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Chapter 8 Booth Fees

Although Xichun defeated those two people, she still had to be vigilant. They were knocking on the door today. It would be bad if they came to steal the house one day.

So she planned to buy a good lock tomorrow and lock the main door and the door of the room. Although people in the village also locked the door, the locks were mainly designed to protect against gentlemen but not villains. She didn't dare to vouch for it now. Those people really didn't dare to do anything.

It was busy late at night again, and every household had already gone to bed in order to save lamp oil.

Xichun pulled the car out again, and this time, several people saw it.

"They also said that Xi Chun didn't do anything serious. I saw that some of the elders in our village were as diligent as her. They went to town before dawn carrying vegetables." Someone saw the food in Xi Chun's basket. Vegetables, so I thought she was going to sell vegetables. After all, many people in the village would go to the town to sell vegetables during the market.

"I heard someone said that Xichun was selling food in the town yesterday, and there seemed to be a lot of people buying it. This girl is really brave."

Xichun ignored their discussion and just placed the things, someone came to visit him immediately.

"Little girl, your hot dishes are really good, and the soup is delicious. You see, I brought a bowl with me today, so I just want to take it home and give it to my family to try it." Yesterday's diner took it Come over with a bowl.

"Okay, then I'll give you some more soup. By the way, do you have noodles at home? If you boil the noodles and put them in it, the noodles will absorb the flavor of the soup and become more delicious." Xichun naturally welcomed it. This also saves her time washing dishes.

"Really, I have never tried eating like this. Do you have any noodles? How about I try it first?"

"I haven't started selling noodles yet. I will start selling noodles after a while when the business stabilizes." Xichun naturally has this idea, but she does not have enough manpower now. If she hires people to do the work, it is not cost-effective to start out. .

"Okay, then I'll try it when I go home."

Soon, people who had not eaten yesterday came forward to buy some.

"Hey, your food is indeed delicious, but it's a little too spicy. I can't eat the spiciness." Someone looked on and made a regretful voice.

"Then I will prepare a fire another day to cook clear soup. Uncle must remember to patronize it." It is naturally good for someone to have opinions. She also has to slowly explore the tastes of these diners.

Just after noon, Xichun heard a commotion from the side.

"What's going on over there? Why is it so noisy?" Someone asked Xichun a confused question.

"You don't know. This is the county government's arrest. I heard that this is a rule set by the county magistrate who came here at the beginning of the year. Everyone who sets up a stall must pay a stall fee."

"Oh, I wonder how the stall fee is collected?" When Xichun heard this, he remembered that she had just come to set up a stall, and indeed she had not heard about the stall fee. She also didn't know what the county magistrate was like, whether the charge was high?
"We don't know. They will be here soon. Just ask and pay the stall fee quickly. Otherwise, you may get into trouble." A kind-hearted diner advised her.

"Okay, thank you." Xichun naturally would not confront those people, and judging from the situation in the town, the stall fee should be fairly affordable, otherwise the price of their products would definitely increase a lot.

After a while, the Agent Guo everyone was talking about came over with another agent. "Is this a newly opened stall?" The leader, Agent Guo, had a knife hanging on his waist and was a tall man. When he saw a girl from Xichun setting up a stall here, he stepped forward and asked.

"Hello, you two gentlemen. I just started setting up a stall yesterday. I don't know about the stall fee. How much money should I pay?" Xichun also showed a smile and asked the two gentlemen to sit down. On the stool beside.

"Don't sit down. Since you are a newly opened stall, you will be the same as the one next to you, which is one hundred yuan a month." Agent Guo is a serious-minded person who takes care of business.

"Okay, okay, I'll give it to the two men right now." Xichun felt relieved when he heard that the price he said was the same as that of another stall holder next to him.

"Master, I'm making spicy hotpot. The two masters have come all the way from the county. They must be tired. Come on, come on, eat some of the spicy hotpot made at my stall to get rid of the cold. "Xichun holds the vegetables and meat and starts to boil them.

"Don't bother. It's not easy for you to do business. Just sell what you can. Let's go." Seeing how sensible she was, Agent Guo took the agent directly to inspect another house.

"This agent Guo is quite good. Don't worry. Originally, our stall fee was eighty cents a month. Who knew that the new county magistrate changed it after he came? Alas, this business is not easy to do. Originally, everyone We are also discussing raising prices, but a few are unwilling to raise prices, fearing that they will lose business if prices rise, and others are afraid to raise prices easily."

The proprietress of the stall selling steamed buns next to her came over. Her family was the one the police officer just mentioned. They were also from the village, but because her husband had been an apprentice in a steamed bun shop and learned the skill of making steamed buns, the couple came to town. Make a living.

"Sister-in-law, do those mobile stalls charge money?" Xichun was a little confused after hearing her tone.

"Yes, I heard that starting from next month, each person who goes to the market and sets up a stall will be charged three cents. It's just a little cheaper than our fixed rate."

"Then it's really hard to do." Xichun heard that even setting up a stall during the market has to collect money. This is really hard to say. In these eight villages, the market hours are different in each town.

Taohua Town holds a market every seven days. On the day of the market, many people come to buy and sell things. The times in other towns are also staggered, so some business families have to take turns to go to the market every seven days. There is one or two days off, and the rest of the time is spent traveling in various towns, so this kind of mobile business seldom pays stall fees.

Xichun couldn't care less about what those people thought. Her business today was pretty good. Before long, all the vegetables and meat she brought today were sold out.

Xichun looked at it and found that there were still fewer types of vegetables. If there were more varieties, there would be a lot of people who like it. There is also another business, and that is the tofu. The fried tofu fruit lives in it, soaking up the soup. , the taste is also very delicious.

So after closing the stall, she went to buy some meat and tofu. The business is not big now. Making tofu by herself would take more time, and she couldn't handle it by herself.

After returning home and preparing the tofu and meat, Xichun cooked three bowls of spicy soup with meat and vegetables, and took them to Aunt Zhang and Aunt Liu's house.

Yesterday, the two of them showed goodwill to themselves and were not willing to take advantage of her family. Anyway, sooner or later, the news that she was doing business in the town would be spread to the villagers. It was also a good opportunity to tell the villagers that she was doing business in the town. Do business seriously.

There is also a bowl of Xichun ready to be delivered to the village chief's house. The village chief's prestige in the village is still very high. He is short-tongued and soft-handed. Even in modern times, this kind of worldliness is indispensable.

(End of this chapter)