This humble Taoist priest wants to take the college entrance exam.

Chapter 144 Oh~~ It's my older sister~
While everyone is resting during holidays, it is precisely the busiest time for business people.

After getting off work tonight, Li Wanyin cooked the sweet soup and set up her stall at eight o'clock as usual.

Considering the large number of people during the holiday, she prepared slightly more sweet soup than usual tonight.

She has been setting up her stall for twelve consecutive days. Compared to when she first started, Li Wanyin is now quite skilled. From preparing ingredients to setting up the stall, to serving customers, to packing and collecting payments, her movements are as nimble and proficient as if she has been setting up the stall for two and a half years.

In addition, her older sister is young and beautiful, and she is very hospitable. With the support of Chen Shi'an's fans, she now has a relatively stable customer base.

The sweet soup she prepares almost always sells out smoothly, earning her more than 200 yuan a day, which is more than her regular job income.

As Li Wanyin was packing sweet soup for a customer, a familiar voice sounded behind her—

"Sister Wanyin."

"Hey! Shi'an, and Mengqiu, what brings you here? Weren't you eating at home?"

Chen Shi'an usually has to attend evening self-study sessions, so Li Wanyin can only see him around 10 p.m. when she sets up her stall.

It's only 9 p.m. right now, and she's only been setting up her stall for an hour.

"Sister Wanyin." Lin Mengqiu also greeted Li Wanyin politely.

"Yeah, it's already nine o'clock. I'm full, so I'll call the class monitor to come down for a walk. Is Sister Wanyin still setting up her stall at eight o'clock?"

"Hmm, Shi'an, would you like some sweet soup?"

"It's okay, I'm not hungry, I'll eat later."

"Okay, your fans probably didn't expect you to come so early today."

Having just heard Chen Shi'an talk about Li Wanyin's nightly stall, Lin Mengqiu felt admiration for this woman. She thought she probably couldn't do two jobs without stopping like Li Wanyin. She thought Li Wanyin would look very tired, but when she met her, she found that this woman was even more energetic than before.

Especially her eyes, which had an indescribable determination, made it hard to imagine what motivated her to work so hard.

However, the thought that this woman only cared about making money made Lin Mengqiu feel more at ease...

"Mengqiu, would you like some sweet soup? I'll treat you." Li Wanyin turned to Lin Mengqiu and asked with a smile.

"Then I'll have two servings of taro sago pudding."

"Okay, so we're packing it up to take back to Uncle Lin, right?"

"Ah."

Li Wanyin skillfully took out two bowls to pack the sweet soup. Before she could stop her, Lin Mengqiu, as always, took out her phone to scan the code and paid ten yuan.

"Mengqiu, we don't need this!"

"Ah."

Lin Mengqiu said "okay" but put her phone in her pocket after paying and then took the sweet soup that Li Wanyin had packed.

Lin Mengqiu had been strolling with Chen Shi'an for an hour, and seeing that Chen Shi'an had no intention of continuing, she decided to go home.

"I'm going back."

"Is the class monitor in such a hurry to go back? Let's chat here together."

"Go back, take a shower, and read a book."

"Okay, then I'll take you back."

"Need not."

As if she hadn't heard her, Chen Shi'an took the backpack off her shoulder, picked up the fat moth from the chair, put the backpack on the chair, and then picked up the fat moth back onto the backpack so that it could continue to bring good fortune.

"Sister Wanyin, I'll leave my bag here for now. I'll take the class monitor back first, and then I'll come back later."

"Yeah, let's go."

Seeing that Chen Shi'an had followed her over, Lin Mengqiu didn't refuse anymore, and they walked back together just like they had walked here together.

On the way back to Lin Mengqiu, Chen Shi'an walked slowly.

After dropping her off at the residential compound, Chen Shi'an walked back very quickly.

I also bought some skewers from other barbecue stalls along the Xijiang River.

Back at the little stall under the banyan tree, everything was just as he had left it, except that the two thermos containers were half empty of sugar water. Business was really good during the holiday; no wonder Li Wanyin would rather forgo the National Day holiday to keep her stall open.

"Shi'an's back?"

"Okay, I bought some kebabs. Sister Wanyin, why don't you rest for a bit and have some kebabs?"

Chen Shi'an opened the box in his hand, inside were fragrant and tempting grilled skewers, still warm.

"Thank you~"

Li Wanyin didn't stand on ceremony with him, reached over and took one, then quickly ate it while preparing to serve customers.

Unexpectedly, Chen Shi'an squeezed next to her and handed her the box of kebabs he was holding.

"Sister Wanyin, go and rest. I'll watch the stall."

"No way! It's alright, Shi'an, you just sit down, I'll take care of things."

"No, I just wanted to try it out."

Seeing that Chen Shi'an insisted, Li Wanyin had no choice but to give him the stall.

But she still couldn't stay idle. Whenever a customer finished ordering, she would hand over a takeout box to Chen Shi'an. After Chen Shi'an made the sweet soup, she would be busy packing it up for him.

