Traveling through ancient times to be a trader

Chapter 27 Li Shuiqing

In the lunch market, the main dishes are cold dishes and iron plate fried rice [meat and vegetables], and the number of pancakes is halved. Then there are vegetarian flatbreads, white rice, coarse grain rice, prepared with cold dishes. It is hot at noon, so jelly is sold at noon.

The cold dishes include cold noodles, cold noodles, and vegetable cucumbers, lettuce, shredded potatoes, gluten, lotus root, edamame, beans, carrots, cabbage, cabbage, and pork ears, and salty pork slices.

Cold dishes cost seven cents, meat and vegetables fifteen cents, and whole meat twenty-five cents.

Pork costs about 20 cents per pound, and pig ears are very cheap. If they are cheap, they think they are free. But doing business is a long-term plan. If pig ears are sold in the market, the price will definitely go up. It took a lot of effort.

One bowl of white rice is five cents, and one bowl of coarse grain rice is two cents.

The food is on the shelves. There are not many people coming and going. It's not even lunch time. There are also familiar customers who are eating fried rice and buying flat cakes at Weicheng stall. I have waited a few times and didn't buy them. I came here today. Luck finally let him buy it again.

The guest also wanted a bowl of jelly.

There were also passers-by who came to ask, and they all seemed not interested in cold dishes.

Wei Cheng didn't make a dish this time, and it was still early.

He is the most confident to eat cold dishes. In the past, in the downtown snack street, the people who bought cold dishes were the most. His teppanyaki and other snacks are no match for others.

He likes to eat cold pork ears and beef the most, but it is a pity that beef was rarely sold in ancient times.

By lunchtime, the crowd gathered.

Regular customers and new customers all gathered in front of the stall to buy food. When they saw his regular customers, they would say hello, and complained that they had not eaten the flatbread in the next few days. They were all worried, and the boss finally opened.

Those who buy flatbread buy flatbread, those who buy fried rice buy fried rice, and jelly is still very popular. It is the first time I see something transparent and delicate, and it can relieve the heat, so I pay for a bowl to try.

All other foods are easy to sell, but the cold noodles and cold noodles are all inquiries, and no one buys them.

Zhou Yuan and Wei Lei were worried about not being able to sell it, because they prepared the most, if they hadn't eaten it, they would have thought that some vegetables and cucumbers would be delicious.

Just tried it once, and they all thought it was a good meal, and it was delicious to eat with white stutter.

How can no one buy it.

Rick was in a hurry.

The two were in a hurry, but with the presence of the old god Wei Cheng, they were not worried at all, and they were busy with fried rice and pancakes.

"Husband, you haven't figured out a solution yet, what if you can't sell the salad?" Zhou Yuan couldn't help but ask Wei Cheng, he believed that his husband would definitely have a solution.

Seeing that his daughter-in-law was worried, Wei Cheng began to act, "Yuanyuan, you mix a plate of plain salad with vegetables, use the smallest plate, and every customer who orders more than ten cents will receive a small plate." The

smallest plate is for breakfast . Yes, the serving size is two.

Zhou Yuan frowned: "Can this work?" If it is given to guests, will the guests still buy it?

Wei Cheng: "You have to trust your husband, this will definitely work."

"Well, I'll mix it now."

Zhou Yuan mixed the cold dishes and put them on a small plate, Wei Lei used a tray, put a few small dishes on the tray, and then gave them to the guests.

The guests who saw it were very puzzled. Wei Lei was clumsy and only said that it was a gift.

"Today the stall opened, and every customer who spends over ten cents will be presented with a plate of cold dishes, which will be available in the next two days. Thank you for your concern, and I hope you all have a good time." Wei Cheng explained loudly.

"Then the relationship is good, if I buy a piece of fried rice, I have to give it away." The person who was waiting in line to buy fried rice must have said happily.

"Boss, this cold salad is a boiled vegetarian dish. It's cheap, and it would be too stingy to give it as a gift." A guest said.

"The cold salad looks tasteless, and the price is expensive. Boss, your food is delicious, but this cold salad doesn't look delicious at all."

"I also looked at it and thought it was not delicious."

