60s Splendid Life

"This is stewed dried tofu. We made it ourselves. It costs [-] yuan and [-] yuan. It has been cooked. You can eat it immediately after buying it." Lu Jin took out a small piece of dried tofu with chopsticks, squeezed out the water, and put it Put it in a plate, cut it into small strips with the small knife you carry with you, cut it into small pieces, inserted it with a bamboo skewer, handed it over, and said with a smile: "Auntie, you can try it first. Buy it if it’s delicious, and you won’t pay if you don’t buy it.”

"I don't need money, I really eat it?"

As soon as she heard that it was free, the woman took the bamboo stick with dried tofu in it, bit it down, and swallowed it before she tasted it, but she remembered the scent because it was too sweet. It is fragrant, like meat but not meat, and the taste is so fragrant.But the dried bean curd that costs [-] cents and [-] yuan, even if it is delicious, she is a little bit reluctant, and the woman is not good at showing that she likes it too much, so she said to Cai Chunmei with a coy face: "Auntie, go around and look around, come back later. Let me buy it from you."

"Okay, Auntie, come back later." Cai Chunmei said with the same smile on her face.

Business is not very easy these days. Everyone is reluctant to part with the pennies in their pockets. Rice in the countryside is only [-] cents a catty, and tofu with [-] cents and [-] yuan is too expensive for many people.

Their stall was set up for a while, and there were quite a few people passing by to take a look. Many of them left after hearing that they had free dried tofu.

Cai Chunmei frowned, feeling a little worried, and whispered to Aunt Qin and Lu Jin, "Will our tofu not be sold?"

"Auntie, don't worry, we just came here, maybe someone will come back to buy things from us in a while." Before the stall opened, Lu Jin knew that Cai Chunmei and Aunt Qin were anxious, and it was the first time for them to come here to do business , There is no fixed source of customers, and customers do not know whether their products are good or not.

Based on Lu Jin's experience in doing business in the past, when their business opens and someone eats their delicious tofu, they will come to them to buy it later, so there is no need to rush this matter, they just need to wait patiently.

While they were talking in a low voice, a man who had tasted their dried tofu took out money, "Your stewed tofu is delicious, it costs two yuan for ten cents, right? Give me four yuan. You have something. Did you pack it?"

"Yes, yes, our plantain leaves are all cleaned. It costs four yuan, right? I'll pack it for you right away." When she heard that someone wanted to buy dried tofu, Cai Chunmei's face turned cloudy and she recognized it. This man was from their village, and while smiling and talking to people, he wrapped dried tofu with clean plantain leaves.

Seeing that someone paid for dried tofu, two of the hesitant people next to him paid for it, and each bought two pieces of dried tofu.

"I'll also have two pieces of dried tofu."

"Two yuan for a dime, right? I'll also get two yuan. Help me pick two bigger ones."

"Hey, okay, can you see these two pieces?"

In fact, the dried tofu in the pot looks similar, but some people just think which one looks bigger, so they have to pick two bigger ones. Naturally, Cai Chunmei followed the customer's wishes and used chopsticks to pick up what the customer specified. Two bucks.

Their dried bean curd is quite large. Buy two pieces of dried bean curd and cut them out into a small bowl. If you want to add some other vegetables and fry them together, you can make a dish for the whole family to eat.

Once the business is opened, there will be a steady stream of business coming to your door.

"How do you sell this tofu?"

"Young tofu costs [-] cents and [-] yuan, and old tofu costs [-] cents and [-] piece. Do you want the old or the tender?"

"Two tender pieces, please."

"Row."

When a customer came to buy stewed tofu, he also paid for two pieces of tofu and went back to try it.

After the business opened, there were customers coming to buy things one after another. Cai Chunmei and Mrs. Qin got busy, both of them had smiles on their faces, talking to customers while selling things, and soon followed the customers who came to buy things The guests became acquainted.

Lu Jin was at the side to help collect and change money, and helped him with the work.

The bean curd sticks are sold by the catty, and they brought a scale, but he doesn't know how to use this kind of scale with weights, so every time someone comes to buy something, he always looks for the two aunts and aunts next to him.Fortunately, both Aunt Qin and Aunt Chunmei can use this kind of scale, so the work of weighing is not in his hands.

They set up a stall here to sell things for a while and met Cai Chunmei's natal sister-in-law. Cai Chunmei called out before she noticed them.

"Hey, Chunmei! Why are you here?" Li Qing was also very surprised to see her sister-in-law setting up a stall to sell things in the market, and she walked over and asked, "When did you come here to set up a stall to sell things?" Yeah, why didn't I hear you say that?"

