Chapter 168: Child Bride She is Happy and Carefree
"Lao Liu, what are you secretly eating here?"
Lin Wanwan not only treated Liu Hu to egg pancakes, but also made one for herself and her mother-in-law.
The three of them were enjoying their meal when a voice suddenly interrupted from the side.
"It's Manager Zhang, I just happened to be looking for you!"
"Xiao Lin, quickly make an egg pancake for Manager Zhang and put it on my bill."
When Liu Hu saw the person coming, he immediately stopped eating and asked the person to sit on the bench in front of the table.
"Look, we finally have a tea stall here. I think it tastes good, and the price is the same as in town, only one penny."
"You know, the penny tea in town is just boiled water, but here they boil it, brew it with tea leaves, and then let it cool."
"I just had a bowl, it was amazing!"
"Xiao Lin, pour a bowl of tea for Manager Zhang."
Liu Hu wanted to help, and when he saw someone he could talk to, he immediately became attentive.
Lin Wanwan also has a good eye, and her pancakes are almost ready.
Liu Xiaoyan poured a cup of tea for Manager Zhang and carefully handed it to him.
Although these people are just small managers and workers at the ferry, they are already considered powerful to villagers like Liu Xiaoyan.
After all, they can't reach higher-level figures.
"Manager Zhang, please try this! This is our egg pancake!"
"From now on, our family will set up a tea stall here. I hope Manager Zhang will take good care of us."
Seeing that Lin Wanwan was a smart boy, Manager Zhang didn't say anything. He took the pancake and took a bite.
He had come here because of the smell. It was not yet time for dinner, and they were eating from a big pot. Even if he was the manager, he could only eat a little better than his subordinates.
But when it comes to taste, there's really no comparison.
After all, who can work at the dock? Even if they are managers, their food is only slightly better than that of ordinary people.
Unless he sent someone to the town to buy it, but the time wasted going back and forth would probably make him unable to even have a meal before he had to continue working.
"This omelet tastes good, but besides tea, your family only has this one food, which I think is a bit insufficient."
"No one has ever been willing to come here to set up a stall and do business because some of the boat merchants passing by have a lot of thugs."
"These people are just passing by anyway, and sometimes they can be unreasonable and bully the vendors who come here to do business."
"Over time, no one wants to come here."
Manager Zhang saw that Lin Wanwan was a good-looking girl, so he gave her some more advice.
If this place was convenient for doing business, their relatives would have flocked here long ago and would not have allowed it to become so desolate.
"I see. No wonder no one comes here to do business. There are obviously a lot of people here, and there are many ship merchants coming and going."
Although all these ship merchants would leave after a short pause, they would choose to go to the town even if they wanted to have a bite to eat.
But it shouldn't be so desolate...
"Thank you for the reminder, Manager Zhang, but I think I know a lot of martial arts and can handle most people."
"As long as you don't evict us, our family can continue to live here."
Lin Wanwan was confident about this business and she was not really afraid of those people coming to cause trouble.
However, these words frightened Liu Xiaoyan who was standing by.
She wanted to remind her daughter-in-law, but she felt that it was not the right time to speak in front of outsiders.
Even if you don't do it, you have to go home and talk to your family behind closed doors.
As for Lin Wanwan's words that she knew martial arts, Liu Xiaoyan didn't take it to heart at all.
"oh?"
"That's good!"
"Even if you want to do business, you should interact more with the workers here. They are the first to know when a ship arrives."
"As long as you avoid those unreasonable ones, most people here are very kind on weekdays."
Manager Zhang's eyes were fixed on the ferry. At this time, many workers had found a shady place to rest.
In the direction of the ferry, there were still a few ships that had finished unloading their cargo but had not yet left.
They were all waiting for the afternoon to arrive, and it was almost 11:30 noon.
Some workers had already taken out the steamed bread or dry biscuits they had brought from home and were chewing them with difficulty.
Some people looked over here curiously, and even a few people walked over together.
These people are relatively young and appear to be unmarried.
It's just young people like this who are willing to spend a few coins to eat something.
For really old people, it is not easy to earn money, so they are reluctant to spend it.
"Boss, what do you sell at this stall?"
Several people pushed Sangsang over and looked at the things on the stall.
When they smelled the omelet, they all swallowed their saliva greedily.
"Our stall mainly sells tea. Tea with tea leaves costs one penny per bowl."
"At noon, we also provide egg pancakes, 5 cents each. If you buy two, you can get a bowl of tea for free."
Lin Wanwan used to sell egg pancakes for five cents each, but after thinking about how hard it was for these workers to earn money, she gave them tea for one cent as well.
These teas are all made from local ingredients and have no cost other than labor.
The egg pancakes don’t actually use much flour, and eggs on the market cost two for a penny. The vegetables are from home, and the chili sauce is also homemade.
If you can sell in large quantities, you can still make some money.
"Boss, there are five of us here and we want to buy five egg pancakes. Can you give us three bowls of tea?"
Two bowls of tea are not enough for five people, and three bowls can barely quench their thirst.
"Today is the first day of the new store opening. If you buy 5 tickets, I can give you an extra bowl of water, but I won't be able to do that in the future. After all, it's tiring to fetch spring water from the mountain."
When they saw that Lin Wanwan agreed, they immediately laughed happily.
They don’t care what Lin Wanwan said next.
What you can get now is the best!
"Please wait a moment, my guests. The omelets will be ready soon."
"Mom, please pour tea for the guests first, and bring me some vegetables."
Seeing that there was business coming, the two of them quickly got busy, leaving all their previous worries behind.
Five egg pancakes sold for 25 cents, and a pound of flour was only six or seven cents.
Lin Wanwan didn't bring much flour today, only two kilograms in total.
At least I made back all the money I spent on flour and eggs, and even had some left over.
Liu Xiaoyan was delighted as she held the copper coins she had collected. She suddenly felt that it might be possible to start a small business.
The feeling of holding the copper coins in her hand was more reassuring than squatting on the ground pulling weeds, facing the gray land every day, not knowing whether she could harvest the crops.
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