Chapter 20: The ways of the world: Knowing how to reciprocate



When the items were put out, pairs of inquiring eyes discovered that they were just palm-sized toasted sesame cakes. Those selling other things breathed a sigh of relief, and those selling pasta cakes, even if they felt unhappy, did not say anything.

Because there are many types of bread.

There are three shops selling pancakes in this episode. One is a vegetable pancake filled with leeks and vermicelli, flattened and fried in a pan; one is a rolled pancake that is flattened and fried in a flat pan with a crispy and golden brown exterior; and the other is a sesame seed pancake with braised pork in it from the mountain city.

What Chen Xiaoying sells is simply baked sesame cakes. She kneads the special seasonings prepared in advance into the dough, tears it apart and places it aside in the iron stove. When the cakes are baked and taken out of the pan, they are golden on the outside and soft on the inside. It is that simple.

There is no technical content at all.

Because it was a new stall, the items were not expensive, only 20 cents each, so many people were willing to try them.

Chen Xiaoying was not in a hurry to sell. After making two pots, she quickly wrapped eight of them: "Lanxiang, send them to your sister Juxiang as soon as possible. It's just in time for her to have breakfast with her mother-in-law."

If you go to the fields, the gate should be locked, which would be a wasted trip.

"Will this work?" Liu Lanxiang was embarrassed as she hadn't sold much yet.

"You can't ask people to help you for free." Chen Xiaoying put the money in her arms. She had heard that Liu Juxiang was a soft-hearted person and her mother-in-law was shrewd. If she used people for free without giving them anything, not only would Liu Juxiang and her mother-in-law feel uncomfortable, but she would also feel embarrassed.

Urge Liu Lanxiang to go quickly: "Come back quickly after delivering it."

Liu Lanxiang went there quickly.

I arrived at the girl's house with familiarity and just in time to catch them having breakfast.

"Oh, Lanxiang is here, hurry up." Liu Juxiang's mother-in-law saw Liu Lanxiang first and hurried to greet her. The old lady was a smart person, no matter what she thought in her heart, she looked warm and smiling.

"Sister, please sit down and eat." Xu Hongjun also put down his chopsticks and greeted her, and the two children beside him also followed suit and called her Fourth Aunt.

Liu Juxiang went to pull out a chair and let her sit in front of the dining table.

Liu Lanxiang quickly pulled Liu Juxiang and stuffed the pancake into her arms: "No more, no more."

Then she smiled and said to her mother-in-law: "My mother-in-law just made some sesame cakes, and she was in a hurry to send some here, so that we can have a taste and see how they taste."

"This is so bad. How much does it cost?" Her mother-in-law stood up and greeted her.

"We are all family, why do we need money?" Liu Lanxiang said hurriedly.

"Then sit down and eat." Her mother-in-law immediately called again.

"No, no, my mother-in-law can't handle it alone, I have to go back to help." Liu Lanxiang declined with a smile.

The Xu family also knew that one person could not run the stall, and they didn’t know whether Chen Xiaoying would settle the bill, so they sent Liu Lanxiang out.

Liu Juxiang looked at Shaobing and finally breathed a sigh of relief, but she still said, "You're too polite."

"It tastes good." Her mother-in-law took a bite and couldn't help but praise it in surprise.

At first, she also thought that Liu Lanxiang's mother-in-law was making a fool of herself. Why was she doing business at such an old age? She didn't expect that she had the ability to make such delicious pancakes.

Liu Lanxiang walked back in a hurry. Her mother-in-law had never been to school and was illiterate, so she was worried that Liu Lanxiang would not be able to calculate the bill correctly when selling the sesame cakes.

When I hurried back, I found my mother-in-law Chen Xiaoying collecting money, making change, and packing sesame cakes for people in an orderly manner.

It’s sold cheaply, and even a child with two cents can buy one to satisfy his craving.

Chen Xiaoying's sesame cakes are particularly fragrant. The living conditions of villagers nowadays are generally poor, and most people actually like to eat things with more oil and meat. As a result, more people are selling such things, and once there are more people, everyone gets used to it and no longer finds it new.

