Chapter 64 Delicious Steamed Buns
Cai Gen waited all night, but the sales volume of the shop stopped at 521 yuan. There were no surprises in the second half of the night. Just wait and see. There is still one month left for the students from other places to have a holiday, and then the business will be better.
After lying on the bench for half the night, Xiao Sun went to the attic to sleep. The quality of his sleep was good. Since he was thin and did not snore, Cai Gen slept well for half the night on the camp bed downstairs.
People are also strange. Although all kinds of strange things happen constantly, as long as the store sells money, Cai Gen feels that everything else doesn't matter and is not that important.
At around 5 o'clock in the morning, Cai Gen was woken up by the alarm clock. He put on his coat and wanted to go to the morning market. Xiao Sun hadn't gotten up yet, so forget it, don't wake him up, and locked the door after going out.
The morning market is not far away, just a 15-minute walk. It used to be even closer, just on a wide road. The morning market formed spontaneously, symbolically paying management fees and sanitation fees, and selling things cheaply to satisfy those who need to support their families and are willing to endure hardships.
Later, there were more and more people, the cakes got bigger and bigger, and the charges for various categories also increased. In the end, I felt that the charges were not enough. I was so desperate that I killed the goose to get the eggs. I opened an unfinished building, prescribed good stalls, and started Selling a stall to collect rent increased the cost tenfold.
How much money can you make if you can go to the morning market and sell things? Many of them are rural people who plant things in their own small gardens, catch up early, and exchange some money for oil, salt, sauce, and vinegar, or old ladies use rags and old clothes to sew some small mats, shoe insoles, etc., and selling them all is not enough to cover the rent of the stall. ah.
Various conflicts ensued. After all, the old morning market was evacuated, and some people who had some savings went to the new morning market.
The wool comes from the sheep, stall rentals have increased, and prices in the morning market have also gone up.
In fact, it is the same as Cai Gen’s takeout. Why is rice so expensive? Because the software usage fee is so expensive. In a traditional catering industry, one-fifth of the net profit is charged. All merchants feel uncomfortable not wanting to use it. However, takeout software has entered the capital market. During harvest time, there is nothing anyone can do.
Consumers have formed a habit of using it, and the entire chain has also increased prices. In the end, it is the consumers who suffer, and the merchants can only accompany and endure.
In winter, Cai Gen rarely buys vegetables. They are basically the same price as meat, so he might as well eat meat. I bought some hairtail fish and some chicken legs. Finally, I saw that the haggis seller was very clean, so I bought some more haggis. My wife likes to drink haggis soup, and my son is not picky about food.
To drink soup and eat noodles, you also have to buy steamed buns. A famous steamed bun stall sells 4 buns for 1 yuan, which is very cheap. Cai Gen also queued up with him.
When there were still three people arriving at Cai Gen, a beggar came. Her tattered cotton-padded jacket had the cotton exposed, and there were many plastic bags wrapped around her body, probably to keep out the cold.
Her face is dirty, but her hair is neat, and her face is full of wrinkles, which makes her look very old. For city people, people under the age of eighty would not be this old, but it seems that the aunt is in good health. Looks older, definitely not over eighty.
Cai Gen has heard a saying before, there is no one who begs for breakfast, as long as he can get up early, he will not beg for breakfast. I can’t remember who said this. I really want to give him a big mouth. There are so many people in the morning market and people begging for food can’t afford it early. Where can I go to beg for food? Going to the supermarket? The security guards won't let you in either.
The begging aunt held a broken iron teapot in her hand. While shaking the iron teapot, she trembled and murmured,
"Well done, kind-hearted people, please help me. Well done, kind-hearted people, please help me."
There are several coins in the iron tea vat, and the sound of the collision is obvious, attracting people's attention.
The aunt was right next to the steamed bun stall. Everyone who paid for the steamed buns would inevitably pass by the begging aunt. However, Cai Gen observed that no one paid, and there were no loose coins.
It was around five o'clock in the morning in the winter, it was still dark, and it was more than 20 degrees below zero. The heat from the steamed buns turned the area near the stall into a fairyland on earth, but this beggar woman was out of place in the fairyland.
Soon it was Cai Gen's turn. He took out 10 yuan and handed it to the boss,
"Buy steamed buns for 6 yuan, put them in a bag for 5 yuan, and give them to her for 1 yuan."
After saying that, Cai Gen pointed at the begging aunt. The male boss was very young, about the same age as Cai Gen. He wore glasses. Cai Gen guessed that he might have worked hard outside and returned to his hometown to start a business. There was a layer of white mist on the male boss's glasses, so he needed to be very close to see the money. When he saw it was 10 yuan, he quickly found five yuan and handed it to Cai Gen.
"You don't have to pay for her steamed buns, I'll pay for them."
He turned around, picked up 20 steamed buns, put them in a bag, and handed them to Cai Gen.
I picked up 4 more steamed buns, put them in a bag, and handed them to the begging aunt.
The begging aunt was very surprised. She took the steamed bun and thanked the boss profusely, then left with the steamed bun. It was obvious that she was not asking for money, but just wanted to have a full meal.
Cai Gen admired the boss's behavior very much. He smiled kindly, took the steamed buns and turned around to leave. However, there were many people in line and he didn't walk very fast. A voice came to his ears. It was the boss talking to the next person. The man who bought the steamed buns said,
"Why are you pretending to be a fool with just one dollar? You're still trying to kidnap me morally. If you have such a kind heart, just lead the family."
The kind smile is still hanging on the corner of the mouth, and the warm thoughts in the world are still in my heart.
Cai Gen was stunned. He knew that he was the one who used a dollar to pretend to be a fool. He had unintentionally morally kidnapped others.
I was stunned on the spot and wanted to turn around and reason, but I felt as if I had eaten one fly, not as disgusting as a hundred flies. I felt unspeakably uncomfortable.
The most favorable response is to turn around, take out 100 yuan, and throw it in the face of the steamed bun boss. From now on, Cai Gen will make the steamed buns from the auntie who wants to eat.
What's the result then? What happens after eating 100 yuan? How many beggars are there in the morning market?
Taking out a cigarette from his pocket, he lit it and took a puff. Cai Gen stood in the bustling crowd in the morning market. If you don't move, the people around you will automatically find a way out and avoid you, so it doesn't matter whether you move or not, or , not that important.
Finally, Cai Gen moved. He left the morning market and walked to the store. On the way, he saw the beggar woman sharing steamed buns with another old man lying in a shabby bed in the shelter of a high-rise building. , I heard the accent just now is not local, this small town is so poor, it is really not a good place to beg for food, maybe you are going the wrong way.
When he returned to the store, he opened the door and saw that Xiao Sun had already gotten up, washed up, and was cleaning. Cai Gen was very satisfied.
Arrange all the vegetables you bought and start making haggis soup.
Add oil to the pan, heat it up, fry the onion, ginger, garlic and cooking wine, add the haggis, stir-fry at high heat, add cold water, and simmer the rest slowly.
After Cai Gen cooked the haggis soup, he came to the bar and started lighting incense. He took 9 incense sticks in the morning and prayed for peace in the world and prosperous business.
The incense burns well today. Is it because you did good things this morning? But the money was spent by the steamed bun boss. Even if it doesn’t burn my hands, it tastes good.
Watching Cai Gen burn incense, Xiao Sun couldn't help but shake his head and muttered,
"It's useless. If you don't work, it's useless."
(End of chapter)