The second day.
Cheng Yunyu wanted to get up early to buy ingredients with Ji Huai before going to work. She was worried that he wouldn't be able to get it back alone, so she gave up after he refused many times. She also repeatedly emphasized that she would be back early after get off work.
The two people's means of transportation when going out is still the bus, and their destinations are in opposite directions. She takes the No. 21 bus, and he takes the No. 3 bus. Ji Huai watched her hurriedly get into the car, his dark and deep eyes flashing again and again.
The boss of the food stall is very busy and will deduct 30 yuan from your salary if you are more than five minutes late. Even if you work the morning shift, things keep happening.
Sixty or seventy portions were sold yesterday, and the ingredients were prepared just right. I have to buy more ingredients today, but I'm afraid there won't be enough to sell.
The minced meat is too bland, and most students have to add chili peppers to it. This time, they have to make it taste like sauced meat. The sauced chicken is the best seller, so prepare more this time.
The student also liked the shredded radish. The radish on the market stall today was very fresh and the price was 20 cents cheaper than yesterday. He bought a few more.
After shopping, both hands were full, and I squeezed the bus back.
Pickling shredded radishes, washing vegetables, mincing meat and frying it to make sauce... there are a lot of things to do, but after a few days of busy work, he has become proficient and fast. In one morning, Ji Huai has already done more than half of it.
At noon, it was easy to eat alone. I had some chicken left from the chicken I just bought. I fried the meat, added vegetables to it, and mixed it into a dish. It tasted very good.
Cheng Yunyu hurried home after work to help, but it turned out that Ji Huai was loading ingredients onto the tricycle and said to her: "We have to go make breakfast and go to the market to buy tables and stools, and then go around to No. 3 Middle School. "
Carrying the table back is too troublesome, so I might as well drive to buy it, load it in the car and take it there directly.
"Okay." She went back to the room, put down her bag, got a coat for herself and him, and then got in the car.
The white tricycle is eye-catching, and it is inevitable to attract attention when driving on the road, but the two of them have become accustomed to it. They went to a department store and bought a small table and six folding stools. Cheng Yunyu even managed to get the boss to cut the total price by six yuan, and they got the whole thing together. .
Just after four o'clock, they appeared at the school gate. The Oden couple had also just arrived and were making arrangements. When they saw them coming, their faces dropped again.
Students usually come to their house to buy hot powder. A serving of hot powder costs two yuan, which is only a little bit. The hot powder is easy to make and can earn most of it.
Even though their stall is small, the profit is not small. Especially Chen Juan, who has made money in the past two years, has different confidence in her husband's family. She forces the two old immortals to string things together for her to sell. Liang Dong is also afraid of her. She lives a leisurely and domineering life. .
In the past, the big bucket of noodles could be sold out, and it was impossible to buy it at night, but yesterday there was less than half left. She was so angry that she made dozens of dollars less, so she ran across the street to buy noodles soup.
Ji Huai and his wife could not feel the resentment of the couple. They were busy at work, setting aside the newly bought tables and stools and putting the condiments on them one by one.
After half past four, other people setting up stalls also arrived.
Cheng Yunyu had never been out with Ji Huai in the afternoon. She saw a lot of food for sale. She craned her neck to take a look and saw a middle-aged woman taking a transparent plastic bucket from the car. She also said to him: "That's for sale." Bobo Chicken?”
"Right." Ji Huai didn't understand either.
"I don't know if it tastes good or not." Just as Cheng Yunyu finished speaking, he saw an old woman driving a red tricycle. There were a few big words on the white iron bucket: Tofu Nao.
There is actually someone selling tofu nao!
Her bright beautiful eyes kept staring at the iron bucket. Ji Huai seemed to feel her impatience and said, "Go and buy a bowl to try?"
"Students are getting out of school soon. I'll buy it later. It won't taste good when it's cold." Cheng Yunyu looked away, stood next to him, and raised her hand to look at the time on her watch.
"Ling ring ring~~~"
The school bell rings.
Before the students came out, Ji Huai started to get busy. Yesterday, the man drove an electric car to their stall and said, "Here are two bowls of sauce chicken vermicelli."
There was a little girl sitting in his back seat. She was wearing kindergarten clothes, and her childish voice sounded: "Dad, we need to add eggs, and my brother's share also needs eggs."
"Add an egg." The man smiled and said to Ji Huai.
"Should we make it into poached eggs?" Cheng Yunyu took out the eggs and asked.
"Yes." The man looked at Ji Huai and continued to speak, "The two of them said they would come to buy rice noodles at noon today. They probably won't be able to eat after eating, which is worrying."
"This vermicelli is made from pure mung beans, and there are not too many seasonings added to the soup. We all eat it ourselves." Ji Huai explained to him, and then emphasized, "Selling things in front of the school must improve safety. , all our ingredients are purchased from regular supermarkets.”
