Chapter 22 Harvest
Liu Xin was so busy that he completely forgot about the time. When the soup in the pot was low, he filled it up. Unknowingly, more than half of the basket of meat went out. At this time, he found that the soup was gone!
"Little sister, help me clear the dishes. Sister, you can cut the meat and pour the soup. I have to go back and bring back some soup. It's not even noon yet!" Liu Xin said to her sister.
"Go ahead! There are a lot of people queuing up, and I'm here!" his mother said to him after washing the dishes.
Liu Xin pushed the cart and the empty barrels home and exchanged them for 6 barrels of bone soup. Less than half of the bone soup was left in the big pot.
When he brought the soup, he saw that there were fewer diners at the stall.
"Sister, what's going on? Why are there so many people suddenly missing?" Liu Xin asked.
"It's all the fault of the sesame seed seller. He didn't sell any sesame seed cakes before he sold them, so there are fewer people eating our [Mixed Liver Soup]!" Liu Wanliu said, looking at Liu Xin.
"That's fine. Let's take advantage of the fact that there are few customers and have lunch in rotation. At noon, there will be more and more people." Liu Xin said.
The family of four took turns to eat. After noon, there were indeed more people. The sesame seed seller hurriedly came again with two baskets of sesame seed cakes. Liu Xin's business suddenly improved.
After the afternoon closing time, the number of people in the market began to dwindle. Liu Xin’s soup was not sold much, and there were only a few kilograms of meat left. After selling these, he would close the stall today.
At this time, Zhang Fei came to the market with several family members. He wanted to go to the butcher shop and saw Liu Xin selling [Mixed Liver Soup] here, so he came over.
"Young Master!" Liu Xin, her mother, and sister greeted Zhang Fei together.
"Don't be so troublesome, Liu Xin, your business looks good!" Zhang Fei looked at Liu Xin and said with a smile.
"Quanmeng Zhuang has taken care of me. Today is the first day of setting up the stall. The business is not bad. Would you like to have a bowl, please?" Liu Xin said.
"Give us all a bowl. The soup you made is quite good. If it doesn't taste good, go back and farm!" Zhang Fei said with a smile.
Liu Xin was born as a tenant farmer, and all of them were tied to the Zhang family. Zhang Fei's words were a kind of care for him. When the other Zhang family members saw this, they would definitely support Liu Xin, and it would be easier for him to do business in this market.
Some.
"I promise to satisfy the young master of the village. Please sit down, young master!" Liu Xin asked Zhang Fei to sit down. Looking at his tall and unusually tall body, he doubled the amount of meat and then gave it to the Zhang family members behind him.
Each person made a bowl.
"It's really good. I didn't expect you to be a cooking material and a sesame seed seller. Give me ten sesame seed cakes." Zhang Fei shouted.
The seller of sesame seed cakes quickly brought ten sesame seed cakes. Zhang Fei had the final say in this entire market, and he didn't even dare to stay away from the money.
"It tastes good, but the bowl is too small. I said to Liu Xin, why don't you get a big bowl? I'll finish it in two bites!" Zhang Fei was still not satisfied after finishing the meal. Such a small bowl was really good for him.
Too much.
Before Liu Xin could say anything, a Zhang family servant ate half of the [miscellaneous liver soup] and ran back to the butcher shop to get a big bowl. After a while, he actually took out a big bowl with a diameter of one foot.
Liu Xin looked at the meat in his box. It was probably less than three kilograms. He cut it all into large pieces and put it in a bowl, which was only half a bowl. He added enough green onions and salt. Liu Xin poured the bone soup in the bowl.
It was full and he brought it to Zhang Fei.
"It's so satisfying to eat now, it's so beautiful!" Zhang Fei said with a smile as he took a big bite of pig intestines.
Others in line saw Liu Xin had finished cutting the meat and asked him if there was any more.
