accept the thing first and make a decision on the subsequent cooperation matters after asking for instructions.
Jiang Xueying naturally understood this. Those who dared to blatantly engage in smuggling salt must have powerful backgrounds. Those who usually sold goods in stores naturally could not be the real bosses and could not do big business.
Jiang Xueying exchanged all the salt she brought for money and bought some food for Ye Xiaojin, as well as some daily necessities.
When she went back, she took the ox cart and the people there were from the village. Seeing that she had bought so many things, they couldn't help but ask her questions.
Jiang Xueying did not hide it either. She only said that she picked some mushrooms and fruits in the mountains and sold them to buy some rice, oil, soy sauce and vinegar. After all, the basic life of a family of three still had to be maintained.
After hearing what she said, several people's views of her changed a lot. It seems that this stepmother has started to change for the better. The news circulating in the village recently is good.
Of course, there are also people who don't believe it.
"That's easy to say, but who knows what he's up to? You can't be sure if he bought these for himself or for his children!"
Jiang Xueying raised her eyes and looked at the person who was talking. It was the girl from Aunt Liu's family next door. Her attitude was bad the last time she saw her, and naturally there was no change this time. But there was no point in arguing with her, so Jiang Xueying simply pretended not to hear it.
Seeing Jiang Xueying ignoring her again, the woman became even angrier. "Jiang Xueying, don't think you can get away with it by keeping quiet. Everyone knows what you did. Why are you pretending here?"
"Why am I pretending? You are a girl, why do you always care about other people's family affairs? How I treat my own children is up to them to judge, what does it have to do with you? Do you think you are the police of the Pacific?"
Although the woman didn't understand what Jiang Xueying said, she knew it was definitely not a good thing. Thinking of her mother praising Jiang Xueying for being capable and polite, she became more resentful.
"You did something yourself, and you don't want others to talk about it? I saw you beat and scold the children with my own eyes, and you even set fire to burn the two children to death. Is there anything you, a vicious stepmother, can't do?"
The news of the Ye family's house being burned down spread throughout the village, but no one knew what had happened. After hearing what the woman said, several villagers began to suspect that Jiang Xueying might have done it, and they all looked at Jiang Xueying with suspicion and contempt.
The woman became proud when she saw that someone believed her words.
"Such a cold-blooded and vicious person lives in our village. It is really a disgrace to our village. If word gets out, people will think that all the women in our village are like this!"
The woman expanded the matter to the collective sense of honor of the village, and more people agreed with her. They all said that someone with a bad reputation like Jiang Xueying should not be allowed to live in the village.
The woman took the opportunity to go forward and pull Ye Xiaojin, who was being held by Jiang Xueying. Ye Xiaojin took a step back with a look of rejection on his face and shrank behind Jiang Xueying.
"mother!"
Jiang Xueying's face had become increasingly uglier. When she heard Ye Xiaojin's voice and saw the woman's hand stretched out in front of her, her eyes fixed and she raised her hand and slapped the woman in the face.
The sound of "slap" stunned everyone. Jiang Xueying showed no mercy and slapped the woman again before she could react.
This time the woman was finally awakened. Her first reaction was to fight back, but when she raised her eyes, she met Jiang Xueying's icy gaze. Her momentum immediately weakened, and she covered her face and began to cry. Her cry was heartbreaking.
The others never expected Jiang Xueying to be so domineering. They all stood there in a daze, not knowing what to do.
"Your family has never taught you not to meddle in other people's business, so today I will teach you. What does my family affairs have to do with an outsider like you? Don't think that I am easy to bully just because I have been tolerant. I am afraid that if I start to fight, your little body will not be able to bear it."
Jiang Xueying is a gold medal killer. Even if she has no weapons, it is easy for her to kill a few people, not to mention those weak women, which is not worth mentioning.
Seeing that Ye Xiaojin was frightened, he quickly hugged the child in his arms, glanced at everyone coldly, and turned and left.
The rest of the people didn't dare to say anything. They were all frightened by Jiang Xueying's eyes. Looking at the woman covering her face, they only felt gloating.
That’s right, what does other people’s family affairs have to do with you, an outsider? You are really meddling in other people’s business!
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