Chapter 11 Promotions
With yesterday's experience, early this morning, before Li Sangui even set up his stall, a group of women had already been waiting outside the stall for a long time.
Seeing that Li Sangui finally brought Hu Xiner and the beauty they had been thinking about, they wanted to shout a few times, but remembering that Mu Qing didn't like women who were too noisy, they could only force themselves to lower their voices and be very pretentious.
Mu Qing didn't look too good, but fortunately his face made people ignore the unexpected expression on his face.
"Mu Qing, Mu Qing, I'm here to buy meat." The person who spoke was the eldest sister who was the first to buy meat yesterday.
Hu Xin'er was particularly affectionate when she saw her. She walked around the stall and came to her side. "Sister, you came early today. It just so happens that there is a new promotion today."
No matter what era it is, there is no shortage of rich people, and there is no shortage of women willing to spend money on men. Hu Xiner had seen many such scenes in her previous life.
When the elder sister heard Hu Xin'er's words, she hurriedly asked, "What activity?"
Promotion? I've never heard of it.
"This is it." Hu Xin'er took the woman's hand and introduced it to her, and also to the women watching: "Everyone, line up in the order you arrived here. Don't mess around."
Those women all have some power in the local area. Under normal circumstances, they would not be ordered around by a village woman. But today, looking at Mu Qing standing behind the village woman, they subconsciously followed Hu Xiner's instructions and lined up in the order they arrived.
"Okay, stand in line and don't move. Are you sure this is your position, right?" Gu Qiran asked again. Some things should be made clear in advance to avoid any trouble later.
Everyone nodded in agreement, saying that this was the order in which they arrived here.
Hu Xiner watched as the woman she was holding stood in the first position spontaneously. Others had no objection, but secretly complained: This woman has a bit of a brain-dead fan vibe!
"Starting today, as long as we're still at Li's Butcher Shop, the first five sisters who buy meat each day will only need to pay an extra five cents to receive a small portrait of Mu Qing personally drawn by the famous comic artist, me."
The woman standing at the front of the line looked at Hu Xin'er enthusiastically, "Really?"
The others also looked at Hu Xin'er in surprise and anticipation. They didn't know what comics were, but Mu Qing's small portrait was enough to make them ecstatic.
Hu Xin'er nodded. "Not only that, the sister who buys the most pork every day can also go to Li Ji's Butcher Shop the next day and pay three cents to receive a small portrait signed by Mu Qing."
"The sister who buys the most pork every ten days can receive a free portrait signed by Mu Qing with a blessing on the eleventh day."
Mu Qing watched Hu Xin'er arrange everything for him clearly, and heard that she was going to take out such a private thing as her little statue and give it to another woman, and he felt jealous.
But when he saw her smiling face as she happily talked to a few women because of the money she received, and saw her satisfied look when she received the money, he couldn't bear to blame her.
Forget it, she already likes him, it’s the only hobby she has. If I reject her, I’m afraid she will be sad. Let her do it, let her do it!
Resigned to his fate, he angrily cut the pork on the chopping board, "Exactly, eight copper coins."
Eight copper coins, and then she thought about it, the first portrait she drew for him sold for eight copper coins.
The woman handed the copper coin to Li Sangui, turned around and went to Hu Xiner to register, and then took away the small statue that she should take.
Even painting a small portrait would take a while. More and more people gathered in front of Li Sangui's shop. The latecomers didn't even know what was happening here, they just came over to watch the fun.
Hu Xin'er sat at the table seriously drawing a small portrait while chatting with the woman waiting beside her, "Sister, take a look. Do you have any of Mu Qing's grace?"
"Like! Really like!" The woman's eyes flashed with enthusiasm. "What a talented girl!"
Then someone seemed to realize that Hu Xin'er had been with Mu Qing all this time, and started to wonder, pretending to be indifferent but not at all like that: "What is the relationship between the young lady and Master Mu?"
"As for me, Mu Qing is mine." Hu Xiner said.
Mu Qing claimed to be her husband and an artist under her, so it was reasonable for him to say that he was her man.
When Mu Qing, who was cutting meat, heard this, his hand shook and the knife deviated three inches. The two pounds of pork that the woman originally wanted became a little more than three pounds.
The woman who was waiting for the statue asked in disbelief after hearing Hu Xiner's words, "Master Mu is married?"
"Ah? No." Hu Xin'er put down her pen after finishing the last stroke, picked up the portrait on the table, and blew the ink dry. "Okay, young lady, keep it."
The girl hesitated to take the portrait and only asked, "So, are you an engaged couple?"
"No." The relationship between them is not easy to explain.
As for whether they were married, they really weren't. Mu Qing was trying to save her, so he just said that out of desperation. The talk of them getting married was nonsense.
If they were an engaged couple, they had not yet been engaged, but she repeatedly addressed Mu Qing as her husband.
Thinking of this, Hu Xin'er felt her mind was in a mess. "He is an artist under my command. Uh... similar to what you call a theater troupe, but a little different. After all, we don't perform on stage."
She didn't want to use the word "actor" to belittle Mu Qing.
The women who were waiting for news finally understood what Hu Xiner meant and felt relieved.
The woman who asked the question also took the portrait handed over by Hu Xiner.
Li Sangui watched helplessly as the knife in Mu Qing's hand deviated another three inches. The other person wanted three pounds of pork, but he only cut one pound and eight ounces.
Fortunately, these women originally bought pork because of Mu Qing's face. As long as they could eat pork cut by Mu Qing himself, they didn't care if there was more or less.
Li Sangui couldn't help but turn his head to look at Mu Qing: This kid has fallen into trouble, but looking at the girl's appearance, I'm afraid he hasn't figured it out yet. This kid still has a long way to go.
Thinking of this, he raised his hand and patted Mu Qing on the shoulder.
Mu Qing wrapped the pork in oil paper and handed it to the woman who bought the meat. The woman was bewitched by him and stared at him with her eyes. She stretched out her hand several times before she successfully took the pork.
Mu Qingcai turned his head to look at Li Sangui, his eyes full of confusion as he looked at his hand on his shoulder.
Li Sangui rolled his eyes inwardly and thought to himself, "I take back what I said. This guy hasn't gotten his mind up yet. They're both the same. It's still a long way to go before they can be together!"
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