July mornings are always a bit hot.
When Zhu Yi opened the window in the morning, she saw that six or seven squirrels were already picking vegetables in her backyard. Suddenly, Zhu Yi noticed something interesting.
The usually delicate, sweet, and affectionate Song Xiaohua was surrounded by a rather imposing and large black squirrel.
The black squirrel's shiny chest fur was eye-catching, clearly indicating it was a top performer among squirrels. It held a large pine cone in its little paws and offered it to Song Xiaohua, who seemed a bit dazed and unwilling. Then the black squirrel took over Song Xiaohua's task.
Song Xiaohua was sullen and didn't enjoy eating pine nuts.
In contrast, the other squirrels were all very happy.
Song Xiaohong ran over and chattered to Zhu Yi, “Xiaohua has a baby! It’s Song Dahei’s. Dahei is very strong, and Xiaohua is very pretty. Their baby must be strong and beautiful!”
"Suddenly I got a noseful of dog food!" Zhu Yi was a little excited. In her excitement, she sent a message to Lin Hengjin, "Senior Brother Lin, could you help me build a few squirrel nests?"
Lin Hengjin, who had just gotten up and was about to leave in the morning, looked bewildered: "Junior Sister, have you thought of some new way to earn spirit stones?"
Zhu Yi was a little embarrassed: "No, this isn't a job that earns spirit stones. My squirrels have babies, and I need to improve their living environment."
"..." Lin Hengjin suddenly felt that his pet hedgehog was rather rough around the edges. It always made its own nest to sleep and didn't even think about finding a female hedgehog to bring back...
"A beautiful morning begins with a custom-made squirrel nest!" Zhu Yi heated up some seafood porridge for Jinbao, then headed out with a good mood for the new day.
At the Anyuan Town market, Xue Shan arrived early in the morning and paid a deposit of a mid-grade spirit stone. The senior brother on duty at the sect's office quickly processed her business license.
"You want to sell food?" The junior brother was clearly puzzled and asked Xue Shan again what she wanted to sell at her stall.
“Yes, we are going to start a food business, so please write it like this, senior brother!” Xue Shan said with a smile.
After finishing the paperwork, Xue Shan went to the market street entrance alone and found a spacious spot. After all, they were new to the business world, and the good locations were already taken. However, her junior sister said, "Good wine needs no bush. We're unique in the food business. As long as the taste of our food spreads, people will come to patronize us!"
Lin Hengjin, carrying a large backpack, looked at the two carefree young girls ahead with doting expressions, knowing that as the only boy in the stall team, he would have to do some hard labor...
Wei Weiwei looked eager to try: "Junior Sister, I was originally planning to ask the sect for leave after returning from Black Fiend Mountain to go home and visit my family, but you sent me a message saying you're going out to set up a stall to earn spirit stones. I'm so excited!"
"Is Weiwei lacking spirit stones?" Zhu Yi asked.
"No, I just think this is a very interesting thing!"
The journey was filled with laughter and chatter until they reached the entrance of Anyuan Town.
Xue Shan had already cleaned up the stall area. Although she could use cleaning magic to do these things, she thought it best to keep a low profile and not let others think that the stall owner was high-profile by constantly using magic down the mountain.
Zhu Yi thought Xue Shan was very meticulous in what she did. Business people shouldn't dress too extravagantly or flaunt their wealth.
"Let's divide the work. I'll cook, Weiwei will serve the dishes and collect the spirit stones, Sister Shanshan will help out between Weiwei and me, and Senior Brother Lin will maintain order!"
Lin Hengjin smiled shyly: "Can I do anything else? Are there any other tasks for me? I seem to be doing very easy work!"
Zhu Yi smiled and said, "It's not easy either! By the way, Senior Brother Lin's most important task is to repair the food cart. You'll need to keep an eye out for anyone else who wants to use our food cart for business..."
"Oh, right, and the old man, Uncle Luo who sells seafood. If you run into him, Brother Lin, please remember to keep him here for me. I haven't had a chance to message him to order seafood recently, so I don't know if he's shipped any new goods!"
After setting up the portable kitchenette, Lin Hengjin nodded to Zhu Yi, indicating that she could begin using it after confirming that everything was in order.
Zhu Yi smiled knowingly and started a fire with Xue Shan to heat the pot.
Wei Weiwei and Lin Hengjin tidied up the tables and chairs in their backpacks, chatting and laughing as they set up a large parasol.
Having cooked with Zhu Yi several times already, Xue Shan was quite experienced in handling vegetables. She asked, "Junior Sister, won't the braised pork we make this morning be too greasy?"
"No, we're just making braised pork for passersby to take home. It'll be perfect if someone who doesn't want to cook lunch buys a portion to make their own!"
Add rock sugar to the pot and stir-fry until it turns a deep caramel color. Meanwhile, boil a pot of eggs in a small pot in the center of the stove. Add a small amount of star anise, Sichuan peppercorns, cinnamon, and other spices. Add chunks of pork belly to the pot, and braised pork belly that both fortune and wealth love is ready!
Xue Shan placed the dishes Zhu Yi had cooked on another food shelf. Once the stall got busy, Weiwei would hand the menus to the customers, mark them with checkmarks, and then Xue Shan would watch and serve the food while Weiwei served it and calculated the price...
As the morning dew evaporated, people gradually began to walk along the tree-lined path at the street corner, and the market became lively.
Zhu Yi has already prepared a variety of dishes, including seafood stir-fry, spicy squid rolls, stir-fried vegetables with chili sauce, spicy shredded pork, shredded pork with garlic sauce, and sweet and sour pork...
No one was there for a long time.
Xue Shan frowned: "Junior Sister, our stir-fried dishes smell delicious, why is no one eating them?"
"Is our food too oily?"
Zhu Yi pursed her lips, she didn't know either, "Why do they all take detours?"
Several ordinary residents stopped to watch, but none of them came up to eat.
"What are they selling at that stall? It smells delicious!"
"Didn't you already eat this morning?"
"Even if you've already eaten, you can buy some to take home for the kids to eat at noon!"
"Look at their car, it must be very expensive!"
Zhu Yi was speechless. How come people in the cultivation world have such a poor ability to accept new things?
"They can smell the delicious food, but instead of just joining in the fun, what are they doing?"
Wei Weiwei was a little discouraged. She felt a bit silly standing in front of the stall with the menu all by herself and no one came to buy anything. She was shy, and soon her face turned as red as a ripe peach from Taoshan.
Many people gathered around their stall, looking at it but not buying anything.
"Their little cart is quite different. When doing business, they can take the cart anywhere and set up a stall anytime. It's much less strenuous than our heavy carts used for hauling goods and setting up stalls!"
"Come on, let's try it!" A burly, rough-looking man squeezed out from the back of the crowd. His loud voice startled the children who were watching and gathering for the excitement, and they instinctively made way for him.
The man's dark linen robe couldn't conceal his strong, muscular physique; he exuded a powerful masculine aura, like a majestic lion. "Give me one of these, one of these, and one of these! How much? Two bowls of rice!"
Zhu Yi twitched her lips, thinking to herself that this acquaintance was truly kind-hearted!
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