"Just boil it for nothing. I don't even want to eat the food at home, and I'm still giving it away, so it's better not to give it."

......

In the crowd, you and I are not satisfied with the things Wei Cheng sent.

Wei Cheng just smiled, his expression not worried at all, Zhou Yuan frowned, dissatisfied with the guests slandering his family's food, his family's cold dishes are definitely delicious.

Wei Cheng waited for them to finish complaining, and was about to explain, when one of the guests who ate the cold salad as a gift shouted, "Boss, what is the cold salad in your house, how much is it for dinner?"

Waiting in line to buy food for guests : "..."

Could this be the case?

"Boss, give me a salad, is it five cents?"

"I want more than one serving at my table."

The guests who ate the salad all ordered the salad.

Wei Lei took the order and reported the quantity to Zhou Yuan. Zhou Yuan quickly mixed up a plate and filled different portions according to the price.

Looking at the guests who haven't eaten yet, they are very puzzled.

Is this boiled vegetable really delicious?

Because Zhou Yuan was mixing it, the onlookers at the stall didn't see it. Some people stretched their necks to look at it, and saw that the colors were different.

"Yuanyuan, you mix a few dishes and put them out, let the guests see how our house's finished cold dishes look like." Wei Cheng said.

Zhou Yuan responded and put a few servings, plain meat, spicy and non-spicy, cold noodles and noodles, and served with different prices.

The oily and bright cold salad looks spicy and fragrant, with good color and taste, especially appealing to the appetite.

Is this a salad?

Some guests look at it, smell it, and feel that the meal is over.

But if you order fried rice and buy cold dishes, it will exceed the cost.

Although Zhou Yuan had never done business, he knew the thoughts of some people and said, "Cold salad with white rice and coarse grain rice is the best meal."

"Is there white rice? How much is a bowl?" A guest asked in surprise.

"A bowl of white rice is five cents, and a bowl of coarse grain rice is two cents." The bowls are all enough.

"Okay, I want a bowl of white rice and a cold salad for five cents."

"I want coarse grain rice, which is also a cold salad for five cents."

"Essential cake and cold salad—" The

cold salad opened the market.

Then they are all addicted, and the sauce can be mixed with a bowl of rice. Dock workers are the most economical, buy a plate to eat with steamed buns and dry food, which can not only fill the stomach, but also enjoy eating.

The more you eat, the better.

Some guests didn't have a seat, so they packed them up and took them away. There were also some who passed by and bought them home. There were also many guests who bought them to eat at restaurants. Even people who watched fried rice with cold vegetables in restaurants asked where they bought them, and even more so. attract many guests.

The afternoon market is officially busy.

This craze has opened, that is, busy until the end, until the food is sold out.

The last one was sold out, and the three of them were tired and sweating, looking tired.

Sitting at the stall to rest, not willing to move.

Wei Lei felt that the lunch market was more tiring than selling flatbread before, but he was not tired from working at the wharf either.

The stall's business was so hot that the three of them even wondered if it was because of the first day that the customers had never eaten before the business was so good, but later they found out that the business was getting better, and the daily increase in portion was not enough to sell, and finally they had to hire someone. .

Wei Cheng felt that eating cold dishes in summer is delicious and suitable for dinner, and he did not choose the wrong food.

After collecting the things, you have to go back to buy vegetables, spare some ingredients for tomorrow's stalls, and some ingredients that will not be cooked until tomorrow.

Some passers-by are very curious, how did this stall start to collect things, is it a bad business? Shouldn't the business continue to sell? Just curious to ask, it was sold out.

What is so good for food? Gotta come see it tomorrow.

There are also people who bought it nearby and want to buy it. The cold dishes are too delicious, and adults and children are addicted to eating them.

There were also a few guests who bought it back, and the family members scolded people when they saw that it was a mess of vegetarian dishes.

"Why did you buy vegetarian food? You can't cook it at home, so you have to spend money to buy it. How much is it?"

"Fifteen wen, I think the crispy meat and vegetarian dishes are delicious, so I will buy this."

Not to mention pig ears, lest the guests dislike it before they eat it, Wei Cheng changed the name.

