Chapter 289 - Chapter 289: Trapped

Chapter 289: Trapped

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Gao Chen was satisfied with Li Xiaoran’s arrangements, so he agreed.

“Then go back and pack your things now! You can move in today and start working tomorrow!” Li Xiaoran said.

Gao Chen nodded and returned home to pack.

They had a cook and workers. All they needed to do was prepare the ingredients, then the fast-food business could open up.

The tables, chairs, bowls, chopsticks, pots and pans had all been washed. The three women who had just been hired today arranged the tables and chairs.

Li Xiaoran looked around and made sure that everything was ready, then looked at Luo Cheng.

“Husband, let’s go to town and buy all the ingredients we need tomorrow!” Luo Cheng looked up at the horizon and shook his head.

“Let’s go straight to the village to buy some! I bought half a fan of pork yesterday and let Ziyang put it in the cave to keep it fresh. We just need to buy some vegetables we need in the village. Look, the sky over there is already dark. It won’t be long before it’s dark here. It might rain heavily! So if we’re going to buy something, we have to wait until tomorrow!”

Li Xiaoran looked in the direction Luo Cheng was pointing and saw that the sky had indeed darkened.

“It’s going to rain heavily later. Why don’t we close the shop before it rains and go home?! If we don’t go back before it rains, we’ll be drenched!”

“There’s no hurry. I’ve already asked Ziyang to go back and get the umbrella, raincoat, and bamboo hat. Even if it rains heavily later, we can still go back! It’s a little early to close the shop now. If customers want to enter the shop to avoid the rain now but we close it, won’t we lose a lot of business?” Luo Cheng said.

Li Xiaoran thought for a moment and suddenly remembered something.

Since it was raining heavily, there would definitely be people getting drenched. They should boil a pot of ginger soup quickly! It could be considered a good deed.

Thinking of this, Li Xiaoran looked for her mother and sister, Xiao Qing. Then, the three of them called a few women and went to get Mr. Jiang.

After the ginger soup was ready, Li Xiaoran went to the village with Luo Cheng to buy groceries.

The advantage of buying vegetables in the village was that if they saw anyone who had better vegetables, they could just ask them who they belonged to and go buy them.

Coincidentally, vegetable moss had grown during this period of time, so Li Xiaoran bought a lot of vegetable moss.

In addition, Li Xiaoran also bought some carrots, peas, and vegetables.

She also bought a lot of the hoe, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and other things she had dug up previously.

When she pa.s.sed by a place, Li Xiaoran realized that there was a lot of sweet potato noodles being parched.

After confirming that the other party’s family had made a lot, Li Xiaoran bought some sweet potato noodles.

“I ate rice noodles at Aunt’s place previously. Now, I’m craving sour and spicy noodles! I really didn’t expect our village to have so many talented people. Husband, look at the sweet potato noodles. They’re really well made. I can guarantee that these sour and spicy sweet potato noodles will definitely taste delicious!” Li Xiaoran said excitedly.

“I realize that your eyes light up whenever you talk about food!” Luo Cheng looked at Li Xiaoran’s happy expression and teased.

“Of course! I’m a foodie. If I can’t even enjoy food, what’s the point of living?!” Li Xiaoran defended herself.

Luo Cheng smiled and said nothing more. Instead, he drove the ox cart and the ton of things towards the shop.

In addition to these vegetables, Li Xiaoran and Luo Cheng also bought a lot of garlic and ginger in the village.

As soon as they unloaded these items and stored them in the warehouse, rain fell outside.

The rain became heavier. Other than Li Xiaoran and the others, there were no more customers in the shop.

After Li Xiaoran leaned against the window and looked out, she saw that the road was already wet from the rain.

Soon, mist rose up and visibility decreased.

Gradually, looking through the window, she saw nothing but whiteness.

Li Xiaoran felt a little cold again, so she went to the fireplace to warm up.

“Don’t you think it has gotten colder after the rain?” Li Xiaoran asked.

“I thought I was the only one who felt that way!” Mao Dao also said, “Yuan Cheng, go to the house and get two pieces of clothes. Let’s put on more clothes!

I really feel a little cold!”

Yuan Cheng nodded and went to his room to get clothes.

Li Xiaoran was by the fire, so she didn’t feel cold anymore. However, when she looked up, she saw the three women who came to work today leaning against each other for warmth.

“Go get a bowl of ginger soup and drink it! Ginger soup can keep you warm. Don’t get sick from the cold!” Li Xiaoran said.

Zhao Xiu thought of something and quickly took a bowl of ginger soup for everyone to drink.

Li Xiaoran walked to the windows and closed most of them, leaving only the window for selling buns and the window near the stove open.

There was still firewood burning in the house after all, so it was still necessary to leave the vent open so that they wouldn’t get carbon monoxide poisoning.

After Li Xiaoran closed the window, she suddenly thought of something.

“Gao Chen hasn’t returned after he went back to pack his things. Could he have encountered something?!”

“No! Gao Chen lives in an old house. He doesn’t have many things to bring. The reason he hasn’t come until now is probably that he’s been pestered by that widow called Dai Qian!” Mao Dao seemed to know something, so he said.

“Widow? What’s going on?” Li Xiaoran asked.

“It’s like this. I don’t know where Gao Chen came from, but he wandered into our village and stayed there. Although Gao Chen doesn’t have a house or any property, he’s quite good-looking. So, he was fancied by a widow called Miss Dai. Gao Chen has always ignored Miss Dai, but Miss Dai keeps pestering Gao Chen,” Mao Dao explained.

When Li Xiaoran heard this, she frowned.

What was going on?! She hoped that Gao Chen could handle this matter well instead of bringing her to their shop to cause trouble.

In fact, in a dilapidated old house, Gao Chen was indeed being pestered by Miss Dai.

“Are you going to move away because you want to avoid me?! Silly man, don’t you know how I feel about you? Why don’t you stay, so we can live a good life together?”