Chapter 165 Packed Up

Xu Qingmeng and Hui Niang packed several packages for everyone. Each package contained four blocks of instant noodles, a handful of Sanzi, a can of mushroom meat sauce, and a pack of pancakes.

What Xu Qingmeng packed were food for the next two days for the few people. As for the first day, Xu Qingmeng planned to make it on the first day.

Xu Qingmeng and Hui Niang prepared five copies in total, one for each of the three students in the family, one for Huang Boyang next door, and one for Xu Qingmeng to let Gu Yunyi take to Jiang Mingyu.

The two of them prepared everything before setting up their stall.

This time there were no bottles, jars or jars on the stall, only one paper bag after another.

As soon as the two arrived at the stall, many candidates were already waiting there, wanting to see what food they had prepared.

It's getting close to the college entrance examination, and there are already many vendors selling food for the examination room, but they are just some pancakes and some Sanzi.

So when these students heard that they were going to sell dry food for the examination room, they were quite looking forward to it. After all, the cold dishes prepared by these two people were so delicious.

Xu Qingmeng opened a pack of instant noodles. They brought their own bowls and chopsticks, but there was no boiled water, so Hui Niang went to the wonton stand next door and scooped a bowl of hot soup.

"This is instant noodles, but it's fried. If your stomach isn't weak, you shouldn't eat too much. You can buy a few packs on the second and third day and soak them directly in boiling water."

"You really can't eat too much fried food. If you get upset, it will delay your work."

After hearing this, some students started to speak up and began to retreat in their hearts.

Xu Qingmeng and Hui Niang had already discussed this matter long ago. This kind of thing cannot be forced. After all, people with weak spleen and stomach need to be careful. Moreover, it is quite hot in the summer, so drinking some cool water is essential.

If they ate instant noodles and then drank cold water, and if they have a bad spleen and stomach and have diarrhea, then they would be committing a serious sin.

Hui Niang smiled and said, "That's natural. People with weak spleen and stomach can't eat these greasy foods. You must be careful. Your health is important, and the exam is important."

"Oh, they can't do it, but I can. I'm in good health!"

"Yes, yes, me too!"

"As for me, with my body, I can easily eat pork elbows for five days in a row."

"That's right. So, can we just soak these instant noodles in boiling water and eat them?"

Xu Qingmeng nodded and said, "I'll make a bowl for everyone, let's take a look first."

Hui Niang understood, and placed the unwrapped dough in the bowl with hot soup, then covered it with oil paper, and said with a smile: "That's it, wait a while, and then you can eat it. If the water is hot, just soak it for a while, if the water is not very hot, you need to soak it for a while longer."

“But...if the water is cold and you can’t make a bath, just go directly to the examiner.” Hui Niang said jokingly.

As soon as Hui Niang finished speaking, everyone around her burst into laughter.

During the conversation, a fragrance wafted out and entered the noses of the people around.

“It smells so good.”

"you do not say!"

"It smells so good, I guess the taste can't be wrong."

"Of course. Don't you think that the food on the stalls of these two young ladies must be delicious."

Hui Niang listened to what everyone said, lifted the oil paper, and then stirred the noodles twice with chopsticks, and the noodles were ready.

"Oh, I'm in good health, let me taste it for you first."

A man was eager to try, but he still knew his limits. After all, it was free food, so how could he just pick up the bowl and start eating? They were all educated, so they still had some reserve.

He took the bowl with dignity, picked up a handful of noodles with chopsticks and tasted it. His eyes suddenly widened. Just as he was about to take another bite with chopsticks, the bowl in his hand was snatched away.

"How can you be so kind?"

"Of course I can try it for everyone."

“Oh, it’s delicious.”

"Is it true? It looks like that."

"Let me have a taste."

"And me and me."

"Hey, hey, don't push..."

In just a short while, the bowl of instant noodles was divided up completely, not even a drop of noodle soup was left.

"How much do you want this, guys? I want five dollars."

"I want three."

"I want six."

"I want······"

Xu Qingmeng and the others did not price the instant noodles very high, and they did not intend to make money from it, so they just charged the cost price.

Xu Qingmeng also said that the purchase was limited and each person could buy a maximum of five packs. Even so, there were still so many people gathering around.

After a while, all the instant noodles in the cart were sold out, leaving an empty stall. Some students who had missed the stall asked if there would be any more in the afternoon.

In response to this, Xu Qingmeng and Hui Niang could only shake their heads and express their apologies.

The two of them have limited manpower, and everything needs to be done by hand. Everything that has been dried is already here. After closing the stall today, they plan to stop setting up the stall.

Everyone still felt a little regretful, and said one after another: "The college exam lasts for three days, you should at least wait until the results are announced before going back."

"That's what I mean, why don't you keep it on display for a few more days?"

"My sister is getting heavier, so I'm not going to do it anymore."

These people often come to buy cold dishes for the two of them, so they naturally know their situation and don't say anything.

Xu Qingmeng and the two of them officially bid farewell to everyone today.

After a final calculation, he found that he had earned nearly sixty taels in just ten days. This speed was comparable to that of Gu's restaurant.

Xu Qingmeng also understood that this was because the prices in the provincial capital were relatively high, so the profits were naturally higher.

Xu Qingmeng planned to share the sixty taels with Hui Niang's family in half, but Hui Niang refused to do so.

Hui Niang had always felt that they had taken advantage of her. She had just entered the city and had lost her money because of carelessness. Later, she had to pawn her jewelry to get the money to rent a house.

And because they met Xu Qingmeng and the others, they were able to live in this nice courtyard and finally eat well instead of having to live on coarse food every day.

Later, because they followed Xu Qingmeng and earned so much money, they were supposed to use it to buy vegetables, but in the end it was all spent on the cold dish stall.

Hui Niang said that they only needed ten taels of silver, and the rest could be saved for buying groceries or something.

When Xu Qingmeng heard this, she realized that it was impossible. In fact, it was Hui Niang who was the one who was tired of running this business.

In the end, after much arguing and concessions, Xu Qingmeng firmly asked Hui Niang to accept the twenty taels.

Hui Niang did not dare to involve her too much, after all, Xu Qingmeng was still pregnant, so she accepted it.

(End of this chapter)