Wang Cuifen thought the vendor was probably another young person returning from a big city to start a business in her rural village. She'd seen many of these people: ambitious and enthusiastic, they set up stalls without understanding local prices or the student market, but often ended up in failure.
She thought to herself, this young man is really obsessed with pricing. The price is so outrageous that she can't stand it. This is right in front of the middle school. With that kind of money, people would eat in a restaurant with air conditioning. Who would buy it at a street stall?
Time soon came to 11 o'clock, and the students of Taoxi Middle School were dismissed from school.
Students walked out of the school gate with happy smiles on their faces. Most of those riding bicycles were day students. Most of them had prepared meals at home, but they could still buy some snacks on the street to satisfy their cravings. Most of those walking were boarding students. Some of them were tired of the food in the cafeteria and would go out to find food outside the school gate.
The bustling streets in front of the school were filled with students, and the scene was lively and noisy.
Jiang Yingxue also lifted the lid covering the rice balls, and instantly the sweet aroma of the rice balls filled the area around the stall.
"What's that smell? It smells so good. Look here." Junior high school student A shook his companion's hand.
"Xuehe Rice Balls? Why haven't I seen this before? It must be newly opened. Let's go and take a look."
They came to the stall, saw the information on the blackboard and thought it was a bit expensive, so they turned around and went to Aunt Wang's Malatang next door to buy Malatang.
"Forget it, let's just eat spicy hot pot."
A 6-yuan spicy hot pot meal contains noodles, meat, vegetables, quail eggs, and sausage, while a 10-yuan rice ball only has ham and eggs. They think it is not worth it.
Seeing that customers who were rushing towards her stall turned around and went to other stalls one after another, Jiang Yingxue did not feel discouraged, but waited calmly for customers to arrive.
Li Shanshan is a second-year junior high school student. Her parents went to the city today and were not at home. They gave her some money and asked her to make her own lunch.
"What should I eat?" She was a little confused as she pushed her bicycle down the street, and unknowingly she was about to walk out of the snack circle.
Smelling the aroma of rice balls, she stopped in front of the Xuehe rice ball stall and said, "This smells good." Although the price is a bit expensive, the 20 yuan given by her parents, plus her own pocket money, is enough.
"Sister, I want a pork..." Li Shanshan originally wanted to order pork chop and seaweed rice balls, but she wanted to drink a drink, so she changed her mind, "I want an egg, ham and seaweed rice ball and a glass of peach juice." She had never seen the new flavor of peach juice in the drink shops in the town, but she liked peaches, and this peach juice had the word "peach" in it, so it should be peach juice.
She handed Jiang Yingxue 30 yuan, and Jiang Yingxue took the money with a smile and said, "Okay, wait a moment."
Jiang Yingxue quickly made a cup of peach juice, wrapped the rice ball in a plastic bag, and took a paper bag to put the rice ball, the small box of rice ball ingredients, the two free packets of Lingguzhi powder and milk tea together.
Li Shanshan took the paper bag and said, "Thank you, sister."
Jiang Yingxue smiled and said, "Sister, you're welcome. The small box inside is the sauce for the rice balls, and the small packet of peach powder can be drunk with water." The little girl in front of her was very polite. She was really a cute and energetic girl.
"Okay." Li Shanshan smelled the tempting aroma while Jiang Yingxue was making the peach juice. She just put the straw into the drink as soon as she got it.
She took a sip and her eyes suddenly widened. This tasted amazing! Although the drink was cold, her heart was warm and sweet.
Li Shanshan turned around and looked at Jiang Yingxue and said, "Sister, this drink is delicious!"
Jiang Yingxue curled her lips and smiled, "As long as you like it, sister. Do you think this sweetness is okay?" The peach powder used to make peach juice does not contain any ingredients. She had the impression that the milk tea she drank was very sweet. Of course, young girls also like to drink sweet drinks.
Li Shanshan said, "It's the sweetness I like, very good!"
Suddenly, a boy came up to Li Shanshan on a bicycle, patted her on the shoulder, and said, "Shanshan, I called you several times just now, but you didn't answer me."
"Jinbin, didn't you hear that?" Li Shanshan laughed dryly. The next second, she raised the drink in her hand and said, "This peach juice is super delicious. I bought it from this sister. Do you want to buy a cup? The taste will definitely not disappoint you."
Chen Jinbin and Li Shanshan are neighbors. They were deskmates in elementary school. Although they were in different classes in junior high school, their friendship remained unchanged.
Hearing this, Chen Jinbin looked at the drinks she recommended and also saw the Xuehe rice ball stall behind her.
"Then I'll try one too."
Chen Jinbin also became interested. He said to Jiang Yingxue, "Sister, I want the same drink as hers."
"OK."
When Jiang Yingxue handed the packaged peach juice to Chen Jinbin, Li Shanshan's surprised voice was heard, "This rice ball is delicious too!"
Chen Jinbin said, "Boss, I want a rice ball too."
Jiang Yingxue asked, "Do you want eggs and ham or pork chops?"
"Pork chops." Compared to eggs and ham, Chen Jinbin prefers pork chops.
Chen Jinbin, who got the pork chop and seaweed rice ball, did not wait until he got home to eat it, but took a bite to try the taste on the spot.
Seeing that the guests had already started eating, Jiang Yingxue kindly reminded them, "It tastes better with some sauce."
But Chen Jinbin, who was immersed in eating the rice ball with his head down, did not hear it. He finished the rice ball in less than a minute.
He licked the corner of his mouth and asked Jiang Yingxue, "Boss, will you come tomorrow?"
"Yes." Unless there is an accident, she will set up the stall during school hours.
"Is it around this time too? Boss, are you here this afternoon?"
"If I'm not here in the afternoon, I'll be here after school at noon, which is around this time."
Chen Jinbin wiped the corner of his mouth with his hand and said, "Then I'll have another egg and ham rice ball." After eating the pork chop, he wanted to try other flavors too.
He spent a total of 50 yuan at the Xuehe rice ball stall. This amount is equivalent to two or three days' food expenses for some students. Chen Jinbin's family is a working family with his grandparents also receiving pensions. Living in a small town, he doesn't have to spend money on food, and he still has 500 yuan in pocket money each month. This 50 yuan expense is acceptable to him.
Li Shanshan and Chen Jinbin rode their bikes home together.
Li Shanshan said proudly, "How does it taste? I didn't lie to you, it's really delicious."
Chen Jinbin savored the taste of the pork chop and said, "It's really delicious. I'll buy more tomorrow."
Li Shanshan continued, "You didn't even dip the food in the sauce just now. My sister said it tastes better with the sauce. Oh, you have two boxes of sauce, hey, why don't you give me one?"
Chen Jinbin glanced at her with disdain and said, "You've already finished your rice balls, what do you want the sauce for? To mix with rice?"
Li Shanshan thought so too. She didn't need to mix rice when she got home, so she should buy rice balls tomorrow so that she could have the sauce.
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