Chapter 74: Opening with a shrew
Along the way, Hu Liang and Dacheng took turns pulling the car, Widow Xie walked in front with a lamp to illuminate the road, Ji Yu walked side by side with her at first, and fell behind after a while.
I didn't think I was riding a mule cart before, but now I walk on two legs and realize that the road is really far.
Widow Xie asked her to take the car, but Ji Yu didn't agree.
There were already a lot of things in the car, almost all of them were piled up, there was only a little space left, and Dabao was still asleep.
She didn't dare to make a movement when she got up, but she still woke up Dabao. I don't know if he got up angry or what, today he said that he didn't want to stay in the Hu family, he didn't pull the hem of Ji Yu's clothes, and he didn't cry or make trouble, but the expressionless little face made Ji Yu ruthless.
Widow Xie cleaned up an empty space in the car, hugged the bed and put the quilt on it. The dirt road was bumpy, and although Dabao wrapped in the quilt tried his best to open his eyes, his eyelids couldn't help but droop, and he fell asleep again after a while.
Ji Yu held on to the frame of the car, covered the corner of the quilt for him, and followed with steps.
Occasionally, you can meet other carts with oil lamps on their way, and they should be on their way to the town to set up a stall.
Hu Liang was a little anxious, afraid that he would not be able to occupy a place if he went late, so he gritted his teeth and pulled desperately, and Hu Dacheng and Ji Yu also helped push from both sides.
Widow Xie felt that she didn't need to be in a hurry to get up so early.
When I got to the town, I realized that they weren't too early.
As soon as the day dawned, there were almost all people standing on the stalls on both sides of the street, some of them had already begun to be put up, and some of them were taking their seats first.
There is no fixed stall here, anyway, everyone pays three cents in taxes every day, and those public officials collect money, as long as they don't go out of line, they don't care about miscellaneous things.
In this way, the quality of the stalls naturally depends on their abilities, and they are generally on a first-come, first-served basis.
Of course, it is not excluded that a few people rely on the stalls for a long time and are old, and the surrounding vendors form a group, with the usual rules, their respective stalls will be fixed, and outsiders want to grab it, but also have to weigh whether they can afford to provoke it.
Hu Liang was a newcomer, and he didn't dare to go too far into the center of the street, so he found a vacant seat near the archway at the entrance of the town.
Ji Yu felt that this location was not very good, but it was also her first time to set up a stall, and many of the situations were not clear, so she decided to observe and observe first.
Hu Liang unloaded the table and stools and placed them, and Ji Yu took Dabao, who had just opened his eyes, from the car, and he was still holding the little lion puppet in his arms.
"Is it cold or not?" Ji Yu touched his face with her hand, and Dabao Chi Dengden shook his head.
Widow Xie had already set up the simple pot and stove, Dacheng was lighting the fire, Ji Yu pulled Dabao to sit next to Dacheng, let them cook the pot together, and she began to prepare.
There are several places in the town where water is not a problem.
Several side dishes were cut in advance, and the gluten was also washed last night, and the thin strips were torn after being cooked in a pot of boiling water, so I was afraid that the first day of setting up the stall would be in a hurry.
It was Hu Liang's idea to sell Hu spicy soup, and the business was his own, so he was more nervous than anyone else at the moment, although Ji Yu said that it was okay not to use bone broth, he still went to buy a few big stick bones.
"It's not expensive anyway......"
He looked at a loss, and at first glance he knew that he was overly nervous.
Ji Yu saw through it without saying anything, took the stick bone, and after processing, put it in a pot of boiling water to cook together with the spicy soup.
With the addition of bones, it will naturally be simmered for a longer time, and after almost half an hour, the aroma of bone broth gradually wafts out.
At this time, the sky is bright, and the streets are also starting to be crowded, of course, except for the street vendors, most of them are town residents who get up early to buy, and the countryside often does not rush to the market so early.
But those people only stopped at the corner of the street for a while, either to the south, or to the east or west streets, and rarely went this way.
Widow Xie and Hu Liang turned their heads frequently, and it was useless for their necks to stretch.
Ji Yu guarded the pot without distractions.
