11 Chapter 11
◎No one can refuse it! ◎
Early the next morning, people who came to the town early to take advantage of the cool weather were blocked by the bustling crowd before they even reached the market center.
Passersby couldn't help but wonder, could it be that silver fell from the sky? Why were there so many people? Everyone stood on tiptoe and looked over the three layers of people inside and outside, and found that the one surrounded in the innermost part was actually a noodle stall.
The three Jiang brothers, who were surrounded by the crowd, were busy at this time.
The eldest brother Jiang Jingxuan was watching over the stove and continuously putting baskets of rice noodles into the boiling pot. After they were cooked, he neatly drained the water and poured them into a prepared bowl nearby.
The second son, Jiang Jinghao, took the bowl and put peanuts, pickled bamboo shoots, pickled beans, fried bean curd and other side dishes in it. From time to time he had to go to the side to pick and wash vegetables for the eldest son.
The fifth brother Jiang Jingyun took over the last baton. He put the braised meat, fried eggs, fried fruits, etc. added by the customers into the noodles, and then poured Jiang Jingyun's secret soup base on it.
A bowl of snail noodles that will be popular all over the world in the era of information explosion in the 21st century is ready!
Jiang Jingyun handed the snail noodles to the customer and took the responsibility of collecting the money.
Original snail noodles, 15 cents!
Fried egg snail noodles, twenty cents!
Braised snail noodles, twenty-five cents!
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As bowl after bowl of snail noodles were handed out, an overbearing aroma swept across the street.
Take a bite, the unique flavor of snail noodles - sour, spicy, fresh, numb and hot - instantly captures everyone's taste buds.
The crowd couldn't help but smell the fragrance. It happened that the crops had just been harvested at home, and everyone had some money left in their pockets. A bowl of snail noodles was only a few cents more expensive than ordinary vegetarian noodles, so they all took out money and said they wanted to buy a bowl to try.
Once you taste it, you can’t stop.
On a hot summer day, everyone was holding a bowl of snail noodles and eating them with sweat on their foreheads.
The shop owners who had been patronizing Jiang Jingyun's braised food business also rushed over to join in the fun after hearing the news.
These people who were not short of money and usually had a lot of business dealings with each other sat together and ordered all the side dishes. They all ate until their bellies were full. They drank the last mouthful of soup and put their bowls heavily on the table, shouting with great enthusiasm as if they were drinking: "Great!"
The customers didn't leave after finishing their meal. They approached the noodle stall and talked to Jiang Jingyun, who was busy all the time. "I haven't seen you for a while. I thought you didn't sell braised food anymore. I didn't expect you to come up with something so delicious."
Jiang Jingyun did not mention that he had sprained his ankle during the robbery. He just smiled and explained, "My family was busy with farming a while ago, so I didn't come." After that, he did not forget his business skills. He kept throwing out bait to attract customers and said that they would set up stalls here regularly in the future. If the bosses like it, they can come often. In the future, they will introduce fresh food to ensure that everyone will leave satisfied.
Several shopkeepers nodded repeatedly, indicating that they would definitely patronize the store in the future. Shopkeeper Wang, who had been patronizing him since the beginning, hesitated for a moment and said, "I heard a while ago that some hooligans in the town were a bit dishonest. They took advantage of the lax supervision during the county magistrate's return to Beijing to report on his work and wanted to fish in troubled waters and rob small vendors. I wanted to remind you, but I didn't see you later, so I let it go. Now that the three of you are setting up a stall together, I think ordinary hooligans would not dare to have any bad ideas. But don't think I'm nosy. We are doing business, so it's better to be careful when we go out."
Jiang Jingyun nodded gratefully and bowed his hands to express his gratitude: "Thank you for your reminder, shopkeeper. I will pay more attention to it."
Tailor Zhang came over and gossiped mysteriously, "I know about this, too. But they only did it for two days before they were dealt with by people who didn't like them. I heard that he was the only one who beat up the hooligans so badly that they cried and swore that they would never do such petty thefts again. It was amazing!"
one person? The thugs who robbed small vendors?
The timing was also perfect.
Jiang Jingyun recalled the scars on Xiao Muyan's hands during those days, and understood, "I understand. I'll give you two more reminders, next time you come, I'll give you an extra portion of braised food!"
Tailor Zhang clapped his hands and said, "You are the wise one, we will definitely come tomorrow!"
Shopkeeper Wang looked at the rude tailor Zhang with disdain, but he did not deny what he was going to do tomorrow. He pulled the tailor Zhang who was still trying to argue away.
The three brothers of the Jiang family worked non-stop for the entire morning before they sold out all the rice noodles.
At this time, there was a long queue in front of the noodle stall. They were all there because they heard that there was delicious food here and came to join in the fun. The three looked at the group of customers in front of them, but because they had run out of ingredients, they could only apologize to the people in line and shout, "Today's snail noodles are sold out. Thank you all for your support. Please come early tomorrow."
Everyone in the queue sighed when they heard this and could only leave with regret.
Seeing people disperse, the Jiang brothers began to pack up and prepare to go back. On weekdays, everyone is a skilled farmer who works efficiently. Before Jiang Jingyun started, the eldest brother Jiang had already packed up everything and put it on the cart. The second brother ran to the butcher's shop to buy pork offal for tomorrow's season. There was no need to buy oil fruits and bean curd in the town, as there was a family in the village that made delicious and cheap tofu.
