Chapter 101 Everything is Delicious
The old woman smiled indulgently.
He took out twenty coins and handed them to Zhang Jinlan.
I bought another grilled sausage.
Then he left holding his grandson's hand.
Zhang Jinlan's smile disappeared immediately.
She rolled her eyes at the backs of the grandfather and grandson.
Tsk! Another guy who favors boys over girls.
"Mom, ten sausages are ready. I took some out to grill."
Jiang Eryong held the leaves wrapped around the grilled sausage and handed them to Zhang Jinlan.
"Okay, let's grill them. Remember to ask Siyin to take out the potatoes and pack them in ten portions first. Also, bring the green bean soup to the front. Hey, sir, you've been waiting for a long time. Grilled sausages taste better if they are grilled for a longer time. Here, I'll wrap them up nicely for you."
After giving the instructions, Zhang Jinlan handed the grilled sausage to the fat man who had been waiting for a long time.
"What are potatoes? Are they delicious?"
The fat man took the sausage.
But he didn't leave.
He asked Zhang Jinlan with curiosity.
"It's delicious, of course it's delicious, ten cents a portion, and when you take a bite, you can taste all the flavors, sweet, sour, spicy, and salty. It's so soft and sticky. As an old woman, I prefer potatoes. Would you like to have a portion to taste it?"
As soon as Zhang Jinlan heard what he meant, she knew he was interested in potatoes.
Start selling it immediately.
"Okay, then I'll come in and sit down to eat. Please keep my grilled sausage warm for me and give it to me when I leave."
Worried that the grilled sausage will become unpalatable if it gets cold.
The fat man returned the grilled sausage to Zhang Jinlan.
"Okay, Yamato, put the grilled sausage on the pebbles to keep it warm, and be careful not to burn it. Eryong, go to the backyard and bring a bowl of small potatoes, and ask Siyin to come up to the front to help."
Zhang Jinlan shouted to the back.
The two brothers began to get busy.
Since the small potatoes had been prepared earlier, Jiang Eryong quickly served them to the fat man.
It was served in a wooden bowl, one full portion at a time, and on each table there was also a bamboo tube filled with bamboo chopsticks.
The fat man picked up the chopsticks and picked up a potato and put it in his mouth.
One chew.
His eyes suddenly lit up.
"Mm, delicious! Really good, boss, how come everything in your shop is delicious? This potato is crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. I have never eaten such delicious fruit. Hiss, it's a little spicy. Give me a bowl of mung bean soup."
Chili powder is added to the potatoes, which is good for people who can’t eat spicy food.
It's still a bit spicy.
The fat man stuck out his tongue and took a breath.
He classified potatoes as a fruit.
"Okay, I'll serve you this."
Zhang Jinlan was extremely happy.
It's like eating honey.
The corners of her mouth were raised high, and her attitude was attentive and enthusiastic.
The guest in front of him was not only the first to patronize his shop, but also so generous.
Who wouldn’t be happy seeing this?
Jiang Siyin, who was standing by, picked up a bamboo tube with polished edges and filled it with a cup of mung bean soup.
It's almost overflowing.
He transformed himself into a waiter and served the potatoes to the guests who were enjoying them.
"Shh, it's really spicy, but it's so delicious. Look, I'm sweating all over, so I have to drink this cool mung bean soup to relieve the spiciness."
The fat man took the mung bean soup and drank several big gulps.
A sigh of comfort.
"Wow, it's delicious. No wonder it costs three cents. There must be a lot of sugar in it. Compared to the bland green bean soup in other shops, yours tastes so good. Boss, your business must be good. Everything is delicious."
His praise was seen by the people standing at the door and observing.
Three of them couldn't wait any longer.
They swallowed.
He stepped over the threshold and walked in.
"Auntie, give me a cup of green bean soup, a portion of potatoes and a grilled sausage."
"Sister, I want a serving of potatoes and a cup of green bean soup."
"Boss, just give me a grilled sausage, and I'll eat it here."
The four tables were filled in no time.
Each person occupied a table.
"Okay, okay, I'll give it to you."
Zhang Jinlan winked at her three sons.
After a while, everything was ready.
Selling snacks is better than running a restaurant.
No need to make it now.
Except for the sausage, which needs to be turned over from time to time, everything else is done in advance.
After that, the shop became stable.
Zhang Jinlan planned to leave only two people in the shop.
There was a curtain hanging on the door leading to the backyard.
Jiang Fubao stood at the back, lifted a corner of the curtain and looked outside.
"Fubao, don't go to the front of the shop. Your grandma and the others are very busy. Don't mess around."
But I didn't watch it for long.
She was taken away by her mother.
Jiang Fubao curled his lips.
So she could only sit under the peach tree and daydream.
How boring.
"Everyone passing by should stop and take a look, take a look——"
I could still hear my grandma yelling in front of the shop.
Within half an hour.
Jiang Eryong and Jiang Siyin ran seven or eight times.
Either they bring grilled sausage or potatoes.
5 p.m.
The shop closed its front door.
Zhang Jinlan and others walked to the backyard.
"Grandma, are you done selling?"
Jiang Fubao trotted over to grandma's side, her chubby little legs bouncing as she walked.
"There's only a little green bean soup left. The rest has been sold out, thanks to our Fubao. Come, count how much we've sold today with grandma."
Zhang Jinlan sat down at the stone table in the yard.
Pull the granddaughter into his arms.
Then he poured all the copper coins in the money bag onto the table.
Count carefully.
The other members of the Jiang family also surrounded the stone table, unable to take their eyes off.
Thirty-nine servings of potatoes and thirty-five grilled sausages sold for one ounce of silver and ninety coins.
Add mung bean soup.
The total sales amounted to one tael and two taels of silver.
It's just a trial operation.
Jiang Fubao clapped his hands happily, looked up at Zhang Jinlan and said, "Grandma, we made a lot of money."
Everything sold in the shop is made at extremely low cost.
Except for the mung beans which were collected from the village.
Spent money.
Basically, they were all taken out by her from the space.
The shop rent is two taels per month.
If I continue like this, I’ll probably earn back the rent in just two days.
It turns out that farming is a dead end.
No wonder merchants were suppressed in ancient times, and their status was deliberately made the lowest.
Aren’t we just worried that the farmers will all go into business to make money?
By then, no one will grow crops.
Although the items sold in her shop are expensive, they are far inferior to those in the Fu Lai Restaurant.
Just now Jiang Fubao hid behind the curtain and eavesdropped on the guests' conversation.
I heard that the meat and vegetables in the Fu Lai Restaurant are sold for two taels of silver.
How much does it cost?
You can earn at least tens of taels a day.
It's simply huge profits.
The key point is that many people want to eat it even in their dreams, and she thought that the people in the town were very poor.
It seems there are quite a few wealthy people there.
"Yes, I made a little over 100 taels of silver and two hundred coins. If we continue like this, I'm afraid our family will become rich."
Zhang Jinlan couldn't hide the joy in her eyes.
The same is true for other members of the Jiang family.
"Mom, can we drink the remaining mung bean soup?"
Only one person is not interested in money.
That was Sun Pingmei. She kept staring at the jar of mung bean soup and swallowing her saliva.