The Koi Wife of the Prime Minister

Chapter 185 Sour Bamboo Shoots

"Sister Yan, I was wrong this time. I brought Guifang here and almost made you suffer."

Sister Xiaolan also felt guilty. Her heart had always been with Shen Yan, but this time she failed to judge the person and trusted Guifang.

"This is the money that the snail noodle stall earned this month." Li Cuilian took out a purse filled with copper coins and silver. "Luckily Guifang said that when she returned to the busy farming season, I asked her to bring all the money she earned to me, so she didn't run away with the money."

Li Cuilian got angry when she talked about this. They were all doing business together, and if it weren't for Shen Yan, they wouldn't be able to make any money.

How could Guifang do such a conscienceless thing? She was greedy and went against Shen Yan. Anyone with a conscience would not do such a thing.

What's more, Guifang was already suffering from bullying in her husband's family. If Shen Yan hadn't given her a bowl of rice to eat, who knows what her life would be like now.

"Sister Yan, if I dare to do something as unscrupulous as Guifang, may God strike me to death with lightning."

Li Cuilian took the opportunity to express her loyalty.

Shen Yan hurriedly said, "Sister Cui Lian, what are you talking about? I know you and I believe in you. I have never doubted that you would betray me."

Taking the purse she handed over, Shen Yan felt warm in her heart. Fortunately, she had a few trustworthy friends.

Li Cuilian explained, "It's mainly because of me. I don't feel safe holding so much money in my hand. I have to hold the money bag when I go to bed at night, and my husband has to check it when he wakes up. So I hurried to give you the money today, otherwise I still can't sleep well at night."

When talking about this, everyone's faces were a little heavy, especially Guifang, who was equivalent to betraying Shen Yan. Li Cuilian came today first to give money, and second to show her loyalty.

Now that the goal had been achieved, Li Cuilian found an opportunity to leave.

After all, Guifang has caused such trouble. Sister Xiaolan is very angry and thinks that what Guifang did is too unkind. Anyone with a conscience will not betray their benefactor.

What's more, Shen Yan didn't just treat Guifang as a worker. Not only did she give her dividends, she also taught her how to make snail noodles.

Now, the apprentice was taught and the master was starved to death. After Guifang learned it, she actually went against Shen Yan.

We were such good friends once, but in the end we became rivals. It really feels like someone stabbed me in the back.

At this time, only Shen Yan and Sister Xiaolan were left in the yard. The two had a close relationship and could talk to each other in private.

After everyone left, Sister Xiaolan suddenly knelt down in front of Shen Yan and began to wipe her tears.

Shen Yan was so surprised: "Sister Xiaolan, what are you doing? Get up quickly."

Sister Xiaolan cried and said, "Sister Yan, it's all my fault."

She was feeling so guilty now. If she hadn't called Guifang to do the work, this wouldn't have happened.

Sister Xiaolan had already realized that Shen Yan wanted to hand over the snail noodle stall directly to Guifang, so she taught her wholeheartedly.

If the busy farming season hadn't delayed the time, Shen Yan would probably have given the secret recipe of snail soup to Guifang. Fortunately, the timing was not too bad.

It was a blessing in disguise that no greater losses were caused. No one knew that Guifang would secretly work alone and become a competitor of Shen Yan.

Seeing her attitude when setting up the stall, Sister Xiaolan looked at her with such daggers that she wanted to eat her alive. How could someone betray his master like this?

Shen Yan felt confused as she listened to Sister Xiaolan's words of remorse.

She never thought that her good intentions would lead to such a result.

She gently helped Sister Xiaolan up, her eyes full of tolerance and understanding.

"Sister Xiaolan, this is not your fault. You just wanted to help, and I understand. I couldn't have predicted Guifang's behavior. Perhaps this was a conflict and choice deep in her heart."

Shen Yan thought that with Guifang's temper, she must have been instigated by her mother-in-law to do such a thing. After all, she was soft-hearted and could be easily exploited.

Sister Xiaolan wiped away her tears and looked at Shen Yan with gratitude, and the guilt in her heart was gradually released.

She knew that no matter what happened, Shen Yan would not blame her.

She was determined to protect such a benefactor.

"Sister Yan, I will do my best to help you restore the snail noodle business. I will find a way to solve Guifang's problem so that she will no longer affect our business."

Shen Yan smiled slightly and nodded. She knew Sister Xiaolan's ability and sincerity.

In this market full of competition and challenges, only trust and unity can keep them strong. Fortunately, Shen Yan still has the secret recipe in her hands, so the loss is not too great.

However, due to the competition from Guifang, customer loss is inevitable.

"Thank you, Sister Xiaolan. We will definitely be able to get through this difficult time. Now, what we need to do is to re-plan and find new strategies to keep our snail noodles popular in the market!"

Even though such a big thing happened, Shen Yan didn't blame Sister Xiaolan at all.

"Sister Xiaolan, I know what you're thinking, but there's no need to do this. It's already happened, and what we need to do now is to reduce the losses. I won't blame you. I didn't avoid her when I made snail noodles before, so Guifang took advantage of the opportunity and learned our craft. But making snail noodles is difficult, and she can't learn it all at once."

"I prepared this soup stock in advance. I don't know how troublesome it is to make snail soup. This is our secret recipe. Guifang doesn't know it. What's the point of just learning it?"

"What's more, the proportions here are all carefully prepared by me. In addition, there are the pickled sour bamboo shoots that I pickled myself, and the rice noodles made by Sister Cui Lian. These are all indispensable. The fermentation time of the sour bamboo shoots must also be strictly controlled. In addition, we collected the bamboo shoots from the villagers earlier, so it is difficult to get delicious sour bamboo shoots now. It is not so easy for them to run this stall well."

"What's more, you said that in our village, the only one who can make delicious rice noodles is Sister Cui Lian. Now Sister Cui Lian is working with us, and our stall is benefiting from it. So it is difficult for the old customers who have eaten our snail noodles before to accept inauthentic snail noodles."

"Even if Guifang betrays us now, fortunately she didn't learn many skills from us. If she learns all our skills, we may lose a lot. It's better to find out the problem in advance. This is a good time."

If Guifang had this idea, if she stayed here any longer, who knows how much she would learn secretly.

But Guifang is not entirely a bad person. At least she is hardworking and capable, good at cooking, and learns things quickly.

But Shen Yan did learn a lesson this time. Being betrayed by someone close to her shows that she lacks the ability to judge people and cannot recognize the bad guys in time.