After a male student transmigrated into the body of a widow,

After Zhao Dagen's matter was resolved, Gu Lin's tense nerves relaxed a lot. The live chicken that he had bought to make shredded chicken but hadn't had time to kill was also specially hired to kill, and then scalded together with the pig ears he bought and put into bamboo tubes.

Gu Lin looked at the row of bamboo baskets on the ground. Because of the added food, there were two more baskets. Uncle Zhang's oxcart was already crowded, and now with the addition of several bamboo baskets, there was definitely no room left on the cart.

So Gu Lin thought of a solution and then went to Uncle Zhang's house to rent an oxcart to take him and Zheng Hao back and forth to the county town.

Of course, considering that other villagers also needed vehicles, Uncle Zhang was free to pick up and drop off villagers in Xiahe Village when they weren't using the oxcart.

Zheng Hao followed Gu Lin into the city and arrived at the stall, where he first took out the items from the bamboo basket and arranged them.

Watching the other person gradually pack up their stall, Gu Lin went to the stall next door and bought two steamed buns. He returned to Zheng Hao and said, "Leave the rest to me. You go to the academy to study. If you get hungry, eat some steamed buns to fill your stomach."

After taking the steamed bun, Zheng Hao didn't say much, picked up his book box, and turned to leave the stall.

Gu Lin was used to the other person's taciturnity and didn't think anything of it, so he turned around and continued with his work.

Just yesterday, I asked Gu Lin about Zhao's aunt. Seeing the scene of fatherly love and filial piety just now, she sighed to Gu Lin, "Brother Lin, you are going to be blessed in the future."

Gu Lin had heard many such words since he started his stall. When he first met Zheng Hao, he was afraid of him because of the influence of the original plot. However, after spending some time with Zheng Hao, he found that apart from being more mature and not liking to talk, he was no different from other children.

Therefore, he was not as cautious as he had been at the beginning, and was able to handle such topics with ease, saying, "Who can compare to your good fortune? I have seen your grandson, and he is already filial to you at such a young age. You can wait to enjoy your retirement."

Hearing Gu Lin praise his grandson, Grandma Sun felt incredibly happy, as if she had swallowed a magic pill: "Isn't that right? My grandson is so filial. A few days ago, I accidentally twisted my back while carrying water, and my grandson has been hovering around my bedside all day asking, 'Grandma, does it hurt?' My heart is melting."

As Gu Lin poured out the mixed shredded chicken and pig's ears, he said, "So it's a harmonious and happy family gathering between grandmother and grandson. No wonder you love your grandson so much, Auntie."

Grandma Sun felt increasingly refreshed by what she was saying, and she found the young man in front of her more and more pleasing to the eye. As she watched him pour out food she had never seen before, she asked in an unusually gentle tone, "Lin-ge'er, what is this?"

Gu Lin explained, "These are hand-shredded chicken and cold-dressed pig ears. The former is spicy and appetizing, while the latter is chewy and refreshing. They are not only delicious but also have many benefits for children and adults. Auntie can buy some to try."

Looking at the pig's ears, Aunt Sun's expression showed conflict and disgust. Then she turned to the chicken that had been torn into strips. The chicken's snow-white surface was sprinkled with dogwood and minced garlic, turning it a pale red and tempting look. It was also garnished with some peanuts, which looked very appetizing. Aunt Sun pointed at them and asked, "How much are these two dishes?"

Gu Lin said without changing his expression, "A tube of shredded chicken costs seven coins, and a tube of pig's ears costs ten coins."

Gu Lin didn't overcharge. The reason why pig ears were more expensive than shredded chicken was simply because there were fewer pigs in ancient times than in modern times. The pig ears available in the county's butcher shops were limited. Gu Lin had ordered three or four pairs in advance, and he also had to spend time cleaning the pig ears. Therefore, Gu Lin sold the pig ears at a higher price. As for the shredded chicken, it was just a normal price.

But when Aunt Sun heard the price, she exclaimed in surprise, "So expensive?!"

You know, a chicken in the county town costs only forty coins, which could make countless servings of shredded chicken. And pig ears aren't anything special either; nobody wants them normally, and you can buy a pair for just a few coins. How could they be sold for such a high price?

