Chapter 126 Xiong Kai’s Competition
Shen Dagou and Shen Xiang were particularly hard-working. They were paid thirty cash, not only helping Shen Yi make pot helmets, but also cleaning the house and wiping the tables for Su Tai.
As long as Su Tai can raise her baby at home with peace of mind, and occasionally use a medium tool to divert water from water space and time to irrigate the grape saplings and fill the water tank, it will take almost no effort.
Time flies by inadvertently, and spring turns to summer in a blink of an eye.
Suddenly there were two people crossing the river in Shenjiazhuang section of the Daxun River. Shen Yi's passenger transport business was greatly affected. In addition, he left the boat late and came back early. There were almost no people on his boat, and he didn't take it seriously. , continue to live step by step.
The morning light by the river in the early morning makes people blind.
Ma Xingteng was guarding the river with his young men. The boat for the people crossing the river had arrived, only three were missing. There were four of them, and they could get on even if they were crowded. The people on the boat were impatient to wait and shouted to them: "Get aboard." Ship!"
The boy shook his head and said seriously: "This is not the ship we are waiting for."
The boatman, who had been silent all this time, looked up and said displeasedly: "Shen Yi no longer pulls people across the river, so you'd better not waste your efforts."
The boy didn't explain.
They didn't get on the boat, and the boatman didn't leave either. Only the villagers who were eager to cross the river were cursing.
After waiting for half an hour, people on the boat had not gathered yet, and the people on the boat were already dissatisfied, "Should we leave or not? In the past, when Shen Yi pulled people across the river, he would leave even if the time was up. What's the matter with you? ? Return the money to us if you don’t sail!”
Xiong Kai really wanted to quarrel with the other party, but fortunately he still had sense and endured it. However, when his stubborn temper came up, he really couldn't move anymore.
Just when they were about to get into trouble, Shen Yi appeared carrying several large rattan baskets.
Ma Xingteng's eyes lit up and he hurried to greet him, "My benefactor."
"Mr. Ma? You want to cross the river?" Shen Yi couldn't understand the situation in front of him.
Xiong Kai subconsciously lowered the brim of his hat to prevent Shen Yi from seeing his true face.
Ma Xingteng shook his head and took a step forward, "I'm here specially to wait for my benefactor. I heard that a kind of pot helmet has become popular in Dahe Town recently. I asked many people to find out that it was sent from here. I'm specially here today. Wait, it seems that the person I have to wait for now is my benefactor.”
He originally planned to wait a little longer. If the pot helmet seller didn't come, he would take Shen Yi's boat to Dahe Town and ask again. It seemed that God was blessing him and he didn't wait in vain.
Shen Yi was in a hurry to deliver the goods and said, "If Mr. Ma is not in a hurry, let's get on the boat and tell him that I have to deliver the goods quickly."
"Okay, okay." Ma Xingteng immediately led people onto Shen Yi's boat.
From beginning to end, Shen Yi didn't even look at the boat next to him.
When the villagers on Xiong Kai's boat saw it, they immediately became anxious, "Hey! Can you still sit down? We want to go there!"
Shen Yi looked at the position on the boat and nodded, "Okay."
Several people were overjoyed and just stood up when they were suddenly shaken and fell back down.
Only then did they realize that the boatman had sailed the boat. Now they couldn't change it even if they wanted to, so they could only curse and curse in anger.
Xiong Kai, who had his back to Shen Yi, was in a state of confusion. What did the eldest son of the Ma family want to do with Shen Yi? Why is he so polite to Shen Yi? And how do you make the food that Shen Yi sells? How much do you earn in a day?
These questions were almost overwhelming his brain, and he couldn't even care about the troublemaking guests.
Shen Yi had no idea that he was being targeted by Xiong Kai. He rowed the boat far away before asking Ma Xingteng, "What does Mr. Ma want to do with me?"
