Lin Mai saw that Fang Zhuoran really wanted to help her, so she stopped being pretentious and told him the kinds of marinades that she couldn't buy.
If it were placed after the 1990s, those kinds of marinades would be readily available.
However, in the 1980s when logistics was backward, several marinades that were only available in the Yunnan-Guizhou Mountains were simply not available in Jiangcheng.
Anyway, he had already accepted Fang Zhuoran's help, so Lin Mai simply went one step further and asked him to get a few kilograms of cumin powder.
Since the neighbor insists on having a hard time with her, then she should just play next door to death.
Although there were no personal telephones in the 1980s, units would install home telephones for leaders above a certain level to facilitate their work.
Although Fang Zhuoran is not a big leader, he is a young and promising surgeon at Puji Hospital.
Many times, only he can perform emergency and critical operations because he not only has superb medical skills, but also has good physical strength.
For many critical surgeries, although the senior surgical professors have achieved medical skills, their physical strength cannot keep up.
Therefore, the school also equipped Fang Zhuoran with a home phone, just to make it easier for him to be on call.
As soon as Fang Zhuoran returned home, he immediately made a few phone calls.
Soon, a Yunnan-Guizhou patient who had been cured by him agreed to get him the kinds of braised ingredients Lin Mai wanted.
Someone also helped him get the authentic Xinjiang cumin powder.
Fang Zhuoran asked them to send the things over as soon as possible.
Fang Zhuoran's lips curled up slightly at the thought of doing something for the little girl.
Due to the vicious competition from next door, Linmai Snack Bar's breakfast business was very poor, but they did a small job and managed to sell out, but they didn't use up the minced meat.
The employees got off work at that time, and Lin Mai went to the state-owned market to pick up the pig guts and lungs she had ordered.
Zhou Caiyun frowned and said: "If you take it today, don't make another reservation tomorrow. At noon, the next door will be like in the morning, imitating us and deliberately undercutting us in price. This business will not be good."
It’s a waste of money to buy so much pig offal and pig lungs that you won’t be able to use them all.”
Because of the reduction, the meat fillings in the morning were not used up, and Zhou Caiyun was worried to death.
She didn't know what to do when there was pig water and pig manure left at noon.
It's hot now, so things can't be sold out and they go bad overnight.
Lin Mai nodded: "I know."
When she arrived at the state-owned food market, she found Ma Jiaqiang, the salesperson who helped her carry the goods, and said that she might not be able to come to pick up the goods for a week.
But the deposit will not be refunded for now, and she will come back to pick up the goods in a week.
As long as he comes to pick up the goods in the future, it will be fine. Ma Jianjia nodded and agreed.
Sure enough, it was exactly as Zhou Caiyun had guessed. At noon, the food sold next door was exactly the same as Lin Mai's, and just like breakfast, each food was five cents cheaper.
If you have to find a difference, it is that the braised pork from Lin Mai's house has a strong aroma, while the braised pork from Aunt Hu's house has an unpleasant organ smell.
People in this era do not have high requirements for food, as long as it is meat, and it is cheap.
Even though the food at Aunt Hu's house doesn't taste good, a lot of people go to her house for lunch.
Seeing that business was not going well, Lin Mai sold lunch alone at the door and asked Zhou Caiyun to make steamed buns with the remaining meat fillings from the morning. She would drag them out and sell them later.
After more than half an hour, the steamed buns were ready, and Lin Mai left some food for Zhou Caiyun to sell to prevent her neighbor from returning to normal prices.
Since the neighbor won't let her have an easy time, then she won't let Aunt Hu have an easy time either, so let's just waste it.
Lin Mai loaded the rest of the food on a tricycle and sold it along the street.
They continued selling until two o'clock in the afternoon. All the food was sold out before they came back. During this period, they were almost caught by the law enforcement team.
Next door, Aunt Hu and Zhou Caiyun also sold out their food and ended their business for the day.
When Aunt Hu saw Lin Mai coming back, she snorted proudly.
Lin Mai curled his lips in disdain and yelled at the loss, like a retarded person, what's there to be proud of!
