Chapter 148: The Wealthy Pei Loaer (2)_1
"Next time they come, we shouldn’t let them eat a bite! If they keep coming every day, no matter how much we sell, it won’t be enough to cover their freeloading!" Si Ya protested strongly. Originally, a bowl of noodles only made a little over one wen in profit, so giving away two bowls for free—how much would that cost them?!
After a tiring half day, when I returned home in the afternoon, I saw Kong’s had come over again, and even Si Ya didn’t look too pleased. "Our family is really busy right now, elder sister, so if there’s nothing important, please go back home!"
"It’s nothing much; it’s just that the New Year is coming, so I embroidered a new handkerchief for you all to use during the holidays," Kong’s said with a smile, taking out a brand-new handkerchief.
Si Ya glanced at it and said, "My mother has already embroidered some for us; we don’t need elder sister’s!" She didn’t open the door and went straight back inside.
"When we had no money, they walked all over us! We couldn’t even afford a proper meal of mixed noodles! Now that we have money, they’re all sticking to us!" Si Ya stuffed her mouth full of mung bean cake with force.
People inherently gravitate towards benefit and steer clear of harm. Pei Qin, when she had more leisure time, would go along with it and chat for a bit, but now she was tired as a dog every day—how could she have the mood to babble with those she didn’t like!
The next day, Fang Fang and Fang Liuming didn’t come over again, and Si Ya felt a bit more at ease.
But Kong’s kept finding excuses to come over every day, either bringing over some little thing or coming to discuss embroidery patterns with Lady Fang. The Laba Festival was approaching soon, and she asked Lady Fang about how to make Laba congee, whether to prepare Laba garlic or Laba beans, and so on.