MTL - Traveling Through Ancient Times To Be a Shopkeeper-Chapter 27 Li Shuiqing

The lunch market features cold salad dishes and iron plate fried rice [meat and vegetarian], and the number of pancakes is halved. Then there are vegetarian flatbreads, white rice, coarse grain rice, prepared with cold dishes. It is hotter at noon, so the sale of jelly is at noon.

Cold salad dishes include cold noodles, cold noodles, and vegetable vegetables cucumber, lettuce, potato shreds, gluten, lotus root, edamame, beans, carrot shreds, cabbage, cabbage, and meat dishes pig ears, salty pork slices.

Cold dishes cost seven yuan a piece, meat and vegetables fifteen yuan a piece, and whole meat twenty-five yuan a piece.

Pork costs about 20 yuan a catty. Pig ears are very cheap, and they think they are free, but doing business is a long-term plan. If pig ears are sold in the market, the price will definitely increase accordingly, and pig ears are also a It took a lot of effort.

A bowl of white rice costs five cents, and a bowl of coarse grain rice costs two cents.

The food is on the shelves. There are not many people coming and going at this meeting, and it is not even lunch time. There are also regular customers who are eating fried rice and buying pancakes at Weicheng stalls. They still have to wait in line for a few times. Fortunately, he finally bought it again.

The guest also ordered a bowl of jelly.

Passers-by also came to ask, but they seemed not interested in cold dishes.

Wei Cheng didn't make a dish sample this time, it's still early.

He is the most confident in eating cold dishes. In the past, in the snack street in the downtown area, the cold dishes were the most bought ones. He can't beat others in making teppanyaki and other snacks.

He likes to eat cold pork ears and beef, but it is a pity that beef was rarely sold in ancient times.

By lunch time, the crowd gathered.

Regular customers and new customers gathered in front of the stall to buy food. When they saw his regular customers, they would say hello and complain that they hadn't eaten pancakes for the next few days. They were all worried that the boss finally opened for business.

Those who buy pancakes buy pancakes, and those who buy fried rice buy fried rice. The jelly is still very popular. This is the first time I saw a transparent and delicate thing, which can relieve the heat, so I paid for a bowl to try it.

All other foods are easy to sell, but only cold dishes and cold noodles are always inquired, and no one buys them.

Zhou Yuan and Wei Lei looked worried that they wouldn't be able to sell it, because they had prepared the most. If they hadn't eaten it, they would think that some vegetables and cucumbers would be delicious.

Even after trying it once, they all felt that it was very delicious, and it was delicious when eaten without a stutter.

How come no one buys it.

Li Ke was in a hurry.

The two of them were in a hurry, as long as the old **** Wei Cheng was there, they were not worried at all, and they were busy frying rice and pancakes.

"Husband, you still haven't figured out a way, what if the cold salad can't be sold?" Zhou Yuan couldn't help asking Wei Cheng, he believed in his heart that his husband would definitely find a way.

Seeing that his daughter-in-law was worried, Wei Cheng took action, "Yuanyuan, you mix a plate of vegetable cold salad, use the smallest plate, and give a small plate to anyone who orders more than ten yuan."

The smallest plate is for breakfast side dishes, and the serving size is only two bites.

Zhou Yuan frowned: "Can this work?" Give it to customers, will they still buy it?

Wei Cheng: "You have to trust your husband, it will definitely work."

"Well, I'm going to mix it right now." Zhou Yuanhui's cold dish was even better than Wei Cheng's.

Zhou Yuan mixed the cold salad and served it on small dishes. Wei Lei used a tray, put a few small dishes on the tray, and gave it to the guests.

The guests who saw it were very puzzled, Wei Lei was clumsy, and only said that it was a gift.

"The stall is open today, and any customer who spends more than ten renminbi will be given a plate of cold salad, which will be available in the next two days. Thank you for your care, and I hope you all have a good meal." Wei Cheng explained loudly.

"That's a good relationship. If I buy a fried rice, I will get a free gift." The person waiting in line to buy fried rice must say happily.

"Boss, this cold salad is boiled vegetarian dishes. It's cheap, so it's too stingy to give it as a gift." A guest said.

"The cold salad looks tasteless, and the price is expensive. Boss, your food is delicious. Just this cold salad, it doesn't look delicious at all."

