With capital, Guan Xiaoxian's waist became much stiffer when he went to the grain and oil store. He ordered two cans of lard and ten catties of flour in one go.

When the store clerk brought two heavy clay pots of lard ointment and a large bag of flour to him, Guan Xiaoxian encountered another difficulty.

How can so many things be transported to the bridge?

The store clerk rubbed his hands and smiled, "Little brother, but there are other things you haven't bought?"

Guan Xiaoxian hesitated for a moment, and said, "How about I just buy a can of lard paste and three catties of flour first."

As soon as the words fell, the shop assistant who had been working for a long time and was sweating profusely turned ugly, and Guan Xiaoxia hurriedly said:

"There are so many things that I can't move them by myself."

Only then did the guy's expression soften, and he pointed to the opposite shop and said:

"Brother, if you think it's too heavy, how about renting a car from the Chen's shop across the street?"

This is a way!How can a food stall work without a cart?

Guan Xianxian's eyes lit up immediately, and without any hesitation, he left the grain and oil shop and went straight to the opposite shop. After negotiating with the boss, he paid the deposit and half of the rent, and when he came back, he dragged a cart behind him.

With a trolley, it’s much more convenient to pull things. The staff helped me put the lard and flour on the trolley, and Guan Xiaoxian dragged the trolley to the vegetable market. I picked up a basket of eggs and a few handfuls of chives, and returned halfway. After going home, I went straight to the bridge.

Back and forth a few times, now is the meal time.

Qinghe Street is located in a bustling area, and there are many pedestrians passing by.

Although most people eat at home at this time, some people who don’t have a wife at home will eat a bowl outside, or passers-by buy some snacks for a full meal.If there is a novel food, those aunts and daughters-in-law who buy vegetables will also buy some to go home for dinner.

Guan Xiaoxian wanted Guan Dahai to see the benefits of doing business outside the palace walls, so he positioned his food stall on the words "delicious, inexpensive, small profits but quick turnover" from the very beginning.

Five liang of silver is spent on the capital alone in one morning, success or failure depends on one stroke!

Guan Xiaoxian stopped dawdling, and directly pushed the cart to the wonton stall of the couple at the bridgehead, beat the eggs, chopped green onions and noodles, and lit the firewood.After the lard paste was poured into the hot pot, the fragrant lard scent wafted under the noses of everyone beside the bridge with the breeze, and Guan Xiaoxian could clearly see that some of the wonton stalls next to him couldn't sit still.

Taking a deep breath of the scorched aroma of burning lard paste, Guan Xiaoxian thought to himself, expensive has its benefits!

Seeing that someone's soles were about to come this way, Guan Xiaoxian immediately mixed several ingredients together, added some salt, and poured the batter into the pot after stirring evenly.

"Thorn-"

The scent of chopped scallions and eggs wafted away in an instant, and even the people who had just stepped on the bridge couldn't help but stretch their heads to look this way.

Guan Xiaoxian flipped the batter in the pot with long chopsticks, and yelled loudly:

"Egg pancakes—an egg pancake for ten cents a piece!"

That's right, after thinking about it for a long time, Guan Qing finally decided to use the delicacy he had eaten for more than 20 years in his previous life to start his own business - egg pancakes!

Who can resist the charm of omelets?

Not to mention the omelette fried with chopped green onion and lard!

This is indeed the case. As soon as the steaming egg pancakes came out of the pan, several customers at the wonton stall next door couldn’t sit still. One of them looked at the boiled wontons on the table, and then looked at the egg pancakes sandwiched around aimlessly. Guan Xiaoxian, who was smiling widely, couldn't help standing up and walking slowly.

From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a customer approaching, Guan Xiaoxian perked up, and was about to go up to sell them, when suddenly the omelette in his hand was grabbed by a hand that came from the side.

"Xiao Xian, what delicious food are you cooking? It's so delicious!"

Aunt Li stood next to Guan Xiaoxian, holding a vegetable basket in one hand and holding the edge of the omelette with the other.

Guan Xiaoxian stared at the place where the omelet meets Aunt Li for a long while, but the other party still didn't let go, so he could only silently take back the chopsticks, and said tactfully:

"Ma'am, don't burn you."

