Rebirth: Don’t be a coward and be a mother’s baby

Chapter 41 Setting up a stall and selling lunch boxes

Huang Qiaoxiu picked up a piece of steaming fried fish balls with her chopsticks. It was different from the fishy smell as expected. It was crispy and delicious in her mouth. With a little force on her teeth, the juices overflowed the moment she bit into it.

As if he hadn't even chewed hard, a whole fried fish ball slid down his tongue and into his throat. The hot inner walls of his mouth sucked in cold air, trying to dispel the heat.

Huang Qiaoxiu couldn't help but pick up the chopsticks and pick another one. Xie Jianjia on the side asked about the smell and also moved her head closer.

"Sister Qiaoxiu, I want to eat too."

Huang Qiaoxiu reluctantly stuffed the fish balls she just picked up into Xie Jianjia's mouth, and then picked up another piece for herself. The tip of her tongue touched the crispy shell, chewed it twice eagerly, and swallowed the fried fish balls again. Go down.

After eating two in a row, but still not tasting it, Huang Qiaoxiu suddenly understood how Zhu Bajie felt when he ate ginseng fruit.

She is just like that Zhu Bajie now.

After finishing her work, Zhou Chunyan came out of the kitchen with a large bowl of fried fish balls. She smiled as she watched Huang Qiaoxiu and Xie Jianjia put their heads together to eat the fish balls.

"Don't grab it, don't grab it, it's all there..."

Huang Qiaoxiu kept stuffing fried fish balls into her mouth and couldn't help but praise: "Sister Yanzi, the fried fish balls you made are more delicious than those fried in restaurants outside!"

The proprietress came out of the kitchen just in time to hear these words and sighed: "Oh, I, a restaurant owner, am so ashamed when I hear this."

Huang Qiaoxiu quickly denied it, "No, no, no, I didn't explain it clearly! It tastes better than anyone except you, the boss lady!"

Several people laughed together.

Zhou Chunyan went to the kitchen to tinker for a while. During meal time, in addition to fried fish balls, there were some other dishes on the table.

They are all ordinary home-cooked dishes, but they are packed in small lunch boxes by Zhou Chunyan. The colors are bright and rich, making people very appetizing at first sight.

Huang Qiaoxiu looked at the packed lunch box and looked at Zhou Chunyan doubtfully, "Sister Yanzi, what does this mean?"

Zhou Chunyan arranged the four or five lunch boxes on the table neatly and asked: "Qiaoxiu, you are a college student. You have more ideas than me. Let me ask you, what do you think if I sell lunch boxes like this? Does anyone buy it?"

Huang Qiaoxiu nodded without any hesitation.

"Yes! Many female workers in our factory complain that they have to spend time cooking for the whole family when they get home from work. There are so many household chores to do that they are simply too busy. It would be great if there were ready-made meals. Our factory There are people selling lunch boxes at the door, but the ones they make are not as delicious as those made by the cooks in our factory. The taste is simply indescribable. Sister Yanzi, if you go there, there will definitely be a lot of people buying it!"

Xie Jianjia instantly understood. In the past few days, her mother and the proprietress had been tinkering in the kitchen. It turned out that they were selling box lunches.

After hearing Huang Qiaoxiu's words, Zhou Chunyan and the landlady looked at each other, and both could see excitement in each other's eyes.

Zhou Chunyan looked at Huang Qiaoxiu and asked, "How do you arrange the commuting time in your factory?"

Huang Qiaoxiu stuffed another fried fish ball into her mouth and replied: "I go to work at 07:30 in the morning, and rest from 11:30 to 08 in the afternoon. The off work time is divided into two parts, one part at 30 o'clock in the afternoon, and the other part at [-]:[-] in the evening. "

After that, he added: "But we don't officially go to work until after the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. There are only a few people on duty during the New Year, not many people."

Zhou Chunyan was thoughtful and discussed with the landlady.

"Then on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, we will officially go to the food factory to set up a stall? We will make it in the next two days and sell it at the farmer's market to see the response?"

The landlady nodded in agreement.

