Chapter 41: The reborn of paranoid boss cannon fodder wife
Chapter 41: He's Happy
Not only the new and old customers love them, but even the vendors from the opposite market want to try the candied chestnuts.
Having sold fruits for so many years, Aunt Wu couldn't remember the last time the supply couldn't meet the demand. She kept asking Bai Lu to make more.
Originally, Bai Lu planned to fry 30 kilograms in the morning and another 30 kilograms in the afternoon. However, due to Aunt Wu's successful trial run these past two days, she didn't need to worry anymore.
After reaching an agreement, Aunt Wu happily returned to her stall to wait.
Frying candied chestnuts is a skill. If it weren't for the daily military training these days, Bai Lu would have been exhausted.
Upon hearing the sound of chestnuts being tossed, Xiao Wei rushed over. He wanted to help Bai Lu, but mixing sand with chestnuts seemed more complicated than stir-frying vegetables.
After only about twenty minutes of constant tossing, his arms felt like they were about to detach from his body. Occasionally stopping was okay, but the problem was that when they stopped, the chestnuts and sand in the pot would stick together.
It was impossible to take a break!
"Xiao Wei, come on!" Bai Lu tore open a bag of spicy strips and handed one to the little guy, saying, "Quick, eat one of these unparalleled spicy strips to boost your energy and keep stirring."
Xiao Wei felt that his stomach was hungry, not because the spicy strips were too fragrant, nor because they were given by Bai Lu.
Although it was a bit spicy, it was indeed delicious, just like the taste he had imagined.
After eating, it seemed like he really gained some strength.
With full firepower, a pot of candied chestnuts, more than thirty minutes of continuous frying, was completed by him alone.
Bai Lu was delighted and even rewarded him with two packs of spicy strips.
The remaining twenty kilograms, she dealt with herself.
When the candied chestnuts arrived at Aunt Wu's fruit stall, it was surrounded by people eagerly waiting to buy them.
Customers of all ages were present, including many middle school and high school students who bought them and took them back to school.
Business was good for three consecutive days.
Except for the first day when only sixty kilograms were sold, in the following days, they sold eighty to ninety kilograms every day.
On the fourth day, there were almost no chestnuts left. Bai Lu fried thirty kilograms in the morning, and by the afternoon, there were still more than forty kilograms left.
Shortly after lunch, Bai Lu started frying again. In the past, it was always Xiao Cheng who went to work first before she started.
This early morning fry caught Xiao Cheng's attention.
Seeing Bai Lu holding a spatula and constantly flipping the chestnuts for tens of minutes without stopping, he took over.
Bai Lu looked a bit confused, glanced at her empty hands and then at the man flipping the chestnuts next to her. It seemed like the sweet aroma from the pot was hitting her face.
"It's not tiring. I can handle it. The doctor said that moderate exercise is good for childbirth."
"No problem," Xiao Cheng continued to fry.
His hand movements didn't stop for her explanation. He was flexible with how to fry and when to add the malt extract.
Adapting quickly was indeed his strength.
Bai Lu and Xiao Wei were both stunned.
She and Xiao Wei fried for tens of minutes, and his arms were so sore that he needed spicy strips to continue.
He didn't need them at all. With astonishing strength, he handled more than forty kilograms effortlessly. After finishing, he was still spirited, without a single drop of sweat on his forehead.
Bai Lu wanted to help wipe his sweat, but there was no chance.
After frying the chestnuts, it was time to go to work.
When Xiao Cheng left, Bai Lu made a funnel out of an old calendar paper and filled it with a full load of chestnuts for him.
"This is the last pot of chestnuts from the chestnut tree at home. Eat more. After today, there won't be any left. Although you can save some for tomorrow, the taste won't be as good as freshly fried. It will take a long time for the chestnut tree in the backyard to bear fruit again. You won't be able to eat them even if you want to..."
Despite Bai Lu's expression of regret, Xiao Cheng looked at the full funnel of chestnuts in front of him, made with malt extract, and felt a bit itchy in his throat.
In these few days, Bai Lu left chestnuts and malt extract for him every day, almost making him obsessed.
Seeing the chestnut bag gradually shrinking, he was happy, but now...
The girl's bright smile on her face, the chestnuts specially left for him, the soft and gentle voice.
In the end, Xiao Cheng still took away the chestnuts.
The group of old men next door, who were building the new house, had been asking Xiao Cheng for candied chestnuts since they had them for the first time. Xiao Cheng refused to give them any and told them to buy their own. None of them could buy any.
A group of old men, not little girls, didn't know why they liked sweets so much.
So, let it be 3.5 yuan each.
Xiao Cheng weighed the chestnuts in his hand. It should be able to sell for over a hundred yuan. Selling half and keeping half was fine.
That's great.
The last basket of candied chestnuts, just delivered to Aunt Wu's fruit stall, Bai Lu heard shouting from the opposite side.
"Candied chestnuts, fragrant and crispy candied chestnuts! Candied chestnuts for only 3.5 yuan per kilogram! Don't miss out on this opportunity, only 3.5 yuan per kilogram of candied chestnuts~"
The voice was loud and powerful, resonating far and wide. Looking over, it was indeed Li Shui Xian.
White Lu pursed her lips. "She's shouting quite loudly."
When Aunt Wu placed the chestnuts on the best spot, and upon hearing the shouting from the opposite side, she couldn't help feeling a bit worried. "She's selling chestnuts cheaper than us. Even if the taste is a bit worse, she might take away a lot of our business."
"Just don't know how many chestnuts she has stored. We're selling something seasonal and scarce. Now it's the last batch. We haven't found a new source yet, and the chestnut tree has just started flowering. Chestnuts won't mature until after the Mid-Autumn Festival. If she has a large reserve, our first reputation might be taken away by her."
"Don't worry. Let her sell. After we sell this batch of chestnuts, we can take a break and slowly find a better source."
Let Li Shui Xian be the watershed for a while, go through a transitional period, and find a new source before making a comeback.
Aunt Wu couldn't help sighing, "In the countryside, there are chestnut trees everywhere. When the Mid-Autumn Festival comes, chestnuts fall all over the ground. In the past, when there was nothing to eat, many people stored chestnuts and saved them to eat slowly."
"In recent years, life has gotten better, and everyone is tired of eating seasonal chestnuts. Almost no one
bothers to pick them up from the ground, clean them, and store them. I asked the whole village, and no household stores them."
Bai Lu smiled and gave Aunt Wen a reassuring look. "Aunt Wu, don't worry. We'll find it eventually."
Aunt Wu believed that with Bai Lu's intelligence, she would find a way.
She just needed to sell the chestnuts and wait for her share of the money.
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