"Oh, it's not hot, it's not hot at all!"

Aunt Li shrank the steaming omelette from Guan Xiaoxian's chopsticks. Before the latter could stop her, Aunt Li tore off half of the delicious omelette and stuffed it into it. mouth.

"Ma'am, hiss... try it for you!"

Because he reached out his hand a beat late, Guan Xiaoxian, who only snatched back half of the omelette, was holding the incomplete snack. Seeing the other party swallowing the omelet with difficulty, he was silent for a moment, and with only a glimmer of hope, he spoke:

"Egg pancakes cost ten cents apiece..."

"Ah! It's so expensive!" Aunt Li bluffed, lowered her head and turned over the basket and said, "It's not easy for your mother to pull you up when you grow up. Do your job well and don't let her worry about it anymore."

He has been paying attention to the other party's movements since Guan Qingxian saw Aunt Li digging out her purse from the vegetable basket, her eyes lit up immediately, and she nodded so fast that it almost left an afterimage. blurted out:

"Okay, okay, Aunt Li, don't worry! This omelette is delicious, inexpensive and rich in ingredients. If it's delicious, come back next time!"

"It's delicious, it's delicious!"

Aunt Li nodded, turned around, and walked across the street with her purse in her hand.

Guan Xiaoxian, who had already stretched out his hand to catch the ten pennies, froze with a smile on his face. He looked at the empty palm and called out:

"Aunt Li?"

Aunt Li stepped quickly, and after a few swings, she plunged into the passing crowd and disappeared.

"..."

Guan Xiaoxian fell into deep thought as he looked at the remaining half of the omelette in his hand.

Someone patted his shoulder suddenly, Guan Xiaoxian turned his head, and saw a benevolent old man standing behind him, his eyes fixed on the half egg pancake in his hand.

After the scene just now, Guan Xiaoxian subconsciously retracted her hand, but heard the other party ask:

"How do you sell egg pancakes?"

Finally met a serious business!

Guan Xiaoxian almost burst into tears, and once again recited the marketing advertisement fluently:

"It's delicious and inexpensive, and there are plenty of raw materials. The new store opens, and the special price is ten yuan a piece..."

"How many copper coins do you want for the half cake in your hand?"

"Ah?" Seeing the old man perseveringly looking behind him, Guan Qingxian reacted immediately.

He was still worrying about what to do with the half cake just now, but now that someone offered to deliver it to his door, he would naturally not refuse, and immediately replied:

"Five copper coins!"

The old man raised his head in silence for a while, and stared at Guan Xiaoxian lovingly in his cloudy old eyes, only staring at the latter with horror, and then slowly opened his mouth:

"Where is it at leisure?"

"……uncle?"

"I'm Uncle Wang who lives in the next street. Do you remember? You used to eat at my house when you were young."

Although Xiaoxian has received most of the original body's memories, it doesn't mean that he can remember the original body's memories clearly.

Staring blankly at the old man in front of him for a few seconds, he really couldn't tell whether the other party wanted to bargain or really wanted to catch up on the past, so Guan Xiaoxian simply said:

"Maybe I was too young at that time to really remember."

"Oh, when you were three years old, I still hugged you and fed you eggs..."

When Uncle Wang was talking about the love between the two families back then, the edge of the egg pancake was completely cool and the color was slightly black. Seeing this, Guan Xiaoxian hurriedly said:

"Just tell me, how much money do you want?"

Uncle Wang immediately stopped talking about the past and made a gesture.

The corner of Guan Xiaoxian's mouth twitched: "...deal."

Uncle Wang returned to the wonton stand holding the oiled paper wrapped in egg pancakes, and Guan Xiaoxia put the three copper coins into his pocket.

After this incident, Guan Xiaoxian no longer dared to take it lightly.

Fortunately, among the customers who then came to buy cakes, there were very few people who were freeloaders or seeking relationships.

It's just that he came late, and he didn't have a long time for serious business. After only two hours, when the sky became dark, he had to prepare to close the stall.

