Chapter 15 Provocation
"You came just in time." Xia Mingyue said with a smile.

She also didn't expect that the business of black vegetable meat patties would be so good, and the amount of black vegetables used was far beyond his expectations.

The large basket of black vegetables bought from Jiang Zhuguo earlier has been used up, so apart from the ones sent to the county school, only a dozen black vegetable meat patties were made today, and they were all sold out early.

Xia Mingyue was still worried about having to frequently explain to old customers that there was no black vegetable meat patties, but coincidentally Jiang Zhuguo brought the black vegetables at this moment.

"Really?" Jiang Zhuguo was overjoyed when she saw that she did not cause any trouble to Xia Mingyue, but was praised by Xia Mingyue. "Then I will send Sister Xia home right now."

"it is good."

After asking Mrs. Lu to look after the stall, Xia Mingyue took Jiang Zhuguo to take the black vegetables home.

The price was still the same as before, thirty cents a basket, but when Xia Mingyue lifted it, she found that the bamboo basket was heavier this time than last time.

Jiang Zhuguo smiled and said, "No one has ever bought black vegetables from my family before. Since Sister Xia bought it and she is a returning customer this time, I naturally have to give her more."

Who doesn’t like a kind and beautiful sister?

"Take this and eat it on the way." Xia Mingyue took a scallion meat pie from the basket and stuffed it into Jiang Zhuguo's pocket.

It was almost noon and it would take many hours to walk back.

Jiang Zhuguo hesitated for a moment, then happily took it, "Thank you, Sister Xia. I'll leave first and come back to bring you black vegetables in a few days."

"Be careful on the road."

After bidding farewell to Xia Mingyue, Jiang Zhuguo walked home happily, holding the scallion meat pie.

The scallion meat pie had a rich aroma that made Jiang Zhuguo drool, but he still resisted the urge to take a bite. Instead, he carefully wrapped it in oil paper and stuffed it into his arms.

Go back and let your mother taste it.

Mother has suffered a lot, and now her health is getting worse and worse. Dad can no longer be relied on. She has to work hard to earn a lot of money so that her mother can live a good life.

Jiang Zhuguo thought so and walked faster.

"Little girl." someone shouted.

Jiang Zhuguo stopped and pointed at herself when she saw a middle-aged woman calling her, "Auntie, are you calling me?"

"I'm looking for you." Zhang waved repeatedly, motioning Jiang Zhuguo to come over.

"Auntie, is there anything wrong?"

"Little girl, let me ask you, how much did you get for those black vegetables when you sold them to Xia?" Zhang asked.

"Thirty cents a basket." Jiang Zhuguo did not hide it.

"Thirty cents?" Zhang curled her lips.

"Auntie, do you think I'm selling these black vegetables too expensive?" Jiang Zhuguo felt a little uneasy.

The last time I sold black vegetables, even my mother couldn’t believe that someone would actually buy these worthless black vegetables.

"Silly child, you sold it too cheaply!" Zhang pulled Jiang Zhuguo aside and lowered her voice. "You probably don't know that Xia bought a basket of black vegetables from you for thirty cents. She made black vegetable cakes at home and sold them for eight cents each. She sold one or two hundred cakes a day. Just imagine how much money she made from your black vegetables?"

"She makes so much money, but you only get 30 cents. You are at a disadvantage. This man is really obsessed with money. Listen to me. Don't sell your black vegetables to such a black-hearted money-maker in the future!"

Jiang Zhuguo frowned slightly when she heard this, "Auntie also wants to sell black vegetables to Sister Xia?"

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Zhang was a little angry.

Does she look like someone who is so short of money? How can I think so?

"My head of the family is in the military, so we don't lack money. I just saw that Xia was really wicked in making money, so I couldn't help but want to remind you. Don't wrongly accuse a kind person!"

Kindhearted?

Jiang Zhuguo tilted his head and said, "Auntie said she is a kind person, so are you willing to spend thirty cents to buy me a basket of black vegetables?"

Buy black vegetables?
How can it be!

She is not a fool, why would she buy such things?

Her family isn't so wealthy that they can just throw money around!
But I can’t say that at this time.

Zhang stammered for a while, "It's mainly because I don't like to eat black vegetables..."

"Come on." Jiang Zhuguo narrowed his eyes. "Since you don't want to buy my black vegetables, then stop nagging here and delaying my making money."

"I've seen a lot of people like you. You're not a kind person. You just see Sister Xia making money from business, and you can't bear it. So you want to stir up trouble with others and make them go against Sister Xia so as to disrupt Sister Xia's business."

This kind of person is the most selfish. She never thought about how a little girl like her would live if she was cheated and had no vegetables to sell.

"I didn't!" Zhang argued, "I just wanted to remind you kindly..."

"Be careful with your words. God is watching over you. If you say too many things against your will, God will remember them. When God gets tired of listening to you, he will punish you!"

Jiang Zhuguo glared at Zhang fiercely, smoothed the rope of the bamboo basket on his shoulder, and strode away.

Zhang was left stunned. She stood there for a long time before she came to her senses. She stomped her feet several times and even spat several times in the direction where Jiang Zhuguo left.

Pooh!
How dare this black-hearted little whore curse her?
Just forget about listening to my advice, you will cry later!
That’s right, they say people are divided into groups. How can someone who can do business with Xia Mingyue be a good person!
Zhang cursed and her face turned red with anger.

Boom!

It was like a thunder sounded out of nowhere.

Everyone was so shocked that they looked up at the sky.

Zhang was so frightened that she quickly shrank her neck. After being stunned for a moment, she let out a "wow" and ran home crying.

This caused everyone to look over in surprise, not knowing what was going on.

A cloud of black smoke came out of a shop nearby, and a figure ran out from the black smoke. After a cough, he wiped the black ash off his face and bowed to the people who were looking at him to apologize.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I scared you all. There was a dud from the New Year among the firewood, and the stove collapsed when I was boiling the pot..."

Because there was not enough black vegetables, Xia Mingyue and Lu Shi didn't make many pancakes today, and they were all sold out in mid-afternoon.

They closed the stall early, bought some vegetables for lunch on the street, went home, and started cooking lunch.

Wash the bean sprouts two or three times, rinse out the bean skins mixed with the bean sprouts, and stir-fry evenly with the pork belly slices stir-fried with star anise and minced garlic. Add more salt, soy sauce, five-spice powder, etc. than usual for cooking. Finally, add an iron spoon of boiling water to ensure enough soup.

Pull the noodles from the previous piece of dough into thin and flexible noodles, then steam them instead of boiling them. Then mix them with the previously fried pork belly and bean sprouts.

The originally snow-white noodles fully absorbed the soup and turned into a bright brown color. The fresh fragrance of the noodles and the rich aroma of the pork belly gradually blended together, fully stimulating the nasal cavity.

Such tempting color and aroma made Xia Mingyue, who was used to her own craftsmanship, couldn't help but sniff and swallow the saliva in her mouth.

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