Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 794 Wow
The chagedou at noon was very satisfying to eat, and Gao Genzhu made it into fried noodles in the evening.

Put some green peppers, garlic moss and eggs in it, and eat a big bowl full of old age.

In the past, when Chen Nian entered those dungeons, he would often feel hungry at night after eating the main meal, but since he came here, he has never felt this way. Even if he had dinner at six or seven in the afternoon, he continued until No one is hungry at twelve o'clock in the evening.

Every time it is a full bowl of noodles with some small cold dishes.

After snoring and eating, I feel energetic to work.

However, on the ninth day of the lunar new year, when Gao Genzhu was busy preparing lunch, he said, "We have a meeting here in a few days, and I want to set up a stall there to sell noodles."

After hearing this, Chen Nian asked curiously: "What is rush meeting?"

"It's just...it's booming. There will be theater troupes, jugglers, vendors selling gadgets, and social fire performances. At night, there will be ironwork, and you can watch lights and so on."

When Chen Nian heard it, he became interested. They used to have similar activities. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, in addition to eating Lantern Festival in every household, there were also dragon and lion dance performances in many places, as Gao Genzhu said. There are also those selling gadgets and snacks.

But after all, they are so far away, and there are still some differences in some customs.

This made Chen Nian look forward to it even more.

"Brother Genzhu, shall we sell noodles outside then?"

"Well, that's my plan, but when the time comes, you can take Xiao Fugui out for fun. Your sister-in-law and I are enough for the noodle stall."

Chen Nian nodded, and suddenly an idea came to his mind: "Brother Genzhu, if you are too busy, I will come to help you. If you can, I can also sell some other gadgets. Son."

"Sell what?"

"For example, kneading dough figurines and so on. There will be more children and women, so they should like it."

"Okay, but can you do this?"

"No problem, I did this for Xiao Fugui some time ago. Then I can sell it with Xiao Fugui, and we can earn two shares."

"Alright, let's make a decision first, and prepare for it in the next few days."

After they made an agreement, Chen Nian turned around and told Xiao Fugui about it.

"Xiao Fugui, there will be a meeting in the county on the [-]th, and your parents will set up a noodle stall there, but I thought about it, we can also do business, make some money, and so on. We will split the money between the two of us."

When Xiao Fugui heard about making money, he immediately became interested: "Brother Chen Nian, how do we make money?"

"I'm going to knead dough."

"But I don't know how to knead dough."

"It's okay. We'll set up a stall over there that day. I, the dough kneader, will be responsible for selling the dough. You can get a share of the money sold. For example, if you sell ten cents, you can get one penny."

"It's only a penny?" Xiao Fugui was a little bit unconvinced after hearing this figure.

"Yeah, a penny is quite a lot, and the ten pennies include the cost. If we want to sell dough, the noodles must cost money, right? And the colors that are painted on the dough also need money. We also have to spend money to buy bamboo sticks, we can’t go up the mountain to cut bamboo by ourselves, and Xiao Fugui, you only need to tell the guests when they come to ask the price, and you can yell occasionally. I do the work.

If you think about it again, isn't this a lot of money? "

Xiao Fugui tilted his head and thought for a while: "It seems to be okay."

"Then we've settled for that."

So in the next period of time, Chen Nian went outside to buy some bamboos that had been cut by others, and after taking them back, he cut them into bamboo sticks and polished the tops smooth.

Then I thought about some styles and planned to practice my hands before the official sale.

At the beginning, Chen Nian wanted to pinch some mythical figures such as Monkey King, Nezha, and Erlang God.

Even if time and space are different, these images still exist in this world.

But after Chen Nian tried it out, he realized that this seemed a bit too difficult. Although he could do some simple ones, such complicated ones were still unsatisfactory.

In the end, we can only choose the next best thing for aging, and choose Peppa Pig, Hello Kitty, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and some simple small animals.

I'm not too afraid to get these images to age. After all, they are separated by a time and space. Disney headquarters can't cross time and space to sue themselves in court, right?

Sure enough, after choosing these simpler images, Chen Nian figured them out after a few days of pondering.

