Chapter 139: Selling Self-heating Food Boxes at the Examination Hall
Originally, Gu Feixue planned to rest at home that day, but when she checked the self-heating materials in the warehouse some time ago, she found that there were still nearly several hundred of them.
Even self-heating lunch boxes were stockpiled in large quantities, and almost every student at Jiangzhou Academy had one.
After doing the math, Gu Feixue had lost at least several hundred taels of silver on these remaining goods.
Even though the Gu family has saved no less than a thousand taels of silver in the past two years through numerous cooperative businesses and shops, Gu Feixue is still very heartbroken.
After all, all the money earned from this self-heating food box went into her personal coffers, and Gu Lang and Wang Shi didn't care. How many good things would she have to lose with this loss?
So Gu Feixue decided to sell out the goods that she had stockpiled.
Of course, she didn't plan to do business with these restaurants.
During these two years, these businessmen in Jiangzhou really taught her a lesson. The depth of their tricks was far beyond the reach of Liangcheng.
She would definitely not gain much benefit from doing business with these businessmen, and might even suffer some losses.
So Gu Feixue turned her attention to the other people.
That's why today, Gu Feixue got up earlier than Gu Tingchuan and rushed to the examination hall with Luo Li and others.
Gu Feixue simply disguised herself as a handsome scholar. In the past two years, she has mastered the art of shape-changing to perfection, ensuring that no one can recognize her.
Gu Feixue was already proficient in makeup techniques, so her ability to disguise herself not only attracted admiration from everyone in the Gu family, but also did not arouse any other suspicion.
While Gu Tingchuan was still accepting the blessings of the entire Gu family, Gu Feixue had already set up a stall in front of the examination room with her people.
The examination hall was still open, but many candidates and their families were already waiting outside.
"Look, look, look, the self-heating lunch boxes that are so popular at Jiangzhou Academy are on their last day of clearance sale. The original price of a ten-liang silver self-heating lunch box gift pack is now only six liang."
"Want to enjoy the delicious food that others are drooling over in the exam room? What are you waiting for? It only costs six ounces to help you experience it!"
"No need to light a fire, let alone firewood. Just cold water, and you can steam anything delicious. Mom and Dad no longer have to worry about me not having enough to eat during the exam."
Gu Feixue sat on a recliner nearby, listening to everyone's gags with a smile on her face.
Many candidates and their families gathered around to watch the fun.
When Luo Li saw everyone coming over, he immediately took the self-heating lunch box and started demonstrating it to everyone.
"Look, I'm adding hot water now, and putting our special gourmet food package on top. Just wait a moment..."
The cold water poured into the bottom of the food box produced a white mist within a few seconds.
"This is actually true! The cold water is really boiled!"
"I thought it was a lie, but the cold water actually turned out to be hot!"
There was an uproar all around, and everyone burst into heated discussion.
Seeing this, the candidates who were originally nervous could not help but relax a little and asked with curiosity.
"Why does cold water become hot water?"
Luo Li said mysteriously, "My dear, this is a commercial secret and cannot be disclosed. You just need to look..."
The next second, Luo Li opened the lunch box and saw that the rice and vegetables that were originally dry had turned into fragrant and moist ones!
"This lunch box can actually be used to cook rice in cold water and steam vegetables!"
At this moment, all the candidates and their families were excited.
Everyone knows that you can't go out during the exam period, and you can only eat simple and easy-to-store food. If you prepare food that cannot be eaten cold, you may get diarrhea during the exam.
Even if you can bring a toilet in, the smell of diarrhea is unbearable for ordinary people. Therefore, ordinary people can only eat less or even not eat at all, for fear of diarrhea that will affect the entire exam.
Some candidates' families also prepared anti-diarrhea powder prescribed by the pharmacy in advance.
Who would have thought that someone in the examination room would be selling such a magical lunch box that can steam rice with cold water!
"How much is this self-heating lunch box? I want to buy one. Is the amount of food enough for my son to eat during the exam?"
Then I heard a gorgeously dressed lady take out some silver and ask for the money.
Gu Feixue was still sitting there, just listening to Luo Li and others explain:
"For an average person, one meal is enough for one meal. The dishes we've prepared include both meat and vegetables, so even those with large appetites can still eat until they're half full. Besides, the exam room is different from home, and eating too much might affect your performance."
After hearing this, the woman didn't hesitate, paid the money, and took a gift package.
Those of them who came from other cities spent at least dozens of taels on the journey to take the exam. This self-heating lunch box that can be used to eat hot meals in the examination room only costs six taels, and no one is short of this money.
More and more people came to watch the fun, but except for some families with more financial resources, others were still watching.
Gu Feixue was just thinking about whether she should go on stage, when some familiar people came from behind.
She looked carefully and saw that the person leading the charge was none other than her brother Gu Tingchuan.
There were many "brothers" surrounding Gu Tingchuan. When the group saw so many people gathered here, they squeezed in to watch the fun.
"Hey! It's Butler Luo, why are you here?"
Bao Shouxin, who came first to watch the fun, recognized Luo Li at a glance.
Gu Tingchuan looked over when he heard this and remembered that Gu Feixue had disappeared with the servants in the morning. It turned out that they had come to the examination room.
After looking around, Gu Tingchuan didn't see Gu Feixue and felt a little confused.
At this time, Bao Shouxin and others also noticed the familiar self-heating food boxes on the stall, and they understood it in an instant.
Ma Chengyuan, who was standing beside Bao Shouxin, quickly asked his servant to take out his self-heating lunch box and asked Luo Li:
"It's great that you're here. I forgot to buy some self-heating buns a while ago. Can you just sell me some of them and cooking buns?"
After saying that, Ma Chengyuan looked at the steamed dumplings on the stall and licked his lips greedily.
Although the family also prepared a lot of steamed food, it was obviously not as delicious as the one at Gu's house.
Ma Chengyuan's words prompted several people nearby to ask if they could buy the meal packs separately.
Gu Feixue was speechless. Fortunately, she had someone prepare a lot of meal kits yesterday just in case.
Luo Li calculated the number and agreed to a few people.
At this time, Bao Shouxin looked around, somewhat puzzled:
"Gu Tingchuan, where's Sister Xue'er? Doesn't she usually just like to join in the fun?"
Gu Tingchuan looked around again after hearing this. When his sight turned to the handsome young man dressed as a servant sitting behind Luo Li, he was stunned. Then he turned around and said:
"Maybe he didn't come." There was a barely perceptible smile in his eyes.
Bao Shouxin didn't believe it, he looked at Luo Li and asked:
"What has your Miss Xue'er been doing at home these days?"
This Luo Li follows Gu Feixue all day long, why is he the only one who shows up today?
Hearing this, Luo Li subconsciously glanced at Gu Feixue behind him.
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