"It's gone today. I'll sell it tomorrow morning. I want to say sorry to everyone! There are still some soups available for free if anyone wants to try them, no charge!" Liu Xin said.
Everyone complained when they heard Liu Xin say that there would be no more today, but no one dared to say anything wrong with Liu Xin. Zhang Fei was sitting there! Anyone who dares to do anything wrong is not seeking death.
At first, many people felt embarrassed to only drink soup. Some children came over and Liu Xin filled the table with bone soup. The children took a bowl and drank it. Seeing that the soup in the pot had bottomed out in front of Liu Xin,
Some people finally couldn't help but came forward.
The soup at the bottom of the pot has been divided, and all the chopped green onions have been used up. Those who drank the soup are asking Liu Xin when he will come tomorrow. Such a delicious [Mixed Liver Soup] costs ten yuan, which is acceptable for ordinary people.
A meal at an inn usually costs more than 100 yuan.
"You're full. This is the money you paid for your meal. No need to change it!" Zhang Fei finished the [miscellaneous liver soup] and drank the soup completely. He took out half a tael of silver from his waist and threw it to Liu Xin.
"Young Master, how can I accept your money!" Liu Xin took the money and wanted to return it.
"Take it if it's given to you. I, Zhang Fei, have never bullied anyone since I was a child. It's only natural that I give you money to eat your food. Why don't you pay for the water you bought from the butcher shop?" Zhang Fei raised his hand and said.
When Liu Xin heard this, he could only accept the money. He knew Zhang Fei's character. If the [miscellaneous liver soup] he made was delicious, he would give him more money. If it was not delicious and he found out that he was lying, he might beat himself up.
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Zhang Fei is such a simple person, he is willing to make friends when he meets good people, and he has to punish you when he meets bad people, so he can avoid being suppressed by the government and big families in this market.
After everyone dispersed, her mother and sister started washing dishes and packing things. Liu Xin came to the door of Zhang's butcher shop. At this time, there were not many customers in the butcher shop.
"Liu Xin, are they sold out?" Zheng Lai asked with a smile when he saw Liu Xin coming over.
"Today's work is over. Do you still have pig offal and big bones in the butcher shop?" Liu Xin came to get pig offal and pig bones.
"I'll keep them all for you! Including today's, 60 jins of pig guts and 20 jins of pig bones, a total of 660 yuan.
Just now, the young owner reminded you that the butcher shop's guts and bones are reserved for you. If the business is good these days, you can sell a pig in two days. After the people start farming in mid-February, the butcher shop business will slow down.
"Zheng Lai said to Liu Xin.
Liu Xin paid the money and took the pig bones and pig water. He thanked Zheng Lai again and again and turned to leave. Zheng Lai spoke again.
"The young owner likes your [Mixed Liver Soup]. If you keep more of it every afternoon, the young owner will not treat you badly.
In addition, you can put your tables and chairs in the butcher's yard first, and the stove will be fine there, so you don't have to move them back and forth tomorrow!"
Liu Xin put all the tables and chairs in the butcher's shop first, along with the bowls, chopsticks and basins. The butcher's shop has a well, so tomorrow he doesn't have to carry water back from the West District and then carry it here from home, which saves a lot of trouble.
Pushing the cart home with his mother and sister, everything was sold today. Although Liu Xin didn't calculate it carefully, he probably knew how much meat to cut and how many bowls.
Although everyone was very tired when they entered the house, the eldest sister and the younger sister still pestered Liu Xin to see how much money they made.
"You all sit down, let's count the money together and see today's income." Liu Xin said as he held out the money box.
He dumped the money box on the table in his room. The eldest sister and the younger sister's eyes widened when they saw so much money.
Although the money seemed to be a lot, it was basically only five bahts, and the silver was only half the taels Zhang Fei gave.
The two younger sisters had never read books. Liu Wanliu could barely count to 20, and Liu Xiaomei didn't know anything. Liu Xin counted people alone, and they both just watched happily.
Chapter completed!