And he has also thought about the price. Ordinary small animals are sold for two to three yuan a piece depending on the complexity, while those cartoon characters are all five yuan.

After all, the selling price has to be worthy of one's own craftsmanship.

And this is still in a small county below Shanxi. If you go to the city to age, you need at least ten yuan to start.

As a result, during the time when Chen Nian was practicing the kneader, he happened to meet the carpenter next door who came to visit him.

"Chen Nian, what are you doing?" Li Yan asked curiously after seeing the little dough in front of Chen Nian. "

"Brother Yan, I'm going to try to make some doughnuts, and I'll set up a stall there to sell them when I catch up with the meeting."

"Why did you suddenly think of selling this?"

"Isn't this going to make money? Brother Genzhu also plans to set up a noodle stall at that time, but two people are enough for the noodle stall, so I thought about making something else."

Li Yan thought about it after hearing this.

"You are a good idea. If you say so, we can also make some gadgets and sell them when the time comes."

"I think it's okay. Your carpentry is good. If you can make some delicate things, you may sell them. I heard from Brother Genzhu that not only people in our county are making a fuss, but some neighbors People from the county will also come to join in the fun."

"Okay, okay, there are still a few days left, I will go back and think about how to do this thing."

Chen Nian looked at Li Yan who seemed to have discovered the New World and said with a smile: "Brother Yan, my suggestion is to focus on those little gadgets that children play.

For example, some jigsaw puzzles, Kongming locks, Luban locks, etc. In addition to these, you can also carve some small things out of wood, such as kittens, puppies, small houses, small cars, etc. Children should also like it. "

That is to say, the old carpenter's work is so-so, otherwise he would do it. The things don't need to be too big, at most the size of a thumb is good. It's easy to do and small and beautiful.

"Chen Nian, you are really a good material for doing business. You can come up with such ideas. If it were me, I would definitely not be able to think of these ways to make money."

"It's okay, we can put the stalls together at that time, so that if we want to sell things, we can sell them together, and we can take care of each other."

"Okay, okay, then let's go take a look at the place and get there as soon as possible to get a good seat."

Afterwards, Meng Ping brought his son-in-law Li Yan in to chat with Gao Genzhu, while Chen Nian continued to make dough in the yard.

Before the meeting starts, you have to make a batch for the old age, and then it can be used for display, otherwise the guests don't know what you will make, so there is no choice.

Under such circumstances, even if it is made in old age, if it is not the same as what the guests think, they will also dislike it.

After a period of time passed, their side finally started to make trouble.

The days of prosperity here are usually from the fifteenth day of the first lunar month to the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, which is also the time stipulated by the court.

There is no curfew at night these days, and people can go back as long as they want to play outside, and they don't have to worry about being punished for it.

Lingma County is also a relatively affluent county here. In addition, there are more rich and big families. In addition to decorating their own homes, they will also pay to decorate some lanterns in the county.

Every day when it gets dark, the lights are turned on, and they can stay on until the next day.

Of course, there are some elements of anger among these big households, so every year everyone suffocates, just wanting to compare with each other, so the lanterns outside are also beautiful one by one.

However, people here usually hang up the lights on the [-]th day. After all, it is [-]th at midnight, so it is natural to turn on the lights as soon as possible.

Under the influence of these high-ranking families, the common people gradually developed the habit of celebrating the Lantern Festival on the [-]th.

On this day, many small merchants and peddlers gathered in the open space east of the county government office.

The place is not small, and at a glance, there are fifty or sixty stalls of all kinds.

Some are big and some are small, but they don’t need a lot of space when they are old, as long as there is a place to put the stalls, and five or six tables are enough.

As for Chen Nian and Xiao Fugui's noodle stalls, they are even smaller, only two square meters in total.

The neighbor's carpenter also put the stall next to Chen Nian. After all, they all sell gadgets, but they are not the same kind of things. Putting them together can also make the business better.

It's like opening a shop in reality. Most people will gather together spontaneously. The whole street selling snacks is full of snacks, and the whole street selling auto parts is full of auto parts.

