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Chapter 20: Who Dares To Buy?
Wenjia Village is not far from town, but not too close. It took half an hour to walk with the cart.
It's already bright when they arrive. The town has specially planned a street sale for villagers and vendors.
It was a bit late, the front and the middle of the street were occupied by people, but they found a spot at the end of the street.
Wen Nuan could see that there is a chicken seller next to this location. When a customer takes the chicken out of the cage, the chicken will throw up a few feathers and some dust. This place is obviously not suitable for selling cooked food.
"Father, let's go to the most corner position."
Wen Chun: "That location is too far, many people don't bother to walk the whole street, and leave after buying things halfway. No one wants to go there to set up a stall."
"It’s okay. The smell of good wine is not afraid of deep valleys. We sell cooked food, and the smell will waft out. It will attract people. Besides, there is a lot of space there and it is convenient for everyone to queue up to buy."
The most important thing is that there is no one nearby, so that it is clean and less dusty.
Of course, in front of the chicken seller, Wen Nuan didn't say this.
Hearing this, the chicken seller auntie glanced at Wen Nuan and the corners of her mouth twitched: Already planning for people lining up to buy? So sure someone will buy it!
Wen Chun also feels that everyone queuing up to buy, this scene is a bit unimaginable.
But my sister can do whatever she wants!
Wen Jiarui: "Okay, listen to Sister Nuan."
He pushed the cart over and because no one wanted to come to this corner, they didn't even need to put their things on the ground. They just set up the cart horizontally, put down the barrels, and started selling.
Wen Nuan lifted the wood lid off the barrel, and a peculiar aroma of fried snails floated out.
Wen Nuan shouted straight from her throat: "Don't miss it when you pass by, everyone come and have a look, taste it for free, fragrant and delicious spicy fried snails! Two copper coins a bowl, taste for free!"
Wen Nuan had started shouting without warning and startled the other two. They both looked at her in surprise!
After shouting, Wen Nuan glanced at the two of them: "Father, Big Brother, I'll shout, you don't have call anyone over!"
After speaking, Wen Nuan continued to shout loudly: "Don't walk by..."
Wen Jiarui: "..."
Wen Chun: "..."
The two opened their mouths, but they couldn't make a sound. Instead, they blushed!
Sister Nuan is amazing!
Wen Nuan's voice is soft and sweet, without the usual sharp and piercing sounds of street cries.
On the contrary, this resonant and ethereal Buddha's voice rang through the world like the sound of heaven, with a refreshing spirit, tactful and agile like a lark out of the valley.
Everyone was attracted by the singing-like cries.
Free tasting?
An old man passing by smelled a pungent scent, and his nose twitched: Something with such a good aroma must have a good taste!
He couldn't help but walk over and probed: "What are you selling?"
"Grandpa, what we sell are fried snails, which are fragrant and delicious! This food with wine is first-class!" said Wen Nuan with a smile.
She filled a bowl of snails, then picked out a sample of snail meat with a bamboo stick: "Grandpa, try it."
The old man took it and looked it over: "Can this little thing be eaten? It won't be full of muddy taste after eating it?"
Wen Chun immediately picked one up and sucked the meat out with his mouth: "Of course it can be eaten, it is delicious. I can eat three large bowls by myself."
The old man tasted it and his eyes lit up: "Yes, it is really spicy and delicious, and it has a strong flavor! It doesn't have any muddy taste. This kind of thing is good with wine. It is only two copper coins for a bowl? Give me two bowls to try. "
"Okay!" Wen Nuan neatly filled two large bowls with lotus leaves, and then filled another bowl halfway, wrapped it, and handed it to the old man with both hands: "Grandpa, because you're our first customer, here's half a bowl extra! Here you go, four copper coins!"
The old man took out four copper coins and handed it to Wen Jiarui: "Brother, your daughter is amazing. She can do business very well. You will enjoy the blessing in the future!"
Wen Jiarui took the four copper coins with both hands: "The old gentleman is absurd."
"This old man never looks at people wrong! If these fried snails are delicious, I will buy it from you next time."
Wen Nuan said sweetly: "Thank you, Grandpa. We will still set up a stall here tomorrow."