"What! Fifteen cents?" the old woman shouted, staring at the bag of vegetables and the few pieces of meat, asking if her son had been deceived, and immediately yelled at her son, and the black-hearted boss. Aggressive want to go to the boss to settle accounts.

The person who bought the cold salad hurriedly grabbed his mother and had to let her eat it. The cold salad was so delicious, he didn't say that he couldn't help but buy one first, otherwise he would definitely be beaten by his own mother.

The wife working in the kitchen and the father and children in the house came out to see it, and they all thought he was expensive.

When the whole family eats it, they all say that it is delicious, and even the children who don't like to eat in the hot weather have an appetite.

Several other companies are also performing this show, and they all like to eat cold dishes in the end.

However, there are still some stingy and budget-conscious people who think that selling vegetarian food is so expensive and not worthwhile. It is not cheaper to make it yourself. After someone tries it, they only know what the difference is.

Most of the materials for Weichengjia's stalls were bought from shops in the suburbs, and the shop delivered a certain amount every day. The vegetables at home were bought from neighbors, and some were bought at the market.

After the lunch market was over, the reservation was made. Wei Lei was in charge of receiving the goods at home. Wei Cheng took his daughter-in-law to the market. He wanted to see if there were any new ingredients in the market.

Said to be looking at new ingredients, Wei Cheng pulled people and bought them for his daughter-in-law when they found something delicious. The two walked slowly like shopping.

Bought sugar paintings, chestnuts, twist, candied fruit, croquettes - Wei Cheng carried a lot of oil paper bags, and he only let his daughter-in-law eat them.

Wei Cheng suddenly saw the familiar ingredients and walked over with his wife's hand.

It was a brother in rough clothes with many patches on his clothes. His face was yellow and thin, and his expression was bleak.

"How do you sell bamboo shoots?"

Li Shuiqing had been sitting at the market for almost a day. The food couldn't be sold, and the food was stopped at home. Although the food could fill his stomach, he had no money to buy medicine for his sick mother and father. What should he do? manage.

Wei Cheng's words made Li Shuiqing, who was in despair, look up instantly, his eyes were still red, and he had no time to clear his emotions, and hurriedly said: "Bamboo shoots are worth a penny." Then, nervously waiting for the guests to speak.

He didn't know how to set the price of bamboo shoots. Bamboo shoots are local products and only eaten by poor people. Most people don't want to eat them because they taste astringent when boiled. people buy.

When boiled, no one knows how to cook, they just fry them directly without boiling them.

Seeing that the guest didn't speak, Li Shuiqing became even more nervous, afraid that Wei Cheng would leave, and hurriedly said: "Two penny, I made a mistake just now, do you want the guest to buy it?"

Wei Cheng pointed to the black thing and asked, "That's dried fungus. "

Yes, it's dried fungus." There are many fungus in the mountains, Li Shuiqing picks a lot of fungus every day, and the fungus can be sold, but there is no shortage of villagers selling fungus in this season, and he can't sell it every time, because he has a brother Son, the clothes are tattered, I'd rather buy the neat villagers' clothes than his.

The fungus can only be used as a ration for his family, but he picked a lot of fungus and couldn't store it. He thought about drying it. Because the family urgently needed money, he took it out and sold it to see if he could sell a little, even if it was a penny or two.

People who see dried fungus are afraid that the fungus is not good, so no one buys it.

"How to sell dried fungus?" Wei Cheng squatted down and took the fungus to see.

There are also people who know how to dry the fungus into dry goods, but it is not dry enough, and it will not last for a long time, so you can buy some and go back.

"Five cents a pound of dried fungus."

Wei Cheng felt that the price was too cheap.

When he stood up and his actions, Li Shuiqing misunderstood that the person was about to leave, his heart suddenly panicked, his eyes were red, and he was anxious to cry.

He must sell things, even if he asks customers to sell. He knows that if his mother and father are sick and do not take medicine, he will lose his mother and father.

But Li Shuiqing was stunned the next second -

"I want both the fungus and bamboo shoots."

Wei Cheng's words sounded like the sound of nature, which made Li Shuiqing think he was dreaming and did not respond for a while.

"What's the matter, don't sell?" Wei Cheng raised his eyebrows, if he didn't sell, he would leave.

