After the fans from Huanghualing left, Qian Chunhua also welcomed the first wave of customers after the tea shop opened.
This was a couple who were walking outside with their child for the whole morning and were extremely tired. When they saw this tea shop, they were overjoyed and walked in.
"Welcome." Qian Chunhua came forward to greet him. Qian's mother stood behind the counter and learned from him so that she could greet customers in the same way in the future.
Seeing the female shopkeeper, the couple was stunned for a moment.
One of the women asked, "Do you have some warm tea?"
Qian Chunhua pointed to a wooden board on the wall and said, "Two ounces of regular tea per cup, two ounces of ginger-flavored brown sugar water per cup, and one ounce of boiled water per cup."
As for the prices in the shops, Qian Chunhua used the county town as a reference.
Tea and brown sugar water are both 2 yuan per cup, and refills are 1 yuan per cup.
A bowl of noodles was ten cents, an egg was three cents, a steamed bun was two cents, and a meat bun was three cents. Qian Chunhua asked Qingsong to write these prices on the wooden board at the door.
Qingsong didn't know how to write the character "㱕", so he went to ask Master Qian for advice and tried to write it after he learned it.
When Qingsong saw his name revealed by his mother, he felt shy but also gained a little more confidence.
The villagers of Huanghualing felt that these prices were too high, but Qian Chunhua did not pay much attention to it. When opening a shop here, food was scarce.
As natural disasters and man-made disasters spread, prices will only become more and more expensive.
The couple smiled awkwardly. It turned out that they were illiterate and had no idea how to read the prices written on the wooden board.
The man said, "Two cups of brown sugar water, please."
The woman glanced at the man, who whispered, "I'm not thirsty. Just give each of you two a cup."
The woman knew the situation at home. If they hadn't gone without food or water for the whole night, she probably wouldn't have been willing to give him the cup of brown sugar water.
Although the two spoke in low voices, Qian Chunhua heard them and understood that the couple was probably short of money.
"What do you want to eat?" the man continued to ask.
Qian's mother was already busy pouring the brown sugar water, and now she was carefully carrying two cups of brown sugar water to the woman.
Qian Chunhua introduced, "Noodles are 10 yuan a bowl, eggs are 3 yuan, steamed buns are 2 yuan each, and dumplings are 3 yuan each."
As soon as Qian Chunhua finished speaking, the man breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the price was not too outrageous.
As they walked along, the prices of goods outside were already in a mess, so they had to endure hunger and eat one meal at a time.
"Give me three bowls of noodles and ten steamed buns," the man said. He planned to put away the remaining steamed buns and eat them when he got hungry on the road.
After Qian Chunhua responded, she went to the kitchen and made noodles for them.
Although the two looked pitiful, Qian Chunhua also understood that he was running a business, not doing charity, and he would still make the money he should make.
When Qian Chunhua was cooking noodles, he still gave the three of them a lot more noodles.
When they saw the three full bowls of noodles, the man and the woman looked at Qian Chunhua with gratitude and began to eat.
At the end of the meal, the child could not finish the noodles in his bowl, and after the woman was full, the man poured all the noodles into his own bowl without hesitation and ate them all. In the end, he even drank up all the noodle soup.
When we checked out, the total cost was fourteen dollars.
The woman carefully took out a small handkerchief from the innermost pouch of her clothes, opened it, counted out fourteen copper coins, and handed it to Qian Chunhua.
Qian Chunhua took the copper coin and was about to inquire about the situation outside when the woman took the initiative to ask.
"How far is it from here to Nanzhou County?"
“More than ten miles.”
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