Chapter 278: Setting up a stall to earn pocket money
Some young people have just started dating and are in the midst of their love. They come to watch a movie with great difficulty, so they have to buy some snacks.
A pack costs ten cents, and if you make a few cents from it, you can make one or two dollars a day.
It’s better than picking your feet at home.
She was free anyway.
After tasting the sweetness, she began to add sunflower seeds of various flavors.
There are four types of melon seeds: original flavor, salted melon seeds, green tea flavor, and slightly sweet melon seeds.
The flavored ones are a little more expensive than the original ones, costing 1.5 cents per pack.
I opened a pack and gave it to everyone who wanted to buy it to taste. Most people preferred the green tea flavor.
She doesn't come every day, only every few days.
Xiaotong said this is called "hunger marketing", and you will miss it if you don't buy it for one meal.
Melon seeds are also disposable items. A small paper bag of them can be eaten up in a short while while chatting with others.
Since the liberalization, perhaps because it was suppressed for too long, business in the free market has been frighteningly good.
People living nearby also complained to her, why did she set up a stall to see how she felt?
Gao Xiulan smiled complacently but said nothing.
"Xiaojuan, let me tell you, the green tea-flavored melon seeds I brought you last time were bought right here at the door.
If you still don't believe it, look, this person is coming.
Auntie, give me one, not two, of the green tea flavored melon seeds."
"Here, take it. Do you want another piece of paper to hold the melon seed shells?"
Come on, business is coming.
Gao Xiulan swiftly handed over the two paper bags and took the three cents.
"Just one."
After seeing off the young couple, another person came over.
Gao Xiulan sold several copies in a short time.
Diao Yulian scratched the wall with her nails in envy. She was watching from the opposite side with her eyes almost red with jealousy.
All the money sold is money!
"You're so good, Gao Xiulan. You came out to set up a stall without saying a word behind our backs!"
As expected, everyone in the Xie family is very cunning, except for her who is a big fool.
I felt a pain in my hand and when I looked, I found that my nail was broken in two.
He kicked the wall hard, looked outside, and left angrily.
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Gao Xiulan continued selling until after ten o'clock and then went back with an empty basket. She had prepared thirty servings of green tea flavored melon seeds today.
She left after selling everything, but she probably wouldn't be able to make money from this business for long.
When she was setting up her stall today, there was always someone hanging around, pointing at her stall from time to time.
After seeing him so many times, she became familiar with him. This person had bought green tea melon seeds from her stall several times.
Some people with a good tongue may be able to taste out the little tricks.
Tea is not cheap and hard to buy nowadays. This is several kilograms of it given to Xie Yi by a comrade-in-arms when he was admitted last year.
Green tea flavored melon seeds are easy to make, but you need to pay attention to the small steps.
Soak the green tea in hot water for two minutes, soak the melon seeds in water, drain and then take them out.
Place the melon seeds and brewed green tea in a preheated wok and add salt.
After the moisture on the green tea is dried, stir-fry it continuously over low heat and the aroma of the green tea will come out.
Judging from this guy's attitude, he probably wants to do this business too.
This piece of cake is only this big. If more people want to have a piece of it, the piece of cake each person gets will be smaller.
She was also wondering whether she should change the location to set up her stall?
A tree that is moved will die, but a person who moves will live. Comrade Gao Xiulan is definitely not stubborn and foolish.
Thinking about the money he had earned, he walked home with the basket on his back.
Today is another day full of harvest.
After passing through the streets and alleys, and the bustling crowds of people, we finally arrived at the compound.
"Oh, that's incredible! All the sons and daughters are cooking today!"
Xie Yi was busy in the kitchen wearing an apron, while Lin Xiaotong was sitting on a small stool and making a fire.
Orange Radish Head was sitting on the threshold of the main room, braiding Sesame's hair. When he heard his grandmother's voice, he ran over with his little legs kicking.
He was about to hug her, but then he thought about his hands which were covered with cat hair, and he pulled them back behind his back.
"Mom, why is your voice so high up? I'm going to show you my cooking skills today, and you and Dad can just wait and see."
