Setting Up Stalls – Chapter 196

You Still Know to Come Back

Su Ruixi ate with great satisfaction; in one go, she ate thirteen of them. Her face still showed a bit of wanting more, feeling that she could still eat.

But Sun Miao’s understanding of Su Ruixi was even greater than her own.

Sun Miao directly pulled the lunchbox in front of her over to herself: “Susu-jie, no more eating, if you eat any more you’ll be too full.”

Su Ruixi was a little aggrieved: Sun Miao was being stingy¹, not even letting her eat the dumplings. They were already made, yet she wouldn’t let her have them.

She said pitifully: “I can still eat. Miaomiao, let me have two more, come on.”

What Su Ruixi said was also the truth. At most, she was eight-tenths full², so weren’t there still two-tenths left? Of course she could still eat. Moreover, she even started acting cute towards Sun Miao. If it were before, Sun Miao absolutely would not have been able to resist. But now, Sun Miao absolutely would not let her eat more.

Previously, it was because she couldn’t resist Su Ruixi’s cute act that she let her have a bite of chili fish head.

The result, good grief, was that it was so spicy her stomach problems flared up. From that moment on, Sun Miao knew that when Su Ruixi was faced with the delicious food she made, she had no ability to resist. So now she was iron-hearted³, and no matter how Su Ruixi acted cute, she remained unmoved.

She said with her mouth: “No, you can’t eat more. It’s about right for a person to be eight-tenths full after lunch. If you eat too much, your stomach and belly will both feel uncomfortable. You can’t eat.” She also started to pack up the things with her hands.

These were what Su Ruixi and she had already eaten, but just couldn’t finish. It was a bit of a pity, but it was fine; feeding them to the dogs when she got back would also work.

She hadn’t put too many seasonings in them, and the salt was also controlled. Grandma Li’s Samoyed was large, so eating a few wouldn’t be a problem. Later, she could wrap some more dumplings, send some to Kaixin’s family, and then give a few of the leftovers from lunch to the landlord’s doggy, and wouldn’t that solve everything?

Sun Miao’s thoughts were quite good, but Su Ruixi was a little unhappy. She was about to say: “Why don’t you leave them in the office? If I get hungry in the afternoon, I can still heat them up myself to eat.”

Just then, the assistant had some urgent business and directly entered the door. Su Ruixi’s expression changed in an instant, and the original cute act and grievance were all retracted. Sun Miao saw Su Ruixi’s change of face and lamented that being a boss wasn’t easy either.

“What is it?”

The assistant looked at Sun Miao, the meaning being that it was inconvenient to speak with Sun Miao here. Su Ruixi became even more displeased: “It’s fine, just say it directly.”

Sun Miao, however, was very self-aware. She waved her hand: “Don’t, I’ll be done right away.” She packed up the remaining dumplings, put them inside the lunch bag, and then smiled at Su Ruixi: “Susu-jie, I’ll wait for you to come back for dinner. I’m leaving first, bye-bye.”

Since Sun Miao had said so, Su Ruixi didn’t try to keep her any longer, just raising a hand and waving at her: “Bye-bye.”

When Su Ruixi turned her head back, however, she saw the assistant staring eagerly at Sun Miao, and Su Ruixi was immediately displeased: “Snap out of it⁴. What are you looking at?”

Without even thinking, the assistant said: “Boss, do you think if I ask now, she would give me the leftover dumplings to eat……”

A single sentence caused Su Ruixi and the assistant to simultaneously fall into silence. The assistant coughed once. In her heart, she grumbled about how she had said her thoughts out loud. She helplessly moved past this topic and began to talk about work matters.

But after she finished speaking and left the office, she still couldn’t help but think: Those dumplings, they looked really delicious. No, I have to order some boiled dumplings to eat when I get home tonight.

The assistant never would have dreamed that the dumplings she was gazing at with longing eyes would actually be eaten by a doggy. When Sun Miao returned to the residential complex, she didn’t even go to her own home. She first went to the front to find Grandma Li and asked if she could give them to the Samoyed. After getting permission, she then opened the bag, took out a few of the leftover boiled dumplings, and placed them in Yeye’s food bowl.

