The reason for the commotion in Wa City was simple: the Boy Scouts were quite powerful.
As soon as Goudan entered the tile market, he asked his older brother Donkey Egg loudly: "Brother, what is a blind box?"
Donkey Egg thought that Dog Egg White had studied for a year, and he taught his brother louder, "Stupid, that's just an invisible box."
The reason why Miao Shiren used the Boy Scouts was because no matter how much adults did, it was easy for people to overthink things. Even in ancient times, marketing methods were likely to leave traces of advertising.
But it is different for children. Nowadays, some children tell endless lies just to watch more TV and play with tablets. Both adults and children think that children will definitely not lie.
To be honest, Miao Wan didn't quite understand why, because Taotao hadn't even had his first birthday yet, and he dared to point at his aunt and say it was his aunt who peed on the kang. He was extremely filial.
Every family has a few naughty kids who refuse to admit their mistakes. Why do you think that children can't lie?
However, this recognition also made it easier for Miao Shiren to have a successful first opening of his new store.
She had already given Cui Ya and Lu Dan clear instructions, and she was waiting calmly in Qianjin Building.
Ruan Jialin peeked in from the doorway for a long time, but didn't see any signs of activity in Tile City. He couldn't help but ask Miao Wan, "Why don't you go over and take a look?"
"If you want to go, go ahead. But remember to change your clothes and don't wear the new shoes your second cousin's wife made for you." Miao Wan was drinking hot ginger milk and eating spicy fried chicken legs, enjoying herself so much that she had no intention of getting up.
Ruan Jialin was really curious, but he couldn't get anything out of him. Mainly because Miao Wan was not with Taotao, so she didn't have to hide the fried food and had no mouth to answer him.
He changed into old clothes and walked to Wa City in old shoes.
The main reason was that he saw Miao Wan eating so happily, so he joined in and went to ask his uncle to get some delicious food as a token of the store's opening. What a considerate nephew he is!
Little did he know that by the time he left the house, Wa City had already become bustling.
The Ruan family's group of children only heard Donkey Egg talk about what they were going to do today. Now they were really curious and kept asking Donkey Egg questions.
"Brother Donkey Egg! Can I buy a blind box for just two cents?"
“Are there really big chicken legs and chicken skeletons in the blind box?”
"Do you have fried chicken gizzards? I love them! I love them so much, and my mom won't let me eat them if she doesn't like them!"
"How much is two cents?"
No matter whether adults or children, no one around knew what a blind box was, but everyone knew what the meat was. When they heard it cost two cents, they couldn't help but prick up their ears.
Donkey Egg proudly replied to his younger brothers and sisters who surrounded him, "I knew you guys didn't understand anything. Big Brother, let me tell you something. The blind box is as big as five eggs and as high as three eggs. There could be anything inside. It's an invisible box. We can buy surprises for two cents!"
The children didn't understand why eggs were used for comparison and kept exclaiming, "What's the surprise?"
Donkey Egg scratched his forehead. He was in a hurry to go out and was afraid that Ada would beat him, so he didn't understand clearly.
But he couldn't lose his big brother style. He waved his hand and said, "Why ask so many questions? Surprises are delicious! If there's something to eat, just go and eat it!"
Cui Ya sighed. She knew that her eldest brother was unreliable. She felt that she had worried too much about this family. She pushed Lu Dan hard and walked forward to grab the two youngest children, Mao Dan and Lu Ge'er.
"The surprise isn't food, it's a little sign inside where you can win a prize! For two cents, you can win a meal worth up to five taels of silver. That way you can go to Jufu Restaurant and eat lots of delicious food!"
They talked as they walked. Miao Wan knew it would be too much to ask the children to stop, so she just told them to chat loudly on the way.
When the children heard that they could eat meat for two cents, they followed them all the way. But when they heard this, they stopped following and ran back to find their parents.
The parents noticed that the children were rushing back at the speed of a dog chase, so they hurried to protect their stalls, fearing that the children would destroy the stalls, forcing them to beat the children during the festival.
