This world was not without good food.
But it was said that all of it was inside those city walls, and people like them on the outskirts had no right to eat any real delicacies. At most, they could only get various natural fruits, things like fruit and the like.
But something like this, a drink that was icy the moment it entered the mouth, smooth in texture, and carried that sweet, first-love kind of taste.
For the pigman, this was truly the first time in its life it had ever drunk something like this. Its brain kept telling it that no matter how much it cost, it absolutely had to buy one.
Otherwise, you would definitely regret it.
"Much obliged!"
Ethan picked up the big ladle, scooped up a spoonful of vanilla milkshake that carried a chill, poured it into a bamboo cup, and said, "Grand opening today. Buy one, get one free. I'll give you two cups."
"Buy one, get one free?"
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The pigman's eyes instantly lit up.
Even though it had spent a full ten dragon coins, for some reason it actually felt like it had gotten a bargain.
It had actually spent ten dragon coins and bought two cups.
"That's right. It's a promotional period right now, so buy one, get one free," Ethan smiled as he handed the two cups of vanilla milkshake to the pigman, "Once the promotion ends, there won't be any freebies."
"Thank you, boss, thank you so much!"
The pigman was so moved that tears streamed down its face, and after it left, the people behind it, upon hearing about the buy-one-get-one-free promotion, all started to feel a bit tempted.
But for them, ten dragon coins was still too expensive.
So, most people were still only thinking about getting the free drink.
And Ethan's move was actually very simple. He had learned it from health supplement multi-level-marketing(MLM) experts. Give you a little sweetness, like giving you a free pound of eggs.
This kind of free, taking-advantage mentality could attract quite a lot of elderly people.
Then, once popularity reached a certain level, they would start holding lectures, bragging things up to the skies, and would even let you try using some health products, then find a few shills to start praising them.
In the end, they would bring out the ultimate move, discounts on top of discounts.
Creating a feeling for all the elderly that, today is a huge promotion. A phone that originally cost 998 now only costs 9.8. If you miss today, you'll suffer a huge loss. You'll lose the chance to make 998.
And if you're not satisfied after using it, you can return it. If you use it and feel it's ineffective, you can also return it. (Although by the time the elderly realize they've been scammed, those profiteers have long since disappeared.)
It was precisely this kind of discount that made the elderly feel like they were getting a bargain.
And then the elderly would take out their life savings, and buy a pile of completely useless things.
"P-please… please give me a free milkshake," The second person in line was an elf girl.
The moment Ethan spotted her, he immediately took a big step back, then used the ladle to push the free milkshake toward the elf girl.
As if the elf girl were poisonous.
This made the elf girl look extremely aggrieved, but in order to avoid becoming a eunuch of the Eastern Depot, Ethan directly ignored her expression.
He directly spoke up, "Next!"
"Hmph!"
Seeing that she couldn't poison Ethan, the elf girl could only stomp her foot angrily, pick up the free milkshake, and dart off to the side.
The next one was the dwarf who sold rage cow milk. Earlier, it had already been very curious about what Ethan was messing around with.
Now, seeing Ethan handing out free milk, it naturally wouldn't waste the opportunity.
Although it also had plenty of milk.
Drinking its own was called wasting it. Drinking someone else's was called free.
Not taking advantage of a freebie makes you a bastard.
"Gulp~ Gulp~"
The rage cow boss was itself a dwarf, a race with quite a hot-tempered nature.
Naturally, it wouldn't be coy and dainty like the elf girl, taking a sip and then running off to the side to cover her mouth and drink slowly.
It couldn't even be bothered to ask. It directly picked up a cup and drank it.
However, the moment it drank the first mouthful of vanilla milkshake—
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'This taste!'
'This texture!'
'Is this still my rage cow milk?'
'Impossible. When did my milk become this delicious?'
"Next!"
Ethan glanced at the rage cow boss, neither mocking it nor showing any expression at all.
He simply treated it as an ordinary customer.
But the rage cow boss was somewhat excited, even with a slight tremor in its voice as it said, "Y-you… can you tell me the magic that makes milk taste this good? I'm willing to refund all the milk money to you!"
"No! Because this magic called cooking is not something a profiteer like you can learn," Ethan smiled faintly and said, "Next!"
"Don't! Wait!"
The rage cow boss still couldn't bear to leave.
Because it knew very clearly that if it had Ethan's skill, would it still have to worry about selling milk in the future?
Not only would it not worry, it could even sell it at a high price.
Like this, ten dragon coins a cup.
'Then ten barrels of milk could earn...', the dwarf suddenly sucked in a cold breath, and that breath even carried the lingering fragrance of the milkshake, making it endlessly intoxicating.
Ethan was a bit impatient, "What else do you want?"
"Yeah! Buy it if you're buying, if not then hurry up and get lost! Don't stand there occupying the toilet without taking a dump!"
"Hurry up! We're all still waiting in line!"
"If everyone wasted time like you, how long would we have to stand here!"
The crowd behind the dwarf all started to complain.
"I want to buy," Seeing that it had stirred up public anger, the dwarf hurriedly took out its money pouch and said, "I want to buy one cup!"
He believed, as long as he got just a little more vanilla milkshake, he would definitely be able to taste what exactly had been added inside.
Then even if Ethan didn't tell it the magic recipe, it could still make it itself.
'Heh! Heh!'
'When that time comes, wouldn't dragon coins just come rolling in!'
"One cup—", Ethan raised his head and grinned, "One hundred dragon coins!"
"O-one hundred?"
The dwarf's hand trembled, and the bamboo cup in its hand fell straight to the ground.
Then it reacted and flew into a rage, "Why does everyone else buy it for ten dragon coins a cup, but I have to pay a hundred dragon coins for a cup!"
"This is my milk, my shake. I'll sell it however I want," Ethan shot back with the same words, "Besides, you made so much milk money off me earlier. What's wrong with giving a little back? I'm only asking you for a hundred dragon coins more, and you're already unwilling?"
"Pfft!"
The dwarf was left speechless by the retort.
It planned to turn around and leave. At worst, it could get someone else to buy it. No matter what, it would be cheaper than buying from this big profiteer.
However, Ethan saw through the dwarf's little scheme and sneered, "Don't even think about buying it through someone else. I'll have the head butler keep an eye out. Anyone who dares to resell it will be directly expelled from the traveler inn. Especially if it's resold to you!"
"You!"
The dwarf was so angry it was about to explode on the spot, but it couldn't do anything about Ethan.
After all, Ethan had a good relationship with the head butler, while it, because of its bad temper, had offended almost everyone in the traveler inn. Most likely, no one would be willing to help it.
Thinking about how it could make a fortune once it figured out the milkshake's secret, in the end, the dwarf gritted its teeth, took out the hundred dragon coins Ethan had given it earlier, slammed them onto the table, and said, "Fine! One hundred dragon coins it is. Give me a cup!"
"No problem."
Ethan prepared a cup of vanilla milkshake and pushed it in front of it.
But when the dwarf looked at the single cup of vanilla milkshake on the table, then looked at Ethan, it frowned and said, "What do you mean by this? Didn't you say buy one, get one free? Why is there only one cup?"
"I said it's a free gift. Can't I just not give it?"
Ethan spread his hands.
The dwarf clenched its teeth, 'For the grand cause of making milk delicious, I'll endure!'
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