The Samoyed’s tail wagged like crazy, just like a propeller. Seeing the dumplings Sun Miao gave it, it immediately pounced over. It had a big mouth, so those boiled dumplings were tiny for it. In probably less than thirty seconds, they were all demolished.

After finishing them, it even used its nose to nudge Sun Miao’s bag, meaning: Don’t hide it from me, I know you still have more in your bag! Give them all to Yeye to eat!

Sun Miao could only hide the bag behind her back: “No, there’s salt in them. It’s enough that you ate a few, how can you eat them all? If you do, all of your fur will fall out!”

But Yeye is a doggy, Yeye couldn’t understand what Sun Miao was saying; it only knew there were still dumplings to eat. Seeing this, Sun Miao could only flee in disarray: “Grandma Li, I’m leaving now!”

“Okay, these dumplings look delicious. I didn’t expect it to be the first to eat them. Xiao Sun, ah, are you selling this tomorrow?”

“Selling them.”

“Then this old wife⁵ will bring Nannan along to buy some tomorrow. I’m at ease with what you make.” Grandma Li was cheerful and said goodbye to Sun Miao.

When Sun Miao returned home, the auntie had already left. She spent the afternoon wrapping boiled dumplings, and after half a day, she had wrapped a total of 1000. The System was even making sarcastic remarks⁶ in her mind: 【These 1000 of yours, that’s only 100 servings. For those with a bigger appetite, it’s not even enough.】

With it saying that, Sun Miao did indeed feel a bit unconfident.

Because it wasn’t enough for herself; she had eaten 15 at noon. If she were to buy them herself, she would have to buy one and a half servings.

But thinking about it carefully, she had been wrapping dumplings for so long, it was already good enough to have some to eat. Sun Miao took a photo of the dumplings, then edited and posted it in the group chat and on her Circle of Friends⁷.

Originally, Sun Miao’s food group was quite lively, but after Sun Miao posted this content, it actually fell into a period of silence. At this moment, Sun Miao even suspected her internet connection was fluctuating and didn’t suspect that no one in the group was talking.

The result was that one minute later, the messages in the group suddenly exploded, and countless people were @ing her.

【@Still Trying to Stall Today, you actually came back?! You still know to come back?! Are you worthy of your ID?!】

【Ahhhhhh what am I seeing? Little Boss Sun?! A stall announcement?! Is this for real, today isn’t April Fool’s Day, right!】

【April Fool’s is in April, it’s already July now, you’re simply reversing the Big Dipper⁸. Am I dreaming, ah, she’s really back?!】

【Am I the only one who noticed that she’s selling Spanish mackerel dumplings? Little Boss Sun, did you go to Lu Province? You’re making Spanish mackerel dumplings as soon as you’re back?】

【Why, ah, why is it a fish filling dumpling, I don’t like fish wuwuwu… I want to eat pickled cabbage and meat filling⁹ dumplings.】

【Get shoved out¹⁰, shepherd’s purse and meat filling¹¹ is the most delicious!】

【? Crooked ways and evil paths¹², of course you have to eat pure meat filling!】

【Are they steamed dumplings or boiled dumplings? I love to eat pan-fried dumplings, I suggest you pan-fry them for me to eat.】

【I’ve given you face, and you’re still making so many demands. For Little Boss Sun to be able to come back, that makes her a Good Boss!】

【Actually, Little Boss Sun is also someone who keeps her word. She said she wouldn’t set up her stall during the plum rain season, and she didn’t. As soon as the plum rain season ended, she even rested for two days before setting up her stall again.】

Faced with the hubbub in the group, Sun Miao chose to mute the group to protect her peace. Before she muted it, she saw a message sent by Yuan Xiangyi:

【That’s right, Little Boss Sun went to Qindao to have fun. I went to Qindao for work before and happened to run into Little Boss Sun. She even set up a stall with only ten servings, selling Braised Abalone in Original Shell. This is one of the top ten famous dishes of Lu Cuisine, you have no idea how delicious it was. Even the famous master chefs of Lu Province can’t compare. [Photo]】

At this moment, Sun Miao’s hand speed¹³ reached its peak, and she directly exited the WeChat interface. Good thing she exited fast enough, otherwise she would definitely have been cornered and greeted by the people in the group.