But the children were able to avoid unnecessary trouble, avoiding the most valuable things in their home and not destroying them.
Someone simply grabbed two eggs and ran, shouting, "Eggs for sale! Buy one, get one free! Only two cents!"
The parent whose eggs were stolen was furious, "Get back here, you little bastard! I'll beat the shit out of you!"
The children nearby thought, "How can your little boy come back if you yell at him like that? Then you have to take him to see a doctor, right?"
But the fight back was inevitable.
The smarter ones would directly ask about their parents' well-being, pat their chests and backs, and even hit their parents on the head, "Ada, do you think I'm sensible? Such a sensible child, won't you give me two cents to buy something to eat?"
Some were unwilling to go through so much trouble and would simply pull their parents along, "Let's go buy some meat! You can get some delicious meat for just two cents!"
Some parents who hadn't finished selling their goods slapped their children and said, "Stop making trouble! I'm busy here. If you make trouble again, I'll beat you up!"
The child thought to himself, I will cry if you beat me, and I will cry if you don’t let me eat meat.
Forget it, I'll save you some trouble. I'll just do a paragraph now, take a deep breath and start.
The parent was so scared that he almost threw the bacon on the ground, and was so angry that he turned around and wanted to beat the child.
The child had eye problems and a weak butt. He lay down on the road, rolling around and crying, all for two cents.
On days like this when families come to watch the dragon dance, there are too many people with children, so the excitement quickly spreads like a fire on the Lili Plain.
Frustrated parents: “What on earth are you going to do?”
The loud cries of children can be heard in almost every corner of Wa City.
"Two cents can buy the same amount of meat as a dozen eggs! You can eat it! You can eat it!"
"Ouch, that hurts! I can still draw a prize! I can win five taels of silver!"
"Wow, wow, wow... I! Want! Meat!"
The parents were at their wit's end. No one believed that they could eat meat for just two cents, let alone meat that cost more than a dozen eggs. Even raw meat could only be minced meat. If they could eat it directly, they would call their children Ada.
The parents were so annoyed by their children that they had no choice but to ask someone to watch the stall and take their children to buy things.
The new shop that Miao Wanrang opened was called Ruan’s Fast Food.
The fast food restaurant was built next to the Western Region Spice Merchant, which is located in the middle of the West Market.
The location is not very good, and the smell is pungent. No matter whether it is making food or selling other things, it is too crowded, so there are not many people. There is only a dye shop owned by the Gu people across the cloth drying pole.
Qin Mao was not stingy in his move. In fact, he had someone prepare two plots of land for the Qiao family. Anyway, these plots of land were vacant, so he gave them as a favor for free.
So the shop that Lin Dazhi and his men built was not small, with a shop in front and a kiln in the back. The shop front was very large, and a row of counters built by the Yu family blocked people at the door, so no one could go in to get anything.
But now, no matter how big the storefront is, it has been surrounded by people.
The inner layer is for children, and the outer layer is for adults who can't wait, but they are also afraid of being trampled, so the Ruan family asked servants to watch over them and ask people to line up. Anyone who doesn't line up cannot buy the blind box.
When Ruan Qi first heard about this blind box, he wanted to refuse it immediately.
You can buy an egg for two cents, and the oil paper box for meat is only five pieces worth two cents. Not to mention selling out, they will lose a lot of money if there are a few more people.
Miao Wan insisted, "Uncle, please think about the Ruan family, then think about me. Even if it's just because of me... the dream my mother told me, please believe me for once."
Ruan Qi was so suffocated that he was speechless. He heard from his younger brother that, let alone his niece, how could he dare to compare himself with his grandmother?
I can only listen to Miao Wan.
But he felt that he would definitely lose a lot of money and was ready to throw money into it.
Miao Wan asked them to prepare a thousand blind boxes and also asked them to prepare half of the goods for redemption of prizes.
Basically, one chicken can fill three blind boxes, and duck frames, chicken frames and chicken and duck offal can fill five blind boxes.
