The happy little days of the Ye family

As soon as Tang Xiaojing entered the courtyard, his second uncle warmly greeted him to come over and taste tea.

"Boy Jing, you grew up in the county, and you must have eaten more good food than us. Come and help uncle try the tea here." After saying this, he handed Tang Xiaojing half a bowl of sour plum soup.

Tang Xiaojing had just returned from Dashan Village and was thirsty. I took a big sip of the sour plum soup. The sweet and sour taste was very thirst-quenching. I finished the remaining sour plum soup in a few gulps.

Tang Xiaojing thought it was good, "This sour plum soup is quite delicious, no worse than the one I drank at the tea shop before."

The second uncle was very happy and gave Tang Xiaojing another half bowl of mung bean soup.

The mung bean soup has been cooked until it becomes sandy. You can smell the fragrance of mung beans before you drink it, and there must be sugar in it, giving it a sweet taste.

Because sugar is relatively expensive, there is not much sugar in the mung bean soup. It only has a slight sweetness. Coupled with the fragrance of mung beans, it tastes quite good.

Tang Xiaojing said with a smile: "The mung bean soup is also delicious, but the sugar is a little less. It would be better if you add a little more sugar."

Ye Qingqing also said: "I just said it, this mung bean soup is a bit bland, it would be better if it was sweeter."

The second uncle smiled and said: "Okay, okay, I will add more sugar when I make mung bean soup next time."

The best cook in my uncle's family is Grandma Ye. Grandma Ye taught my second uncle and second cousin how to make tea. From now on, they will cook all the tea they bring to the stalls on the pier.

The second cousin took the sugar water and said with a smile: "Then there is no need to try this sugar water. The sugar water is lighter than mung bean soup."

Tang Xiaojing took the sugar water from his second cousin's hand, "I still want to have a taste."

The candies were indeed relatively bland, but Tang Xiaojing noticed that the tea was a little sweeter than the tea he drank in the county before.

"Second cousin, are these teas made from spring water on the mountain? It tastes sweet and tastes better than ordinary well water."

"You have tasted this. There is a small spring in the back mountain. The spring water there is very sweet and delicious. It is perfect for making tea."

The second uncle brought over another half bowl of honeysuckle tea and half a bowl of chrysanthemum tea. "Both honeysuckle and chrysanthemums reduce internal heat. The weather in early autumn is hot and dry, so drinking scented tea can reduce internal heat."

Tang Xiaojing tasted them all, but he personally didn’t like scented tea. “Honeysuckle tea and chrysanthemum tea are a bit bitter and not delicious, but they are indeed suitable for drinking at this time, and honeysuckle and chrysanthemums are picked from the mountains and cost nothing. "

The second uncle also thought the same way: "Yes, these honeysuckle and chrysanthemums are picked from the mountains. They don't cost any money anyway. You can make a profit by selling a bowl. Even if you can't sell them, you won't lose."

At this time, Ye Qingqing brought over another half bowl of osmanthus tea, "There is also osmanthus tea. This osmanthus tea is delicious."

Tang Xiaojing took the osmanthus tea from Ye Qingqing's hand and took a big sip. The sweetness of the sugar water and the fragrance of the osmanthus complement each other, and it is really delicious.

I just finished drinking the slightly bitter honeysuckle tea and chrysanthemum tea, and then I drank this osmanthus tea, and it seemed even more delicious.

Tang Xiaojing finished the first sip and took a second sip before saying, "This osmanthus tea is really good, it's sweet and has the fragrance of osmanthus."

Father Ye drank several bowls of tea after he came back, and even the hiccups tasted like sugar water.

Father Ye summed it up, "Sour plum soup, mung bean soup and osmanthus tea are all quite good. I think the sugar water is dispensable, but you can actually remove it. Chrysanthemum tea and honeysuckle tea are free anyway, so you can add them."

Ye Donglin was about to speak, but unexpectedly he burped, and was laughed at mercilessly by Father Ye and Ye Qingqing. Even Tang Xiaojing couldn't help covering his mouth and snickering.

Ye Donglin has been setting up a stall on the dock every day recently, and he has become a lot thicker. He continued with a smile: "There are many laborers moving goods on the dock, can you make an extra pot of cold water?"

The second cousin asked in confusion: "You usually bring Liangbaikai by yourself, right? And if you are a laborer, you probably won't be willing to spend money to buy tea."

Father Ye thought it would be fine to add a cold boiled water. "The weather is hot and moving goods is hard, so there are always people who are willing to spend money to buy water. Just like the braised pork rice sold at noon, some laborers come to buy it."

The second uncle decided directly, "Then add another Liangbaikai. Even if it can't be sold, it will only take some effort. It doesn't cost any money anyway."

"The tea stall has sour plum soup, mung bean soup, osmanthus tea, chrysanthemum tea, honeysuckle tea and cold boiled tea. How to set the price for these six kinds of tea?" The father and son looked at Father Ye in tacit understanding.

Father Ye had never been to a tea shop to drink tea. He really didn't know how to determine the price, so he had to turn his head and look at Tang Xiaojing.

Tang Xiaojing looked at everyone in the room looking at him and swallowed nervously.

Pretending to be calm, he said: "Tea in the county is not expensive. Generally speaking, sour plum soup costs five cents a bowl, while mung bean soup and osmanthus tea cost about four cents."

"Honeysuckle tea and chrysanthemum tea are relatively rare. I have never drunk these two kinds of tea in a tea shop. I don't know how to determine the price. Liangbaikai usually costs one penny for two large bowls."

Ye Donglin suggested: "It's not easy to pick chrysanthemums and honeysuckle. How about selling them for three cents a bowl?"

In the end, a bowl of honeysuckle tea and chrysanthemum tea was ordered for three cents.

The second cousin looked at Father Ye: "Uncle, I heard from Qingqing that the stalls on the pier are more popular. Can I still rent a stall now?"

Father Ye is also a little worried, "There is always a shortage of stalls on the pier. The fixed stalls have long been rented out, and the remaining flexible stalls are on a first-come, first-served basis."

"It takes an hour and a half to drive a donkey cart from the village to the pier. By the time we get there, all the good stalls have been picked, and there are only some corner spots left by others."

The tea stall is inconspicuous. If it is placed in the corner, it will be difficult to attract customers to buy tea from the stall.

The second cousin was full of confidence, "The location is almost okay. At worst, I will shout loudly to attract people to come over. Didn't Qingqing say that you have a tasting? I can also have a tasting."

Father Ye: "Okay, you have a lot of ambition."

The second uncle also supported it, "The stall fee for a flexible stall is 5 cents a day, and the cost of tea is only one or two hundred cents. I also have donkeys at home, so I might as well work hard while I'm young."

"You can try it at the flexible stall first. If it doesn't work, you can sell tea at the braised pork stall. The braised pork and tea will not be affected."

Father Ye said with a smile: "The braised pork stall is short of manpower. At noon, I can help with braised pork and rice. My uncle will prepare rice for you."

The second uncle was worried about affecting Father Ye's business, so he shook his head and refused: "Let this kid try it at the flexible stall first."

Seeing that the father and son were resolute, Father Ye didn't say much and greeted the two of them happily.