Chapter 13: 收摊 (Closing Up)

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With this, the stall of Zhong Ziqi became a hit,Uncle Song's stall too. Not only their stall, but also the stalls around him, which were quite close to Zhong Ziqi were also brought up, earning dozens of wen more than usual.


He had to close the stall after noon.

It's not that he didn't want to continue, it's just that there was a shortage of ingredients. During this period, Zhao Sheng went out several times to the grain shop, to buy rice vermicelli twice. He also went to Huang Amu's house again, to buy vegetables twice.But there was still not enough supply,since there were many people who liked the cucumbers and persimmons in it, being soaked cold. At any rate,some of them even added money to let Zhong Ziqi put it in more.Yet Huang Amu's family grows vegetables only enough for two people to eat, so if they buy too much,then it won't have much left for the family. Zhong Ziqi felt that this is not a good solution either, so let's call it a day ba!

It was only half a day before some customers came to the stall, but they were frustrated to see that Zhong Ziqi had closed the stall.Zhong Ziqi told everyone kindly, "That's all for today. It's the first time we've set up a stall therefore we didn't expect to be liked so much, we didn't even bring enough ingredients.I'll bring more tomorrow, and I promise, we'll make sure everyone gets enough to eat, okay?"

        "Good, on your word, I'll definitely have two more bowls tomorrow." Someone shouted.


        Zhong Ziqi laughed and replied, "Then this uncle, let's make a deal, I'll remember you." A cheerful person can always win people's favour, especially a young, white tender and fair-looking ger.

        Before he left, Zhong Ziqi left a bowl of cold noodles for Uncle Song next door, and thanked him, "Thank you, Uncle Song, giving 'you' trouble today."

['You' in honorific you]

Uncle Song had been craving for it for a long time, so he didn't say no, "Hey, I have to thank you for that, I made a lot more money than usual today."


        "That's good, I might have to bother Uncle Song again."

        "It's good if it's like this every day."

        The closing of Zhong Ziqi's stall was met with joy and regret by some people. Those who are happy are those who are also selling cold foods, because most of the customers today have been taken away by the newcomer Zhong Ziqi.Now that they've left, the customers are slowly coming back.The few stalls around Zhong Ziqi's area that had been influenced,were the ones that regretted it, but they were already happy with the results today.

        This is all unknown to Zhong Ziqi, Zhao Sheng helped push the wooden cart into Huang Amu's house, Huang Amu already knew that Zhong Ziqi's business was on fire.Their place were close to the pier so he knew about the slightest change, not to mention that when Zhao Sheng came to buy cucumbers he brought them a bowl as well, which eventually made even him, who had been cooking for years, sighed in admiration.

        "Huang Amu, here are ten wen, you can take the rent money for today, please." Zhong Ziqi handed over ten wen.


        Huang Amu frowned: "Why are there two extra coins, didn't we agree on eight wen?"

        "Look, we've been fetching water and buying vegetables, we've almost broken the threshold, I'm embarrassed not to pay more." Zhong Ziqi said matter-of-factly.

        "It's not easy for you to make money,moreover you've paid for my vegetables, so I can't take this money." Huang Amu excused himself, he is not one of those rotten-hearted people who only see money, he has pity for this child in his heart. He did not want to take advantage of this child.

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