"Lu Xiangxiang's cooked food only needs half a stall, and Sister Hu, your sugar water stall doesn't need much space either. Combining the two to use one stall would be perfect."
Fearing that the proud Hu Xiaolian would refuse, Su Xiaotian quickly added, "The rent here is still slightly higher than elsewhere. Sister Hu can help share the rent, can't she!"
Hu Xiaolian had initially intended to refuse. Upon hearing Su Xiaotian's words, she swallowed back what she was about to say.
"Little boss, are you serious? Will it cause you trouble?"
Hu Xiaolian was genuinely worried about becoming a burden to Su Xiaotian.
Over the years, she had endured much grievance at the Xiang family's place, and her husband and mother-in-law had called her useless and a burden.
Perhaps it was because she had been scolded so much that Hu Xiaolian began to doubt her own worth.
"Of course, it won't cause trouble. Sister Hu, look, this snack city has snacks from all over, but it's missing drinks. I've been wondering how to add beverages here, and it just so happens that I met you, Sister Hu!"
Su Xiaotian's words were not just to comfort Hu Xiaolian; she genuinely felt this way.
She had actually noticed this problem long ago. She had originally planned to open a milk tea shop, but at that time, there were no disposable cups. Doing business with milk tea that couldn't be taken away would be very troublesome, so she gave up.
Now, with Hu Xiaolian's sugar water, it would fill the gap in the snack city.
For the entire snack city, this might be a very good thing.
Hu Xiaolian looked again carefully. Indeed, the snack city was all food, and there were no drinks.
She did not doubt that some of what Su Xiaotian said was true.
However, it was more likely because she wanted to make herself feel at ease to stay, wasn't it?
Thinking of this, she looked at Su Xiaotian gratefully.
She was not an unreasonable person and knew very well that Su Xiaotian was genuinely trying to help her.
But Su Xiaotian spoke so naturally that she felt no discomfort.
In fact, it made her feel needed.
Su Xiaotian saw the grateful look in Hu Xiaolian's eyes but didn't say much.
Anything she said now would be inappropriate, so she pretended not to see it and led Hu Xiaolian towards the Lu Xiangxiang stall.
The stall owners in the snack city hadn't seen Su Xiaotian for some time. When they suddenly saw her, they couldn't believe it and thought they had mistaken her for someone else.
It wasn't until Su Xiaotian reached the Lu Xiangxiang stall that they confirmed the little boss had arrived.
After that, the stall owners one by one took time to greet Su Xiaotian and expressed that since she had finally come, she must try their snacks.
Hu Xiaolian watched Su Xiaotian interact with everyone with such ease, appearing incredibly familiar. She felt even more inferior. Su Dan Novel Network
There truly was a difference between people.
This young girl was not only the little boss of Lu Xiangxiang Food Processing Factory, but this snack city even belonged to her.
If she had even a tenth of this young girl's ability, she wouldn't have fallen to her current state.
At this moment, Hu Xiaolian had made up her mind. Even if she had to swallow her pride today, she would stay in the snack city.
It had to be said that Hu Xiaolian had good foresight. She knew that for her, today was the best opportunity to turn her life around.
As for Hu Xiaolian's two daughters, perhaps because they had never seen so many people before, they were a bit flustered and uneasy.
However, it had to be said that although the two children were flustered, they did not cry or fuss. Instead, they kept their small faces tense, pursed their lips, and looked at the people around them without saying a word.
But in their clear eyes, one could easily see the apprehension and uncertainty of the two young girls.
"Wenjun, Wen Yin, do you like it here? If Mom opens a stall to sell sugar water here, will you be happy?" Su Xiaotian tried to communicate with the two little ones.
In reality, the two girls understood nothing about where the stall should be or how to make money.
But their lack of understanding did not prevent the two little girls from nodding their heads like rattles, indicating their agreement.
"Jun Jun likes it here!" Wenjun immediately said in a milky voice, expressing her approval.
Wen Yin just nodded solemnly before saying, "I can help Mom!"
Hearing her daughters' words, Hu Xiaolian's eyes welled up, and she didn't even know what to say.
Her two daughters, so young, had followed her, running around and displaced. They were truly pitiable. If she could establish herself in the snack city, at least her two daughters would be more stable in the future.
"Sister Hu, you've heard what the two little darlings said. What's your decision?"
Su Xiaotian held the soft little hands of the two children and looked up at Hu Xiaolian.
Hu Xiaolian did not know that the current Hu Xiaolian reminded her of herself in her previous life.
In her previous life, she had also ended up drifting from place to place, working to support herself.
However, Hu Xiaolian was luckier than herself; she had her two daughters by her side.
And in her previous life, she didn't even have children, which was truly miserable.
Her willingness to help Hu Xiaolian was partly due to this.
She hoped that there would be fewer unfortunate women in the world.
"Little boss, thank you!"
"Sister Hu, you're welcome. Xiao Tao, this is Sister Hu. Sister Hu will take half of this stall from now on to sell drinks. Please tidy up a bit," Su Xiaotian said to Xiao Tao, who was on duty at Lu Xiangxiang that day.
Compared to other stalls, Lu Xiangxiang was quite leisurely. After all, they only needed to plate the pre-processed food and hand it to the customers.
Although Xiao Tao didn't understand why the little boss suddenly wanted to give up half of the stall to someone else, since the little boss had said so, as a worker, he just had to follow the little boss's wishes.
"Little boss, I'll tidy up right away."
Li Yuling came over during her break. When she learned that Su Xiaotian was going to add drinks to the snack city, she repeatedly said it was a good idea.
"Xiaotian, many people have already asked why we don't offer drinks here. I've even stocked some finished drinks myself a few days ago."
"If there were freshly prepared drinks, they would definitely be more popular."
Li Yuling trusted Su Xiaotian very much. If Su Xiaotian could confidently bring someone over, their character was one thing, but their skills were definitely not a problem.
The sodas she stocked were not very satisfactory to the customers, who said they lacked something.
She had been thinking of suggesting it to Xiaotian.
Unexpectedly, Xiaotian had already brought someone over today.
"Auntie, I'll trouble you to take good care of Sister Hu from now on," Su Xiaotian introduced the two.
However, Su Xiaotian did not say a single word about Hu Xiaolian's private matters.
But how could someone as clever as Li Yuling not figure it out?
A woman appearing here with two daughters either meant she was divorced or widowed!
"Xiaotian, don't worry. Everyone in our snack city knows each other, and no one will bully Sister Hu," Li Yuling said.
Li Yuling had some influence in the snack city. Usually, if there were any conflicts between families, Li Yuling would step in to resolve them.
With Li Yuling's guarantee, Su Xiaotian had no worries.
"Sister Hu, you can try it here for a while. If you think the business is good, you can stay. If you're not satisfied, you can switch places!"
"Also, there are still more than ten days left in this month, so your rent will be calculated from next month. However, you will still need to bear the daily utility and sanitation fees."
The utility and sanitation fees were naturally not much. Su Xiaotian mentioned this also to make Hu Xiaolian feel more comfortable!