Chapter 42: Enthusiastic Grandpa

Ye Caiping was very open-minded. While adding chili to the spicy soup, she said with a smile:

"It doesn't matter. Everyone has their own preferences. As long as the taste is suitable and it's cheaper, I would also go to another place to eat."

The customers all laughed when they heard this: "The boss lady is really generous."

Ye Caiping handed the spicy soup to the customer.

The newly opened stall over there attracted most of the people, some were there to get a bargain, and some were there to try something new.

After finishing all this work, Old Lady Ye looked worried: "Cai Ping...what should we do? Most of our business has been taken away..."

"Today is just the first one, and later... maybe there will be a second and a third one..." Ye Jiner said.

Ye Caiping said calmly: "A market without competition is not a market. It's just a small event, no rush."

She wasn't worried at all.

Even in modern times, amid competition from time-honored brands, her spicy and spicy soup can stand out, let alone here.

At this time, the old man who loved their spicy soup the most came over from the new stall and whispered:

"Boss, you don't know, their soup... Oh my! I just went over and checked out their soup. Hey, I packed this up specially for you to try."

The old man was holding a bowl of spicy soup in his hand, and he was sitting opposite me.

Ye Caiping choked. This old man is still as conspicuous as ever!

Last time, in order to drink spicy soup, I squatted here and waited before dawn, and now I'm actually their spy!

"Thank you, uncle." Ye Caiping said.

"Try it now. Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you win every battle!"

Ye Caiping was not afraid of the other party at all, but she could not resist the old man's enthusiasm!

The ingredients of that bowl of spicy soup seemed similar to theirs, but it did not have gluten, was a bit lighter in color, had more water and less ingredients, especially the meat. It took me a while to find a piece of diced meat.

Ye Caiping scooped up the soup with a spoon and found that it was not thick enough because not enough starch was added.

Ye Caiping took a bite and frowned.

Ye Jin'er also tasted it: "Hey, they didn't enlarge it... they don't have our secret recipe."

She wanted to say it was aniseed, but was afraid that others would hear it, so she changed it to a secret recipe.

Although she didn't know what spicy food was, she just had to be cautious.

Old Mrs. Ye and Huan'er also took a bite and breathed a sigh of relief. It was not fragrant!

Ye Caiping said: "Thank you, sir. By the way, may I know your name..."

"My last name is Xu, and I sell shoes in Liu'er Lane ahead."

"Oh. Next time I buy shoes, I will definitely come to your house. Uncle, let me scoop you a big bowl. It's my treat today."

"Okay, hahahaha."

At this time, the new stall was in turmoil. A hot-tempered man threw his spoon and said:

"Pah, what the hell is this? It's just black fungus, day lily and peanut paste. No, it's not even paste! There's no spicy aroma at all. I bought a large portion, what a waste of my five cents."

The customers who had spent money but had eaten soulless spicy soup were already resentful. Now that this man took the lead, they also started to get angry:

"Other people can find meat as soon as they scoop it up, but you guys... I've been looking for a long time and can't find a single piece of meat."

"It's not authentic at all if it doesn't have that rich aroma and it's still called Hu La Tang."

The stall owner quickly apologized and said, "Look, there are carrots and chili peppers! This is Hu La Tang!"

The customers choked and said, "Okay, since you insist on explaining it this way... it's not impossible."

"But the spicy taste of others is not the spicy taste of chili peppers. The taste is very special... And your chili oil is not delicious. There are only chili peppers, no oil. Oh, and there are not even sesame seeds."

The customers were full of resentment and regret, and finally realized what it means to get what you pay for.

Their spicy soup is made with real meat, and the chili oil is made with real oil.

Thinking about it this way, people who used to think that Hu La Tang was a bit expensive now feel that it is worth the money.

Those who failed to buy the items due to queuing felt relieved and hurried back to Ye Caiping's stall.

When Old Mrs. Ye saw this, she smiled happily and started to get busy.

Although business is back, the stalls across the street still have some impact on them.

Today's three big barrels took half an hour longer to sell than yesterday.

Ye Caiping stretched lazily: "Mom, what time is it now?"

Ye Caiping doesn't know how to look at the shadow of the sun and the bamboo pole.

Old Lady Ye took a look and said, "It's noon now. Ba Jin is going to take the villagers back this time. Let's wait a little longer."

"Why don't we find a place to eat? We can ask the fat lady next door to help watch the things."

Because the spicy hot pot brought popularity to the bun stall, Auntie Pang made twice as many buns today as usual, and they were almost all sold out, with a lot of porridge still left.

Aunt Fat heard it and stepped forward with a smile: "Go ahead, I'll help you look after the things."

"Okay, thank you, big sister."

"Everyone in the neighborhood calls me Fat Hong, you can just call me Fat Sister."

"My name is Ye Caiping, you can just call me by my name. Oh, by the way, in the future, there may be more Hu La Tang that will follow suit, and our business will be affected, so you shouldn't make so many buns."

Aunt Fat also saw today's situation and nodded: "I understand."

Ye Caiping dismantled the table and piled it against the wall along with other wooden barrels.

"Let's go. Hey, Jin'er? Where's Jin'er?" Ye Caiping looked around and saw only Old Lady Ye and Huan'er in front of her, but Ye Jin'er was gone.

I was so busy just now that I didn't notice Ye Jiner's movements at all.

Ye Huaner said, "When the spicy soup was almost sold out, she said she needed to urinate. She must have gone to borrow the toilet from the residents."

Old Lady Ye frowned: "It's been almost two quarters of an hour since we closed the stall, and she left before closing the stall... Did she meet a beggar?"

As they spoke, both Old Lady Ye and Ye Huan'er's faces changed.

Ye Caiping's eyes went dark because what she thought of was not the flower seeds, but ginseng!

Ye Jin'er has always been thinking about that ginseng.

But things did not always go as planned. Unexpected situations always occurred, preventing her from digging.

Today is the day when the heroine Li Jiaojiao discovered ginseng, and it is also the day when she and Jin'er will die.

She originally thought that after selling the spicy soup, she would have a meal in the town and then go for a walk. By the time she returned home, the ginseng had already been dug up by Li Jiaojiao.

Jin'er won't think about it anymore.

Now……

Obviously, the girl realized that she was not interested in ginseng, so she ran back to the village on her own initiative!