As parents, we are worried that these roadside stalls are not clean enough and eating them is harmful to our health. When he said this, the man's expression softened a lot: "As long as you can eat enough, they all say your food is delicious."
"I like to eat kelp." The little girl said this as she watched Ji Huai put kelp into the small pot.
"Do you like to eat kelp? Then put more for you." Cheng Yunyu slowed down his voice and replied to her.
As soon as she said that, Ji Huai picked up several more pieces of kelp and put them inside.
"Thank you, big sister." The little girl smiled and narrowed her eyes.
"You're welcome." Cheng Yunyu wore a mask and couldn't see clearly the expression on her face, but her tone was gentle and her attitude was good.
When Ji Huai was about to finish cooking, she placed the packing box in front of him, then pulled the bag and kneaded it open.
The man reminded: "Put some chopped green onion and coriander, but no chili pepper."
Cheng Yunyu quickly put a spoonful of green onion and coriander in it, and took two small plates to put shredded radish on it. Ji Huai was busier than her, and the students had already gathered in front of the stall:
“A portion of chicken vermicelli in sauce.”
"Is this spicy minced pork? I want to try this."
"I want one too."
…
Cheng Yunyu put the packaged noodle soup on the man's car, took the twelve yuan from the other party, and then walked back to the stall.
After these two days of setting up stalls, many students knew that there was a little brother selling noodle soup outside. He was tall and had nice hands. However, he was wearing a mask and his bangs were very long and did not reach his face. But his family The noodle soup is delicious and very cost-effective. Everyone wants to try it.
Especially girls, they always think he is handsome. Ji Huai was wearing a chef's uniform and a black peaked cap today. He looked a bit cool. Before they could think about it, they saw another person standing next to him, who seemed to be his girlfriend.
His girlfriend had a bun and a mask. Her forehead was fair and smooth, her eyes were beautiful, and her eyebrows were always curved.
The other person looks very fair and has a better attitude than the younger brother.
The sales were good after school yesterday, about 20 copies were sold. Ji Huai did not expect that it would be even better today. Since school, the three stoves have not stopped, and the small stall is packed with people.
Some of the students are stuffing shredded radish, adding seasonings, and some are waiting aside...
The soup has been boiling on the stove. Today I came early and it has been boiling for a long time. It is still scalding hot. Ji Huai turned on the high fire and cooked it quickly. He kept pouring soup and powder. Cheng Yunyu was helping again, and the efficiency was fast. a lot of.
Cooking noodles, pouring noodles, serving noodles, closing lids, packaging, collecting money, saying thanks... the two of them were busy non-stop.
When Ji Huai was selling noodles two days ago, he still remembered how many copies he had sold. Today, he was so busy that he forgot about it. From five o'clock to five thirty, the fires on the three stoves were not turned off.
After 5:40, there are fewer people. The day students have to go back to wash up and have to come for evening self-study. They don't want to wait any longer, or they go to the nearby oden restaurant to buy hot powder.
Many of them have never tried Ji Huai's noodle soup, but they have heard that this restaurant is good, and they often eat hot noodle soup, so they can accept it.
Around six o'clock, Ji Huai poured another portion of sauce chicken vermicelli into the packaging box. The little girl didn't add anything more. Cheng Yunyu packed it quickly and handed it to her to collect the money.
There was no one at the stall for the moment. Ji Huai also took a rest and shook his aching hands. Seeing that Cheng Yunyu was still looking at the stalls, he said to her, "Go and buy whatever you want to eat."
"I want to eat tofu pudding, but I haven't had it in a long time." Cheng Yunyu was also greedy. Thinking that the stall was not busy now, he walked towards the lady selling tofu pudding.
When Cheng Yunyu almost walked to the red tricycle, a little girl was one step faster than her. She slowed down and walked over and stood next to him.
The little girl said: "I want a small bowl of tofu puffs."
"Small bowl, right?" The aunt was a little round and said with a smile. She reached out and took out a smaller plastic bowl from the black bag on the side. She opened the iron bucket and pushed it in with a spoon. She filled it with two spoons. He looked at the little girl and said, "That's all that's left. I'll give it all to you."
The little girl was happy, but Cheng Yunyu's heart felt cold. She had been thinking about it for so long and had nothing to eat.
There wasn't much left, and with the broken tofu crumbs in the corners, the small plastic bowl was filled with a little more than usual. The aunt accepted the two dollars handed over by the little girl and said to Cheng Yunyu, "No more. As for the last portion, I wanted to give you half of it to try, but I couldn’t get half of it, so I gave it all to her.”
"It's okay." Cheng Yunyu forced a smile.
The aunt also said: "I made too much. I went to the market to sell it, but it was not sold out. I came here with a little left."