Seeing this, Chen Shi'an chuckled and said, "Since Sister Wanyin has already done all the work, then I'll just try making the sweet soup?"

"I'm afraid you'll be too busy..."

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it."

It was Chen Shi'an's first time selling sweet soup, and he was just as skilled and quick as Li Wanyin at tasks like packaging, and even faster.

In addition, his youthful and handsome appearance, along with his school uniform, attracted even more customers than Li Wanyin.

Nine out of ten customers were women...

Little sisters and older sisters alike gathered around his stall to buy sweet soup.

While talking to the customers, Chen Shi'an methodically scooped out the sweet soup and packed it up.

Li Wanyin sat on a small folding chair, slowly eating a box of grilled skewers. The evening breeze from the river was gentle and cool, and she, like everyone else on the street, felt the relaxation and comfort brought by the holiday.

Her eyes never left Chen Shi'an.

She should have been the one standing there, and Chen Shi'an should have been the one sitting here, but at this moment the roles were reversed.

Chen Shi'an was doing things for her that should have been hers, allowing her to have a short vacation. This feeling of being out of place was wonderful, and even a little bit of inexplicable happiness...

"Meow."

"..."

"Meow?"

Fei Mo nudged Li Wanyin's hand with her little paw, displeased. "What are you daydreaming about?! I've finished all my skewers, and you're not giving me any more!"

Li Wanyin then came to her senses, picked up another skewer of grilled meat, and offered it to Shimo's mouth.

She stood up, took the skewers, and walked towards Chen Shi'an.

When they went cycling together that day, Wen Zhixia and Lin Mengqiu both fed Chen Shi'an, but she didn't...

But now, it's arrived, albeit belatedly.

Chen Shi'an, who was busy packing, was stunned when he saw the kebab being offered to his mouth.

When I turned my head, I saw my sister with a slightly flushed face.

"It's a little spicy..."

Li Wanyin pretended to fan her face with her hand, but didn't retract her other hand which was holding the skewers. In front of so many customers, she held them to his mouth.

"Shi'an, you should try it."

"Sister Xie Wanyin."

Chen Shi'an wanted to reach out and take it, but seeing that Li Wanyin's fingers were gripping the wooden skewer tightly, her fingertips turning white from the force, and she had no intention of handing him the skewer, he naturally opened his mouth and shoved all the grilled meat from the bottom of the skewer into his mouth in one bite.

Li Wanyin felt a strange sensation as her fingers passed through the wooden skewer, and her heart clenched.

Such intimate interaction drew chuckles and flirtatious laughter from the young female customers in front of them.

"Young boss, is this your girlfriend? Are you dating too early?"

"Huh? No, it's my older sister. She's also the boss." "Is she your biological sister?"

"That's not true."

"Oh~~ It's your older sister~"

"Here you go, two servings of taro sago pudding."

Chen Shi'an didn't react to these words in any particular way. He remained calm and indifferent as always. He was too lazy to explain such misunderstandings, since he knew he had nothing to hide.

Li Wanyin, on the other hand, seemed to have had enough. After feeding him that one skewer, she stopped feeding him.

She had never been shy before, having been out in public doing business for so many days, but now she was incredibly embarrassed. She was even too ashamed to sit on the folding chair, so she took her skewers to the riverside railing behind the building to get some fresh air and cool off...

……

We closed up shop at 10:30.

In fact, the dessert soup sold out long ago; it was mainly Chen Shi'an's fans who surrounded him and chatted for quite a while.

After packing up, the siblings didn't rush home. Instead, they changed locations and, like other tourists on holiday, enjoyed their leisurely holiday time together.

On a waterside staircase by the West River, Chen Shi'an and Li Wanyin sat like two fishermen night fishing, enjoying the river breeze and watching the glittering reflections of the lights on the river. Each held the last bowl of sweet soup in their hands, chatting idly as they drank.

The black cat walked to the step closest to the water. The river water rippled gently, the surface of the water rising and falling. It stared intently at the movement in the water, its long tail stretching out behind it, the tip of the tail slowly twitching like a caterpillar.

suddenly!

Fat Ink swiftly extended its claws into the water!

With a splash, a small fish, about two fingers wide, was pulled from the water. Its scales shimmered silvery-white in the moonlight. The fish began to thrash on the steps, but before it could escape back to the surface, it was snatched away by the cat and carried to a corner for a midnight snack.

"ah!"

Li Wanyin was startled by the commotion: "Shimo caught a fish!!"

Chen Shi'an, however, was used to it and asked curiously:

"Is it okay to fish along the Xijiang River normally? I often see people fishing there early in the morning."

"Sure, lots of people fish here. What you see might not be someone who came out to fish early in the morning; maybe they've been fishing all night..."

"Then I'll get a fishing rod sometime and cast it whenever I have time. If I catch a fish, it'll be a good extra treat."

Li Wanyin chuckled upon hearing this: "It's not that easy to catch fish. I often see those fishermen here with empty buckets and nets."

