Chapter 20： Reopening day

Chapter 20 A good start

After Ning Xi finished breakfast, the two of them packed their baskets and went out.

It is more than 20 miles from Shanghe Village to Yao Township. During this period, we have to climb mountains and ridges. Taking an ox cart is fine, but walking on our own is still quite tiring. The ox cart only comes to pick up people when there is a market. Yao Township has a market every three days. , today is not a day to go to the market, so I can only walk there.

After walking along the path for about an hour, the two of them were already wet with sweat and panting.

Knowing that the backpack she was carrying was much lighter, Ning Xi proposed to trade with Zhang Ying, but was rejected.

After walking for another hour, the two finally arrived at Yao Township.

Their destination today is the textile factory next to No. 1 Middle School.

Ning Xi had chosen the place a long time ago. There was a large flow of people here, and the workers in the textile factory were rich, so they were relatively generous with their money.

First I found an empty seat to set up a stall. In fact, I just took out the dried fish and spicy strips and put them in a dustpan lined with oil paper, and then put the dustpan on the quilt, and a simple stall was set up.

There are already many stalls on the roadside, selling everything, including porridge, steamed buns, steamed buns, eggs, vegetables, baskets, sweet potatoes, potatoes, street vendors, etc.

Zhang Ying felt a little uncomfortable when she set up a stall for the first time. She stood beside Ning Xi with a stiff face, not knowing what to do.

In her previous life, Ning Xi often sold vegetables from her home to earn some living expenses. She was several layers thicker-skinned than Zhang Ying. Seeing the night shift workers in the textile factory walking out of the factory, Ning Xi shouted at the top of her lungs.

“Spicy dried fish, spicy dried fish that is fragrant and delicious.”

“Look here, look here, the spicy dried fish here is the best.”

“Look here, look here, the spicy dried fish here is the most affordable.”

Ning Xi’s shouts were loud, and she was a good-looking and clean person. Soon there were many people standing in front of the stall.

"Brother, come and have a look! My secretly made spicy dried fish is spicy and delicious. I guarantee that you will want to eat it twice after eating it once. The spicy strips are also very delicious. I guarantee that you will want to eat it after one bite. Two mouths.”

The eldest brother standing in the front row was called by Ning Xi and glanced at the dried fish on the stall, "It does smell very fragrant and looks quite appetizing, but this thing has no meat and is not very delicious."

"The lack of meat does not mean it is not delicious. If you don't believe it, you can try it first." Ning Xi picked up a bamboo skewer and forked a small dried fish and handed it to her elder brother. "Try it first. If it tastes good, then buy it. If you don't think it tastes good, , it doesn’t matter if you don’t buy it.”

Brother didn’t answer “Free?”

“Yes, you can try it for free because you are the first customer today.”

Hearing what Ning Xi said, the eldest brother took the dried fish and put it in his mouth to chew, "Yeah! It's delicious. This dried fish is so delicious. It tastes better than pork."

Ning Xi squinted her eyes and smiled affectionately, "Haha! Brother, I'm joking. This can't be compared with pork, but it's really delicious, right? Brother, do you want some?"

“How to sell it?”

“The prices of dried fish and spicy strips are only ten cents per catty.”

The people around him shook their heads after hearing this.

“This is too expensive, the big fish only costs 9 cents per catty!”

“Yes! Big fish has meat, so it’s more expensive. But you, a small fish, have no meat on the head, so what’s the point of eating it?”

"Girl, give it cheaper." The elder brother also thought it was expensive, so he smashed it in his mouth. There was still a strong spicy taste in his mouth. This taste was like poison, seducing him and making him want to continue to feast. .

"Brother, it's already very cheap. The reason why this spicy dried fish is delicious is because I added a lot of secret seasonings in it. These seasonings alone cost a lot of money!" Ning Xi shook her head in embarrassment. After thinking for a while, he said, "How about this! Brother, if you buy a pound of dried fish, I will give you a few spicy sticks. The taste of my spicy sticks is also amazing. Think of it as a bonus for you on the first day of opening." "

The elder brother thought for a while, gritted his teeth and took out a dime, "Okay! Give me a pound."