"I saw it too, and it didn't taste good."

"It's just boiled vegetables for free. I don't eat them at home. I still give them away. It's better not to give them away."

.........

In the crowd, you said something to me, and you were dissatisfied with the things Wei Cheng sent.

Wei Cheng just smiled, looking worried, and Zhou Yuan frowned, dissatisfied with the guests' slander of his food, his cold salad is definitely delicious.

Wei Cheng waited for them to finish their complaints, and was about to explain, when a guest shouted after eating the complimentary cold salad: "Boss, what do you use for your cold salad, so it's good for dinner, how much is a dish?"

Customers waiting in line to buy food: "......"

Could it be that?

"Boss, bring me a cold dish, is it five cents?"

"I want more than one for my table."

The guests who ate the cold dishes ordered the cold dishes one after another.

Wei Lei took the order and reported the quantity to Zhou Yuan. Zhou Yuan quickly mixed up a plate and served different portions according to the price.

Looking at the guests who haven't eaten yet, they are very puzzled.

Is this cabbage really delicious?

Because Zhou Yuan was mixing inside, the onlookers at the stall didn't see it. Some people stretched their necks to watch, and they saw the color was different.

"Yuanyuan, mix a few dishes and let the guests see what our cold salad is like." Wei Cheng said.

Zhou Yuan responded, and put several servings, vegetarian and meat dishes, spicy and non-spicy dishes, as well as cold noodles and noodles, with different prices and servings.

The oily and oily cold salad looks spicy and delicious, with good color and taste, which is particularly attractive to the appetite.

This is the coleslaw?

When a customer looks at it and smells it, they feel like they are going to eat.

But if I ordered fried rice and bought cold salad, it was beyond the cost.

Although Zhou Yuan had never done business, he knew what some people were thinking, and said: "Cold vegetables are best served with white rice and coarse-grained rice."

"Is there white rice? How much is a bowl?" A guest asked in surprise.

"A bowl of white rice costs five cents, and a bowl of coarse rice rice costs two cents." Both bowls are adequate.

"Okay, I want a bowl of white rice and cold vegetables for five cents."

"I want whole grain rice, and cold vegetables for five cents."

"Elemental cakes and salad—"

Cold dishes open the market.

Then they are addicted to eating, and the sauce can be mixed with a bowl of rice. Dock workers are the most economical. Buy a plate to eat with steamed buns or dry food. It can not only fill your stomach, but also satisfy your appetite.

The more you eat, the better it tastes.

Some customers didn’t have a place to sit, so they packed them up and took them away, and some passed by to buy them home, and many customers bought them to eat in restaurants, and even those who watched cold vegetables and fried rice in restaurants asked where they bought them. Attract many guests.

The afternoon market is officially busy.

This wave of craze started, that is, busy until the end, until the food is sold out.

The last one was sold out, and all three of them were sweating from exhaustion, looking tired.

Sitting at the stall to rest, unwilling to move.

Wei Lei felt that the lunch market was more tiring than selling pancakes before, but he was not tired from working at the dock either.

The business at the stall was so booming, the three of them even wondered if it was because of the first day of business, the business was so good because the customers had never eaten, but later found that the business was even better, and the daily increase in servings was not enough to sell, so they had to hire someone in the end .

Wei Cheng felt that eating cold salad in summer was delicious and suitable for dinner, so he did not choose the wrong food.

After collecting the things, I have to go back to buy vegetables, spare some ingredients that will be used at the stall tomorrow, and some ingredients will not be cooked until tomorrow.

Passers-by were very curious, why did this stall start to accept things? Is the business not good? Shouldn't the business continue to sell? I was curious and asked, but it was sold out.

What food sells so well? Have to see it tomorrow.

There are also some nearby who bought them home and want to buy them again. The cold salad is too much to eat, and adults and children are addicted to it.

There were also a few customers who bought it back, and the family scolded them when they saw that it was a messy vegetarian dish.

"How do you buy vegetarian dishes? You don't know how to cook them at home, and you have to spend money to buy them. How much is it?"

"Fifteen Wen, I think the crispy meat and vegetarian dishes are delicious, so I'll buy this."

Wei Cheng didn't mention the pig's ears, so as not to be disgusted by the guests before eating them, Wei Cheng changed the name.

