Chapter 10

There were several people of the same age following behind the uncle. When they saw her, they started to yell excitedly, like cats seeing a mouse.

Yan Xi was stunned by his behavior.

The vendors who were eating the spicy strips that Yan Xi sent them stopped eating and looked at the group of people coming over with serious expressions, ready at all times.

A group of people rushed to Yan Xi’s stall and surrounded it.

“Did he buy his spicy noodles from you?”

Yan Xi didn’t understand the situation and answered slowly, “Yes.”

Aunt Huang stood up and was about to yell at the group of people when she heard them talking in unison:

“Give me five pounds!”

“I want seven pounds!”

“I want less, four pounds!”

“How did you make this spicy noodle? It’s so delicious, I can’t stop eating it!”

“By the way, will I get diarrhea if I eat too much of this? I know I can’t eat it, but my mouth and hands can’t stop eating it. I can’t help it!”

Yan Xi: “…”

If you want to buy spicy strips, just buy them. What’s the point of making a scene like you’re here to collect debts?

“Comrade, give me another pound, I only want one pound, I don’t want more.” The uncle who bought the spicy strips first said: “These are my colleagues from work. I met them on my way home. They wanted to try something new, so I shared some with them. But they couldn’t stop eating and ate up all the spicy strips I bought. They also asked me to bring them over to buy more.”

After being stunned, Yan Xi immediately showed a business smile on her face.

“I made these spicy noodles myself. The ingredients are fresh and the toppings are the best. But no matter how good something is, you can’t eat too much of it.”

“I only have about 20 kilograms left. I don’t know if it’s enough for you to buy. How about we let this uncle buy it first? He is my first customer, and what you eat is also bought by him.” Yan Xi pointed to the uncle who bought the spicy strips first and said to his colleagues in the unit.

“Okay.”

“no problem.”

“Let him buy first. He buys less anyway.” Several people said one after another.

So Yan Xi weighed her uncle first.

She picked up a few spicy strips with chopsticks and weighed them, and they weighed one pound and three ounces.

When Yan Xi was about to cut off a piece of spicy strips with scissors, one of them said, “Old Xu, just take the 1.5 jin and 1.2 liang directly, so that you don’t have to ask others to cut it. I promise you, if you take this 1.5 jin and 1.2 liang back, it won’t be enough to eat!”

Others also said, “Yes, stop torturing our comrade, just one catty and three ounces.”

Uncle Xu glared at the group of people and said, “It’s not your money, you don’t feel bad about it, right? At my age, it’s not easy to make money!”

He turned around and said to Yan Xi, “One catty and three ounces is one catty and three ounces, don’t cut it, I want all of them.”

“Okay.” Yan Xi smiled happily.

After paying the money, Uncle Xu didn’t rush to leave. He watched his colleagues buy things.

This one weighs seven kilograms, this one weighs five kilograms, this one weighs four kilograms, and this one weighs six kilograms…by the time the last person came, there was not much left.

“I want them all!” The last person waved his hand and took all the remaining two kilograms of spicy strips.

Yan Xi wrapped it in oil paper, collected the money, and watched the group of gods of wealth leave with a smile.

It’s only twelve o’clock now, she can close her stall and go home!

Aunt Huang watched her carrying the small backpack and leaving, and said enviously, “She’s going back home.”

“yes.”

“Your spicy strips are selling really well. If we hadn’t eaten some of them, you could have sold them for more money,” said Aunt Huang.

“There’s no end to making money. We can sell more tomorrow.” Yan Xi said goodbye to the vendors around her and left.

She went to the grocery store first and bought some ingredients needed to make spicy noodles. Then, she went to the clothing stall she had seen yesterday and bought clothes for Fu Caihe and Nuannuan.

She bought two sets of clothes for Fu Caihe and Nuannuan respectively. She also wanted to buy a set of pajamas for both children, but the stall didn’t sell them, so she went to the department store.

Today, in order to facilitate her movements, she took out the most plain clothes of the original owner and put them on. At this time, she was carrying a small backpack on her back. At first glance, she was out of tune with the fashionable atmosphere of the department store, and many of the clerks looked at her with strange eyes.

Yan Xi was too lazy to even look at them any longer. She just picked out two pairs of pajamas, put the money on the counter, and left.

She still had a lot of things to buy, but she didn’t have time to waste with irrelevant people.

By the time Yan Xi had bought almost all the daily necessities she needed, she only had fifty cents left in her pocket.

Yan Xi looked at the five dimes in her hand and smiled bitterly.

I just earned 49.5 yuan today, and this is all that’s left.

No wonder people say it’s hard to make money, isn’t it because it’s too easy to spend money!

But fortunately, I bought most of the things I needed today, so I can save the money I earn from now on.

…

When Yan Xi returned to the compound, Fan Fuying and several of her sisters-in-law had already returned.

As soon as Fan Fuying came back, he quickly boiled water, took a bath, and changed his smelly clothes.

At this time, she was sitting in the yard, feeling refreshed, knitting sweaters with her sisters-in-law Guo Xia and Feng Lingling, while several children were running around and playing around them, laughing.

Fan Fuying saw Yan Xi coming back and deliberately shouted at the top of his voice: “Sister Yan is back! How are the spicy strips selling? How much did they sell for?”

Yan Xi smiled and said, “It’s selling well. Sister Fan has taken a bath, right? You can tell at a glance whether a person has taken a bath or not. Look at Sister Fan now, she looks so clean, she doesn’t stink anymore.”

Except for Guo Xia, the sisters-in-law present had no idea what Yan Xi meant by what she said. They all looked at Fan Fuying with puzzled eyes and even sniffed.

Fan Fuying’s face looked unhappy for a few moments. She was afraid that the other sisters-in-law would ask her about it, so she quickly changed the subject.

“Sister Yan, why did you suddenly think of selling spicy noodles to make money? Is it because Captain Fu doesn’t want to give you money anymore?”

Sure enough, the sisters-in-law’s attention was attracted by Fan Fuying’s question, and they all looked at Yan Xi.

Yan Xi sighed pretentiously: “I just suddenly realized that I had lived too muddle-headedly before, which was wrong. I should cheer up, respond to the call of the country, and strive to be a woman who can hold up half the sky!”

The sisters-in-law were stunned by Yan Xi’s words.

Fan Fuying sneered, “We women spend most of our time at home. As long as we take good care of the house, the men don’t have to worry about the family affairs when they are out, and they will naturally not lack us for money.”

The other sisters-in-law nodded in agreement.

Fan Fuying glanced at Yan Xi complacently, and that expression seemed to say that Yan Xi just didn’t take care of the household well, and Fu Wen didn’t give her money, so she needed to go out and earn money on her own.