Space Farming: Traveling through Ancient Times to Do Business

"Miss, Miss..." Butler Chen ran into the house panting.

She thought it was probably about the menu. "Is it about the menu?"

Butler Chen nodded and placed the menu in his hand on the table in front of Jiang Xue. "Miss, I saw that there was no inscription on the menu, and I thought of your exquisite calligraphy, so I took it over."

At this time, Jiang Chen found the menu next to the plaque. "Xue'er, I found it."

Jiang Chen walked to the table in the hall with the menu, "Xue'er, tell me the names of the dishes and the prices, and I'll write them down." Jiang Chen held the pen and prepared to write.

Jiang Xue quoted the prices she had thought of last night: "Meatball three cents each, egg two and a half cents, tofu, lettuce, white radish, cabbage meatballs one cent for two, and three pieces of radish one cent for three pieces." Jiang Chen wrote down the prices and handed the menu to Manager Chen.

After nearly half a month of intense preparation, the two shops finally opened on February 12. On the opening day, a plaque carved by Jiang Chen himself was hung at the door of the shop, with a red flower tied in the middle. As the sound of firecrackers rang out, Jiang Xue pulled off the cloth under the red flower, and the Jiang's snack shop officially opened for business.

The small market had a lot of customers. After Jiang Xue handed the store over to Zhong Ziqi at the front desk, she took Jiang Chen and her maid Xier out.

Along the way, she asked around to see if there were any little beggars nearby, hoping to hire them to work for her and help distribute flyers, and at the same time help them.

Following the guidance of passers-by, Jiang Xue came to a remote place in the town, where the house was dilapidated. When she pushed open the door, accompanied by a "creaking" sound, the eyes of the children in the inner room instantly gathered around her, with curiosity, confusion, and fear.

She didn't expect that there were only children inside, some of whom had just learned to walk. There were about ten of them. Seeing a stranger coming, the children were obviously a little panicked. The oldest boy came over and asked, "Who are you? Who are you looking for?" Jiang Xue shook her head and said, "I'm not looking for anyone. I need you to do something and I will pay you."

Hearing this, the eyes of several older children lit up and they quickly came over to ask, "Really? What do you need us to do?"

I have some paper. You can help me post it on the streets and alleys later, shouting as you post. I will pay 20 coins per person." Jiang Xue pointed to the paper in Jiang Chen's hand.

One of them looked puzzled and couldn't help asking, "What are you shouting for? How many people are needed?"

"'Jiang's Snack Shop has just launched oden. If I say it tastes good, it's not good enough. It's really good if everyone eats well.' Just this sentence. Anyone over the age of eight can go. Thirty cents per person." Jiang Xue continued.

Jiang Xue counted them. "I saw that there are eight of us. Divide into two groups. One group will go to the dock, and the other group will go to the street. I will wait for you to meet up on the street. This is a deposit of 20 cents. You can come to me to get the rest of the reward after you finish. If you do a good job, I will come to you later."

The child who initially answered the question stepped forward and said, "My name is Xiaodong, girl, don't worry, we will do as you ask."

Jiang Xue nodded and asked Jiang Chen to hand over the things in his hand. She turned around and was about to walk out. Suddenly, she seemed to remember something, turned around and said, "I'll wait for you at Jiang's snack shop in the middle of the street." After that, Jiang Xue walked out.

Jiang's Snack Shop, one hour later

"Oh! Aunt Wang, you are here to buy this novelty too."

Sister Liu, my eldest grandson heard about oden from somewhere and cried at home and insisted on eating it. I had no choice but to bring a food box to buy some. "Aunt Wang pointed to the food box in her hand.

The middle-aged man on the other side interrupted, "That's right! I don't know where a group of little beggars came from. They shouted all morning, and everyone came to try it for fun. I didn't expect it to taste so good. Although the price is a bit expensive, look at the meatballs, they are real. I bought a lot of them, and now I'm here to buy some more."

An old lady who had just finished packing meatballs reminded: "Stop chatting, everything inside is sold out."

Hearing this, a large group of people rushed in. "Don't rush. Those who are taking away stand on the right. Those who are eating here please take a seat."

Xier took two chairs and placed them outside the door. At this time, she was massaging Jiang Xue's shoulders. Jiang Chen held the kettle and fed Jiang Xue a few sips from time to time.

She felt slightly satisfied. It seemed that the publicity was effective. The shop had been open for less than three hours and all the food in the store had been sold out. At this time, Zhong Ziqi and Jiang Tiao were counting today's profits in front of the counter.

Jiang's Snack Shop Pier

"Brother Guo, have you been to the new snack shop at the pier? They have a dish called oden, which tastes really good. I just bought two cents of it during my break. After eating it, I felt full of energy. It was really novel."

A sturdy man at the side asked his partner, "What? Brother Chen, can two cents fill your stomach? If you can't fill your stomach, I won't bear it."

The man surnamed Guo obviously didn't believe it, but he was willing to give it a try if it would fill his stomach. After all, he didn't have extra money to buy these entertainment items, and his family was counting on him to make money to support the family.

The man surnamed Chen rolled his eyes and ignored the man. Believe it or not, he had this feeling anyway. With more strength, he could move things faster, so wouldn't he have more money?

After checking the time, he hurried to the cargo ship and started moving things.

Even he was surprised by this move. In the past, he had difficulty carrying a bag weighing more than 100 pounds, but now he felt that carrying another bag was no problem.

Thinking about it, he directly carried two bags and walked quickly to the warehouse. Guo was a little confused at this time. He had known this partner for a long time and everyone knew how strong he was. He was fine in the morning, so how could he be so strong now?

Suddenly, a group of people came from the dock. "Brother Gou, the taste of the oden is really amazing. I ate it for three cents and still want more. Especially the white radish, it's absolutely amazing."

"That's right. I didn't even spend five cents to enjoy the meal. I don't know why, but I feel full of energy now." said the man in green linen clothes.

Zhu Ergou quickly responded: "Oh! After your reminder, it seems to be true. I also feel full of strength."

The man in blue linen clothes looked at the short man in black and asked, "Brother Liu, what about you?"

The man surnamed Liu nodded and said, "Yes! I just noticed it, and the people at the next table were also talking about it."

"Then let's try it later." Zhu Ergou and a few others hurriedly got on the boat and started moving things.

At this time, the man surnamed Guo was already skeptical. He stood up, hesitated for a moment, and walked towards Jiang's snack shop.

As soon as I arrived at Jiang's Snack Shop, I saw a group of people gathered outside. Many of them said, "I came from that side of the street. The store on the street was sold out, so I thought about coming here, but it turned out there was no stock here either." The man said angrily.

Everyone was arguing and making a mess. Manager Chen, after all, was knowledgeable and experienced, so he hurried out to calm everyone down.

"Today is the first day of the store opening. It is our fault that we did not prepare enough things. We will prepare more tomorrow. I hope you can forgive me. I would like to say sorry to you all here."

When the people below heard what the manager said, they nodded and dispersed.

"Sorry, please come early tomorrow," Jiang Feng said to the people outside the shop and closed the door.