human suffering

Chapter 64 Delicious Mantou

Cai Gen waited all night, and the store’s turnover stopped at 521 yuan. There were no surprises in the second half of the night. Let’s stay up. There is still a month for the students from other places to have a holiday, and the business will be fine by then.

After lying on the bench for half the night, Xiao Sun still went to the attic to sleep. The quality of sleep was good. Because he was thin and did not snore, Cai Gen slept well on the army bed downstairs.

People are also strange. Although all kinds of strange things keep happening, as long as the store sells money, Cai Gen feels that everything else is indifferent and not so important.

At 5:[-] in the morning, Cai Gen was woken up by the set alarm clock, put on his coat, and wanted to go to the morning market. Xiao Sun hadn't gotten up yet, forget it, don't call him, and locked the door after going out.

The morning market is not far away, a 15-minute walk. It used to be closer. It was a wide road. The morning market formed spontaneously. It symbolically paid management fees and sanitation fees.

Later, there were more and more people, the cake became bigger and bigger, and the charges for various names became more and more. In the end, I felt that the charges were not enough. Selling stalls for rent, the cost has increased tenfold.

How much money can someone who can go to the morning market to sell?Many people in the countryside grow some things in their own small gardens. They can make an early morning and exchange some oil, salt, sauce and vinegar money, or the old lady will use rags and old clothes to sew some pads, insoles, etc., all of which are sold and not enough for the rent of the booth. what.

All kinds of conflicts ensued. After all, the old morning market was evacuated, and some people who had some savings went to the new morning market.

All the wool comes from the sheep, the rent of the stall has increased, and the price of the morning market has also gone up.

In fact, it is the same as Cai Gen's takeaway. Why is the meal expensive? Because the software usage fee is expensive. In a traditional catering industry, one-fifth of the pure profit is charged. All businesses are uncomfortable and don't want it. During the harvest period, no one can do anything.

Consumers have already formed a habit of using it, and the price is also rising along the entire chain. In the end, it is the consumers who suffer, and the merchants can only accompany them and endure it.

In winter, Cai Gen rarely buys vegetables, which are basically the same price as meat, so it is better to eat meat.I bought some octopus, some chicken legs, and finally saw that the haggis was very clean, and I bought some haggis. My wife likes haggis soup, and my son is not picky.

To drink soup and eat pasta, you have to buy steamed buns. A well-known steamed bun stall costs 1 for 4 yuan, which is very cheap. Cai Gen also lined up with him.

When the other three people arrived at Caigen, an aunt came begging for food, and the cotton jackets in ragged clothes were all exposed, and there were many plastic bags wrapped around them, probably to keep out the cold.

The face is dirty, but the hair is neat, and the face is full of wrinkles, which makes it look very old. For people in the city, they are not so old when they are less than 80 years old, but the aunt is still in good health. Old, certainly not more than 80.

Cai Gen has heard a saying before, those who want to eat, no one wants breakfast, but if they can get up that early, they won't beg for dinner.I can't remember who said it. I really want to give him a big mouth. There are so many people in the morning market.Go to the supermarket?Security won't let you in.

The aunt who was begging held a broken iron tea jar in her hand, shaking the iron tea jar while muttering tremblingly,

"Do well, good-hearted people, help. Do good, good-hearted people, help."

There are several coins in the iron tea vat, and the sound of the crash is obvious, attracting people's attention.

The aunt was next to the steamed bun stall, and everyone who paid for the steamed buns inevitably passed by the begging aunt, but Cai Gen observed that no one paid, and there were no scattered coins.

It’s past five o’clock in the morning in winter, the sky is still dark, and the temperature is minus 20 degrees. The heat from steaming steamed buns turns the vicinity of the stall into a fairyland on earth, but this beggar aunt is out of place in the fairyland.

Soon it was Cai Gen's turn, he took out 10 yuan and handed it to the boss,

"Buy 6 yuan of steamed buns, put them in a bag for [-] yuan, and give them to her for [-] yuan."

After speaking, Cai Gen pointed to the begging aunt. The male boss was very young, about the same age as Cai Gen. He wore glasses. Cai Gen guessed that he might have worked hard outside and returned to his hometown to start a business.

The male boss had a layer of white mist on his glasses, so he needed to be very close to see the money. When he saw that it was 10 yuan, he quickly found [-] yuan and handed it to Cai Gen.

"Her buns don't cost you money, I'll pay for them."

He turned around and picked up 20 steamed buns in a bag and handed them to Cai Gen.

Picked up another 4 steamed buns and put them in a bag and handed them to the begging aunt.

The begging aunt was very surprised. She took the steamed buns and thanked the boss, and walked away with the steamed buns. It was obvious that she was not asking for money, but just to have a full meal.

Cai Gen admired the boss's behavior very much, smiled kindly, turned around with the steamed buns, but there were many people in line, and they didn't go very fast, and a voice came from his ear, the boss was talking to the next one The man who bought the buns said,

"Take a dollar to pretend to be a calf, and kidnap me with morality. If you have the kindness, lead the family."

The kind smile is still hanging on the corner of his mouth, and the warm thoughts in the world are still in his heart.

Cai Gen was stunned, he knew that he was the one who pretended to be a jerk with a dollar, and he unwittingly kidnapped others morally.

I was stunned on the spot, wanting to turn around and reasoning, but my heart felt as disgusting as eating one, not a hundred flies.

The most favorable response is to turn around, take out 100 yuan, and throw it in the face of the owner of the steamed bun. In the future, Cai Genbao will beg for my aunt's steamed bun.

Then what is the result? What about after 100 yuan is eaten?How many uncles and aunts are there begging for food in the morning market?

He took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and took a puff. Cai Gen stood in the bustling crowd in the morning market. If you don't move, the people around you will automatically find a way out and bypass you, so it doesn't matter if you move or not, or , not so important.

In the end, Cai Gen still moved. He left the morning market and walked into the store. On the way, he saw the begging aunt, sharing steamed buns with another old man lying in a broken bed in the shelter of a high-rise building. , I just heard that the accent is not a local, this small town is so poor, it is really not a good place to beg, it's the wrong way.

When he returned to the store, when he opened the door, he saw that Xiao Sun had already woken up and finished washing and was cleaning. Cai Gen was very satisfied.

Put all the vegetables you bought and start making the lamb chops.

Add oil to the pot, heat it up, fry the onion, ginger, and garlic cooking wine in the pot, put the lamb offal, fry it up a bit, add cold water, and let the rest boil slowly.

After Cai Gen boiled the mutton offal soup, he came to the bar and started to add incense. In the morning, 9 incense sticks, please ask carefully, the world is peaceful and business is booming.

Today's incense burns well, is it because of good deeds in the morning?But the money is spent by the owner of the steamed bun, and it is delicious without burning my hands.

Seeing Cai Gen serving the incense, Xiao Sun couldn't help shaking his head and muttered,

"It's useless, don't work, it's useless."

(End of this chapter)