So what if you flee from famine? Start all over again and live a good life every day
Chapter 43 Selling Tofu
There are three kinds of suffering in the world: rowing a boat, forging iron, and selling tofu.
Because of grinding the millstone yesterday, Sui He almost didn't get up this morning. He didn't feel anything yesterday and took a nap. In the morning, Sui He had a sore back and waist, and both arms were so sore that he couldn't even lift his legs.
After putting on his clothes with great effort, he left the room with a bitter look on his face.
"What's wrong with you?" Lin Youwang, who came early in the morning, laughed and made fun of Sui He without any concealment.
"Don't mention it. My hand hurts." Sui He replied unhappily. She had agreed with Lin Youwang last night to borrow his cart today. Lin Youwang also happened to be going to the city, so he took her along the way.
Look, Lin Youwang came over early in the morning and helped put the tofu on the cart.
"Sui Sui, take the cakes with you on the road. You can't go without breakfast this morning." Grandma handed two cakes to Sui He, and held two cakes in her other hand as well: "You Wang, you haven't eaten yet since you came here so early. I made two cakes for you to eat."
"Thank you, Auntie." Lin Youwang took it without hesitation. He came out early and had indeed not eaten anything. These two whole grain cakes were just enough to fill his stomach.
"Grandma, we are leaving now." After saying hello to grandma, the two of them set off. Sui He and Lin Youwang walked side by side, eating the multi-grain cakes in their hands and looking at the scenery along the way, their mood gradually became cheerful.
"Wait a minute, why do you call me grandma aunt? Then what should I call you? Isn't there a difference in generations?" Sui He suddenly reacted.
"Hehe, my father and your grandfather are brothers, so I will definitely call you aunt. As for what you want to call me, you decide for yourself." Lin Youwang laughed while pulling the cart
"Okay, you're taking advantage of me!" Sui He gritted his teeth in anger.
“Let’s talk about our own things. We should still call each other brothers.” Seeing Sui He was angry, Lin Youwang immediately changed his words: “But your grandfather and my father are not much older than each other, why do you call him grandpa?”
"I don't know how to explain it, it can only be because my grandfather is older than me." This is how it is in the countryside. There are not many activities at night, and children are born one after another. Sometimes, my youngest son will grow up with my eldest grandson.
"Oh, I understand." Lin Youwang did not ask any more questions. Logically speaking, the Chen family should be a large family. Why did Chen Suihe and the other two escape alone?
The journey was smooth and they soon arrived in the city. After paying the entrance fee, Sui He said goodbye to Lin You Wang and pushed the cart to the market. She arrived a little late and all the good seats were taken. There was only a small spot in the corner. Sui He didn't mind and set up the tofu stall in the corner.
"New here? You have to pay to set up a stall here, ten cents per stall." Just as the stall was set up and no customers came, two yamen runners in yamen uniforms with big swords on their waists came up.
Sui He was stunned for a moment. What was going on? He still had to pay a stall fee?
"What are you hesitating about? Are you going to hand it in or not? If not, don't leave it here." The yamen runner frowned and urged Sui He when he saw that Sui He was silent.
The lady selling vegetables nearby saw the yamen runner's impatient face, and hurried forward to say something nice, not forgetting to wink at Sui He, "Sir, sir, this is his first time here today, he doesn't know the rules, calm down first."
"Oh, I'm sorry, sir. I'm just your nephew. This is my first time here and I don't know the rules. I'll pay it, I'll pay it right away." Sui He got the hint and reacted, and hurriedly took out ten copper coins and handed them over.
"Learn a little bit, okay? Since this is your first time here, let's forget about it this time. Be quick next time. Let's go." The yamen runner took the copper coins, counted them, put them in his wallet, and left with the two of them.
"Okay, I'll teach him a lesson when I get back." The two runners walked away with the compliments from the vegetable-buying lady. When they saw the two of them walking away, they turned back to their stall and scolded Sui He, "You, why are you standing there like an idiot? Didn't you see what those people were wearing? If I hadn't stopped you, your stall would have been overturned today."
"Thank you so much, Auntie," Sui He hurriedly thanked her, "Are they like this every time?"
"Not so good, they charge money to anyone who sets up a stall." The old lady pouted: "This is more expensive than other places. Other places charge five cents, but they charge ten cents. It's really unfair."
"Ah," Sui He sighed, and without saying anything, he lifted the cloth covering his tofu, and pieces of white and tender tofu appeared on the board.
"Oh, what is this? It's so beautiful!" The woman who was buying vegetables exclaimed when she saw what Sui He was selling.
"Auntie, this is tofu," Sui He replied
"Tofu? I've never seen it before, never seen it before." The old lady shook her head and said nothing more, waiting for customers to come to her stall.
"Auntie, don't you shout when you buy vegetables?" Sui He asked curiously, as if she hadn't heard any shouting along the way. They just put the vegetables in front of her, waiting for customers to come.
"Yao? What are you yelling for? We sell like this. When someone comes, we sell it." The old lady looked back at him in confusion.
"Uh... okay." Sui He waited for a while, and when no one came to buy, he cleared his throat.
He shouted loudly, "Tofu for sale, fresh and delicious tofu~, tofu that both the elderly and children can eat"
When he shouted, everyone around looked over and saw that it was a young man with something in front of him that they had never seen before. They all gathered around him curiously.
"What is this?" someone finally asked.
"This is tofu. It's good in my hometown. Old people and children can eat it. Even the teachers in the school like it." Sui He saw someone asking and spoke quickly.
"What? Even the Master likes to eat it," people said in surprise. "Then I want to try what the Master likes to eat. How much is one piece?"
Sui He smiled and said, "Three cents a piece."
"Three cents a piece?" The man was shocked: "Why is this tofu so expensive? A meat bun is only two cents a piece. You..."
"Not expensive, not expensive. My tofu is very famous in my hometown. The food made from it is soft, tender and smooth, easy to digest, especially suitable for toothless elderly people and children." Sui He used a large leaf to hold up a piece of jade-white tofu: "Even the literati and elegant guests in my hometown like the dishes made from my tofu, and gave it a nice name: Wensi Tofu"
"Think about it, if even scholars and scholars like it, how can it be good?" Sui He spared no effort to promote the tofu in his hand.
"Is it really as good as you say?" the passerby hesitated
"Sir, you can take it home and try it. Even if you cut it into pieces and make a big bowl of soup, it will be enough." Seeing that the man was tempted, Sui He quickly persuaded him.
"Okay, give me a piece to try." He took out three copper coins and handed them to Sui He.
"Okay, take it. Come back when you're done." Sui He took the copper coin and handed the tofu in his hand to the man who took it.
After successfully selling the first piece, Sui He was in a good mood. Seeing that the crowd was not moving, he continued to shout:
"Tofu, tofu, delicious tofu, tofu loved by both the elderly and children. Dear brothers and sisters, if you have elderly and children at home, you can take some home to try it."
"Give me a piece too." After a while, someone came forward and took a piece.
"Okay, take it."
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