Chapter 26,Part 1: — Finding Money
As the day entered the morning rush hour, more and more people were going to work, and more and more people passed by and came to the stalls to buy breakfast.
Looking at the people passing between the stalls, Lin Momo felt nervous and excited, with a little expectation in her heart.
Whenever someone passes by their steamed bun stall, Lin Momo would instinctively stand straighter behind the stall.
Unfortunately, those people just walked past their steamed bun stall in a hurry, and no one even stopped.
Just when Lin Momo was feeling worried, a lady in her fifties who just came from early morning exercises stopped in front of their stall and stared at their buns.
“Why do the mantou you sell look like this?” the old lady said, her tone slightly confused.
“These are not mantou, these are steamed buns with fillings inside,” Lin Momo explained.
“Grandma, do you want to buy one and try it? Our buns are big and delicious, with extra filling!” Lin Momo tried her best to sell her buns to the other party.
Because the dough of their buns was pressed out with a plate, the skin was indeed thin and the filling thick, and because the two of them have no previous experience making buns, their steamed buns were indeed one size larger than those sold by the other bun shops.
“I don’t think I’ve seen your stall before,” the old lady said with her hands behind her back.
“My dad and I are setting up a stall here for the first time today.”
“Buy one and see how delicious it is!”
Hearing Lin Momo’s words, the old lady looked at their buns again and asked, “Oh? How much is it?”
“Two yuan for the meat filling, one and a half yuan for the non-meat,” Lin Momo quickly replied.
“It’s not expensive at all,” the old lady said, but eventually waved her hand and moved to the pancake stall next door.
Another old lady followed suit and took a look at Lin Momo’s stall. Just as Lin Momo was about to sell to the other party, the other party walked away with her mouth pursed, muttering, “The steamed bun don’t look like steamed bun, mantou don’t look like mantou, the flower roll don’t look like flower roll, the wowotou don’t look like wowotou….”
Their steamed buns were indeed disliked…
Lin Momo stood numb behind the stall, as if this was the first time in her short life that she had suffered such a big blow!
They waited for a while.
During this period, several people passed by their steamed bun stall, but they all turned around and left after taking one look.
“Will no one buy our buns?” Lin Momo at Lin Cheng nervously, an uncontrollable worry in her eyes.
Without waiting for Lin Cheng to answer, Lin Momo lowered her head, feeling lost and alone. She was still muttering to herself, “I knew it, they must think our buns are not good-looking.”
Just when Lin Momo was feeling depressed, a warm bun was stuffed into her mouth.
“Eat first.”
The two of them have been busy since they got up in the morning and haven’t had breakfast yet.
“Hmm.” Lin Momo took the bun and said in muffled tones, “Thank you, dad.”
“Sit down and enjoy it slowly,” Lin Cheng said.
“Okay,” Lin Momo responded. She sat down on the small bench behind the table, cradled the accidentally big bun with her small hands and gnawed it with a look of disappointment.
Although their steamed buns were really a bit ugly, they were obviously delicious ah! So why was no one buying them…
Lin Momo thought silently in her heart, her palm-sized face full of the sorrows of life.
This scene happened to be recorded by the camera in front of the tricycle.
In the livestream channel, watching the scene of Lin Momo chewing on the bun, many people made distressed sounds:
[Little one, ??you look so pitiful like this.
[Aww, what a pity.]
[I am going to shut myself down now.]
[I thought the program team would arrange for passers-by to buy their steamed buns, but it turned out not to be the case? ! This reality show is too real.]
[To be honest, it was a bit ill-advised for the program team to let two people who don’t know how to make buns sell them.]
[At least find a teacher to teach them in advance.]
[That’s right…]
… …
In addition to normal viewer discussions, there were also comments with a unique style in the barrage area.
[Although, it feels so good to watch Lin Momo chewing on the buns.]
[Now that you’ve said that, I also feel good about it.]
[Really, watching her eat makes me want to eat too.]
[I’m really curious about what it tastes like.]
… …
The way Lin Momo quietly bit into the bun made it look really delicious.
Her picture of ‘livestream eating’ successfully attracted the attention of several passers-by.
Two young office girls walked by the bun stall, looked at the buns, and then at Lin Momo.
“Little girl, are you eating steamed buns?”
“Yeah,” Lin Momo nodded.
“What is it?”
“It’s peanut-based.”
“Does it taste good?” One of the girls asked again with a smile.
“It’s very delicious,” Lin Momo nodded again.
Realizing that some business was finally coming to her door, Lin Momo suddenly came back to life with full health and got up from the bench.
“Older sister, do you want to try our steamed stuffed bun? It’s really delicious. Although it’s a little ugly on the outside, it’s the same as other steamed stuffed buns.” The two young people didn’t think the steamed stuffed buns were ugly, they just thought the buns looked oddly shaped, so, it’s pretty fun.
“What kind of fillings are there?” the girl asked.
“There are all kinds of fillings,” Lin Momo said, pointing to the buns in front of her and introducing them to the two older sisters. “This one with the one pointy mark has sugar sesame seeds, two pointy marks are filled with peanuts, and three pointy marks are stuffed pork buns made of pork, these with four marks…”
“This is the first time I’ve seen buns categorized like this,” the two girls laughed.
“Then I want one with mushroom and cabbage.”
“I want… the one you were eating,” one of the girls said, pointing to the bun in Lin Momo’s hand.
“How much?”
“3 yuan.”
Lin Momo took the QR code to collect their money, and Lin Cheng took out two pieces from the steamer. The buns were each handed to the two young women respectively.
Before the two left, Lin Momo sweetly said to them, “Thank you.”
After the two girls walked a few steps away, they began to discuss in a low voice.
“By the way, the owner of the steamed stuffed bun stand just now is pretty handsome.”
“I also think that kid is very cute too!”
“Ah, I want to have a daughter!”
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T/N: As you can see, people have certain expectations as to what steamed buns with particular fillings are supposed to look like—just like we expect a croissant to look like a croissant or a donut like a donut. These are what flower rolls and wowotou look like, respectively:
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