I was half asleep when the alarm clock went off.
"I really want to throw this piece of junk away. It's making so much noise early in the morning that it's impossible to have any peace and quiet."
Gu Yanbai stretched his arm out from under the mosquito net and reached for the watch on the table.
Su Nianxue was faster than him, lunging forward and gripping the watch tightly in her hand.
He chuckled awkwardly, "Well, you go to sleep, I'll turn it off."
As she spoke, she fawned over him, tucking the blanket around him even more.
Gu Yanbai snorted and turned away, ignoring her.
Su Nianxue got out of bed quietly, washed up, and went to the kitchen.
She had just finished starting the fire when Gu Yanliu got up.
"Why are you up? Couldn't you have slept a little longer?"
"With my brother's loud voice, who can sleep?"
The two ate breakfast on their own and then carried the tofu to town.
Soon after, Wang Erya arrived. Too lazy to look for a place, she simply followed Su Nianxue and the others.
Seeing that it was still early and there weren't many people in the market.
She grabbed a handful of bean sprouts from the basket and showed them to Su Nianxue, "Yanbai's wife, what do you think of these bean sprouts?"
Su Nianxue glanced at it and smiled, "It's quite nice, fair and tender. You took very good care of it."
Receiving her praise, Wang Erya's smile became even more genuine.
“I still have a big bunch at home. When I get back, I’ll bring it to you so you can have a taste.”
"What are you doing? Why don't you sell it for money?"
Su Nianxue knew what she was thinking, but she never expected anything in return for helping her.
He just didn't like Aunt Lanhua and the others, and wanted to make things difficult for them!
"It's just a handful of bean sprouts, how much money can you make selling them?"
Even if we don't sell, we won't get that poor.
"Besides, I plan to do this often in the future, so I'm willing to spend that little bit." Wang Erya's face was full of smiles.
Soon after, Aunt Lan Hua and Aunt Lu Hua arrived.
When the two saw that Wang Erya had also come to sell bean sprouts, they immediately became very displeased.
They say competitors are enemies!
We just squeezed one out, and now another competitor is coming?
Won't they earn even less in the future?
Seeing that the two of them were unhappy, Su Nianxue immediately felt much better.
After all, making your enemy unhappy brings you double the pleasure.
Yes, she is that petty.
She whispered to Wang Erya, "Ignore them!"
Gu Yanliu naturally saw this scene as well, and was happy as well.
Before long, the market became lively.
Wang Erya was a little reserved as this was her first time doing business. She didn't know the prices and didn't know how to weigh things.
For a moment, things got a bit chaotic, and the auntie who was buying groceries was about to leave.
Gu Yanliu couldn't stand it anymore, so he ran over to her place to weigh the items and helped serve her. Finally, they sold their first order.
Wang Erya said gratefully, "Thank you, Yanliu."
Gu Yanliu pursed her lips, "What's there to thank me for?"
My sister-in-law taught you this method of sprouting beans.
If I can't sell them, my mother-in-law will scold me again when I get back.
"My sister-in-law will get scolded too."
Su Nianxue smiled; this girl was all bark and no bite.
Soon, all of their items were sold out.
Wang Erya counted the small bills in her hand, her face full of excitement, "Yanbai's wife, Yanliu, I'll go buy some meat in a bit, I'll treat you to meat for lunch!"
"No, no, we don't need it. Didn't you say you saved some bean sprouts for us?"
Then I won't be polite!
You can eat the meat yourselves!
We'll buy them ourselves too.
Wang Erya's family is having a hard time; they might not be able to eat meat again for a long time.
If you're worried she might feel guilty, then accept her bean sprouts.
Aunt Luhua and Aunt Lanhua were probably too scared to cause trouble after being beaten up last time, so they didn't cause any trouble today.
We'll honestly offer the same price as everyone else.
Moreover, there weren't many bean sprouts this time, just a small basket.
When the three of them packed up their stall, there were still some bean sprouts left in their baskets!
The three were in good spirits and went to the butcher shop together to buy some meat.
They also returned to the village together.
The villagers were astonished by this scene, as the two families had not spoken to each other for many years because of that incident.
It's time to get back on foot!
Aunt Yang watched the three of them chatting and laughing, her eyes flickered a couple of times, but she didn't say anything in the end.
Back home, Wang Erya took out the things she had bought and placed them generously on the table in the main room.
"Mom, are we having meat for lunch?" Gou Dan's eyes lit up as he looked at the meat on the table.
"Yes, we'll have stir-fried meat for lunch."
"From now on, our family will eat meat often. After a while, I'll save up enough for your tuition and send you to school."
Now that Wang Erya has money in her hands, she has become a bit more assertive.
"Oh, we're eating meat!" Whether he studied or not, Gou Dan didn't care much. For him, being able to eat meat was the happiest thing.
Wang Erya took out the bean sprouts from the kitchen and brazenly took them to the next room right in front of Aunt Yang.
Gangzi and the two children all turned to look at Aunt Yang.
Aunt Yang...
"Why are you all staring at me? Is there something on my face or something?"
Aunt Yang went into the room, cursing and slamming the door shut.
Seeing Wang Erya enter with bean sprouts, Su Nianxue asked with some concern, "Grandma Gou Dan'er won't have any objections, will she?"
Wang Erya shook her head. "No, I took it right in front of her."
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