allonlinenovel Chapter 172: Old Man Zhang's Plain Noodles
Chapter 172: Old Man Zhang's Plain Noodles
"Really, we're all family, why are you being so polite, Young Master Pei? It's just a broken door, we really don't need that many."
While she was refusing, she had already stretched out her fair, slender arm, her long, delicate fingers quickly grabbing the silver and slipping it into her pocket with an extremely practiced touch.
Seeing this, Pei Yan suddenly felt that she was too easy to talk to, and smiled knowingly for no reason.
“My lady is absolutely right. Then I will apologize to you in advance.”
The conversation that followed between the two was like a game of Tai Chi, with each person saying one thing and the other another, a back-and-forth exchange.
Finally, Pei Yan took out another ten taels of silver, saying that it was for Zhou Wenjian to buy tonics.
Fang Xiaoxiao offered another round of insincere politeness, saying that they were all family and there was no need for such fancy formalities.
However, her hands were quite honest, and she pocketed all the silver that Young Master Pei had taken out.
When Pei Yan realized there was nothing left to talk about, he said goodbye.
After watching Young Master Pei leave, Fang Xiaoxiao sat cross-legged on the bed, counting her recent gains.
In just ten or twenty minutes, he got twenty taels of silver from Pei Yan's pocket, which wasn't too bad overall.
So what if I lost my first kiss? I've lost them before when I was a kid...
……
the next morning.
Fang Xiaoxiao first checked Zhou Wenjian's injuries as usual and found that he was recovering well, so she decided to go out to the store to take a look.
She can ride a horse now.
This was all taught by Zhou Wenjian, plus the dark horse was very well-behaved.
Whenever she rides, the big black horse will bend its legs and kneel down so that her short legs don't have to go through the trouble of climbing onto the horse.
The dark horse was very tall, comparable to a Land Cruiser.
But with Fang Xiaoxiao, he was like a docile puppy, very obedient and sensible.
Although she can ride a horse, she doesn't dare to ride too fast.
The big black horse cooperated with her, moving forward slowly.
However, thanks to the support of the dark horse, it only takes about half an hour to get from the village to the main street.
Upon arriving at Lingxi Pavilion, Fang Xiaoxiao dismounted and handed the horse to Xiao Fang.
Xiao Fang is her shop assistant. He is down-to-earth, hardworking, and ambitious. He is truly a great assistant.
"Xiao Fang, take good care of the big black horse, okay? Don't let it go hungry or thirsty, understand?"
"Okay, shopkeeper, I will do my best to serve it well."
On Xiao Fang's thin face, a yellow tooth missing a front tooth was visible, and he smiled obsequiously.
Fang Xiao glanced at him and then walked straight into the store.
She had barely stepped inside when she witnessed a shocking scene.
The shop was packed with people, and all of them were wealthy and noblewomen.
As soon as the group of women saw Fang Xiaoxiao enter, they all rushed towards her as if they had been injected with chicken blood.
"Hurry up, everyone! If you're late, you'll miss out on the goods!"
One of the women shouted loudly, urging the crowd to rush towards Fang Xiaoxiao.
what's the situation?
Somewhat bewildered by the women's sudden actions, she instinctively wanted to run towards the shop entrance.
But she had only taken two steps back when she was pushed inside by people outside the store.
In no time, the whole house was packed with people, and it was as noisy as a market, almost making the roof fall off!
However, just when he was surrounded and almost couldn't breathe...
Pei Yan squeezed through the crowd and immediately shielded her behind him.
He turned back and gave Fang Xiaoxiao a reassuring look, then grabbed her hand and leaped onto the roof beam to escape the crowd.
"Phew, what's going on? Why are there so many people all of a sudden?!"
Still shaken, Fang Xiaoxiao crouched on the roof beam, looking down at the crowd below that surged like a horde of corpses.
Pei Yan returned to normal and said coldly.
"I don't know why, but as soon as I entered the store, I was surrounded by a group of people, all asking about things like lipstick, foundation, and sanitary napkins!"
"????"
Lipstick, foundation, sanitary napkins?
Fang Xiao suddenly felt a sense of familiarity; wasn't this something she had mentioned to Xiaoman the night before?
"How come someone found out today!"
What on earth is going on? That heroine Xiaoman said she wouldn't be coming to the store until next week.
Moreover, she doesn't even have the raw materials for those things yet, so how could she possibly produce them?
Just in time.
They then heard someone shouting at the top of their lungs below.
"Manager Fang, please come down here quickly! We're all here to buy lipsticks and sanitary napkins."
"Yes, I lined up early this morning and even spent five coins."
"Manager Fang, you can't lie to everyone. They all paid the five-copper queuing fee because they trusted you."
On the beam.
Fang Xiaoxiao was completely confused by what they were saying.
"What? Five coins? And there's a queue? What's going on?!"
She quickly started thinking in her mind.
But besides Xiaoman, only Zhou Wenjian and Li Renyi knew about those lipsticks and other items.
Li Renyi is currently procuring materials in Jiangnan Province, so naturally he wouldn't casually reveal such important information.
As for Zhou Wenjian, needless to say, he's still lying in bed.
It's unlikely that it would be Xiaoman, the heroine. She looks so upright; she wouldn't go around spreading rumors.
After thinking it over and over, I still had no clue what to do.
Fang Xiaoxiao couldn't help but shout to the crowd below.
"Hey, where did you guys find out that we need lipstick, foundation, and sanitary napkins?!"
"It's at that old man Zhang's place that sells plain noodles!"
"He was the one who collected these five coins, saying that if you wanted to get your store's new products, you had to pay to queue up."
"Yes, he even said that all these things were your idea, Manager Fang, and insisted that he help you promote and collect money."
"..."
"Old Zhang, the man who makes Yangchun noodles?"
Fang Xiaoxiao thought for a long time before she remembered something: besides her, Zhou Wenjian, and Xiaoman, the only other person there last night was the old man selling plain noodles.
Now it all makes sense. The person who was paid to leak the new product was actually the old man who almost peed his pants last night.
Damn!
She couldn't help but curse under her breath.
Seeing her furrowed brows, Pei Yan asked with concern.
"What's wrong? Is that old man Zhang who sells plain noodles trying to harm you?"
"Should I send my men to arrest him and confront him to everyone?"
Fang Xiaoxiao shook her head, indicating that she didn't need it.
Although what the old man did was indeed a bit unethical, from another perspective, it was also a display of ability.
You know, most people wouldn't think of this approach.
Not only did I make money, I also helped promote her shop.
Thinking about it, it's not necessarily a bad thing.