Chapter 16 - They’ve Done Business! (1/2)
Proofread by Claire.KK
The fat shopkeeper tentatively picked up a piece of cold jelly with a spoon and put it in his mouth. However, at that moment his face suddenly changed. As if the dark clouds were blown away at once, revealing the warm suns.h.i.+ne, the fat shopkeeper took two more sips, and later he simply lifted the bowl and drank it with one sip.
“Sister, what is your cold jelly made of? Why is it so delicious?” The fat shopkeeper asked, smacking his lips.
Li Hongmei said proudly, “This was not made by me; it was my daughter-in-law who did it. She makes everything very delicious. What with? With talent!”
Ye Xiaoxian said, “Shopkeeper, if you think it’s delicious, you could have another bowl. Only two pennies a bowl, and two bowls for four pennies.”
“Hurry up, another bowl.” The fat shopkeeper quickly pa.s.sed the empty bowl to Ye Xiaoxian.
There were many stalls near Ye Xiaoxian. When everyone saw the fat shopkeeper eating two bowls of cold jelly, they came over and asked.
“How about the cold jelly?”
“How did it compare to that in front of the bridge?”
“Shopkeeper Qiao, you have already drunk two bowls, could it be that you want more?”
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The fat shopkeeper couldn’t help but laugh. “What I say doesn’t matter, you have to come and try it yourself.”
After the fat shopkeeper had tried it first, the people around the stall quickly asked Ye Xiaoxian to give them a bowl of the cold jelly.
Some of the people sold cloth shoes, some sold rain gear and some were fortune tellers…
Li Hongmei and Ye Xiaoxian were suddenly busy. They had to serve cold jelly, collect money and wash dishes. People liked to join in the fun. At first no one was buying it, so n.o.body else came to buy it. Now that there were more people buying it, everyone else followed suit.
In addition, Ye Xiaoxian’s cold jelly was really delicious. Each bowl was full of sugar. The cold jelly itself was sweet and after adding sugar it tasted even sweeter. Some people were like the fat shopkeeper, they ate one bowl after another. By midday there was only half of her cold jelly left.
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