Chapter 82: Night Talk

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 Chapter 81: Chu Heng's Night Visit

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Returning to the miscellaneous room, he flipped through the snake repellent.

Xiao Wei hesitated for a while and finally mustered the courage to speak, "The snake repellent loses its effectiveness as soon as it rains."

"And, it can only drive away snakes in our backyard. If there are snakes upstream or downstream, they will still come over."

Before Bai Lu came to fuss in the vegetable garden, Xiao Wei had encountered snakes a few times in the weeds by the river. Although he drove them away each time and used snake repellent, the rain would wash away the powder, and the snakes would return.

Xiao Cheng glanced at the little guy standing by the river. Originally, he didn't want to bother, but seeing the worry on his face and recalling what Bai Lu had said earlier, he spoke in a calm tone, "Surround the roses with bamboo and then sprinkle the powder."

Xiao Wei looked down at the remaining bamboo, only eight pieces left, and his little eyebrows twisted.

"But we don't have enough bamboo." There are so many flowers.

Xiao Cheng raised his eyes slightly and looked at the chestnut tree on the edge of the vegetable garden, and the large branches on the tree.

"Bai Lu said that pruning the branches at this time would harm the chestnut tree." Xiao Wei decisively threw out Bai Lu's original words, dissuading Xiao Cheng from the idea of cutting branches to surround the flower bed.

Xiao Cheng clicked his tongue impatiently, glanced at him coldly, "Go to the woodshed and bring some firewood."

Xiao Wei turned and ran. After running a few steps, he suddenly remembered something, stopped, and turned back.

"Long." Xiao Cheng said.

The small figure ran away like the wind.

There weren't many long firewood in the woodshed. If there were, Bai Lu wouldn't have had to borrow from Wang Cuihua's house.

However, after picking and choosing, there were still about a dozen pieces, but it wasn't enough!

How should big brother surround the flower bed?

Xiao Wei hurriedly ran out of the woodshed with the long firewood, almost bumping into Bai Lu, who was collecting clothes.

"Why are you carrying firewood?" Bai Lu held a clothes pole in one hand and held the clothes of the three people in the other, looking puzzled.

Xiao Wei adjusted the long firewood that almost poked her, and said seriously, "I don't know."

"Big brother asked for it."

After saying that, he ran towards the backyard with the firewood.

Mysterious.

Bai Lu was a bit curious and wanted to go and see. Suddenly, there was a rhythmic knocking on the door outside.

She had to put the clothes back in the main house and go to open the door.

When Aunt Wu Xiuyun saw Bai Lu, she immediately smiled and greeted her, handing her a black plastic bag.

"Bai Lu, this is the preserved duck and duck legs we brought back from the countryside yesterday to worship our ancestors. The taste is especially delicious. They are ducks raised in our own field. The duck meat is very chewy. Take it home and try it."

Before Bai Lu could refuse, the plastic bag was already in her hand, not tied, and everything inside was visible.

Three large preserved ducks and six duck legs.

In this town nowadays, even eating meat is a luxury, and she is giving away three whole ducks and duck legs without opening the package.

No gain without work. Bai Lu couldn't accept such a big gift. "Aunt Wu, you are too polite. Chopping two duck legs into pieces is already a large plate. Ah Wei and Ah Cheng can't eat much. Just trying two duck legs is enough."

"You are going to set up a fruit stall, and the children at home have to go to school. The ducks should be taken care of by the elderly in the family. How can I be so bold as to taste so much? If you insist on giving them all to me, then I can only ask about the price first."

Ask about the price, and the next step is definitely to pay.

Paying means buying, not receiving as a gift.

Wu Xiuyun hurriedly said, "No, all were given to you. How can I ask for money? Giving money is no different from buying in the street. There are still many preserved ducks and duck legs in our house. I can't finish eating until the next trip of ducks. This bag only contains three ducks and six duck legs. It's not enough for dental floss. Just take it back and taste it for Aunt Wu's sake. Don't be polite with Aunt Wu."

Knowing that Bai Lu didn't like to beat around the bush or receive gifts for no reason, and worried that she might be talked about by neighbors if this continued, Wu Xiuyun explained everything and asked Bai Lu to taste the freshness when she took it back.

Bai Lu understood.

Smiling tacitly, she replied, "There is good news. Ah Cheng and I have ordered a batch of chestnuts from the countryside. The flesh is plump, soft, and sweet, with almost no bad fruits. It's as high-quality as the last batch."

Wu Xiuyun was delighted, "That's great! You don't know, during the time when the goods were out of stock, customers couldn't buy candied chestnuts. They went to Li Shuixian's house opposite to buy some chestnuts to satisfy their cravings. As a result, one by one, after eating, they all came to me to complain, saying that they regretted it."

"They said it didn't taste the same at all. At first, they couldn't swallow it, and later, even if they managed to swallow it, the taste was always wrong, never the same as what they wanted."

"One by one urged me not to sell fruits and quickly go home to roast chestnuts. No matter how many, they wanted them all..."

Wu Xiuyun pulled Bai Lu's wrist and smiled with rejuvenated wrinkles, "My husband also took some candied chestnuts to let customers in the city taste them fresh. You don't know, in the time of one Qingming Festival, they ordered more than we sold candied chestnuts in the past few days."

She turned her head to look in the direction behind her.

Following her gaze, Bai Lu saw a motorcycle parked there, with a kind middle-aged uncle on the motorcycle, smiling and nodding to her.

Bai Lu also smiled and nodded in response.

Although everything was expected, receiving good news so quickly was still somewhat unexpected.

Moreover, the quantity of preserved ducks and duck legs... Bai Lu speculated that Wu Xiuyun probably had something more to say.

Sure enough, after reporting all the good news one by one and chatting casually about daily life, Wu Xiuyun finally, in a low voice, asked, "Bai Lu, Aunt Wu is selling fruits at the stall today. She saw Wang Cuihua next door going to the street to buy vegetables. She told everyone she also wanted to do business and was asked by others about what business she was doing."

"She said she also sells candied chestnuts... and she said the taste is exactly the same as the ones we sell, both the most authentic..."

Wu Xiuyun omitted some of what she said.

At that time, Wang Cuihua's answer was that she was in the same place as Bai Lu, holding the same authentic candied chestnuts.

Wang Cuihua lived next door to Bai Lu, and her deceased husband had been a longtime brother with Xiao Cheng.

For these most authentic candied chestnuts, in addition to going to Bai Lu's place, where else could she get them?

Wu Xiuyun's heart tightened at that time. If Bai Lu's business partner changed to Wang Cuihua...

What about those old customers who had been pampered by authentic candied chestnuts and developed picky tastes?

How could she fulfill the many orders she and her husband had made if they couldn't provide the most authentic candied chestnuts?

If Wang Cuihua occupied the market, would those customers who returned to her for candied chestnuts turn around and go to Wang Cuihua, no longer patronizing her business?

Thinking about these heavy losses, Wu Xiuyun couldn't sit still. She quickly sent the preserved ducks and duck legs that she had originally promised to sell to the old customers to Bai Lu as a gift and took the opportunity to inquire about the news.

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