Chen Xiaoying's cake is not only cheap but also delicious.

At noon, Li Hongwei was worried and came to check on him on his bike.

“How many noodles have you sold?”

By knowing how many noodles are sold, you can know how many pancakes are produced and how much they are sold for.

"We'll settle the accounts when we get back." Before Liu Lanxiang could finish her words, Chen Xiaoying pulled her back secretly and said, "I was busy with business the day before and didn't have time to look at it."

Li Hongwei heaved a sigh of relief and left after seeing the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law running their business in an efficient manner.

When they had some free time, Chen Xiaoying secretly whispered to Liu Lanxiang: "They are all smart people. If you tell them how many noodles you sold, they can calculate how many pancakes you sold and how much money you made."

What’s even more amazing is that if you pay attention from beginning to end, you can tell how much net profit she made that day just by how many pancakes she sold.

It's not good to attract attention.

Liu Lanxiang understood. Actually, she didn't pay attention to how much noodles were sold, but she knew how much money was in the cash drawer, in small pieces, it was really a lot.

At noon, after Liu Lanxiang had given someone change, she saw her father-in-law Li Pingwang. She glanced at him, pretended not to know him, and turned around and walked away.

"Mom, my dad." She motioned Chen Xiaoying to look.

Chen Xiaoying glared at Li Pingwang's back and said, "Don't look at him. He is doing business honestly, not stealing or doing anything sneaky. How could he be lost?"

Not to mention Li Pingwang, she just saw her eldest daughter Li Hongyan pretending to buy vegetables over there, but she kept looking over here.

She didn't come to call her mother, and she pretended not to see her.

Liu Lanxiang nodded as she listened, saying, "Yes, that's right."

After a while, Li Yutong and the others finished school. I had told them in advance that I would meet them at the market after school.

The market was in Xujia Village, which was located among several villages, and Liu Juxiang happened to be there delivering noodles.

"Why send this? Don't send it. I'm afraid your mother-in-law will say something. You're busy too." Liu Lanxiang said to her.

Liu Juxiang said: "My mother-in-law asked me to send it."

Liu Lanxiang didn't know what to say. Her sister's mother-in-law was really shrewd. None of her five children could do anything wrong in her hands, including her sister who was very well behaved.

"Don't send it, it's not nice."

"I know, I'll just give it this time, just as a favor for you this morning. Hongjun and I just came out to pull branches to help you occupy a stall. It's just a short walk, it's not worth giving so many sesame cakes." Liu Juxiang said, and called Li Yutong: "Xiaoyu, come to my house for dinner with your aunt, you can play with Feifei."

Feifei is Liu Juxiang's daughter.

"No, no, she will be back soon. Hanhan is here, and my third brother's wife is also at home. I don't know what she is thinking." Liu Lanxiang said in a low voice.

It’s not that Chen Xiaoying didn’t think about asking Zhao Xueyan for help, but she is a very talkative person. If something goes wrong, her emotions will show on her face. Business people are afraid of this, and customers will be scared and not buy from her.

Moreover, she was a bit lazy. When she went out, Zhao Xueyan was still asleep.

She is not as good at work as Liu Lanxiang.

"Don't mind her." Liu Juxiang also knew about the mess in her fourth sister's in-laws' family. Except for her sister and her honest second sister-in-law, the third sister-in-law and the fourth sister-in-law were all lazy. "Listen to your mother-in-law and don't mind anything else."

She thought the business was okay. Did she have to call Zhao Xueyan over and ask her sister to go back?

People from the same family still want to find an opportunity to make money. Besides, Zhao Xueyan and Chen Xiaoying live in the same yard. If she is useful, Chen Xiaoying would be embarrassed to ask her sister to come and help.

"Besides, they might not be willing to come now."

When they didn't make any money, people probably thought that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were making a fool of themselves and would just set up the stall for two days and then go back home obediently.


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