It was okay if she didn't say it. But once she said it, Cheng Yunyu became even more greedy. Wouldn't it be possible that he wouldn't be able to eat it tomorrow
The aunt wanted to pack her things and go home, so she had no choice but to leave and then walked to a stall selling Bobo Chicken. The other party was very enthusiastic: "Want to eat Bobo Chicken? This is the last one left. They sell it cheaply. Vegetarian dishes cost two yuan." Five skewers.”
Cheng Yunyu had just glanced at her stall several times. At that time, the large transparent bucket was full of bamboo sticks.
What now
There were only a dozen bamboo sticks left, and she couldn't choose a few skewers of her favorite dishes.
The woman is still selling: "Eating broccoli? The tofu skin is also delicious, and there are meatballs. Do you want chicken tips? Three for one dollar."
Cheng Yunyu finally bought five yuan, six skewers of vegetarian vegetables, and three chicken tips. She wanted to buy more, but there were not many to choose from. The woman also picked up the enoki mushrooms and kelp slices that had been picked out from the bottom and gave them to her.
It seemed like she was taking advantage, but she was even more greedy. She has good eyesight, and she just saw fungus, lotus root slices, chicken feet, duck feet, potato chips, yuba, shiitake mushrooms... lots and lots in the bucket.
After six o'clock, the boarding students also came out to look for food, and the stall became lively again. Ji Huai was cooking noodles. Through the crowd, he saw Cheng Yunyu holding a small paper bucket, shrugging his little head and turning around. He couldn't help but chuckle. .
It seems that the greedy cat didn’t buy the food he liked.
He himself didn't like eating snacks very much, and with his change of mentality, he was even less interested in these things. But she was still only nineteen years old, not much older than the high school students in the school.
On the way back, Cheng Yunyu met the sushi girl who was setting up a stall. The girl parked her donkey and asked her, "Do you want to eat sushi?"
Yesterday, she parked the donkey next to Ji Huai in order to pass by his stall. Later, I learned that he had a girlfriend, and my mood still changed. However, after going back and thinking about it all night, I realized that her attitude was still unconsidered and she should be observed again.
Even if she has a girlfriend, she's not married, and the other person hasn't come to help. Wouldn't she have a chance after they break up? It's not easy to find a boy who can endure hardships and start a business together, and it's not easy for a boy to find her who can set up a street stall with her!
"Are you selling sushi?" Cheng Yunyu's eyes lit up again and he stopped.
"Yes." The sushi girl quickly took out her sushi and said with a smile, "I just arrived, what do you want to eat? There are quite a lot of flavors made today. Pork floss and ham, cumin chicken tenders, bacon... "
Cheng Yunyu was even happier. The leftovers from the previous two days were naturally not her favorite taste. She picked two boxes, one with pork floss and ham, and one with cumin chicken tenders. When she gave the other person money, she even praised: "Your sushi is delicious. I ate two boxes yesterday, both of which were bacon floss. I prefer chicken tenders."
She was the only one selling sushi at the school gate, and Ji Huai probably bought it from her two days ago.
"You came to buy yesterday? Why didn't I see you?" The girl thought she was a regular customer, so she squeezed a lot of salad dressing for her when she was happy. She took the ten yuan she gave and gave her two more, smiling even more. open.
"My boyfriend bought it, the day before yesterday." Cheng Yunyu carried the sushi and pointed to the white tricycle stall, "We sell noodle soup there."
Hearing this, the girl who was placing the sushi suddenly stiffened.
"I'm leaving first, bye." Cheng Yunyu saw more and more students in front of the stall and hurried over to help.
The girl started to look at the white tricycle absentmindedly, and from time to time a soft voice came from the other end.
Two female students came to her stall with noodle soup to buy sushi, and they were still discussing: "That little brother's girlfriend has a much better attitude than that couple."
"Yes, she is so fair. I just don't know if she looks good or not."
"A white mask covers a white ugliness."
…
The hope that had just been raised was ruthlessly extinguished again, this time completely.
I don’t know if it was affected by my mood, but it became particularly difficult to sell the sushi later on. By 6:30, half of it was left.
On the other hand, on the Jihuai side, after 6:30, the number of people gradually decreased, and in the end there was no one at all.
The Oden Cooking Couple's business was not good today. Many of the boarding students went to the stall opposite. Their faces were extremely ugly. After 6:30, the day students came to the school one after another. They basically did not buy noodle soup and only ate some skewers.
With the business, their mood turned from dark clouds.
It was close to seven o'clock, and just as Ji Huai took two stools from the side and was about to sit down, a boy came to the stall and wanted to buy soy sauce chicken vermicelli.
Ji Huai raised his hand to check the time: "It's too late now, the vermicelli is very hot when cooked, and class starts before you finish eating."
