Although there were few people coming to Xuehe Rice Ball today, there were still about ten people, including Chen Jinbin.
Chen Jinbin collected money from his grandparents last night, and he had to complete the task today. The teacher extended the class at noon, and he thought there would be a long line, but it was unexpectedly quiet today.
He bought enough for his family, including 2 servings of shrimp and seaweed rice balls, 2 servings of pork chop and seaweed rice balls, 8 skewers of fish balls and shrimp balls, and 4 cups of peach juice.
He also saw Huilong Rice Balls. Full of curiosity, he bought some not only at Xuehe Rice Balls but also at Huilong Rice Balls. He wanted to see what the quality of the newly opened Huilong Rice Balls was like.
He first took a bite of the chicken-flavored rice ball he bought from Huilong Rice Ball. The moment the food entered his mouth, he frowned. The taste of this rice ball was not good at all, and the egg shreds inside were not as delicious as those in Xuehe Rice Ball.
He put away the chicken-flavored rice ball and silently placed it in the bicycle basket, sighing in his heart. After eating the good-tasting food, he could no longer eat the average-tasting one. The difference between the two was so big that he didn't want to take a second bite.
Time ticked by, and by now, more than ten minutes after school had ended, a group of older elementary school students, some walking together, and some with their families, suddenly appeared on the street. Some had heard from older siblings or neighbors about a delicious rice ball shop near the middle school entrance, and they had come after school specifically to try it.
Liu Minmin, Zhang Xuhao and Liang Zecheng are sixth-grade students in elementary school. Liu Minmin's sister Liu Jingjing is in the second grade of Taoxi Middle School. Last week, she brought her pork chop and seaweed rice balls, meatballs and peach juice from Xuehe Rice Balls twice, and she loved them.
Now she comes to the middle school gate with her two good classmates, carrying her own money.
"Xuhao, Zecheng, I really didn't lie to you. The rice ball stuffed with pork chops is really delicious! The meatballs are delicious too! But my favorite is the peach juice, it's super fragrant, you must try it today!" Although they are all delicious, Liu Minmin prefers the sweet peach juice. After drinking it, she feels sweet all day long.
"If it's delicious, of course we have to try it. Minmin, what's the name of that rice ball shop?" Zhang Xuhao is a foodie. When Liu Minmin suggested that they come to the middle school to find food, he immediately raised his hand in agreement.
"Yeah." Liang Zecheng is Liu Minmin's good friend and deskmate. He came here to accompany Liu Minmin.
"I didn't ask the name, but my sister said there's only one stall selling rice balls at the school gate. We'll know if we go over there. It's easy to find." Liu Minmin was so busy eating and listening to her sister at the time that she didn't ask at all.
"Huh." Zhang Xuhao stretched his neck to observe the stalls on the roadside. The next second he was surprised to find that the number of stalls did not match what Liu Minmin said.
"Minmin, that's not right. There are two rice ball stalls on this street," Zhang Xuhao pointed at the two rice ball stalls side by side in front and asked, "Which one is the right one, the Huilong rice ball or the Xuehe rice ball?"
Liu Minmin looked in the direction Zhang Xuhao pointed and saw that there were indeed two stalls selling rice balls. She thought of her favorite peach juice and began to observe the small blackboards of the two stalls.
"Peach juice! Xuehe Rice Ball, let's go here." Huilong Rice Ball has peach juice, but Xuehe Rice Ball has peach juice. Liu Minmin recognized that Xuehe Rice Ball was the stall they were looking for based on the three words "Peach juice".
Liang Zecheng said: "Xuehe rice balls are much more expensive than Huilong rice balls."
Liu Minmin continued, "It tastes much better too."
Liang Zecheng thought of a sentence he often heard his mother say at home - you get what you pay for, and he made a choice in his heart.
The three of them walked towards the Xuehe rice ball stall with determination. There was no one in front of the stall, so they didn't have to queue and could order directly.
"Sister, I want a glass of peach juice. Wait a minute," Liu Minmin tilted her head, her eyes lingering on the small blackboard. "Sister, I want a glass of freshly squeezed peach juice. I don't want the 20 yuan one. I also want an egg, ham and seaweed rice ball."
She'd tried the 20-yuan peach juice before, and now she wanted to try freshly squeezed. She'd also tried the pork chop and seaweed rice ball before, and today she wanted to try the ham and egg seaweed rice ball.
Thinking that she had taken out a hundred yuan, Liu Minmin said, "Sister, I also want two more strings of fish balls and two strings of shrimp balls. It's exactly a hundred yuan. Sister, give it to me."
"Okay, little friend, please wait a moment." Jiang Yingxue gently took the hundred yuan from her hand. The child in front of her had a sweet look, and she couldn't help but feel more gentle and patient.
Jiang Yingxue quickly packed the food Liu Minmin ordered. After packing the freshly squeezed peach juice, she put the complimentary Lingguzhi powder in the package and also gave her two extra peaches. "Little sister, these two peaches are for you. You've already had a glass of peach juice today, so you can eat these peaches tomorrow."
Liu Minmin took the bag and said sweetly, "Okay, thank you, sister!"
She turned her head to look at her two companions and asked, "What are you eating?"
"Just like you," Zhang Xuhao said to Liu Minmin, and then said to Jiang Yingxue, "Sister, I want the same as hers, and I want to add a pork chop and seaweed rice ball."
"Okay, kids, wait a moment." After collecting the money, Jiang Yingxue started working. The three kids were in the same group, so she also gave them two extra peaches.
They both got their own takeaway bags, leaving Liang Zecheng the only one who hadn't ordered anything.
"Sister, I want the same thing as her." Liang Zecheng finally chose the same thing as Liu Minmin.
After getting the food, the three of them left happily.
As soon as they left, a primary school student pointed at Jiang Yingxue's stall and said to his mother, "Mom, let's go there to buy some. I heard the meatballs there are delicious."
His mother glanced at the price on the blackboard of Xuehe Rice Balls and said, "Xiaojie, this one doesn't taste good. Let's try something else."
A bunch of these meatballs costs 10 yuan, while the ones on the pedestrian street are only 1 yuan, and the quantity is the same. Not only the meatballs, but everything else in the Xuehe rice balls is expensive too. They're both selling rice balls, but their juice is twice as expensive as the one next door, and their rice balls are even darker, with the most expensive one going for 100 yuan. Zou Qianyi doesn't want to be taken advantage of.
Yuan Jie instantly became unhappy. He tugged at his mother's clothes and said, "Mom, how can we know it's not tasty if we haven't tried it? Let's go buy one and try it, okay? Just one skewer."
"No," Zou Qianyi was not going to indulge Yuan Jie. Her voice was stern. "Xiao Jie, Mom said she doesn't want to buy meatballs. Either we go to another store and buy something else, or we go home now. Which one do you choose?"
Yuan Jie's face was full of grievance. He said stubbornly, "I don't want rice balls. I want to go home."
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