After everything was packed up, Brother Jiang lifted the handlebars and headed home. When they passed by a bun stall on the way, Jiang Jingyun went over and bought a dozen buns for everyone to share.
Except for the sweet potato porridge they had when they came out in the morning, the three of them had not had a drop of water in the whole morning and were already tired and thirsty. They finished a big bun in a few bites with the water they brought with them. After wolfing down a few of them, they felt a little full in their stomachs.
They were all frugal people, and after earning money they would not even think of going out for a stroll in town, but would just fill their stomachs and rush home. I have to prepare dishes for tomorrow's meal after I get back. Business is so good today, so I have to prepare more.
It really never stops for a moment.
When they got home, their aunt had already prepared lunch and was waiting for them.
The eldest aunt looked at the three brothers who were wolfing down their food with concern and served them some food. "You must be starving. Eat slowly. I brought the kids with me this morning to prepare the side dishes. The rice is also soaked. I'll come and wash the pig's offal in a while. You can take a rest after you finish eating. We can prepare the rest in the afternoon."
Jiang Erge ate the fastest. He put down his bowl first and wiped his mouth with his sleeve: "Mom, we are not tired!"
Today’s booming business and long queues have given them confidence. They are so excited that they don’t feel tired even if they work for another three days! However, thinking that the fifth brother is weak and will not be able to bear too much fatigue, the second brother Jiang hurriedly added, "Fifth brother, you should take a rest. We know how to do those jobs, so just let us do them. When we cook the brine in the afternoon, you can help watch over it from the side!"
"Yes, yes, yes, let them do the rough work, you go and take a rest." The aunt looked at her nephew with distress. He had two dark circles under his eyes and was eating slowly with a bowl in his hands. His face was so thin after a serious illness. Then came the summer harvest and various preparations. He was busy every day and now he looked even thinner. "You go to sleep first, aunt will keep an eye on you, don't worry."
Although everyone helped out these days and he was not allowed to do any heavy work at all, except Jiang Jingyun, the others were dealing with these things for the first time and didn't know the specific methods, so he had to keep an eye on everything personally, and he was very tired after a few days.
However, Jiang Jingyun was not the kind of person who would ignore his own health and show off his abilities. Facing the concern of his family, he responded obediently: "I will follow my aunt's arrangements."
"But..." He deliberately stretched out his tone, slowly took out the hidden money bag from his pocket, poured the copper coins inside onto the table, and winked at everyone slyly, "Before that, let's count how much money we made today!"
Seeing the copper plates covering the table, everyone exclaimed in amazement. Even the two brothers of the Jiang family who had set up the stall with them looked surprised. Although business was booming today and they knew they must have made a lot of money, it was the fifth brother who was in charge of greeting customers and taking orders, as well as collecting money, from beginning to end, so they had no clear idea of how much they had earned.
It was not until now, looking at the pile of copper coins in front of them, that they truly realized how much of a surprise this scholar, who seemed to be ignorant and only cared about reading, had brought to them.
"Oh my god, I've never seen so much silver and money in my entire life." Li murmured, covering her chest.
Everyone used hemp rope to carefully count and string the copper coins together. One string was one thousand coins, and when they were all counted, there was a total of more than seven strings of coins. A total of more than 300 bowls of snail noodles were sold today, plus fried eggs, braised food, etc. Jiang Jingyun made a rough estimate in his mind. After deducting the cost, they made a full five taels of silver today!
Brother Jiang held a handful of copper coins. His dark and honest face looked even more stunned at the moment, and he was full of disbelief: "Is this really what we earned today? We are rich, we are rich..."
The second brother Jiang was also very excited, breathing rapidly: "Five taels of silver, even if the eldest wife only takes 30%, they can still get 1,500 wen!"
On ordinary days, even if the whole family lived frugally all year round and worked hard digging the soil in the fields, they could not save two taels of silver. Now, I can earn nearly a year’s income in just one day! If this business can continue for a long time, they will never have to worry about their livelihood again!
The more they thought about it, the more excited they became. They wanted to rush out and shout a few times to express their excitement.
In the end, it was the older Li who managed to keep calm. She slapped her two sons on the back of their heads one by one, scolding them with a smile: "What are you yelling about? Don't show off your wealth, do you understand? Learn from Jingyun and be more stable!"
"That's right, what the aunt said is right." Wen Jiang Jingyun Chong echoed with a smile, "We did it quietly. This is called making a fortune in silence."
"Today is the first day we made money, let's divide the money first and take it back to make uncle and the others happy, it's a good start. From now on, we will divide the money every ten days, is that okay with you?"
The cousins are now completely convinced of Jiang Jingyun and nod repeatedly without hesitation.
After dividing the money, Jiang Jingyun heartlessly abandoned his two cousins and went back to his room to rest. When he was about to fall asleep in bed, he vaguely heard the voice of his aunt in the yard whispering: All of this is brought by your fifth brother, you must not be ungrateful... otherwise..."
"Mom, we all know..."
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Accompanied by the chirping of summer cicadas, Jiang Jingyun fell asleep with a smile.
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