The poor little girl who traveled through the book, her father was lazy, her mother was stingy, and

Early in the morning.

The breakfast shops on both sides of the street opened early, and the aroma of various foods was mixed with the sounds of hawking.

Amid the bustle, the rich aroma of meat spread through the bamboo steamers throughout the main street of Dayi Town.

By the aroma, diners know that the seller of juicy dumplings has arrived.

Since the stall had two charcoal stoves, Lin Xiaoman prepared 120 to 130 baskets of juicy dumplings every day, and also brought a wok to make fried dumplings.

The dumplings have thin skin and large fillings and are fried in oil.

With a "sizzle", it is fried to a crispy outside and tender inside. Take a bite and it tastes just like the juicy dumplings, with delicious gravy.

There are shops selling steamed buns and wontons in the town. There is also a dumpling restaurant that imitates the Lin family in making fried dumplings, but for some reason, they all have meat fillings. It is the Lin family's steamed dumplings and fried dumplings that make diners linger and enjoy the delicious taste.

Even Boss Gu would ask his servant to buy a few copies every day.

There is also Zhou Laosan who sells pork. His family sells pork himself. After tasting Lin’s juicy dumplings, he has been eating two baskets every day without fail.

The most exaggerated thing was that the students of Mingyi Hall, with such a short break time, ran here from far away just to buy a bite to eat.

I heard that some people have formed a team and take turns to buy it every day.

"Boss, your Xiaolongbao is really amazing. It would be even better if it were eaten with soy milk or something." The person who spoke was Zhou Laosan.

His pork shop was nearby, and like his son Zhou Mancang, he was obsessed with food.

I don’t know who heard what Zhou Laosan said, but a few days later, the shop behind the Lin family’s stall opened.

The name of the store is Zhang Ji, and it also sells breakfast items such as steamed buns, fried dumplings and soy milk.

The key point is that they are having an opening event, and the price of xiaolongbao is only three cents per serving, and the price of fried dumplings is two copper coins cheaper than Lin’s.

Because the store opened, Lin Xiaoman and his family couldn't stay at the old location, so they had to find a spot not far away.

The most annoying thing is that Zhang Ji’s waiter was soliciting customers everywhere at the door and took away all the familiar diners.

"What should I do?" Li Taohua was so angry that she didn't know what to say.

"Mom, don't be angry." Lin Xiaoman advised: "We can't open every day. After the opening event is over, we can sell it."

Lin Dajiang felt that this matter was not simple.

Zhang's Food Shop doesn't open early or late, but it opens when their business is best. They also sell their own steamed buns and fried dumplings, and the key is that they also provide drinks, such as soy milk, tofu pudding, etc.

It's clear that he's not going to get along with them.

Lin Jingzhe had no way to deal with the waiters who were soliciting customers and could only watch as the diners who used to praise their juicy dumplings were welcomed into Zhang's.

Zhang Ji has spacious seats inside, so you don’t need to bring your own bowl and can enjoy your meal leisurely.

Unlike here, diners have to bring their own bowls.

Such a comparison makes the difference obvious.

Fortunately, students from Mingyitang still bought the juicy dumplings from Lin Xiaoman. In total, more than 70 dumplings were sold in the morning.

There are still more than fifty cages left unsold.

Li Taohua was getting anxious. She and Lin Dajiang discussed in a low voice: "How about we go to a nearby village and try?"

Lin Dajiang asked, "You mean you should go to two or three nearby wealthy villages and shout like Li Erli did back then?"

Li Taohua felt a pang of pain in her heart when she saw the remaining steamers.

Those are all meat and flour. If we can't sell them, we can't finish them even if we keep them for ourselves. Wouldn't the flour and meat be wasted?

Lin Xiaoman wanted to follow the crowd and go into Zhang's to try the flavor of the xiaolongbao.

