Chapter 46: Live Well Together

The advantage of being good-looking is that when you stand in a crowd, people’s eyes naturally fall on you.

Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi were a very eye-catching couple. As soon as they stopped at the entrance of the textile factory, they attracted a lot of attention.

When these gazes fell on the large pot tied to the back of Xie Qingxiao’s bicycle, everyone knew what they were here for.

An elderly woman with gray hair happened to be standing next to them. Seeing this, she curiously asked, “Young man, young lady, are you out doing business?”

Lin Xiangyi had just parked her bike and turned around to hear the voice. She smiled and said, “Yes, Grandma.”

“It doesn’t look like it,” the old woman said, looking suspiciously at Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi.

They were out to work today, wearing simple old clothes, but there was some truth to the saying that clothes can make the man, especially when you have good looks.

Plus, both of them had a good aura, obviously raised in a well-off family.

Could it be that they had fallen on hard times, forcing them to go out and do business to make a living?

The old woman, who believed that only people who were struggling to make ends meet would go out to do business, had a wild imagination. She looked at Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi with growing sympathy.

Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi: “…” Why does this old woman look at them so strangely?

But, there was no reason to push away customers who came to them.

Lin Xiangyi immediately smiled and said, “Grandma, we sell braised food, would you like to try some?”

“What’s braised food?” the old woman asked.

Young people who had fallen on hard times and looked so good-looking were not easy to put down their pride and go out to do business. She could support them if she could.

Lin Xiangyi gave Xie Qingxiao a look, and Xie Qingxiao lifted the lid of the pot and said with a smile, “Grandma, look, it’s like this.”

“This is… duck innards? And pig intestines?” The old woman glanced into the pot, the aroma of braised food hit her, she sniffed and said, “It smells pretty good, your craftsmanship is good, how much is it per pound? Give me two pounds…”

“Duck innards are eight cents a pound, pig intestines are one yuan a pound.”

“Burp!” The old woman quickly swallowed the words “two pounds” and looked at Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi in disbelief, “How much did you say per pound?”

“Duck innards are eight cents, pig intestines are one yuan,” Lin Xiangyi repeated with a smile.

Robbery?

The old woman was dumbfounded: “Duck innards at the state-owned meat store are only one cent a pound! Even pig intestines are only two cents, yours are more expensive than pork!”

Right now, pork is seven cents a pound! Wouldn’t it be better for her to buy pork and eat it?

She retracted her previous thoughts that these two young people were pitiful. They weren’t pitiful at all!

“Grandma, you can’t calculate it that way,” Lin Xiangyi said calmly, “If you’ve made innards, you’ll know that after the duck innards are processed to remove the waste and then cooked, they lose at least half their weight! Pig intestines even more so, one pound of pig intestines braised probably only weighs three or four ounces, so the cost increases, right?”

“Plus spices, labor, and all sorts of other costs, this price really doesn’t make much money! You say it’s more expensive than pork, but it’s not. You need tickets to buy pork, and you have to cook it at home. My braised food doesn’t need tickets and you can eat it right away, these are two different things, they can’t be compared.”

The old woman: “…” It makes sense?

“Besides,” Lin Xiangyi pressed on, she took out a bowl and a duck intestine, then cut it into small pieces and handed it to the old woman, “This flavor is unique, you can’t buy it anywhere else, don’t you believe me, try it?”

The old woman: “…” She wanted to try it, but…

“Try a small piece, it’s free,” Lin Xiangyi saw through the old woman’s thoughts and directly picked up a piece for her to try.

The old woman was not polite and took it with her hand and put it in her mouth, her eyes lit up –

“Delicious, right?” Lin Xiangyi asked with a smile.

“It’s quite good,” the old woman nodded in surprise, “How did you make this?”

“Grandma, this is a secret recipe, I don’t share it,” Lin Xiangyi blinked, “If you like it, just buy some back.”

The old woman chuckled, this girl was not only likable, but also had a likable personality.

She just asked casually, of course she knew that the secret recipe was the foundation of their business and could not be revealed casually, so she said, “Okay, then give me three cents worth of duck innards.”

The old woman was still thrifty and didn’t want to spend money to buy a lot, just buy a little to let her family try it.

“Okay, Xie Qingxiao, weigh three cents worth for Grandma,” Lin Xiangyi said to Xie Qingxiao.

Xie Qingxiao looked at her with a smile, “Okay.” His wife was really excellent, he didn’t even need to make a move.

When Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy seasonings, they bought oil paper. Now they used oil paper to wrap it for the old woman and handed it to her.

Xie Qingxiao said, “Come back if you like it.”

“Okay, okay,” the old woman said with a smile, then glanced at the two of them, and said with great satisfaction, “Husband and wife should be like you, understand and tolerate each other, put your efforts together! You two, you’re so willing to put yourselves out there, your future will never be bad, live well, okay?”

Lin Xiangyi was amused by the old woman’s heartfelt advice.

Xie Qingxiao laughed, “We know, Grandma.”

“Grandma Liu, this stuff is really good, right?”

At this time, a young woman who had been observing them for a while asked. She knew the old woman who bought braised food from Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi.

“It’s really good,” Grandma Liu immediately said, pointing to the bowl in Lin Xiangyi’s hand, “There are free samples, no charge, why don’t you try it?”

“Yes, free samples,” Lin Xiangyi handed the bowl over, “You can try it, if you don’t like it, you don’t have to buy it.”

The young woman was going out to buy groceries and cook dinner. When she passed by, Xie Qingxiao just lifted the lid of the pot to show Grandma Liu, she smelled the rich aroma of braised food and stopped to watch.

Seeing Grandma Liu, who was known for being stingy in the compound, actually paying for it, she couldn’t help but speak.

Now hearing Lin Xiangyi say this, she also tried a piece of duck intestine.

It wasn’t just the young woman who stopped to watch, others saw this and also came over.

Although it was expensive, it smelled good, anyway, it was free to try, why not try it?

Many people crowded over, those who passed by didn’t know what was going on, so they came over to see. Hearing that they could try it for free, they also tried it.

Lin Xiangyi welcomed everyone, giving each person a small piece.

Some people tried it and didn’t like it or thought it was too expensive and left, while others thought that Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi’s braised food was really delicious.

This group of people bought more or less, most of them bought a few ounces, some were generous and directly bought one or two pounds.

The county textile factory was the largest factory, and it was the time when people were getting off work, so there were really a lot of people passing by.

Lin Xiangyi was responsible for giving out samples to customers and counting money, while Xie Qingxiao was responsible for weighing and packaging, their division of labor was clear, and they were busy and happy.

From 4:30 to 5:30, in just one hour, Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi sold all the braised duck innards, about twenty-eight pounds, and the pig intestines, about four pounds.

The two of them cleaned up and packed up, then left the stall.