Chapter 27 – Li Shuiqing
The lunch market features coleslaw and teppanyaki, both meat and vegetarian, while the number of flatbreads is halved. There would be vegetarian flatbreads, white rice, and coarse-grain rice, with prepared vegetables. It is hotter at noon so the selling of jelly is at noon.
Other dishes include cold noodles, and coleslaw full of vegetables such as cucumbers, lettuce, potato shreds, lotus root, edamame, beans, carrot shreds, cabbage, and meat dishes such as spicy pig ears, and salty pork slices.
Cold noodles cost seven wen a piece, meat with vegetables is fifteen wen a piece, and whole meat is twenty-five wen a piece.
Pork costs about 20 wen a catty while pig ears are very cheap that they are practically being given away for free- but doing business is a long-term plan. If he sells pig ears as a viable food in the market, the price will definitely increase accordingly, and preparing the pig ears also takes a lot of effort.
A bowl of white rice costs five wen, and a bowl of coarse-grain rice costs two wen.
The food is displayed on the shelves. There are not many people coming and going at this time as t is not even lunchtime. There are also regular customers who are eating teppanyaki and buying flatbreads at Wei Cheng’s stall. They still have to wait in line for a few times. Fortunately, they were finally able to buy again.
This particular customer also ordered a bowl of jelly.
Passers-by also came to ask, but they seemed to be uninterested in the coleslaw.
Wei Cheng didn’t make a dish sample this time as it was still early.
He is the most confident in selling coleslaw. In his past life, in the snack street in the downtown area- coleslaw was the most bought dish. He can’t beat others if he’ll just make teppanyaki and other snacks.
He likes to eat cold pork ears and beef, but it is a pity that beef was rarely sold in ancient times.
By lunchtime, the crowd gathered around his stall.
Regular customers and new customers gathered in front of the stall to buy food. When he saw his regular customers, they would say hello and complain that they hadn’t eaten flatbreads for the past few days. They were all worried until the boss finally opened for business.
Those who want to buy flatbreads, and those who buy teppanyaki gather together. The jelly is still very popular as this is the first time many saw a transparent and soft dish that can relieve the heat, so many paid for a bowl to try it.
All other foods are easy to sell, as for coleslaw and cold noodles, many are always inquiring but no one buys them.
Zhou Yuan and Wei Lei looked worried that they wouldn’t be able to sell any because they had prepared a lot of servings. If they themselves hadn’t eaten it, they would have never thought that some vegetables mixed together would be that delicious.
Even after trying it once, they all felt that it was very delicious.
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Seeing that his wife was worried, Wei Cheng finally took action, “Yuan Yuan, mix a serving of coleslaw, use the smallest plate, and give a small plate to anyone whose orders cost more than ten wen.”
The smallest plate is used for breakfast side dishes, and the serving size is only two bites.
Zhou Yuan frowned, “Can this work?” Giving it away to the customers, will they still buy it?
Wei Cheng: “You have to trust your husband, it will definitely work.”
“Okay, I’m going to mix it right now.” Zhou Yuan’s coleslaw was even better than Wei Cheng’s.
Zhou Yuan mixed the coleslaw and served it on small dishes. Wei Lei used a tray, put a few small dishes on the tray, and gave it to the customers.
The customers who saw it were very puzzled, Wei Lei was clumsy and only said that it was a gift.
“The stall’s opening day is today, and any customer who spends more than ten wen will be given a plate of coleslaw, which will be done in the next two days. Thank you for your care, and I hope you all have a good meal.” Wei Cheng explained loudly.
“That’s a good bonus. If I buy teppanyaki, I will get a free gift.” The person waiting in line to buy teppanyaki said so happily.
“Boss, this coleslaw is just mixed-boiled vegetables. It’s cheap, so it’s too stingy to give it as a gift.” A customer said.
“The coleslaw looks tasteless, and the price is expensive. Boss, your food is delicious, but this coleslaw doesn’t look delicious at all.”
