Chapter Eleven: The Kung Fu
At dawn, the little Loli opened the door of the shop. Wei Jiu took off the wooden board that was blocking it. Two people, one big and one small, were holding the basins. They looked at each other and then suddenly lowered their heads and buried their faces in the basin. After a while, they felt the pain of lack of oxygen.
When she was dizzy, Wei Jiu stood up suddenly and breathed in the air. But when she turned around and looked, the little girl's face was still in the basin.
Wei Jiu shook his head in confusion. Logically speaking, he shouldn't be able to hold his breath for a short time.
While he was thinking, the little Loli had a face full of water, her eyes narrowed into crescent moons and she smiled at Wei Jiu.
"Little uncle, you lose. Go move the cage and table. Don't cheat."
It is inevitable for me to accept defeat. No matter how shameless I am, I am not shameless enough to cheat with a child. I am just a little confused. Is it true that I can’t lose with ordinary people? After Wei Jiu returned to the shop, bursts of laughter came from the street.
Only then did he realize that he had been tricked by this little loli.
When the cages were moved out one by one, people were already crowding outside the shop, and there was also a young man dressed in a green shirt and a small hat. Without even thinking about it, he knew at a glance that he was a servant of a wealthy family.
It doesn't matter whether these people know how to buy steamed buns or not, as long as they can come and support them, they don't have to worry about not selling the soup dumplings.
Grinning at everyone, Wei Jiu grabbed the little Loli by her back collar and dragged her into the shop, telling her that she was going to sell steamed buns. Two tables were placed outside the shop. When moving the tables, Wei Jiu had only one thought in her mind.
There won't be any urban management, right? Put down the table, take out two plates of chilled pork heads, a few small plates, and a small bowl of soy sauce.
"Xiaojiu and my uncles and sisters-in-law can spare your precious time to come here. I am very grateful to you. For this reason, the two of us have made a decision. Anyone who buys more than five buns today will get one more as a gift. And we, Xiaojiu,
The store also provides tables, chairs, bowls and chopsticks for eating, but you have to pay for the iced pork head. This plate of iced pork head only costs fifteen cents. It's iced. Think about it in such a hot weather...
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"Okay, okay, I know you can tell me, stop talking nonsense, twenty soup dumplings, and a plate of this frozen pork head."
Before Wei Jiu could finish speaking, an irritable old man interrupted him. This meal cost only thirty cents. For the sake of face, who would pay the thirty cents? Two tables were occupied by four people, each other
They knew each other but had no intention of treating them, and the quantity they wanted was the same. Wei Jiu was busy serving the two tables of guests, while Xiao stood on a stool and sold steamed buns with a tong.
The prepared lotus leaves were not used very much. Most people who came to buy steamed buns brought their own food boxes and so on. Today was only the first day. Maybe some people wanted to fulfill the promises made by relatives, friends and enemies in the countryside yesterday, but Wei Jiu was confident.
As long as you eat it for the first time, there will be a second time, not to mention the piping hot soup dumplings paired with a plate of cold pork heads?
Seeing the grumpy old man with grinning teeth as one of his buns was burned, and a large piece of pork head dipped in soy sauce and thrown into his mouth, he was really worried that he would eat it up.
Just when Wei Jiu was worried, several female voices came.
"Xiao Jiuzi, do your buns really make your skin smooth, white and tender? Don't you want to lie to my aunt?"
"Hey, hey? Aunt? How can Xiaojiu call you aunt? This is obviously my sister. Sister, you are already handsome. This is not Xiaojiu talking nonsense. You! You are just too economical and reluctant to give up.
Spend the money on yourself, sister, please listen to Xiaojiu explain it to you in detail."
As a friend of women, he also has a way of tricking women. First, no matter how old he is, he calls her sister.
The girls just heard yesterday that their husband and brother had returned home and talked about this soup dumpling during a casual chat. It is said that it can make the skin smooth, white and tender. It is a woman's nature to love beauty, so she came here early today not just for food.
