bookcurios Chapter 156 You can’t afford it!
Chapter 156 You can’t afford it!
The visitor was wearing a red dress, had a slender figure, almond eyes and a small mouth, and looked a bit like a beautiful girl from a small family.
There were only three or five silver hairpins on her head, and piled with velvet flowers of various colors, which made her look very ostentatious.
If this person hadn't repeatedly called Chen An and Cheng Yue the second brother and sister-in-law, she would have almost been unable to hold back a look of contempt.
You can tell at a glance from his face that he is a mean person. It's such a waste of his good-looking face. Look at what he said, it sounded sarcastic.
Chen An frowned, "Why are you here?"
The person who came was none other than his younger sister Chen Xianghua.
When Chen Xianghua was young, her brother and sister had a good relationship. He loved his younger sister very much and always saved the good food and drinks for her. He would even protect her when she was scolded by her mother.
But ever since their father passed away, Zhao became increasingly partial to them, and the relationship between them became increasingly disharmonious.
Zhao didn't think highly of him, and Chen Xianghua had to please Zhao in order to get married, so she naturally followed suit and made things difficult for him everywhere.
Later, Chen Xianghua got married and they had no more contact. The two times they met in the town, she just pretended not to know her.
Occasionally, when she returned to her parents' home, she never looked at them straight in the eye, and even spoke to them in a very sarcastic manner.
He had long been disappointed with this little sister.
Chen Xianghua automatically ignored Chen An's dissatisfaction, retracted her gaze, and said with a smile on her face:
"Brother, what are you talking about? I am your biological sister. I came here to congratulate you because I heard about your opening!"
Humph! If it weren't for the eldest brother looking for her, she wouldn't have known that this useless second brother and his weak second sister-in-law were so powerful!
Her mother and elder brother were not good people either. They didn't even tell her about such a big thing as breaking off the relationship. But she knew very well what kind of person her elder brother was.
She said that her second brother and his wife made her mother angry, and as a daughter she should be filial. This is all false!
In fact, it’s just because he sees his second brother has become successful and he can’t take advantage of him, so he becomes jealous and wants to use underhanded tricks to punish his second brother!
But he didn't want to dirty his hands, so he asked her to be his knife maker. Was he looking at her and wondering if she was clear about it or what?
She didn't believe it yesterday. The couple in the second room were both cowards. What ability could they have? I'm afraid it was just the eldest brother who was bragging!
As a result, her eyes widened. There was such a good shop location, but she didn’t even have a man!
Looking at the way Chen An, Cheng Yue and their family are dressed, where is their former poor appearance?
Now there is no way to disbelieve it.
Cheng Yue saw that she had nothing in her hands, raised her eyebrows and said, "Congratulations? You didn't come here empty-handed!
Isn't your husband Zeng Youcai a wealthy man in Huaishu Town? Why didn't you bring any gifts when you came to congratulate me? Tsk tsk, how will you save face if this gets out?"
Huaishu Town is the town next to them, and both belong to Guangyun County. The Zeng family has some money.
Of course, it's just a little money, but Zeng Youcai has a problem. He likes to pretend to be rich and show off.
In the past, when people saw their arrogant attitude, they would have thought they were fighting cocks that had turned into spirits.
Chen Xianghua glared at Cheng Yue. This second sister-in-law was really different. She used to be so timid and submissive that she dared not even say a word, but now she even dared to mock her?
The important thing is, her face is so smooth, white and tender. I have to use so much powder on my face to keep it in this state, but Cheng Yue is even better than hers!
The shop had been open for a while and people started to come in. Chen Xianghua didn't want to be laughed at, so she gritted her teeth, took out a small piece of silver from her purse and put it on the table.
"Who said I came here empty-handed? Aren't you afraid that you won't like the gift I bought? It would be better to just give me silver!"
The two shops in the town have been doing bad business recently, and they only earn a dozen taels of silver a month.
She had come here today just to test the waters, but she didn't expect Cheng Yue to trick her into giving her a tael of silver. How hateful!
It hurts so much! She can't show it yet!
Cheng Yue looked at Chen Xianghua's gradually distorted face, accepted the money very naturally, and praised with a fake smile: "As expected of the wife of the Zeng family, you are so generous!"
Liang Hongyu also understood, and thought that their relationship was not good, so she hurriedly urged: "Sister Cheng Yue, don't delay, go and weigh me a pound of mung bean cake.
Madam, do you want to buy some? This green bean cake is delicious! Oh, no, this is the cheapest green bean cake. It’s not suitable for a rich lady like you to eat this. You should buy something more expensive! "
Cheng Yue raised the corner of her mouth. Liang Hongyu really cooperated with her.
"Xiaotong, go weigh the mung bean cakes for your Aunt Liang, remember to weigh an extra pound!"
After Cheng Yue called Chen Tong, she turned to Chen Xianghua and said, "Mrs. Zeng, you won't not buy it, will you?"
"How could that be? It's just a pastry. I want to see how delicious it is!"
Chen Xianghua is in a dilemma, just buy it!
Cheng Yue signaled to Chen An to go and greet the customers while she followed Chen Xianghua.
If someone hadn't told her that she had opened a shop, how would she know about it in the next town? Why did she come here just when it was opening? She wanted to see what Chen Xianghua wanted to do.
Chen Tong wrapped Liang Hongyu's mung bean cake and handed it to her, smiling and saying, "Aunt Liang, this is two kilograms, please take it."
Liang Hongyu handed the money to Chen Tong, smiling from ear to ear, "Oh, I got a bargain, I saved another fifty cents!"
Cheng Yue nodded in Lai Xing Lai Wang's direction with her chin and said with a smile: "This is to thank you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have found such a capable guy!"
Liang Hongyu looked at the two brothers busying around and said happily, "This is a coincidence. You are lucky! I'll leave first. We'll talk about it another day!"
It was just opened, so there weren't that many customers. Otherwise, she would have left long ago. Before leaving, she looked at Chen Xianghua who was in a daze and suggested:
"Madam, the cakes here are really delicious. You should buy more! Don't buy the mung bean cake. It's too cheap and not suitable for someone of your status!"
Humph! She was unhappy when she saw such a woman. Her man's cousin was such a pretentious person, and she was still coveting her man. The more she thought about it, the more unhappy she became!
When she goes back, she won't give him any of the mung bean cake!
As soon as Liang Hongyu left, Cheng Yue smiled. She didn't know how Chen Xianghua had offended Liang Hongyu, and why she was still unable to get away!
Chen Xianghua came back to her senses at this moment. She had heard Liang Hongyu's words clearly. A pound and a half of mung bean cake cost fifty cents?! And that was the cheapest one in the store. How much would the more expensive one cost?!
Chen Xianghua pointed at the shelf next to her and asked, "How much is this?"
Cheng Yue took a look and smiled, "Mrs. Zeng has a good eye. This is the most delicious and expensive cake in our store. One pound is three hundred coins."
Chen Xianghua wanted to vomit blood, and said angrily: "It's just a piece of broken cake, but you sell it for so much? You are robbing me!"
Cheng Yue covered her mouth in surprise and said, "Mrs. Zeng can't afford it, right? Even if you can't afford it, you can't talk nonsense!
The prominent figures in our county have all bought a lot of cakes, and even the county magistrate has placed an order. Could it be that Madam Zeng is questioning them...?"