Chapter 71: Revenge

‘Who are you calling elder sister? What kind of relative are you trying to identify with?’

Mother Xiao was furious. She had just been called Boss Xiao a second ago, but now she was being called Sister Xiao. She was speechless. She still preferred others to call her Boss Xiao, which sounded more impressive.

However, looking at Boss He’s attitude, it seemed that something was wrong, but Mother Xiao subconsciously looked at Jiang Sui.

Jiang Sui wanted to know what Boss He was planning, so she nodded to Mother Xiao.

Mother Xiao then looked at Boss He, who was smiling flatteringly “Boss He, please come in and sit down.”

There were only a few customers at the stall at this time, and Mother Xiao took him to sit in the corner, with Jiang Sui following.

After sitting down, Boss He was very friendly. He picked up the kettle and poured himself some water, not treating himself as an outsider at all.

“Don’t you have that mung bean soup? Give it to me and let me have some!”

In this horrible weather, he sweated all over even though he did nothing all day, and he also wanted to have a bowl of mung bean soup to cool down.

Mother Xiao rolled her eyes. Although she didn’t want to give him the soup, it was said that anyone could drink it for free, so they weren’t so petty. So they poured him a bowl.

Boss He drank up the mung bean soup and looked very happy after finishing it.

In this weather, drinking a bowl of mung bean soup is really refreshing.

“Okay, you’ve drunk the mung bean soup, why don’t you tell me what’s going on?” Mother Xiao urged.

Boss He curled his lips and stated his purpose for today’s visit.

“I won’t beat around the bush. I came here today just to discuss business with you.”

Talking about business? This really confused Mother Xiao and Jiang Sui.

“What business can we discuss? Aren’t we all small businesses?” Mother Xiao thought he was joking.

Boss He took out five taels of silver from his pocket and placed it on the table.

“The deal I want to discuss with you is not big. I want to buy your meat sauce recipe and chili oil recipe for five taels of silver. How about that? Is it a good deal?”

Boss He had come up with this idea. He felt that it was a good deal for the Xiao family to exchange his five taels of silver for a recipe for meat sauce and chili oil. They would make money. Isn’t it good to make five taels of silver just by talking?

He thought about it over and over again these days, and still felt that he couldn’t let Xiao’s Noodles stand in his way. Seeing the business getting worse and worse, he became anxious.

At this time, his wife gave him an idea, which was to ask him to use silver to buy this method.

Because the reason why his hot and sour noodles were not popular before was because of the meat sauce and chili oil. He didn’t make them tasty, so he ruined the whole bowl of noodles.

He had also studied the powder of the Xiao family, but with his brain, he really couldn’t figure out what it was made of, so he could only settle for the next best thing.

But he never thought that the sour and spicy taste was not compatible with noodles.

Seeing Boss He looking like he deserved a beating, Jiang Sui and Mother Xiao looked at each other, speechless.

Are they crazy or stupid? Would they really tell others the secret to their success just for five taels of silver?

Mother Xiao directly picked up the five taels of silver on the table, stuffed it into Boss He’s hand, and then ordered him to leave.

“Boss He, you are still awake. You are daydreaming in front of me. Do you really think that your five taels of silver can be worth fifty taels? Hurry up and leave. Figure out what to do yourself.”

Mother Xiao had a bad temper and couldn’t stand it at all.

Seeing her attitude, Boss He really didn’t know what went wrong.

“No, you can earn five taels just by talking, why don’t you do it? This is like a pie in the sky.”

“Bah, you are so shameless. I don’t want your five taels of silver. Go away and don’t affect my business.” Mother Xiao couldn’t talk to him anymore, so she just took action and pushed him out.

Boss He was so angry after being rejected that he pointed at Mother Xiao and cursed:

“You bitch, you don’t know what’s good for you, just wait for me.” Boss He left after saying this harshly.

His expression really frightened Mother Xiao a little.

She turned to look at Jiang Sui and asked worriedly. “Suisui, do you think he will cause any trouble for us?”

“When an enemy comes, we will fight him with our generals, and when a flood comes, we will block it with earth. It’s hard to say for sure. Boss He is vindictive. He ran into a snag here today, and he must be very dissatisfied. We just need to be careful.”

She expected that with Boss He’s brain, he probably couldn’t think of any good ideas to target her, so she just hoped that he wouldn’t play dirty.

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Soon, when it was time for Father Xiao, Xiao Qin, and Xiao Mian to leave, they chopped a large pile of firewood for the family and split it into small pieces so that they could take it to the town to burn.

The sweet potato flour has been dried, and it’s time to start harvesting sweet potatoes to make starch.

The dried vermicelli and sweet potato skins can still be sold for more than two months according to the current business, so there is no rush to buy new ones.

Father Xiao and Xiao Qin gave Mother Xiao two taels of silver, which was their wages for last month, and Xiao Mian gave the money to Zhou for safekeeping.

The two silk flowers sent by Miss Song were also given to Xiao Lanlan and Zhou respectively. Xiao Lanlan naturally chose the elegant pink one, while the peach pink one was taken by Zhou.

Although the color was a bit bright, she liked it very much, so she put it on for her husband to see that night, and they spent a night of love together.

Since this worry was solved, Zhou has become more cheerful, smiles more often, and is in better health.

In the morning, the father and his sons went to the town together, some were busy opening the market, and some were waiting for the carriage to go back to the county.

Xiao Qin and family also ate a bowl of homemade hot and sour noodles at the stall to fill their stomachs.

Seeing them carrying their bags, Miss Song asked politely.

“Where are you going, Brother Xiao?” She happened to meet Xiao Qin coming to the well to fetch water.

When Xiao Qin saw that it was her, he answered truthfully.

“My father, my brother, and I found a job in the county. We have been back for several days. It is time to go back. Before leaving, I want to help my mother fill the bucket.”

The water level in this well is getting lower day by day. You have to let the rope down a long way to get water. You never know when the well will dry up.

“I see. Then I wish you good luck and prosperity, Brother Xiao.”

Miss Song said a few polite words.

On the other side, Xiao Mian was already urging Xiao Qin to leave quickly, saying that the carriage to the county had arrived.

“Then I’ll borrow Miss Song’s good words.”

Xiao Qin left in a hurry after saying a few words.

Mother Xiao sent them to the town gate to take a bus, and also bought them a bag of steamed buns to eat on the way.

Another round of instructions.

Father Xiao was annoyed by her nagging.

“Okay, old woman, you have to say this so many times every time. I’m not a three-year-old child. It’s not like that. You should go back quickly. Suisui is too busy to handle this.”

Mother Xiao gave him a scolding look and returned to the town, looking back every few steps.

However, she did not go back to the stall directly. Instead, she went to the grain and oil store to continue stocking up on food. She bought some brown rice and flour, as well as a bag of soybeans and peanuts.