Chapter 25 Selling Food

  The big man who sat down first felt that there was a scorching gaze staring at him all the time, and he touched his neck with a cool feeling, muttering: "Damn it, is this hot day going crazy?"

  He looked down and was startled, only to see a little girl standing in front of him, tilting her head and looking at him.

  The little girl in front of him had a straight fringe, big eyes shining brightly, and what's more interesting was that when she saw him staring at her, she smiled at him with a giggle, making it seem like he was the one who was being peeped at. The big man cleared his throat, trying to make his voice sound warmer.

  "Little girl, where are your family members? Why are you alone?" asked the big man, Gu Zhi. "No, I'm not alone, that's my parents," said the little girl, pointing to Zhao and Chen Tianfa. "I came to ask if you want to drink mung bean soup, it's free."

  "Haha, Old Three, where did you find this tender little girl? Didn't you secretly give birth to her?" joked the eldest of the three, Gu Ren. "Big brother, I'm not even married yet, where would I have a daughter from? However, this little girl is quite interesting, why don't you come home with me?"

  He finished speaking and picked up Xi Mei, sitting her on his lap. Xi Mei wasn't afraid at all, smiling brightly as she said: "That's not possible, if I go with the uncles, my dad will cry." Everyone burst out laughing.

  Rui Xuan, who was about to serve the mung bean soup, found Xi Mei sitting on a stranger's lap. He quickly walked up and picked up Xi Mei, saying to the three people: "Sorry, this is my little sister at home, she's young and doesn't understand things, if there's anything wrong, please forgive her."

  "It's alright, it's alright, little girl is to my liking. Come, give me a hug, you go ahead and busy yourself." Just as I was about to take her over, the little boy vigilantly hid his sister behind him.

  But still smiling on his face, he said "My sister is still young, don't let her disturb the guests here, that wouldn't be good." He turned to Xi Mei and instructed "Mother is looking for you, go quickly, I'll play with Big Brother for a while."

  Alas, Xi Mei could only hang her head in despair and leave. She thought to herself, "Others still want to ask about the pickled egg, it's all big brother's fault." Now she can only find Zhang Zishang, who is eager to catch the poor earthworm brother who wants to escape with all his might.

  Rui Xuan watched as Xi Mei and Xiao Bao Wang started playing, then turned around to entertain the three of them: "Sorry about this, everyone. We just set up our stall today, so we didn't prepare much food. We only have some braised meat, sauce pig's trotters, and noodles for main courses. What do you think?"

  "Hey, what's the big deal? Isn't this it? It's much better than I thought. So, no matter what you have, just bring it out, as long as we brothers can eat our fill, that's all." Lao San said with a smile.

  "Alright, you guys wait a bit, I'll go prepare." Rui Xuan ran to Zhao's side who was circling around, "Mother, bring three bowls of noodles with lots of gravy." "Okay, I'll do that, you go check if they need anything else and take care of it." Zhao instructed with concern.

  "Got it, mom." As he turned to cut the meat, Zhao's mother had already quickly rolled out the dough and was waiting for the pot to boil. She cut a plate of pork head meat, packed a plate of pork knuckle, disassembled two pig trotters, and Ruihao carried a jug of wine as they sent it over.

  As soon as the dishes were served, the three of them lost their previous swagger. They picked up their chopsticks and started grabbing meat, and for a moment, all that could be seen on the table was a flurry of chopsticks. The eldest of the three, while eating, teased the second eldest, Gu Xian, "Aren't you always saying that you're a cultured person with good breeding? How come you're eating like a starving wolf?"

  "What's the point of being refined, can it fill my stomach? I've been eating dry rations for days, my mouth is so dry it's sprouting birds. Don't bother me, can't you see I'm busy?" He then ignored him.

  The whole table heard the sound of several people chewing, "Long wait, three bowls of noodles have arrived." Chen Tianfa had just put the noodles on the table when the three men snatched them away in a flash, stirring with chopsticks and devouring them in big mouthfuls. For a moment, the only sound left at the table was 'slurp, slurp', which made Ruihao and Xiaobao stare at several people.

