Chapter 70: Setting Up the Stall! (2/2)

Amidst the noisy surroundings, his mother initially did not hear the mention of fifty thousand.

“I can earn fifty thousand this month…”

Zhao Qingfeng chuckled and briefly explained how he helped Liu Li solve a business crisis.

His mother frowned deeply, her eyes widening in disbelief.

Was this true?

She knew her son better than anyone else.

His only notable achievement seemed to be publishing a computer science article abroad.

Beyond that, Zhao Qingfeng had no other strengths, let alone in business.

How could he possibly earn fifty thousand so easily, especially in 2001, when that amount was considered a substantial sum?

“It’s true.”

Seeing his mother’s disbelief, Zhao Qingfeng stopped his work, took her weathered hands, and said earnestly, “Mom, so I don’t want you to set up a stall anymore. Fifty thousand isn’t much. Your son has greater capabilities. Once I focus on my university entrance exams and fulfill my dad’s last wish, I’ll quickly make more money and open a big supermarket for you.”

His mother didn’t know what to say.

This was beyond her comprehension.

She stared at Zhao Qingfeng, feeling as though his face had suddenly become unfamiliar.

His eyes were gentle and confident.

His words were firm and powerful.

He didn’t seem like an eighteen-year-old child, but more like a mature person who was not at all worried about the future and had everything under control.

“…”

His mother suddenly smiled, tears falling as she cried tears of joy.

She was moved not just by Zhao Qingfeng’s promise to fulfill his father’s last wish.

Zhao Qingfeng was also touched.

He gently wiped away the tears at the corners of his mother’s eyes, feeling regret for not doing enough for her in his past life.

But just as they were touched by their familial bond, a discordant voice suddenly came from nearby.

“Come on, come on!”

“Get the hell out of the way!”

“Grilled sausages, huh?”

“I want to eat first!”

“Damn brat, what are you looking at? Keep staring, and I’ll slap you!”

“Little sister, grill a hundred skewers for me. Can you handle that, huh?”

The swearing scared the students, who quickly made way.

Shen Lingyao was grilling sausages, pleased with having just collected over a hundred yuan.

She looked towards the source of the voice.

At that moment,

three young men dressed like gangsters, each holding a bottle of alcohol, stood arrogantly in front of the grill.

The leader was a skinny guy with dyed yellow hair.

He had a middle parting, a cigarette dangling from his lips, and a provocative expression.

Behind him stood a young man dressed like ‘Bashin’ with long hair.

Another was a chubby man weighing around 300 pounds, resembling ‘Chin Gentsai’ from King of Fighters.

All three, in their twenties, looked fierce and menacing.

Shen Lingyao was startled, her hand trembling as she asked, “What did you say? How many sausages do you want?”

“One hundred!”

The yellow-haired man stared, carelessly flicking his cigarette onto a middle school student’s jacket, and continued in a swaying manner, “Twenty of them, make the left side spicy, the right side not. Another twenty, the right side spicy, left side not. And the last twenty, make the skewers spicy, not the sausages. Hurry the hell up and grill them! You’ve got ten minutes, or I’ll overturn your stall!”

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