"What! Fifteen cents?" the woman yelled, staring at the bag of vegetables and the few pieces of meat, asking whether her son had been cheated, and immediately swearing, scolding her son, scolding the black-hearted boss, He was aggressive and wanted to settle accounts with his boss.

The man who bought the cold salad quickly grabbed his old lady and insisted on letting her eat it. The cold salad was so delicious, he didn't say that he couldn't help but buy a portion first, otherwise he would definitely be beaten by his old lady.

The wife who was busy in the kitchen and the father and children who were in the house all ran out to watch, and they all thought he was expensive.

When the whole family ate it, they all said it was delicious, and even the children who didn't like to eat in hot weather had an appetite.

Several other companies are also performing this show, and they all like to eat cold dishes in the end.

However, there are still some people who are stingy and budget-conscious, thinking that the price of vegetarian dishes is not worth it, and it is cheaper to cook them yourself. After someone tries it, they will know what the difference is.

Most of the materials for Wei Cheng’s stalls were bought from shops in the suburbs, and a certain amount was sent from the shop every day. The vegetables at home were bought with neighbors, and some were bought at the market.

After finishing the lunch market, the reservations that should be made have been made, Wei Lei is in charge of receiving the goods at home, Wei Cheng takes his wife to the market, he wants to see if there are any new ingredients in the market.

Said it was to see new ingredients, Wei Cheng pulled people, and bought them for his wife when they found something delicious, and the two walked slowly like shopping.

Bought sugar paintings, chestnuts, fried dough twists, candied fruit, croquettes—Wei Cheng carried a lot of oil paper bags, and he only asked his wife to eat them.

Wei Cheng suddenly saw familiar ingredients, and took his wife by the hand and walked over.

It was a man in rough clothes with a lot of patches, his face was yellow and thin, and he squatted in front of a pile of things with a gloomy expression. Passers-by passed by without even looking at them.

"How do you sell the bamboo shoots?"

Li Shuiqing sat squatting in the market for almost a day, but couldn't sell anything, and the food at home stopped. Although he could fill his stomach with the food, he didn't have money to buy medicine for his sick parents. What should he do?

Wei Cheng's words made Li Shuiqing, who was on the verge of despair, look up instantly, his eyes were still red, and before he had time to calm down, he hurriedly said, "Bamboo shoots cost a penny each." Then, he waited nervously for the guest to speak.

He doesn't know how to set the price of bamboo shoots. Bamboo shoots are from the mountains, and only poor people eat them. Most people don't want to eat them, because bamboo shoots taste astringent when boiled. people buy.

The ones that come out astringent are because no one knows how to cook them, they just fry them directly without boiling them.

Seeing that the guest didn't speak, Li Shuiqing became even more nervous, afraid that Wei Cheng would leave, so he hurriedly said: "Two pennies, I was wrong just now, do you want to buy it?"

Wei Cheng pointed to something black and asked, "Is that dried fungus?"

"Yes, it's dried fungus." There are many fungus in the mountains, and Li Shuiqing picks a lot of fungus every day. The fungus can be sold, but there is no shortage of villagers who sell fungus in this season. He can't sell it every time, because he always looks at his brother, The clothes are shabby, and I would rather buy neat villagers' clothes than his.

The fungus can only be used as rations for his family, but he picked a lot of fungus and couldn't store it. He wanted to dry it in the sun, because the family urgently needed money, and sold it to see if he could sell it for a little, even a penny or two.

People who see dried fungus are afraid that the fungus is not good, so no one buys it.

"How do you sell dried fungus?" Wei Cheng knelt down and looked at the fungus.

There are also people who know how to dry the fungus into dried goods, but they are not dry enough to keep for a long time, so you can buy some and take them home.

"Dried fungus costs five cents a catty."

Wei Cheng felt that the price was too cheap.

He stood up, with his movements, Li Shuiqing misunderstood that he was about to leave, he was flustered suddenly, his eyes were red, and he was anxious to cry.

He must sell things, even if he begs customers. He knows that if his mother and father don't take medicine for their illness, he will lose his parents.

But the next second Li Shuiqing was stunned—

"I want both fungus and bamboo shoots."

Wei Cheng's words were like the sounds of nature, making Li Shuiqing think he was dreaming, so he didn't respond for a while.

"What's the matter, you won't sell it?" Wei Cheng raised his eyebrows, if he didn't sell it, he would leave.

