As for Shen Yue, she just found a stall and placed the mushroom skewers.
Stir-fried mushrooms should be classified as cooked food, so Shen Yue did not take them out rashly.
The market has strict requirements. Each category of stalls has its own partition to facilitate government management. The charges for each stall are also different.
For example, the stall where the two aunts sell vegetables can be rented for four cents a day, while the dry goods area costs five cents, and the cooked food costs six cents. The meat sellers have to butcher on site and the place is not easy to clean, so they have to rent it for ten cents a day.
After Shen Yue set up the stall, she let Luo Mu look at the stall first, and then she went around to check the prices.
After going around, she had a general understanding of the prices. There were many vendors selling red mushrooms, and they were all scattered and sold together with other dry goods at home.
Shen Yue asked around and found out that they were all priced at eighty cents per pound. The size of the mushrooms was less than half the size of his own, and they were sold as soon as they appeared.
There are only fifty or sixty mushrooms per pound, but the mushrooms she skewered were all twenty-five in bunches, which were big and clean. Shen Yue directly priced them at fifty cents per bunch.
Strings of red mushrooms are neatly placed in front of the stall, attracting the attention of passers-by.
But when asked about the price, everyone shook their heads.
"Little girl, what you sell is too expensive. The one at Lindongtou is much cheaper than yours." The woman paused and said, "If it's ten cents cheaper, I'll buy two skewers and use them to make soup."
The woman was about thirty years old. She wore her hair in a bun with a silver hairpin stuck in it. The basket in her hand also contained a chick that had shed its feathers. She looked like a wealthy family in the town.
Shen Yue replied in a neither humble nor overbearing tone, "Auntie, I just picked this from the mountain yesterday. It's very fresh, and it's all been processed at my house. You can just stir-fry or stew it when you get home."
The woman was a little excited and walked around the whole street. It was true that only this store had the best quality, but the price was really a bit expensive.
Shen Yue saw the woman's hesitation and took out the stir-fried mushrooms wrapped in perilla from the basket and opened it, "Aunt, these are stir-fried mushrooms from my own home. You can try them first and buy them if you are satisfied."
Shen Yue wrapped one in perilla leaves and handed it to the woman.
The woman smiled, took the mushroom, and put it in her mouth. The delicious mushroom flavor immediately spread in her mouth.
She couldn't help but swallow when she smelled the taste just now. When she took it into her mouth, the texture paired with the fresh perilla leaves was even more eye-catching.
"Little girl, did you put meat in this?" the woman asked in surprise.
Shen Yue smiled and replied, "There's no meat at all. It's just fried with our mushrooms and some secret seasonings."
"It's weird, I tasted meat." The woman murmured softly.
After thinking for a moment, he took out a hundred coins from his pocket and handed it to Shen Yue, "Auntie, please take two skewers back. Do you have your secret seasoning? Bring one for auntie as well."
"I didn't bring the secret seasoning today. I will set up a stall here tomorrow and I will give Auntie two packs for free." Shen Yue replied with a smile.
After receiving the copper coins, he took out a new portion of shiso-wrapped mushrooms from his backpack, and Luo Mu wrapped two bunches of mushrooms with a rope and handed them to the woman.
"My aunt is the first guest today. I will give this stir-fried mushroom to my aunt for free as a lucky draw."
The woman happily put everything into the basket and boasted that Shen Yue would do something good.
Today, the master asked for stir-fried mushrooms, and she was still worried about how to make them. With the little girl in her place, she could do the job.
The people around saw that the woman bought two skewers and also got a portion of stir-fried mushrooms, and they were immediately moved.
"Little girl, if you buy two skewers, will you get fried mushrooms for free?" the honest man asked with a blushing face.
"Yes, there are still six portions left. The last supply lasts. Uncle can try it first before deciding whether to buy it or not."
Shen Yue handed the mushrooms to be tasted to the man. The man tasted them and immediately asked for four skewers. Shen Yue was not polite and gave the man two portions of stir-fried mushrooms.
Seeing this, people around them came together to taste it, and those who had tasted it took away at least two bunches.
There were some that I hadn’t tasted, but everyone who had tasted them bought them and took a bunch home with them.
After a while, there were not many mushroom skewers left on the stall.
Cui Sheng, who had just arrived from Aunt Chen and Gu's family, happened to meet the woman who had finished buying mushrooms.
The sharp-eyed Cui Sheng saw the perilla buns in the woman's basket and quickly stopped him, "Mother Tian, where did you buy this perilla buns? It's so fragrant, I could smell it from afar."
Tian's mother glared at Cui Sheng fiercely, "Who are you calling mom?"
Cui Sheng quickly apologized, "Sister, sister, my good sister, just tell me. I came all the way looking for it. It's not like you don't know the task our shopkeeper gave me."
Cui Sheng's words about "sister" made Tian's mother instantly happy. She pointed to Shen Yue's stall in the back, "It's just that little girl's stall, but they sell mushrooms."
"Oh, thank you sister, I will give my sister a 50% discount when she comes to our store!"
Cui Sheng stretched out his hand and made a five sign, and received a look from Tian's mother.
Cui Sheng was not upset, smiled, said goodbye to Tian's mother, and ran to Shen Yue's stall.