The Soul Reborn
12. Make Money
The uncle who had helped him brought the trolley directly to the entrance of the construction site. This made Zhu Haimei realize, that uncle must be the one who worked at the construction site. Zhu Haimei hurried to stop him and took out a piece of oil paper. He then opened the rice basin and wrapped up a lot of rice. Zhu Haimei also took two spoons of Mazhidoujiao, then gave it to the middle-aged uncle, saying, "Thank you, uncle. Don't refuse my gift. When uncle comes back inside, please tell uncle's coworker that I'm selling here. Sorry to bother you, uncle."
The middle-aged uncle then said, "Don't give it to me. You haven't opened your business." The uncle then said again. "Then, I'll be your first customer." The uncle said while taking out the money.
Zhu Haimei quickly stopped him. "Uncle, come on, just accept this." Zhu Haimei. Zhu Haimei was indeed such a person. If Cao Cao's philosophy of life is : I would rather betray the world than let the world betray me. This is in contrast to Zhu Haimei's philosophy of life. If the world betray him and put him in a difficult time, he will still return the slightest help from others, twice as much. If not for this uncle coming and helping him today, he was really unsure if he would dare to sell near the construction site.
The middle-aged uncle could not argue with him anymore and could only accept Zhu Haimei's gift. "Then be well. The workers finish work at 12pm, you get ready."
"Thank you, uncle." Zhu Haimei thanked him again and again.
Looking at the middle-aged uncle's back, his heart became motivated. Zhu Haimei believed that his decision was correct. He then took a deep breath and lowered the has tube, set the stove and started cooking. He prepared to cook four kinds of hot dishes. First, he would cook Roumoqiezi (whisked pork with eggplant). First he would cook the eggplant first. When he smelled his own stomach, it sounded. Zhu Haimei then slammed, 'Oh original owner, grow up, hold it.'
The clock has shown at 12 noon when the last hot dish, namely xihongshi chapjidan (orch of egg with tomatoes) is ready. After that, a man came with a bowl of rice. "Miss, what food are you cooking? It smells so good. We did not concentrate on working when we smelled the aroma. Chairman Xue said there was a sale here. So I want to see there's anything here."
Then there were some people following behind the person. This made Zhu Haimei very happy. He then answered politely. "Meats 0.3 yuan, vegetables 0.2 yuan, rice 0.11 yuan." Chairman Xue who was called by the person just now must have been a middle-aged uncle who helped him pull the trolley earlier. He might be the manager here. Now, Zhu Haimei's heart became a little calm and did not fear that his cooking today would not sell.
"The price is the same as in the cafeteria. How about we try it first?" Said one of the workers.
Listening to his tone of speech as disappointed, maybe the workers think that buying outside can be cheaper.
Zhu Haimei had already thought about it. If he sold his food at a price that was not the same as the price in the cafeteria, it would be an evil competition. And over time, the canteen will definitely not let him sell here. Zhu Haimei would rather let his business grow slowly than compete in a bad way.
"Well, what do you want to eat?" Zhu Haimei asked with a smile. He doesn't care what anyone else says about him coming here to make money.
the man pointed to Roumoqiezi and said, "I want two servings of rice and one serving of Roumoqiezi."
Zhu Haimei took his bowl and filled it with food ordered by the person. Zhu Haimei also added a spoonful of Mazhidoujiao and said, "This is a spoonful of Mazhidoujiao I give free to you. Enjoy, come often. Total is 0.5 yuan.
The buyer was happy after receiving Zhu Haimei's gift. One spoon given to her was equal to half a serving and it was given away for FREE.
As the man handed over the money, Zhu Haimei showed it to the small cardboard box in front of him and said, "You can put it yourself here"
The buyer then left happily. Is selling this way okay? Zhu Haimei even gave additional side dishes for free. If you buy food in the canteen, they will give you half a spoon less for one portion.
Then Zhu Haimei took care of his merchandise happily. He dismantled the gas stove and moved it to the trolley. Then his first buyer came to help him lift the gas cylinder. "Miss, the food you cook is delicious and smells good too. With a single look I can tell that you put a lot of oil in it. Will you come again tomorrow? If you come, we'll still eat here."
Zhu Haimei then replied happily to the man. "Certainly came. Thanks for the support."
On the way home, Zhu Haimei felt very hungry. However, his hunger seemed to disappear when he remembered the small cardboard box full of money in his trolley.
As soon as Zhu Haimei reached his lackey, he could not wait to close the door and take out all the money that was inside the cardboard box to count.
After counting three times, Zhu Haimei did not expect that he would get 16.4 yuan. Zhu Haimei stared in disbelief at the pile of banknotes he had in his hand. In that case, he would definitely be able to return the money he borrowed from Shen Dongyuan within ten days. If he sold this amount every day, wouldn't he be able to pay it off in just three or five days? This made Zhu Haimei so excited, that he even jumped into joy inside his small house. Eventually he would not worry about going hungry again. But soon he started smiling bitterly. Since when has he been satisfied with such an achievement?
Zhu Haimei then took out five yuan and put it in his cloth bag. After this, he had to save five yuan every day to save.
Zhu Haimei then cooked some food for himself. He then sat on a small bench near the well and looked at the big green trees while looking far away. When the money has been collected enough, he will go to the house of his uncle and aunt. But at this time they are not married. Since Zhu Haimei could not repay his bud in his former life, he had to avenge their kindness in his present life. Because after all, they raised him. Suddenly there was something in Zhu Haimei's heart. Doesn't that mean he can see his parents in his current life?
Aunt is the sister of her mother. Her real mother was the sister of her aunt. He only knows that. Zhu Haimei once asked about who his father was, but his aunt and uncle only answered with two words, not knowing. Their expressions were clearly not ignorant, but unwilling to say it. Zhu Haimei suspected that his father was a murderer who was shot in prison. They were afraid that Zhu Haimei would be embarrassed, so they were unwilling to say so.
Zhu Haimei could only sigh, he really wanted to see them.
After taking a short break, Zhu Haimei packed up his things and went to buy the groceries he was going to cook tomorrow. He will buy what he can buy. He remembered that the market in front of the gas filling area sold a lot of goods, but the place was quite far from here. But today he can go by bus, because he has the money from the sale.
On the way home, Zhu Haimei was exhausted and half-dead from having to walk while carrying five kilograms of rice and Zhuxiahuo (an internal organ/pig liability). Because Zhuxiahuonya smelled pungent finally the conductor did not allow him to take the bus.
Arriving at his small house, Zhu Haimei hurriedly cleaned the Zhuxiahuo.
Every new year's celebration, his uncle would cook zhugan (pork liver), zhuxin (pork heart) and zhufei (pork lung) as well as zhudachang (pork intestine). His uncle had his own way of eliminating the fishy smell, so the Zhuxiahuo he cooked was delicious.
At first the pig's innards were very smelly, but after washing it twice, the smell became not so pungent. Zhu Haimei then coated the large intestine of the pig using flour and salt, then put it in a pot then poured a bottle of wine and boiled it with a large fire. Zhu Haimei boiled the large intestine and other Zhuxiahuo by changing the water 3 times. This must be done so that the Zhuxiahuo made can taste delicious when eaten. And the last step is to boil it with a small fire.
...🍀🍀🍀...
