Chapter 94 Chapter 94 Chipper
They are now familiar with the process of setting up a stall, but their positions are always changing. If they come late, their positions from the previous two days will definitely be taken by others.
Now Miao Ying has come to terms with it. As long as customers want to buy his food, they can find him no matter where he is.
They now set up their stalls one day in the county town and one day in the town, always keeping things fresh. So when they arrive, there are always people waiting for them to set up the stall. This is also because Miao Ying almost always has something new. If you don’t eat it this time, you may not be able to get it next time. He never sold the chicken bones that were a side dish last time again.
"What's new today?" The speaker was Miao Ying's old customer, who stretched his neck to see what else was in Miao Ying's cart.
Miao Ying chuckled and pulled out the potato chips they had fried almost all night. They only needed to fry them again before topping them up and selling them. "You're right, I really do have some. They're just some snacks. The kids will definitely like them."
He watched Huo Xing busy himself. A moment later, Miao Ying fished out the potato chips and sprinkled them with toppings. He offered one to the diner: "Would you like to try it?"
The man took a taste and bit into it with a crunch. The original aroma of the potato was tinged with a pungent spiciness, and the taste of other unknown spices. After finishing a piece, he couldn't resist and wanted to eat more. But after all, this was someone else's business, so he couldn't eat it for free. So he asked, "How much is it?"
"Five cents each." Miao Ying had already prepared the oil-paper package and looked at him with a smile.
The diner also smiled and looked at Huo Xing: "You are such a good husband.
Huo Xing put down the work in his hands a little and nodded.
The diner was quite familiar with them. Huo Xing had always been busy with his work, and it was Miao Ying who talked to others. This was the first time he saw any other emotions on Huo Xing's face.
"Pack some for me to take home and feed the kids."
Miao Ying nodded, his hands moving neatly and quickly: "Okay, take it."
The good luck for the whole day started with the sale of this batch of potato chips.
The fried skewers business has always been good. The daily sales volume is basically fixed, and the occasional increase or decrease in sales does not have much impact.
At this moment, two more girls came to their stall. After setting up the stall for some time, Miao Ying could roughly recognize the identities of some people in the county town. For example, the first diner today's family background was not the best, but his ancestors were wealthy. It was not too good when it came to their generation, but they still had a lot of land, so they never treated themselves badly when it came to food. Some maids and servants from wealthy families came out to buy some snacks in their free time. Others might come from other villages and towns. They would buy some because the food looked fresh and cheap.
Look, there are two little girls arm in arm who came to buy things. You can tell at a glance that they are girls from a big family in the county. They smiled sweetly and told Miao Ying what they wanted.
Miao agreed, quickly getting food for them, and then gave each of them a piece of potato chips: "Try my new snacks."
The two little girls' hands were not that rough, and they had slender fingers. Miao Ying knew that they were at least not servants who did odd jobs, but should be the ones who took care of some young masters and young ladies personally.
They tasted it, and then their eyes lit up: "How much is this? I want to buy this."
After she ordered the food, she whispered to the girl next to her, "My daughter likes to eat new and unusual things." Because this was the host's private matter, they spoke quietly, "I always buy a lot and eat it all with my daughter."
"Miss Baozhu is open-minded and easygoing," said the girl next to her. "My daughter is also very nice. She's been in a bad mood lately. I'll buy something to comfort her."
They discussed it and each bought a big bag of potato chips to take back. If the lady didn’t like it, they could eat it themselves.
Miao Ying watched them leave with a smile on his face, lost in thought. Huo Xing stared at him for a long time, but in the end he couldn't help but pinched his waist.
"What do you think I was looking at?" Miao Ying touched Huo Xing's face soothingly, "I was looking at the white silver."
Huo Xing didn't know what the two girls had to do with silver, but since Miao Ying said so, he just went along with it: "It's almost time for today, how about we pack up and go home?"
There were still some things left in the car, but not much. If there were any leftovers, they would go home and share them with the children in the village. After all, the fact that they set up a stall was no longer a secret in the village. After all, the vegetables they used were all bought from the village. Since they moved to Rongshu Village, the villagers have always taken good care of them. No one said much when they knew about their stall. They would just ask if the business was okay when they met them, but they would not pay too much attention.
Miao Ying remembered the kindness of the villagers, so he returned the favor to the children. So now the children in the village wait at the entrance of the village almost every afternoon. When there are leftovers, he will call them over from afar.
There are several children here who are Huo Xiaobao's playmates, such as Xiaohu, Xiaobaicai, Xiaoshuanzi and so on. They were all brought by Huo Xiaobao to play when he first came here.
They are also studying at Master Song's school now, but because Master Song fell ill recently, they left school early in the afternoon. With nothing to do, they just waited for Miao Ying at the village entrance.
Miao Ying distributed food to them and answered their questions: "Xiaobao is doing well. He will be back during the Mid-Autumn Festival. You can play together again then."
