A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

Zhang Yunyue: "Boss, do you want coriander and green onions? Should I use the normal chili oil or how else?"

Grocery store owner: "Don't call me boss. I should be about the same age as your father. I also have a daughter your age. You can just call me Uncle Xie. I like everything. Just use the normal amount of chili oil."

Zhang Yunyue: "Okay, Uncle Xie, then don't call me little girl. My family members call me Yueyue, so you can call me Yueyue too. The seasonings are ready, you can sit in the back and eat."

Uncle Xie: "Okay, I'll call you Yueyue from now on. Yueyue, how much is the mung bean jelly?"

"8 coins"

Uncle Xie counted out eight cents and handed it over. After Zhang Xinghao took it, Uncle Xie went behind the table.

Uncle Xie from the grocery store took a bite and said, "Your mung bean jelly is really delicious. It tastes smooth and the chili oil is tasty. We usually don't taste chili so delicious. It's the right time to try it today."

"Hey, thank you for the compliment, uncle. As long as it tastes good, that's fine." Zhang Yunyue said with a smile.

While talking to Uncle Xie at the grocery store, Zhang Yunyue continued to pack seasonings for the people queuing in front of the stall.

"Little girl, I'm here again. Today I want another bowl of mung bean jelly, with green onions and cilantro, and less chili oil."

The person who spoke was the auntie who came yesterday to buy jelly for her son who was studying at home.

"Auntie, it's you!" Zhang Yunyue looked at the auntie in front of the stall.

"That's me. Yesterday, my son had a bowl of spicy mung bean jelly at your house. After he ate it, he felt more energetic and had more energy to study than in the past few days. So I told my neighbors about it."

"My sisters also have scholars, elderly people and children in their families. After hearing what I said, they all came with me to buy your mung bean jelly and brought everyone with them to you."

The aunt pointed at the aunties and grandmas behind her.

"Yeah, really? Thank you for the promotion, I'll give you half a bowl of mung bean jelly."

Zhang Yunyue looked at the auntie pointing at several aunties and grandmas behind her. They were all carrying a basket with bowls in it.

Then he looked at Zhu and asked her to prepare half a bowl of mung bean jelly for her separately. Zhang Yunyue put all the seasonings for one and a half bowls of mung bean jelly in place and poured it into the bowl in the basket that the aunt was carrying.

The aunt was even happier when she saw the extra half bowl of mung bean jelly Zhang Yunyue gave her. She praised her repeatedly, "Don't worry, little girl. I will give you more praise if nothing goes wrong."

"Oh, okay, thank you, Auntie."

The auntie pushed the bowl of mung bean jelly aside, and the others following her also came forward.

"Little girl, I want two bowls of mung bean jelly to take away. No green onions, but cilantro. Keep the chili pepper as normal."

"Okay, Auntie, I'll make it for you right away."

Zhang Yunyue prepared the seasoning for the mung bean jelly ordered by the aunt, and then put it into the basket that the aunt brought.

The same was true for the aunties behind her, and they all said that they would go back and tell their relatives about their mung bean jelly and cold noodles.

Zhang Yunyue looked at these aunties and grandmas and said that when they brought people over, she would give them half a bowl as a token of gratitude.

After the aunties and grandmas left, more people came one after another.

During this time, Zhang Xinghao saw that Zhang Yunyue was too busy to handle it alone, so he collected money and added seasonings, while Zhang Cheng kept cleaning the table and fetching water to wash the dishes.

Mrs. Zhu: "Yueyue, there are not many customers right now, so take a break first. You must be tired after being busy for so long!"

Zhang Yunyue: "Second Aunt, it's okay. Second Brother was helping to add the seasoning just now. You were cutting mung bean jelly and assembling cold noodles without stopping. Second Aunt should take a rest."

Zhu: "I'm used to working all the time, so this isn't tiring. Looking at the situation today, I'm afraid that tomorrow we'll just be the eldest brother and the eldest sister-in-law, and you guys may not be able to handle it."

Zhang Yunyue: "I'll talk to Grandpa when I get home today. We'll have a lot more mung bean jelly tonight."

Zhu: "That's right, let's go back and take a look. You take a rest. I'll cut some mung bean jelly and put it aside while no one is around. I'll help you add the seasoning when someone comes."

Zhu continued cutting.

"Boss, give me three bowls of mung bean jelly with less chili oil, and one bowl of mung bean jelly and cold noodles mixed together with normal chili oil."

A man came to the stall, a woman stood next to him, and next to the woman stood two children.

The man gave 32 copper coins to Zhang Xinghao, and took the woman and two children to sit at the table at the back.

Zhang Yunyue saw that Zhu, who was standing beside her, had already taken the packaged mung bean jelly and two spices, and began to add the seasonings skillfully. Then she and Zhang Xinghao each brought two bowls to the table.

Zhang Yunyue: "Sir, please enjoy your meal."

The men, women, and children began to eat.

One of the children said: "Dad, Mom, this mung bean jelly is delicious."

Another child tasted it and nodded: "Yeah, Dad, Mom, my brother is right, this jelly is really delicious."

Then he sighed and said, "It's a pity that we can't eat it when we get home. We don't sell it in town."

The woman glanced at the two children and said, "When we go back later, let's buy a few more bowls and take them home to eat, okay?"

After hearing what A Niang said, the two children clapped their hands and cheered. The younger one said, "Great, great, thank you A Niang, you are the best."

The woman turned to Zhang Yunyue and said, "Little girl, we want to buy four more bowls to take home, but we don't have bowls to put them in. Do you sell bowls? If you do, I'll buy four to put them in."

Zhang Yunyue: "Hello, if you don't have any here, we can provide bowls. Each bowl costs one cent. We don't make any profit, but the labor fee is the cost. And if you can't hold it with your hands."

"We have some bamboo baskets that weave ourselves and sell them. You can take them home and use them again. They only cost 5 copper coins each. You can take a look and see if you want them."

The woman said: "Okay, okay, we'll need a bamboo basket so it's easier for us to carry. Little girl, your business is really caring."

"Okay, ma'am, I'll install it for you."

Zhang Xinghao placed four bowls of mung bean jelly and cold noodles with seasonings in a bamboo basket, and then placed it on the table where the woman's family was eating.

"Madam, it's packed. It's 41 cents in total. I've put the basket on the table."

The man counted out another 41 cents and gave them to Zhang Xinghao to pay the bill. Then he turned around and said to the woman.

"Hey, after eating it this time, I can only eat it next time I come to your mother's house. I don't know if it will still be sold then. Why is there no food in our town?"

Zhang Yunyuezi continued to put seasonings for people in front of the stall. It seems that her idea of preparing some bamboo bowls and baskets in advance was indeed a good one. Today, on the first day, someone wanted to take away the food.