Su Nian received the call and arrived at the company within ten minutes. The two of them worked together until three o'clock, then picked up the prepared large pot and headed towards the kindergarten.
“Madam, please wait here for a moment. I can sense that person’s aura.” Su Nian said, looking to the right.
Chen Lishu nodded, “Go ahead.”
As soon as the words fell, Su Nian took a detour. Chen Lishu’s tense body gradually relaxed when she saw a group of people. She didn’t believe that the person hiding in the dark could make a move on her in front of so many people!
With this thought, Chen Lishu generously set up the iron pot, lit the fire, poured in oil, and then dropped the sausages into the hot oil.
“Mrs. Xiaobai, you’re here again? I find your sausages truly magical, they’re great with rice! So fragrant.” Qian Feier was the first customer, as usual.
The others didn’t want to be left behind and lined up in front of Chen Lishu, saying, “Give me three!”
“I want one for one yuan. We have many children at home; if I don’t buy a bit more, the two of them might start fighting.”
“I want five!”
“…”
The person hiding in the dark saw this scene, their pupils constricted, their eyes filled with greed. They muttered to themselves, “Money, it’s all money! I never thought money was so easy to earn.”
With that, they couldn’t wait to turn and leave.
Before long, Su Nian also returned to Chen Lishu’s side. Seeing her selling goods and collecting money at the same time, she joined in without a word.
After about an hour and a half, only a few of the more than two hundred sausages prepared were left, similar to yesterday.
Once the two had sold most of the sausages, Xiaobai and Yi Cheng also finished their classes.
They efficiently packed up their stall tools. At this moment, Su Nian spoke, “Madam, I just went to track the person who was following you. Guess what I discovered?”
“What did you discover?” Chen Lishu paused in her packing.
Su Nian stared at Chen Lishu with anger, saying, “I discovered that it was a familiar face, and someone I had seen yesterday.”
“Are you saying the person following me was Auntie Po and them?”
Su Nian nodded vigorously, “Yes!”
Upon hearing this, a hint of understanding flashed in Chen Lishu’s eyes. It was simply that they saw how much money she was making and came to see what business she was doing.
She lowered her head, a complex expression flashing in her eyes. After a moment of hesitation, she looked up and said, “Let’s keep today’s matter quiet for now. I’m afraid it will cause a rift in Mom’s heart over such a small matter.”
Su Nian frowned and reminded, “Madam, I don’t think your Auntie Po’s family is good. I’m afraid these people will cause more trouble!”
“What can we do? We can only be a little more careful. Let’s see. This small matter isn’t enough to strain the relationship between our families. It’s not too late to talk about the consequences when they do something truly unforgivable.”
“Alright.” Su Nian knew this was Chen Lishu’s family matter, and as an outsider, it was best to stay out of it. Moreover, Chen Lishu was not foolish; she had her own ideas. Since she already knew that Auntie Po’s family were not good people, she would naturally remain vigilant in her future actions.
After packing up, Chen Lishu took the two children home.
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The next day.
Chen Lishu brought a large pot to the kindergarten entrance. As soon as she set up the fire, she saw Qian Feier approach her mysteriously and say, “Mrs. Xiaobai, do you know that on the other main road, there’s someone doing the same fried sausage business as you!”
Chen Lishu was stunned for a moment upon hearing this news, then she realized. The other person was likely her Auntie Po’s family who had been following her yesterday. She hadn’t expected them to move so quickly, stealing her technique yesterday and setting up a stall today.
“Is that so?”
Qian Feier pouted and complained, “Yes! I went over there and bought one to try. The taste is nowhere near as good as yours. They just simply deep-fry the sausages.”
Actually, fried sausages tasted good too. In this era of scarce resources, it could be considered a delicacy, provided Chen Lishu hadn’t appeared!
After all, she had been reborn. She had plenty of ideas on how to make sausages taste better. How could simply deep-frying sausages satisfy the appetites of people who had already tasted seasonings?
Qian Feier watched Chen Lishu chat with her while skillfully sprinkling seasonings on the sausages. Despite having already eaten, she couldn’t help but swallow her saliva, “Mrs. Xiaobai, give me five sausages. Yours still tastes better.”
“Certainly!” Chen Lishu expertly packaged five sausages and handed them to Qian Feier. She had expected that her business might be impacted today and she might have to pack up early. But just as she had this thought, she saw a group of people walk over indignantly.
“Mrs. Xiaobai, give me two sausages too!”
“Yes, I want two as well. I don’t know what the person frying sausages across the street is making! It’s greasy, and the taste is nowhere near as good as yours. I wasted forty cents.”
“…”
The crowd chattered amongst themselves. It was precisely because of this incident that many people had come to recognize the fried sausages from Chen Lishu’s stall. This could be considered a blessing in disguise, gaining a group of loyal fans.
Soon, the fried sausages for the day were almost sold out.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the street.
Li Na looked at the change in the box and counted it over and over. After deducting the principal, there was more than eight yuan left! It was about what she had expected to earn.
Her eyes lit up as she said, “Husband, it seems we need to buy more sausages today. We could have sold more money today, but our inventory was too low.”
“Okay!” Shen Wen, looking at the eight yuan in his hand, also smiled happily. Earning this much money in just half an afternoon was much better than working hard in the factory.
After packing up their stall, the two of them eagerly went to the wholesale market and bought a full three hundred sausages.
However, imagination was beautiful, but reality was cruel. After one night, Li Na arrived at the school entrance early the next morning.
She had figured out the pattern: Chen Lishu had to deal with company matters during the day and would only set up her stall at three in the afternoon. Her main purpose for coming today was to snatch more customers!
As soon as she set up her stall, she expected a rush of customers. However, Li Na waited for a full half hour, and the customers who came to buy could be counted on one’s fingers.
Just as she was puzzled by this, a familiar figure appeared in the crowd. She strode forward, grabbed the person’s wrist.