Chapter 30 New Task
[Ding, congratulations to the host for triggering a random task. Filial piety is a traditional virtue. The host helps this person successfully complete the birthday banquet and can obtain 18 diligence points and a random reward. ]
I still owe the system a lot of hard work points. Now that there are tasks that can earn hard work points, and the amount is not low, there are also random rewards delivered to my door...
So, Zhuang Qingning said without any hesitation, "Today's tofu is really for others, and I can't give it to others easily. But since you need it tomorrow morning, there are other ways..."
"How about I get up early tomorrow morning and bring the tofu to town and deliver it to your home?"
The man was overjoyed when he heard this: "That's great."
"I just thought that you don't know where I live. If I deliver it to my door, I'm afraid I'll have to look for it, which would only waste my time. It would be better if you just came to town earlier and set up a stall here. I'll buy tofu from you."
"That's fine." Zhuang Qingning nodded. "Then I'll get up at 3:30 am tomorrow morning and go to town. Will I be in time?"
"It's not too late, it's not too late, thank you for your hard work, young lady." The other party was quite grateful and bowed to Zhuang Qingning again: "My surname is Zhou, my given name is Xueming. If you can't leave in the morning, maybe I can ask my wife to come."
"Okay, I'll mention your name when the time comes." Zhuang Qingning responded.
"This is a deposit, please accept it first." The other party stretched out his hand and handed over the money.
Twelve.
"It's too much. Ten kilograms of tofu costs eight cents." Zhuang Qingning said hurriedly, "And if you want to pre-order tofu from me, you only need to pay half, four cents."
"I have already said the price is twelve cents per 10 jin, so I have to pay twelve cents. Moreover, since you have troubled me to make this trip so early in the morning, I should give you this price."
Zhou Xueming said: "Since the girl is willing to reserve tofu for others and not charge a high price at this time, she must be an honest and trustworthy person. I also believe that the girl will not take the money and not give the tofu."
"Since you say so, I will shamelessly accept it first. I will definitely come here at 3:15 am tomorrow morning."
Seeing the other party's behavior, Zhuang Qingning took the money and kept the name in mind.
"Thank you for your help, young lady." Zhou Xueming said goodbye and left.
Zhuang Qingning sat back on the small stool and stuffed another crispy little fried dough twist into Liu's hand.
"Ning girl." Liu bit the dough and said, "I see more and more that you are a good candidate for business. You are active and honest in business. In the future, your business will surely get better and better and bigger."
"Then I'll take advantage of your good wishes, Auntie." Zhuang Qingning smiled with curved eyebrows and two shallow dimples on her cheeks, making her look playful and cute.
"That's not a good omen." Liu raised her eyebrows. "I'm telling the truth. I've been selling donkey rolls here for a few years. I've seen a lot of people setting up stalls and doing business on the streets here."
"Most of the honest ones look stupid, can't talk, and can't do business well. Most of the smart ones are unreliable and too cunning in business. Only you are smart in business and honest. For someone like you, do you still have to worry about not being able to do business well in the future?"
"I feel embarrassed when you praise me like that, Auntie." He smiled and pretended to be emotional.
"This is not a compliment, this is the truth, the most pertinent truth." Liu also laughed.
When the visitor asked about the donkey rolls, Liu went to busy herself greeting the guest.
Waited for a while again.
To be exact, it was quite a while, and it was almost noon by now.
The sunny sky made this spring day feel hot. After staying on the street for a long time, beads of sweat appeared on my back.
But Bai San hasn't come to buy tofu yet.
Many people came to buy tofu, but because they wanted too much, Zhuang Qingning declined and asked them to come earlier the next day to buy.
"Maybe he won't come to buy tofu anymore?" Zhuang Qingsui frowned and sighed.
"I don't think so..." Zhuang Qingning looked up at the sky and said with a smile, "We agreed yesterday that if you don't come after noon, the tofu will be gone. You don't have to worry about it being wasted."
Zhuang Qingsui thought it made sense, nodded obediently, and continued to wait patiently.
About a cup of tea later, Bai San arrived.
He was panting, his forehead was covered with sweat, and it looked like he had been jogging all the way.
"I'm sorry." Bai San bowed and apologized, "I was very busy this morning and couldn't spare any time. It's almost noon, so I hurried over. Do you still have this tofu?"
Today is the big market. According to this point, Zhuang Qingning's tofu should have been sold out long ago. After saying this, Bai San thought that he came too late and might have delayed other people's business for a long time. He continued: "If it's gone, it doesn't matter. I'll come back tomorrow to buy more."
No matter what, he should come earlier tomorrow so as not to delay other people's business and be able to buy tofu, so that those people won't nag him in his ears every day.
These past two days, those people have been nagging in his ears all day long, making him feel confused.
"There's more, specially reserved for you." Zhuang Qingning smiled faintly, lifted the cloth of the cage, revealing the white and tender tofu inside: "The eight kilograms of tofu you asked for, exactly."
Just now, someone came to ask for three pounds of tofu, but he couldn't buy that much, so he could only buy two pounds and take them back with regret. Now, this tofu is exactly eight pounds, not one ounce more or one ounce less.
When Bai San saw that there was still tofu, his eyes were full of surprise, and he even clenched his hands in excitement: "Luckily, fortunately, we caught it in time. If it was any later, we really wouldn't be able to buy it."
"It's not a coincidence." Liu couldn't help curling her lips. "This is what Ning girl kept for you. The tofu was sold out half an hour ago. Because of this, Ning girl lost a lot of money to those who came to buy tofu."
Bai San was stunned at first, then his face was filled with guilt, and he kept saying, "I'm really sorry, I really can't spare the time today and made you wait for so long."
"Since I promised you, I naturally have to wait until you come to buy tofu. This is the right thing to do." Zhuang Qingning laughed: "It's getting late now. If you don't go back now, you may miss lunch. Let's go back quickly."
"Okay." Bai San really had to hurry back, so he didn't say much. He just took the tofu and hurried back.
He took two steps and turned back, saying to Zhuang Qingning who was packing up the cage cloth and bamboo basket, "You should sell this tofu for a long time in the future."
"For a long time." Zhuang Qingning grinned and said, "To be honest, my parents passed away early, and my sister and I depend on each other for survival. We don't have any land at home, and we rely on grinding and selling tofu to make a living. I will definitely sell tofu for a long time in the future."
(End of this chapter)
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