Chapter 321 - 321: Almost

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

When Little Huzi heard Li Xiaoran’s words, he was overjoyed.

In Little Huzi’s heart, Li Xiaoran was a very impressive person.

This was because the stalls on the official road gradually increased because of Li Xiaoran.

Previously, no one had thought of setting up a stall by the official road to sell things, nor did they expect to earn so much money.

But now, all of this had happened.

Not only that, but when everyone else came to set up their stall, Li Xiaoran’s family built a shop to earn money.

Just based on this alone, countless people in the village were secretly envious.

Moreover, Li Xiaoran’s two shops were doing very well.

Whenever a large caravan came, they would definitely go to the shops to buy food.

Only when the shop was full would the others buy food from the stalls outside.

After Li Xiaoran and her family left the Li family, their lives became better.

This notion had been spreading around for a while.

Everyone was talking about it in private. Other than the Li family and Li Xiaoran’s family, everyone else was talking about it.

Because the truth was in front of everyone.

After Li Xiaoran and her family were married off by the Li family, the Li family declined more and more.

Someone even suggested that Li Xiaoran’s family was the lucky one. The Li family was ill-fated, and it was only because of Li Xiaoran’s family’s good fortune that they lived a slightly better life in the past.

They said that the Li family didn’t know how to cherish it and bullied Li Xiaoran’s family all day long. Now that Li Xiaoran’s family had left, no one would help them resist their bad luck anymore. That was why they were down on their luck!

Therefore, in Little Huzi’s opinion, Li Xiaoran was a very capable person.

A very capable person praised his family for doing well in business, so Little Huzi was naturally happy.

Li Xiaoran went to the kitchen to pick out some pickled bamboo shoots. An indescribable stench filled the air.

“Sister Ran, what are you scooping? Why does it smell so bad?!” Little Huzi pinched his nose and asked.

Li Xiaoran thought of something. After grabbing some pickled bamboo shoots, she covered the big bowl with a plate.

This way, the smell of pickled bamboo shoots was covered.

“This thing smells bad but tastes good!”

With that, Li Xiaoran placed this bowl of pickled bamboo shoots in the food box and planned to bring it to Old Madam Jin’s house later.

After washing her hands, Li Xiaoran suddenly thought of something.

“Little Huzi, don’t go back yet. Go find a few friends to catch some small snails in the river ditch. Sell them to me for two copper coins a catty! But hurry up. I need them urgently!”

When Little Huzi heard that Li Xiaoran wanted snails, he immediately nodded. “Alright, Sister Ran, how much do you want? I’ll find my friends to catch them now!”

Li Xiaoran thought for a moment and said, “Give me five catties first, then you can continue catching them. After the first five catties of small snails, big or small snails are both fine! As long as you catch them and send them over, I’ll accept them all!”

Little Huzi calculated it. It was a lot.

The small river ditch in the village was filled with snails.

With this, they could make a lot of money.

“Alright, I’ll go find them now!” Little Huzi didn’t stay any longer when he heard this. He ran. “Sister Ran, go over and tell my parents later that I’m going to earn money, so I won’t be helping them!”

“Alright, send five catties to the shop later!” Li Xiaoran reminded, “Also, be careful when you go into the river!”

“Got it, Sister Ran!” Little Huzi’s voice came from afar.

After sending Little Huzi off, Li Xiaoran carried the food box and locked the door before going to the food shop.

Now that everyone was in the shop, only Li Shun was still farming.

When she left in the morning, Li Xiaoran gave her father a key, so she wasn’t afraid that he wouldn’t have the key to go home.

As soon as she entered the shop, Li Xiaoran saw Old Madam Jin sitting in the corner eating sliced noodles.

Li Xiaoran walked over with a smile and sat in front of Old Madam Jin.

“Look at what I brought you.”

When Old Madam Jin heard Li Xiaoran’s voice, she pretended to be angry and didn’t look up. She only snorted.

“It seems that you’re angry with me! Since you’re still angry, I won’t cook for the time being! After all, when I’m in a bad mood, I can’t make delicious food!”

Li Xiaoran deliberately sighed and said.

Old Madam Jin could no longer hold it in and looked up at Li Xiaoran angrily.

“You’re very naughty! You knew that I was coveting the food, but you actually didn’t bring it to me!”

Seeing that Old Madam Jin was finally willing to pay attention to her, Li Xiaoran immediately smiled and said, “Old Madam Jin, I really didn’t mean to keep you hanging! Look, I’m very busy every day. I’m free today, so I brought the things over!”

With that, Li Xiaoran gently patted the food box at the side.

“Then take it out for me to try!” Old Madam Jin said anxiously.

“Granny Jin, the things in this food box are just side dishes. The other ingredients are not ready yet! When they’re ready, I will make you smelly delicacies!” Li Xiaoran shook her head and pressed down on the food box. “Just wait a little longer. I’ll definitely let you eat smelly delicacies today, but not now!”

When Old Madam Jin heard this, she asked, “What’s missing?”

“We’re still short of snails! I’ve already asked Little Huzi to go to the river ditch to look for snails. He’ll send them over later. At that time, I still have to soak the snails for a while and wash them clean before cooking snail soup. As long as the pot of snail soup is cooked, you can eat that smelly delicacy!” Li Xiaoran explained patiently.o

Li Xiaoqing, who was cooking noodles, heard them and asked, “Sister, didn’t Little Huzi come back with you?”

“No, I asked Little Huzi to catch river snails for me!” Li Xiaoran replied.

“Have you told his parents?” Li Xiaoqing asked, “Little Huzi’s mother was looking for him just now!”

“I did. I told Little Huzi’s parents when I came over just now!” Li Xiaoran replied.

Because she happened to pass by Little Huzi’s parents’ food stall from home to the shop, Li Xiaoran mentioned it.

“By the way, Xiao Qing, I’ll give you some money to buy some mashed sweet potatoes from Little Huzi’s parents! I want to eat them too. Buy some more to share with everyone!” Li Xiaoran thought of something and said..