Kang Shaojie, Cao Muchen and Shen Jiayi had never gotten up so early before, but there was nothing they could do. The fragrance wafting from the Lin family was too strong. They tossed and turned in bed, afraid that if they fell asleep they would be choked to death by the rapidly secreted saliva. When Lin Dan was stirring it yesterday, they thought the glutinous rice looked delicious and would definitely sell well. But when they smelled the finished product today, they realized what the alluring fragrance was.
It can even bring out the souls of living people. Can you imagine how delicious this glutinous rice will be? They quickly washed their faces and brushed their teeth, then rushed to the Lin family's house, pushed against the big iron gate and shouted, "Dan, Dan, is there any work to do at home?"
Lin Shuanzhu stroked his chest and said, "It's you! There's no work for you this early in the morning, go back."
"Uncle Lin, please go ask Dan. There must be someone to help in the kitchen." Kang Shaojie smiled smugly.
"Yes, yes, please go to the kitchen and take a look!" Shen Jiayi urged impatiently.
Only Cao Muchen didn't say a word, but if you look closely, you can see that his Adam's apple is moving up and down, probably because he is swallowing silently.
When we arrived at the Lin family’s door, the fragrance became even stronger, making it completely irresistible! The lights were turned on in the houses nearby, and the sound of children clamoring for meat could be heard. If they were not given meat, they would cry and roll on the ground. It was obvious that they had been severely harmed by Lin Dan.
Lin Shuanzhui was being stared at by three pairs of green eyes, and he couldn't help feeling uneasy, so he had to agree to help them check it out. In the kitchen, Lin Dan was pouring out a jar of pickled onions, chopping them into small pieces, adding sesame oil, sugar, and pepper oil, and mixing them evenly to make a cold dish for rice. If you eat too much greasy food, you always need to eat something refreshing to relieve the greasiness.
She had heard the three teenagers' shouts a long time ago, and said without turning her head: "Sir, let them go back to sleep, there is no work for them at home." She had to ride a bike to go to town for class, but these people had the program crew's car to ride, which was much faster than her, so they could sleep for an extra hour.
"Well, I'll go talk to them." Lin Shuanzhu turned his wheelchair and went out. After a while, the wailing of three teenagers could be heard from the door, as if they were not allowed to work. Abuse. Treating them the same way, Lin Dan couldn't help but laugh.
The production crew was eager to jump over the wall into the Lin family and take a good shot of the little girl steaming the rice. Of course, it would be best if they could buy some for everyone as breakfast. In fact, there is no need for the little girl to transport the community meals to school. It would be better to just sell them to them directly.
However, the director couldn't find a chance to say these words to the little girl, so he could only hold it back. The group waited at the door for a while and then saw the little girl come out carrying a large wooden barrel, an iron pot, and a ceramic basin with a lid. Later, she went back to the kitchen and took out a small stove. She tied these things securely to the back seat of the bicycle and got on again to test her balance.
The three teenagers kept shouting, "Dan, is the thing heavy?"
"Dan, why don't you let your brothers help you move it?"
"Dan, you have so much stuff, let us transport it for you by car, it will save time and effort!"
Lin Dan ignored them at all. After getting everything ready, she opened the iron gate and rushed away. A thing weighing more than a hundred pounds was nothing to her.
"Oh, this girl is so stubborn!" Kang Shaojie sighed as he looked at her back, then decided, "Let's go, let's follow!" The program crew immediately contributed two off-road vehicles, as they also wanted to see how well the girl's business was doing.
It was just past five o'clock when Lin Dan arrived at the school. The school gate was deserted and there was not a single student in sight. However, there were many small vendors on both sides of the road, setting up their stalls. Lin Dan chose a place close to the school gate, put up the stove, iron pot, and wooden barrel, and spent ten yuan to buy a lot of plastic bags from a small vendor nearby. Seeing that she was just a child, everyone did not exclude her. Instead, they started talking to her and sighed for a while after learning about her family background.
The school gate was not open yet and the students had not arrived yet, so Lin Dan took out a high school mathematics book and squatted under the street light to read it carefully.
Kang Shaojie and the other two hid in the car and watched this scene, feeling mixed emotions for a moment. People who have the means just waste their time, while people who don't have the means squeeze out time to study. This world is so unfair. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they would never have imagined that a thirteen-year-old child could undertake such heavy work. What does it mean to get up at four o'clock? Can she sleep well? Is she still growing?
Kang Shaojie and Shen Jiayi looked at each other and felt a little ashamed. Even Cao Muchen couldn't help but sigh.
The three of them waited quietly for more than ten minutes, and then they saw children coming in groups to the school gate one after another. Lin Dan immediately put away his book and opened the wooden barrel containing the community meals. At any time, a strong and intoxicating fragrance spread in the air, attracting the children who wanted to have breakfast. Even those who had no plans to eat breakfast couldn't help swallowing, feeling excited. want. move.
"How much is your glutinous rice?" A little girl came over with a dollar in her hand, her cheeks flushed.
Lin Dan knew that most people in this area were not wealthy, so he comforted her, "One, two, three, or four yuan are all available. If you eat less, buy less. If you eat more, buy more. It's up to you."
The little girl was visibly relieved, and the children who were about to gather around her couldn't help but run faster when they heard this. Before, they were worried that they didn’t have enough money.
