Gu Qingqing greeted them warmly, "Today we have two dishes, one is Shaobai (roasted pork intestines), and the other is braised pork intestines. There is no chance to try Shaobai, but today is the first time the pork intestines are sold, so there is still a chance to try them."

"Pig intestines? Pig offal?" Jiang Qingyan asked curiously.

It was not difficult for Gu Qingqing to tell from the other party's raised eyebrows that he did not have any hope for this.

However, she still said confidently

"Yes, are you willing to try?"

After Gu Qingqing finished speaking, without waiting for Jiang Qingyan's reply, she used the large spoon she brought from home to scoop a spoonful of pig intestines into the bowl, then cut off a piece with a bamboo skewer and handed it to Jiang Qingyan.

It has to be said that Jiang Qingyan was somewhat resistant in his heart. The last time he ate pig offal was in Beijing, at a famous restaurant.

When the dish came out, it received mixed reviews.

In the final analysis, the fishy smell is covered up a lot, and the taste is still okay.

Since then, he has encountered people who do dirty work and has tasted it, which is really a bad experience.

So when he heard it was pig offal, he was eager to try it, but also a little scared.

But when he looked at the bright color, rosy and translucent, it was very different from what he had seen before.

Instantly full of interest.

"Come on, try it!" Jiang Qingyan said.

The pig intestines are put into the jar right after the pot. The jar is still hot when you touch it, so you don’t have to worry about it getting cold and not tasting good when you try it.

Jiang Qingyan is a scholar, but the scholar's aloofness and arrogance are not obvious in him. Instead, he is more free and easy.

Smell it, look at it, and taste it. It tastes fresh and rich, tender and delicious, fat but not greasy and refreshing.

Jiang Qingyan stared with eyes wide open and said "not bad" twice in a row to express his ecstasy.

The taste was no worse than any he had eaten before. What was even better was that he could not taste any fishy smell at all. Instead, it had a slight sugary flavor.

Just when Gu Qingqing wanted to ask about her bowl, Jiang Qingyan said "wait a moment", and turned to the noodle stall next door as Gu Qingqing was stunned, and soon brought over a bowl of vegetarian noodles.

"Give me one portion, pour it here for me."

Gu Qingqing looked at the bowl of noodles in his hand, shook the spoon in her own hand, and said with a smile, "One spoonful is one serving, but your bowl may not be able to hold one serving."

Jiang Qingyan looked in the direction she said and saw that the spoon in her hand was a big spoon. With this spoon, a normal bowl could be filled up more than half. Then he looked at the bowl of noodles in his own hand.

"How about having half a portion first?" Jiang Qingyan discussed with Gu Qingqing.

"Considering that you are running a business, half a cent is half a cent. This spoonful is eight cents, and half a spoonful is four cents." Gu Qingqing said as she took half a spoonful of pig intestines from the jar and poured it onto the plain noodles in his hand.

"Okay!" Jiang Qingyan agreed, put the folding fan in his right hand under his left arm, and took out four cents from his waist.

Gu Qingqing glanced at the four copper coins in the other person's hand, and said to Erhua who was standing beside him guarding the bamboo basket, "Erhua, take the money!"

"Yes." Erhua happily took the four copper coins and pointed at them one by one with her fingers. Then she smiled and said to Jiang Qingyan, "Thank you, uncle."

"You deserve this, no thanks."

After Jiang Qingyan finished speaking, he took his bowl back to the noodle stall. Seeing that there were no empty tables, he shared a table with another person and started eating.

The guests at the table saw that he had a bowl full of red toppings, and then looked at the little meat sauce on their side, and suddenly felt that it didn't smell so good.

The man asked somewhat embarrassedly, "Brother, this bowl of noodles is not cheap, right?"

Jiang Qingyan slurped up the noodles on his chopsticks, shook his head and said, "Not bad, the noodles are the vegetarian noodles here. A bowl is only four cents, and the toppings are sold at the stall outside, which also costs four cents."

When the man heard that he had spent so much money on it for only four cents, he quickly pointed to where Gu Qingqing was and asked, "But where is it?"

Jiang Qingyan nodded.

The man thanked her and walked over with his bowl.

At this time, there were already six or seven people surrounding Gu Qingqing. They were all old customers. They had originally planned to buy a few slices of braised pork, but ended up seeing that a full spoonful of pig intestines only cost eight cents.

All those who planned to buy shaobai immediately bought pig intestines.

The woman was also thinking that since the pig intestines were arriving home so early in the morning, she would definitely be able to eat several pieces. For the same amount of money, she wouldn't even be able to buy three pieces of shao bai.

"Thank you, Auntie!"

"Thank you grandpa!"

"Thank you uncle!"

Erhua smiled at this time. After taking the copper coins, she counted them correctly and immediately said sweet words to them.

"Give me one portion." When it came to Dahan who was holding the bowl of noodles, he stretched out the bowl, took out four coins from his sleeve and handed it to Erhua.

Seeing this, Gu Qingqing hurriedly smiled and explained, "Big brother, we charge eight cents for one portion, and one portion is a whole spoonful."

"Eight cents? I just heard the brother inside say that his is four cents." The big man said and pointed towards Jiang Qingyan.

When Gu Qingqing saw who he was talking about, she smiled and said, "His is half."

The big man suddenly realized and smiled a little embarrassedly, "Then give me half a portion."

"Okay, half portion. Erhua, take uncle's money." Gu Qingqing also scooped half a spoonful for him, and did not forget to add one more sentence, "Half a spoonful is not easy to control, and there is a difference between the front and the back."

"Hahaha, it's nothing! You're selling it by the whole scoop anyway, so I won't make things difficult for you."

After the big man finished speaking, he took his bowl and returned to the noodle stall.

He and Jiang Qingyan sat opposite each other and ate, which made the guests who noticed them very greedy. Most of those who did not finish their meal came to Gu Qingqing to buy half a spoonful.

Fresh food!

At the same time, someone passing by saw a stall here, came over to take a look and expressed his desire to buy.

As a result, they spread their hands and found that there were no bowls!

However, Gu Qingqing had limited bamboo tubes with her, so she could only tell them, "Go buy a bowl of vegetarian noodles next door. I'll put it in the bowl for you and you can eat it on the spot?"

In an instant, a queue formed around the noodle stall owner.

"Hey? Big sister, do you have anything new today?" The speaker was a slightly plump woman.

Last time, I told Gu Qingqing that Shaobai is delicious, but it’s too expensive.

It was because of her words that Gu Qingqing said she would make some cheap braised food.

"Auntie is here. I listened to you last time, so today I made some pig intestines to see if you like them. Come, have a try too."

The tasting was over long ago, and since she was a regular customer, she naturally didn't mind charging a piece or two, so she picked up a piece with a bamboo skewer and handed it to the other party.

Before the woman even ate it, she began to praise her, "Yours is really special, so rosy. Did you put too much soy sauce in it?"

Gu Qingqing smiled and nodded.

Of course, there is a lot of soy sauce, but more sugar color is added.

The woman was not in a hurry to eat it, but held it in front of her eyes and looked at it carefully, "I ate this once before, and I will remember the taste for the rest of my life, but I don't know how this..."

As the woman spoke, she held the thing up to her nose, and when she saw there was no strange smell, she put it into her mouth.

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