After that, Zhang Yisheng took Ning Xue'er to find Foreman Cai. Foreman Cai has an exclusive small box on the dock, which is both his rest and his office.

At this moment, he was checking the accounts in the box, and Zhang Yisheng knocked on the wooden door, "Come in!" ”

Zhang Yisheng took Ning Xue'er in. As soon as Foreman Cai looked up, he saw Zhang Yisheng and the girl behind him.

He couldn't help frowning and asked, "Why are you here?" ”

Zhang Yisheng hurriedly introduced, "Foreman Cai, this is Ning Xue'er, the daughter of my eldest uncle, and she made pastries for Mrs. County Ling last time." ”

With such a reminder, Foreman Cai had an impression. Before, his wife and son also praised Ning Xue'er and said that this girl is not big, but she knows the rules when she does things. And the lady has eaten yam and jujube mud cake for some time, and her body has become more and more refreshing, because of this, her wife has been rewarded.

Therefore, Foreman Cai had a very good impression of Ning Xueer, he politely moved a chair for Ning Xueer and the two, and poured tea himself, Zhang Yisheng looked flattered, he took the teacup tremblingly, you know, this is the tea served by Foreman Cai himself, and in the past, only those wealthy businessmen who came to talk about business had such an honor.

Compared with Zhang Yisheng, Ning Xue'er was calm, she took the teacup, said thank you softly, and then took another sip of tea and put it down.

"Xue'er girl, what's the matter with coming to my uncle today?" Foreman Cai asked with a smile.

"Well, that's right, uncle, I made a fresh food myself, and thought about coming to town to see if I could sell it, but I had just gone to South Street to see if the stalls there were occupied, so I wondered if I could ..........."

Ning Xue'er glanced at Foreman Cai with some embarrassment.

Foreman Cai immediately reacted, "Xue'er girl wants to set up a stall at the dock to sell food?" ”

Ning Xue'er blushed and nodded, Foreman Cai touched her chin, and said briskly: "Yes, but this booth fee is .........."

Foreman Cai wanted to speak and stopped, he thought that Ning Xue'er was just a little girl, and it was not easy for her to come out to do business, and it would be unreasonable to ask her for the booth fee again. But if you don't want it, so many small vendors have accepted it, except for her, which is not appropriate.

Just when Foreman Cai was in a dilemma, Ning Xueer took the initiative to say: "Uncle, it doesn't matter, we will pay the booth fee, and we will pay as much as others pay." ”

"Good!" Foreman Cai patted his thigh excitedly and said, "Child, our booth fee here is calculated on a daily basis, one hundred wen a day, you see?" ”

A hundred texts? Zhang Yisheng couldn't help but gasp, he worked hard to move goods for a day, but he only got 30 Wen, and Foreman Cai didn't do anything, just a booth fee is 100 Wen a day?

A trace of hesitation flashed in his eyes, and he involuntarily looked at Ning Xue'er, Ning Xue'er thought about it for a while, nodded and said, "Yes!" ”

Then she added, "But, uncle, I have a small request. ”

"You say!" Foreman Cai is more and more admiring the little girl in front of him, the booth fee of 100 yuan a day, this little girl actually agreed without hesitation, she has courage, courage, not simple!

Ning Xue'er organized her language and said softly: "Uncle, although my food is easy to eat, but it must be roasted over fire, I want to open as soon as possible, but I haven't even made a stove in this hurry, can you lend me the kitchen?" ”

Ning Xue'er pinched the corner of her clothes nervously, her request was indeed excessive.

Foreman Cai didn't speak, he thought about the kitchen has to make lunch for hundreds of people every day, if it is lent out, what will the workers do?

Ning Xue'er knew that Foreman Cai had concerns, so she continued: "Uncle, don't worry, our food is easy to eat, just throw a few into it when cooking, just roast it by the stove, and it will never affect the cooking." In addition, in order to show my gratitude to you, I am going to send you thirty catties of sweet potatoes for the workers to try. ”

After listening to Ning Xue'er's words, Foreman Cai's eyes lit up, thirty catties of sweet potatoes? Although he didn't know what a sweet potato was, he couldn't help but be excited when he thought of something that could be thirty pounds white, after all, flies and mosquitoes are all meat, and it is a little bit to save a little.

So, he nodded and agreed to Ning Xue'er's request.

After discussing with Foreman Cai, Ning Xueer and Zhang Yisheng left with great gratitude.

On the way back, Ning Xue'er, who was sitting in the ox cart, was full of energy, and she was discussing business with Zhang Yisheng all the way, "Brother Zhang, you said that if we can sell sweet potatoes to the canteen on the dock, it will be true." ”

Zhang Yisheng touched Ning Xue'er's little head with doting, "Look, let's try it if we have the chance." ”

When they arrived at the entrance of the village, Ning Xueer and Zhang Yi gave birth to an ox cart, entered the village together, and went home separately.

