"Hey, what are you doing? What are you doing? I haven't even finished speaking and you've already started eating. Didn't I say it's expensive at ten yuan a piece? You still dare to eat it!"
Wang Fugui glared at his old partner with annoyance.
Luo Yougen fell silent, then quickly pulled out his wallet from his pocket and took out a hundred-yuan bill, which made Wang Fugui's eyes widen in surprise.
What?
Are you sure you want something this big?
Isn't it said that ten yuan for a tea egg is expensive and you can't afford to eat it?
Wang Fugui was dumbfounded when he saw the hundred yuan.
Elderly people living in rural areas don't even spend 100 yuan a week.
This person is usually so stingy, I never expected them to be so generous!
Wang Fugui stared at Luo Yougen as if he were meeting him for the first time.
"Young boss, ten more tea eggs, please, with extra broth."
Lin Zhou was quite surprised when he accepted the hundred yuan.
Yesterday was the hardest day for him since he started his stall.
I thought today would be similar, but I didn't expect to have such a big business as soon as I set up my stall!
"Okay."
Lin Zhou put away the money, then grabbed a plastic bag, filled it with ten tea eggs, added some broth, and let them soak in it.
Wang Fugui then remembered his two tea eggs.
"Boss, where are my two tea eggs?"
Lin Zhou reached out and handed over two more tea eggs that were already packaged, each soaked in some broth.
Luo Yougen took ten tea eggs, tied the bag tightly, put them in the bamboo basket, and then slowly said, "I'll go home and change my clothes, then go to my son's house in the county town. I'll bring some tea eggs with me; they've probably never tasted such delicious tea eggs before."
If Luo Yougen were to eat them himself, he would indeed be stingy, as ten yuan a piece is not cheap. However, when he goes to his son's house, he would definitely be willing to buy some to bring over for them to try.
"Now that you mention it, I do remember. I'll buy more then."
Wang Fugui felt a little embarrassed that he had been so focused on eating tea eggs that he had forgotten about his children who were away.
He took out a few dozen yuan from his pocket, counted them, and found he only had seventy-five yuan left, not enough for a hundred, so he looked at his old friend.
"Hey, old buddy, I'm still a bit short. Can you lend me some? I didn't bring that much money with me when I came out to sell vegetables."
It looked like the two old men had almost bought a bucket of tea eggs.
The passengers inside the car were also getting anxious.
They've only smelled the aroma and asked about the price so far, they haven't even said whether they want it or not, and it's already going to be gone.
People who initially thought it was too expensive and had no intention of buying it stared wide-eyed in disbelief as the two old men casually offered to buy 100 yuan worth of tea eggs.
Is it possible that this price is normal, and only they think it's expensive?
The passengers were puzzled, their eyes filled with incomprehension but also curiosity.
They suspected that the two old men and the driver were all shills.
I've never even seen a tea egg that costs ten yuan, yet they're buying them for fifty or a hundred yuan each. It's unbelievable.
Some passengers, drawn by the scene and sensing the tension as the tea eggs were about to sell out, and smelling the aroma filling the carriage, couldn't resist joining in and buying two to try.
It smells so good that it makes you curious about what it tastes like.
"Give me two to try too."
"Young man, I want one too."
Seeing the business booming, Xiao Wu finally felt relieved.
He originally didn't know who the boss he was going to receive was.
But when I saw Lin Zhou, he looked familiar, but at the time I was only thinking about entertaining the boss.
After making arrangements for the boss and returning home, when I wanted to look up the boss's information and learn more about him, I discovered that the boss he had served was the founder of the Suona Western Restaurant, which had become a viral sensation online.
Why mention the founder? Because there were imitators.
With Lin Zhou's suona-themed Western food becoming an internet sensation, many businessmen saw the opportunity and began to imitate it, including some roadside stalls from different cities and even some from Koucheng itself.
It doesn't matter if they can't play the suona; we can just hire someone.
It has also extended to street food paired with pianos and violins, aiming to attract customers.
The buzz surrounding Lin Zhou's suona-themed Western-style food hasn't died down yet, and netizens are still curious when similar roadside stalls appear, attracting a large number of people to check them out.
As a result, even though Lin Zhou stopped selling his wares, many people imitated him, and he was frequently mentioned.
Xiao Wu recognized that the Mr. Lin he was serving was the same Mr. Lin who had become an internet sensation.
For a moment, everyone was a little confused.
However, after communicating with the customer who placed the order with him, according to his requirements, he didn't need to worry about anything else. He just needed to follow Boss Lin's instructions and act as his assistant for the rest of the week.
Xiao Wu took note and simply did what the boss instructed.
Seeing that the boss's business was doing well, he finally felt relieved.
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After Wang Fugui and Luo Yougen returned to the village, they hurriedly went to their respective homes. After putting their things down, they went to the vegetable garden to pick some fresh vegetables, washed them, and packed them in bags.
After quickly tidying up and changing my clothes, I caught the next bus to the city to deliver tea eggs to my child's family.
My clothes were filthy from all the work this morning, and it was definitely inappropriate to go to my child's house dressed like that.
After all that fuss, thankfully we managed to catch the next bus.
The old women sitting under the big tree at the village entrance, picking vegetables and chatting, couldn't help but murmur among themselves as they watched the two old men busy themselves back and forth before going out again.
"These two old men are always busy with this and that. What are they busy with?"
"They probably went to town to sell vegetables. I saw them picking vegetables in the fields."
"No way, I saw them go out for a while this morning, and they're all back now, going to sell vegetables again?"
"Definitely not, he changed his clothes, look how smart he looks."
"I guess he's looking after his grandson."
"Hey, did you guys hear what Wang Fugui said about the ten-yuan tea eggs on that bus?"
"No, is that so?"
"My husband told me this when he came home, saying..."
The villagers' gossip didn't affect Wang Fugui and Luo Yougen.
Once the children grow up, get married, and settle down in the county town, they mostly buy houses there. They only come back to visit the countryside during holidays.
When parents miss their children, they can take the bus to the county town to visit them, which is quite convenient.
Wang Fugui's two daughters married and moved to other places, while his son bought a house in the county town to settle down when he got married.
Wang Fugui was taking vegetables, farm produce, and tea eggs to his son's house.
Luo Yougen has two children, one in the town and one in the county seat.
The two parted ways on the way.
Wang Fugui arrived at his son's house on the bus at ten o'clock.
My body feels like it's going to fall apart from sitting so much.
The bus stop was some distance from his son's house.
Wang Fugui simply carried his bamboo basket and walked over.
After knocking on the door for a long time and not seeing anyone answer it, I realized that I hadn't called ahead.
They were immediately dumbfounded.
"Oh dear, I'm getting old, my memory isn't what it used to be."
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