"Okay!" Ning Xi agreed with a smile and quickly winked at Zhang Ying. Zhang Ying hurriedly took out the oil paper from his backpack, used chopsticks to put the dried fish into the oil paper and wrapped it, weighed it, and added a few spicy sticks. strip.

As soon as the oil paper bag was handed over to the eldest brother, several people gathered around him. These were probably colleagues who had a good relationship with the eldest brother. They all asked to have a taste. The eldest brother did not refuse but also made a request. Each person could only eat one piece. He also wanted to take it back to please his wife.

After tasting it, those few people also praised the spicy dried fish and hurriedly paid for Ning Xi to weigh a pound each. They also asked Ning Xi to send them a few spicy strips. Ning Xi smiled and gave them more. A few spicy sticks.

The people watching the excitement also stepped forward to buy some. Some people planned to buy half a catty and go back to taste it. Ning Xi was also very generous and gave three spicy sticks to others.

Seeing that a lot of dried fish had been sold and a lot of spicy sticks had been given away, Zhang Ying became anxious and stood beside Ning Xi and whispered, "Xiao Xi, how can we make money if we keep giving away like this?"

Ning Xi blinked at Zhang Ying, "Sister-in-law, it's okay."

In the eyes of most people, dried fish is at least meat, and as long as it’s delicious, it’s acceptable to pay a dime. The spicy strips don’t look like they’re made of meat, so they’re definitely not worth the dime.

Ning Xi offered to give spicy sticks when buying spicy dried fish not only to get customers to buy her spicy dried fish, she also wanted these people to take the spicy sticks back and taste them. She can guarantee that after tasting them, these people will If you fall in love with spicy strips, you won’t be afraid that no one will buy them.

After being busy for a while, the spicy dried fish was sold out at almost eleven o'clock. Most of the spicy sticks were given away. Seeing that there were still some spicy sticks left in the dustpan, Ning Xi and Zhang Ying packed the spicy sticks. Give it to the small vendors doing business around you.

From now on, it is necessary for them to set up a stall here for a long time and establish good relations with everyone. She doesn't want others to help her when something happens, and she just thinks that they won't be jealous of you and make you talk nonsense behind your back.

The vendors who were a little jealous before got the spicy strips all laughed and praised the two of them for their good business skills.

After packing their backpacks, the two went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some fishing nets and headed back home.

By the time they returned to the village, it was already past one o'clock. Lu He had already had lunch and took his two brothers out to fish.

As soon as Ning Xi entered the door, Lu Nan immediately went into the kitchen and got busy. After a while, the food was served on the table, with cabbage and meat stir-fried.

Phew! Finally they saw meat on the table.

Seeing two bowls of rice on the table, Ning Xi walked over and sat down, "Brother Nan, you haven't eaten either, so you don't have to wait for me."

“It’s too lonely to eat alone.”

Before, the two of them had their own meals and never waited for each other. Why didn't I see him at that time and felt deserted.

Ning Xi opened her mouth, but finally did not say what she was thinking, "Did you take your medicine this morning?"

“Yeah! Eat it.” Lu Nan responded.

After lunch, Zhang Ying came over. Zhang Ying closed the door, took out the cloth bag she had sewn, and took out a bag full of change.

"Why so much?" Zhang Ying's eyes widened. All she did was keep stuffing money into the bag all morning, and she didn't realize that there was so much money in the bag without her realizing it.

“Brother Nan, you and sister-in-law have counted the money, and I’ll get a notebook to write it down.” Ning Xi was also filled with excitement and hurried back to take out the notebook.

The condiments I bought a few days ago, and every penny I spent in the past few days was recorded in detail in my notebook.

(End of this chapter)