To make 1,500 blind boxes, at least 50 chicken and 100 duck frames and offal are needed.
The total amount was two strings of cash, and an old hen cost sixty coins. It was a huge loss.
Ruan Qi couldn't understand why his niece wanted to sell herself like this?
Couldn't she just give it to him? And still have a good reputation.
Donkey Egg counted out four coins and said loudly, "I want two blind boxes!"
Ruan Qi's apprentice, Ruan Da Ran, knocked on the blackboard and shouted back—
"Look carefully! Each person can only buy one blind box. All blind boxes are originally priced at ten cents, but now they are only two cents. Limited time for three days!"
"Everything else is half price today, also for three days only!"
"Each blind box has a prize, and the prize must be redeemed within one month. It will be invalid after one month."
Donkey Egg pointed at himself and his brother, "Then we each want one!"
Ruan Da shouted, "Alright! Little customer, would you like to open it now? We have plenty of food now. If we're late, everything will be sold out and we won't be able to claim our prize today."
Goudan nodded vigorously. He could already smell the fragrance and couldn't wait to open the oil paper box. "Wow! It's big chicken legs and chicken racks!"
He first took a piece of chicken leg that had been chopped into thumb-sized pieces and put it in his mouth before looking for the small sign inside. Soon he saw a greasy small wooden sign under the chicken leg, which read - Another blind box without a prize.
"Hey, you're lucky, little guy. Here, you can open another one!"
Donkey Egg quickly opened his blind box, and the rich aroma of salt and pepper filled the box. "Duck bones and gizzards!"
Donkey Egg’s prize was not as good as Dog Egg’s. It said - a chicken wing.
"Ahhh, I like chicken gizzards and duck gizzards. Big brother, wait for me, I want to exchange with you!" Fu Ge'er exchanged seats with his younger brother and quickly handed over two cents to buy a blind box.
As soon as his blind box was opened, the children exclaimed again, "Fried chicken wings, chicken hearts, and chicken gizzards! I want chicken hearts too, I love the taste!"
Fu Ge'er glanced at his own brand and said, "I'm a drink!"
Ruan Er quickly poured the little guy a cup of ginger milk with a teapot. "After you finish drinking, return the cup. If it's intact, I'll give you some fried chicken and popcorn."
Fu Ge'er nodded vigorously. His younger brother Lu Ge'er liked to eat popcorn chicken.
Seeing that the children really bought food, and not only did they get so much meat for two cents, but they also got free meat and even warm, steaming, sweet drinks, the adults couldn't wait.
After Donkey Egg and the others made way, many people wanted to squeeze in.
The servants hurriedly shouted, "No pushing, line up! We only sell things to you if you line up, and we won't charge you for anything if you don't line up!"
After squeezing for a while, everyone was able to line up reluctantly. They all happily took out two cents to buy two cents worth of food for themselves or their families.
But no matter who they bought it for, they were all opened on the spot and no one took it away.
Soon someone exclaimed, "What's a hamburger? Is this just white flour with meat and vegetables? Wow! Is it really white flour?"
The adults also cried out, "My God, it's really a meal at the Jufu Restaurant for five taels of silver. We can go there within a month."
Now everyone looked at Ruan's Fast Food with even more enthusiasm. Many of them brought their children with them and couldn't help but let their children go there.
"Hurry, go back and call your Am!"
"Go back and call your grandfather over to line up, and run quickly!"
"Hurry up, your grandma is still watching over the stall, tell her to come over quickly, if you hurry up we can all have some meat!"
Word spread quickly, and soon most people in Wa City knew that there was a new shop selling delicious food. It was all meat! And it was delicious meat!
The most important thing is, I don’t know how the word got around, but no one mentioned the half-price offer anymore, and everything became just two cents!
There is no one who doesn't like to get a bargain, especially when someone comes over with a paper box in one hand, and inside is genuine fragrant golden meat, and two boxes only cost two cents!
Now everyone couldn't resist anymore, and many stalls closed up and ran to Ruan's Fast Food.
