Chapter 13

I don’t know if the two kids understood or not. They took the spicy strips and ate them all in one bite.

After eating, he clapped his hands and went out, no longer staring at the spicy strips on the table.

Nuannuan ran to the main room, took her enamel cup, poured most of the water into it, and started drinking it up with gulps while holding the enamel cup.

“Are the spicy noodles too spicy?” Fu Caihe asked his sister with concern.

“Not spicy.” Nuannuan shook her head.

She was worried that if she said it was too spicy, her brother would not let her eat spicy noodles anymore.

Unexpectedly, Fu Caihe asked her again: “Why do you always drink water?”

I don’t know how many times my sister drank water from the enamel cup today.

Nuan Nuan rubbed her hands on the wall of the cup and said shyly, “This is my cup. I finally have my own cup. I just want to hold it and drink more water.”

Fu Caihe’s heart sank.

Before coming here, the family was poor and they never had their own cup. Although Fu Caihe didn’t care much about this, it was the first time he knew that his sister wanted a cup of her own so much.

“Do you like this cup very much?” Fu Caihe asked.

Nuan Nuan nodded heavily: “I like it very much! Auntie is so awesome, she bought me things I like!”

Thinking of Yan Xi, the gentleness on Fu Caihe’s face when facing his sister instantly disappeared.

What was wrong with that woman? Was she trying to bribe them with sugarcoated bullets to get them to speak well of her in front of Dad?

…

Yuan Jingui was walking home with the spicy strips she bought when she was spotted by the sharp-eyed Fan Fuying.

“Sister Yuan, did you come out of Sister Yan’s house? What are you holding in your hand?”

Yuan Jingui smiled and said, “Sister Yan gave me some spicy noodles on the bus this morning. I thought they were delicious, so I bought some from her and brought them back for the two children to try.”

“You’re still buying from her? You’re from the same compound, how can she have the nerve to take your money?” Fan Fuying sneered.

The smile on Yuan Jingui’s face faded: “Sister Yan bought all the ingredients she needed to make spicy noodles with her own money. If she didn’t charge me, I wouldn’t buy from her. How can I take away the things she worked so hard to make without paying a penny?”

Fan Fuying looked a little embarrassed, and she changed the subject, “Have all the spicy strips she carried this morning been sold out?”

“It must be sold out. I see she’s making new ones.”

Fan Fuying was skeptical. Was that thing really so delicious and so popular?

Her eyes fell on the oil paper bag in Yuan Jingui’s hand.

She didn’t want to spend her own money on Yan Xi, but she was very curious about what the spicy noodles Yan Xi made tasted like and why they sold so well.

“My son Shuai Shuai smelled the aroma of the spicy strips made by Sister Yan yesterday. He was so greedy that his mouth was watering and he kept clamoring for some.” Fan Fuying stared at the spicy strips in Yuan Jingui’s hand and said meaningfully.

“Then you should quickly go find Sister Yan to buy it. Sister Yan’s spicy strips are selling very well. Be careful if you hesitate, or they will be sold out and Shuai Shuai will have nothing to eat.” Yuan Jingui pretended not to hear the hint in Fan Fuying’s words, said with a smile, and left.

Fan Fuying glared at Yuan Jingui’s back, cursed her as “stingy”, then got up and went into the house.

Ask her to ask Yan Xi to buy it? No way!!

…

The next morning, Yuan Jingui came to call Yan Xi and took her to the town by a shortcut.

It took them just an hour to reach the town market.

If this happened in the future, Yan Xi would definitely think it was too far. But in this era of inconvenient transportation, Yan Xi felt that an hour’s walk was not too bad.

She just treated it as a weight-bearing exercise for an hour.

When they arrived at the market, Yan Xi and Yuan Jingui separated. She went to set up a stall to sell spicy noodles, while Yuan Jingui went to buy vegetables.

As soon as Yan Xi put the backpack on the ground, passers-by gathered around her.

“Young comrade, you are finally here. I bought spicy strips from you yesterday, and my family said they were delicious, so they asked me to buy some more today. I have bought all the vegetables, but you haven’t come yet, so I thought you would not set up the stall today.” said an old lady.

The corners of Yan Xi’s mouth twitched.

It was only half past seven, and she thought she was early enough. People of this generation really got up very early!

“You’re selling spicy noodles here, right? I heard from everyone that the spicy noodles you sell here are delicious, so I came here today specifically to buy some to try.” said a male comrade.

“I also heard that the spicy strips you sell here are very satisfying, so I came here specially to take a look. I don’t even know what spicy strips look like.” said a female comrade.

Yan Xi was very happy.

Looking at this situation, her fame has been slightly spread.

Yan Xi immediately greeted everyone with a smile and started to get busy.

When Fan Fuying, Guo Xia and Feng Lingling arrived at the market, they saw a lot of people gathered in front of Yan Xi’s stall, and Yan Xi was busy weighing spicy strips for these people.

The three people saw with their own eyes that Yan Xi’s spicy snack business was so prosperous that their eyes turned red with envy and jealousy.

They have been following their husbands in the army for so long, and they have thought about doing something to supplement their family income. However, they do not have much capital, and the business they can think of has already been done by others. They themselves do not have the confidence that they can definitely make a name for themselves. Their families do not support them and still hope that they will focus on taking care of the family and children, so these ideas have never come to fruition.

Now, seeing that Yan Xi’s business is so prosperous, it would be strange if the three of them didn’t feel jealous.

“How much money does she make in a day?” Guo Xia sighed.

“I heard that she sells it for 90 cents per pound, and there are at least 40 to 50 pounds in her backpack. She can earn 30 to 40 yuan a day.” Feng Lingling said.

“Ninety cents per pound? So expensive!!” Fan Fuying was shocked.

Feng Lingling nodded.

The three of them felt even more sour.

It must be delicious for so many people to buy it even though it’s so expensive!

The three of them swallowed at the same time.

“Sister Feng, go buy some and let’s try it to see if it’s worth the money.” Fan Fuying said with a snort.

Feng Lingling responded and was about to go over when she suddenly realized something and stopped.

“How much do you want to buy?” She glanced at Fan Fuying, then at Guo Xia, and asked.

“Just buy something worth a few cents. Are we going to do a lot of business for her?” Guo Xia said disdainfully.

“Okay.” Feng Lingling nodded, spread her hands, and said, “Give me two cents each, and I’ll buy the sixty-cent ones.”

Fan Fuying and Guo Xia’s expressions suddenly became a little subtle.

They both thought: They have to pay two cents! This Feng Lingling is really incompetent!

Feng Lingling groaned in her heart. Fortunately, she reacted quickly, otherwise she would have been cheated by these two people and bought spicy noodles for them.

She didn’t think that if she bought the spicy strips and then asked Fan Fuying and Guo Xia for money, they would give it to her happily.