allonlinenovel Chapter 218: Business Boom
Chapter 218: Business Boom
She took the elevator back to the 48th floor as fast as she could, jogged all the way home, picked up the red bucket of mud biscuits and rushed downstairs.
In fact, it only takes five minutes to go back and forth.
When Anjiu came back again, the woman selling dried fish nearby was eating mud biscuits in small bites, with an intoxicated look on her face, as if she had found a treasure.
——She was reluctant to finish it all.
"This is truly the most delicious thing I have ever eaten! It's much better than this fish!"
A free meat biscuit brought the woman and the grandmother closer together. They talked and laughed, and seemed to be getting along well.
Anjiu squeezed in with the bucket in his hand. As soon as he sat down and put out the meat jar, all these people stretched out their hands.
"Quick! Give me one."
"I want two. Give me an extra piece with meat!"
"Don't grab it, anyone. I came here first, so you have to give it to me first!"
Anjiu:?
How come there are so many more customers after this trip? They are not visiting the black market, but waiting for her to come back.
Grandma smiled so hard that her mouth couldn't close. She pulled the red bucket into her arms, counted the amount with her left hand, and collected the contribution points with her right hand.
The jingling sound of money going into the account sounded like the most beautiful music in the world, almost smoothing out the wrinkles on her face.
In the midst of the busyness, the woman next to him came closer and asked for credit: "Little girl, didn't you just give me a piece? I ate it carefully. These people saw that I was eating it with relish, so they came to ask me to buy it. How could I have such a good thing? I asked them to wait for you here, saying that you would be back soon, and it was sold at a low price..."
When Anjiu heard this, he handed over a mud biscuit dipped in shredded meat.
"Thank you so much, big sister. You can take this piece too. Don't be polite."
The woman was very happy. She took it but did not start eating it. Instead, she carefully put it into the dried fish's stomach, as if she was going to take it back.
Perhaps she felt embarrassed for taking two meat biscuits in a row, so she stopped selling her own goods and started to solicit customers for Anjiu.
“Don’t miss it!”
"You'll know once you put it in your mouth, this meat is so delicious! It's really delicious! I guarantee you won't regret eating it!"
"Didn't you see those people were paying 40 or 60 bucks for it? They just wanted two more meat biscuits!"
"..."
The woman was so enthusiastic that the stall owner across the street mistakenly thought that the three of them were from the same family.
Because her voice echoed throughout the corridor.
Even people from other places came upon hearing the noise and crowded in.
When he saw that what everyone was buying were the most ordinary mud biscuits, his skinny face was filled with confusion.
It wasn't until I saw the seller handed over two extra mud biscuits dipped in broth that I realized what was going on.
The buyer was right next to him, so he leaned over to take a sniff.
Hey!
Why does it taste so good!
The buyer took a small bite of the mud biscuit, rolled it with the tip of his tongue, and took in an extra piece of shredded meat.
A group of people nearby were staring at his expression, not daring to blink for fear of missing it.
The buyer chewed carefully, sucked the juice from the shredded meat, squinted his eyes slightly, and looked more and more enjoying it.
Gumbling—
The sounds of swallowing came and went.
——This looks super delicious!
"Come on, come on..."
"Hurry up……"
“Give it to me, give it to me…”
Grandma is crazy busy.
She didn't even need to count the 20 mud cookies, she just picked them up with her hands.
At the end, my fingers suddenly touched the bottom of the bucket, and I suddenly felt that I had finally sold out.
After Anjiu dipped the last two customers' mud biscuits into the broth and made sure that each piece was covered with shredded meat, he stretched his back and prepared to close the stall.
Although there were many people buying things, most of them were just watching. Seeing that there were fewer people here, they all dispersed and went elsewhere.
But all the stall owners along the entire corridor, thanks to the people attracted by Anjiu, sold more or less their goods, so it was not a wasted trip.
So they changed their previous attitude and became a lot friendlier.
As for the woman next to him, she sold several dried fishes with her eloquence and also received two extra meat biscuits. She was so happy.
She glanced at the little bit of broth left in front of Anjiu and became tempted.
After all, she has tasted this flavor. Even if there is no meat in it and only soup is left, it will definitely taste good with anything.
But people might not be willing to sell such a good thing to her...
Seeing that Anjiu and the others were about to leave, she immediately decided to leave.
"Little girl, are you selling this soup?"
Anjiu and grandma looked at each other and asked, "Big sister, do you want to buy it?"
The woman nodded shyly. "I've never eaten anything this good before... and I don't have many contribution points. If it's too expensive, I won't buy it."
Anjiu shook the seasoning bowl, and there was still some broth at the bottom. In fact, there was not much else in it. At most, there were some meat scraps left. Moreover, after being soaked in mud biscuits several times, the soup had become a little sticky.
"A little wine," said the grandmother, thinking of her hard work in helping to sell the wine, "or you can exchange it for dried fish."
An Jiu had no objection and turned around and said, "Sister, do you want to change?"
The woman was unwilling to do so. She picked out the largest dried fish and insisted on taking it away.
As per her request, Anjiu poured the soup into the dried fish, and the woman wrapped it carefully and picked it up without leaking a drop.
Her eyes were all smiles: "When we get back, I'll eat the dried fish with the broth. It's sure to be delicious!"
Grandma replied: "You can dip it in anything. It tastes good with anything."
After saying a few simple words, Anjiu slowly walked back, holding the dried fish in one hand and supporting his grandmother with the other.
The people in the black market gradually dispersed, and most of them from other floors crowded on the platform. When the elevator arrived, a large group of people squeezed in.
Hearing the ominous creaking sound coming from the elevator panel, Anjiu was worried that it would suddenly split open and all these people would fall into the dark elevator shaft.
Anjiu and her grandmother waited until there were no more people here before taking the elevator back to the 48th floor.
With the help of the dim lights in the corridor, the two of them walked towards the outermost area in the dark.
When we reached Ding Road, the moonlight fell through the single-sided fence gate and was actually brighter than on the platform.
It’s not time to go to bed yet, and I can occasionally hear the neighbors whispering.
Anjiu took out the key and the sound of unlocking the door was crisp and loud. Then she pushed the door open with a creaky sound and the words that had been paused for a moment were heard again from the rooms around her.
Grandma placed the red bucket next to the small table, waited for Anjiu to close the door curtain, and silently waved for her to come over.
The two of them huddled in the corner, which happened to be the blind spot of the door.
"Guess how many contribution points were sold?" Grandma turned on the virtual watch, and the faint light illuminated her joyful face.
"There should be more than a hundred, right?"
Anjiu made a blind guess, but she felt that there was more than that, as she was quite busy at the time.
"More than that!" Grandma said excitedly, showing the number on it, "Look at how much this is!"
——Two hundred and sixty.
Not to mention grandma, even Anjiu was surprised.
"Why so many?!"