"It's like this. I've tasted Guokui, and it's really delicious. It just so happens that no one sells it in Moshi Town. I opened a restaurant by myself. I want to be the only one in Moshi Town that sells Guokui. Can I?" Ma Xingteng had no idea. Conceal your ambitions. Shen Yi frowned slightly, "In this case, I can't sell pot helmets alone in Moshi Town, right?"
Ma Xingteng said: "In principle, that's the case, but if our cooperation ends, you can sell it however you want."
"That means if you don't buy my pot helmets, I can sell them in Grindstone Town?"
Ma Xingteng nodded repeatedly.
Shen Yi thought for a while and said: "I have to make something clear. The pot helmets we make now are at their limit. If you want to deliver them to Moshi Town, you need to go to my house later to pick them up, but I only have my wife at home. It’s not convenient for one person.”
Ma Xingteng breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter. My wife's maid, Pomegranate, is also a woman. She can come to pick up the goods."
Shen Yi did not directly agree, "I will discuss it with my wife when I get back, and then go to Moshi Town to give the young master some news after noon."
"Okay!" Ma Xingteng agreed readily.
Xiong Kai stared at them from a distance, and when he saw the two of them chatting happily, his expression was twisted with jealousy.
He couldn't understand why Shen Yi was living so well now while he was getting worse and worse. He was obviously better than Shen Yi in everything.
Ever since my mother-in-law was injured in one eye by a firecracker, her temper has become more and more erratic. When she was good, she would be polite to him, but when she was bad, she would come to his door and yell at him, scolding him for being useless, and comparing him to Shen Yi. , and said he regretted marrying Mo Chunxiang to him.
If Guan was the only one who said this, he wouldn't say anything, but that woman Mo Chunxiang actually had the same intention. From time to time she would say how Shen Yi was good at making money and how much he loved his wife, comparing him to the dust.
If it weren't for this, he wouldn't be so angry as to solicit customers for this river crossing man.
I thought that taking away Shen Yi's business would make me proud, but I didn't expect that he didn't care at all. He was like punching cotton. What's even more annoying is that Shen Yi can get the courtesy of Mr. Ma. Why?
Is it because of the laoshizi pot helmet that Shen Yi is making now? Did he take away Shen Yi's business and all this belongs to him?
The more I thought about Xiong Kai, the more I realized that this was what happened.
After the ship docked, he secretly followed Shen Yi. After seeing him deliver two baskets of pot helmets to Jixiang Inn and leave, he immediately entered the inn and said to Shopkeeper Li, "Shopkeeper, I want to buy the cake just now."
The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment before reacting, "You're talking about the Shen family's pot helmets! What flavor do you want?"
"What flavor does it have? How to sell it?" Xiong Kai frowned subconsciously, Guokui? What a bad name!
Shopkeeper Li enthusiastically introduced: “There are pure white noodle pot helmets and rough noodle pot helmets, each with three flavors, the sweet one contains peanuts and sugar, and the salty one contains pickled pork with pickled vegetables and green onions.
The brown noodle with onion and scallions costs three cents for two, the brown noodle with pickled pork and vegetables and the sweet two for five cents, and the thin noodle all add one cent. "
"So expensive!" Xiong Kai's eyes widened with a hint of anger and deep jealousy.
Shopkeeper Li said: "Sir, this price is very fair! You are not from our town, right? We have been selling it at this price for a long time!"
Xiong Kai was a little embarrassed and gritted his teeth and said: "Give me one of every flavor."
He bought six pot helmets for sixteen cents, but it made him feel bad.
After leaving the inn, he couldn't wait to take a bite, thinking about why he disliked this pot helmet, but after chewing it for a few times, he couldn't tell what was in it. He could only feel one thing - delicious! Very, very fragrant!
Especially the pickled pork with pickled vegetables, which is oily when pinched, and there is enough meat. If you want to dislike it, there seems to be no valid reason.
He was so angry that he wanted to throw the pot helmet on the ground and trample it, but he was reluctant to waste it. He was stuck there, unable to get up and down, and his resentment and dissatisfaction towards Shen Yi became stronger and stronger.