“I saw it too, and it doesn’t look like it tastes good.”
“It’s just boiled vegetables for free. I don’t even eat them at home so why give them away? It’s better not to give them away.”
………
In the crowd, many were dissatisfied with the things Wei Cheng sent.
Wei Cheng just smiled, not looking worried while Zhou Yuan frowned, dissatisfied with the customers’ slander of his food, his coleslaw is definitely delicious.
Wei Cheng waited for them to finish their complaints, and was about to explain when a customer shouted after eating the complimentary coleslaw, “Boss, what do you use for your coleslaw, how much is a dish?”
Customers waiting in line to buy food: “……”
Could it be that delicious?
“Boss, bring me a coleslaw, isn’t it five wen per serving?”
“I want more than one for my table.”
The customers who ate the coleslaw ordered the coleslaw one after another.
Wei Lei took their orders and reported the quantity to Zhou Yuan. Zhou Yuan quickly mixed up a plate and served different portions according to the price.
The customers who haven’t eaten them yet are very puzzled.
Is this vegetable dish really delicious?
Because Zhou Yuan was mixing the coleslaw inside, the onlookers at the stall didn’t see how it was made and what it looked like. Some people stretched their necks to watch, and they saw the color was different.
“Yuan Yuan, mix a few dishes to let the customers see what our coleslaw is like.” Wei Cheng said.
Zhou Yuan responded, and put out several servings of vegetarian and meat dishes, spicy and non-spicy dishes, as well as cold noodles and coleslaw, with different prices and servings.
The coleslaw looked spicy and delicious, with good color which is particularly attractive to the appetite.
This is the coleslaw?
When a customer looks at it and smells it, they feel like they want to eat it.
But if he ordered teppanyaki and then buy coleslaw, it was beyond his budget.
Although Zhou Yuan had never done business, he knew what some people were thinking, and said, “Coleslaw is best served with white rice and coarse-grained rice.”
“Is there white rice? How much is a bowl?” A customer asked in surprise.
“A bowl of white rice costs five wen, and a bowl of coarse-rice costs two wen.” Both bowls were filling.
“Okay, I want a bowl of white rice and coleslaw.”
“I want whole grain rice and coleslaw.”
“A flatbread and a coleslaw—”
The coleslaw was introduced to the market.
Dock workers are the most economical they are addicted to eating, and the sauce can be mixed with a bowl of rice. They can buy a bowl to eat with steamed buns or dry food- it can not only fill their stomachs but also satisfy their appetites.
The more they eat, the better it tastes.
Some customers didn’t have a place to sit, so they packed them up and took them away, and some passed by to buy them for taking home- many customers bought them to eat in restaurants with other dishes, and even those who saw coleslaw and teppanyaki in these restaurants asked where they bought them. This attracted many customers.
The afternoon market was officially busy.
This wave of craze started, they were busy until the food is sold out.
When the last dish was sold out, all three of them were sweating from exhaustion, looking tired.
They sat at the stall to rest, unwilling to move an inch.
Wei Lei felt that the lunch market was more tiring than selling flatbreads before, but he was not as tired from working at the dock either.
The business at the stall was booming, the three of them even wondered if it was because it was the first day of business and the business was so good because the customers had never eaten such dishes, but later they’ll find that the business would become even better. The daily increase in servings was still not enough so in the end, they had to hire someone else to help.
Wei Cheng felt that selling coleslaw in summer when was the most delicious and suitable for meals, so he did not choose the wrong food.
After collecting their things, they had to go back to buy vegetables, get some ingredients that will be used at the stall tomorrow, and some ingredients that need to be prepared for tomorrow.
Passers-by were very curious, why did this stall start to pack their things? Was their business not good? Shouldn’t the business continue to sell even so? They were curious and asked, but it was sold out.
What food sells so well? They’ll have to see it tomorrow.
Is the coleslaw kimchi?
I looked it up and it seems like a salad with mayonnaise, looks tasty tho
Reading this with an empty stomach is plain torture 🙂
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