In front of Ping'an Town, the man selling water handed a bowl of water to the old woman in front of him. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Su Ruyi pushing a cart over in the distance, and his heart skipped a beat.
It's strange to say that after selling water for so many years, no one has given him the same sense of crisis as this woman.
I get nervous when I see her.
Su Ruyi stopped the car at the gate of the town, as if she had forgotten the previous unpleasantness with the water seller, and greeted her warmly: "Old man, how is business today?"
man:"……"
I didn't want to talk to this woman at first, but I really cared about the items on her trolley. Wouldn't she come to compete with him for business again?
"Why are you here again?"
Su Ruyi: "I am here to do business, and there is always food at home. But don't worry, old man, I will listen to your advice and find another business."
man:"……"
None of them are good. He hopes that this woman will not appear in front of him.
Su Ruyi pushed the car inside: "I'm going to buy something first, old man, you have to be busy first."
Su Ruyi entered the town and found a deserted place to put the car in.
Then I went to the market to buy rice and noodles. I didn’t dare to buy too good noodles for fear that I wouldn’t be able to eat them at home.
But for business purposes, I bought slightly better ones. Last night everyone shouted that they were delicious, but from the perspective of a modern person like Su Ruyi, the taste was unsatisfactory. This is not the point. If the flour is too low, it will always fall apart easily, which will affect the production and sales.
She also bought a large jar of soybean oil. To her surprise, the oil was not expensive and was cheaper than lard!
Even so, one pound costs 30 Wen, which is not something ordinary people can eat casually.
In addition, I bought two large open pottery bowls, two small wooden basins for the kitchen, a water tube, a pound of salt, 30 eggs, and half a bag of charcoal.
After a lot of buying and selling, the cost immediately increased by two to three hundred yuan.
While shopping, Su Ruyi observed that there were not many people in the town today, so she hoped to have a good business on the first day.
In fact, she was still a little nervous.
Return to your own space and pour the soybean oil from the big clay pot into the water tube you bought. Such a tube weighs about half a catty.
Then he moved the chopped cucumber prepared last night from the wooden house to the cart. The wooden house is still great, and the things inside will not deteriorate. It was like cucumber foam last night, and it is still the same now.
When he was ready, he pushed the car out of space without anyone noticing.
Originally I wanted to set up a stall at the entrance of the town, but after walking around the market, it was more advantageous to go inside.
Pushing the cart, she went to the market. The aunt who sold her eggs earlier greeted her: "Sister, are you setting up a stall now?"
There are many places in the market. Su Ruyi stopped the car at the entrance and said to the aunt, "Yes, aunt, are you going back?"
With hands and feet, he quickly pulled open the covering sack, removed the stove and pots from above, and arranged the trolley into a small table.
The aunt had already sold all the eggs and was going to buy something to go home. When she saw Su Ruyi's behavior, she immediately became curious and stood aside to watch.
Su Ruyi lit the charcoal first, which required burning for a while.
After tidying up the carriage board, a large pottery bowl contained large leaves she had picked on the road. They had been washed and could be used to make pancakes as a cushion.
There was minced cucumber in a small wooden basin, and half a bowl of salt in a small bowl.
Another small wooden basin contains eggs.
The empty small wooden basin is used to hold the pancakes coming out of the pot.
Su Ruyi scooped half a bowl of noodles from the noodle bag into another large open pottery bowl, added a little salt, and scooped water from the bucket at her feet into the bowl. When she stirred with her chopsticks, there was less flour, and again Added some.
I cracked in two more eggs, and the eggshells were deliberately thrown in front of the stall to tell everyone that there were eggs inside.
Add a spoonful of cucumber foam into it.
The preparations are all done.
The aunt understands what Su Ruyi is going to do. This is not a sophisticated technical job. She can do it at a glance, but most people won't do it because it is too extravagant and wasteful and they can't afford it.
"Sister, you are not cheap, are you?"
The aunt feels that she must not be able to afford it, and so does this girl. She has so many ingredients and is not afraid of losing money!
Just talking about the stove and the pot, they cost a lot of money, right?
Can you earn it back?
Su Ruyi said: "It's not expensive, only five cents a piece."
Auntie: "..."
Isn’t five cents expensive?
Su Ruyi put the pot on, preheated it, then pulled out the plug on the water cylinder, poured water along the edge of the pot, and then grabbed the handle to turn the pot.
Auntie: "This pot is really easy to use."
The oil must be heated. If it is not, it will smell like oil, which is very unpleasant. Seeing the smoke coming from inside, Su Ruyi picked up the big bowl, scooped a spoonful of batter along the edge of the pot, and Drenched all over.
Then turn the pan to spread the batter evenly.
This batter is not as thick as the one used to make pancakes in my previous life. It flows and spreads out just by turning it around.
Su Ruyi thought while turning the pan, yes, actually it seems better to make pancakes and fruit, saving all the oil...
But now if she is given a choice, she will still choose to make a pot. After all, business is difficult to say, and there is no guarantee of 100% success. If the business fails, the pot can still be used, and it has many uses.
"It smells so good! What is this made of?"
As soon as the scent came out, everyone couldn't help but gathered around.
In this era, the people at the bottom have no great prospects. They only care about food, and food is more important than anything else.
It's very fast to make. A thin layer of pancake is cooked once it's boiled. Use chopsticks to fold it twice in the pot and take it out in a basin. The smell can really make the kids next door cry.
Su Ruyi added a little oil to the pot and started shouting: "Selling egg pancakes - hot egg pancakes, if they are not delicious, there is no charge!"
Just kidding, this is absolutely delicious!
Everyone knew it was quite expensive, but no one asked about the price for a while, and some people swallowed their saliva and turned around to leave.
A man couldn't help but asked: "How can you sell such a pancake?"
"Five cents! Five cents a piece!"
The egg seller hadn't left yet, so she answered on her behalf. She was also curious about whether this little lady's business would succeed.
Sure enough, when they heard this quotation, most people shook their heads. It was too expensive. For five cents, you could buy five thick-wheat steamed buns.
Some people were reluctant to leave, while a few stayed to continue watching.
Even if you don't buy it, it still smells good, and watching this little lady making pancakes is a pleasure.
A big bowl of paste was spread out, and no one bought it.
Su Ruyi had to take the pot down and press the red charcoal with ashes.
She also felt a little unsure, wondering if she had set a high starting point.
