Rebirth of a Village Girl

Chapter 24

SELL SHORT!

Ni Yang blanched a handful of noodles in fish soup and served them into ten cups, sprinkled them with cilantro, chopped green onion, and minced garlic, before pouring the final touch of soup over them. Thus, ten petite servings of Sour Fish Noodle Soup were completed.

Though small, the servings had a full spectrum of colors, scents, and flavors.

Ni Yang held a tray with ten servings of noodles, and started soliciting passersby loudly, “Come, come, step right up, free noodles for tasting, it’s all free!”

Upon hearing the word ‘free’, a middle-aged woman immediately paused and asked, “Are you really giving these away for free?”

Ni Yang nodded and handed her a cup, “Yes ma’am, please judge if it tastes good or not. This cup of noodles doesn’t cost you a penny. If you like it, you can sit down and have a bowl of it at only three cents per bowl. If you don’t like it, you can simply leave without any obligation. After all, I am a young girl standing before so many people. Do you think I could swindle you?”

The middle-aged woman suspiciously took a sip from the cup while multiple people had already gathered around to watch.

In this era, promotional strategies were scarce, much more so the free food samples, thus attracting numerous onlookers. However, these onlookers only watched the ‘first to act’ middle-aged woman, without accepting the cupped noodles from Ni Yang, fearing it to be a scam.

After finishing the soup, the middle-aged woman wore an incredibly baffled expression.

The surrounding crowd was filled with curiosity.

With an amiable grin, Ni Yang asked, “So ma’am, how would you rate the taste?”

The woman took a bite of noodles without answering, carefully chewing and then looked at Ni Yang incredulously, “This is absolutely delicious! Missy, how did you prepare this fish soup?”

The noodles, imbued with the tangy, spicy, and savory flavor of the pickled cabbage fish soup, were incredibly appetizing and left people craving for the next bite. There was no fishy taste at all. If it weren’t for the fish fillet floating on the soup, who could believe these were fish soup noodles?

“Exactly.” Ni Yang nodded, “Ma’am, would you like a bowl?”

“Yes, yes!” The middle-aged woman replied excitedly and picked a place to sit down, “Missy, hurry up and bring me a bowl.”

The middle-aged woman was originally going to have breakfast. She had been eating here for three or four years, but had never tasted such delicious noodles! She couldn’t wait to have a bowl right away.

“Sure ma’am, please wait for a moment.” Ni Yang acknowledged the request.

Having observed the reaction of the middle-aged woman, the onlookers started clamoring for a free cup of noodles themselves.

They were simply too curious, were the noodles indeed that delicious?

Ni Yang rapidly handed out the remaining nine cups of noodles to the others.

However, many others had not gotten a share. She apologized, “I’m sorry, I have got no free samples left for today. If you would like to eat, it’s three cents per large bowl.”