Chapter 124 Beautiful and Kind-hearted

Chapter 124: Kind and Beautiful

After nearly a month, Su He's malt candy sales in the village were a hit.

The elderly and children in the village packed tightly around her stall.

Like always, she never even made it to the Fu family’s area before her malt candy sold out.

This time was no different—word got around quickly, and more and more people came forward to buy the malt candy.

Su He had guessed the candy would sell well, but she hadn’t expected it to be this popular.

Luckily, she was smart enough to exchange a hundred credits’ worth of malt candy, which would cover it this time.

After all, she still needed to save some for the Fu kids.

"Your candy’s super sweet, Auntie!"

A little child stood in front of Su He’s stall, licked the malt candy, and said with a smile.

"Glad you like it!"

She seemed to have a natural affinity for children—everyone who saw her immediately sensed her gentleness.

"Aunt Su~ Aunt Su~"

Just then, Su He heard Zhuang Zhuang’s voice.

"Auntie’s busy now," Da Ya said, bringing her younger siblings over. This time, Wu Yanhua didn’t come with them.

"Oh," Zhuang Zhuang replied glumly.

After finishing wrapping portions of malt candy in her hands, Su He turned to the Fu kids and said, "Come here, Auntie’s got candy for you."

"Yay~"

Under the jealous stares of the other village children, the Fu kids excitedly ran toward Su He.

Su He wouldn’t forget them or make them wait until she was done with other customers.

Otherwise, their excitement would fizzle out.

Su He worked quickly, and soon, she had wrapped portions of malt candy for her own three kids as well.

"Go on, play over there. There are still a lot of people waiting in line," Su He said to her children.

Candy clutched in their hands, the kids were overjoyed and ran off to the side, taking tiny, careful licks.

Whoa~ So sweet!

Everyone cherished the chance to eat candy, savoring small licks.

"Zai Zai, Niu Niu, Su He’s candy is so sweet and delicious," Ji Liangchuan said while licking his candy.

Before Zai Zai and Niu Niu could respond, Zhuang Zhuang cut in.

"Of course! My auntie’s cooking rocks!"

He beamed with pride—one might think she was his mom rather than just his aunt.

"Exactly, it's so delicious. I really love it," Ji Liangchuan agreed.

Su He, meanwhile, was swamped. Just helping her own kids wrap the malt candy had caused a quick hold-up, and now even more people were waiting.

"Here, yours is ready. Here you go," Su He passed the malt candy to a little girl in front of her with a smile.

The little girl carefully took the malt candy but didn’t eat it right away. Instead, she eyed it and licked her lips.

"Thank you, Auntie," she said before slipping out of the crowd.

At that moment, the little boy who had earlier said he would go to the fields to ask his mother for cash returned.

"Auntie, I got the cash. Do you still have malt candy?"

"Yes, I’ll wrap one up for you first."

Running all that way just to ask for ten cents to buy malt candy—Su He was touched by how badly he wanted it.

Sometimes, the lengths kids would go to for a bite of something sweet could leave adults not sure whether to laugh or sigh.

In just over an hour, Su He’s malt candy was all gone again, which surprised her.

This time, she had brought malt candy worth a hundred credits! From thirty to sixty, and now a hundred, yet it sold out just as quickly every time?

She really shouldn’t underestimate the spending power of country folks. She had been too conservative.

Sure enough, an elderly woman arrived with a child in tow, only to hear there was no more candy left. The child immediately started wailing.

"I... I told you... told you to come earlier... Y-you did this on purpose! You don’t... don’t want me to have candy!" The child sobbed between words, yelling at his grandma.

"How was I supposed to know it would sell out so fast? Don’t cry, sweetheart, don’t cry," the old woman said helplessly, looking at her chubby grandson with no idea what to do.

"Waaah... Last time I didn’t get any either, and now... now you won’t let me have any again..." The child was having a full meltdown, going off on his grandma.

Having missed out twice, he was convinced his grandma just didn’t want to spend ten cents on candy for him.

Su He, who had seen it all: ...

She was just a candy seller. What if, in the process of selling, she ended up giving some poor kid a bad memory? That would be a terrible sin.

So she quickly stepped forward and said to the child, "Don’t cry, okay? Tomorrow morning, Auntie will make a bit more and sell it to those who didn’t get any today, alright? But you’ll have to come early tomorrow."

There really were quite a few people who hadn’t managed to buy any today. She could bring out a bit more to sell tomorrow.

"R-really?" the child asked between sniffles.

It was clear that not getting the malt candy had genuinely upset him.

"Really. Come early tomorrow, and there will definitely be some," Su He assured him.

Only after Su He’s reassurance did the child stop crying and leave.

Seeing this, Su He let out a relieved sigh.

Whether the grandmother had just been stingy, Su He didn’t know.

But if the child still didn’t get any candy tomorrow, then it would be clear the grandmother was being stingy.

Then again, every family’s different. Maybe she just couldn’t spare the cash?

I'll save a roll for this kid tomorrow. Even if he has no money, I'll give it to him for free. Wouldn't want to give the kid childhood trauma.

When Su He was closing up shop, Da Ya came over with her younger siblings and gathered around Su He.

"Auntie, Auntie."

The children chattered excitedly around Su He.

"Auntie, Grandma asked me to give this to you." Da Ya then took out one yuan from her pocket and handed it to Su He.

"No need, Da Ya. Take this back to your grandma later, okay?" Su He refused.

"Grandma said this is for buying malt candy," Da Ya insisted.

No matter who's shortchanged, she couldn't let such a kind auntie suffer the loss.

"Auntie doesn't need the money. We're family, and I can certainly treat you all to some candy. Now be a good girl and give this back to grandma."

But Da Ya wouldn’t listen and stubbornly tried to force the money into Su He’s hand.

Su He finally relented and took it.

That little girl sure was persistent.

She'd give the money back to her mother-in-law after going back to the Fu family.

"Let's head home," Su He called out, and the children immediately formed a line behind her like ducklings.

The other village children looked on at the Fu family children with envious eyes.

The most envious were Zai Zai and Niu Niu.

Their mom was the best—she made the yummiest candy and was so sweet too.

When Auntie Su was selling candy earlier, she'd smiled right at them. She was so pretty!