Chapter 96: Buy and Sell (Additional chapter for 45,000 Yunqi recommendation votes)
Manbao breathed a sigh of relief, stepped on a large clod of earth, and loudly asked everyone to line up.
These days everyone has been queuing up to get the steamed buns, and everyone has gotten used to it, so they subconsciously stand in line and go forward with their bowls to get the soup.
Not everyone can have a piece of meat in their bowl. As Zhou Wulang said, it depends on fate.
There were chopped green onions in the soup, and Zhou Wulang also added a lot of salt. It was really delicious. After everyone took a sip, although they felt sorry that they didn't get any meat slices, they didn't say anything.
After all, it's only two cents.
When Zhou Sanlang finally arrived, Manbao jumped over and led him to the donkey cart nearby. He also gave him a piece of pancake that Qian had baked that morning and said, "Third brother, have this, have this."
Zhou Sanlang had been doing physical work all morning. The dry food he brought with him was cold, and the bowl of water he had stored was even colder, so he didn't eat much. He was so hungry at this time that he didn't bother to be polite with his youngest sister. He gave up the cold and hard steamed bun and took a bite of it.
Then he took a sip of the soup and felt a warmth rising from his stomach, making his heart, lungs and stomach all warm. He exhaled happily and smiled at Manbao.
Seeing that his third brother was eating so happily, Manbao also swallowed his saliva and squatted beside him and asked eagerly, "Third brother, is it delicious?"
Zhou Sanlang took another sip of soup, took a bite of the pancake, and nodded vigorously, "Delicious."
Manbao swallowed twice in a row.
Zhou Sanlang looked at Coke, then took the bowl and fed her a mouthful of soup. He tore off a piece of bread, soaked it in the soup and gave it to her, then asked with a smile, "Is it delicious?"
Manbao's mouth was stuffed full and his eyes were twinkling and bright.
Bai Shanbao came over at some point and squatted beside Manbao to watch.
Zhou Sanlang laughed out loud. He was always honest and spoke softer than others. Among the six brothers, he had the least sense of existence. But at this moment, seeing the two adorable children squatting in front of him waiting for him to feed them, Zhou Sanlang felt happy.
Bai Shanbao also took a sip of the soup and he also thought it was delicious.
His little face flushed and he thought it tasted better than the one at home.
So he was not satisfied with just having a bite at Zhou Sanlang's place, and pulled Manbao to Zhou Wulang.
Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang are very busy.
After the first bowl of soup was sold, more and more people lined up. Since the rest time was limited, they were quite anxious.
Zhou Liulang collected the money while Zhou Wulang served soup to everyone. Although the work was not hard, both of them were sweating and Zhou Wulang felt his hands a little tired.
At first, the dozen or so Laoding who just wanted to squat aside and smell the steamed buns couldn't help it in the end. They gathered around the person who bought soup and watched for a while. They saw that there was either a piece of meat or a piece of radish in the person's bowl.
And what they drank was hot, but the water in their bowls was ice cold.
After taking another difficult bite of the cold steamed bun, someone said, "Let's go buy a bowl too. It's only two cents, not too expensive."
"Then buy a bowl?"
Even the poorest laborers would carry a few coins with them, if for no other reason than that if someone fell ill, you would have to ask the officials to notify your family to send someone to replace you, right?
The official will not pass on the message to you for free. Sometimes a few cents may mean your life.
So in the end, all the Laoding came to line up, and Friday and Saturday Lang became even busier.
Seeing Manbao finally coming over, Zhou Liulang pulled her over and asked her to collect the money while he went to help his fifth brother.
It is not difficult to collect money, as long as the money you receive is intact copper coins and there are two of them.
Even the curious Bai Shanbao and Bai Erlang came over to experience it.
They thought collecting money was quite fun, but it was a pity that they used copper coins and didn't have to give change, otherwise it would have been more fun.
All the laborers bought a bowl of soup. Two officials were the last to come. Zhou Wulang saw them and smiled. He filled two bowls with soup for them. He pushed the money back and said with a smile, "How dare I take your money? We are very grateful to you two gentlemen for allowing us to take care of my brother here."
Zhou Wulang had been frightened by Lu Da just now. The feeling was very mysterious, but he just knew that if he had let Lu Da take the spoon and scoop the soup himself, there would be chaos.
At that moment, he knew that it was not enough to rely on his third brother working here, and him and the sixth brother. He had to find more power to protect them.
The mouth is soft when the food is eaten, and the hand is grateful when the gift is given. From the fact that Manbao gave candy to the officials these two days and was allowed to stay here and wander around, Zhou Wulang knew that these two officials were buying into this trick.
It’s just two bowls of soup, both homemade.
Zhou Wulang's words sounded very nice, and the two officials were indeed satisfied. They took the soup without hesitation and saw that it contained not only meat slices but also radishes. They nodded in satisfaction.
The rest is the soup base at the bottom, and the best soup is also in this layer.
Zhou Wulang first served a bowl to Bai Erlang and Bai Shanbao, and then to Bai Shanbao's servant Daji. After all, they were riding in someone else's donkey cart, so they had to be given a bowl of soup, right?
Zhou Wulang then divided the remaining soup among his brothers and sisters. Of course, the ingredients in Manbao's bowl were the best.
Manbao was so happy that he picked up his bowl and drank with Bai Shanbao and Bai Erlang.
The two brothers of the Bai family also brought dry food, which was much more exquisite than the cakes brought by Manbao.
There are also small white steamed buns.
It was already cold, but Zhou Wulang roasted it over the fire. It was a little burnt and didn't look very good, but Bai Shanbao thought it was delicious, much better than eating it at home.
Bai Jilang also thought it was delicious and ate it with broth with relish. Then the three children shared their food with each other.
Manbao divided the cake in his hand into three portions, and Bai Erlang and Bai Shanbao also gave Manbao the golden-brown steamed buns.
Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang did not join the three children in having fun. Instead, they squatted beside their third brother with a bowl of soup, and only glanced at them occasionally.
"Third brother, there's still a little in the pot. You can drink it all later."
Zhou Sanlang nodded. He looked around and saw that everyone was quite far away. Then he asked in a low voice, "How much meat did you buy? Can you make back your money if you only sell it for two cents?"
Zhou Wulang also lowered his voice and reported the bill to him, "The bones were all without meat. We bought them all for ten cents, and spent another ten cents to buy a pound of fat. The radishes and chopped green onions were all brought from home. We bought the salt, but we didn't use much..."
Zhou Wulang calculated the amount of money he could earn and said, "At least 150 coins. Third brother, this business is viable."
Zhou Sanlang was relieved and asked, "Then you will come again tomorrow?"
"Of course," Zhou Wulang said without hesitation, "I finally found a good business."
Even though Zhou Wulang has done a lot of things recently, the only thing that really makes him money is selling flower baskets.
Now that he finally has another source of income, of course he can't give it up.
Zhou Sanlang was also happy. While he was serving in the army, his brothers were able to do business nearby. He was taken care of and could also take care of others.
(End of this chapter)
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