country bumpkin

Chapter 310 Serving Customers Individually

Spring rain is as precious as oil. On a February morning in mid-spring, as soon as you open your eyes, you can hear the pattering rain outside.

I opened the window, and the fine raindrops hit my face, icy cold, like a wet wipe just taken out of the refrigerator, making me shrink back in the cold.

The spring rain looked soft and cool, and when it touched her skin, it felt refreshingly cool. Yunya quickly pulled her coat zipper up even further.

This was the first rain of the year. Yunya was wearing an old school uniform jacket inside and a raincoat outside, riding her bicycle to work at her aunt's place.

Because of the rain and the fact that she got up early, there were hardly any people on the road. Yunya braved the wind and rain to reach the market.

The purchasing agents who came to buy supplies were half an hour late today due to the weather, so it's not very busy right now.

Yunya parked her bike, put her raincoat on it, and went to the control room.

Kong Xiufen and Shen Changsheng had been working for a while. They were both wearing waterproof boots, and Kong Xiufen also found a pair of waterproof boots for Yunya to wear.

Yunya obediently changed into her boots and work clothes and started working.

Because it was raining and cold, and she came on an empty stomach, Yunya felt unwell after working until 10:30. She was cold and hungry, and felt really uncomfortable, with no energy at all.

Seeing that it was almost noon and there weren't many customers left, Kong Xiufen went out to buy lunch.

It was still steaming hot Sichuan noodles, which Yunya loved. After wolfing down a bowl of noodles, Yunya felt much better.

“A full stomach gives you energy, hehe!” Yunya said to her third aunt with a smile.

Kong Xiufen looked at her with a smile and said, "You old glutton."

The mother and daughter looked at each other and burst into laughter, filling the room with a warm atmosphere. Only the mother and daughter were in the shop; Shen Changsheng had gone to deliver empty bowls to the noodle shop owner.

After finishing their meal, Kong Xiufen and Yun Ya started peeling chicken gizzards, and their speed increased considerably as they worked together.

Shen Changsheng returned and joined in. The three of them worked on their tasks while chatting casually, creating a warm and harmonious atmosphere.

At noon, Kong Xiufen lay down on the bench to sleep, while Yun Ya watched the stall. Shen Changsheng went home to rest.

He got up at three in the morning to buy chickens from farmers in the countryside. On the way, he had to help the farmers catch the chickens. He was so tired and sleepy that he went home to take a nap at noon.

Unless there are special circumstances, I must go home to rest without fail.

Everyone else went to rest, and Yunya was bored, so she picked up the black and white game console that her third aunt had bought for her younger brother, Shen Lingyun, and started playing.

She played a few rounds of Tetris, but found it increasingly boring. She then tried Little Red Riding Hood and Mushroom Challenge, but each time she played for a short time before dying.

Yunya was angry, so she switched to a simple game of shooting down toy tanks. Yunya liked this one; it was very challenging for her.

Just as she was engrossed in playing, a customer came in. Yun Ya quoted the price, and the customer said he wanted to buy it.

Yunya imitated Kong Xiufen, grabbed a chicken from the cage, clipped its wings, and put it on the scale to weigh it.

After weighing the rooster, which weighed 4 jin (approximately 6 catties), Yunya wrote the result in the notebook on the table.

I use this notebook every day because I have many accounts and I'm afraid of making mistakes.

So after weighing one portion, it's recorded, and the bill is calculated when the customer comes to pick up the chicken.

Yunya learned these steps very well. She killed the chicken, threw it into an empty bucket, and let the chicken flutter around on its own.

Only after confirming that the chicken is completely dead and not moving do you take it out to scald its feathers. Then put it in a feather-removing machine, and when you take it out, it's a completely bald, white chicken.

Yunya gutted the chicken, rinsed it clean, and put it in a plastic bag.

Then she handed it to the customer and calculated the bill. Yunya was afraid she had made a mistake, so she checked the calculation twice on the calculator, and only when the result was the same did she feel relieved.

The customer paid, picked up the plastic bag, and left with the chicken. Yunya was overjoyed to have made a sale, feeling very capable. She wished her aunt would wake up right now and praise her.

Kong Xiufen was fast asleep and showed no sign of waking up. Yun Ya sighed and sat back down on the stool to continue playing her game.

I don't know how long I played, but my arms were getting a little sore from holding the game console. At that moment, Kong Xiufen woke up.

When Yunya saw that her third aunt had woken up, she happily told her that she had sold a chicken by herself.

Kong Xiufen praised Yunya, "Wow! Not bad, even this old glutton can sell goods on her own. You could open your own shop and go it alone!"

Yun Ya waved her hand, "No, no, I dare not do it on my own. I'm not good at sweet talk, and I'm not very shrewd. If I go it alone, I'll lose everything."

Kong Xiufen laughed and said, "Silly boy, how can anyone lose money in this line of work?"

Yunya just smiled foolishly and said nothing more.

Kong Xiufen went outside to look at the sky; the light rain was falling incessantly.

There are hardly any people coming and going in the market anymore. Most people who were going to buy groceries have already done so, and no one is out shopping in the rain anymore.

Kong Xiufen said, "Yunya, I don't think we're busy anymore, and there aren't many people on the street. Why don't you go home? Just come a little earlier tomorrow morning."

Upon hearing this, Yunya almost jumped for joy and quickly replied, "Okay, okay, I'll go change my clothes and shoes."

After saying that, he dashed into the back storage room to change his clothes.

After changing her clothes, Yunya came out to say goodbye to her third aunt and prepared to push her cart home. Unexpectedly, Kong Xiufen called out to her, "Wait, Yunya."

Yun Ya stopped and looked back at Kong Xiufen, not understanding why.

At this moment, Kong Xiufen took out a frozen, stiff white chicken from the large freezer behind the door.

After handing it to Yunya, he said, "Here, Yunya, take this back and ask your mother to cook you some spicy chicken."

Yunya took the chicken, and Kong Xiufen put a large red plastic bag over it.

Yunya wanted to politely refuse, but Kong Xiufen pulled her to the bicycle and put the chicken in the basket.

She quickly urged, "Alright, don't say anything more, just take it back! Don't keep going back and forth. It'll be hard to explain when your third aunt's husband comes."

Yunya understood that her third aunt was afraid that her third uncle would be reluctant to let her go, and if they argued again, it would be troublesome.

So Yunya didn't hesitate any longer, quickly pushed her bicycle to a flat road, got on, and sped off.

Aside from cars and buses, there were practically no pedestrians or cyclists on the road.

Yunya guesses that most people don't like going out on rainy days because it's too inconvenient.

But she likes rainy days. The air is fresh on rainy days, and she can leave work earlier. How great is that?

When they got home, Kong Xiujuan wasn't back yet; she was at the old house looking after building materials. Sun Zitao was also at the old house, keeping watch.

Since there wasn't much work to do on rainy days, his younger brother, Sun Zihao, also gave him the day off.

Kong Xiujuan was bored after finishing her housework at home, so she came to the old house.

On a rainy day, the construction workers didn't come to work, so the couple sat on benches in a makeshift shed and chatted.