"We are here for the first time today, and we haven't had time to go back and say hello to you. Captain, Xiao Jin, this is Li Qing, my natal sister-in-law. Sister-in-law, this is Aunt Qin, the women's director of our village. The captain of our tofu shop. And this is Master Xiaojin, the master who taught us how to make tofu.” Cai Chunmei told her sister-in-law that they opened a tofu shop in the village, and Li Qing belonged to her elder brother Cai Kun. Daughter-in-law, she had a good relationship with this sister-in-law when she was not married in her natal family, so they are quite affectionate when they meet each other now.

"Oh, hello, hello, I heard Chunmei talk about you before, and I have never had a chance to see you." Li Qing greeted Aunt Qin with a smile. She was born with a baby face and was not tall. Cai Chunmei calls her sister-in-law, but she looks younger than Cai Chunmei's sister-in-law just because of her appearance.Obviously, several children have been born, and their figure is not out of shape at all, and they still look very young.

"You are Chunmei's sister-in-law. You look so young. Otherwise, I can't believe you are Chunmei's sister-in-law." Aunt Qin is a hearty person, and she generously called Cai Chunmei's natal sister-in-law. hello.

"Where is there, I am several years older than Chunmei." Li Qing said embarrassedly.After talking to Aunt Qin for a few words, she turned to look at the half-grown boy next to her, and said with a smile: "Master Xiaojin looks really young."

"It's true, our Master Xiaojin is only thirteen or fourteen years old this year." Cai Chunmei said with a smile.

"That's really young, Master Xiaojin is really capable." Li Qing didn't hesitate to praise her.

Lu Jin felt a little embarrassed after being praised.

"How are your things selling, how about I help you?" Li Qing asked when she saw that there were still a lot of things on the stall of the sister-in-law and the others.

"No, no, no, there are three of us here, it's enough, we should sell it to Sanji." Cai Chunmei took a banana leaf and wrapped two pieces of tofu and stuffed it with her natal sister-in-law, "Sister-in-law, take two pieces of tofu and add vegetables at night. "

"Take this one back. The stewed tofu is cooked. You can reheat it or eat it directly." Lu Jin also wrapped a few pieces of tofu in banana leaves and handed them over.

"No, no, no, it's so embarrassing, you just keep it and sell it."

"Sister-in-law, you take it. It's not something valuable. You take it back and have a taste with Aniang and the others."

"I really can't do anything with you, how much money, I'll give you the money."

"no, I'm fine."

Li Qing pushed it a few times but did not push it away, but her sister-in-law stuffed two packages into her hands, and she refused to accept the money, so she had to accept it and put it in the vegetable basket on her shoulder. Said to the little girl: "Chunmei, you can bring Aunt Qin and Master Xiaojin to your house for dinner at noon. I'll go back and talk to my mother and your brother."

Cai Chunmei looked at Aunt Qin and Lu Jin and asked what they meant.

"Don't be so troublesome, we'll go back after we sell it." Aunt Qin didn't want to go to other people's homes to trouble others.

"It's not too late. You guys want to eat at noon, right? It's not far from our house, just a few steps away. Let's just make an agreement. Chunmei, remember to bring someone to our house for dinner. I'll go back Tell mother and your brother." Li Qing didn't give the young lady a chance to say no, and left with the basket on her shoulders.

Cai Chunmei couldn't pull people back even if she wanted to, so she could only watch them go, so she turned her head and said to Aunt Qin and Lu Jin, "Why don't you sell the things in a while and go to my parents' house to sit down?" Go back later?"

"Okay, then go sit for a while and leave." Since others have invited them so enthusiastically, it would be difficult for Chunmei to refuse them, so Aunt Qin agreed.

Seeing that Mrs. Qin agreed, Lu Jin could only agree.

Afterwards, people came to buy things one after another. Tofu and stewed dried tofu sold better, especially their pot of stewed dried tofu, which was half gone in a short time.

It’s just that there are not many people who buy yuba. The yuba is dry goods, and the price is a little more expensive. Probably because of the price, not many people buy it.Fortunately, the bean curd sticks are resistant to storage. If they can't sell them all this time, they can take them back to the village and sell them, and they can bring them here to sell them next time.

At this time, Lu Jin had time to observe the small stalls around him. There were quite a lot of small stalls in the market, selling everything, most of which were surplus agricultural products from rural people's homes.Lijia'ao is close to the mountain, and there are sellers of mountain products and herbs. He also saw a stall selling small rabbits. There are several small rabbits locked in cages. I don't know if they are domesticated or caught on the mountain.

Looking at those little rabbits, for some reason, he thought of their little Baoer, soft and cute like a little rabbit, but he would bite when he was fierce, but he didn't bite when he bit. many.

Seeing later that there were not many people coming to buy things, there was no need for the three of them to guard a small stall. Lu Jin saw that the market had not yet left, and before anyone closed the stall nearby, he wanted to go shopping around, and turned around to talk to Mrs. Qin Discussed with Xiumei's sister-in-law: "Auntie, can I go around the neighborhood?"