Cheng Yue was unaware of their plans and spent the rest of the afternoon busy at the shop.
She had assumed that because the pastries were expensive, there wouldn't be many customers besides the few who placed orders.
The result was quite unexpected; although people came in sporadically, it was still a considerable number.
Some customers who bought braised food also bought some pastries to take home, of course, they all picked out relatively cheap ones like mung bean cake and red bean cake.
Since it was the first day of business, even though there weren't many people, Cheng Yue wanted to bring in as many customers as possible, so they stayed in the shop until there were almost no customers left before going home.
The next day, Cheng Yue originally planned to stay at home with Chen Tong and Chen Ning to make pastries, while letting Chen An go to the shop by himself.
For some reason, I was uneasy, so I decided to go with my whole family.
The shop just opened, and then this Chen Xianghua and Chen Ping incident happened. She should go with them these next couple of days.
It would only take a couple of days at most, and she knew exactly how many pastries she could make.
Upon arriving at the shop, Cheng Yue went into the room and took out the pastries one by one, and Chen An asked Lai Xing and Lai Wang to set them out first.
There aren't many customers in the morning, so it's fine as long as Lai Xing and Lai Wang keep an eye on things in front. They can work with Chen Lin and his team to make braised food.
The pastry shop opens early; they open as soon as the pastries are laid out.
Before long, a short, stout figure entered through the door, chin raised, looking around.
You wouldn't believe it until you see it! It turns out Chen Xianghua was telling the truth? This poor couple actually became rich?
Lai Xing and Lai Wang always felt that the visitor was not friendly. He didn't seem like someone who came to buy pastries, but rather someone who came to cause trouble.
However, since Cheng Yue and Chen An had just gone to the backyard to put things away, they could only step forward and greet them, "Sir, what kind of pastries would you like to buy? We have a wide variety; you can buy them individually for personal consumption, or in gift boxes for gifting!"
Zeng Youcai was engrossed in examining the items when he was interrupted, and said impatiently, "What are you buying? Call your boss out here!"
Get him to buy things and make money off him? No way!
Lai Xing and Lai Wang looked at each other in disbelief. This guy really came looking for trouble!
Zeng Youcai glared at her with a loud voice, and Cheng Yue heard him from the backyard. She immediately came out with Chen An.
They thought someone was shouting, but when they saw Zeng Youcai, they understood and their faces immediately turned to disgust.
It must be something Chen Xianghua said when she got back; it just won't end!
Chen An's tone was unfriendly, "Zeng Youcai? What are you doing here again?"
Zeng Youcai had only met Chen Xianghua three or four times since they got married.
Every time I see them, they either mock or ridicule me. They always look down on everyone, saying that talking to poor, peasant people like them will bring bad luck.
Someone like that would actually show up at my door? There's no way they'd be hiding something!
Zeng Youcai frowned. How dare Chen An speak to him like that? What kind of attitude was that?
But thinking that he had something to say today, he could only suppress his anger for the time being. "It's all because of your sister. She went back and said that your second brother has made a fortune in business, so I had to come and see for myself."
Unlike me, you've never run a business before. If you do something wrong and offend a customer, I can be there to offer some guidance.
Lai Xing and Lai Wang: "..."
No wonder he looks like a pig, he really does have a pig's head! What nonsense is he spouting? The master and mistress are perfectly fine, do they need his guidance?
Chen An glanced at him and said indifferently, "No need. Besides, didn't Chen Xianghua tell you that we've already severed ties?"
Zeng Youcai choked on his words; wasn't this a blatant attempt to embarrass him? And severing ties with his family was practically telling him they had nothing to do with each other anymore, and to mind his own business.
"You really don't know what's good for you. I'm just trying to be helpful by coming to your door to give you some pointers, and you don't even appreciate it? What do you peasants know about business?"
Zeng Youcai strode forward and started cursing. He had come to Chen An's door in person, but Chen An not only didn't treat him politely, but also humiliated him.
Do you really think that wearing new clothes makes you no longer a peasant? Do you really think that doing business and currying favor with influential people makes you powerful?
If he weren't still in the shop, and Chen An wasn't afraid of ruining the pastries, he would have punched him.
We only knew he looked down on people, but we didn't know he was mentally ill? He can't even understand human speech.
Cheng Yue tugged at Chen An's sleeve and mocked Zeng Youcai, "Boss Zeng is such a good businessman, why is he just stuck in a small town? It's a waste of his talent."
"Wait, that doesn't make sense! If you're so capable, why don't you open a shop in the county town? Is it because you don't want to?"
Zeng Youcai was so focused on looking at the shop and talking about Chen An that he didn't even notice Cheng Yue standing to the side. This was the second sister-in-law who never dared to lift her head.
How could she grow up to be so beautiful? Compared to her, Chen Xianghua is simply unbearable to look at!
Chen An pulled Cheng Yue to one side with his hand, then stepped forward, his hard pectoral muscles pressing directly against Zeng Youcai's face.
"If you have nothing else to say, please leave! If you keep talking nonsense, I might throw you out!"
What is this thing that dares to look at him like that, Ah Yue?
Zeng Youcai stumbled from the impact and almost lost his balance. He was most concerned about his height and strength as a man, and Chen An had actually humiliated him like this!
"You, you, you! I came here to bring you business, and you dare to kick me out?"
Zeng Youcai looked up at Chen An with his neck bent at a ninety-degree angle. Cheng Yue found it more and more funny. Standing next to Chen An, Zeng Youcai looked like he hadn't fully developed.
Lai Xing and Lai Wang also found it funny, with one corner of their mouth turned up while they pressed it down hard.
They are servants; they can't join their masters in watching others make a fool of themselves—that would be so disrespectful!
Zeng Youcai finally realized what was happening, and his face turned red with anger. He had never been laughed at like that in all his years!
Chen An remained unmoved and said coldly, "No matter what kind of business it is, we will not cooperate with you."
Ah Yue said that when it comes to business partners, you have to look at their character. They wouldn't even bother with someone like Zeng Youcai!
Forget about making money; he can easily swindle them.
Zeng Youqi scoffed, "It's an honor for me to do business with you. Don't be ungrateful!"
If it weren't for their powerful backers, he wouldn't have mentioned it at all. Who are they? Who would be willing to cooperate with him?
If it weren't for Master Chen, he would have simply found a way to acquire the shop; why go through all this trouble!
Cheng Yue stopped laughing and then said, "Since Boss Zeng looks down on us peasants, why bother talking business?"
You should focus on running your own shop well and try to expand your business to the county seat as soon as possible! Don't even mention cooperation!
Zeng Youcai was so bluntly rejected, and thinking about his shop's business, and looking at the customers coming and going, he was instantly filled with anger!
How dare they mock him?! They really have no shame! Fine, fine, then they'll just have to wait and see!
He gave them a chance, but they didn't cherish it!
"Then you'll regret it!" Zeng Youcai suppressed his anger, uttered a gloomy sentence, and left with a flick of his sleeve.
Chen An said worriedly, "Zeng Youcai is petty and narrow-minded. We've already mocked him, so who knows what he might do? We must be careful."
Cheng Yue knew this, but, "He's a despicable person. He's taken the initiative to provoke us, which means he's got his eye on us. Since we can't avoid him, we can only deal with him carefully."
Ideally, we should find some leverage to deliver a fatal blow, ensuring he can never recover...
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