"Wow, so amazing, this rice grain is so big!"
"It's even bigger than me!"
"It's so heavy, I can't even push it..."
"Such a big grain of rice must have come from a tree taller than buildings, your mom is so amazing!"
"Can this rice be eaten?"
Although the few children were very curious about this giant grain of rice, it had no other features besides its size. It didn't move, nor was there anything fun about it. So, after about ten minutes of observation and play,
Everyone got bored.
At the same time, they were also afraid of being lectured by their parents for coming home too late, or even getting a double dose of scolding.
So, they quickly and politely said goodbye and left.
After seeing her friends off, Yuan Meng was very sensible and went to her room to do her homework without needing Ding Yun to tell her.
As for Ding Yun, she had to assemble the equipment for her stall overnight because of the box of five-colored chicken strips she had just opened an hour ago. She had to abandon selling the giant grain of rice as the start of her snack stall business.
She was starting her individual business plan early.
She decided to start her entrepreneurial journey by selling five-colored chicken strips.
There was no other way. Rice grains wouldn't spoil for ten days or half a month, but this box of semi-finished five-colored chicken strips, without refrigeration or freezing, would start to smell within two days in the current temperature, and would definitely spoil in three days. She really couldn't wait for the custom iron bucket to be ready and sell the rice grains before selling these chicken strips; by then, these chicken strips would have gone bad.
Therefore, the current situation was that she had to rush to set up her stall and sell the chicken strips, preferably selling them all by tomorrow, to ensure they wouldn't spoil.
By the day after tomorrow, freshness would be questionable, as their community had no well and no place with particularly low temperatures to store these five-colored chicken strips.
Fortunately, selling chicken strips didn't require much preparation.
All she needed was a pot to re-fry the chicken strips, along with dozens of paper bags and wooden skewers.
So, while her daughter Yuan Meng hadn't finished her homework yet,
Ding Yun had already completed her preparations.
Next, of course, was washing up, and after she finished, she would urge her daughter to wash up and go to sleep.
...
The next morning.
After sending Yuan Meng to school, Ding Yun pushed her small stall, which she had modified from a coal stove, a small cart, and her own iron pot, and hurried out to set up.
She was selling only one item: deep-fried five-colored chicken strips.
Indeed, because the five-colored chicken strips had a very strong aroma after being deep-fried, and their appearance was special and eye-catching, Ding Yun soon welcomed customers.
Most importantly, she allowed people to have a small taste.
And the price was not expensive.
One yuan for a portion of half a catty.
Therefore, her business quickly became popular. In just one morning, she successfully sold all forty catties of the five-colored chicken strips from the large box she had opened from the blind box the previous night, after deducting the six catties she had eaten and the four catties she had saved for her daughter.
She made a profit of eighty yuan, which was a huge success.
After all, the cost was only five yuan.
After selling out, Ding Yun naturally pushed her snack stall back home. For lunch, she still gave her daughter five-colored chicken strips, the few catties she had specifically saved.
Ding Yun didn't know when she would be able to open these items again, and if she tried to make them herself, she probably wouldn't be able to achieve the same taste. So, it was better to take advantage of the fact that she had them.
She wanted her daughter to eat more portions.
After Yuan Meng took her nap, Ding Yun, as expected, purchased another low-grade food blind box. This time, Ding Yun didn't know if she was lucky or unlucky with what she opened. She got a twelve-catty king crab, but in their area, let alone live king crabs, even frozen cooked king crabs were not available. To be more precise, even canned king crab meat was not sold. So, the item from this blind box definitely couldn't be sold.
She could only eat it herself in secret at home.
If one blind box wasn't enough, then open another one.
Next, Ding Yun opened four more low-grade food blind boxes consecutively and obtained fifty catties of fruit green radishes, thirty catties of crystal ice grass, fifty fresh gekko eggs, and one hundred and twenty catties of secret braised tofu.
The fruit green radishes and secret braised tofu were, as expected.
Crystal ice grass was a specialty from a merman ocean planet. It resembled succulent-shaped seaweed, and was transparent sky blue in color. It burst with juice with each bite and was cool and slightly salty, making it ideal for replenishing fluids after heavy sweating and preventing heatstroke.
However, its appearance was indeed a bit strange, making it difficult to sell.
Fresh gekko eggs were even harder to sell because they came from a primitive planet, laid by a type of bird called a gekko beast. The eggs were very nutritious and rumored to taste good.
However, each egg weighed three catties.
This weight was considered heavy even among ostrich eggs.
The reason Ding Yun only opened four more blind boxes and didn't continue was not because she was short on money, but mainly because there was no room left in their home to store those items. If she continued to open blind boxes, they wouldn't even have space to walk.
Since she couldn't afford to buy a bigger house and move for now,
She had to proceed like this.
Next, Ding Yun began to carefully consider how to deal with the newly opened items.
This aspect was not difficult for her.
Soon, she came up with a plan.
The fruit green radishes were easy to handle; they could be sold directly after washing. At worst, she could offer a few for people to try. She believed the crisp and slightly sweet taste would attract some customers.
The braised tofu was also easy; just deep-fry it.
With some sauce, it should be sellable.
As for the more troublesome crystal ice grass, Ding Yun also found a way to handle it. This grass looked like seaweed, but it was filled with water inside, like water-filled seaweed pouches. So, Ding Yun simply pierced the crystal ice grass, drained the water aside.
Then, she cut the dehydrated ice grass into strips, added some soy sauce and other seasonings, and mixed it. This easily dyed the original pale blue into a dark brown, making it indistinguishable from seaweed. The texture was also similar.
As for the remaining crystal ice grass juice,
It could also be sold as a self-mixed saline beverage.
It tasted pretty good, much better than salted soda.
As for the last three-catty gekko egg, Ding Yun used it to make egg crepes. At the same time, because the texture of this egg was indeed different from chicken or duck eggs, only goose eggs were slightly similar, but it tasted better than normal goose eggs, with less of a fishy smell. So, Ding Yun planned to later publicly claim that she was selling goose egg crepes.
Thus, all items except the king crab.
Had a plan for disposal.
The king crab was out of luck and could only be kept for their own consumption. It was just a low-grade blind box anyway.
They could afford to eat it...
With the plan in place,
Naturally, she began to follow it.
She started busy preparing for the afternoon's stall.