564: Chapter 564 Collecting Servant (2)_1 564: Chapter 564 Collecting Servant (2)_1 “And I’ll take two jin…”
Once the first sale was made, soon ca the second and third…
So people with ulterior motives stood aside, waiting for the ng slaves to sell the leftover beef cheaper than they could bag a piece and take it ho for a treat.
Cai Wei slowly moved in the line.
She was supposed to wait quite a while before her turn, but because several people in front of her had gone to buy beef, it got to her relatively quickly.
“Miss, what kind of filling do you want to buy?
How many?”
The owner of the bun shop greeted her enthusiastically, with a smile on his face.
After a thought, Cai Wei said, “I’ll have twenty at-filled ones, and twenty veggie ones!”
“Alright, coming right up!”
The owner efficiently fetched two hot, steamy bamboo stears from the back and opened them up.
A unique aroma wafted up right away, a blend of the fragrance of at, the scent of flour, and sothing else indescribable.
Cai Wei curiously noticed that under the bamboo stear weren’t ordinary stear cloths or corn leaves often used by the people of the northeast to steam things, but tender lettuce leaves.
The lettuce had turned a slight yellow due to the steaming, but a light scent of vegetables was still detectable.
The white dumplings were different from others too, their skins trembled slightly as the owner packed them up, as if they were filled with water.
“Why are the buns trembling?” Cai Wei asked curiously, laughing.
Looking confused, the owner replied, “Miss, is this your first ti eating our buns?
Don’t you know our buns are soup dumplings?”
Soup dumplings?
In this dynasty, there were already soup dumplings?
Cai Wei stuck out her tongue in surprise, and instantly admired the wisdom of the ancient laborers.
The owner of the bun shop deftly packed the forty buns that Cai Wei requested into a carryout bag, then handed her a handful of clean wheat straws of the length of a finger, neatly packaged in an oil paper wrapper.
“Miss, rember to first stick a straw into the bun and suck up the soup, then eat the bun.
Otherwise, the soup inside the bun will splash onto your face!”
“Hmm, got it.
Thanks for the reminder!”
Cai Wei agreed with a keen interest, picked up her bag of buns, and walked out of the bun shop.
Outside the shop, the two ng slaves were still hawking.
Not much beef was left in their backs, and the crowd around buying at reduced.
It was not as bustling as before.
Cai Wei walked over, looked at the beef in the basket, and said to the two ng slaves, “How much is left?
I’ll take all!”
“Are you serious, miss?”
The two excited ng n replied, “We have about one hundred and forty or fifty jin of at left.
Are you sure you want all?”
Cai Wei nodded her head, “Yes, I’ll take it all.
But, you have to help deliver it to my residence!”
“No problem!”
Having such a big spender all of a sudden, taking all their at, saved them from cutting it bit by bit and also from arguing with the townsfolk over the scales.
The two ng slaves were, naturally, extrely delighted.
They imdiately put away their at-cutting knives in their belts and shouted to the onlookers, “No more for sale, no more for sale, everyone disperse…”
So townsfolk were dissatisfied, complaining, “I wanted to buy a piece for entertaining guests, but soone beat to it!”
Another one grumbled bitterly, “What can you do when you’re outbid?
We the poor can’t compete with the loaded ones, can we?”
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