"Give me a piece of it." said the little girl cheerfully.
"Okay!" Lin Dan put a plastic bag over his palm, grabbed a handful of community rice, and kneaded it into a round rice ball. He then scooped a spoonful of chopped pickled onions from the ceramic bowl next to him, sprinkled them on the rice ball, and handed it to the little girl.
The community rice, which costs one dollar, is full of one or two taels of meat. It is mixed with diced bacon, diced cured tofu, Artemisia annua, wild onions and other fragrant ingredients, and is soaked in bright oil. It tastes sticky and smooth in the mouth, with a salty and fragrant taste. The chopped pickled onions are crisp, sour and sweet, and very delicious. It perfectly combines the greasiness of the community rice, and the girl is almost stunned by it.
She took a few bites and her lips soon became greasy. She exclaimed while chewing, "It's delicious! There's so much bacon in it!" In fact, there was not a lot of bacon, but Lin Dan stewed the bacon into a pot of thick gravy, which soaked the glutinous rice and cured tofu, so it created such an illusion when eaten.
The kids nearby couldn't hold back any longer and took out their money and shouted, "Give me a two-dollar one."
"I want three."
"I want three pieces too. Can you put more chopped pickles in it?"
Lin Dan collected the money and grabbed the rice balls at the same time, his movements were very skillful. However, as time went on, more and more children came to school and were attracted by her community meals, and soon her stall was crowded. No matter how capable she was, she was alone and could not handle everything. Just at this moment, Kang Shaojie, Cao Muchen and Shen Jiayi squeezed into the crowd, opened the plastic bag, and clumsily helped her to grab rice balls, collect money, and add sauerkraut.
Lin Dan smiled gratefully at the three of them, and then plunged into a new round of busyness.
The director also mixed into the crowd, bought a five-dollar rice ball from Kang Shaojie, and ran to the car contentedly to enjoy it, completely unaware that several photographers were looking at his back with hatred. Director, if you eat alone, your tongue will rot!
After another ten minutes of busy work, the fifty kilograms of community meals that Lin Dan brought were all sold out, leaving only a pile of banknotes in his snakeskin pocket, and the bell for morning self-study rang in the campus.
The old man who was guarding the door opened the door of the message room and shouted loudly: "Girl, come in quickly and put your pots and stoves here. I will help you watch them!"
"Thank you, sir!" Lin Dan picked up the things and ran away, causing Kang Shaojie and the other two, who had no sense of tension at all, to run away as well. They left all their belongings in the message room, then ran to the floors for the third year of junior high and the third year of senior high.
Lin Dan ran to the classroom breathlessly, carrying his schoolbag in one hand and a snakeskin bag in the other.
Teacher Ma looked at her coldly, neither letting her in nor asking her why she was late, and kept swinging the pointer in his hand. She put on makeup today, wore her most beautiful dress, and rushed to the classroom early to prepare for the TV filming. After all, Zhou Cuicui was in her class and she could bring her into the camera. However, she didn't expect that Zhou Cuicui came alone. When asked where the people from the TV station had gone, she shook her head and said she didn't know.
"I told you, if I catch you again..." Teacher Ma was in a bad mood. He pointed his pointer at Lin Dan's nose with contempt on his face, but he quickly put the pointer down the next second and smiled gently. "Come in for morning reading. Pay attention next time and don't be late, okay?"
Lin Dan knew that the photographer had caught up with her, so she walked into the classroom confidently. Her desk mate Gao Xiaohong didn't come today. She must have been at home waiting for the medical team's experts to come and pick up her brother. Instead, Zhou Cuicui, who was sitting slightly above her, stared at her with red eyes.
Seeing the photographer following Lin Dan, Zhou Cuicui finally understood why everyone in the TV station had left when she woke up. Why did Lin Dan snatch her opportunity! The photographer also saw Zhou Cuicui and felt a little embarrassed. He hurriedly carried the camera into the classroom and randomly took some photos of her daily morning self-study routine.
Although Teacher Ma had instructed everyone to cooperate with the TV station, the whole class still glanced at the photographer with curiosity and looked at Zhou Cuicui with envy. Teacher Ma deliberately walked to Zhou Cuicui and patiently taught her math problems, speaking in the gentlest tone possible.
Noticing that everyone's eyes were following Zhou Cuicui, Lin Dan hid in the hole in the table, sorted out a pile of banknotes, counted them again and again, then pursed her lips and smiled silently.
At the same time, Cao Muchen was also doing the math: "Lin Dan's community meal is 50 kilograms, and the smallest rice ball costs one yuan each, and weighs about one ounce. So she should have made at least 500 yuan this morning. The cost of a piece of bacon is about 30 yuan, and glutinous rice is 20 yuan. The artemisia and wild onions are all picked from the mountains, so they are free. The other miscellaneous items add up to a maximum of 10 yuan, so the cost is 60 yuan. After deducting the cost, she can make at least 13,200 yuan a month."
Kang Shaojie and Shen Jiayi were enjoying the community meal they had earned through their hard work. When they heard what their friend said, they were so scared that their jaws almost dropped. Can Hei Yatou earn more than 10,000 yuan a month? Damn, if it were them, wouldn’t they just have to endure for a month and a half and then hand over the redemption money to the program crew?
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