When Ruan Jialin changed his clothes and arrived at Wa City, he found that there were fewer people than he had imagined.
He walked in with some surprise, feeling puzzled. He had eaten a lot of fried chicken and other things, which were quite delicious, but it shouldn't be so bad that... half of the market was empty, right?
It was indeed not just half empty. He had just walked halfway when he was squeezed by people going to Ruan's Fast Food and had no place to stand.
Wa City was not that spacious, and many people were crowded in front of him. By the time he ran nearby, he had been stepped on several times. He always felt that someone did it on purpose.
When he arrived at Ruan’s fast food restaurant, Ruan Jialin, who was already in dishevel, was stunned.
His uncle and his three apprentices stood nervously in front of the counter. Many people, with their families, lined up in four rows, crowding the door so tightly that many of them were squeezed against the wall of the dye shop.
People on both sides couldn't get through, so they just squeezed together. Almost everyone gathered at the door of Ruan's Fast Food.
When Qianjinlou opened, it didn't have half as many people as here.
The servants of the Ruan family were almost shouting themselves hoarse, "Don't queue up, don't queue up behind us, there are no more! Don't crowd the shop and damage it, or you'll have to pay compensation and face lawsuits!"
Ruan Jialin: "..." Aren't you from Jiangnan? You can even speak with a Northwest accent.
He moved his aching toes and thought that there was no hope in the front, so he might as well sneak to the back door and get some food for himself.
This is so delicious that I rushed to eat it. I originally thought it was no big deal to eat too much, but now I suddenly want to eat it very much.
Ruan Jialin turned around and went to the back of the shop. When he finally got there, he found—
The children were squatting at the door and eating secretly. The children around them were also holding food in their hands and watching them.
I guess they were afraid that eating in the front would make people too greedy, and there were people at home queuing up, so they asked them to eat in the back.
It is also possible that the children came here on their own and wanted to learn from the scouts who were doing propaganda in the front...how useless they are.
What made Ruan Jialin happy and amused was that the children of the three families all had the demeanor of generals. They could eat very calmly even under the gazes of so many children.
Especially Tiedan. After he finished eating a chicken wing, he twisted his butt and sat sideways, revealing his greasy little lips, and slurped the bone he had gnawed clean from beginning to end in his mouth again.
There was a guy squatting on the ground with bones, so he quickly followed his lead and started to talk too.
Tiedan calmly handed the bone to the big brother next to him. Donkey Egg didn't even raise his head, but threw the bone covered with Tiedan's saliva into his mouth and chewed it into pieces.
The children had no one to pass the food to, and those who did... were reluctant to do so, and they didn't even mind their saliva, just stuffed it into their mouths and chewed it into pieces.
"Oh, the bones smell good too." A child exclaimed.
One of their children saw Ruan Jialin swallowing his saliva, and showed a look of sympathy and pity for Ruan Jialin who had nothing in his hands.
They were only given a little bit of food, and they followed the scouts to watch them eat because they ate so much and the food tasted so good that just watching them satisfied their appetite.
This uncle probably felt the same way. The children continued to chew the bones with a subtle sense of pity and schadenfreude, and were reluctant to eat them all.
Ruan Jialin: “…” No, we are different, I’m not greedy!
But the children around didn't believe it. Ruan Jialin was too embarrassed to step forward at this time and let the villain succeed... The villains called him uncle.
Well, I can't afford to lose this person.
When they returned to Qianjin Building, Miao Wan saw him limping, as if he had been robbed, and chuckled.
"How is it? This is a way of eating you've never seen before, right?"
Anyway, when Ken and Jin came to their county town, they couldn't even get in on Saturdays and Sundays.
Ruan Jialin: “…” He really had never seen it.
The author has something to say:
Ruan Jialin: It's so crazy that it makes me feel a little sick. I never expected it. What will happen if you chew it directly?
Tiedan: Haha, you don’t understand what low-key showing off means.
Ruan Jialin: ...
See you around 18:00 tomorrow~
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