The other party probably didn't have dinner. After thinking about it for a while, he finally gave up. Cheng Yunyu suggested that he go to the canteen on the other side to buy some bread.
"I don't like bread." Although he said this, there was nothing he could do about it. He also said to the two of them, "I will come back to buy it after school. Can you make it for me first?"
A lot of people gathered at this stall this afternoon, and he was afraid that he would be late and have to wait.
Ji Huai nodded: "Okay, you have get out of class at nine o'clock, right?"
He looked like a junior high school student. Except for the graduating class, junior high school students seemed to finish their evening self-study classes at nine o'clock.
"right."
…
After the boy left, the two sat down.
It was very busy just now, and the stall was inevitably a bit messy. Seeing that Cheng Yunyu was about to clean up, Ji Huai stopped her: "Take it easy, they don't finish school until nine o'clock. Didn't you buy some snacks? Fill your stomach first, do you want some rice noodles? Make something for you?”
They left the house around three o'clock, didn't eat dinner, and worked intermittently for several hours, which was very tiring.
Cheng Yunyu also sat down, took out the Bobo Chicken he had put aside, pursed his lips and said to him, "All the tofu puffs are sold out, and the Bobo Chicken is also sold out. There are only a few skewers that I like to eat." After that, Looking at the two boxes of sushi, I felt a little relieved and said, "Fortunately, I bought the cumin chicken sushi that I like. Let me try it."
The little girl was easily satisfied, smiled again, and reached out to open the sushi box. She took the chopsticks, picked a piece first, and stuffed it into her mouth.
The little mouth suddenly bulged. Ji Huai sat aside and looked at her. He took off his mask with a slight smile on his lips.
"Hmm~~" She nodded, feeling extremely satisfied, her eyes narrowed, and she took another piece for him, "It tastes pretty good, you can have a piece too."
Ji Huai was fed a mouthful by her. He chewed it several times and then stood up: "It's okay, that's it."
Sushi outside is sold for seven yuan a piece. The ingredients for a piece of sushi costing four yuan must be small because it is sold to students. The ingredients are worthy of the price. It is not very delicious, but it is easy for her to make. It's satisfying and has low requirements, so I think it's pretty good.
He opened the soup bucket, filled a bowl of soup, lit the fire, put it on the stove to cook, and reached for two eggs.
"You don't want to eat? Do you want to eat Bobo Chicken?" Cheng Yunyu asked again.
Ji Huai shook his head: "I'll cook some noodles, can you still eat it?"
"I'm full after eating these." She looked at another box of sushi and took the small paper bucket containing Bobo Chicken. "There are a lot of skewers in it."
He didn't say anything else. After the soup boiled, he cracked two eggs into it, stirred it with a spoon, and made a bowl of egg drop soup for her. After pouring it out, he added a spoonful of chopped green onion.
"Wow." She looked at the egg drop soup in front of her with a smile on her face. "I want to set up a stall with you every day."
How great is that
Not only can you get snacks, but you can also take a break. When working at a food stall, you have to stand all the time. You also have to be scolded by the boss, the manager, and the leader. Sometimes the customers will find trouble.
Ji Huai was cooking noodles and couldn't help but smile and said: "Snack food." After speaking, he warned, "The soup is still a bit hot, so let it sit for a while."
Cheng Yunyu still couldn't hold back, holding a small spoon to scoop it up, putting it to his mouth and blowing on it, sipping in small sips, looking at him sideways, raising his little head with a smile: "It tastes really good, don't eat the noodles. Cook some vermicelli and give me a bite."
"Why? I have to cook whatever you want to eat?" Ji Huai challenged her.
Someone's pink lips were raised very high, staring at him, and humming loudly several times.
"I won't let you eat it even after it's cooked." When Ji Huai put in the main ingredients, he changed the noodles into vermicelli and added a lot of kelp and green vegetables.
"If you don't give it, you won't give it!" Just as she was about to talk back to him, she saw someone walking towards their stall. She got up and walked to a small table with egg drop soup and sushi to avoid giving a bad impression.
"I want a side of chicken noodles with soy sauce." The woman who spoke was still holding her child, and she probably lived nearby.
"Cook now." Ji Huai lit another fire on the stove, filled the soup and put it on it, then poured the cooked vermicelli into a bowl, brought it to the small table next to it, and placed it in front of Cheng Yunyu.
Cheng Yunyu looked at the side dishes inside, including her favorite kelp and green vegetables, and the bowl was filled with chicken and minced meat. She curled her lips, took a bite of vermicelli, and picked out her favorite side dishes with chopsticks.
The sky was dark, the street lights were dim, and there were more cars on the road. From time to time, whistles sounded, and the breeze blew gently. Cheng Yunyu felt that the days were peaceful and beautiful.