Unfortunately, the waiters outside the door had sharp eyes. As soon as Lin Xiaoman approached, they glared at her with their big eyes and stopped her.

Lin Xiaoman had no choice but to give up and planned to ask Erlige to help buy a cage of Zhang Ji’s Xiaolongbao to try tomorrow.

"Dad, Mom, let's go~"

Lin Xiaoman was not discouraged. Even if there were competitors, the dumplings she made would still be sold.

In the next few days, I will have to do less.

This means less daily income.

However, she still had many delicious foods in her mind, but she couldn't cook them due to lack of ingredients.

If the other party really pushed her into a corner, the worst that could happen was that she would just change her food.

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The next day, Lin Xiaoman asked Li Erli to buy Zhang's steamed buns and fried dumplings.

Zhang Ji’s xiaolongbao also has eight pieces in a basket, and is about the same size as Lin’s juicy xiaolongbao.

Lin Xiaoman took a bite and sucked gently, and a little juice flowed out. It seemed that the other party didn't know the secret of the juice bursting.

The meat filling is a bit old, but it’s cheap.

Three cents for a basket, and the extra two cents can buy a big bowl of soy milk. Soy milk and xiaolongbao are enough to fill you up.

In the next few days, Lin Xiaoman only made fifty servings of Xiaolongbao.

In addition to the share bought by Boss Gu every day, most of the remaining dumplings were bought by the students of Mingyitang.

Lin Xiaoman originally planned to wait until Zhang Ji’s opening event was over, and then try to see how many she could sell each day to determine future sales volumes.

Unexpectedly, Zhangji’s opening event has lasted for seven or eight days and has not yet ended.

"Xiaoman, Zhang Ji is clearly against us!" Lin Jingzhe said without hesitation.

"I wonder which bastard opened this business?"

Lin Xiaoman thought for a moment and said, "We haven't offended anyone in this town, except for the Yingkelai Restaurant that wanted our ice-cold recipe."

"You mean this note is for welcoming guests?"

Lin Xiaoman nodded, "Nine out of ten."

At first, Yingkelai sent people to cause trouble in the hope of taking the opportunity to get the recipe for the cold drink, but was stopped by Boss Gu.

Lin Xiaoman frowned and guessed, "At the beginning, Yingkelai apologized to us for the sake of Boss Gu's face, but secretly resented our family. Yingkelai has plenty of money, and it just wants to use this method to make our business fail."

Lin Jingzhe suddenly realized, "Why did the opening event take so long? Zhang Ji is not planning to make it perfect, right?"

Lin Xiaoman couldn't help but wonder at this time.

Selling a basket of eight dumplings for three cents makes almost no profit.

What’s more, Zhang’s store is so big, and there are dozens of waiters inside and outside the store.

These are all money, real expenses.

Maybe the other party doesn't care about the small amount of money, Lin Xiaoman smiled bitterly.

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"Young Master, please eat less. If the master finds out, he will punish me again." Ping An advised with a bitter face.

"Ping An, if you don't tell me, how can Dad find out?"

"The master never lets you eat outside food. You don't know if the food that comes from unknown sources is clean or not."

Ping An continued to mutter.

Gu Changsheng frowned slightly and looked at Ping An with a glaring threat in his eyes.

"Ping An, didn't Dad send someone to buy the steamed buns for Miss Xiao Man's house? How come they are of unknown origin?"

"Also, Ping An, you seem to eat more enthusiastically than me. As long as you don't say anything, Dad won't know unless you tell on him."

Ping An felt sad and wanted to try to persuade Gu Changsheng, but was interrupted by him.

"Besides, I've been eating it for more than ten days, and I'm fine, right?"

Gu Changsheng had been in poor health since childhood, so Master Gu did not allow him to eat any food from outside.

From morning to night, no matter where he went, food was prepared at home.

Even when taking the Tongsheng exam, they had to ask someone to verify and send scallion oil and white flour egg pancakes to the examination room every day.