"Good."
At this time, a few more people came to the front of the stall. Everyone saw that the old man had tasted it and bought it. A big man couldn't help but ask: "Old gentleman, is this food delicious?"
"It's delicious, you can try it for free, you will know after tasting it! It is most suitable for drinking!"
The big man immediately said to Wen Jiarui: "Brother, give me a taste, and I will buy it if it is delicious. It smells so good!"
This time Wen Chun learned from Wen Nuan and quickly took a clean bamboo stick and picked out a piece of snail meat, and handed it over: "Brother, please try it."
The big man took it, tasted it, and said nothing else: "Give me three bowls, no five! This is delicious, two copper coins for one bowl is too cost-effective. Eggs are all one copper coin each and they are not so delicious as this!”
"Okay, just a second!"
Wen Nuan and Wen Jiarui hurriedly started packing. Wen Nuan said that he bought more, so she gave away half a bowl extra.
Then two more people tried it and bought it straight away.
In the end, it is something new and everyone is curious, and more people came to taste and buy.
So Wen Chun was in charge of the cash register, and Wen Nuan and Wen Jiarui were in charge of packing. In less than an hour, the five barrels of snails were almost sold out! Only one-third of the barrels remained unsold.
But there are still people lining up to buy.
At this time, a pair of young people came over. The male's robes blew gently in the wind, and the female looked sweet beside him. In her pink skirt, she looked more charming than a flower.
The girl looked surprised and said: "Sister? Uncle? It's really you! What are you selling?"
Wen Nuan recognizes her as the second daughter of First Branch's Wen Jiafu, Wen Yu.
Wen Jiafu once got a windfall, so he opened a restaurant in town and his family was wealthy.
He has a son, Wen Liang, and two daughters, Wen Wan and Wen Yu.
The three have been literate from a young age, and Wen Liang was admitted as a child scholar at the age of sixteen. The master at the academy said he had potential, so Madam Zhu claimed he was going to be the top place scholar in the imperial examinations.
Wen Wan is skilled at playing the qin, and Wen Yu is good at painting. I heard that they are very famous in town, and that they are widely known as talented girls.
The original owner thought of these Wen people as their name suggests, gentle, graceful, and kind to everyone.
But in reality, Wen Yu has an impulsive personality and speaks awkwardly. She is not a broad-minded person at all. Of course, she is someone who always looks down on Wen Nuan.
The white-faced scholar next to her is Zhu Zhenxuan, the former fiance of the original owner.
They seem to have a good relationship?
Wen Yu put her head into the wood barrel, and then said in surprise: "Oh my God! Aren't these snails? You actually sell this kind of cheap stuff? Are you eating this thing? You don't eat animals who eat anything from the ground! Are you not afraid of eating dead people?"
Zhu Zhenxuan took a disgusted look at the fried snails and then looked Wen Nuan and the stall. He turned his head away, then stole another glance and thought to himself: To show her face in public, this is a disgrace! What kind of upbringing is this?
Fortunately, Wen Yu woke him up before and convinced him to break off the engagement with her, otherwise he would be ashamed.
At this time, it happened to be a woman’s turn to buy snails with her child. The child was trying to eat his free sample: "Mother, it's delicious, I want to but it! I want to buy it!"
The woman was terrified after hearing Wen Yu’s words, so she hurriedly pulled at the little boy’s mouth: "Quickly spit it out! Quickly spit it out, this thing eats dead people, you can’t eat it!"
"I don't want to, it's delicious! I want to eat it!" The child tried to avoid her and swallowed the snail meat all at once.
The woman was frightened, she slapped the child's back vigorously, and then squeezed the child's throat with her hand: "How could this child swallow it?! It's deadly!"
The child was made to cry.
There were originally three or five people in line. Now there are more people around the stall. Everyone is babbling: "This thing is not poisonous, right?"
"Who knows, I haven't eaten it!"
"Don't buy it anymore, it's not worth eating if it gives you a bad stomach!"
"Yes, let's wait for the people who have already eaten it. Who dares to buy it themselves?"
The smell of good wine is not afraid of deep valleys: products of good value advertise themselves
qin: ancient zither with seven strings
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