Xie Yi stuck his head out of the kitchen window, wielding the kitchen knife like a stick, making a banging sound as it hit the chopping board.
"Then I'll wait. By the way, your dad hasn't come back yet?"
Gao Xiulan pulled Chengzi to the sink to wash her hands and shake off the hair on her clothes, otherwise her little butt would get spanked again.
"Not yet? I guess he got delayed on the way."
Orange stood on the wooden stool made by Xie Da Jiao, which was just the right height.
"Mom, is this dish ready to be served after it's been fried like this?"
Xie Yi's call came to my ears again.
He always fails to control the heat when cooking, so Lin Xiaotong comes out to try it.
Unfortunately, I got to eat the piece with too much salt.
His face turned bitter in an instant and he spat out "Pooh, Pooh, Pooh".
Orange was waiting for his mother to feed him, but when he saw this reaction, he closed his little mouth again.
This dish definitely doesn't taste good.
At this time, Gao Xiulan came in, picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and tasted it.
"Mom, why do I put too much salt in my food?"
"No way? Let me try it."
Gao Xiulan became worried, took another look at the food in the pot, and gave the next instruction.
"Don't put it in the bowl yet. Let me take a look. I think some of the salt hasn't dissolved yet.
It’s okay, just add some more water and stir-fry for a while longer.”
Xie Yi waved the spatula and stir-fried a few more times, and the dish was finally ready to be served.
"Well, it's cooked and can be taken out of the pot."
"Okay~"
By the time the food was served, Xie Da Jiao finally came back in a hurry.
Xie Yi was the first to notice something was wrong and asked:
"Dad, why is your bicycle tire flat?"
"Oh, don't mention it. I was unlucky this afternoon too. Guess who I ran into?"
Xie Da Jiao washed her face and hands and went to the table to eat. She first drank a sip of tea to moisten her throat.
Gao Xiulan then asked, "What's wrong?"
After Lin Xiaotong boiled the dishes and distributed them one by one, she sat down and listened attentively.
"I ran into Zhao Yunyun today, on Xiushui Street."
"That girl is back? Yeah, she was sent to labor camp before the Chinese New Year in 1976. It's been six years already."
"Is that girl also setting up a stall there?"
Xie Da Jiao picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and put it into her mouth, then took a mouthful of rice to fill her stomach, and then said:
"Yes, there was a tea stall. I looked carefully and saw that the guy helping out was Fu Zhenggang.
Xia Caiyun also lent a hand. The three of them had lost a lot of weight, but they were still in good spirits.
Oh, and there's another child, who looks only three or four years old. I guess they're Zhao Yunyun and Fu Zhenggang's children."
"Zhao Yunyun is a very smart girl. Now many educated youth have returned to the city and don't have a job.
He hangs around the streets all day long and doesn't know how to find a job.
This girl has even figured out how to set up a tea stall, at least she can make some money every day."
Gao Xiulan still felt that Zhao Yunyun was a ruthless person who was quite smart in doing things.
Of course, the premise is that you don’t have any evil intentions to harm others.
Lin Xiaotong was still thinking about the tire: "Dad, what's wrong with this tire?"
"Oh, I'd have forgotten if you hadn't mentioned it. Someone scattered nails on the ground in front of the alley.
I was riding my bike over there and my tire got punctured when I wasn't paying attention."
Xie Da Jiao also regretted it. It would cost a lot of money to repair the tire, which was a big loss.
"I don't know who was so stupid to do this! It's been a mess lately."
Gao Xiulan gritted her teeth. There were a lot more street urchins in the compound, hanging around with each other all day long, making a mess.
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Zhao Yunyun didn't know that she had just returned for a few days and had already met her former neighbor in the compound.
The tea stall was a mess, with several large bowls broken.
"This bunch of bullies are afraid of the strong and bully the weak! Our stall wants to collect protection fees, their hearts are bigger than the tip of a needle!"
He stamped his feet angrily and caught a glimpse of Fu Zhenggang's dithering movements.
He picked up the stick on the ground and hit him on the butt.
“Ouch—”
Fu Zhenggang ejected, covered his butt with his hands, and screamed.
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