Chapter 24: Delicious and sweet potato and egg pancakes for five cents each

"But I suggest waiting until you're eighteen before getting married." Xiao Ying added, "Marrying too early isn't good, especially for girls whose bodies aren't fully developed yet."

"I listen to my mother."

Chen Xinghai quickly said, Mother knows a lot, so what she said must be right.

Xiao Ying smiled and patted his shoulder: "Of course, if you have a girl you like, you can tell me."

"I didn't." Chen Xinghai immediately shook his head.

"Well, do you have anything you like to do?" Xiao Ying asked while picking lotus leaves.

Chen Xinghai looked puzzled. What did he like to do? He had never thought about this question. After all, living was difficult enough.

"I mean, for example, doing business, or studying." Xiao Ying suggested: "Once our lives are better, you can do what you want."

“Does farming count?”

Chen Xinghai thought about it for a while, but he really couldn't figure it out.

The only thing he wants to do now is to cultivate the fields so that he will have food to eat.

Xiao Ying smiled and said, "Farming counts. Never mind. We still have a lot of time, so you can think about it slowly."

Chen Xinghai secretly breathed a sigh of relief and decided to think about it carefully when he had time. He must not let his mother down.

The mother and son quickly picked hundreds of lotus leaves. They picked a few here and there, so they didn't pull out all the leaves.

After picking lotus leaves, I went to pick reed leaves. These leaves are wide and long, and are perfect for wrapping potato pancakes. They even have a faint fragrance.

I picked hundreds of reed leaves, and the next step was to go back and dry them in the sun, but they couldn't be too dry.

At noon, Xiao Ying and her two sisters made some potato pancakes and Tiancan potatoes, mainly to practice their skills and strive to make them more delicious.

In the afternoon, I brought a few for Chen Jin and his son to taste, and both of them praised them highly.

When I heard that they were going to sell it in town, I thought they could get a good price.

The two of them worked very quickly and finished the two acres of prime land in one day. They also helped to sow the rice in it.

According to the two people's idea, it is better to grow seedlings first and then plant them after the seedlings grow up.

However, Xiao Ying felt it was too troublesome and was not prepared to do the work a second time, so he deliberately asked the two of them to spread the dust more sparsely.

She kept the two acres of inferior land for the time being, and planned to plant potatoes in a few days.

That night, Xiao Ying first planted potatoes on the acre of spiritual field in the fairy palace. Even with the help of magic tools, he was still exhausted. He soaked in the spiritual spring water and circulated it for several cycles before he gradually recovered.

The next day, after the fields had been cleared, Xiao Ying began to prepare snacks.

She planned to prepare one hundred servings of each snack and store them in the Immortal Mansion space without having to worry about them spoiling.

The family of four divided the work among themselves: Chen Xingyue washed potatoes and watched the fire, Chen Xinghai peeled them, Chen Xingyun cut them into strips, and Xiao Ying was responsible for making snacks.

Before noon, one hundred servings of Tiancan Potatoes were prepared.

It is just fried briefly in a frying pan and then left to dry without adding any seasoning. It is then served cold on the spot when someone buys it to prevent the taste from changing.

In the afternoon, I made another hundred potato and egg pancakes. The pancakes were quite big, as big as the pies sold in town. On average, each pancake contained half an egg, which was genuine.

The next morning, Xiao Ying took her three children out.

With Chen Xinghai driving the car, they no longer had to take Zhao Qing's car, and they didn't have to calculate the time to leave.

We arrived in the town at about 4:45 in the morning. The weather was still relatively cool, but the town was already bustling with people.

Xiao Ying found a place with a lot of traffic and asked Chen Xinghai to stop. This area was specially used for setting up stalls. Whoever arrived first could keep the stall, but they had to pay a management fee of two cents.

After paying the fee, the family of four started setting up their stall.

Xiao Ying spread a clean cloth on the ox cart, then took fifty portions of potato omelets and Tiancan potatoes and placed them in two clean basins respectively.

I also took another empty bowl and used it to make the cold dish.

Lotus leaves, reed leaves and a pile of clean bowls and chopsticks were also taken out and placed aside. A wooden board was placed at one end of the ox cart with two lines of eye-catching large characters written on it.

Potato omelet: 5 cents each

Tiancan Potato: 5 coins per portion

The words were written by Chen Xinghai using charcoal. His father had taught him some before he died. Although he was not good at reading, he could still recognize hundreds of common characters.

It’s just that I haven’t written for a long time, so it’s a little crooked and doesn’t look good, but no one cares.

This alone was not enough, after all, many people were illiterate, so the three brothers and sisters shouted loudly and confidently.

"Come, come, take a look."

"Dear grandparents, uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters, don't miss it if you pass by!"

"Delicious and sweet potato pancakes are only five cents each! The most delicious Tiancan potatoes are also only five cents each!"

"Quantity is limited, first come first served!"

"The first five people to buy only need four cents. Four cents can buy you a delicious meal you've never tasted before. What are you waiting for? Come and take a look!"

The words to shout were naturally taught by Xiao Ying. The three of them knew them by heart and felt that their horizons had been broadened.

If someone else called out like this, they would definitely be interested in taking a look.

At first, the three of them were a little hesitant, especially Chen Xinghai and Chen Xingyun, because they had lived in the village for many years and had never done such a thing.

Chen Xingyue was better. She was much braver than the other two, had a straightforward and bold personality, and found it quite interesting.

After shouting a few times, the three men gradually let go.

I have to say that this advertising slogan is very effective. It attracted several people after just a few times.

"What are potatoes?"

A girl of fifteen or sixteen asked curiously, looking between the two basins and finding that they smelled quite fragrant.

Seeing business coming, Xiao Ying stood up.

The girl's clothes looked familiar, like the maid in the mayor's house, and she couldn't help but feel moved.

"Potatoes are a new crop I discovered in the mountains. They're delicious. Why don't you try some potato pancakes first?"

She immediately took out a potato pancake, cut it into small pieces with a knife, and handed the other person a pair of chopsticks.

The girl seemed to be interested and picked up a piece and put it in her mouth. When she tasted it, her eyes lit up.

"It's delicious. It tastes like nothing I've ever tasted before. How did you make it, Auntie?"

After eating one piece, he praised it highly and seemed to want another one.

Xiao Ying felt relieved. Even the mayor's maid praised it so much, which meant it tasted really good.

"This is my unique secret. Do you want some, young lady?"

"Five cents a piece, eh?"

"That's right."

"Then give me five yuan first. If my master thinks it tastes good, I'll buy more."

Unexpectedly, she asked for five dollars right away, and the three Chen siblings were very happy.

"good."

Xiao Ying also smiled faintly and asked Chen Xingyun to wrap it for her.

Chen Xingyun immediately took out two reed leaves and skillfully wrapped five potato pancakes for her.

Just as the girl was about to pay, Xiao Ying asked again, "We have a snack here called Tiancan Potato. Would you like to try it, young lady?"