"My mother also wants to send me to learn a craft and asked me what I want to learn. What do you think I can learn, brother?"
Miao Ying looked at him and said in distress, "What are you learning?"
"My mother wants me to learn how to kill pigs!" said Xiao Baicai.
Miao Ying clapped his hands and said, "It would be great to be a pig butcher. My father and brother on my mother's side are both pig butchers."
"I want to learn hunting from Brother Xing," Xiaohu said. "My mom said I'm big enough to hunt like Brother Xing."
Miao Ying poked Huo Xing's arm and said, "Say something."
"All good, all fine."
Miao Ying felt bored and taciturn, so after distributing the food to the children, they went home.
After arriving home, Miao Ying didn't care about anything else. He ran to the room to find the paper and pen that Huo Xiaobao used before, and drew a tool for Huo Xing that could slice slices.
After he finished drawing, he found Huo Xing who was cleaning his car and asked, "Can this be done?"
Huo Xing's hands were still wet, so Miao Ying held up the blueprint in front of him and said, "Take another look."
"I'll try it later." Huo Xing cleaned the car and took Miao Ying to the tool room.
Xiao Lin was also in the tool room at the moment, watching with them: "Brother, this is easy to make."
Miao Ying, who was left alone, didn't understand either. The two of them discussed it, and soon Huo Xing got the hang of it. Xiao Lin assisted him, and everything was going smoothly.
Miao Ying planned to set up the stall a few more times before taking a break. It was time for autumn planting. Although setting up a stall could make money, the land was their foundation after all.
In addition, Fu Lingzhi and the others should be back soon, Huo Xiaobao is also going home, and Miao Ying also wants to spend more time with his family.
When Fu Lingzhi comes back, Miao Ying will also tell him about his experience of setting up a stall during this period.
When they set up the potato chips stall for the second time, they saw a few people waiting for them there. They looked like servants from several wealthy families in the county town, and they were staring at them eagerly.
As soon as they set up their stall, these people swarmed over. Huo Xing held their carts vigorously to prevent them from overturning.
"Everyone, don't be anxious, don't push, don't squeeze, line up." Miao Ying shouted at the top of his voice, "There are a lot of things, you can buy them all."
"I don't believe you. You always sell out quickly." Someone behind said, "and you haven't been to the stall for a few days."
Miao Ying chuckled twice: "Just tell them what you want one by one, it will go faster in an orderly manner."
Under Miao Ying's persuasion, the order in front of the stall finally returned to normal. While working, Miao Ying distractedly listened to their gossip, and then he knew why his business was so good today. It turned out that the two girls who came to him yesterday to buy potato chips took them home for their daughter. One of the daughters happened to be entertaining guests. There were three daughters in total. They ate the potato chips with a crunch. After finishing the meal, they were still not satisfied and wanted to buy more, but found that the stall owner had disappeared long ago.
When I went to check again the next day, the people setting up the stall still hadn't come. After asking, I found out that they only come every other day, so I came early today, fearing that if I came too late, my sisters and brothers would not be able to eat.
Miao Ying had expected that potato chips would sell well. For the past two days, the family had been busy cutting potato chips. Although Huo Xing didn't say anything, Miao Ying could see that his hands sometimes shook uncontrollably. This was because Miao Ying had high requirements, and the potato chips had to be cut very thinly.
After having some free time, Miao Ying looked around and saw that there weren't that many people around. He thought Huo Xing could handle it, so he whispered in Huo Xing's ear that he was going to buy something, and then ran into a metal shop on the side of the road.
Yesterday Xiaolin told him that he was still short of a few blades, so Miao Ying planned to buy them today.
The blades were of different sizes, thicknesses, and Miao Ying didn't know which one they wanted, so he could only look at them and then go back to describe them to Huo Xing. Then he went again and bought the right blades. Huo Xing happened to be busy too, so he hurriedly put them away and continued to work.
Potato chips are the best-selling item today. If it weren't for the purchase limit, the first person who bought them would probably buy them all. It would have to be hunger marketing. There is really no other way. He only has one Huo Xing, and he can't let him work himself to death. What will happen to his future happiness then?
Now the only one who can save Huo Xing is himself. If he can make the potato-cutting tools sooner, he can be freed sooner.
On the way back today, they also bought a big bag of potatoes. The sun had not yet set on the road. Huo Xingxing was pulling the cart in front. The cart was a little bumpy when it ran over a stone. Miao Ying helped him stabilize the car body and then smiled at him.
The setting sun was behind Miao Ying, and Huo Xing could hardly see his face. They had been too busy and tired these days, and they had not been close for a long time.
Miao Ying could see the look in Huo Xing's eyes. He blinked and rushed towards Huo Xing.
The monotonous life needs some emotions as some fresh fulcrums. Miao Ying gently kissed Huo Xing's chin: "Take a day off tomorrow and don't go anywhere."
Huo Xing nodded, put his arm around Miao Ying's waist, and walked home in a hurry.
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