Guan Xiaoxian shook his sore arm, poured the leftover lard into the pottery pot, wiped the iron pot, and then pushed the cart back home slowly.

As soon as he turned around the intersection, he saw Mrs. Lin standing in front of his house looking around. Guan Qingxian thought about the heavy copper coins in his purse, and called out Mrs. Lin happily. You have to push yourself home.

Although Xiao Xian was helpless, she would be admitted to the hospital soon anyway, so she simply let her go.

Now Mrs. Lin was even happier. After asking him what he did outside today, he praised him again, and then quietly said to Guan Qingxian:

"Your father came home early today, seeing that you were not at home, he lost his temper a lot!"

"Father is back? Just right!"

Guan Xiaoxian touched the bulging purse in his arms, and suddenly gained confidence. While Mrs. Lin was going to put the cart in the courtyard, he rushed to the main hall, and saw Guan Dahai sitting at the dining table at a glance.

Guan Xiaoxian suppressed his smile, walked up to Guan Dahai and shouted:

"father."

Guan Dahai responded, and squinted at him again: "What have you been doing all afternoon?"

Hearing the other party's question, Guan Qingxian almost raised his head and laughed three times. He cleared his throat and said in a straight voice:

"make money!"

In fact, Guan Dahai had already heard about this incident from Mrs. Lin, and he was not surprised when he heard it. He nodded and asked:

"I've been busy all afternoon, what have I gained?"

"Of course!"

Without even thinking about it, Guan Xiaoxian took out his purse and dumped it on the table.

"Whoa-"

Countless copper coins jumped onto the dining table, and a few of them turned to the edge of the table as if they were about to fall, but Guan Xiaoxian swiftly fished them back onto the table.

"Xiao Xian, where did you get a scooter back from..."

When Lin walked into the main hall, she happened to see this scene. She surrounded the table in surprise and shouted:

"Hey! I earned so much money in just one afternoon, my son is really promising!"

"I am over-flattered!"

What Guan Xiaoxian can't stand is other people's flattery, not to mention that he has worked hard all afternoon, and seeing that he has gained a lot, and Lin's flattery, he is immediately elated, and turns his head to the corner of the wall, grinning to the back of his ears. When he turned around again, he pretended to be calm and breezy, and said to Lin:

"I plan to come back and launch several new types of dim sum, so as to attract more people to buy our snacks."

For example, fried dough sticks, oil cakes, sugar cakes and the like.

When the first few kinds of noodles have a stable source of customers, they can introduce new varieties, fried dumplings, fried twists, fried skewers of vegetables... as long as they can be fried, he can sell them!

Guan Xiaoxian was so inflated that he even forgot his original intention of setting up a stall to make money.

Facing his happy wife and children, Guan Haihai, the head of the imperial dining room, was more sober. He put the teacup in the corner of the dining table that was not occupied by copper plates, and with a sweep of his hand, all the copper plates on the table were pushed to Guan Xiaoxian.

Guan Dahai said leisurely: "Count up how much you earned today."

"Father, what are you doing?" Lin yelled dissatisfied.

Guan Dahai waved his hand and said, "Let him count first."

At this point, Mrs. Lin stopped talking, and the couple looked directly at Guan Xiaoxian.

Guan Xiaoxian's feverish mind calmed down when he saw Guan Haihai's expression. Even though he didn't know the other party's intentions, he still counted honestly:

"One, two, three, four, five..."

The sound of counting was carried out simultaneously with the crisp sound of copper plates colliding with copper plates. Guan leisurely counted and put the counted copper plates back into his purse.

The coins covering the entire small table were actually counted just now, but more than half of them were quickly counted.

When counting to the hundredth copper coin, Guan Xiaoxian reached out to touch it but didn't touch the copper coin. He looked up and found that there were only a few scattered copper coins left on the table.

It's unbelievable to be idle.

After a whole afternoon of emotional work, he only earned this little money?

He couldn't help shaking the purse in his hand, wondering if it was a psychological effect, at this moment Guan Xiaoxian felt that the purse was much smaller than when he carried it back before.