When she got home, Ning Xue'er told Ning Dazhuang everything about going to the dock today, and when Ning Dazhuang and Zhang heard that they would ask for a booth fee of 100 wen a day, their faces immediately turned white with fright, and they hurriedly waved their hands and said, "No, we can't agree to this." One hundred miles a day, if we lose, then we must not cry to death! ”

Ning Xue'er really couldn't cry or laugh, but she also understood that her parents were honest people, and she knew how to be reluctant to let her children trap the wolf.

However, she didn't explain, only said: "It's all negotiated, so you have to try it for two days." If we really lose money, then we won't go. ”

Ning Xue'er said this, and the Zhang family and Ning Dazhuang couldn't say anything more.

However, Ning Dazhuang thought for a while and said, "Ming'er, I'll go to the dock with you, just so I will go to work and help you move things by the way." ”

With Ning Dazhuang's additional labor, Ning Xue'er naturally couldn't ask for it.

After that, Ning Dazhuang discussed specific matters with Ning Xue'er, such as how many sweet potatoes did Ming'er bring to town? How to get there?

In the end, Ning Xue'er decided to take a hundred catties to test the water first, thinking that the distance was too far and there were too many things, Ning Dazhuang gritted his teeth and spent ten yuan to borrow an ox cart from Uncle Sun, the head of the village.

The next day, when the sky was still bright, Ning Dazhuang drove an ox cart and took sweet potatoes and Ning Xue'er and Zhang Yisheng to the town.

By the time we arrived at the wharf, there were already people coming and going, and the workers who lived in the town had already started to move goods. Ning Dazhuang found a place to tie the ox cart, and then carried a basket of sweet potatoes to the kitchen with Zhang Yisheng.

The guys in the kitchen couldn't help but be surprised when they saw Ning Dazhuang moving something in, poked their heads and found that it was something they didn't recognize, so they chased after Ning Dazhuang and asked, "What is this?" ”

Ning Dazhuang was stupid and couldn't explain, so he just said, "Eat." ”

Food? The man's mind turned, and then he yelled at Ning Dazhuang, who had already left, "How do you eat?" ”

Ning Xue'er lost no time in standing up and said, "Don't worry, I will do this thing!" ”

The guy looked at the little girl in front of him and wondered, "Are you?" ”

Ning Xue'er replied, "Ning Dazhuang's daughter." ”

"Oooh," said the man, as if remembering something, then he touched the back of his head and asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

"Add food to everyone, you can make less rice today, and make half of the previous amount." Ning Xue'er said with a smile.

After that, the men went their separate ways. The meal for hundreds of people is really not a small project, so the guys are busy starting early in the morning. Picking vegetables, washing fish, washing rice, in short, each has its own work.

Ning Xue'er stood alone, so she joined the army of vegetable pickers.

"Little brother, let me help you." Ning Xue'er moved a small stool, sat next to the little brother and began to help.

The young man had a bunch of small mountains of chicken feathers in front of him, and he had to slowly remove the stems and yellow leaves. At this time, there was one more Ning Xue'er to help, and he couldn't ask for it.

Ning Xue'er is also well-behaved, she sits down and does not speak. There was silence in the kitchen, except for the sound of running water.

An hour later, all the preparations were almost done, and the master shouted that he was about to start cooking on the fire, and Ning Xue'er hurriedly ran over to take a look.

The kitchen here is huge, there are three large stoves alone, and each large stove consists of two pots, two of which are used for steaming rice and one for cooking and soup.

Ning Xue'er threw ten sweet potatoes into each stove from south to north.

In a moment, a fragrance wafted out of the kitchen, and the master master's greedy insects came up, but he still needed to cook in his hands, Ning Xue'er covered her mouth and smiled, she quickly made a roasted sweet potato, peeled it, put it in a small bowl, and then put it on the stove.

After that, Ning Xue'er took out all the sweet potatoes that she had just thrown in, and then threw another batch into them.

After a few rounds, more than 200 sweet potatoes were baked.

As soon as the meal arrived, the men started the meal with rice, braised fish and green vegetables and egg soup.

One by one, the workers lined up in an orderly manner with pallets. But when the first worker saw today's rice, he howled, "What, just a small bowl of rice today, how can you eat it?" ”

When everyone found that there was only a small bowl of rice, they all exploded, "The foreman is too unhuman, we work hard, we can't eat anything good, forget it, and now we can't eat enough." ”

"That's, that's it, I just came here to see that I could have a full meal here, and now I'm doing this because I want to starve us to death?"

The workers were all excited, and the master saw that the scene was out of control, so he had to pull his throat and say, "Everyone listen to me." ”

Then, hundreds of people calmed down, and all of them looked at the master in unison.

The master said with a smile: "Everyone has no less food today, but our kitchen has recently entered fresh food, so we have made less rice, but I guarantee that everyone can eat enough!" ”

Hearing this, the workers stopped making a fuss and just lined up quietly. One by one, the workers first received rice, then a small piece of braised fish, followed by a bowl of green vegetable and egg soup, and finally, Ning Xue'er smiled and gave everyone a large piece of sweet potato.