Chapter 54: Chapter 54 Lin Fangwei Took Away Chapter 54: Chapter 54 Lin Fangwei Took Away Meng Chuyue had originally agreed with the two part-time girls that they would close the store at six in the evening.
Now she had to change her mind.
By six o’clock, she had paid them each thirty yuan and let them go back to discuss with their parents, whether they would be willing to continue working for her until eight thirty for an extra ten yuan.
The two girls soon came back with their mothers, who said they would help out as well, but still only required the extra ten yuan for their daughters.
Meng Chuyue did not decline.
Before eight o’clock, the Fruit Store’s inventory had sold out once again—it had happened once at one o’clock in the afternoon, but Meng Chuyue had restocked.
This time she was sure she wouldn’t restock again, and they successfully closed for the day.
After paying the two girls their extra ten yuan, Meng Chuyue snuck the two bags of ordinary fruit she had set aside into the hands of their mothers and closed up shop to go home.
Back at home, she heard that Meng Jingfen had already eaten today.
She cooked a mandarin fish soup for Meng Wanhua with Space Water.
After delivering the soup to Meng Wanhua, she returned to the kitchen and, using Space Water and previously soaked Space red beans, began to prepare red bean paste, while also making osmanthus cake, Meng Wanhua’s favorite.
Even though she knew she couldn’t avoid giving a share of the red bean paste and osmanthus cake to Meng Jingfen, she didn’t care.
Treating her mother’s illness was the priority.
By the time everything was done, it was already eleven at night.
Meng Chuyue suddenly hopped out of bed and went to the kitchen, soon returning with a big bag of fruit.
“Mom, I saw the previous fruit was gone, so I brought you some more.”
Meng Chuyue deliberately didn’t mention where the fruit had gone, suddenly feeling that maybe Zhao Tianzhi hadn’t taken it.
Although the possibility was slim, if she had prematurely blamed Zhao Tianzhi, it would have hurt her mother’s feelings.
Lucky she hadn’t mentioned it.
As it happened, Meng Wanhua then told her with a hint of guilt, “That bag of fruit, I gave it to a sick friend who once saved my life.
came by the other day, and I let her try one.
Turns out, she, who always had a poor appetite, ate several in a row.
She begged me to buy some for her.
I didn’t want to bother you or Aunt Qin, so I lied and said they were from the local market before giving them to her.”
There were no holes in the story, and after Meng Chuyue considered it for a moment, she laughed, “Mom, these fruits are quite rare, but recently Aunt Qin has sourced a batch of apples, oranges, nashi pears, bananas, grapes, and honey peaches at our Fruit Store, selling for twenty yuan per half kilo.
If your friend wants more, she can go buy them herself.
You do know where our store is, right?
Jimei Fruit Store, opposite the city’s No.
Meng Wanhua’s eyes widened in surprise, “Twenty yuan per half kilo?
In that case, that bag of fruit the other day must’ve cost three or four hundred yuan?”
“When I buy it, I only pay the cost price of fourteen yuan.
Oh, and for the first three days of business, which is the past three days, all fruits were sold at a 30% discount, also at fourteen yuan per half kilo.”
Meng Wanhua’s mouth twitched, “That’s still expensive.”
Meng Chuyue smiled and said, “But it’s worth that price, isn’t it?
You said it yourself, people who have no appetite love to eat it.
Also, mom, these I brought back are the best picked from the lot, so they’re truly a bit more expensive when you think about it.”
Indeed, the Space fruit sold at the Fruit Store were taken from small to large.
The larger ones’ taste was too heavenly, which she feared could bring trouble.
Sigh, might as well reduce the sale of Space fruit starting from tomorrow.
Yeah, twenty half kilos per day will do.
Meng Wanhua said nothing more, took a big apple to the kitchen to wash, and shared it with Meng Chuyue.
While eating, she secretly decided that she would keep this bag of fruit for herself and Chuyue to slowly eat and never let Lin Fangwei take any again.
The next morning, Meng Chuyue still saw Meng Wanhua finish her Bird’s nest before going to work.
Before leaving, she once again urged Meng Wanhua not to eat the cold red bean paste but to make sure to heat it first.