Lu Sufeng had just picked up her child from Liu Yingying's place and sneered at Ma Qiumei.
"Second sister-in-law, stop being sarcastic. Did your child eat anything today?"
"What do you mean?"
Ma Qiumei's face immediately turned cold. Because so many people went to the county town to beg, the couple hadn't brought back a single hair for three days in a row.
Her three children were starving and looked like sick kittens; it broke her heart to see them like that...
Lu Sufeng glanced at her disdainfully and nudged the two children beside her. "Bao'er, Hui'er, tell your second aunt what delicious food you ate at your aunt's house today?"
Children don't understand the complex thoughts of adults, so they just blurt things out.
"My aunt gave my brother and me boiled eggs in sweet soup for breakfast, white rice with braised pork for lunch, and vegetarian noodles for dinner..."
The child's innocent words, every single one, were like a sharp dagger piercing Ma Qiumei's heart.
I didn't look closely just now.
Now she had a good look at Lü Sufeng's two children.
In those years when everyone was starving, these two children actually seemed to have gained weight.
In stark contrast.
His three poor children were starving and barely recognizable!
Why should I?!
Ma Qiumei stood frozen in place, her body trembling slightly with anger.
Lu Sufeng glanced at her, snorted, and led her two children back into the house.
Now, anyone in Taoyuan Village and several surrounding villages who can pick winter melons from the wild can send them to Liu Yingying's house.
But apart from Zhu Erqiang's family.
Who told Ma Qiumei to bully Liu Yingying so relentlessly before?
Liu Yingying has always been a person who clearly distinguishes between gratitude and resentment. Although someone like Lü Sufeng also bullied her, she never pushed her to the brink of death.
After bowing her head and admitting her mistake, she could have easily considered the bigger picture and let it go.
Give someone a bite to eat.
But those who are determined to drive her to her death, she will absolutely not give them any way out!
But besides Ma Qiumei's family, there was another family that preferred to stay at home eating winter melon every day rather than beg Liu Yingying.
That must be Zhang Qiaonv's family.
Although their family had never had any major conflicts with Liu Yingying.
However, Zhang Qiaonv and her daughter Zhu Dongxi harbored deep resentment towards her.
Zhu Guanbao, the head of the family, did not understand his wife and daughter at all.
At dinner, he looked at the boiled winter melon in his bowl, which was so edible that it was nauseating, frowned, sighed deeply, and put the bowl on the table.
"I just don't understand. You two don't usually seem very ambitious, so why are you so stubborn about this?"
These words ignited Zhang Qiaonv's long-suppressed resentment.
"You spineless coward! Have you forgotten how our family bullied that bitch before?"
"Even if you go to her door and beg her now, she might not take pity on you or give you a meal. Don't humiliate yourself for nothing!"
Zhu Guanbao has always been afraid of his wife.
He had only complained a little earlier, but now, after his wife's barrage of criticism, he was speechless.
He picked up his bowl and chopsticks and silently began to eat...
That night, after Zhu Guanbao had fallen asleep, Zhang Qiaonu went to her daughter's room, took out a sesame seed cake, and the two shared it...
"Mother, that slut's business is booming lately. I heard she's going to the city again tomorrow. Shouldn't we make our move?"
Zhang Qiaonv nodded after hearing her daughter's words; "Yes, you'll come with me to Liujia Village tomorrow..."
Early the next morning.
Liu Yingying packed up all the candied winter melon she had made over the past few days and loaded it onto the oxcart.
Now, every time she goes to Furong County, she has to use the entire space of the oxcart to fit all her goods.
After instructing the Zhu brothers to guard the house, the oxcart slowly set off...
Lin Cuicui glanced at the large amount of goods and asked, "Aunt Liu, we're bringing in more and more goods each time we set up our stall. I'm starting to feel like this isn't sustainable—we can't just keep running a stall on the street all the time..."
Upon hearing this, Liu Yingying couldn't help but look at the child with newfound respect.
Surprisingly, although Lin Cuicui was illiterate, she had an unusually sharp business mind!
“You’re right. If we only sell twenty or thirty packs at a time, we can just keep setting up a stall on the street.”
"But now, every time we set up our stall, we sell at least a hundred bags of goods. If we don't find a larger and more convenient sales channel, these candied winter melons may not only go unsold, but we might also work ourselves to death..."
"Pfft!" The two girls were amused by her humorous way of speaking, and their worries eased considerably...
It takes more than half an hour for an oxcart to reach Furong County.
Throughout the journey, Liu Yingying appeared to be resting with her eyes closed.
In reality, he was thinking about how to find a good distribution channel for these candied winter melons.
Furong County has many teahouses, taverns, brothels, and theaters...
If we can cooperate with these places, the sales channels for those candied winter melons will be guaranteed.
Liu Yingying first approached a medium-sized teahouse on the outskirts of the city to discuss cooperation.
But the shopkeeper didn't even look at her as a business partner who wasn't even a small workshop!
The situation was similar in the teahouses, taverns, and even brothels that followed.
It was getting late.
Zhao Di was somewhat worried; "Liu Niang, almost the whole morning has passed, and we've only sold a dozen or so packets of winter melon candy. At this rate, we'll probably have to take them all back untouched..."
Lin Cuicui did not seem as pessimistic as Zhao Di.
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