Chapter 011: You want me to work for nothing?

In the morning, around eight o'clock, over at the retail window on the first floor of the tavern, a waiter was selling bread, and a waiter was selling milk, coffee, and soy milk. On the far side of the window, Ye Xia stood, a stove was set up on the ground next to him, and a large pot was placed on the stove, in which a lot of tea eggs were soaking.

When he first arrived at the restaurant, Ye Xia first gave Uncle Bogdan a taste of a tea egg.

After tasting it, Bogdan was full of praise and wanted to try selling this new snack, and immediately allowed Ye Xia to sell this new thing called "Tea Leaf Eggs" at the breakfast window, not to mention, Ye Xia said that the income from the sale of Tea Leaf Eggs would be used to pay back the money to Tolya.

Ye Xia fished out three tea eggs with a colander and placed them on a plate on the table. At this moment, there were three young girls, a couple and a couple standing in front of him.

The three young girls hid their laughter and whispered:

"These eggs are so ugly!"

"Yeah, that pot of water is so colorful, I don't even know what it's boiled in!"

"That's right, I've never seen anyone cook such ugly eggs, and the shells are all broken so much, the eggs must be unhygienic!"

The couple was curious about the first appearance of the "new thing", the woman asked: "Waiter, how do you cook this egg like this, can I eat it?"

Ye Xia, who was wearing a chef's mask, smiled and politely replied, "Respectful and beautiful young lady, this is an egg boiled in a new style method called a tea egg, the flavor is new, special and delicious. You can taste one for free to see."

The woman smiled a little and shook her head.

Ye Xia turned to the man next to the young woman and egged him on, "Men should be brave enough to boldly try out new foods for their beloveds, sir, try one, it's free!"

The young man smiled back a little and shook his head.

Ye Xia looked expectantly at the couple in their thirties.

The lady spoke first: "Young man, I've learned to cook and cook since I was a child, but I've never seen anyone boil such an unattractive egg out, it surely doesn't taste good!"

Mr. also added: "Right, young man, I've been to every restaurant in town, I've tasted every food street, I've never seen such a special egg, I wouldn't dare to eat it! Besides, I think you're new here, right? I haven't seen you before."

Suddenly someone put their arm around Ye Xia's shoulder.

Ye Xia twisted his head and smiled, "Tolya, up? Here, try one of the tea eggs I cooked in a unique way."

Tolya greatly swept a glance at the few customers outside the window, pointed a finger at Ye Xia, and said, ''This, is my Tolya's best friend, Ye Xia. What he cooks is definitely fine. If you guys eat it and get an upset stomach within twenty-four hours, you come to me and I'll compensate you double the medical expenses! I'll taste one right now to show you guys!"

Tolya picked up a tea egg from the plate, peeling the shell in a few tries, and biting down half of it in one bite. Just as the egg entered his mouth, Tolya felt the sensation his taste buds brought him and immediately nodded, "Mmm!" Then slowly chewed.

Tolya nodded as she chewed and swallowed, "Yummy!"

After saying that, Tolya threw the remaining half of the egg into his mouth, chewed it quickly for a few seconds, and swallowed it with a gulp, "Ye Xia, give me ten more, I'll give them to you for how much you say!"

"Wait!" Ye Xia grabbed Tolya's chubby, reaching for the plate with both hands, "Tolya, the eggs I brought over today are mainly to give as many customers as possible the chance to recognize this new product, so keep your mouth shut and I'll cook it for you later!"

Tolya's bitter face appeared immediately and said helplessly, "Fine!" Then he immediately changed his face and looked at the three young girls outside, "It's really delicious! You guys hurry up and try it!"

The youngest of the three teenage girls tentatively asked, "Brother Tolya, is it really good? You're not doing a favor for your friends, are you? Or doing false publicity for your own badly boiled eggs?"

"Hey, Genya, how do you talk like a little girl? Do I need to be a todo me?" Tolya said in a good-natured manner, neither angry nor smiling, "Ye Xia, these three little sisters, one fifteen, one sixteen, and one seventeen, usually love to shop and taste snacks, they're just hesitant about your new food!"

Hearing this, Ye Xia smiled and looked at the three young girls, "Three young ladies, fifteen years old in the dream season, sixteen years old in the flower season, and seventeen years old in the rainy season, you are at the age where you are reading and learning, and constantly recognizing new things. The younger you are, the less you can resist the temptation to eat. Beautiful and lovely Genya, you taste it first, and if it's not good you spit it out."

Ye Xia looked at the other few people, ''You have three combinations here, it just so happens that, as for us, we are specially giving the first three sets of customers each a free tea egg to taste today. This handsome man, you help your girlfriend taste it. This gentleman, you help your wife taste it."

Genya boldly picked up a tea egg and began to shell it.

Ye Xia fished out another egg and put it on the plate.

Genya began to taste it, and the more she tasted it, the better the smile on her face became, and she nodded her head uncontrollably, and halfway through the meal, said happily to her two companions, "Yes, it tastes extraordinary, and it's much better than a boiled egg in water!"

The "Flower Season" and "Rainy Season" girls each took out a coin, took the two eggs on the plate, and began to peel the shells.

Ye Xia fished out two more eggs and placed them on the plate, looking at the remaining two pairs expectantly.

The young woman nudged her male companion, who, seeing the three young girls next to her eating with relish and peach blossom faces, also took a tea egg and began peeling it.

That couple, the wife is a little drier, walked two steps closer, picked up an egg, peeled the shell, opened to eat, just bit, chewed and swallowed, she let go to the side, quick to say, "Honey, quick, delicious! Buy a few more and go back to your parents and children!"

The lady looked toward the window and again spoke quickly, "That who, Ye Xia, come on, don't freeze, fish out five for me, my husband pays!" Then she continued to savor the large half of the tea egg in her hand ...

Two hours later, ninety-eight tea eggs were sold out. People rushing to work in the morning, people who are too lazy to cook breakfast in the morning, people coming and going, when passing by the Vitaliev Restaurant, there are always three or five people, driven by curiosity, gathered around this side of the retail window to look at this newly appeared tea eggs, discussing, buying, tasting, praising, people from the crowd, so sold out, many people also left a message, come over to buy tomorrow morning; there are even those who said, come over to buy after work in the evening.

Ye Xia sat down, took out five copper coins from his pocket and threw them into the wooden money box in front of him, took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his face, then took a sip of water and said to Tolya, "Here, a total of one hundred coins in the box, and the money that I borrowed from you yesterday is now paid off."

Tolya, holding his round belly, shouldered the cauldron with only tea left in it and asked, "Ye Xia, is it just a matter of putting the eggs in and boiling them? I'll take it to the kitchen and cook it!" Tolya said and headed out.

"Later!" Ye Xia stopped him, "You put it down first. The ingredients I prepared yesterday, boiled one hundred and eighty eggs, my mom went to the food market to sell fifty, Andrei sold thirty, and you're selling one hundred here. The water in this pot, the flavor has faded, it has to be re-ingrediented, you think it's that simple!"

"Then what are you waiting for? Such delicious eggs can be sold from morning till night! Let's go, what ingredients to buy and how to mix them, I'll help you!" Tolya put down the pot, came over and pulled Ye Xia and wanted to go out.

Ye Xia sat still and looked at Tolya with a sneaky smile, "Hmph, want me to work for you for nothing?"