"Miss Yu, what are these?" One of the mers asked as he pointed to the small white ball that smelled buttery and delicious.
Yu Dong turned to look at the mer who was pointing at the bucket of popcorn and then said, "It's pop corn, the buckets placed in front of the counter are for testing.
If you like then you can taste it." She paused and then turned to look at Xiao Hua who was munching on popcorn that he had gotten from Xiao Zimo who was in charge of the snack counter and added with a slightly worried voice when she noticed that Xiao Hua's sharp chin was getting chubby, "It's a little fattening so make sure that you control your intake."
When the mers heard that this thing called popcorn was fattening, they were a bit hesitant to try. What if they gained weight? But then they were tempted by the tantalizing scent of the popcorn and could not resist, each one of them took a handful of popcorn from the large buckets and then tasted them.
There were three flavours that Yu Dong had come forward with that included salty, caramel and butter. The mers liked the caramel and buttery ones more while the women and men liked the salty ones better, of course, there were some exceptions as Qiao Sha nibbled on the buttery ones and sighed,
" Miss Yu started with a bang, huh? I want to buy as many popcorn buckets as possible."
" You will regret it if you do that, Marquis Qiao," Yu Dong warned as she turned to look at Xiao Zimo who nodded and then placed the other snacks that they had made. Xiao Zimo placed the bottle of soda and cheese hotdogs and many more snacks in the front of the counter causing the customers who came to check out the mall to gulp.
They all turned to look at Yu Dong who smiled and then said, " The things that are placed as samples are free but of course, if you want to purchase the ticket and watch the show then you need to head over to the ticket counter."
Her words caused a few people to laugh.
After they were done checking the clothing shops, Yu Dong showed the customers the shoe shops and stationery shops. She was about to launch school bags as well but the tailors were really busy with the tasks she had given them.
She needed to hire more tailors and seamstresses before they could launch bags.
She then brought the mers to the shop that was selling soft toys and explained, " These are limited edition toys. Once they are sold it will take more than three weeks for them to be put on shelves once again so I hope you will wait patiently."
The mers were indeed quite attracted to the soft toys. They had never seen a soft toy before thus they couldn't help but touch the soft toy on display again and again and each time they touched it they let out a sigh.
Once Yu Dong showed the customers the first and second floors of each of the buildings, she brought them to the third floor. There was a reason why she placed the groceries on the third floor, it was to make sure that the chances of theft would be minimized as much as possible but of course if there was someone skilled then Yu Dong could only blame her luck.
Yu Dong brought her loyal customers to the vegetable and fruit sections, when the customers saw the meat, vegetables and fruits lined up neatly, their eyes lit up with excitement.
These vegetables were so fresh! Ever since the drought started, they have forgotten how fresh vegetables looked!
However, a few of the customers saw the prices mentioned on the shelves and could not help but exclaim, " Miss Yu, why are the prices of these vegetables different from one another? Aren't they the same? What's going on?"