"The cake is delicious, soft, and fragrant; it's suitable for both the elderly and children."
"The crispy rice crust is also quite good, and the sachima is delicious too."
"Spicy strips are delicious."
"They're all good. I'll take two pounds of cake and one pound of each of the other items."
"Me too. I need five pounds of cake. There are many people in my family, and if each person eats two pieces, it will be gone."
"I want……"
The customers bought dozens of kilograms of food in one go. They came with the intention of supporting Yang Cui's shop, but they never expected that the food would be so delicious.
Manager Ma looked miserable and almost burst into tears.
If Yang Cui were to cooperate with them, how successful his Pinxiangzhai business would be! His wages would definitely be able to catch up with Manager Yu's. I heard that Manager Yu, that shameless old man, has kept ten beauties at home. In the past, how could he afford to keep them?
Sigh, why wasn't I lucky enough to work with Yang Cui?
As Mo Zijun ate the pastries from Yang Cui's shop, he silently mourned for Ruyi Fang for a minute.
In fact, Ruyi Fang's pastries are made with good ingredients and they pay great attention to quality, but they haven't come up with any new ideas over the years. They're all the same old tricks. Yang Cui's is different. They make all the new things, and the taste is top-notch. With the two shops so close to each other, it's no wonder Ruyi Fang is in trouble.
While Mo Zijun felt gloating, he also felt a pang of sadness.
Upon learning of the unexpected opening and the fact that the owner was still Yang Cui, Mo Zhangshi felt a sense of crisis and arrived early that day.
Mo Yalan privately mocked Yang Cui for only selling such a few products in such a large shop, saying that it would eventually close down!
Mo Zhangshi thought that someone as smart as Yang Cui wouldn't do a losing business. Just then, the shop was having a tasting event, so Mo Zhangshi went over to congratulate Yang Cui first, and then used a bamboo skewer to sample each item.
I was immediately awestruck!
She looked at Yang Cui in shock, but Yang Cui smiled and said to her, "Mrs. Mo is also in the pastry business. What do you think of my products?"
Madam Mo was seething with anger, feeling that Yang Cui and Mo Zijun must have reached some kind of agreement and were deliberately targeting her!
Such delicious food is sure to deal a major blow to Ruyi!
Madam Mo was furious, but she still forced a smile: "The taste is naturally excellent. Madam Cen is truly amazing; she can do everything."
“That still can’t compare to Madam Mo having a good daughter,” Yang Cui said meaningfully.
The mother and daughter, surnamed Mo, were somewhat confused upon hearing this, not understanding what Yang Cui meant.
Kwong Mei-wan smiled. Others might not know what Yang Cui meant, but she did, and she grew to like Yang Cui's vengeful nature even more.
The business was booming. Yang Cui only prepared 60 jin of cakes, but all other products were 100 jin each. Unexpectedly, the cakes were sold out just after noon, and a third of the other products were also sold.
Why didn't you stock up more for your opening?
"Exactly, they let us try it, but then they ran out of stock. Were they just messing with me?"
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When customers couldn't get a cake, they started to get upset, so Yang Cui had to step in to appease them: "We're sorry everyone. We didn't know you would like cake so much. Also, cakes don't stay fresh for long, and the process is extremely complicated, so the quantity is a bit small. Please understand, and thank you all for your support."
Everyone would definitely give Yang Cui face, especially since the county magistrate's wife, Madam You, was still there, so no one dared to cause trouble.
Around 1 p.m., the number of customers in the store decreased, so Yang Cui took the children to the Observatory for lunch and also ordered two steamed buns and a bowl of wontons for each of the store's employees.
The shop is run by Wen Shuishui, Yang Cui's two cousins' sons An Xiaohua and An Xiaochong, and Granny Li. They've been very busy these past few days since the shop opened, so Yang Cui specially called Granny Li to help out.
Yang Cui's family enjoyed their meal at the Star Gazing Tower, but the atmosphere at the Mo family's place was not so pleasant.
Madam Mo always felt that Yang Cui's opening of a shop near her Ruyi Fang was intentional, a way to get back at her, and that Mo Zijun was definitely involved.
Immediately, Madam Mo notified all branches of the Mo family and even summoned the Mo clan leader.
Chief Mo immediately notified Mo Zijun to come to the ancestral hall.
When Mo Zijun arrived, the Mo clan chief, his father Mo Wende, Mo Zhangshi, Mo Ziyun, and Mo's second and third uncles were already there.
Mo Zijun could guess with his toes why he had been called here today.
"Speak quickly, my Cuiyun Pavilion is very busy."
Mo Zijun's words made the Mo family very unhappy. They felt that his arrogance was tinged with a hint of showing off. Everyone knew that their Mo family's business was unable to open.
His father, Mo Wende, felt that Mo Zijun was being disrespectful to him, and angrily said, "What kind of attitude is this?"
Mo Zijun ignored him and said directly to Chief Mo, "Chief Mo, get to the point."
"You have absolutely no respect for your elders!" Mo Wende pointed at Mo Zijun and cursed, "Now that you're all grown up, where are you going? You stop right there!"
“I don’t want to listen to your nonsense here. If you want to discipline your son, your son Mo Ziyun is right next to you.”
As a father, he didn't give him any warmth. Even though he knew that Mo Zhangshi had let the shopkeeper and clerk of the silver shop go and angered his grandfather to death, and even though he knew that Mo Zhangshi was the one who assassinated him, he didn't say a word. So what right does he have to point fingers here?
"You unfilial son!"
"Alright, that's enough." Clan Chief Mo spoke up. "Zijun, you are still a member of the Mo family. Even though you've gone out to establish your own household, you still bear the surname Mo. We all share the same blood. Is Yang Cui's opening of the pastry shop related to you?"
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