Faced with Aunt Sun's questioning, Gu Lin did not show any displeasure. He patiently explained to her, "Auntie, we can only make a maximum of ten servings of shredded chicken from one chicken. After deducting the forty coins for the chicken and the cost of spices, we only earn a dozen coins. As for the pig's ears, although they are not expensive to buy, we have to spend a lot of time cleaning them, and we use much more spices than we do for shredded chicken. We are only earning a meager living from these two dishes."

In fact, a careful calculation would reveal that Gu Lin was not lying. Although shredded chicken and cold pig's ear salad may seem to be more expensive than vegetarian dishes, the labor costs required are also considerable. Therefore, Gu Lin actually earns less from selling these two dishes than from selling vegetarian dishes.

However, Gu Lin didn't intend to make money from these two dishes; he simply wanted to try something new and see how well customers would accept them. If everyone could accept these dishes, then he wouldn't have to worry about customers finding other dishes unacceptable.

Gu Lin used a bamboo skewer to pick up a piece of pig's ear and handed it to Aunt Sun, saying, "You can try it first. If you think it tastes good, you can buy more."

Grandma Sun hesitated for a moment, but still took the pig's ear and started eating. It wasn't the first time she had eaten pig's ear. When she was a child, her family was so poor that they couldn't afford meat until the end of the year. Her parents would buy a pair of pig's ears and cook them as meat. Grandma Sun still remembers that fishy, ​​bitter taste.

Suddenly, she stopped chewing.

Upon seeing him, Gu Lin asked, "How was it?"

After swallowing the pig's ear, Aunt Sun looked at Gu Lin with a slightly strange expression and asked, "Are you sure this is a pig's ear?"

She had never eaten such delicious pig ears before.

Judging from Aunt Sun's expression, she was satisfied with her meal. Gu Lin smiled and said, "What you just ate was indeed pig's ear. We also have shredded chicken here. Would you like to try some?"

Without Gu Lin lifting a finger, Aunt Sun picked up a piece of shredded chicken and started eating. The more she ate, the more novel it became. The taste of this chicken was different from the stewed chicken at home, and it was not like the taste of cold dishes. Under the sour and spicy flavor, there was a sweet and meaty aroma. Aunt Sun pointed to the shredded chicken and the cold pig's ear and said, "Brother Lin, give me one serving of the cold vegetarian dish, the cold pig's ear and the shredded chicken."

Among those queuing behind was a young man who knew Aunt Sun. He lived next door to her and knew very well that she was a real miser.

Although Aunt Sun's husband's family was well-off, she was extremely stingy when it came to spending money outside. Normally, she could bargain a five-copper-coin vegetable down to two copper coins, but now she spent more than twenty copper coins without hesitation at this cold dish stall.

He had tried many of the cold dishes from this stall, but he still couldn't accept pig's ears. He looked at Aunt Sun with a suspicious expression: "Are you kidding me? Are these pig's ears really that delicious?"

This guy has never been able to stand the dirty parts of animals since he was a child. He always felt that the organs of pigs other than the meat were either not cleaned properly or that their fishy smell was impossible to suppress. Just thinking about them made him feel nauseous.

Naturally, this young man wasn't the only one with such thoughts; many people looked at Gu Lin and Granny Sun with suspicion, wondering if they were deliberately conspiring to deceive them.

Faced with everyone's doubts, Aunt Sun didn't have Gu Lin's good temper. She raised her chin slightly and said, "The owner has already set everything out. You'll know if it's good or not once you try it. Besides, would I, Sun Jingxiang, lie to you?"

Not wanting to miss the opportunity to promote his business, Gu Lin took out a handful of bamboo skewers and stuck them into the pig ears and shredded chicken available for tasting, saying, "Everyone is welcome to try them. Although the stall is small, the food is absolutely clean."

Although everyone was still somewhat skeptical, they couldn't resist stepping forward because they remembered that the cold dishes they had been eating had never caused any problems, and the shredded chicken and pig ears looked so tempting.

Of course, most people couldn't get over their mental block and chose to fork up the shredded chicken and eat it, while a small number of people, remembering the look of enjoyment on Grandma Sun's face when she ate the pig's ear, dared to try it out and picked up the pig's ear.

