Chapter 34 Chili Peppers

Wei Shi was puzzled: “Why? I think selling pancakes is quite fun, I was just about to show off my skills!”

The others also looked at Shen Dong.

“Because when I was selling pancakes, I noticed someone was watching you, those two people seemed to have bad intentions.” Shen Dong said without hiding it.

Wei Shi frowned.

Someone was watching her?

Could it be another lecher?

She was extremely beautiful, not like a country woman at all. Although she was wearing coarse cloth clothes like a country woman, she still attracted attention every time she went out.

To avoid trouble, and because she wasn’t very interested in going out, she rarely went out after giving birth to Shen Bo. The embroidery she made was sold by Shen Dong or her sisters-in-law.

But after a long time, she couldn’t help but yearn for the outside world. Plus, her children were all grown up, she wanted to go out with them, so she went to sell pancakes this time.

Selling pancakes was a very good experience, she liked it very much, setting up a stall with her husband, it was really fun.

But she didn’t expect to be watched on her first day out.

How annoying!

Should she and her daughter disguise themselves?

She didn’t want to disguise herself at all, she loved beauty.

Oh, right, she forgot to disguise her daughter today!

Shen Nian was surprised: “So Father saw them too? I saw them too! They were two pretty aunts.”

Hearing Nian Nian call them aunts, everyone present knew that the two people were not young girls, they should be in their twenties. If they were over thirty, Nian Nian would have called them aunties.

Wei Shi was even more puzzled, why were the women staring at her?

Shen Dong looked at Shen Nian and said: “So Nian Nian saw them too, my daughter has good eyesight.”

Shen Nian nodded vigorously: “Yeah, I have the best eyesight, why were they watching Mother, is it because Mother is beautiful?”

Shen Dong nodded seriously and said to her: “Yes, they just thought your mother was beautiful, so they took a few more glances, but I think those glances were a little unusual. To avoid them having bad intentions because of your mother’s beauty, we can’t let them see your mother anymore. We can’t let them see you either, because you are as beautiful as your mother, and you are young, you are more likely to become a target for bad people. You know, there are many kidnappers outside, and they are ruthless. You and your mother stay at home for the next two days, let your father and brothers go and investigate, if they don’t have bad intentions, then you can go out again.”

Just because they were watched by two mysterious women, Wei Shi couldn’t go out anymore. Although it was a bit far-fetched, everyone had no objections and supported Shen Dong’s decision.

Wei Shi fell into deep thought.

After discussing, Shen Dong took his family to deal with the ingredients and prepare dinner.

After dinner, they continued to work until they had prepared everything they needed for tomorrow, then everyone washed up and went back to their rooms to rest.

Shen Nian and Shen Feng slept in the two elders’ room today.

It was quiet all around, making sure everyone was asleep, Wei Shi leaned against Shen Dong in the darkness and said: “Husband, I want to talk to you.”

“Okay, what do you want to talk about?”

“I seem to remember something…”

The next morning, after breakfast, Jiang Shi came to the eldest family.

She and Shen Xi had discussed it last night, their third family would not participate in selling pancakes for now.

Shen Dong and the two elders didn’t force them.

After packing up, Shen Dong took his two sons and pushed the cart out, Shen Nan and Liu Shi from the second family also went out to the town to buy things needed for selling pancakes tomorrow.

On the way, some villagers saw them and asked what they were pushing.

Shen Dong didn’t hide it, he let them see the scallion pancakes, he wasn’t afraid of the villagers stealing his secrets.

The villagers would all go to the market to sell vegetables, they would see them selling pancakes sooner or later, hiding it would only make the villagers think they were petty, it was better to be open about it.

When they learned that Shen Dong was going to the town to sell pancakes, everyone was surprised but didn’t ask much, thinking that they couldn’t make much money selling pancakes.

Besides, it’s other people’s business if they can make money. If you have the time to worry about other people’s business, you might as well work harder and find ways to make money.

After Shen Dong and his group left, Shen Nian and her brothers had breakfast and practiced martial arts with Grandpa Shen in the courtyard.

It was called martial arts, but it was actually just a few simple moves. It couldn’t make them into heroes, but it was enough for self-defense and to keep them healthy.

