"You want to set up a stall to sell roasted sweet potatoes?"
“Yes, it’s freezing cold now, so people will definitely want something warm. When it gets warmer and Niannian is more pregnant, I’ll take care of her after she gives birth and recovers before I start selling again.”
Yang Yufen nodded.
“Okay, I’ll tell my son later. He sent over 200 jin. You can use it for now. If you need more, I’ll ask him to send more.”
"Lend me your tricycle too, I'll pay you rent every month."
"Why bother with that? When it gets hot, I won't be able to handle all the heavy work in this yard by myself. Your help will make up for it."
"good!"
The two agreed that neither of them felt ashamed of it.
Qin Nian went to work. She was still a little worried about her mother-in-law and regretted not taking an extra day off. She hadn't bought her mother-in-law any winter clothes.
Yang Yufen got a large gasoline drum from the security department, modified it into a sweet potato roasting oven, and moved it directly onto the tricycle, removing the original canopy from the tricycle.
Qin Nian was worried for two days, but seeing that her mother-in-law was busy every day and there was nothing wrong, she threw herself back into the experiment.
After three days of work, the stove was finally finished. Yang Yufen bought a lot of charcoal, as it was more suitable than coal briquettes.
Riding a tricycle carrying a stove and 100 kilograms of sweet potatoes, Yang Yufen left the research institute's residential compound and went to a textile factory a little further away.
To keep track of the time, Yang Yufen put on the old watch Qin Nian had given her. Estimating the time, she lit a fire and put the sweet potatoes in.
The bell rang, signaling the opening of the textile factory gates; it was time to leave work.
"Buy roasted sweet potatoes! Fragrant and sweet roasted sweet potatoes!"
Yang Yufen shouted at the top of her lungs, reached out and picked up a sweet potato that had been roasted until it was succulent, broke it open, and the sweet aroma immediately filled the air.
Textile factories have a lot of female workers, and everyone is hungry at this time after get off work, making them more sensitive to the smell of food.
How much are the roasted sweet potatoes?
"The big ones are three cents, the small ones are two cents, two big ones are five cents each, and three small ones are five cents each. My sweet potatoes are different. Let me give you a taste. They're sweet. You can't buy them anywhere else."
The roasted sweet potatoes have a golden sheen, and when you peel them open, they look like they're dripping with honey.
Three cents each is too expensive, and two cents each seems a bit small.
"If the two of you buy together, I'll give you two for 50 cents each. If you want to try some, the three of you can have three small ones for 50 cents each."
Yang Yufen cut the old newspapers into pieces about the size of her palm, wrapped the sweet potatoes inside, so they wouldn't get her hands dirty and would be easy to hold.
"So delicious!"
The two girls who were the first to get a chance to taste the sweet potatoes shouted with joy.
"I want two."
They were willing to spend 25 cents each to eat it.
Two sweet potatoes, one for each of them. They saw that Yang Yufen had specially picked out larger ones for them; just one sweet potato would be enough to fill them up.
Once the first one came, there was a second. More people were attracted by the aroma, and the ones Yang Yufen had baked in advance and those still in the oven sold out in no time.
"The next batch will be ready soon. The small ones will be ready in twenty minutes, and the large ones in half an hour. You can go eat first and come back to buy them later before you go to work."
Yang Yufen shouted loudly, and those who couldn't buy any expressed their regret and decided to come back later.
Yang Yufen didn't dare to grill too much, but business was better than she expected.
One hundred pounds of sweet potatoes sounds like a lot, but sweet potatoes have a high water content and take up a lot of weight.
By the time the textile factory workers arrived for work, all 100 jin (50 kg) of sweet potatoes had been sold.
"Aunt Yang, are you coming over after get off work this afternoon? These sweet potatoes are so delicious, I'll bring two for my boyfriend too."
"I won't come today. I'll prepare more tomorrow."
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