"Freshly baked vegetable-stuffed bread."
"Delicious vegetable-stuffed bread."
Aunt Chen smacked the two on the back: "Didn’t eat breakfast or what? Shouting so softly, who can hear?"
The eldest Chen daughter-in-law was about to cry, glared and bit her teeth, spread her legs slightly, and squatted down, presenting a horse stance, with her breath sinking into her abdon, "Selling vegetable-stuffed bread, delicious vegetable-stuffed bread, one di each vegetable-stuffed bread!"
Perhaps the voice was too loud, it really attracted a custor.
"This is the first ti I’ve heard of vegetable-stuffed bread, give one."
"Oh, okay!" The second daughter-in-law quickly started stuffing vegetables into the bread.
Without a table, they could only squat on the roadside, which looked quite unseemly.
"Even when setting up a stall you don’t know to get a table, just squatting here stuffing vegetables, what if saliva drips in?"
The second daughter-in-law hurriedly replied, "I won’t let my saliva drip in."
"You already opened your mouth to speak, your mouth is so close to the vegetables and bread, how can saliva not fall in?"
"I..."
"Stop babbling and hurry up with the work!"
The second daughter-in-law felt aggrieved, quickly handing out the bread stuffed with shredded potatoes.
The custor who had paid already, "Just this? Adding shredded potatoes to the bread is called vegetable-stuffed bread?"
And the vegetables might just have saliva sprayed in!
"This tastes good, give it a try."
The custor’s brow furrowed, but money had already been handed over, saying no now wouldn’t refund it, had to bite the bullet and take it.
With just one bite, the custor started cussing: "These potato shreds don’t even have oil and salt, just added into the bread dared sell for one di each? You guys are too greedy!"
If it tasted better, it wouldn’t matter, but the potato shreds had an indescribable taste; whether it was a taste of a wiped not-washed rag, or mouth saliva, who knows.
Anyway, made it hard to swallow.
With such a shout from the custor, people who originally headed this way were scared off.
Everyone works hard to earn money, who wants to be ripped off?
The custor held the vegetable-stuffed bread, neither eating nor throwing it away.
Too disgusting, absolutely couldn’t eat.
But wasting food is shaful, if not eating, he might even sha himself.
Anger welled up, the custor simply started yelling while holding the vegetable-stuffed bread.
"Don’t ever co to buy vegetable-stuffed bread from them, it’s a total rip-off! Expensive, bad taste, poor hygiene, even spit saliva into the vegetables."
Aunt Chen was thrown into chaos, could only beg the custor not to shout anymore.
"I took a bite from this vegetable-stuffed bread, not asking you to refund all, refund nine cents is not too much, right? If not refunded, I’ll stand here today, definitely won’t let you sell one!"
Aunt Chen was already desperate, fearing losing business, specially went to Uncle Zhao for one di in coins, refunded nine cents to the custor.
The custor generously returned the bitten vegetable-stuffed bread.
The custor left in a good mood.
Food wasn’t wasted, money wasn’t spent in vain.
As for the penny not refunded?
Treat it as a lesson learned!
Aunt Chen grabbed the vegetable-stuffed bread and stuffed it into the second daughter-in-law’s mouth: "Eat, finish this for !"
"Mom, this was eaten by soone else?"
"Eaten by soone else so what? When we couldn’t eat before, people scrambled for clay and bark, now eating a bitten vegetable-stuffed bread makes you feel aggrieved? If it weren’t for you spraying saliva, they wouldn’t have asked for a refund! Your al for today is this vegetable-stuffed bread, if not eating just starve!"
The second daughter-in-law felt extrely aggrieved.
People asked for refunds clearly because it was bad tasting, worthless, what’s that got to do with her?
But she was oppressed miserably at her in-laws, dared not go against Aunt Chen, could only sulkily bite the vegetable-stuffed bread.
After the morning rush, Lin Xiang rubbed her aching lower back, "Mom, I’m going to wander elsewhere, see if there’s anyone selling rabbit skins, ask Granny Yang and Xiwang for prices."
"Go ahead, don’t go too far, there will be more business later."
"Got it."
Exactly at the fair, there was a family selling rabbit skins, not as complete as Xiwang’s, the tanning wasn’t neat either, so places had burnt hair.
"How much for a piece of your rabbit skin?"
The seller raised three fingers.
"Three dis?" That’s not expensive.
The seller glared at Lin Xiang with an "Are you kidding ?" look, "For three dis I’ll let you touch it! Less than three bucks, no sale."
"Three bucks? Why don’t you go rob? A laying hen doesn’t even sell for three bucks, a rabbit only has a few ounces of at, not to ntion three bucks, can’t even sell for one buck, a piece of skin you want three bucks?"
Seller has heard such doubts too many tis, didn’t care at all, "Rabbit and rabbit skins are different, do you know how much effort it takes to skin a rabbit completely? Moreover, mine is tanned, worth this price!"
"But your fur is burnt, greatly affects appearance."
"Make it into shoe insoles, under your feet doesn’t show."
Lin Xiang rolled her eyes, "I spend three bucks on a rabbit skin just to make two pairs of insoles? Are you dumb or is my brain ssed up? I let my mom make a pair of insoles which doesn’t even cost a penny!"
"Then...how about selling to you for two bucks?"
"One buck, can’t go higher!"
"Your haggling is too harsh?"
"Selling or not? If not, I’m leaving!"
Lin Xiang made a show of leaving, seller quickly called her back, "Add a bit more, one and a half bucks I’ll sell to you."
"One buck two."
Seller considered for quite a while, finally gritted teeth agreed, "Okay, one buck two it is, then you give a bowl of spicy noodles."
Having slled spicy noodles all morning, he had long been craving.
Lin Xiang readily agreed.
Three bucks for a tanned rabbit skin is absolutely overpriced, but a good looking one is surely worth two bucks.
This piece had burnt fur, affecting appearance if made into gloves, could only make insoles, but at high price to make insoles few people. Lin Xiang bought for one buck two, did not take advantage, if she didn’t buy, seller couldn’t sell it either.
And she spent one buck two to have Lin Yun make two pairs of rabbit fur insoles, wouldn’t feel bad.
At three in the afternoon, people at the fair gradually dispersed, Lin Xiang also planned to pack up.
Uncle Wang’s brought twisted bread sold seven-eighth, half the basket was empty.
Uncle Zhao’s Ding Ding candy and malt candy still had two-thirds, but candy was naturally heavy, selling a third ant business was good enough, so much so Uncle Zhao’s face crinkles were about to laugh off.
In stark contrast to this happy scene was the miserably looking Chen family daughters-in-law.
At alti, a few people ca to buy vegetable-stuffed bread, but feedback as sa as the first custor, all felt ripped off, loudly asking Aunt Chen for refunds.
Aunt Chen knew she wouldn’t sell much today, simply broke down, rather fight with custors, unwilling to refund.
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