Beloved Concubine

Chapter 20

The county town has a market day once every ten days.

Before dawn, benches, bamboo baskets, and even stones are set up on both sides of the street, and each family occupies a good position first.When the sun rises, some booths have been set up, and some are being decorated.

Usually, people from the county town set up stalls, but on the day of the market, the vendors came from all over the world, and some even came from forty or fifty miles away. They arrived in the county town last night and came to occupy their seats before dawn this morning.

Go to the market and set up stalls, mainly from Nanmen Street to Xinda Street.

The entrance of Chen Xiao's shop happened to be a good place to set up a stall.When I opened the door in the morning, the door was already blocked.Chunhong went out to reason with people, telling them to move away, at least to leave a way.

The stall owner was polite and moved away immediately.After all, if you put it at the door of someone's shop, it will be fine if they allow you to put it up.

But it also depends on which stalls are placed in front of which stores.They are snack shops, if they sell snacks at the door, they will naturally have to drive them away.

Not long after the door opened, the little stone came.

He said he was going to the market today, afraid that they would be too busy, so he came here to help.

Chunhong said angrily: "What will you do? How can you help?"

Little Stone: "At least I can clean the table and wash the dishes for you!"

Chunhong snorted, but didn't say she didn't need it.

She has been to the market and knows how good the business of each family is on the day of the market.If they also have such a good business, I'm afraid they will be really busy.

The number of people on the street gradually increased, and the stewed meat in the big pot at the door exuded an attractive aroma.

Customers began to come to the store, but no one knew what "rice noodles" were and how to eat them.

Xiao Shitou enthusiastically introduced and taught the guests how to put the seasoning. After he taught a few people, others learned what they did, so they didn't need to teach.

Near noon, they had sold more than 80 bowls.Chunhong is blanching rice noodles almost every minute.Fang Yu makes rice noodles in the backyard.Xiaoshitou cleans the table and greets guests.Chen Xiao was washing dishes and adding seasonings in the backyard.

Fang Yu's hands were sore from making rice noodles, so he shook his hands and said, "This thing is too small. Hurry up and make a bigger one, otherwise how can we afford it!"

Chen Xiao was helpless: "Even if it is a big one, it will take time. Have you seen the spiral above? I don't know if the masters here can do it."

"It's such a simple thing."

"Easy, do you do it?"

"You think I can't do it?"

"Then you do it!"

"If I do it, will you marry me?"

Chen Xiao gave him a white look.

"Hahaha," Fang Yu said with a smile, "you don't need to marry me right away. If I do it, think about it."

Chen Xiao listened to his tone, could he really do it?
"Sister, there are no more rice noodles."

Xiao Shitou came to the backyard with a stack of bowls in his hands, and when he saw the seven or eight bowls of rice noodles prepared in front of Fang Yu, he immediately brought them out without asking.

Fang Yu shook his sore hand and continued making rice noodles.

After Chen Xiao washed the dishes, he went to knead the dough.She found that there was not much flour, and she could make more than ten bowls at most.

After kneading the dough, she said to Fang Yu:

"I'll go back to my room."

She went into space to grind flour.

They milled the flour late last night.The stone mill is too slow, and the rice noodles have to be ground at least four or five times, and the coarse ones are sifted out to continue grinding.

well!Making rice noodles is probably not a good idea.In modern times, all electric tools are very efficient.But here, the original is all handmade, which makes people's backs ache.

Fang Yu glanced at her and guessed that she was going to enter the Black Stone.

Before she "went back to the room", something extra came out, and the drops were stirred in the water, and the water foamed up. - this is dish soap
Now, what is she going to take?
Fang Yu was very curious about what was in the Black Stone space, and wanted to go in and have a look.But without Chen Xiao taking him in, he couldn't get in.

How can I make her believe in herself?take him in...

At this time, in the store in front.

There is a girl standing in front of Chunhong, her eyes are full of surprises:

"Chunhong! So you are in the county seat. Your parents have been looking for you for a long time!"

Chunhong looked at the person in front of her with a gloomy face.She glanced outside the store to see if anyone else was outside.

This girl who is one year older than her is Wu Baozhu who coaxed her to go to Ruanjia Village.

"Excuse me, what do you want to eat?" Little Shitou came forward to greet him.

Wu Baozhu saw the little stone, was suspicious for a moment, then turned to ask Chunhong:
"Do you work in this store?"

Chunhong didn't answer, but asked with a sullen face:
"What do you want to eat?"

"What's delicious in this store?" Wu Baozhu came here by smelling the scent.

"Rice noodles." Chunhong's tone was not warm.

"Rice noodles?" Wu Baozhu had never heard of them, so she didn't know what they were.

Xiao Shishi introduced: "Rice noodles are a kind of pasta made of rice noodles, which are very smooth and chewy. It is served with our secret soup and toppings. The rest of the seasonings are on the table over there. You can add them according to your preference .It doesn’t cost money to add seasoning.”

Xiao Shitou has said this sentence dozens of times today. From the introduction, which was a bit long-winded at the beginning, it has become more and more concise.

Usually when he finishes speaking, the guests will ask: what toppings?
Then he introduced: there are braised pork, braised chicken, stewed meat, and spicy chicken. I recommend braised chicken. ——Because at the beginning he recommended spicy chicken, which was almost gone; then he recommended stewed meat, which was almost gone.Later, I recommended stewed pork, which is almost gone.Therefore, he now recommends braised chicken.

Then the guests will ask: How much is a bowl?
He replied: Thirty Wen.

Customers will say: why so expensive?
He said: The rice noodle production process is very cumbersome. Our soup and toppings are all secret. You can’t find another company that can make our taste. Try it, and you will definitely want to eat it again after eating the first bowl. Eat the second bowl.

After listening to his introduction, Wu Baozhu asked, "What is the topping?", and then asked, "How much is a bowl?"

Chunhong saw that Xiaoshitou was so polite to Baozhu, and really wanted to say: Don't be polite to her.But I was afraid that it would be like the little stone brought people here yesterday, and let them go out to chew their tongues.

"Thirty Wen..." Wu Baozhu wanted to eat some, but felt that thirty Wen was too expensive.

She looked at Chunhong and asked, "Are you working here? Can you make me a bowl?"

Wu Baozhu winked at her, implying not to take her money.

Chunhong said with a blank face: "I can't. My boss remembers the number."

In fact, it doesn't matter if she memorizes one more number or one less.But why!

At this time, another guest came. This person probably heard about it from others, and he directly asked for a bowl of spicy chicken rice noodles.

Chunhong Maliu’s hot rice noodles, soup, and toppings.She is a smart person, and she is proficient in doing anything a few times.

Wu Baozhu wanted to eat but was reluctant to pay, so she stood by the stove and chatted with Chunhong.Chunhong responded one way or another.

They all belong to the same village, and Wu Baozhu's fourth uncle is the head of their village, in charge of collecting money and grain from each household.As long as he said a word, they would pay more or less.

Of course, she doesn't really care now.

In the past, she valued a penny so much, but now, a tael of silver is not much to her.

(End of this chapter)