"A technical issue."

So you're saying you're very skilled?

"Understood."

"Fishing is just casting the bait and waiting; it all depends on luck."

"There are some nuances to that."

Fishing can be addictive. Like his master, Chen Shi'an is particularly fond of fishing. He hasn't fished in a long time, and the thought of it makes him itchy to go fishing again.

"Shi'an, how did you do on your monthly exam?"

"I feel okay, but there are still some things I haven't caught up with. I should be able to do better in the next monthly exam."

Chen Shi'an turned to her and asked, "Where's Sister Wanyin? She should have passed her probation period by now, right? Has the company given her a performance evaluation?"

"Yes! I just signed my contract today, and from now on I'll be getting a salary of six thousand yuan every month!"

"Congratulations, Sister Wanyin."

"hey-hey."

With a guaranteed minimum wage of 6,000 yuan, Li Wanyin's pressure immediately eased considerably.

She wasn't actually clinging to this job. With today's paycheck, she had saved enough money and planned to quickly buy a stall cart and equipment and raw materials for making milk tea and fruit drinks in the next couple of days, so she could set up a stall and sell milk tea during the peak holiday season.

If the milk tea business is profitable and successful, she will consider quitting her job and dedicating herself fully to her business.

Risk and reward go hand in hand. In order to minimize the risk, Li Wanyin has done a lot of detailed accounting these days and set a goal for herself. As long as the milk tea business can reach her target, she will resign without hesitation, even if it took her a lot of effort to find this stable job.

If Chen Shi'an didn't ask her, Li Wanyin rarely took the initiative to talk to him about these things. After all, although the two lived under the same roof, they actually spent very little time together every day. In such limited time together, Li Wanyin didn't want to talk to him about work or making money.

"Shi'an, how long will it take you to go back to the mountain?"

"It takes about four or five hours. The main problem is that transportation is inconvenient once you get to the town. If you can hitch a ride, it will be faster. Once you get to the village, it takes one or two hours to walk along the mountain road."

"Haha, then it's pretty much the same as coming home with me."

"Sister Wanyin, are you also going to walk the mountain path?"

"No need for that. My home is in the village. After a two-hour bus ride to the town, I can just take a motorcycle taxi home."

"Where does Sister Wanyin live?"

No. 69, Qinghua Village, Xintang Town, Santang County.

"Okay, I remember."

"Why are you remembering this..."

"Sister Wanyin explained it in such detail, isn't it so that I can remember it?"

"...I didn't!"

Li Wanyin gave him a reproachful look, but when she heard Chen Shi'an say that he remembered, she was still quite happy inside...

Chen Shi'an had already taken out his phone and searched for Qinghua Village on the map. The map showed that the public transportation time was two hours and thirty-seven minutes.

Yunqi City is very large. Apart from the city center, most of the surrounding counties and districts are mountainous. In earlier years, places like Santang County were not under the jurisdiction of Yunqi City. They were only brought under the jurisdiction of Yunqi City after the area was re-divided.

It was quite pleasant to chat by the river at night. Li Wanyin actually wanted to chat with him all night long. When they got tired of sitting, they would go for a walk. There's a popular term for this: City Walk.

She still remembers the night she received her graduation certificate. She and her three roommates, Wu Jiayun, Yan Yufei, and Yang Luqi, walked around the streets together all night.

However, considering that Chen Shi'an would have to travel a long way back to the mountains tomorrow, Li Wanyin took the initiative to end the chat.

"It's eleven o'clock, let's go back. Shi'an, you have to go on a long trip tomorrow."

"it is good."

What time are you leaving tomorrow?

"I made an appointment with Xiaozhi at seven o'clock."

"what?"

Li Wanyin was taken aback. "Is Zhixia going to the mountains with you?"

"No, that's not it. Her home is in the county town, and we just happened to be going the same way, so we went back together."

"That's good, at least you'll have company on the road."

Li Wanyin didn't mind at all and smiled, "If you're leaving at seven o'clock, then I'll get up early and cook you breakfast. Shi'an, what would you like for breakfast?"

"It's alright, Sister Wanyin, you should get some more sleep. You're very tired from working and setting up your stall every day."

"Not tired!"

Seeing Li Wanyin's insistence, Chen Shi'an said no more.

"Then I'd like fried rice."

"Okay, I'll cook some rice when I get back. Leftover rice tastes best when fried."

"Didn't Sister Wanyin cook dinner tonight?"

"I ate noodles~"

The two got up from the steps. Chen Shi'an pulled the cart, but it was a bit stiff to pull than before. When he looked back, he found that one of the wheels was broken and was turning very slowly.

"Is this wheel broken?"

"Yeah, it was secondhand after all, I didn't expect it to be so unusable..."

"I'll help Sister Wanyin fix it tomorrow morning."

"You can do this too!"

The siblings chatted as they walked, and the cat with fish scales stuck to its mouth trotted along to keep up.

(End of this chapter)