Chapter 248 Selling Pancakes at the Market
The market was bustling with people, yet surprisingly, a long queue had formed.
Chen Yongliang raised his hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Looking up at the long queue, he felt a little anxious.
Because there was one less person today, but the number of people buying cakes didn't decrease, one person was a bit too busy to handle everything.
"Brother Yongliang, I'm here to help you!"
A familiar voice came from beside him. Chen Yongliang turned his head and saw Wu Gousheng standing next to him.
"Why are you here?" Chen Yongliang asked, somewhat surprised.
"Sister Qi was worried you'd be too busy, so she asked me to lend a hand," Wu Gousheng said with a grin. "Tell me quickly, how can I help you?"
Chen Yongliang hesitated for a long time, then asked, "Can you calculate money?"
"Yes, I can calculate it very accurately!" Wu Gousheng patted his chest, looking confident.
In reality, he was extremely guilty, afraid that he had miscalculated the money, but he dared not admit that he was incompetent and could not help.
Chen Yongliang didn't think much of it. There were still many people queuing in front of him. He said, "Hollow pancakes are 3 coins each, and preserved vegetable pancakes are 5 coins each. I'll make them. You wrap them in oil paper and give them to the customers, and you'll also collect the money."
"Okay!" Wu Gousheng had already agreed, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and go for it.
"I want three hollow cookies!"
"I want five preserved vegetable cakes!"
"I just paid, are the pancakes ready yet?"
"Yes, I gave it to them too, hurry up!"
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A crowd of people was gathered in front of Wu Gousheng, making him dizzy and causing his hands to tremble as he collected the money.
He was always afraid that he wouldn't remember clearly or would miss something, so he kept his mind on edge.
When Wan Qiqi arrived at the market, the area in front of the stalls was noisy and seemed to be in the middle of an argument.
"How do you do business? I've been waiting for fifteen minutes, and it's still not done?"
"Why have others who came after me already received their bread, while mine is still not baked?"
"Can it be done? If not, give me my money back!"
"Yes, refund me!"
Upon seeing this, Fang Luxue rushed forward, wanting to teach these troublemakers a lesson.
He had only taken half a step when he was immediately grabbed.
Before she could react, someone else had already walked up to the stall before her.
"I'm so sorry everyone, we didn't have enough staff today, and we've kept you waiting!"
After apologizing to everyone, Wan Qiqi washed her hands with clean water, rolled up her sleeves, and took Chen Yongliang's place.
"Today, I'll give a free grapefruit candy to anyone who buys a cake, as an apology..."
She kept talking, but her hands never stopped moving.
Neat and efficient, without any hesitation or fuss.
"Husband, take out our pomelo candies and wrap them in oil paper." Wan Qiqi said, then whispered in Wu Gousheng's ear, "Cut one sheet of oil paper into four pieces and fill them up."
Wu Gousheng nodded and immediately followed Chen Yongnian's lead.
Chen Yongliang stepped aside and took charge of collecting the money.
Someone in the group recognized Chen Yongnian and couldn't help but ask, "Are you Chen Wanshi, the one who received the imperial plaque? The Chen Wanshi who saved so many people?"
Wan Qiqi grinned and rolled out the dough in her hand. "I didn't save the person. I just offered a suggestion to protect myself."
She lifted the oven lid, stuck the pancake to the oven wall, and used a tool to remove the baked pancake and hand it to Chen Yongliang.
She instructed, "One cookie and one serving of sugar, don't get them mixed up!"
When the people buying cakes saw Wan Qiqi, they lost their hurry to leave and gathered around to inquire about the bandit suppression.
The pressure to hurry up was immediately resolved, and some people even told Wan Qiqi not to rush to make the cakes and to tell them the specific situation at the time.
Wan Qiqi didn't stop, answering the townspeople's questions in a casual manner.
Once the line of people waiting for the pancakes had been cleared out, she gave her spot back to Chen Yongliang, stepped aside, tilted her head to look at Fang Lucue, and smiled.
“I have other matters to attend to today. Miss Fang was also there at the time. You can ask her for information.”
As she spoke, Wan Qiqi pulled the little monkey into the crowd and disappeared into the sea of people.
Fang Luxue was startled by the people surrounding her and was also somewhat bewildered by the barrage of questions.
After answering a few questions briefly, she lost patience and showed some dissatisfaction.
The townspeople, seeing this, dared not ask any questions, after all, she was the county magistrate's daughter, and they could not afford to offend her.
As the crowd dispersed, Fang Luxue walked up to the stall with a gloomy face and asked coldly, "Didn't you see that I was surrounded by people? Why didn't you come to help me? What if there were bad guys inside who tried to assassinate me?"
Chen Yongliang didn't dare to retort to Fang Luxue, but Wu Gousheng did.
"You're not an official appointed by the imperial court, why would anyone want to assassinate you?"
"..." Fang Luxue wished she could tear Wu Gousheng's mouth apart.
He actually dared to argue with me! He must be tired of living!
Chen Yongnian walked over, glanced at Fang Luxue from head to toe, and after confirming that she was alright, he looked away from her. “Miss Fang, since it’s dangerous outside, you’d better go back to the county town so that Lord Fang won’t worry.”
Fang Luxue crossed her arms and said angrily, "Chen Yongnian, you haven't even reported to the county government yet, so why are you acting like a yamen runner, always trying to control me?"
Chen Yongnian bowed and said, "I'm not trying to interfere, but I'm worried about Miss Fang's safety. If anything happens to you, my wife and I will certainly be held responsible."
Fang Luxue found the first half of the sentence somewhat agreeable, but the second half made her face fall again.
It turns out that this person was just worried that if something happened to him, it would implicate Wan Qiqi!
She was so angry that her breathing became heavier.
After a long while, Fang Luxue finally calmed herself down, glanced at Chen Yongnian, and said nothing.
Although Chen Yongnian doesn't seem very smart, he is indeed quite talented in martial arts and is also good to Wan Qiqi.
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