But when they were about to put the food in their mouths, they regretted it. After all, no one can stand eating something with a disgusting taste in their mouth. But when they looked down to choose the shredded chicken again, they found that there was only a plate of almost untouched pig ears left on the stall.

Faced with the smiling young man, they felt too embarrassed to put down the pig ears and leave, so they could only steel themselves, close their eyes, and stuff the food in their hands into their mouths.

Ok?

The group of people chewing on pig ears opened their eyes. Their eyes, which had been devoid of expectation, gradually brightened. They had thought that such a dirty part as pig ears would have a pungent and disgusting taste, but to their surprise, not only did it not have any strange smell, but it was also fragrant and crispy. It was a crispy, chewy, salty and fragrant taste that was completely different from pork and other liver parts.

After glancing at the remaining pig ears, the group tacitly quickened their chewing pace.

The others, seeing these people silently eating pig's ears, assumed they were simply disgusted. But as time passed, noticing they continued chewing, their expressions strange yet not like they'd eaten something bad, they couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with you? Is this pig's ear tasty or not?"

The group didn't answer. After swallowing the pig ears in their mouths, they looked at each other and simultaneously raised their bamboo skewers to pick up the remaining pig ears from the plate. They did so so quickly that no one could react in time.

Upon seeing this, someone exclaimed in surprise, "No way? These pig ears are really that delicious?"

The men didn't answer, but soon they responded, one after another saying to Gu Lin, "Boss, your cold pig's ear salad is really good. Quickly make me a batch so I can take it home and add it to my family's meal."

"Boss, I'd like two tubes of cold pig's ear salad. If you can make pig's ear salad so delicious, your shredded chicken must be pretty good too. Could you also make one tube for me?"

The last man shouted, "Boss, how many pig ears are left? I'll take them all."

Now everyone understood that pig ears were not only not bad, but extremely delicious.

Immediately, the others who hadn't tried pig's ears got anxious: "Li Laosan, you can't do this! How much are pig's ears anyway? If you buy them all, what are we supposed to buy?!"

"That's right, that's right! Li Laosan, you should follow the rules. How can you eat alone!"

Li Laosan turned and glared at them, saying, "The young boss let you sample the food earlier, and you all complained and refused. Now that I've bought it, you're all jumping up and down!"

Seeing that the crowd was about to start arguing, Gu Lin quickly spoke up to persuade them: "Harmony brings wealth, harmony brings wealth. Since the number of pig ears is limited, each person can only buy one tube. However, to thank the customers for their wholehearted support of the stall, I will give them an extra serving of shredded chicken and cold vegetable salad as a token of my appreciation."

Amid the argument, Gu Lin did not take sides. To him, the customers who bought shredded chicken and the customers who bought pig ears were both his customers, and he would not offend one side in order to win over the other.

However, to the guests on both sides, Gu Lin was on their side.

For the guests who sampled the shredded chicken, Gu Lin's suggestion to purchase a limited quantity of pig ears was a gesture of favoritism towards them. However, for the guests who sampled the pig ears, Gu Lin's offering of shredded chicken and cold dishes showed a closer connection with them.

So, both customers were satisfied and lined up again to buy cold dishes.

However, because of the farce that had just happened, Gu Lin had not sold all the cold dishes by the time Zheng Hao came over after school at noon. There were still more than a dozen bamboo tubes left on the stall.

Gu Lin's face flushed red as he asked, "Why did you get here so quickly?"

After placing the book box behind the stall, Zheng Hao came over and took Gu Lin's place to mix the cold dishes, saying, "I have memorized the rules of the academy, so Mr. Xu allows me to leave school early. I don't need to go in the afternoon anymore. Mr. Xu has set up an introductory class and a beginner class. He teaches the introductory class in the morning and the beginner class in the afternoon. I only need to go for one morning."

Gu Lin was pleasantly surprised: "That will make things much easier for us."

Gu Lin had been worrying about where he would go after selling cold dishes if Zheng Hao had to study at the academy all day. Gu Lin had even considered hiring Uncle Zhang's oxcart to help pick him up. Now that he heard that Zheng Hao didn't have to go to school in the afternoon, Gu Lin, who had attended primary school, didn't know whether to be envious or happy that he didn't have to worry.