Apart from being very patient with his wife, Wei Cheng has no patience with outsiders.

There are plenty of bamboo shoots in the countryside, and he remembered that the cold salad lacked bamboo shoots when he saw it, so he could find someone to dig it out in the village.

"Husband, how can you talk like that, brother didn't say no." Zhou Yuan said softly, and gave him a disapproving glance.

There must be difficulties at my brother's family in front of me, so I am so flustered.

He began to think that her husband had to help others when seeing people's difficulties, and he was familiar with her husband's emotions, which was definitely not the case.

I just don't know what my husband buys bamboo shoots for? This thing is astringent and tastes average.

How could Li Shuiqing not sell it, he hastened to sell it.

But he had nothing to pack except the basket, and he was sweating anxiously.

Wei Cheng didn't know why people didn't move, so he was anxious.

Zhou Yuan saw Li Shuiqing's reason, "My brother, my house is not far from the market, can you send things to my house?"

Zhou's words relieved Li Shuiqing's urgent need, so he hurriedly said, "Yes, I'll put it on right away."

Only then did Wei Cheng know the reason.

He took his daughter-in-law's hand and squeezed it, rewarding her for being smart.

Zhou Yuan blushed from being held, deeply afraid that outsiders would see their intimate behavior.

Wei Cheng chuckled lightly.

After buying everything, Wei Cheng took his wife home.

Li Shuiqing silently followed behind the two.

Only then did he have the time to look at the couple in front of him.

Only then did I notice that the man doted on his husband very much, the man was holding a lot of things in his hand, but his husband had nothing in his hand, and the man still took out food from the oil paper bag and handed it to his husband from time to time, with a twitch between his eyebrows It's all warmth.

Li Shuiqing thinks that brother is really lucky to be able to marry such a man who treats him well.

Judging from their clothes, their family background should be good.

He also fantasized about his future husband and son-in-law, but the family situation, if he gets married, how will his parents and younger siblings survive, and he will pass the age of marriage when his younger siblings grow up.

He has no regrets, even if he cannot marry in the future.

Li Shuiqing followed to Wei Cheng's house, and looked at the old house of Wei Cheng's house. There were traces of repairs, and the yard was neatly tidied up, but it could also be seen that it was dilapidated.

These two people don't look like they live in such a poor house.

Li Shuiqing is not a troublesome person. To him, this couple is his benefactor.

Putting down the bamboo shoots and fungus, Li Shuiqing took the copper coins handed over by Zhou Yuan. He couldn't count them, but he was very excited, and he held the money tightly in his palm. He had money to buy medicine for his mother and father, and he could also buy some sweet potatoes and coarse grains to go home .

Li Shuiqing bent down and respectfully said, "Thank you!"

Wei Cheng was stunned for a moment before recovering, Zhou Yuan understood, and said with a smile: "No thanks, we are a normal business. Also, my family needs fungus and bamboo shoots every day. The bamboo shoots are delivered according to today's quantity, and you can send as many fungus as you like. Is it convenient for you to deliver it every day?" This is what his husband said just now, and he asked him to tell Li Shuiqing.

"You really want me to send fungus and bamboo shoots?" Li Shuiqing's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe what he heard. If he sent them every day, his family would be rich in the future, and the family would not be afraid of starvation.

Zhou Yuan said: "My family is in the catering business, and we need it every day. You can deliver it here in the afternoon. By the way, can you break open the inner core of the bamboo shoots?" This way you don't need to bring all the heavy shells.

"Yes. I will deliver it on time tomorrow." Li Shuiqing said excitedly.

It's not that he's hallucinating.

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "I don't know your name yet?"

Li Shuiqing said: "My name is Li Shuiqing, and I live in Nanbian Village."

South Village?

This brother is in the same village as Wei Cheng?

Husband and wife were surprised.

Wei Cheng didn't know this person, and Wei Lei happened to meet him when he came back from fetching things outside.

"Wei Lei?!" Li Shuiqing knew Wei Lei, why is he here?

Wei Lei has met Li Shuiqing, but doesn't know his name.

After introducing Li Shuiqing, he knew that the person who bought his things was from the same village.

Li Shuiqing didn't know Wei Cheng, and Wei Cheng was still quite unknown in the village.

After Li Shuiqing left, the yard became busy.