A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

When they arrived in the town, Zhang's father paid two cents for the donkey cart fare to enter the town, entered the town, and went straight to the stall on West Street.

Father Zhang pulled the donkey cart to the stall. He still took out the empty bucket from the cart first, then went to the public well to fetch water to wash the table.

The others began to unload the things on the donkey cart. After the table was cleaned by Zhang's father, Zhang's mother and Zhang Yunyue began to place various bamboo jars of seasonings on the table.

Zhang Yunyue suddenly realized that the bottles of salt, sauce and vinegar were almost empty, so she decided to go to the grocery store to replenish some salt, sauce and vinegar in case they ran out and she would be too late to buy more.

"Mother, we're running out of salt, sauce and vinegar. I'm going to the grocery store to buy some. You guys clean up first."

"Go ahead. There are a lot of people here today. We can clean it up in time."

Zhang Yunyue took the bottles and cans to the grocery store, while Zhang Xingzhong's wife Li and Zhang Xinglin's wife Mao helped Zhang's mother to continue cleaning.

Zhang Xingzhong and Zhang Xinglin helped Zhang Xingyun move the mung bean jelly aside, and then unfolded the folding table and folding stools and placed them behind the stall.

Today, Zhang's father also brought the folding table and stools he made yesterday. After all, there will be a lot of people eating mung bean jelly and cold noodles at the market today.

Zhang Yunyue walked to the grocery store and saw Uncle Xie also busy moving things in the store.

"Uncle Xie, I'm here again. I want one pound of salt, two pounds of soy sauce and two pounds of vinegar."

Uncle Xie stopped what he was doing and said, "Yueyue, you're here. You want to buy salt, sauce and vinegar, right? Right away."

Uncle Xie put down the work in his hands, then took over Zhang Yunyue's salt, sauce and vinegar jars and weighed them for Zhang Yunyue.

Uncle Xie filled the jar with salt, sauce and vinegar in a short while and handed it to Zhang Yunyue, who then handed 70 copper coins to Uncle Xie.

"Thank you, Uncle Xie. I'll leave first. Come to the stall to eat mung bean jelly when you have time."

After saying that, Zhang Yunyue hurried away holding the jar, mainly because he was afraid that there would be customers coming to the stall.

Zhang Yunyue returned to the stall and found that everything was ready. The onions, coriander and cucumbers were all cut. She could start selling as soon as she got her salt, sauce and vinegar.

Because today was the first time I was selling it at the market, many farmers didn’t know what it was, and in the past two days it was mostly the town residents who bought it.

Zhang Yunyue asked Zhang Xingzhong and his wife and Zhang Xinglin and his wife to watch her and shout, telling them to be relaxed when selling things and not to be timid.

So Zhang Yunyue started shouting again. The same words came out of Zhang Yunyue's mouth again.

"Come, come, come, take a look. Mung bean jelly, cold noodles, a must-have food in summer, sour and refreshing, both adults and children love it."

"Mung bean jelly, cold noodles, only 8 cents a bowl, delicious and not expensive, you won't be cheated if you eat it."

"Mung bean jelly, cold noodles, must-have delicacies in summer."

Zhang Xingzhong and his wife, and Zhang Xinglin and his wife looked at their cousin who was shouting and thought that Zhang Yunyue was very amazing. She could remain calm in front of so many people, and they admired her even more.

After calling out once, Zhang Yunyue said, "Sister-in-law Zhong, Sister-in-law Lin, you two will watch me and my mother do it for a while. You two will watch first, and when there are fewer people, I will let you do it alone."

"Brother Zhong, Brother Lin, the two of you should help my father clean the table and wash the dishes first."

The four of them nodded and agreed to follow Zhang Yunyue's arrangements.

Zhang's mother began to cut the mung bean jelly. After cutting a part, she began to pack it into bamboo bowls. Then she packed some of the two mixed together and some with only cold noodles and put them aside for later use.

Two waiters came to the stall and said, "Boss, I want 10 bowls of mung bean jelly, 5 bowls of mixed green bean jelly, 5 bowls of cold noodles, green onions and cilantro, and normal chili oil."

He then handed over the two two-layer food boxes in his hand, and took out 20 bowls separately, asking Zhang Yunyue to put the mung bean jelly and cold noodles in the bowls.

Zhang Yunyue: "Okay, wait a moment, guys. I'll make it for you right away."

Fortunately, Zhang's mother had packed some in advance, so Zhang Yunyue directly took the bowls of jelly and cold noodles and started adding seasonings. Her quick movements made Mrs. Zhong and Mrs. Lin extremely envious.

Soon, Zhang Yunyue prepared seasonings for 20 bowls of mung bean jelly and cold noodles. Sisters Zhong and Lin helped put them in bowls provided by the servants, and then put them in food boxes and handed them to each other.

The servant handed 160 copper coins to Zhang Xingyun, took the food box from Mrs. Zhong and Mrs. Lin, and left.

Seeing that they could earn 160 wen from this trip, Zhang Xingzhong and his wife, and Zhang Xinglin and his wife became more determined to study hard, hoping that when their families could go out to sell, they would be able to earn that much.

After sending the servant away, more people came one after another, taking bowls here and there, and many people took them away.

There were many people coming from various villages to attend the market today, and many of them tried Zhang’s mung bean jelly and cold noodles.

The unique taste of mung bean jelly, the spicy taste of chili oil, and the fragrance of cucumber, all together make you appetite.

After trying the products at the stall, some people decided to pack up the food before leaving. As a result, many of the bamboo bowls that Mr. Zhang brought today were packed up and taken away, and many of the bamboo baskets were sold as well.

Sister Zhong and Sister Lin have gone from watching from the sidelines to helping Zhang Yunyue add seasonings. Sometimes Zhang's mother doesn't have time to pack the ingredients after cutting them, so Sister Zhong and Sister Lin also help to pack the mung bean jelly and cold noodles.

Zhang Xingzhong and Zhang Xinglinze were constantly busy cleaning the table and washing dishes, or fetching water from the public well.

Fortunately, Zhang Xingzhong and his wife, and Zhang Xinglin and his wife came today, otherwise Zhang Yunyue and her three companions would not have enough time to deal with the guests.

Mung bean jelly and cold noodles made their first appearance at the market, but because people from the local town promoted them, many people from the village and other towns quickly accepted and tried them.

So even though Mr. Zhang’s family brought twice as much mung bean jelly and cold noodles today, they were all sold out by noon.

Zhang Yunyue saw that it was already noon and everyone had been busy all morning, so she decided to buy some buns from the bun stall next to her to fill her stomach, otherwise she would be hungry on the way back.

Zhang Yunyue walked to the bun stall next to her and said, "Auntie, I want 18 meat buns and 4 steamed buns."

When the auntie at the bun stall saw Zhang Yunyue, a smile appeared on her face. Since Zhang Yunyue's stall had been set up here for a few days, her bun stall's business had improved a lot.

"Yueyue, you must be hungry now." The aunt said as she packed the steamed buns and steamed buns that Zhang Yunyue needed and handed them to Zhang Yunyue.

Zhang Yunyue handed 40 cents to the baozi aunt, then took the baozi and steamed buns and returned to the stall.

"Father, mother, cousin, sisters-in-law, come and have some buns and steamed buns first. We have all been busy all morning."

The other few people stopped what they were doing and sat at the table to eat buns.

"Cousin, sister-in-law, how do you feel today?"