A week passed in the blink of an eye.
The Xuehe rice ball stall appeared on the snack street in front of Taoxi Middle School at 10:30 am. Jiang Yingxue neatly placed the food to be sold today on the warm crystal stone countertop and covered it with a transparent dust cover.
The temperature of these foods is just right for eating, not too hot nor too cold. Too hot food is bad for the body, and non-beverage foods will also affect the taste if they are cold. Students can eat food at this temperature directly, and they like it.
In addition to rice balls, the food on the table today also includes roasted fish balls and shrimp balls, uncooked boxed fish balls and fresh shrimps.
The fish and shrimp in the space, perhaps because of the favorable environment, not only grew well but also had a strong reproductive capacity. If they were left to thrive, the pond would shrink. Therefore, Jiang Yingxue decided to make them into meatballs and sell them at her stall. Because the town's living standards were low, she priced the fish and shrimp balls very low.
The baked fish and shrimp balls come in a string of four for 10 yuan. The raw fish balls, which are larger than the baked ones, come in a box of 20 for 100 yuan. Each box of raw fish balls comes with a small container of sauce.
Jiang Yingxue had just put the food on the table when the guests arrived.
The first guest today was Wang Juguang. Standing next to him was an old man of about the same age as him, his friend Liu Junping.
When they were about 20 meters away from the stall, Wang Juguang pointed at Jiang Yingxue's stall and introduced it to Liu Junping as they walked. "Junping, this is the stall of my student I told you about. It's only been a dozen hours since I last ate there, and I'm already missing the taste. Haha, let's go check it out before the students go on holiday."
Liu Junping pushed his reading glasses, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes, "Is that the shrimp rice ball you talk about all day made by this little girl? Is it as fragrant as before? Do you miss it so much?"
Lately, he's been hearing Wang Juguang boast about how delicious and fragrant the rice balls his students make are, saying they're better than a state banquet. He even boasts about the sauce that comes with the rice balls, saying he could eat two large bowls of rice with it. He doesn't believe it, thinking Wang Juguang's protectiveness over his students is playing tricks on him. But he can't stop Wang Juguang from talking about it, so he decided to try the rice balls to see if they're really that good. "What does this girl do at home? A chef?"
Wang Juguang thought about it, shook his head and said, "She's not a chef. Her family used to sell farm vegetables in the market."
As they were talking, they arrived in front of the stall.
"Teacher Wang, you're here," Jiang Yingxue greeted them with a smile, "Hello, old gentleman."
Wang Juguang said to Jiang Yingxue with a smile, "Yingxue, I brought my friend here to try your secret rice balls. My friend has never tasted shrimps this good. Please give us two servings of your secret rice balls and two glasses of freshly squeezed peach juice. We'll eat here instead of taking them away."
He handed Jiang Yingxue 300 yuan, and Jiang Yingxue accepted the money without hesitation. Wang Juguang had made it clear on the first day that Jiang Yingxue was not allowed to refuse his money when she came to buy food from him. He would not eat for free and would pay for it. He had been frequenting Jiang Yingxue's stall recently and paid for it as usual.
Jiang Yingxue accepted Wang Juguang's money for purchases, but she also gave him some fresh shrimp, bone spirit powder, or peaches. In Jiang Yingxue's eyes, Wang Juguang was a good teacher, an elder worthy of respect and love. Some time ago, when the Panjiao vines matured in large areas, Jiang Yingxue even gave him and his wife a month's supply so that they could bathe and strengthen their bodies.
"What's this?" Wang Juguang noticed the new fish balls and shrimp on the table. He turned to look at the blackboard and immediately became interested in the new products. "Two skewers each of fish balls and shrimp balls, please."
"Okay."
Not long after Wang Juguang and Liu Junping sat down at the table under the shade of the tree, Jiang Yingxue came over with rice balls and meatballs. Then she turned back and put two glasses of freshly squeezed peach juice on their table.
They ordered four meatballs in total, but there were eight on the table. Wang Juguang said, "Yingxue, you gave me too many meatballs."
Jiang Yingxue smiled faintly and said, "Today is the first day of the new product release. I'm giving the extra ones to you to help you taste them. Teachers, please give me your comments on the taste and see if there's anything that needs improvement. If there's too much, just ask me to come and pack it up."
Wang Juguang also knew that it was specially sent by the students. Although he hadn't eaten it yet, he smiled and gave a thumbs up, "This is your cooking skill, kid. Full marks, no need to improve."
"Thank you, Teacher Wang, for the compliment." Jiang Yingxue said and returned to the stall. She had prepared a lot of goods today. In addition to the orders placed by customers, there were 10 servings of shrimp and seaweed rice balls, 30 servings of pork chop and seaweed rice balls, 50 servings of ham and egg seaweed rice balls, 20 skewers each of fish balls and shrimp balls, 5 servings of boxed fresh shrimps, and 10 servings of boxed meatballs.
At the table, Liu Junping first picked up a string of fish balls and took a bite. The juice and taste of the fish balls exploded in his mouth, as if a warm air rushed into his body and warmed his heart. He first widened his eyes in surprise and then closed his eyes to enjoy the taste of the fish balls.
After swallowing a fish ball, he opened his eyes, picked up a bunch of shrimp balls and took a bite, another shocking ball.
Wang Juguang inserted straws into two cups of peach juice, handed one to Liu Junping, and said, "Try the juice."
Liu Junping took it, lowered his head and took a sip, then closed his eyes, looking as if he was enjoying delicacies from land and sea.
After a few seconds, he opened his eyes and looked at the food on the table and said, "This juice has a unique flavor. And aren't these sold too cheaply? These meatballs are only 10 yuan, so they're free."
Wang Juguang held a cup of peach juice in one hand and shrimp balls in the other. He had eaten fried shrimps before, and now when he ate the shrimp balls he felt that "this is how it should taste."
"This is a blessing for the people in our town!" Wang Juguang felt that Jiang Yingxue opening a stall in front of the middle school would benefit the teachers and students of the school and the town.
He slowly put down the peach juice, a proud expression on his face. For more than a week, he had been taking herbal baths, drinking Lingguzhifen water, eating the food on the Xuehe rice balls and fresh shrimps, etc. Others could not see the changes in his body, but he could see them clearly. He was a student who was different from ordinary people, and he was very capable. These foods were good for dietary supplements and diet therapy.
He also once asked Jiang Yingxue if the price of the food at her stall was too low. After all, the taste and hidden effect were unique in the town and city, and the price could definitely be higher.
Wang Juguang also believed that once more people discovered this hidden effect, Xuehe rice balls would rise to a high position. By then, this street would be crowded with people coming to the Xuehe rice ball stall, and the queue for rice balls would at least stretch as far as the Xihua Oil Factory.
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