Chapter 41: The Small Sales Peak of Tea Leaf Eggs
What Qiu Ye didn't expect was that on the same night, she ushered in a small sales peak for tea eggs.
The time for students to take exams in college is not uniform, some departments finish the exam early with fewer subjects, so they finished the exam today and will take the train back home tomorrow.
Many students have a long way to go and need to eat several meals on the train, so they have to consider what to eat on the train. This is something that puzzles them every time they return home, because many things can't be eaten on the train. Crackers are too dry, and sweet pastries are not good either. Eating a few pieces is okay, but eating too much is unbearable. Some classmates thought, "It would be great to bring tea eggs onto the train! They're delicious and flavorful, and when instant noodles are cooked, they can also serve as a side dish." So many people want to buy several tea eggs to take with them.
In the evening, Qiu Ye's stall had just been set up when someone came to buy tea eggs.
"Give me ten tea eggs and I'll give you money."
"Come on, give me four too."
"I want eight, give me the ones with big cracks."
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Qiu Ye agreed one by one, but felt very strange in her heart. Usually when students bought them, they would only buy one or two at a time, and it was impossible to eat so many at once. But today, those who came to buy tea eggs almost all bought four or eight at a time, with hardly anyone buying fewer than that. Before long, 100 tea eggs were sold out.
There were also several people who didn't buy any complaining, "Hey, why did you bring so little today? I haven't bought any yet, and tomorrow noon I'm taking the train to leave. If I don't buy now, there won't be time later."
Qiu Ye really wanted to tell him that he sells so many every day, but customers are gods, and the god has some complaints, so he endured it. Moreover, looking at the man's face full of regret, he was very curious about what happened today, the situation is very abnormal.
Qiu Ye smiled and asked.
"Big brother, why does it seem like you all made an appointment or something? You're all buying so many tea eggs today."
"This isn't the end of our semester exams, is it? Tomorrow is a holiday and everyone has already bought train tickets to go home. We've been eating tea eggs from your place every day, just wanted to bring some on the train to eat, but you're all out of stock." The student said regretfully, if only he hadn't gone to the bathroom first, he would have definitely been able to buy some.
Qiu Ye knew the reason and thought of a good idea, she could make money and help these college students, so she smiled and said: "Big brother, what time are you leaving tomorrow? If it's urgent, I'll sell tea eggs at the dormitory entrance again at 6:30 tomorrow morning."
The student's eyes lit up after hearing this, "Little sister, really? You can go that early too?"
"Brother, you've all been giving me face for so long, I'm not tired after working hard for one or two days, it's just that I don't know how many you want. How about this? Can you lend me a piece of paper and a pen? If anyone wants to order tea eggs, write down your name, the number of tea eggs, on the paper, and I'll deliver them to everyone tomorrow morning." Qiu Ye said with a smile, as long as she could make money, no matter how hard it was, she would endure.
That student listened and said, "This idea is good, I have a pen and paper." After finishing speaking, he tore off a large piece of paper from the back of his own notebook, wrote down his own reservation information first, and then handed the paper and pen to Qiu Ye.
Qiu Ye looked at the name on the paper and said, "Brother Wu, can I borrow this pen to use? I'll definitely return it to you tomorrow morning."
"Here, take it and use it. If you don't need it, just return it. Just bring me the tea eggs I want tomorrow and that's fine." Wu classmate swung his hand casually and walked away happily.
As soon as the first one came, there was a second one, and finally, a circle of people gathered here to wait for writing reservation information. Qiu Ye inquired that these people were from the History Department, and some said that the Math Department would finish the exam tomorrow and be on holiday the day after tomorrow. These people provided Qiu Ye with very useful information, and she knew that her tea eggs would sell well in the next few days.
After that, people came one after another. Some people saw the crowd and curiously came to take a look. When they knew everyone was pre-ordering tea eggs, they also pre-ordered some, but noted the pickup date at the back.
By around 5 o'clock in the afternoon, both sides of the paper were densely filled with names, egg counts and dates. Qiu Ye looked at this paper with a smile that showed her teeth, this was all money, she had to take good care of it.
Qiu Ye looked at the time and it wasn't early anymore, so she quickly gathered up the empty pails and ran back home with her brother, as she still had many things to do.
After returning home, she simply peeled off a mouthful of rice and took out the paper, looking at Qiu's mother with a frown.
This girl is now completely out of control, not looking like a girl at all. It's all her husband's fault. Then she turned around and glared fiercely at Qiu Dad.
Qiu's father was stared at inexplicably, but he didn't dare show any dissatisfaction. He quickly thought back to what he had done today that might have displeased his daughter-in-law.
Don't mention the Qiu family, as soon as Qiu Ye left the house, he ran to Wang Zhu's home and shouted: "Quickly, quickly, quickly, Brother Zhu, let's start making tea eggs now, I need them tomorrow."
Wang Zhuzi was called by Qiu Ye and was stunned, he didn't know why the eggs that were supposed to be stored in the afternoon would start making tea eggs at night, but he was a good comrade and wouldn't ask much, as long as he was told what to do.
So afterwards the two of them got busy, Wang Zhuozi was scrubbing pots and hugging firewood to light a fire, Qiu Ye put eggs into the pot, finally throwing in a package wrapped in gauze that they had brought from home into the big pot, sprinkling some salt, pouring half a bottle of soy sauce, and considering it done.
Then Qiu Ye pulled Wang Zhu Zi to tell him the things to pay attention to when making tea eggs. In fact, making tea eggs is very simple, just put the eggs in a pot, add seasonings, light the fire and cook until they're done, then soak them in the soup for two hours.
Wang Zhuzi was watching the fire in the kitchen, while Qiu Ye sat cross-legged beside the kang table in the inner room, carefully counting out the tea eggs to be delivered tomorrow. This wasn't a big deal, but when she counted them, she got a fright.
At 6:30 this morning, there were already 480 tea eggs booked, because few people wanted them, all of which were booked in tens or eight, and several were even booked for thirty.
Qiu Ye was just thinking how far their home must be, to be able to eat so many tea eggs on the train.
No matter what reason others want so much, since I promised and accepted the order, I must fulfill my promise. Tomorrow morning, I will definitely deliver the tea eggs to their hands.
She thought for a moment, and decided to make all the eggs she had on hand after all. Maybe someone would still want some tomorrow morning. After all, today she had only stood at the entrance of the cafeteria for about an hour, so it was very possible that there were still people who wanted to place an order but couldn't find her.
Qiu Ye finally told Wang Zhuzi that he would be in charge of the 350 tea leaf eggs here, and she would come to collect them tomorrow morning at six o'clock.
After finishing the shift, Qiu Ye hurriedly ran back home and boiled the 200 eggs at home.
When Qiu Ye lay in bed at night, he felt sore and aching all over his waist and back. He sincerely sighed that the money he earned was really hard-earned. In his heart, he silently shouted "Laborers are the most glorious" and fell asleep.
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