In addition to being patient with his wife, Wei Cheng has no patience with outsiders.

There are bamboo shoots in the countryside. It was only when he saw it that he remembered that the cold dishes lacked bamboo shoots. He could find someone to go back to the village to dig.

"Husband, how can you talk like that, brother didn't say no to sell." Zhou Yuan said softly, giving him a disapproving look.

There must be difficulties in my brother's family in front of him, so he is so flustered.

He began to think that the husband sees difficulties and wants to help people, and it is definitely not a matter of time to be familiar with his husband's emotions.

I just don't know what my husband buys bamboo shoots for? This thing is astringent and tastes average.

How could Li Shuiqing not sell it, so he hurried to sell it.

But he didn't have anything to pack except the baskets, and he was sweating anxiously.

Wei Cheng was in a hurry when he didn't know why people didn't move.

Zhou Yuan saw the reason for Li Shuiqing, "Brother, my house is not far from the market, can you bring things to my house?"

Zhou's remarks solved Li Shuiqing's urgent need, and hurriedly said: "Yes, I will install it immediately."

Only then did Wei Cheng know the reason.

He took his daughter-in-law's hand and squeezed it, rewarding her for being smart.

Zhou Yuan blushed as he was being held, fearing that outsiders would see their intimate actions.

Wei Cheng chuckled softly.

After buying everything, Wei Cheng took his daughter-in-law home.

Li Shuiqing silently followed behind the two.

Only then did he have the mind to look at the couple in front of him.

Only then did I notice that the man doted on his husband very much. The man held a lot of things in his hand, but his husband had nothing in his hands. From time to time, the man would take out food from the oil-paper bag and hand it to his husband. All are kind.

Li Shuiqing thought that brother was very lucky to marry such a good man.

Judging from their clothes, their family background should be good.

He had also fantasized about his future husband-in-law, but the family situation, if he got married, how would his parents and younger siblings survive, and when the younger siblings grew up, he would pass the age of marriage.

He has no regrets, even if he can't get married in the future.

Li Shuiqing followed Wei Cheng's house and looked at the old house of Wei Cheng's house. There were signs of repairs and the yard was tidy, but he could see that it was dilapidated.

These two don't dress like they live in such a poor house.

Li Shuiqing is not an eventful person. For him, this couple is his benefactor.

Putting down the bamboo shoots and fungus, Li Shuiqing took the copper coins handed over by Zhou Yuan. He was very excited because he didn't count them. He held the money tightly in the palm of his hand. .

Li Shuiqing bent down and said respectfully, "Thank you!"

Wei Cheng was stunned for a moment and then recovered, Zhou Yuan understood and smiled: "No thanks, we are doing business normally. Also, my family needs fungus and bamboo shoots every day. I will deliver it today, and you can deliver as many fungus as you want. Is it convenient for you to deliver it every day?" This is what his husband just said, asking him to tell Li Shuiqing.

"You really want me to send the fungus and bamboo shoots?" Li Shuiqing's eyes widened, he couldn't believe what he heard. If he delivered it every day, his family would not be rich in the future, and the family would not be afraid of starvation.

Zhou Yuan said: "My family is in the food business, and I need it every day. You can send it here in the afternoon. By the way, can the bamboo shoots help to break the inner core?" This way, there is no need to bring the heavy shell.

"Yes. I will deliver it on time tomorrow." Li Shuiqing said excitedly.

Not his hallucinations.

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "I don't know your name yet?"

Li Shuiqing said, "My name is Li Shuiqing, and I live in Nanbian Village."

Nanbian Village?

This brother shares the same village with Wei Cheng?

Husband and wife were surprised.

Wei Cheng didn't know this person, but Wei Lei happened to meet him after picking up something from outside.

"Wei Lei?!" Li Shuiqing knew Wei Lei, how could he be here?

Wei Lei had met Li Shuiqing but didn't know his name.

Only after introduction did Li Shuiqing know that the person who bought his things was from the same village.

Li Shuiqing did not know Wei Cheng, and Wei Cheng was still relatively unknown in the village.

After Li Shuiqing left, the yard became busy.