Chapter 16: You can do that?
Just handed the steamed buns to the Middle School student next to the Old Man’s T-shirt uncle, and a few more customers came:
“Boss, two Mushroom and Bok Choy Buns, please.”
“I want two, too.”
“I want four.”
……
Han Dahai quickly handed over the buns.
Watching them leave happily, and then looking at the empty steamer, Han Dahai was completely baffled.
“Why are people eating buns at noon?”
“Should we make more?”
Cui He asked from inside the shop.
Han Dahai hesitated and glanced at the back of the Old Man’s T-shirt uncle:
“Yes, make more.”
They had just steamed three more batches when a large group of people came again.
Watching the steamer being emptied in an instant, Han Dahai didn’t have time to hesitate:
“Make more! Make even more.”
“What’s going on? Is it a bun festival today?”
He simply went in to help make them.
Seeing Han Dahai and Cui He busy and sweating profusely, Wei Songlin was happy to watch the joke:
“You two need to work harder and make more. Anyway, if you can’t sell them all at noon, you can sell them in the evening. If you can’t sell them in the evening, you can freeze them overnight and sell them again tomorrow morning.”
“I’m afraid that there won’t be so many people wanting to buy your Mushroom and Bok Choy Buns later.”
“Mushroom and Bok Choy Buns? It seems we’ve come at the right time. Boss, a whole steamer!”
Wei Songlin’s smile froze.
A couple bypassed him and sat down in the shop happily.
The small shop quickly filled up with people.
Steamer after steamer of freshly baked Mushroom and Bok Choy Buns were served.
The later customers, seeing that there were no seats left, all squeezed next to the steamer.
As time went on, the number of people not only didn’t decrease, but instead increased, almost crowding onto the curb.
“What’s going on?”
“Why are there so many people?”
“Didn’t I just go to the restroom?”
“Damn, I live in the next neighborhood.”
“What’s the next neighborhood? I live in the residential building behind this shop.”
“Damn, this is too ridiculous. I just got up late to buy some breakfast, and you guys surrounded the bun shop?!”
……
The crowd was chattering and discussing.
At this moment, several customers who had already bought buns walked out from the front with smiles on their faces.
One of them even picked up a hot bun and started eating it on the spot.
Seeing his look of enjoyment, everyone couldn’t help but swallow their saliva.
An aunt couldn’t help but ask:
“Big Brother, is it delicious?”
“This isn’t a question of whether it’s delicious or not, it’s a question of whether I can buy more if I bought too little.”
Saying that, he actually turned around and went to the end of the line again.
Seeing this, everyone was even hungrier.
Before long, Han Dahai’s voice came from the front:
“Only the last two steamers left, those in the back, don’t line up anymore, the Mushroom and Bok Choy Buns are almost sold out.”
The crowd immediately stirred, and someone shouted loudly:
“Aren’t your buns freshly made? I can wait!”
“Don’t wait! There’s no filling left inside.”
Hearing this, everyone was immediately unhappy:
“I’ve been waiting for almost half an hour, and you’re telling me the buns are sold out?!”
“The boss isn’t righteous, even if you wash the mushrooms on the spot, you have to wrap the buns!”
“That’s right! I drove more than thirty kilometers just to eat a bun from your place, is it easy for me?”
“Aren’t there two steamers left? I’ll take them all, I’ll give you a hundred!”
“You’re pretending to be generous with a hundred? I’ll give two hundred!”
“Three hundred!”
“A thousand!!”
The one who said a thousand took out a thick stack of banknotes from his wallet, didn’t even look at it, slapped it on the table, picked up a steamer of buns, and ran away.
The people nearby were all stunned.
“I’ll be damned! There’s such an operation?!”
Immediately, everyone followed suit, scanning the QR codes, paying cash, and starting to help themselves immediately after paying. Some reached out to grab the buns and were scalded to tears but didn’t let go, some were holding plastic bags and fiercely competing with the people next to them, and some simply learned from that Big Brother and directly picked up the steamer and walked out.
The scene was chaotic.
“Hey, hey, my steamer! My steamer!”
“That’s not right, you took the wrong one, that’s the Beef Bun!”
“Young man, you gave too much money, three buns don’t cost a hundred!”
……
In just a short while, the few steamers of buns that were being steamed were all snatched up, and even the steamers were snatched away.
Han Dahai looked at the empty steamer, completely dumbfounded.
After selling buns for so many years, this was the first time he had sold even the steamer.
What’s up, are you guys also going to steam buns?
While Han Dahai was in a daze, Wei Songlin, who was nearby, rolled his eyes and quickly shouted to the remaining customers:
“Everyone, come and take a look, our shop also sells Mushroom and Bok Choy Buns, the taste is absolutely amazing, everyone who has eaten it praises it, and it’s well-known among the neighbors!”
Hearing this, the crowd immediately became restless:
“They’re both selling buns, and they’re both called Hu Hu Baozi Shop, these two should be the same, right?”
“What kind of eyesight do you have? It’s Hu Hu, not Hu Hu.”
“Damn, one has a ‘亚’ at the bottom, and the other has a ‘业’ at the bottom, playing ‘Spot the Difference’ here.”
“Anyway, they’re all Mushroom and Bok Choy Buns, and they’re next door, the taste shouldn’t be much different, right?”
“No, look at his sign, the green sign can’t be bought!”