She and Zhou Caiyun brought the things on the tricycle into the kitchen when they heard a quarrel outside.
Zhou Caiyun listened for a few minutes with his ears straightened up, his eyes flashing with the light of gossip: "It seems like there is a quarrel next door. I'll go and see what's going on."
Lin Mai also followed out with great interest.
It turned out that the uncle who made the steamer and Aunt Hu had a life-and-death quarrel.
Lin Mai listened to a few words before he understood the whole story.
It turns out that Aunt Hu bought a batch of steamers from Uncle Steamer and agreed to pay half of the deposit first and the other half upon delivery.
But the steamer uncle brought the steamer, and Aunt Hu was already short of money and asked him to give it a few days.
The steamer uncle agreed and came to collect the balance today, but Aunt Hu said that the quality of his steamer was not good and refused to pay the balance.
The steamer uncle was so angry that he started arguing with her.
But no matter how much they argued, Aunt Hu insisted that the quality of his steamer was not good and would not pay the balance.
Uncle Steamer's face was livid with anger, he pointed at Aunt Hu's nose and said, "Wait for me!" After that, he turned around and left.
Aunt Hu chased him and scolded him: "Just wait, I'm afraid of you, a country bumpkin!"
Zhou Caiyun rolled his eyes in disgust: "Whose three generations of ancestors are not country people? Are you still looking down on others?"
Lin Mai also hates such self-righteous people.
She took a pen and paper and sat in the shop to teach Zhou Caiyun how to read and learn simple arithmetic.
Zhou Caiyun attended a literacy class for several years when he was a child. Although he has forgotten everything, he still has some impressions of it. It was not particularly difficult for Lin Mai to teach him.
The two of them were teaching and learning when they suddenly heard someone shouting outside the door: "They're killing someone! They're going to kill someone!"
Lin Mai was facing the door and looked up to see the steamer uncle walking quickly towards the next door with a bright kitchen knife in his hand.
She secretly yelled "No!" and rushed out.
It was still a step too late, and the steamer uncle had already pointed the kitchen knife at Aunt Hu's chest and roared: "Will you pay me the balance or not?"
Aunt Hu rolled her eyes in fright, trembling her lips and said, "I...I'll give it to you right now..."
Lin Mai rushed forward, grabbed the kitchen knife from the steamer uncle's hand, and said angrily: "Uncle, I asked you to help me buy a kitchen knife, but you should give me the kitchen knife first before talking to anyone.
You said you were talking to people with a kitchen knife, and when you met someone who was unreasonable and said you hurt someone with a knife, you couldn't wash yourself away even if you jumped into the Yellow River!"
The steamer uncle was just irritated and lost his mind for a moment.
When Lin Mai snatched the kitchen knife away, his sanity returned.
Although I am still angry, I have been able to control my emotions.
He smiled gratefully at Lin Mai and said, "I forgot about it for a moment."
Aunt Hu was dumbfounded.
When she saw Lin Mai snatching away the kitchen knife and the crisis was over, she was about to act violently and sent the steamer uncle to the police station to have him serve a few years in prison.
But she didn't expect Lin Mai to exonerate the steamer uncle with just a few words, which made her angry.
Pointing at Lin Mai's nose, he said: "You are blind. He pointed a kitchen knife at me. Do you think he was not hurting anyone with a knife?"
Lin Mai spread his hands towards the steamer uncle: "I just told you, if you have a kitchen knife in your hand, people will use it to make trouble when you meet a villain."
Aunt Hu was so angry that she exploded on the spot: "Who do you think is a villain?"
Lin Mai opened his mouth and yelled: "You! Why don't you pay the balance when you buy someone else's steamer? You're still looking for excuses! You're not a villain!"
Although she doesn't like to meddle in other people's business, she can't bear to be bullied by others.
Aunt Hu crossed her waist and said confidently: "The quality is not good, why should I pay the balance?"
Lin Mai nodded: "Okay! You return all the steamers to the uncle, and I will immediately help him refund all the money you paid before. It's fair!"
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