Rebirth of a Village Girl

Chapter 39

HAVE YOU STOPPED STUDYING?

Although Zhu Yonghong snatched away many of her customers, Ni Yang's five small tables were always full.

After all, quality ensures patronage.

But Zhu Yonghong did affect Ni Yang. Yesterday, all the noodles were sold out past ten in the morning, while today they continued to sell until after eleven. Whereas Zhu Yonghong packed up early.

On her way out, she even sneered at Ni Yang.

But, this time, Ni Yang chose to ignore her, concentrating only on her noodles as if she hadn't seen her.

The business is more important.

She doesn't have the time to squabble with someone irrelevant.

Plus, she roughly calculated that Zhu Yonghong sold about a thousand buns this morning.

The current pork price in Beijing is two yuan and eighty cents per jin.

With the additional ingredients, about 70 to 80 meat buns can be made from one jin of meat.

Not counting the price of flour and labor, the cost per bun is about 4 cents.

Under normal circumstances, one cent can buy only two meat buns, so selling a thousand buns needs to bring in more than 35 yuan for a profit.

However, selling a thousand buns at Zhu Yonghong's price of six for one cent would only garner around 15 yuan.

That means Zhu Yonghong lost over twenty yuan this morning.

The reason Zhu Yonghong can still smile is that she hasn't done the math yet and doesn't realize how much she has lost.

I guess she won't be able to smile when she gets home.

"Ni Yang." Ni Yang had just finished setting up the tables and chairs when she heard a gentle male voice above her.

"Hmm?" Ni Yang looked up in confusion.

The speaker was none other than the sunny young man Liu Wei.

"Is anything wrong?" Ni Yang asked politely.

Ni Yang was standing against the light, with people passing by and towering plane trees behind her. Bright sunlight scattered through the leaves, bathing her jade-like face in light.

Liu Wei felt his heart was about to jump out. He struggled to control this unusual emotion before saying:

"Ni Yang, I heard you've stopped going to school?"

"Yes." Ni Yang nodded, "That's right."

Liu Wei was surprised that she admitted it so calmly. He then asked, "What do you plan to do in the future? You can't be a peddler all your life, right? Have you thought about making a change?"

Being a peddler is the least promising profession.

There was a popular saying at the time: "If a young lady wants to experience life and practice haggling, she should marry a peddler."

This gives an idea of how low the status of being a peddler was.

Ni Yang shook her head, "Not for now, I think being a peddler is okay, it's all honest work."

"That's not what I mean." Liu Wei continued, "I think it would be better if you, a girl, read more. If you encounter any difficulties, you can tell me, maybe I can help. Being a peddler... is ultimately not a long-lasting profession. Your future life path is still very long."

Girls who are always out in the open, yet illiterate, will find it difficult to find a good husband.

Even if Ni Yang was attractive, he doubted any college students wouldn't want to marry an illiterate woman.