Chapter 99 Trial Operation
"Mom, I bought the tables and chairs. Oh, it's so hot. The shopkeeper sent someone to deliver them right away. I went to two stores before I could find similar tables and chairs. They had already ordered them in advance. I went to buy them suddenly, but they refused to sell them to me. I had to pay more before they were willing to sell me the tables and chairs that others had ordered first."
Jiang Eryong came in from the backyard.
He was panting and sweating all over.
As he spoke, he unbuttoned his outer and inner garments together.
Exposing the chest.
Humming comfortably.
"Hurry up and button up your clothes. You are sweating and you can't be blown by the wind. Besides, your sister-in-law and the others are here. Be careful. Oh, my heart, my dear granddaughter, why did you take off your coat? Put it on quickly. What if you catch a cold?"
Zhang Jinlan had just finished training her second son.
I found Jiang Fubao sitting under the tree in his underwear.
She was horrified.
He rushed over in one swift step.
Jiang Fubao was wrapped tightly again.
"Grandma, I'm hot."
Jiang Fubao sighed.
It feels cold.
So grandma felt she was cold.
"You can't get rid of the heat. It's just a little hot during the day. Just bear with it. It will get cooler as the sun sets. When the mung bean soup is ready, grandma will serve you a bowl. You'll feel better immediately."
Zhang Jinlan could compromise on anything, except for matters concerning her granddaughter's health.
She was determined not to back down.
Coax your granddaughter well.
She returned to the kitchen to continue cooking mung bean soup.
Until the tables and chairs were delivered and the shop was completely cleaned, Jiang Dahe came back from selling eggs.
A full pot of mung bean soup is finally ready.
Zhang Jinlan generously added a lot of sugar.
It tastes sweet.
"Yamato, take the big vat to the river, clean it, fill it with water, wait for the mung bean soup to dry for a while, pour it into the medium vat, and then put the medium vat inside the big vat to cool."
It's almost noon.
Wait until you finish your meal.
Zhang Jinlan prepared to open the shop to sell food.
It's hot.
If the mung bean soup is not cold, even if it is sweet, I guess no one will buy it.
Just let it cool down quickly.
"Eryong, go to the street and buy some cakes, two per person, just eat a little to fill your stomach. If you sell out today, buy a pound of meat and go home to have a good meal in the evening."
The money bag is still with the second son.
After Zhang Jinlan finished speaking, Jiang Eryong walked out quickly.
When he came back, he was holding two packets of cakes wrapped in green leaves.
A cake is as big as a human face.
There are some diced radish and chopped green onions in it.
It tastes salty when you take a bite.
Jiang Fubao doesn't like to eat much.
She ate half of it.
After dinner, everyone sat in the yard and rested for a while.
During this time, Jiang Siyin washed the pebbles and placed them in a ceramic basin to boil. Jiang Yahe also changed the water in the mung bean soup four times, and it finally cooled down.
It's still hot on the stove.
Zhu Yingqiu added more firewood and started to make sweet and sour potatoes.
After having vinegar.
The taste of potatoes has reached another level.
Sour, sweet, spicy and fragrant.
It's so delicious.
"Swallow, put the grilled sausages on the pebbles. The shop will be open soon."
After all the potatoes were cooked, Zhu Yingqiu removed the firewood from under the stove.
After washing the bamboo tube and wooden bowl, Zhang Jinlan gave instructions to her young daughter-in-law.
"Mom, how many should we put in first? There are thirty-five here." Zhang Yanzi asked.
"Let's put fifteen in first. If we can't sell them all, we can take the rest home and sell them tomorrow, or we can eat them at home, and we don't have to buy meat."
Zhang Jinlan was sweating profusely from the heat.
She took the handkerchief from her waist and washed her face in the water.
This is much more refreshing.
Late noon.
Shop opened.
Because it is a trial operation.
No firecrackers were set off.
Zhang Jinlan asked her eldest and second sons to bring the pottery basin to the door, and then she stood outside shouting.
"Look, look! When the weather is hot, you must have a bowl of sweet and cool mung bean soup. It has been left to dry for the whole morning and then cooled with cold river water. It will take away all the heat when you drink it. There is a lot of sugar in it, and a bowl only costs three cents.
There are also delicious small potatoes, 10 cents a bowl, I guarantee you have never seen or tasted them before, look, this is a delicious grilled sausage, full of meat, 20 cents a piece! While stocks last."
When Zhang Jinlan quoted the price, Jiang Dahe, who was guarding the pottery basin, felt guilty.
The price my mother mentioned is too high.
I’m afraid no one will buy it.
"What? Three cents for mung bean soup? Why don't you go grab some? The teahouse in front also sells mung bean soup. A bowl is only two cents, and they also have sugar."
The man passing by curled his lips and spoke loudly.
"That's right, they're too expensive. Mung bean soup is okay, it's just one cent more, but what are these potatoes? Why are they so expensive, ten cents? They don't sound like meat, only a fool would eat them. And the grilled sausage, even if it's meat, it can't be sold for twenty cents. How much is a pound of meat? I have this money, why don't I buy meat?"
Someone is causing trouble.
There were about twenty or thirty people gathered at the door.
Zhang Jinlan was not panicked at all.
She turned her head and winked at her two sons.
The latter took a palm-leaf fan and began to fan himself.
The aroma of grilled sausages wafted out all at once.
The noisy crowd suddenly quieted down.
"What's that smell? It smells so good, even better than the salted pork I ate in Chang'an Town. Oh my god, boss, is this smell coming from your shop? What smells so good?"
A fat man who looked to be in his thirties squeezed out from the crowd.
He walked up to Zhang Jinlan and asked curiously.
"Oh, the aroma you smell is the grilled sausages sold in my shop, twenty cents each."
Zhang Jinlan proudly held up two fingers.
It waved in front of the fat man's eyes.
"Twenty cents?! The price is okay. Is it delicious?" After hearing the price, unlike others, the fat man did not think it was expensive. He swallowed and asked Zhang Jinlan again.
"Of course it's delicious. I guarantee you'll want to buy another one after you eat one."
The sausage is cooked.
Listen to my granddaughter, they made a lot of bamboo sticks last night.
When selling, just put the grilled sausages on bamboo sticks and pass them to customers.
It is very convenient to eat with your hands, saving chopsticks and bowls.
The granddaughter said that it was taught by the immortals.
No wonder they are immortals, their brains are just smarter than those of mortals.
Zhang Jinlan thought in her heart.
"Okay, then give me one. If it's as delicious as you say, I'll buy five and take them home. But if it's not, I'll spit every time I pass by your shop."
The fat man took out his wallet.
Twenty copper plates were counted out from inside.
Put it in Zhang Jinlan's hands.
"Okay, Yamato, skewer a sausage for the guest."
As soon as I shouted, customers came.
Zhang Jinlan was extremely happy.
Her eyebrows were raised high.
Even the wrinkles around the eyes have been smoothed out a lot.
Jiang Dahe is very fast.
He picked out the most cooked sausage, skewered it, and handed it to the fat man.
“Is it just this big?” The fat man didn’t expect the real thing to be so small.
It's only as thick as two little fingers.