In this way, it is more convenient for customers to shop around.

Don't run here and there.

Of course, when everyone gathers in this way, everyone can only compete based on their own abilities. Your things are not as good as others, and customers can go to other people's homes by walking two more steps.

In this open space, there are actually two other sugar sellers, both of whom are older and have better craftsmanship, like the Monkey King, Zhu Bajie, etc. that they wanted to make before the old age.

But what Chen Nian wants now is that although I don't have what others have, but what I have others also don't have.

It took only three or four days in total, and Chen Nian was not afraid that the other party would learn from him.

Even if their peers engaged in malicious competition and secretly learned the shape of their faces, the images in Chen Nian's mind were not something they could learn.

Even if you learn everything from Mickey Mouse and Peppa Pig, you can turn around and get Pleasant Goat, Big Big Wolf, Pigman, and Big Monster General again.

If it's really not possible, there is Ultraman, Chen Nian believes that even in the parallel world, the children here are willing to believe that there is light in this world.

After setting up the stall, Gao Genzhu and Zhang Chuanfang were busy making noodles and toppings, while Chen Nian started making dough here.

Although in the past few days, Chen Nian has made a lot of dough people, but when there are so many people in the meeting, they must be sold, so Chen Nian has to sit all the time.

Xiao Fugui disappeared, and Chen Nian didn't care about him, he was here anyway, probably playing with someone's children.

In this way, after making two new doughnuts here, Xiao Fugui came back with a large group of children.

"Let me tell you, my brother Chen Nian is amazing, I guarantee you have never seen the dough he made!"

Xiao Fugui said as he led many children towards this side.

But Liu Song, the son of Mr. Liu's family, sneered when he heard this: "Impossible, I have seen all the dough people in the world, and my father invited the dough master to my house before, how could it be possible?" Is there someone I haven't seen before?"

But Xiao Fugui was stunned for a moment: "You must have never seen it before, how about we make a bet?"

"What bet?"

"If you come to our stall and there is a face mask you haven't seen, you have to buy one!"

"Row!"

"Then we pull the hook!"

"If the hook is hanged for 100 years, it must not be changed. Whoever changes is a bastard!"

In this way, they pulled the check mark and made a promise to each other.

Liu Song was still thinking at this moment, Xiao Fugui must be bragging.

But when he came to the booth and took a look, he was dumbfounded on the spot!

"What are these? Why haven't I seen any other than those small animals?"

Liu Song opened his mouth, wanting to say that he had seen all of these, but he was afraid that others would ask him who these characters were.

Turning his head to look at Xiao Fugui's proud eyes again, he finally had to admit that he had never seen most of them.

"Look at what I said, I said you haven't seen it, then according to what we said before, you have to buy one!"

Liu Song nodded, the moment he saw these noodles made by Chen Nian, he couldn't help but have the urge to pay out, even if Xiao Fugui didn't tell him, he would buy it.

Hearing the "wow" sounds from the children behind, Liu Song squatted down and glanced at the stalls, then pointed to one of them and asked, "Brother Chen Nian, who is this?"

Chen Nian looked in the direction of Liu Song's finger, and it was an Ultraman he just made 10 minutes ago.

So he smiled and said, "This is the super mighty General Shenguang!"

Liu Song's eyes lit up after hearing this: "Then is this the most powerful?"

But Chen Nian shook his head: "It can be said that, but the fighting power of the Nine Heavens Wolf God King, the Ghost Spirit Monster General, and the martial arts Supreme Master Zhu next to him are similar to him."

After Liu Song heard what Chen Nian said, he looked at the Pigman, Mickey Mouse and Big Big Wolf next to him, and fell into deep thought for a while, unable to make a decision.

In the end, he gritted his teeth and pointed at Ultraman: "Then I want this super mighty General Shenguang!"

"Five coins in total." Chen Nian reported the price, but he continued, "You have such a good eye, you picked this one at a glance, he can travel freely in the sky, and have you seen this yellow eye? , This eye can emit a destructive light, whoever touches it will die!"

(End of this chapter)