Reborn in the 80s: Everyone Falls For Me-Chapter 77 - 76 Business Savvy

Xu Zhicheng also wanted to tag along for the excitement, but Xu Niannian didn’t let him, asking him to stay home with Xu Duoyu and promising to make his new clothes when she returned.

That made Xu Zhicheng happily agree.

Xu Dawei, puffing on his dry pipe, felt joyful inside seeing his daughter being so good to her three brothers.

It was already midday, and the villagers were all out working in the fields when they saw Xu Niannian and Xu Zhiqiang carrying a basket each and asked.

“Xu girl, where you headed?”

Xu Niannian was always smiling at outsiders.

Upon hearing this, she replied, “Off to the county town to sell some things.”

The one who spoke was an old matron from the head of the village, also surnamed Xu, and she had the same reputation for being a shrew as Yang Cuihua.

She and Yang Cuihua usually didn’t get along.

But things were different now.

The rumor that Xu Niannian had married into a wealthy family had already spread throughout the village.

The fact that Xu Niannian’s family was now eating rice had also gotten out.

In the past, Xu Niannian’s family struggled to afford even corn and could only eat rice bran, the kind of stuff fed to pigs.

Now that they could afford rice, how could others not be jealous?

It was Ding Guihua who’d spread the word.

She told everyone how Xu Niannian had earned money through business and thus was able to change her family’s situation.

Now, most rural folks still clung to old-world thinking; even with reform and opening up, they believed that doing business was akin to speculation and profiteering.

After hearing Xu Niannian’s reply, Auntie Xu feigned cheerfulness.

Once Xu Niannian was out of earshot, she spat on the ground and said to a few women behind her.

“Listen to that, pretending to be all ladylike.

Doesn’t know the first thing about working the fields to earn work points for the family, only knows how to engage in speculation.

Had this been just two years ago, she’d have been paraded through the streets.”

“Exactly, exactly.

If you ask me, Yang Cuihua should keep a closer eye on her own daughter.

She’s married to a rich family but can’t stay out of trouble.

Wait until she’s sent back, she’ll have nowhere to cry.”

Xu Niannian couldn’t hear what they were saying, nor did she care what stories they spun.

After all, with her mother holding the fort, not many dared to come seeking trouble.

And if they were green with envy, they’d simply have to stew in it.

An hour or so later, Xu Niannian and Xu Zhiqiang found their way to Li Qingshui’s dried goods store, each carrying their goods.

Li Qingshui stood at the counter, constantly glancing outside.

As soon as she saw Xu Niannian, her eyes lit up as if she had spotted a gold ingot.

She greeted warmly, “Oh, big sister, you’ve finally arrived.

I’ve been waiting for you.”

Previously, Xu Niannian and Li Qingshui had agreed on a twice or thrice-weekly supply schedule.

Li Qingshui had initially worried whether five hundred pastries would sell, but to her surprise, they sold out within two days, and people kept asking for them throughout.

Business was booming, and it also boosted the earnings from other items in her dry goods store.