Wei Jiu was surrounded by his daughters and answered their questions with a chuckle.
"Sisters, listen to what Xiaojiu said slowly. The skin of the soup dumplings doesn't have much effect. What's important is the soup inside. This soup is unique to the shop. This soup is rich in nutrients.
To put it bluntly, it is nutrients. It is a thing called collagen. You can’t see this thing. Even if you ask the imperial doctors in the palace, they don’t know that supplementing collagen can make the skin firm, smooth, white and tender.
! Sisters, please pay attention to keeping your face clean and avoid being exposed to the sun. Wash your face with clean water in the morning and evening. If there is no change after a month, cut off Xiaojiu’s face, haha.”
The girls all glared at Wei Jiu with anger. Although they didn't understand what this collagen was, did it look like it was fabricated randomly and not even the palace doctor knew about it? The girls gathered together and whispered, so they could discuss it.
The result is that they are not at a loss. This bun only costs a few cents each. It is said to taste good. Even if it does not make the skin white and tender, how much does it cost this month?
After the girls discussed, someone spoke.
"Xiao Jiuzi, my sister's status is not low. Are you not worried that my sister will ask the imperial doctor?"
Wei Jiu laughed, then curled his lips playfully.
"Sister Pei, you can ask me. Although I dare not say that I am better than the imperial doctor in art, Xiaojiu dares to say that no one in Chang'an can beat me when it comes to fabricating a woman's skin color, just like my sisters' rouge and gouache.
, mostly flowers, rice juice, and the more luxurious ones are made from Chinese herbal medicine, but who can guarantee that sisters are not allergic to flowers? And when applied to the face, that kind of thing will affect the skin's ventilation, breathing, and blockage.
The threat to the skin color is great if the pores are closed, and they are all external. It is not as good as our soup dumplings which are used to regulate the body."
Anyway, women in this era don't understand these twists and turns. Wei Jiu just listened to his girlfriend talking to him, and now he used it to fool people. In fact, it is not a fool, although what he said is not entirely correct.
, but there are still three points of truth.
The woman surnamed Pei was not of low status. How many people with the surname Pei were of low status in the Tang Dynasty? Pei Yuanqing must have known about it. The woman surnamed Pei covered her mouth and smiled sweetly.
"Be careful of those selling rouge and gouache who come to fight for you, but don't say that. My sister will ask you a question. If you answer it correctly, Pei Mansion..."
"Sister, don't make promises. Just ask. Xiaojiu is not someone who wants money."
He said that he didn't like money, but he wished that the woman surnamed Pei would order several boxes of steamed buns every day. The woman surnamed Pei smiled faintly, how could she not know his little ninety-nine in her heart.
"Tell me what's the biggest difference between your egg white and rouge gouache?"
Looking at Wei Jiu with a playful expression, Wei Jiu smiled.
"Sister, think about it, if you meet a woman you don't like on the street, and it suddenly starts raining heavily, and you replenish your collagen without makeup, the rain will not do you any harm, but will actually give you a baby.
It looks like a hibiscus, but if the woman you don't like puts on rouge, think about what it will look like."
The woman surnamed Pei suddenly laughed and waved her hand without caring about her identity and image.
"A drawer of steamed buns is delivered to Pei's house every day. You are a good boy. If you find something weird in the future, you will send someone to inform me. But if it has nothing to do with women, you won't need it. Sister, I'm tired. I'm leaving."
Wei Jiu bowed and saluted the woman surnamed Pei, but the remaining women were not in a hurry. The woman who accompanied the family kept talking about it. How many drawers of buns were produced today? There was no need to postpone it any longer.
When Wei Jiu came back to his senses, Dad Loli was already standing in front of the shop. He looked at the customers who were the only ones buying soup dumplings in front of the shop. He smiled sillyly at the corner of his mouth. Xiao Ke, who was so busy and sweating all over, was not happy.
, smiled apologetically at the person in front of him, jumped off the chair and stomped on Dad's feet while no one was paying attention.
Chapter completed!