“What’s wrong with the green sign? Does the green sign look like the Stock Market and bother you?”
“They use pork scraps to make buns, if you want to eat it, then eat it.”
“Damn, just avoided the gutter oil, and now you want to use buns to trick me, right?”
“I hate this kind of unscrupulous merchant the most! I’d rather buy buns to feed the dogs than go to his place to buy them!”
……
The public was discussing, the voices getting louder and louder, with all sorts of accusations and angry criticisms.
Wei Songlin initially tried to defend himself, but later, there were too many people scolding him, and he couldn’t argue at all.
Even the customers who originally came to his shop to buy buns, after hearing the discussions of the people around, all looked suspicious and ran away.
Wei Songlin’s face immediately turned pale and then green with anger.
Seeing that Han Dahai’s Mushroom and Bok Choy Buns were all sold out, and with the thought of not making the trip in vain, everyone successively bought Beef Buns, Red Bean Paste Buns, and Braised Meat Buns, and other buns.
In a short while, the entire bun shop was completely emptied.
Glancing at his own empty shop, and then looking at Han Dahai and Cui He’s smiling faces, Wei Songlin couldn’t help but say sourly:
“The business is really good, so many buns can be sold out, I guess after selling for another year or two, you can raise enough money for Wenwen’s surgery, right?”
The smiles on Han Dahai and Cui He’s faces immediately froze.
The buns were indeed selling very well, and they were indeed very popular.
But how long would it take to save up enough money for the surgery just by selling buns?
Wenwen couldn’t wait that long.
Just as the two of them were feeling distressed, a middle-aged man in a suit who had been observing from a distance suddenly walked to the front of the shop and asked:
“Boss, are you selling the recipe for your Mushroom and Bok Choy Buns? I’ll offer a hundred thousand, a one-time buyout.”
“A hundred… a hundred thousand?”
Not to mention Han Dahai and Cui He, even Wei Songlin, who was on the side, was stunned and said incredulously:
“The recipe for his one bun can sell for a hundred thousand? You’re probably a swindler, right?”
The middle-aged man didn’t respond either, and directly took out ten stacks of fresh banknotes from his briefcase and placed them on the steamer in front of Han Dahai.
“This money I just took from the bank, if you two are willing, we can trade now.”
“If you think there’s something wrong with this money, we can also go to a nearby bank and have a teller verify it.”
Han Dahai and Cui He were uncertain for a moment.
Wei Songlin opened his mouth even wider, feeling that the whole world was about to go crazy and he didn’t recognize it anymore.
A hundred thousand to buy the recipe for a bun, are you kidding?
“Old Chang, it’s not right for you to cut in line and intercept everyone in advance.”
A fat man ran over, panting.
“Such a big pie, at least let everyone compete fairly.”
Seeing him and the few familiar faces who were hurrying over behind him, the middle-aged man in the suit immediately frowned.
The fat man glanced at the money on the steamer, and then glanced at the Han Dahai couple, who looked uneasy, and instantly saw the cause and effect, and said with a smile:
“Don’t be afraid, Big Brother and Big Sister, we’re all from the investment circle, we specialize in investing in people. Your bun shop’s Mushroom and Bok Choy Buns have become extremely famous after that person’s Propaganda Department, and I heard that people from outside the province and even Foreign are rushing over to buy them. With our help, it’s easy to build up your brand and open it all over the country. Don’t be blinded by a mere hundred thousand, who are you trying to fool with this little money?”
“I can add more money!”
The middle-aged man in the suit said in a deep voice.
“Who can’t add more money?”
The people who were hurrying over from behind said one after another:
“If it can be bought out, how about I offer a million?”
“A million? Hehe, Old Zhao, you’re also black-hearted, I’ll offer two million, and I’ll be a shareholder.”
“Three million, I only want a three-tenths share.”
“Oh, so the valuation has reached ten million so quickly?”
“Even if you don’t believe Qi Xuan, at least believe those customers who are rushing over crazily, right?”
“I just had someone pay extra to buy a few buns to taste, the boss’s skills are not a problem, I’m in!”
……
“Everyone, please stop, everyone.”
Seeing that the people were arguing more and more fiercely, Han Dahai stretched out his hands and hurriedly called out:
“I understand what’s going on now. To be honest, I don’t think the recipe for our bun shop is worth that much money, and I don’t think I can run a chain store well, but if you really want to buy it, just buy the recipe directly. My daughter is in the hospital and urgently needs a large sum of money for treatment.”
Hearing this, everyone said:
“Boss, I’m very optimistic about you, you can first cure your daughter, and then we can discuss the shop’s operation later. If you don’t have enough money, I can lend you fifty thousand first.”
“Business is business, life is life, if something happens to the child, you must deal with it first. Which hospital is she in now? I know the president of your provincial hospital, if you need it, you can transfer to the provincial hospital.”
“Why go to the provincial hospital? I have many friends in Ruijin, and I’ll directly organize an expert consultation for you.”
“Then I have to mention Xiehe.”
“If the condition is more complicated, you can also go to Foreign to take a look, I have some connections in the Island Country and Lighthouse Country.”
……
Watching them constantly arguing, listening to them mention the names of those top hospitals, Han Dahai and Cui He looked at each other, suddenly felt their noses sour, and shed tears together.
Wenwen, there’s hope.
