Chapter 546: Chapter 184: The ’80s Drama Queen is Forced to Operate and Become a Top Student (19)

True to her word, Grandma Guo didn’t ask again. Instead, she just smiled wryly and poked her on the forehead. "You clever little thing, keeping secrets from your grandma?"

"All right, all right. Grandma won’t ask, is that better? I promise I’ll have everything you need by tomorrow!"

Sheng Leyun smiled and hummed in agreement.

Early the next morning, she borrowed a bicycle and rode to the garment factory. With some sweet-talking and a can of malted milk extract, she successfully bought four bags of fabric scraps and some defective cloth from the warehouse at a low price.

After dropping the things off at home, Sheng Leyun headed to the city’s main co-op. There, she bought some elastic bands, glue, simple metal hair clips, old cotton batting, and various other components.

Of course, she also remembered to buy plenty of sugar, small wooden sticks, and get a small propane tank.

On her way, she passed a soda factory and paid someone there for a bit of food coloring.

Sheng Leyun even found a craftsman and custom-ordered a number of small wooden rings.

Once she got home, Sheng Leyun paid her neighbor the rental fee, brought the sewing machine back to her house, and rolled up her sleeves to get to work!

Grandma Guo had also gone out first thing in the morning and didn’t return until just before noon.

A man was following behind her.

The man set two heavy bags down inside the house, and after a quick greeting, he left without even a sip of water.

By then, Sheng Leyun had already finalized the designs for the items she would sell at her stall tomorrow and had even made a finished sample of each.

"Girl, come and take a look. See if these are right," Grandma Guo called her over, showing her the various parts she had managed to trade for. "If they’re not what you need, I can find someone to swap them."

In that era, parents had an old-fashioned mindset. They didn’t like seeing their children waste energy on frivolous things, especially if they were costly and time-consuming!

But not only did Grandma Guo show no resistance, she was even enthusiastically helping with all the arrangements, as if she were simply indulging her precious granddaughter’s playtime.

Sheng Leyun couldn’t resist hugging her grandmother. "Grandma," she said, her voice thick with emotion but also a little playful, "you’re going to spoil me rotten."

Grandma Guo was taken aback for a moment. With a slightly trembling hand, she patted Sheng Leyun’s shoulder, her eyes welling with warmth as she smiled. "What’s wrong with what I’m doing? You’re my precious granddaughter, and what you want is to do something productive. Why wouldn’t I lend a hand?"

"I’m already this old. I don’t ask for much from you. All I hope is for our precious granddaughter to be healthy, happy, and safe."

Sheng Leyun nodded vigorously. "Grandma, don’t you worry. I’ll make sure you live a good life!"

"Without using my two dads’ money, we’ll be able to buy a big house on our own. We’ll eat and wear whatever we want and go wherever we please!"

Grandma Guo just took it as the sweet, empty promises of a young girl and chuckled, nodding along.

Sheng Leyun began to lay out the parts one by one, and she quickly assembled the machine.

Grandma Guo watched from the side, but she couldn’t make heads or tails of what it was.

Sheng Leyun just chuckled, moved the machine to the doorway, set up the propane tank, and brought out the sugar, bamboo sticks, and matches.

She had five jars of sugar, colored white, red, yellow, green, and blue with the food coloring. Then she began to call out:

"Cotton candy! Who wants some delicious, fluffy cotton candy! A sweet treat as pretty as a cloud! Trade two scoops of sugar for one...!"

Her voice was clear and bright. With the children all home from school for the holidays, it wasn’t just them who came running at her call—even neighbors who were in the middle of preparing dinner came out to see.

You could find cotton candy at temple fairs and markets, but sellers were few and far between because you needed a special machine. There might only be one or two on an entire street, giving them a virtual monopoly.

Pang and Junzi were the first to arrive. Shoving each other back and forth, they shyly dumped a scoop half-full of sugar into the jar of white sugar.

Sheng Leyun glanced at them. "That’s too much!"

"It’s fine, it’s fine," Pang said, quickly waving his hands. "How about... how about you make a big one for the two of us, or maybe make two..."

Sheng Leyun agreed with a hum and sat down. She turned on the propane tank and lit the burner to preheat it. After checking the temperature, she had Grandma Guo feel the warmth with her hand as well.

Only then did she scoop up some sugar and pour it into the central hole. Her foot began to pump the pedal, and two bicycle wheels started to spin rapidly.

Delicate, sugary threads began to fly out of the small hole. Sheng Leyun took a stick and began to twirl, gathering the threads bit by bit. It was really turning into cotton candy, looking no different from the ones you could buy!

To everyone else, she looked like a calm, experienced pro. But in reality, she was a complete novice. ’She was terrified that after all this effort, it would all come to nothing.’

Since Pang and Junzi had given her so much sugar, Sheng Leyun made them special shapes: a flying saucer, a big yellow duck, a fried egg, and a little snowman wearing a hat. The adorable shapes and vibrant colors immediately drew a torrent of excited screams from the other children.

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