  Xiao Ba Wang occasionally swallowed his saliva, which made Zhao's family laugh. He got up and made a bowl for him too. When he started eating noodles as he wished, Xi Mei's sharp ears heard her second sister say "foodie". Turning back to look at his appearance, isn't it just like a foodie?

  Covering her small mouth, she burst out laughing. The eldest brother, who was "bent on a fierce battle", heard the little girl's laughter and thought it was directed at him, scratching his head in embarrassment, then lowering his head to continue eating with relish.

  The noodles on the table were soon finished, and they thought they had eaten enough. But unexpectedly, Xi Mei heard the man say: "Boss, bring us six more bowls of noodles, and also bring us another serving of everything on the table." "Okay, coming right up!" Her second brother didn't wait for him to finish speaking and quickly went to get the things. Xi Mei was so happy that her eyes were shining, it seemed like just the three of them could make a profit.

  The obsequious servant went forward to pour wine for the guests, and already three people had something to cushion their seats. Facing the food that was brought up again, they were no longer as urgent as before, but the speed was only slightly slower than before.

  Finally, after they finished eating, more and more people arrived. Travelers who saw that food was being sold here dismounted their horses to make a purchase. For a while, several people were extremely busy.

  "Xi Mei, go collect the money." Zhao Shi instructed her. "Mother, I know, I'll go right away." Putting down the bowl she was about to wash, she walked in front of the three people.

  "Sir, you've had nine bowls of noodles, two catties of braised pork head, four pig trotters, two catties of stewed pork belly, plus three jugs of wine, ten baked buns...". He lowered his head and started calculating. After a long time, he still couldn't figure it out, and gradually became anxious.

  Xījiě pulled at her sister's hem "Second Sister, it's a total of 205 wen." "Oh, right, it's 205 wen. But Mother said to just give you the small change. Here's 200 wen for you." Although Xījiě had only whispered to Second Sister, Gù Xiǎn still carefully heard her.

  She was secretly surprised, the little guy is really impressive. He had just observed that after the older sister finished speaking, the younger sister also didn't count on her fingers and no one told her, she figured it out herself. It seems like she's not a simple girl.

  "Alright, here's four coins of silver. Wrap up 50 more buns for me, and add some meat too. You don't need to return the remaining money, just consider it a gift for little girl to buy sweets." The boss said calmly.

  "Alright, got it." Xi Mei ran off. Gu Zhi reluctantly bent down and tapped Xi Mei's nose, "Little girl, we're leaving, you listen to your mother from now on." Looking at Xi Mei's adorable appearance, he suddenly felt a pang of reluctance.

  The eldest took the thing handed over by Xi Mei, called on the two brothers to get on horseback, and the second son Gu Xian turned back to look at the gradually disappearing figure in the distance. For some reason, he had a feeling that they would meet again in the future.

  Let's not mention the three brothers for now. Since Chen's restaurant opened, there has been a constant stream of people at noon. Chen Tianfa was busy cooking, Zhao was pulling noodles, Ruihao was slicing meat and serving dishes, and Rui Xuan was entertaining guests. Even Zhang Zishang wasn't idle, sometimes delivering plates and sometimes wiping tables. Xi He also occasionally helped pack things for customers.

  It wasn't long after noon when the ladies discovered that the things they had brought were almost gone. Ruihao told his mother, but Zhao Shi didn't believe him until she saw the nearly empty containers herself. With a wave of her hand, "Alright, now that there are fewer people, we should head back too."

  "Take a look at the kids, 'Dad will clean up, and we won't sell this little bit of meat. Let's treat the kids well today. Xi Mei Zhang's young master made a great contribution, let's make do for now, and we'll have a good meal tonight.'"

  "Great! Great!" After hearing Zhao's words, Ruihao Zhang Zhiyuan was the first to jump up excitedly, finally able to eat meat now.

  Chen Tian and Zhao looked at each other and couldn't help but burst out laughing. At this moment, the sun was shining brightly, and everything felt peaceful and stable.

  I also want to eat meat, but I need to lose weight. Oh, looking at how pitiful I am, can everyone give me a few tickets and collect them, and reward me again? Wuuu, please.