Chapter 21 - Chapter 21: Chapter 21: Flourishing (1/2)

Chapter 21: Chapter 21: Flourishing

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“Here you go, take this tofu. If you find it good, please visit again. My sister and 1 will frequently be here selling tofu.”

“This young lady, you really have the knack for business, and your words give me pleasure,” the old woman chuckled. “After all, 1 really enjoy this tofu. 1’11 take it home and let the head of the household try some too. If he also likes it, I’ll come regularly to buy.”

“Alright then, take care, auntie.”

Zhuang Qingning collected the coins and continued to attract attention to her tofu.

Business often works that way. The more one is ignored, the more desolate it becomes. But the more one sells, the more people will come to buy.

The opening of this tofu stall, coupled with the attraction of free tasting, only led to more and more people coming to taste the tofu.

And most of the people who came to taste, ended up buying some, only rarely a small piece or a larger piece. There were a few who did not buy anything, evidently just looking to take advantage of the free samples or liking the tofu but unwilling to part with their money.

Zhuang Qingning, however, did not care and continued to greet them with a smile and bid them farewell in the same way.

Such a soft smile proved comforting to people, and whether they bought tofu or not, their impression of Zhuang Qingning and their affection for her grew by quite a bit.

The tofu in the bamboo basket was sold out piece after piece. Soon enough, only the last piece was left.

Zhuang Qingning simply didn’t sell it, tidying up the bamboo basket and cloche, preparing to call it a day.

The last piece of tofu was divided into three portions with a tofu knife. One portion was kept for their own cooking, while the other two were given away- to Aunt Liu, who sold the fried chop rice cakes, and to Ge Hetong, who sold pea cakes.

“How could we accept?” Mrs. Liu and Ge Hetong were taken aback, both of them waved their hands in refusal.

“I owe much of today’s success to both of you. Without your assistance, I wouldn’t have sold as much tofu. This piece of tofu is not worth much, so please take it. It’s nearly noon; please take this home for your family to taste.” “If you refuse to accept it, it will mean that you consider my tofu worthless. To be honest, my sister and I have just started selling tofu here. We aren’t familiar with the town, and we will certainly need your help in the future. Please guide us in our endeavors.”

Hearing Zhuang Qingning’s heartfelt words, if they didn’t accept, it would create a distance between them.

As all of them had stalls in the town market and were bound to run into each other frequently, there was no need to nitpick about such a small token of gratitude.

So, Mrs. Liu and Ge Hetong accepted the tofu, and each of them gave something in return.

Mrs. Liu gave a piece of fried chop rice cake and Ge Hetong gave a small piece of Pea Cake.

“It’s almost noon now, and you both must be starving. These snacks may not suffice as a complete meal but they should hold you over for now. Try to eat something.” Mrs. Liu chuckled.

“Thank you, Aunt and Uncle,” Zhuang Qingning and Zhuang Qingsui thanked them, packed up their bamboo basket, and bid Mrs. Liu and Ge Hetong goodbye.

[Ding, Congratulations! The host has completed the first step of the tofu sales task by selling the first basket of tofu. The host earns a reward: a random lucky bag, one point in sales experience. Cumulatively, the host has earned ten points of sales experience, which can be redeemed for a Mapo Tofu recipe.] Selling tofu and earning rewards, that’s perfect.

But this random lucky bag…

Zhuang Qingning directly confirmed to open it in her mind.