Zhou Chunyan continued: "Then let's start setting up a stall on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. Normally, people don't eat lunch boxes in the morning. There are so many breakfast shops outside. We don't need to do it in the morning. We can bring it over to sell at 08 o'clock at noon. The factory gets off work at five o'clock. People who usually have more time will choose to buy groceries and cook at home, and we earn the 30:[-] p.m. money."

The landlady agreed.

"The restaurant usually has people coming to eat around 12 noon. It's almost one o'clock after dinner, so you can rush back and wash the dishes without delay. It's about the same time in the evening. You can come back and wash the dishes after you finish selling. Then you can ride my electric three-wheeler. We'll be there in half an hour." The two quickly reached an agreement.

On the third day of the first lunar month, at six o'clock in the evening, the sky was dark.

Zhou Chunyan packed the [-] freshly made lunch boxes in a basket, prepared a few more meals, covered them with two layers of thick cotton cloth to keep them warm, rode a fully charged tricycle, and rushed to the farmer's market.

The folding high stools from several restaurants on the tricycle were stacked together, and a small bench was also placed. Xie Jianjia sat on the small bench without violating the rules at all.

Zhou Chunyan originally didn't want to take her daughter out to enjoy the cold weather, but she couldn't help but insisted on following her.

Soon we arrived at the farmer's market. There were not many people setting up stalls. They basically sold fresh vegetables or New Year's products such as bacon and sausages.

Zhou Chunyan found an empty seat, unfolded all the folding stools and put them together, then spread a layer of tablecloth, placed the lunch basket on the tablecloth, and quietly waited for someone to pass by and ask.

The mother and daughter waited for 10 minutes, but no one stopped.

Xie Jianjia looked around at the people doing business around her. They either brought a loudspeaker and kept playing pre-recorded words to attract business, or they used a human voice to hawk what they were selling.

Seeing the troubled look on her mother's face, Xie Jianjia felt that it was not an option to continue like this, so she stood in front of the stall and imitated the people around her to shout loudly.

After all, she had done all kinds of things like catching an adulterer, so there was nothing to be ashamed of.

Sure enough, after shouting a few words, a man stopped and asked Zhou Chunyan about the dishes and prices of the lunch box.

It was Zhou Chunyan's first time doing business, and she was a little nervous. She stuttered twice before explaining clearly the price and dishes of the lunch box.

The guest took a look at the cotton cloth and smelled the tempting aroma of the food. He didn't care about Zhou Chunyan's nervousness and directly took out 10 yuan and said, "Give me two portions and an extra portion of rice for the two gentlemen to eat." , the rice is not enough.”

"Hey, okay, okay! I...I'll get you an extra serving."

Xie Jianjia watched silently as her mother completed her first business. After the man left, she approached Zhou Chunyan and whispered: "Mom, extra rice will cost an additional [-] cents!"

Zhou Chunyan glanced at her daughter awkwardly, and said with some embarrassment: "Mom has no experience, I will definitely tell you the next one."

Xie Jianjia hooked Zhou Chunyan's arm and shook it to ease her mother's nervousness.

"Mom, don't be nervous, I'm here."

After saying that, she gave Zhou Chunyan a big smile. Zhou Chunyan was immediately comforted and cheered herself up in her heart.

Under Xie Jianjia's instructions, Zhou Chunyan soon sold another seven or eight boxes.

After trying a few more times, Zhou Chunyan was no longer as nervous as before, and her face gradually became more natural.

Xie Jianjia was happily helping her mother sell boxed lunches. More than an hour later, there were still three boxed lunches left. She vaguely heard an old man selling sweet potatoes shouting in the distance.

Recalling that when her mother was still in Xie's family, she often threw sweet potatoes into the firewood stove and then took her to eat roasted sweet potatoes. Xie Jianjia reached out and touched the five yuan of New Year's money she was carrying, tilted her head and Zhou Chunyan said After that, I took small steps to buy sweet potatoes outside the farmer's market.

"Mom, I'm going to buy some sweet potatoes. I'll be right back!"

Without giving Zhou Chunyan a chance to react, he disappeared in an instant.

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