This question has not been solved yet, Guan Xiaoxian only listened to Guan Haihai asking:

"I've seen all the things you brought home. Even if those noodles and oil can last for a month, how much will your capital cost?"

Guan Xiaoxian really forgot about it, when he heard Guan Dahai ask him, he touched his arms subconsciously:

"capital……"

There is nothing in my arms.

Guan Xiaoxian was startled.

For renting a car, buying oil, and all kinds of miscellaneous things, he has already used the five taels of silver, and the copper coins in the purse in his hand are all his income!

"Son, what about the five taels of silver that mother gave you? How much is left?"

Lin's trembling voice rang in his ears, Guan Xiaoxian shuddered all over, suddenly felt a chill behind his back, but at this time Guan Haihai was still by his side, and settled accounts in a businesslike tone:

"So, you took out five taels of silver today, and finally earned 110 Wen? Tsk tsk tsk..."

loss.

Still bloody.

After understanding the account, Guan Xiaoxian suddenly felt his face burning hot. He peeked at Mrs. Lin, seeing the latter standing by the table in a daze, and then thinking about the kindness of the other party when he gave him money earlier, he suddenly felt ashamed. But he couldn't stay silent to the end, so he had to bite the bullet and call out:

"mother……"

This sound seemed to press a switch on Lin's body.

Guan Xiaoxian saw Lin's whole body trembling, and looked at him as if returning to his senses. For some reason, that gaze was full of deep meaning that made Guan Xiaoxian shudder.

Lin's voice was calm when she spoke:

"From tomorrow, mother will go to the bridge to sell cakes for you."

Hearing this, Guan Qingxian felt even more guilty, and immediately retorted:

"No mother, my son will go tomorrow morning, and I will definitely get your money back!"

"Silly boy, it doesn't matter what is costly or not."

Lin patted Guan Xiaoxian's head with a smile, turned around and went back to the kitchen, and when she came out again, she was holding a butcher's knife with a cold light that was familiar to Guan Xiaoxian.

"His father... no, the head of the family." With tears in her eyes, Lin handed the knife to Guan Dahai and sighed deeply, "From now on, we husband and wife will rely on each other to live."

"Baby's mother, no no no, daughter-in-law, you are right, raising a child for thousands of days still requires preventing the child from being prodigal!"

Guan Dahai took the knife and twirled a flower gorgeously in the air.

Across the square table, the blade seems to push the cold wind and strike Guan Xiaoxian's face.

Guan Xiaoxian's back felt cold, his legs softened, and he almost slipped off the bench.

"Son, what's wrong with you?" Guan Dahai stretched out his hand to help him.

Guan Xiaoxian looked at the sharp boning knife that was closer to him during the movement, and his scalp felt numb. Seeing that the blade was about to come in front of him, in the blink of an eye, Guan Xiaoxian yelled out instinctively:

"I go!"

The knife stopped.

Guan Dahai and his wife also stopped their movements.

Guan Dahai asked suspiciously, "What?"

Guan Xiaoxian moved aside and sat on the edge of the bench, his voice still fluttering:

"I will enter the palace, and I will enter the palace tomorrow!"

"Ah..." Guan Dahai withdrew his arm upon hearing this, and threw the knife on the table with a bang.

Lin also acted as if nothing had happened, turned around and walked to the kitchen:

"Are you hungry? I'm going to cook."

"Mom, I won't eat..."

Guan Xiaoxian ran back to his room as if trying to escape with his thin legs that were as soft as noodles.

After his figure left, Mrs. Lin, who had just been busy cooking, turned back to Guan Dahai, and saw her son's closed door with her probe, and then looked at Guan Dahai in peace, who calmly pulled the door out of his pocket. He took out copper plates one after another and slapped them on the table. He took out more than 100 copper plates before giving up.

Lin's eyes lit up, and she whispered, "My son has made a lot of money today!"

"Come on, with his temperament of fishing for three days and drying the net for two days, how many days can he earn such hard money?" Guan Dahai said, looking at the door of Guan Xiaoxian's room, and sighed, "It's all for child."

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Guan Dad: (hands up the knife) If you don't collect it, no one will leave! !

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