In reality, that was indeed the case. The moment Sun Miao exited, the old customers in the group began typing out question marks one by one.

Especially Hip-hop Mei. Just a moment ago, she was happy that Sun Miao had finally returned, and although she hadn’t gone to Lu Province, she could still eat the Lu Province specialty, Spanish mackerel dumplings. She was feeling very happy, but then she saw the passage sent by Yuan Xiangyi.

No joke, she felt like the sky had fallen.

What was this? Was Yuan Xiangyi still speaking Chinese? Why could she understand every single character, but after reading it, she just crashed¹⁴? Although she knew she wasn’t smart, it couldn’t be that she didn’t even have the ability to understand a sentence, right?

After a period of time, Hip-hop Mei’s exe finally started responding again¹⁵.

Immediately after, she fell into a state of rage.

There were many reasons for her anger: 1. Sun Miao actually set up a stall while she was out having fun! 2. Setting up a stall while out having fun was one thing, but she didn’t even tell her! 3. Not telling her was one thing, but it was even eaten by someone else! 4. It was one thing for Yuan Xiangyi to have eaten it; as long as she didn’t say it out loud, everyone could still get along amicably, but she just had to say it! 5. Yuan Xiangyi even posted a photo!

To summarize the above, Hip-hop Mei absolutely could not tolerate it. She bombarded Yuan Xiangyi in the group, accusing her of eating secretly¹⁶! That aggrieved look on her face was just like someone who had caught their own cat that had stolen a fishy treat¹⁷.

After she finished scolding, she scrolled back up through the messages, found Yuan Xiangyi’s post, clicked open the picture, and examined it carefully once more. This Braised Abalone in Original Shell looks really, really delicious, oh, it looks super delicious… I wonder, if I kneel and beg Su-jie, would she let me go to her house to scrounge a meal.

Don’t even talk about Hip-hop Meimei’s principles; a person can’t give up delicious food just for a little bit of dignity, right?

The number of people in the group who were as angry as she was and accusing Yuan Xiangyi was not small. As for those accusing Sun Miao… there really weren’t that many. Zhang Qiang’s example was right there in front of them; they really didn’t want to offend Sun Miao and be blacklisted. Although Sun Miao wasn’t that kind of person who would act unscrupulously, nor had she ever blacklisted anyone.

But, what if?

This invisible pressure was there, so no one dared to say anything about Sun Miao, instead directing their anger towards Yuan Xiangyi.

Besides Hip-hop Mei, it was Zhou Ling’s mama’s little sisters who were scolding the most heatedly¹⁸.

As a result, a traitor suddenly emerged from the crowd: 【@Yuan Xiangyi, the Braised Abalone in Original Shell, how much did Little Boss Sun sell it for?】

【588.】

The atmosphere in the group was not great, so Yuan Xiangyi didn’t say much more, and certainly didn’t mention that she had bought two servings.

Yuan Xiangyi wasn’t an idiot; she didn’t want to offend this group of people.

【How much?! You said how much? Only 588?!】

Most people had this reaction. They didn’t think it was expensive at all; on the contrary, they felt it was too cheap. After all, a 588 serving of Braised Abalone in Original Shell was—that big of a portion. That big!

A 588 Crab Roe Lion’s Head was a tiny ball, only about the size of an adult woman’s fist. But a 588 serving of Braised Abalone in Original Shell required a large basin used for fish with pickled mustard greens to hold it, and it looked like quite a lot. In comparison to the Crab Roe Lion’s Head, everyone truly didn’t feel the Braised Abalone in Original Shell was expensive.

The group fell into a frenzy again. This time, everyone could no longer control their hearts that were offending Sun Miao, and one after another, they @ed Sun Miao: You there? When are you bringing back the Braised Abalone in Original Shell for an encore¹⁹? Love to eat it, want to eat it, waiting to eat it.

It was just that the Sun Miao of this moment had long since muted the group to protect her peace, and was just cheerfully waiting for Su Ruixi to come home.

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