South Pier
There were still some vegetables and steamed buns left unsold. Jiang Shan looked at the two vendors across the street smiling and almost had a heart attack. He made some clanging noises while packing up.
"Brother, these things belong to us. Why don't you buy new ones or repair them when they're broken?"
Jiang Shan didn't even raise his head, and said angrily, "It's not ours to repair." After saying that, he seemed to be still not satisfied. He threw down the things in his hands and sat down on the small stool, with cold air snorting from his nose: "Look at how arrogantly they are laughing. I want to go up and punch them in the face."
Ge Shuzhen and Jiang Yongtian also looked over, but they were just sulking. What else could they do? Should they just go up and beat him up? Not to mention that he hadn't come to provoke them, even if he had, they would have just listened.
Ke Xin sat across from her second brother and turned his head towards her: "You only see her smiling now. Try it in a few days. If she doesn't cry, she wins."
Jiang Shan frowned: "Why?"
"Because their costs are high, they use pork. They charge eight cents for three meat dishes and one vegetable dish, and they pay so much. Do you think they can make money from this meal?"
Although you won’t lose money, you won’t make much money, just some publicity.
"Besides, they're deliberately lowering the price today. When they raise it back up in the future, do you think there will still be many people going? By then, it will seem even more deserted."
Ke Xin pretended to be mature and patted her second brother's shoulder: "Be patient. Don't get too upset just because you didn't sell it this time. This is just the beginning. There will be more problems in the future. If you lose your patience, they will be happy only if you get pissed off."
Ke Xin stood up to help her mother pack up the stall. She turned around and saw her second brother still sitting there stupidly and angrily. She shook her head slightly and said, "Get up and take some food to Uncle Wang. Buy him some good tea on the way."
When Jiang Shan heard about spending money, he came to his senses. It was okay to send food, after all, it didn't cost money if he made it at home, but why did he have to buy tea?
While he was pondering this, Ke Xin handed him a string of copper coins and said, "Uncle Wang has contributed a lot to our ability to sell food here safely. We should show some respect to him."
Ke Xin was afraid that her second brother would be petty and buy the tea leaves to give to Wang Hu, so she patiently explained, "It's not appropriate to give Uncle Wang money. If that happens, Uncle Wang will think we've made a lot of money. We can only buy some medium and low-quality tea leaves. This is our way of expressing our gratitude. With Uncle Wang around, we can sell our food here for a longer period of time. By then, we'll have earned a lot from this bunch of copper coins. Don't you think so?"
Jiang Shan understood: "I know, sister, isn't it just giving gifts to please people? I'm stupid, but I can do it, don't worry."
She had said so much to him, it seemed like he already knew the truth.
As soon as Jiang Shan left, the two food vendors across the street came over. Standing in front of their stall, Zheng Jiahui happily showed off, "Hey Jiang, you have a lot of leftover vegetables. Why don't you sell them at a lower price? That way you can get a lot of money back."
Seeing that it was the fat daughter-in-law who was speaking, Ge Shuzhen chuckled twice and said, "We can go home and eat the leftovers, so you don't have to worry about it."
Zheng Jiahui glared at Ge Shuzhen, then turned around and said to the person beside her, "Zhai Hong, look at how generous she is. She even said she'd take all these meat dishes home to eat. We really can't compare to her."
The short woman smiled at Ge Shuzhen and did not respond to Zheng Jiahui's words. Instead, she looked at the vegetables in the bowl and stared for a long time but did not find any pork.
She pointed at the stir-fried pork liver and asked, "Auntie, is this pork? It doesn't look like lean meat to me!"
Ge Shuzhen glanced at them and said, "Your family has your cooking secrets, and ours has them too. Isn't it inappropriate for you to ask this?"
After she finished arguing, Ge Shuzhen covered the vegetable bowl to prevent the group of people from looking at it over and over again. After that, she stopped looking at them and left after cleaning up.
On the way back, Dad looked at the half-eaten pot of food left and sighed slightly: "Let's go back and pack some for my eldest and second brothers so they don't have to cook in the evening."
Ge Shuzhen thought the same thing: "Well, fill another bowl for the boss."
Seeing that her parents were in a bad mood, Kexin interrupted and said, "Dad, Mom, let's clean up the woodshed at home later. I want to grow some crops."
The couple turned their heads to look at her. Jiang Yongtian said to his wife, "Is this child stupid? Planting crops in the woodshed? I've been farming for so many years, and this is the first time I've heard of using a house to plant crops!"
Ge Shuzhen also felt the same way and reached out to touch Kexin's forehead: "It's normal, no fever, why are you talking nonsense!"
The person who was considered crazy pulled Ge Shuzhen's hand and said, "Hey, Mom and Dad, what are you talking about? I am serious."
"I grow things in the house to simulate spring temperatures, so of course the vegetables will grow. Haven't you heard of greenhouses?"
Greenhouse?
Jiang Yongtian knew this stuff: "Building a greenhouse is very expensive. Most wealthy families really can't afford it. For our family, forget it."
Ke Xin frowned. It was a bit troublesome to discuss the greenhouse matter with her parents.
"I don't care. I just want to plant. Just help me fix the woodshed."
If normal explanations are not acceptable, then she can just act like a spoiled brat and be a little willful at home. Her parents will definitely agree since they dote on her so much.
The couple couldn't persuade Ke Xin, one just smiled and said nothing, while the other responded to her with a smile and scolding.
"Jiu'er, what is that all-purpose stuff you gave Fang Yaozu today? I've never seen it before!"
Old Man Jiang asked Kexin, who was chatting and laughing with the old woman. He was shocked by what she took out today. When was it made? What was used? How come he didn't notice it at all?
Ke Xin abandoned her mother's arm, moved closer to her father, and said slyly, "This is a mixture of chili peppers and other spices. This chili pepper is more than five times more delicious than dogwood. That's why I thought of cleaning up the woodshed to grow this."
The emergence of the new words made Dad a little confused: "Where did you find this thing?"
Ke Xin lied without blinking: "There's a large area on the mountain. I picked them all."
Mountain?
Ge Shuzhen and Jiang Yongtian exchanged glances, wondering when the child had gone to the mountains in the past two days. Could he have sneaked in while they were away?
The two people were completely confused and couldn't figure it out, so they took her home to enjoy the future. Along the way, Ke Xin drew the pie so round and big that the old couple couldn't stop laughing.
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