Chapter Twenty-Three: Pancakes
The aunt didn't care so much, she stuffed the ten cents into Jin Daniu's hand, and stuffed the peeled vegetable leaves into the basket, twisted her waist and left.
Jin Da Niu clutched the ten copper plates in his hand, it stands to reason that these two copper plates can only buy a bun, or vegetarian stuffing, he touched his hungry stomach, or decided to endure it.
A pair of small embroidered shoes with fine cotton plain noodles appeared in front of Jin Da Niu's eyes, Jin Da Niu cheered up and said, "Girl, fresh cabbage is three cents a pound, take a look." Raising his head, he saw Su Xiujin standing in front of him gracefully, Jin Da Niu instantly became a little embarrassed, and rubbed his hands: "Girl, why are you here?" ”
Su Xiujin looked at the two large baskets of cabbage in front of him, and estimated that there were about two hundred catties, even if he bought them all, it would only be six hundred wen, less than one or two silver.
"Big brother, how about I talk to you about a business?"
"Talking about business?" Jin Da Niu doesn't understand, what kind of business is he talking about when he is poor?
Su Xiujin took out a piece of broken silver from her purse, "For this tael of silver, I will buy all your cabbage, and the remaining four hundred wen, I want you to do something for me, how about it?" ”
It is rare for Jin Da Niu to see such a big amount of silver, and all the money she earns on weekdays is handed over to the eldest mother, Su Xiujin is so generous, she must have been born in a big family, but what is she going to do with cabbage?
"Girl, I can't finish eating so many cabbages for a while, and if there is no cellar at home, I'm afraid it will freeze."
The old woman who bought the flower thread couldn't help but smack at him, and muttered in a low voice: "Buy it, buy it, and say so much." ”
The corners of Su Xiujin's mouth raised slightly, she only saw that Jin Da Niu couldn't take her eyes off, she just took a fancy to Jin Da Niu's honest and simple temperament, four hundred wen is certainly not a small number for ordinary farmers, and people who are not familiar with it, she naturally dare not believe it lightly.
"I'm not here to eat, I'm also here to sell." Su Xiujin said.
An aunt looked at the cabbage and came over, and Jin Daniu hurriedly said, "Auntie, if you don't sell it, you won't buy it." ”
The aunt went away stupidly, Su Xiujin saw that there was a hot tea shed on the street, there were not many people coming and going, only three or two sat to eat tea, Su Xiujin said: "Big brother, go and sit there, let's talk about it carefully, okay?" ”
Jin Da Niu did not hesitate, and did not want to occupy the place of the mother-in-law, so he picked a peach-colored yarn in the mother-in-law's basket, paid three cents, and picked a cabbage from the basket, saying that he would stuff it to his mother-in-law.
The mother-in-law is pushing and pushing, the crops are hard, the weather is cold and the weather is freezing in recent years, it is not forced to sell vegetables.
Jin Da Niu put the cabbage into his mother-in-law's basket, and followed Su Xiujin to the tea shed with two large baskets of cabbage.
Cuizhu ordered two large bowls of hot tea, and stood behind Su Xiujin in a proper manner, but Jin Daniu was embarrassed to sit down, he had never eaten tea at the same table with a girl, let alone such a delicate girl.
"You don't know how to make pancakes?" Su Xiujin asked.
"Pancakes?" When it comes to pancakes, Jin Da Niu came to the spirit, when his father didn't pass away, he walked the streets and alleys to buy pancakes, and the rest of the sale would be quietly stuffed to him a, and the best thing to eat when he was a child was the pancakes made by his father, "I will do this!" But what does this have to do with cabbage? ”
Su Xiujin motioned for him to sit down and pointed to the pancake stand opposite, "But I'm going to make a different pancake." ”
"Different pancakes?" Jin Da Niu didn't understand that pancakes are flour and eggs mixed with some green onions and ginger, and then spread out and fried, where is the difference?
Su Xiujin looked at the two big baskets of cabbage he put next to him, nodded, she walked all the way, and saw that many people who bought pancakes did not forget to buy some vegetables and eat them, or they took them home and ate them as staple food, this pancake is a little too simple, if there is any way to combine pancakes and dishes, it can make Suzhou people who are picky about eating refreshing.
Su Xiujin said his thoughts, Jin Da Niu understood, in the mountains, there are also people who take pancakes wrapped in green onions to eat, Su Xiujin wants to make cabbage into a side dish with pancakes, this idea made Jin Da Niu pat his head, he used to eat it, why didn't he think of this idea?
But-
"But girl, it doesn't cost so much money, I can also make this pancake stall, as long as I go to the market and buy two good wooden boards, it won't cost more than a dozen dollars."
Su Xiujin looked at the honest man in front of her, she knew just by looking at the purse he hung on his waist that it was only a few pennies, and four hundred wen was really not a small amount.
"Okay, even if this pancake stall is only a dozen yuan, but flour and eggs are always needed, eggs are four yuan a piece, flour is twenty yuan a pound, this pancake is bought for eight yuan a piece on weekdays, and I am still afraid that this four hundred yuan is not enough."
Jin Daniu was surprised to hear Su Xiujin say this, he still thought that Su Xiujin was just a young lady who didn't know firewood, rice, oil and salt, but he didn't want Su Xiujin to understand everything.
"These three hundred wen, I bought something for you, and the remaining one hundred wen should be regarded as the money I hired you?"
"One hundred wen?" Jin Da Niu said, no matter how stupid he is, he understands what Su Xiujin is going to do, and she pays him to help sell pancakes?
"Of course, this is three days' wages, and if it sells well, you give me a daily profit, and I will give you a starting salary."
After selling all the Chinese cabbage, I hired it for 100 yuan a day, that is, more than 30 yuan a day, this price is definitely fair enough in Suzhou City.
Jin Da Niu just thought about it slightly, picked up the tea bowl on the table, drank the bottom of the bowl empty, then wiped his mouth, nodded and said, "Done!" ”
Su Xiujin put a tael of silver on the table, but Jin Daniu said: "But girl, there is no reason to start the construction first?" ”
Su Xiujin shook his head, "Just think I borrowed you, and you always have some extra money to deal with." ”
Jin Da Niu didn't shirk anymore, and put the one or two pieces of silver in the broken purse.
Su Xiujin saw that it was not too early, and Su Changfang should have come out of Pujialou, so he got up with Cuizhu, and turned his head to see that Jin Da Niu had already taken out four cents and gave it to the owner of the tea shed, Su Xiujin raised his eyebrows slightly, and was noncommittal.
When Su Xiujin walked out of the tea shed, Jin Da Niu was stunned and asked, "Girl, when will we see each other then?" ”
As soon as these words came out, Rao is Jin Da Niu Zai Mu Ne, and he also made a big red face.
Su Xiujin turned around and said, "At this hour tomorrow, I'll come here." After speaking, he hurried away with Cuizhu.
Jin Da Niu touched his head as if he was in a dream, a fairy-like girl, and the opportunity to make money from the sky, staring at the steaming tea on the table for a long time, Jin Da Niu's bowl was empty, but Su Xiujin didn't move, even if she was sitting in the roadside tea shed talking about business with the croppers, greasy tables, chairs and benches, small space, she didn't frown, but she didn't move this bowl of tea. Jin Da Niu's limited head suddenly squeezed out such a word--noble.