Chapter 9

Seeing that everyone was staying away from them as if they were the plague, Fan Fuying and Guo Xia’s faces turned green with anger.

Fan Fuying stood up and pointed at Yan Xi and yelled, “You’re the one who stinks! You haven’t showered for just a month!”

Yan Xi stretched out her index finger and shook it leisurely: “My nose is very sensitive. I can distinguish the fragrance from the stench.”

Then, as if she had suddenly realized something, she said, “Sister Fan, I didn’t say you haven’t taken a shower for a month. Could it be that you——!!”

She deliberately omitted the rest of the words, exaggeratedly covered her nose with her hands, and looked at Fan Fuying in disbelief.

The other passengers in the car immediately understood and started fanning their noses with their hands.

“I haven’t showered for a month, my body must be smelling really bad!”

“No wonder they both smell weird.”

“I thought I didn’t like taking a bath, but I took one every two weeks. I didn’t expect there were people who were dirtier than me.”

“No wonder they can’t even tell the difference between good smell and bad smell. I guess their noses have long been stinking to the point where they can no longer smell anything.”

Fan Fuying realized that he had let the cat out of the bag, and his face turned red, orange, yellow, green, blue and green.

Even Guo Xia raised her arms to cover her nose.

Oh my God, Sister Fan hasn’t taken a shower for a month, and she only hasn’t taken a shower for three weeks!

When they arrived in the town, the passengers rushed to get off the bus and escape from Fan Fuying.

Even Guo Xia found an excuse to slip away and no longer stayed with Fan Fuying.

Fan Fuying was so angry that he almost had a myocardial infarction and died on the spot.

Yan Xi had already leisurely gone to the market carrying her small backpack.

She put the small backpack on the ground, placed a few spicy strips that she had cut into small pieces in advance on the thick cloth on the top of the basket, and started shouting to the passers-by.

“Selling spicy noodles! Spicy and fragrant spicy noodles! Snacks to satisfy your cravings! Spicy noodles loved by adults and children!”

Yan Xi was fat and had a very loud voice when she shouted. In addition, people of that generation had not heard of spicy strips, so she quickly attracted the attention of passers-by.

“What spicy noodles?”

“What are spicy noodles?”

Several passers-by came over and asked similar questions.

Yan Xi lifted a corner of the thick cloth to show them the spicy noodles in the basket, and said with a smile: “This is spicy noodles.”

“What is this made of?”

“It does smell nice.”

“Put a lot of chili in it.”

“It’s made with rice, and it does contain a lot of chili peppers.” Yan Xi replied with a smile.

She used a few bamboo sticks to pick up a small piece of spicy strips and handed them to the onlookers: “Everyone try it.”

Passersby took it and bit off the spicy strips on the fork in one bite.

“Hiss—so spicy.”

“It’s delicious. It tastes amazing.”

“I don’t think it’s spicy, but it’s really delicious, a kind of deliciousness that is hard to describe.”

“Well, after eating it, I want to eat more.”

Yan Xi was very happy to hear their positive comments.

“Comrade, how much is this?” asked one of the ladies who had tried the food.

“Ninety cents a pound.” Yan Xi said.

“This is too expensive!” The old lady yelled in dissatisfaction: “Pork is only 1.45 yuan per pound. If we add a little money, we can buy a pound of pork. Pork is oily and tasty. You can’t fill your stomach by eating this. You can only eat it as a snack.”

Other passers-by nodded in agreement.

“It’s too expensive!”

Yan Xi was not annoyed, and explained with a smile: “Auntie, I made this with rice that has full grains, and rice costs only 10 cents per pound. I also added so many seasonings, and I also poured oil on it, these are the costs! 90 cents per pound, it’s really not expensive, and I didn’t make much money.”

Yan Xi continued, “The seasonings I used are all top quality. You just ate it, so you must have tasted it. It’s not bad! This spicy strip is not only loved by adults, but also by children. You will definitely not lose out if you buy it. It’s just that this thing is very addictive. You have to watch your children and don’t let them eat too much. It will be bad for their health.”

“How about it? Would you like to buy a pound or two to take back and try?” Yan Xi said, glancing at the onlookers.

“Okay, give me one pound. I only want one pound. I don’t want any more.” said the uncle who had just tried the food.

“Okay.”

Yan Xi happily picked up the spicy strips with chopsticks, placed them on the oil paper, and weighed them on the scale.

Because it weighed more than one kilogram, she cut off some of the spicy strips with scissors and threw them back into the small backpack. She finished wrapping the spicy strips in oil paper and handed them to her uncle until it weighed exactly one kilogram.

Uncle counted out ninety cents and gave it to Yan Xi.

“Come back if you enjoy the meal.” Yan Xi smiled.

“You really bought it.” An auntie who was watching said to the uncle.

“I think it tastes good. Let’s buy some back and let the children try it.” said the uncle.

“Ninety cents, that’s quite expensive.” The aunt still felt it was expensive.

“It’s still cheaper than sugar. I won’t buy a lot anyway, so just trying it is enough.” said the uncle.

Yan Xi stared at the two of them and nodded wildly in her heart.

Yes, yes, that’s right. It’s much cheaper than sugar, everyone come and buy it!

The aunt was persuaded, hesitated for a few seconds, and said to Yan Xi: “Give me one pound too.”

“Okay.” Yan Xi picked up a few spicy strips with chopsticks and placed them on the oil paper to weigh them.

“One catty and two ounces, is that okay? Or just one catty?”

“Sure.” said the aunt.

With two people taking the lead in trying something new, the others who were originally hesitant no longer hesitated and paid for it.

After all, this thing is really delicious! It’s like it has magic power, and it still makes them linger on the taste.

“Give me a pound.”

“I want two pounds! No more!”

“I’ll take a pound too!”

Yan Xi was immediately very busy. She sold most of the 50 to 60 kilograms of spicy noodles in her backpack in one go.

When she finally had some free time, her legs were a little sore from standing.

She glanced at the auntie who was sitting on a small stool selling vegetables next to her and thought: Aunties are really smart. She would go buy a small stool herself soon.

When her aunt saw her looking over, she smiled and asked her, “Comrade, what are you selling? Your business is really good.”

Yan Xi quickly wrapped a spicy strip in oil paper and handed it to her aunt: “Spicy strip, aunt, please try it, it’s delicious.”

Seeing that Yan Xi gave her so much, the aunt waved her hands and said, “No, no.”

She was afraid that she would eat so much and it would be awkward if she didn’t buy anything else.

Yan Xi saw her concerns and said with a smile, “Auntie, just take it and eat it. I guess I will have to sell spicy noodles here in the future, and I will meet you often. I have not been here for a long time and I am not familiar with this place. I will need your care in the future.”

When Aunt Huang heard this, she accepted it with peace of mind.

“Thank you, comrade.”

“Why are you being so polite to me?” Yan Xi acted like she was very familiar with Aunt Huang.

When you are out, it is better to have more friends than to make more enemies.

Yan Xi not only gave Aunt Huang some spicy strips, she also packed a spicy strip for each person on her other side and opposite her and gave it to them to eat.

When Yan Xi was building good relationships with everyone, the uncle who first bought the spicy strips came over with a group of people.

“That’s her! I bought it from her!”