Grandpa Shen was very strict when it came to martial arts, and only let the children rest when he was satisfied.

Today they had to go to school. After resting well, her brothers went to the private school, Shen Bei also went to the private school to teach, Shen Xi and Shen Nian went to the field with the two elders and Zhao Uncle, Wei Shi, and Jiang Shi stayed at home to wash clothes, cook, and do needlework.

When they arrived at the field, Shen Xi went to work on their own land, Shen Nian took Zhao Uncle to the wasteland, took out chili seeds and planted them, the two elders accompanied them.

Seeing their granddaughter taking out strange seeds and planting them seriously, the two elders didn’t ask much. After all, this wasn’t the first time their granddaughter had done this. Anyway, this piece of wasteland was reclaimed by the children themselves, it wouldn’t grow anything good, she could do whatever she wanted.

The two elders didn’t know at this moment that the chili peppers Shen Nian planted would later cause a spicy craze in Huayue Kingdom.

After planting the chili seeds, Shen Nian went to weed, Zhao Uncle followed her wherever she went. Shen Nian looked back at Zhao Uncle’s head and thought that it was time to treat him further.

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When they arrived in town, Shen Nan and Liu Shi didn’t rush to buy things, but went to the entrance of the market with Shen Dong and his sons, helping them set up their stall.

The scallion pancakes were very popular yesterday, Shen Dong and the others hadn’t even finished setting up their stall when they saw several customers who had bought pancakes yesterday rushing over.

“You’re finally here, I’ve been waiting for half an hour, I thought you weren’t coming today!”

“I want four scallion pancakes today, one of each flavor: braised meat, five-spice pork, meat pie, and preserved mustard greens and pork.”

“I took the pancakes home yesterday for my wife, children, and parents to try, they loved them, they said I didn’t buy enough, today I must buy more.”

Seeing how popular the scallion pancakes were, Shen Nan and Liu Shi were stunned. When they heard their eldest brother talk about it yesterday, they thought he was exaggerating. Now they saw it with their own eyes, they realized how much the customers loved the scallion pancakes.

After they came back to their senses, they were excited. Their eldest brother’s business was good, which meant that their business wouldn’t be bad either.

After helping Shen Dong and the others set up their stall, they hurried to the street shops to buy things.

In less than half an hour, Shen Dong and the others had sold over 20 scallion pancakes, but the customers didn’t decrease at all, they still lined up in a long queue. Shen Xue and Shen Bo were stunned, one helped, one collected money, they were busy running around.

Chunxi ran to the market, saw the long queue in front of the Shen family’s stall, and frowned: “Oh! I’m late! I have to wait in line for a long time again!”

It was an hour later when it was Chunxi’s turn.

Seeing her, Shen Dong smiled: “Are you here to buy pancakes again, Miss? How many do you want this time?”

Chunxi said: “Your business is so good, my feet are sore from standing in line! Give me two of each flavor. I took your pancakes home yesterday for my young lady to try, she liked them very much, she told me to buy more today.”

Shen Dong immediately took out the pancake dough and got busy: “Thank you for your young lady’s liking, I’ll make the pancakes for you right away.”

When he bought the flat iron pan, Shen Dong thought it was too expensive and bought a small one. After all this busy work today, Shen Dong suddenly felt that the small pan was too inconvenient. If it was bigger, he could fry two pancakes at a time, saving time.

He took a break to change the pan.

After getting the pancakes, Chunxi paid and asked: “Will you be selling pancakes tomorrow?”

Shen Dong replied: “Yes, at the same place.”

“That’s good, I’ll come early tomorrow.” Chunxi said: “Your pancakes are delicious, I can’t get enough of them.”

She left after saying that, Shen Dong and the others continued to work.

They prepared 200 pancake dough today. Frying pancakes takes time, Shen Dong and the others worked non-stop, and it wasn’t until Shen Shi that they sold out, they didn’t even have time to eat lunch.

When they closed the stall, Shen Dong looked up and saw a man and a woman walking towards them from across the street. The woman was one of the two who had been watching Wei Shi yesterday.