The bone broth has been stewed, the boiled gluten and many side dishes are put into the pot one after another, and then the reserved gluten water is stirred and poured in, and soon, the soup becomes red and thick, and the aroma wafts half a street in an instant.
Ji Yu asked Dacheng to withdraw the firewood and leave two to keep warm.
A woman selling baskets next to her couldn't help it, swallowed her saliva and asked Widow Xie: "Big sister, what are you cooking in this pot, what do you smell fragrant?" ”
Widow Xie thought that business had come to the door, so she hurriedly introduced a bunch of them.
The woman was concerned about one thing: "How much is a bowl?" ”
"It's not expensive, Wuwen."
"What? Wuwen! The woman's voice immediately sharpened, "Wuwen is not expensive, why don't you go and grab it?" ”
Widow Xie is not a person who can be angry, but she knows the truth of doing business to be angry and make money, so she endured and said: "Eldest sister, our soup base is a real bone broth, and there are tofu and kelp shreds and green vegetables gluten or something in it. ”
The basket seller doesn't care about this: "Who knows if your bones are rancid?" Bah! A little soup costs five cents, which is almost worth a basket of money from the old lady, what a black heart! ”
Widow Xie couldn't bear it anymore: "You don't spray feces there!" My son just went to the butcher's shop to pick up the bones, and you didn't see it, are you blind or ......"
Seeing that there were already a lot of vendors looking over here, Ji Yu stopped Widow Xie and said to the woman: "This aunt, you don't want to buy it if it's too expensive, so many people are watching, no one is forcing you to pay for it, right?" Even if you don't buy it, we won't say anything, after all, it's not easy for everyone to make money, but you can't talk about the filth of red mouth and white teeth. If you think our things are expensive and say that our things are rancid, why don't you think about it from another angle, for example, you can't afford to eat because you are poor? ”
"You!" Hearing the faint laughter all around, the woman was about to explode, she would never admit that she couldn't afford that money, it was obvious that they were selling it expensive!
"You are less clever and sharp-toothed, and you are clearly weak-hearted! Your bones are rancid! Everyone, listen, this family is black-hearted, they use rancid bones to cook soup, and if they drink it, they will have diarrhea......"
Hu Liang and Widow Xie's faces changed.
Ji Yu's face also sank.
Since coming to this place, she has seen a lot of shrew behavior, as long as it is not too excessive, she will watch it as a show, but it is not okay to teach others a lesson if she is like this.
"Since you said that our bones are rancid, it just so happens that I still have one left useless, Dacheng, take it to my aunt to taste and see if the bottom is rancid."
Dacheng was also angry, and after listening to Ji Yu's words, he took the bones over, stretched his hand forward, and handed them to the big guys.
The flesh on the bones is bright red, and there is still blood oozing from the broken stubble, which is clearly just killed, as long as you are not blind, you can see it.
Ji Yu smiled: "Auntie, I see that your nose doesn't work, just taste it with your mouth." Don't worry, we don't feel sorry for these bones, we will feed the dogs if you taste them, in front of the big guys. ”
Hu Liang took the bone, rolled up his sleeve and was about to stuff it into the woman's mouth.
When the basket seller saw that he was not good, she covered her mouth in fright and went back.
She didn't want to gnaw raw bones, so naturally she didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, and those who watched the excitement also went back to their stalls to work.
Dabao walked over and pulled Ji Yu's sleeve, staring at the bones in Hu Liang's hands.
Ji Yu understood after a little thought, he heard that he had just said that he was going to feed this bone to the dog, and he was thinking about rhubarb.
Angry and funny for a while, he poked his forehead: "You! ”
After such a fuss, the fighting spirit of Widow Xie and Hu Liang was obviously frustrated.
This is especially true as the number of people on the street increases, and the lack of people in their stalls is always lacking.
One by one, they are either hanging their heads or frustrated, fart. It's like a soldering iron under the thighs.
"Let's still ......," Hu Liang wanted to say, or let's go back.
Who knew that Ji Yu stood up one step ahead of him, stretched out her hand to the south and said, "Move the nest." ”