Chapter 25: Business is booming, attracting the attention of restaurants
"Okay, my master likes to taste these new things."
The girl was very interested. She was responsible for buying snacks for the family and hadn't bought anything new for a long time.
I came across two of them recently and I definitely want to try them both.
Xiao Ying personally prepared a portion of cold salad for her and asked her to taste it first.
The girl tasted one and found that it tasted very good. It was completely different from the potato omelet, and it was even better than the cold dishes at home. Her eyes lit up again.
"This one is good too. Give me five servings too."
"good."
Xiao Ying nodded. He was indeed a big customer. He sold ten copies at once.
She poured the mixed mixture into a lotus leaf, and Chen Xingyun took it and wrapped it up consciously.
Chen Xinghai stood aside and collected money: "Today is our first time setting up a stall. The first batch will only cost four cents for the first five buyers."
"You bought five potato pancakes and five Tiancan potatoes, for a total of..."
He couldn't figure it out at once, so he looked at Xiao Ying for help.
Xiao Ying said casually, "It's forty-eight coins. The first portion of potato and egg pancake and the Tiancan potato are both four coins."
"Yes, forty-eight cents."
Chen Xinghai immediately agreed. He didn’t expect his mother to be so good at accounting that she didn’t even need an abacus.
The girl also silently calculated in her mind, and finally took out her purse and counted out forty-eight coins, thinking to herself that it was really cheap.
She just bought a box of pastries at Zhenbaozhai and spent more than two hundred coins.
As he spoke, Xiao Ying mixed the remaining four portions of Tiancan potatoes and placed them in four lotus leaves.
Chen Xingyun packed them one by one and handed them to the other party enthusiastically: "They are delicious. You must come again."
The girl smiled and nodded, then left contentedly.
"Is it really that delicious? Let me try it too."
A man in his early twenties picked up a piece of potato pancake out of curiosity. He had been looking at it for a long time and was quite tempted.
After the first person made the purchase, more and more customers came to watch, and now there were already more than a dozen people gathered.
"Mm, it tastes really good, salty and soft, a taste I've never tasted before."
The man took a bite and praised it without hesitation. He immediately asked for two pieces and a serving of Tiancan potatoes.
Seeing him conquered in an instant, the onlookers became even more curious. Is this thing really that delicious?
The portion was quite large, and at five cents it wasn't expensive, so many people wanted to try it.
So, anyone who tried it couldn't help but buy it, at least one portion, and some bought three or four portions, including both snacks.
Most people take the food home, and only a few people eat it here.
The four members of the family were so busy that Chen Xingyun couldn't handle it all by himself, so Chen Xingyue also joined the battle.
Xiao Ying was the busiest. While making cold-mixed cane potatoes, he also had to help Chen Xinghai with the accounting. He was thinking about teaching these people some arithmetic after returning.
Although she had prepared two hundred copies, they were all sold out in less than an hour. It was much easier than she had imagined.
Some people came here because of its reputation, but ended up being late, and couldn't help feeling frustrated.
"Madam, will you come to sell it the day after tomorrow?"
"Come."
"Then you must prepare more. I haven't tasted it yet."
Xiao Ying smiled and started packing.
She didn't expect that in just this morning, the two snacks had already reached the ears of many people, including a restaurant like Manxiangyuan which was doing a booming business.
Manxiangyuan is one of the two largest and most luxurious restaurants in the town. Any dish there costs thirty or forty cents, and those who can afford to eat there must have some wealth.
As a result, among the guests who had lunch at noon, there was one who bought potato pancakes and Tiancan potatoes, and asked the waiter to bring him two empty plates, as he wanted to invite the guests to eat together.
The waiter asked out of curiosity and found out that the snack was bought from an old lady outside.
He didn't think much of it at first, but after the guests at the same table tasted it, they praised it highly and said it was better than the dishes at Manxiangyuan. This made the shopkeeper unhappy.
Seeing that he didn't believe it, the guest smiled and invited him to taste it together. The shopkeeper was skeptical and took a bite of both snacks, then he was stunned where he was.
There is such delicious food in the world!
This thing called potato is really amazing, how come he has never heard of it before?
"Sir, may I ask where you bought it?"
The shopkeeper had been running the restaurant for decades and instantly smelled a business opportunity. If these two things were brought into the store, they would definitely sell like hotcakes!
What are restaurants afraid of? A lack of innovation.
Manxiangyuan hasn’t introduced any new dishes for a long time. If they continue like this, they might lose to Weixianju across the street.
So he was moved.
The customer laughed and said, "That's the stall on that piece of land. A woman is selling it. Today is the first day of business. This is called potato egg pancake, and this is called Tiancan potato. A lot of people are buying it."
The shopkeeper wanted to buy it himself immediately, but the customer told him that the lady had already sold it out and left. He was immediately disappointed.
Fortunately, the other party would come the day after tomorrow, so he decided to go early in the morning and definitely not let anyone else get there first.
There were many people who were as amazed by these two little surprises as he was, and one of them was the mayor's family.
When the two snacks were placed on the table in the evening, everyone except Mrs. Li Mengzhi looked curious.
"Madam, what is this?"
Mayor Liu Cong looked at the two plates of delicious food in confusion, as they were things he had never seen before.
Li Mengzhi smiled and replied, "These are the fresh things Cai'er bought today. This is called potato egg pancake, and this is called Tiancan potato. They are served cold, and they taste really good."
The potato pancakes were cut into small pieces and placed on a large plate.
Only two portions of Tiancan potatoes were put in, and the rest were kept.
"Master, come and try it."
She picked up a small piece of potato and egg pancake and put it in Liu Cong's bowl. The others stared at it without blinking, and even the youngest Liu Zhao didn't dare to pick up his chopsticks.
Liu Cong took a bite out of curiosity, and he couldn't stop eating. He ate three pieces in a row and still felt unsatisfied.
"Yes, very good, ma'am, this potato pancake is delicious."
Liu Cong praised it highly and smiled happily. He hadn't tasted such a fresh flavor for a long time.
"You all eat too, try some."
Seeing that he couldn't hold back any longer, everyone picked up the potato pancakes to taste, and then couldn't stop eating.
In a short while, the whole family had eaten up the entire plate of potato and egg pancakes, and they were all amazed.
“It’s delicious. It’s so delicious.”
Liu Zhao ate like a refugee, munching on the food with big mouthfuls, and even secretly stuffed two pieces into his sleeves when no one was paying attention.
"Yes."
The eldest son, Liu Xuan, was much more reserved and nodded with a faint smile.
Liu Xuan was twenty-two years old, married and had children. He was one of the few scholars in the town and worked as a teacher in a college.
Then the family tried the Tiancan potatoes, which had a completely different taste, but was also very delicious, so much so that Liu Cong ate half an extra bowl of rice.
"Ma'am, where did you buy this? Why have I never heard of it before?"
Liu Congming seemed to still want to eat it and realized the value of this thing.
He also opened a restaurant, Weixianju, which is as famous as Manxiangyuan.
If this thing can be sold at Weixianju, the business will definitely be promoted.
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