sjar Chapter 44 Uncle's General Store, Do You Need Paper?
Chapter 44 Uncle's General Store, Do You Need Paper?
The locust flower and egg pancakes need to be made fresh, so the sales period is longer than before.
Gao Mengli looked at the queue and saw many familiar faces, including bearded men. They had finished eating and were hungry again, so they queued up again to buy more.
Gao Mengli rubbed her forehead. If this were to continue selling for a day, she believed the queue would probably last forever.
However, there were only three of them, and the high-intensity "work" was tiring, but it was much easier than getting up early to knead elm seed buns.
The only one who didn't feel tired was Da Niu, who was happily squatting next to the money basket, stringing the money together!
One hundred coins were strung together, and eighteen strings were made!
After they finished packing their things, they looked in Zhao Chen's direction.
Zhao Chen immediately understood and quickly drove the oxcart over to help them put their things on it.
Da Niu glanced at his parents, then walked up to Zhao Chen and secretly slipped him a locust flower and egg pancake. "Uncle Zhao, take this!"
Zhao Chen was stunned for a moment, then "secretly" took the locust flower egg pancake and patted Da Niu's head: "Thank you, Da Niu."
Da Niu chuckled and ran off.
Gao Mengli and Lin Xi looked at the two of them, who seemed to be secretly watching each other, and chuckled softly.
Neither of them are like the original owner—fiery and stingy. There's no need to do this secretly!
However, the two were quite impressed with Da Niu. This kid has great potential! He already knows how to use his own resources to win people over, which is very good.
The two chuckled softly, neither of them revealing their secret.
After packing their things, they told Zhao Chen to wait for them for a while, as they were going to buy some things.
It's getting late; I need to go back and prepare ingredients for tomorrow.
Lin Xi took out 100 coins from her purse and handed them to Da Niu. "Da Niu, you're in charge of buying two large earthenware jars and having the shopkeeper deliver them to your Uncle Zhao's oxcart outside the city. Your mother and I will go buy things for tomorrow!"
Da Niu's eyes lit up, and he nodded. He grabbed the money and rushed headlong into the city!
Uncle! I've come to bring you more business!
Gao Mengli and Lin Xi twitched their lips, knowing perfectly well that Da Niu had definitely gone to his uncle's general store.
"Xixi, let's go buy black beans to make soy sauce today!"
Gao Mengli took Lin Xi's hand and went to the rice shop.
The shopkeeper spotted them from afar and ran out excitedly, "Oh, you two! Is it still 40 catties of flour today?!"
Lin Xi nodded, "Yes, shopkeeper, I'd like an extra 100 catties of black beans today!"
"Hey, hey, okay!!" The shopkeeper nodded hurriedly, took the bag from Lin Xi, and quickly arranged for the things they needed.
Da Niu, covered in sweat, ran to his uncle's grocery store.
"Uncle!" Da Niu called out as he entered the room, panting.
"Hey, Da Niu, why are you running off in such a hurry! Are you trying to send us back for the feast?!"
Zhang Dongcai quickly ran out from behind the counter and wiped the sweat from Da Niu's forehead.
Da Niu was completely bewildered. "A banquet? What kind of banquet?"
When Zhang Dong heard Da Niu say this, his face showed obvious disappointment. It seemed that the two were still alive and well.
It's true what they say: good people don't live long, but evil people live for a thousand years.
Somewhat disappointed, he asked Da Niu, "Da Niu, what brings you here today?"
Da Niu quickly looked at Zhang Dongcai with bright eyes and handed him the 100 copper coins strung together in his arms. "Uncle, I need two large vats, delivered to the city gate, about this size!"
Da Niu gestured exaggeratedly, and Zhang Dong nodded. He was about half a meter tall.
He quickly brought out the large vat, and smilingly gave Da Niu 30 coins in change. "Da Niu, the vat sold for 38 coins. We're family, so I'll forgo my commission and sell it to you for 35. Here's your change, please keep it safe!"
"Oh dear, Uncle, how can you refuse?" Da Niu quickly counted out the 6 coins again and handed them to his uncle.
Zhang Dongcai looked at the copper coin in his hand, intending to return it to Da Niu.
Da Niu pushed his hand away, declining like a little adult, "Uncle, I didn't come here for any benefit. It's because you're here that I came. We shouldn't let the good stuff go to outsiders; this is rightfully yours, you should keep it!"
He only came this far so that his uncle could earn some copper coins; otherwise, he wouldn't have come at all.
We're all family. My uncle used to bring him a lot of food. That's what Grandpa meant when he said we should repay kindness.
No one will be nice to you for no reason, unless you're family.
We're all family, so it's only right that we take care of each other.
Zhang Dongcai looked at Da Niu and was so moved that he almost teared up. Da Niu was such a good child, how come he had to be born into the family of those two bastards in the first wife's family and suffer for so many years?
He cleared his throat, which was slightly choked up, and looked at Da Niu with a pang of heartache. This child was so sensible.
“Da Niu, if those two bastards hit you, come to my house. There are no children in the house. Don’t worry, your aunt and I will definitely treat you like our own.”
Da Niu looked at Zhang Dongcai with a bright smile, "Uncle, don't worry! My parents don't beat me anymore, and they're very good to me now. I only have to light the fire at home, they don't make me do anything else! And look!"
Da Niu excitedly circled around in front of Zhang Dongcai, smiling as he looked at him.
"Hey, I was so focused on talking to you that I didn't even notice, Da Niu is wearing new clothes!" Zhang Dongcai pulled Da Niu around in a circle.
Looking at the cotton clothes on Da Niu's body, he finally believed that what Da Niu said was probably true, and that the two people must have been treating him well recently.
"That's right! So don't worry, Uncle, my parents treat me very well!" After saying that, he sneakily pulled out a pancake wrapped in a banana leaf from his pocket and handed it to Zhang Dongcai.
"Uncle, it tastes better hot. I ran all the way here, so it shouldn't be cold yet. Eat it while it's hot!"
Zhang Dongcai took the pancake, his heart warmed, and his eyes reddened. He gently patted Da Niu's shoulder: "Good boy, you're so thoughtful."
Da Niu looked at his uncle with a grin, then curiously looked around at the various items in the shop.
Zhang Dongcai looked at Da Niu and said, "Da Niu, if you ever like anything in the future, just tell your uncle, and your uncle will save it for you."
Da Niu quickly waved his hand: "No need, Uncle, I don't need anything now."
After saying that, he remembered something and asked with bright eyes, "Uncle, how's business at your shop lately?"
Zhang Dongcai sighed slightly: "It's just so-so, barely enough to make a living. But with you here to support your uncle today, your uncle is happy and feels that there is hope for the business."
Da Niu lowered his head and thought for a moment before looking up at Zhang Dongcai. "Uncle, if I bring that kind of rough paper, can you sell it here? And soap and toothpaste too!"
"Wh-what?" Zhang Dong didn't understand. He didn't know about soap or toothpaste, but he did know about rough paper!
Paper, that stuff is incredibly precious! Could it be that some big shot has some???