"This is fish ball potato noodles." Xiao Guo greeted the woman enthusiastically, "Auntie, have one portion."
"Fish ball potato noodles?" The woman was curious about the new term. She had never heard of it before. "What is fish ball potato noodles?"
Xiaoguo opened the lid on the pot and showed her, "These are fish balls, made from grass carp meat, pure fish meat." Then he took out two balls, cut them in half into quarters and threw them into the colander in the pot. He lifted the lid covering the potato flour and noodles and continued to introduce, "This white and round one is potato flour, made from potatoes. This is white flour noodles. The soup base is made from pork bones and mushroom soup..."
Xiaoguo's voice was particularly loud. She knew that someone was listening nearby. They had never seen anyone selling food at their doorstep, so they were too embarrassed to come out. They first sent the aunt in front of them to see what was going on. After she finished speaking, she heard a bustling discussion from not far away. The woman was confused when she heard Xiaoguo's words. She could understand them separately, but why couldn't she understand them together? She knew potatoes, but what was potato flour? She knew grass carp, but could it be made into meatballs? Would it be delicious? And how much would it cost? It sounded expensive, and there was also white flour.
The woman had a tangled look on her face, and Xiao Guo continued, "Auntie, have a bowl. It's only ten cents a bowl. Just go home and get a bowl."
When Xiao Guo just mentioned the money, he was still a little hesitant. Noodles on the street only cost five cents, and he had increased the price by half. He didn't know if he could accept it. But when he saw the expression on the woman's face, he knew for sure that people in this area were relatively wealthy, so Xiao Guo asked for the price without any worries.
The woman was relieved and said to Xiaoguo generously, "Give me three bowls, one bowl of mushroom soup and two bowls with bones. Add some chili to the mushroom soup. I'll give you the money and I'll go home to get the bowls." After saying that, she threw down the money and ran towards home. Xiaoguo happily took the money and put it away. He skillfully put the fish balls in the pot and waited for the woman who had just left to come back with three bowls in her hands. There were many people following her, each holding two or three bowls and rushing towards here.
Serve the woman first, and when she takes it away, the people behind her come forward one after another and say, "I want two bowls, I want four bowls, I want two bowls too, I want mushroom soup with chili, I want three bowls of bone soup..."
Xiaoguo was very happy. He made a lot of money. He collected money and made noodles quickly. He collected money for each portion and made one portion. The hustle and bustle here attracted people from the next street to come over to watch the fun. When they saw that they were selling food, ten cents was not expensive, so they bought at least one bowl to try it out of curiosity. As soon as they tasted it, they were attracted by the taste: bouncy and delicious fish balls, chewy potato flour and noodles, plus the fragrant thick soup, with two boiled vegetables on top. The fragrance melted into the mouth as soon as it entered the mouth. The taste was indescribable and they just wanted to drink one bowl and then another.
Xiao Guo responded to the people and quickened his movements. When he finished the last bowl, he saw that the ingredients were almost gone, so he stopped them loudly, "I'm sorry, folks, the last bowl is sold out, and I'm closing the stall today."
As soon as he finished speaking, the people who were still crowding forward suddenly became a mess and bustling.
"Why is that? I haven't bought it yet."
"Yes, I still want to buy it."
"Little lady, I'm here again to buy two more bowls."
"I just arrived, and I haven't even seen the soup that I smelled. Isn't this torture?"
"That's right, I came from the next street, but I haven't waited yet, eh."
"When will you open the stall next time? Will you still be here?"
Xiaoguo smiled and calmed everyone down, replying one by one, "I'm sorry, I really don't have any today. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry for the folks who came from so far away. I'll still set up a stall here next time when I go to the market. I will definitely prepare more next time. If you didn't have any, please come back early."