Early the next morning, Jiang Huaixu took a horse carriage to the county town. After a heavy snowfall, there were not as many people in the county town as usual. For their new business, if they didn't work for a day, they would lose a day's profit. The most important thing was that they still had competitors, and they couldn't lose old customers.
The people who came this time included Third Grandma, Qian Xiuzhu, Li Ergou and Zheng Guihua.
Du Mei didn't come because she was 'sick'.
Yesterday, when they were entertaining the Yang couple, Du Mei climbed up a pile of dirt on the wall to look at Jiang Huaixu's house. When she came down, she twisted her ankle and it swelled up.
Zhao Chunfang was so angry that she went home without even eating.
Since his cousin's wife sprained her ankle, Jiang Huaixu naturally had to go and see her. It was neither dislocated nor fractured, but she just needed to rest for four or five days.
After examining the patient's condition, she keenly sensed the calm before the storm. Sure enough, not long after she returned home, she heard the quarrel between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. To be precise, it was the sound of Zhao Chunfang scolding Du Mei.
In any case, Du Mei couldn't come, so Zheng Guihua took over.
Jiang Huaixu helped move the things from the house into the car, came to the stall, and soon after he set up the tables, chairs and benches, several people came.
"Hey! You're finally open! You kept us waiting!"
"That's right. It's been so cold these past two days, and I've been craving this! Give me two servings of fried tofu, three bean cakes, and a bowl of soy milk!"
"I want a portion of tofu and two bean cakes too!"
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Business came before the iron plate was even heated.
Qian Xiuzhu and Zheng Guihua immediately took action.
Jiang Huaixu helped to serve the soy milk. As soon as the bowl of soy milk was served, he found that the person looked familiar. It was the customer who wanted to buy chili powder before.
The guest greeted Jiang Huaixu, "Little girl, I haven't seen you for a long time. Do you know what happened at the Li's Tofu Shop in the East Market?"
"I don't know." Jiang Huaixu saw the guest's face full of excitement and couldn't help but feel a little interested. "Please tell me something, big brother."
The guest immediately became interested in talking. He drank a mouthful of soy milk and started talking with saliva flying -
"Li's Tofu Shop only puts five-spice powder in their tofu and bean cakes. Many people think it's not flavorful enough, so they can't help but compare it to yours. When Li heard about it, he was furious!"
Normally, Li's Tofu Shop is the only tofu shop in Beichuan County, and the tofu is really cheap, so many people don't want to offend her. But now it's different. I don't know if someone was offended by Li before, so he made a scene at her tofu shop. A few days ago, many people were talking about this!"
After hearing what the guest said, Jiang Huaixu thought that this was really a coincidence. If someone didn't know, they would think that the troublemaker was invited by them.
"Oh, by the way, I heard yesterday that Li is holding a grudge against you. She thinks the troublemaker was hired by you! You better be careful."
Jiang Huaixu: “…”
She smiled and asked softly, "Brother, do you know the Li family's boss..."
He pointed to the sky and continued, "Is anyone there?"
The guest swallowed the tofu in his mouth, looked Jiang Huaixu up and down, and said in surprise: "You little girl, you have a very active brain!"
"As far as I know, the Li's tofu shop does have a relative in the county government. He's a yamen runner named Zhu. The sister of the Li's wife is married to this Zhu. You'd better be careful if you mess with them. I haven't had enough fried tofu yet!"
After finding out everything, Jiang Huaixu felt relieved. She said to the customer in a clear voice, "Don't worry, brother! Our iron plate tofu and five-spice powder business will definitely last forever. If you are upright, you have nothing to fear, even if they come looking for you!"
The customer thought about this matter in his mind, and after thinking about it, he felt that the troublemaker was closely related to Jiang's tofu stall. Seeing Jiang Huaixu's righteous look, he also began to have doubts in his heart.
He leaned closer to Jiang Huaixu and asked, "Tell me, does this really have nothing to do with you?"
Jiang Huaixu's eyes widened in shock. "Brother, we Jiangs have always been kind to others and ourselves in doing business. We never do anything dishonest! Besides, we are refugees who just arrived here. Where do we get the courage to go against these local tyrants?"
Although he had not asked his parents, Jiang Huaixu was very sure that they were not the ones who did it.
The reality of business wars is actually not that grand. It all depends on the opponent's stupidity.
The guest was stunned by Jiang Huaixu's words. After listening to them, he laughed out loud, "You're right, you're right! I was judging others by my own standards!"
Not long after the guest was sent away, the maid from the Yang Mansion came.
Jiang Huaixu greeted Qian Xiuzhu and followed the maid to Yang's Mansion.
Although the Yang Mansion is also a two-story house, it looks much more spacious than the house her family bought in the county town and is also finely decorated.
After a quick look, she followed the maid into the back house without looking around.
On the way, the maid said softly to Jiang Huaixu, "Miss Jiang, our mistress said to take you to the backyard to meet our two young ladies first, and then to the front yard to see the young master."
Jiang Huaixu naturally wouldn't refuse Madam Yang's approach, "It's all up to Madam."
After walking for a while, the two arrived at the backyard, and the maid led her into the house shortly after informing her.
"Miss Jiang, there's no need to be so polite. Come and see my Ape and Awan!" Madam Yang grabbed Jiang Huaixu who was about to pay her respects and pulled her into the inner room.
Jiang Huaixu immediately noticed the two little girls sitting on the bed in the inner room. They were about five or six years old, with delicate and pretty faces, as if they were carved from the same mold. They were obviously twins.
"Are they twins?" Jiang Huaixu exclaimed in surprise, "They are so beautiful!"
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