Chapter 5: Selling
Lu: "..."

These two brothers are most likely the reincarnations of ghosts who died of starvation.

"Even half an egg is not enough. I will need the eggs later." Mrs. Lu explained, "After lunch, I will take these eggs to Aunt Wu's house with your Aunt Xia..."

When Xia Mingyue heard this as soon as she entered the yard, she asked, "Which sister-in-law Wu's house are you going to?"

"My sister-in-law is here." Mrs. Lu put down the cabbage and wiped the water droplets on her apron. "I was thinking of talking about this after lunch when I went to see you. It just so happens that you are here now."

"It's Mrs. Wu at the end of the alley. Her eldest son is also in the army. Her second son studied before and passed the examination for a student. He is very knowledgeable. Now he works as the accountant at the largest Yueran Restaurant in the county."

"I heard from Sister Wu these days that Yue Ran Restaurant is doing good business and they want to find a few hardworking women to wash dishes and vegetables in the kitchen. They want to pay 500 coins a month. I thought about going to Sister Wu to talk to her and see if we can go and do the work. At least it will be enough for our daily food and drink."

"Thank you, sister-in-law, for always thinking of me." Xia Mingyue thanked.

"Why are you being so polite? Qi Yan saved my family's life on the battlefield. You are Qi Yan's wife, so isn't it my responsibility as his sister-in-law to take care of you?"

Mrs. Lu said with a smile, "Why are you here now, sister-in-law? What's the matter?"

"I really came to see you for something." Xia Mingyue opened the cage cloth, revealing the crispy, fragrant meat patties inside. "I made some meat patties and wanted to let you, my sister-in-law, Dahu and Erhu try them."

meat pie?

Four eyes suddenly lit up, but they looked at Lu at the same time, not daring to respond, let alone step forward.

When Mrs. Lu saw the meat pie, she reached out and wrapped the cage cloth again. "Why is sister-in-law spending so much money on this? Just keep it for yourself!"

"I wanted to ask my sister-in-law for a favor, but I feel embarrassed to bring some food here just now. If my sister-in-law and the children don't want to eat, I won't be able to open my mouth."

Xia Mingyue stuffed the meat pie into the hands of Lu and the two brothers, and said with a smile, "You eat this meat pie first, then I can talk about my business."

Seeing Xia Mingyue say this, Lu Shi couldn't say anything else and just nodded, "Okay."

So he invited Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu to come and eat.

After getting the answer, the two brothers hurriedly thanked him without even having time to swallow their saliva, and just stuffed the meat pie into their mouths.

Seeing that the meat pie smelled so good, Mrs. Lu couldn't help but take a bite.

The surface of the meat patty is very crispy, and the crispy taste spreads immediately in your mouth with a slight crunching sound when you bite it.

But before this delicious taste fills your entire mouth, the rich and delicious gravy in the pancake starts from the tip of your tongue and quickly takes over all your taste buds.

The richness of the gravy and the crispiness of the skin blend again in your mouth, creating a unique delicious taste that is hard to describe.

Only by taking big bites and swallowing it can you truly appreciate the excellent taste of this meat pie.

Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu ate voraciously and didn't even bother to talk.

Mrs. Lu managed to find a gap and gave Xia Mingyue a thumbs up, "Sister-in-law, this meat pie is really delicious!"

"Since my sister-in-law thinks it's delicious, then this meat pie must sell well." Xia Mingyue said with a smile.

Selling meat patties?
Mrs. Lu paused while chewing. "Sister-in-law, do you want to start a small business?" "Exactly." Xia Mingyue nodded. "Like my sister-in-law, I am also thinking about how to make some money to supplement the family expenses. However, I have no other specialties, but my cooking skills are pretty good, so I made some meat patties and plan to try it out first."

"I just made some meat patties. If you have nothing to do now, can you help me sell them on the street?"

"Okay!" Mrs. Lu nodded repeatedly. "The meat patties made by my sister-in-law are so delicious, they will definitely sell well. It's noon now, and there are many people on the street. Let's go quickly while we can."

Mrs. Lu was an impatient person. Once she made a decision, she would not pause for a moment. She asked Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu to carry a small square table to the street, while she and Xia Mingyue went to get the fragrant meat pie.

West Street is bustling with many stalls and vendors. Except for a few fixed stalls, all of them are farmers who live close to the county town. The number of people and the items they sell are not fixed. They leave as soon as they sell their goods. So there are quite a few vacant spaces at this time.

Lu found a suitable place, put down the small square table, placed Xia Mingyue's basket on it, lifted a corner of the basket cloth, revealing a few fragrant meat patties, cleared her throat and started shouting.

"Selling meat patties. Incredibly delicious meat patties. Come and have a look!"

"Meat pie, after eating this, you won't want to eat any other meat pie. The skin is crispy and the meat is fragrant. It's so delicious that it'll make your tongue melt!"

"After eating my meat pie, no matter if your men are strong, your girls are beautiful, your children are smart, and your elders are healthy, the more you eat it, the better it tastes..."

Mrs. Lu had a loud voice and her words when she was hawking were also witty, so soon people came over.

"How much are the meat patties?" A sturdy man walked up to him.

Xia Mingyue replied, "Eight cents each."

"Eight cents?" The sturdy man's eyes widened. "The meat buns over there are so big and only cost five cents each, and meat pies are only six cents. Why are you more expensive than them?"

"Because my meat pie is delicious and plentiful, it's better than others." Xia Mingyue replied with a smile, "If you don't believe me, you can buy one and try it. If it's not as good as others, I'll give you this meat pie for free. How about that?"

Seeing the other party so confident, the strong man laughed, "Since you say so, young lady, then I really have to try it, but let me make a deal, if it doesn't taste good, this meat pie must be given to me."

"But I won't bully you, little lady. If it tastes good, I'll buy five of them!"

"Okay, then you try it first and then pay." Xia Mingyue wrapped a meat pie in a small piece of oil paper and handed it to the strong man.

"It smells good, but I don't know how it tastes..." The strong man stopped talking after taking a bite of the meat pie. After swallowing most of the meat pie in three or two bites, he reached for the purse and said, "I want five more meat patties!"

"No, I want eight meat patties!"

With his appetite, he could have eaten seven more meat patties, and the remaining one was just given to the master.

"Okay." Xia Mingyue went to take the money, while Lu took the oil paper, quickly wrapped eight meat patties, tied them up with thin hemp rope, and handed them to the strong man.

"It's delicious, come again."

"I'll definitely buy this meat pie again for such a delicious one!" the sturdy man readily agreed. He was busy swallowing the remaining half of the meat pie while preparing to open the oil paper package and take out a new meat pie to eat.

As the saying goes, the beginning is always the hardest. Once someone takes the lead in buying something, others will naturally follow suit.

Especially when I saw the sturdy man eating with his mouth full of oil and the aroma of meat, and even heard the crisp crunching sound of the meat patty being chewed, I felt that the meat patty with the golden skin must be delicious.

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