Chapter 225 The Rumor Spreads

"I said hello to Li Shengli, but why didn't he reply?" Yan Bugui returned home with the New Year's goods he had bought and told the third aunt exactly what had happened today. The more Yan Bugui thought about it, the angrier he became and he couldn't help but complain to the third aunt.

"What else can I do? I just don't take you seriously." The third aunt blurted out without thinking. Although the third aunt learned to be more calculating from Yan Bugui, she herself is uneducated and not as smart as Yan Bugui.

Coincidentally, Li Shengli also complained to his wife about Yan Bugui when he came back: "Yan Bugui is a teacher, how can he be so stupid?"

Li Shengli also told Han Qiuyun what happened today. He knew that he was wearing a mask and a hat to disguise his identity, but he still called his name in public. Most people would see it, but if Xu Damao and Jia Zhang saw it, they would definitely report him.

"Shengli, then let's not do it later. Let's put this matter aside for now." Han Qiuyun was a little frightened.

Li Shengli thought about it and felt that this made sense. If Yan Bugui found out, the rumor would spread soon. It just so happened that he had almost saved up enough start-up capital, so he just needed to rent a house and open a restaurant.

In the next few days, Li Shengli sold all the stock in his home, leaving only food for his family to eat during the New Year.

"Knock knock knock." There were still two days before the Chinese New Year, and Lee Seung-ri had finished sorting out all his things. That night, there was a knock on the door of Lee Seung-ri's house.

Li Shengwei and Han Qiuyun looked at each other. In the past few days, there were rumors in the compound that Li Shengli was reselling melon seeds, but there was no evidence and everyone just discussed it for a few words.

"Yu Li? Is there anything wrong?" Li Shengli walked forward calmly and opened the door. He was a little puzzled to see Yu Li standing outside. He thought it was the street office coming to investigate, but he didn't expect it was Yu Li.

"I have something to discuss with you." Yu Li looked back at the yard and motioned to Li Shengli to let her into the room to talk.

Li Shengli was somewhat curious about Yu Li's purpose of coming. He glanced outside and when he saw no one else around, he let Yu Li in.

"Li Shengli, I heard that you are reselling sunflower seeds?" Yu Li first greeted Han Qiuyun. After the three of them exchanged a few words, Yu Li stated the purpose of her visit.

"Don't talk nonsense. If others hear it, they will report me." Li Shengli waved his hand calmly and denied it flatly.

Is Yu Li stupid? How could she admit to such a thing? Putting aside the question of whether it is illegal or not, how could these people in the yard not be jealous when they see her making money?

"Hey, don't deny it, I've heard it from my dad." Li Shengli didn't react for a while, and then he realized that the dad Yu Li was talking about was Yan Bugui.

"Your dad, are you talking about Teacher Yan?" Li Shengli pretended to be surprised, "Where did he see it? Let me go and take a look too."

No matter who said this, Lee Seung-ri will not admit it. As long as he is not caught in the act, these people have no evidence.

"Don't worry, don't you still believe me? I won't report it. I just came here to ask, where did you get those melon seeds?" Yu Li is a very smart person and has good vision.

Li Shengli finally understood that Yu Li also wanted to get a piece of the pie.

"Then your question is in vain, I really don't know." Li Shengli didn't plan to do these things for the time being. He would tell the secret of cooking melon seeds after he had enough money to open a factory.

Yu Li was a little distressed to see Lee Seung-ri being so stubborn. She really wanted to know where Lee Seung-ri got the melon seeds from, because she also wanted to do this business. Seeing Lee Seung-ri denying her stubbornly, Yu Li had no choice but to go home unhappy.

"Wife, have you found out?" Yan Jiecheng asked anxiously when he saw Yu Li coming back.

"No, Li Shengli refused to admit that he was the one selling the melon seeds." Yu Li shook her head in distress.

"Just deny it. It's not a big deal." Yan Jiecheng is not as smart as Yu Li. He thinks this matter is not worth mentioning.

"Are you stupid? How did you learn this from your father?" Yu Li scolded Yan Jiecheng in a disappointed tone.

"You see, the melon seeds out there are sold in bags of one or two ounces each, and each bag sells for ten cents. But Li Shengli sells his melon seeds for 15 cents each. The cost of a bag of melon seeds is not that much, so he can make about five cents from this bag of melon seeds." Yu Li calculated the profit for Yan Jiecheng.

"He can make five cents for a bag of 100 liang. He can probably carry about 200 bags in a basket a day. Calculate for yourself how much he can earn in a day." Yu Li looked at Yan Jiecheng with disdain. Yan Bugui is so good at calculating, how come you haven't learned anything from him?

"Then he can earn at least ten dollars a day!" Yan Jiecheng's eyes almost popped out. How much is his monthly salary? Here, Shengli can earn his monthly salary in less than a week.

"Or I'll go ask him where he gets the goods from." Yu Li looked at Yan Jiecheng with disdain.

"He didn't tell you." Yan Jiecheng finally reacted.

"If you told me, would I be like this?" Yu Li rolled her eyes at Yan Jiecheng.

"Hey, this Li Shengli is really something." Yan Jiecheng was a little indignant. What's wrong with him telling him the purchasing channel?

If Li Shengli knew what Yan Jiecheng was thinking, he would spit in his face. Not to mention that the melon seeds were roasted by Li Shengli himself, even if Li Shengli purchased them from someone else, he couldn't tell others about it.

"Well, how about this? We wait for him to go out and set up a stall and then threaten him to hand over the purchase address. If he doesn't, we will report him." Yan Jiecheng rolled his eyes and thought of a solution.

"This is not a good idea." Yu Li was somewhat reluctant. Li Shengli and his wife were quite nice to her. It was Li Shengli who lent her his bicycle when she needed it before.

"Why, you don't want to?" Yan Jiecheng's face changed a little. "You have to think about it carefully. If you specialize in this, you can make about 300 yuan a month. Who can get such a high salary nowadays?"

When Yu Li heard the number three hundred yuan, her eyes suddenly lit up. Now that she had made money, why should she be afraid of Li Shengli? Who would return to this shabby yard when she had money? The place where she lived now was so small that there was no place for guests to sit.

"Let's do it." Yu Li decided to adopt Yan Jiecheng's idea without thinking. Li Shengli was nothing. He just borrowed a bicycle. When she had money, she could give him one.

In the next few days, Yan Jiecheng and Yu Li kept an eye on Li Shengli, wanting to see when he would go out to sell the peanuts and melon seeds.

Although Li Shengli didn't know that Yu Li and Yan Jiecheng were keeping an eye on him, he knew that once the news spread, many people would be keeping an eye on him, so Li Shengli stopped his subsequent business and gave the remaining money as gifts to people he was familiar with and some leaders with whom he had maintained a relationship.

(End of this chapter)