Chapter 172: Snack Stall
After calming herself down, Ye Xiaoxian made a thorough analysis of what had happened during these past days. On the one hand, the angry strangers who inquired about Xiao Baoshan were openly hostile to him. On the other hand, they were quite restrained and never hurt her or Li Hongi. As such, they were neither notorious robbers nor underworld gangs. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be so rciful.
Now that she knew they were not wicked antagonists, who on earth were they? Although Li Hongi and Ye Xiaoxian were not physically hard, those people’s frequent bothering resulted in fewer custors coming to the restaurant. The land rent and the salaries given to the staff had exceeded the costs of opening the restaurant.
The restaurant had beco difficult to run. Staying there beca sheer torture to Ye Xiaoxian who decided to begin a new life elsewhere. Therefore, she closed the restaurant and dismissed the staff.
It was fortunate that she had a house in the county, though it had been unoccupied for a fortnight. She planned to sell so snacks there, just as she had done before. Since her house was near a bustling street, she could earn a living by running a street stall as long as her snacks were delicious.
Therefore, she built a concrete oven of European style in her yard to bake so cakes or bread. Although this was not her speciality, she was a good learner and she knew how to make the snacks that suited the locals’ current tastes. For example, she could knead the dough into the shape of a rabbit or a chick, add so ho-made cream and stick eyes and mouths on them. The freshly-baked snacks soon attracted quite a few people who surrounded the stall.
“Ah! They look nice. What are they? Sothing to eat?”
“Of course! They are snacks!”
“It’s so cruel to bite such lovely creatures.”
“Cruel? Co on! Haven’t you ever eaten rabbit at? Haven’t you eaten chicken or pork? You’ve been eating them all the ti while these snacks are even not living things.”
While people were still hesitant, kids couldn’t wait to beg the adults to buy so. Ye Xiaoxian cut a loaf of bread into several pieces and generously invited people to have a taste of them.
So thought they were delicious, so found it hard to accept the strange flavor. Anyway, the kids liked them very much and pleaded their relatives to buy the snacks. Ye Xiaoxian sold the snacks at a moderate price because she didn’t need to pay any rent now. Besides, as a welcod, frequent visitor to the vegetable market, she could buy her ingredients at a lower price. For example, if an egg was sold for five copper coins, she could get it for four copper coins.
Owing to their tastiness and cheapness, the snacks soon sold very well. Although this was rely a small business, the money she earned was enough to cover the daily expenses of Li Hongi, Xiao Baofeng and her.
Strangers still ca to inquire about Xiao Baoshan and left empty-handed. Gradually, such annoying visits happened less and less, returning Ye Xiaoxian a peaceful life. However, her disappointnt increased day after day. It seed that Xiao Baoshan would never return.
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Several days after the snack stall had opened, Xiao Baozhu finally ca to visit her mother.
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