In the past, Xiaoqian would never have thought of the idea of selling candied haws, but the family has changed a lot in the past year.
First, the fifth child went to the city to resell candy to make money, then the family went to serve in the military to cook food to make money, and finally sold ginger to make money.
No matter what it is, it is very hard, but it also earns a lot, and it is different from farming, in Xiaoqian's view, selling things is very easy to make money.
As long as the food is good, even if it cannot be sold, it can be eaten at home. As for the worry of making a trip in vain, in Xiaoqian's opinion, it is nothing at all, because in winter, the most important thing everyone lacks is free time.
Even if the Zhou family wants to build a house now, it's not a big problem if they want to spare people to go to and from the county.
Xiaoqian has made a plan, if Zhou Xi can't spare time, let them take Datou and Daya.
There are two brothers and sisters, the eldest is ten years old this year, he is already a half-grown child, and he has been to the county so many times to help sell things, Xiaoqian has full confidence in them.
Thinking of this, Xiaoqian recruited all the children who were playing wildly in the yard and asked them to wash the remaining yam beans, and she boiled hot water to peel them.
Zhou Zhoulang asked Feng to help. He looked at the bamboo sticks they used to string yam beans, went to the woodshed to find a thick piece of wood, and began to drill holes.
He planned to make them a wooden board for sticking candied haws, so as not to burn their hands every time.
Not long after, it got dark, but everyone didn't go to sleep. Instead, they squatted in the kitchen and watched Xiao Qian's making candied haws by the fire.
Because there were quite a lot of yam beans skewered this time, Xiaoqian hesitated for a while and gave each child another bunch, even the youngest brother on Thursday shared a bunch.
Everyone got the long-awaited candied haws, and they left contentedly.
Man Bao rushed back to the room with her candied haws to share with her parents.
Old Zhoutou loved sweets more and more, grabbed Man Bao's hand and bit two in a row, touched her little head and said comfortingly: "My good girl, she is much better than your three brothers, what are you brats doing?" If you think about it, give it to your parents first."
Man Bao, who was feeling a little distressed, immediately raised his chest proudly when he heard the words, hesitated for a moment, then ruthlessly passed his hand forward, and said: "Father, if you like it, eat another one."
Old Zhou smiled and said: "It's too sweet, today's enough, you can eat it for me later."
Man Bao immediately withdrew his hand, and said cheerfully, "Don't worry, Dad, I'll keep it for you when my sister-in-law will make it for us in the future."
Man Bao looked at Qian's, and leaned close to her, "Mother, you can eat another one too."
Qian glanced at her husband, shook her head slightly, and said with a smile: "Mum, you don't want to eat, you can eat quickly, remember to rinse your mouth after eating, go to bed early, you have to go to school tomorrow."
Man Bao nodded happily, and decided to go to bed quickly, and wait until dawn to eat another bunch.
Of course, there are good things to share with good friends. On the second day, Man Bao squatted in front of a row of candied haws and picked two bunches of the fattest ones, intending to give one to Bai Shanbao.
Xiaoqian put the remaining candied haws on the haystack and asked Zhou Xi and the others to take them to the county seat.
This time, Datou and Daya went with them, and they would be in charge of selling candied haws.
Everyone in the Zhou family is very busy. The four from Zhou Dalang to Zhou Zhoulang will stay at home to build a house, while Friday Lang, Saturday Lang and Zhou Xi will go to the county to sell ginger.
Man Bao still went to school, and she felt that she was very busy.
The very busy Man Bao gave the candied haws to Bai Shanbao. It was the first time Bai Shanbao ate such candied haws. He was very pleasantly surprised, "It's delicious, I still want to eat it."
Man Bao invited him, "I still have a lot at home, and my sister-in-law will cook a lot of delicious food."
Bai Shanbao drooled and said that he wanted to go home with Man Bao.
For the young master of the Bai family who came to visit, the whole Zhou family expressed their warm welcome. Knowing that he came to eat candied haws, Xiaoqian took out the rest of the candied haws and gave them the rest of the candied haws, letting them eat as much as they wanted, and said, "First After eating, I will ask Ertou and the others to pick some yam beans and make another pot, and the young master can take some home to eat."
Man Bao was overjoyed, and so were Erdu Erya and the younger ones. They have been trying to steal candied haws today, but they have never dared to do it, and they couldn't find a chance.
Ertou and Man Bao said: "Sister-in-law, it's really nice for Brother Bai to come to our house as a guest."
Man Bao also felt very good, so he turned his head and said to Bai Shanbao: "From now on, you can come to my house to play every day, and then tell my sister-in-law that you want to eat candied haws."
Bai Shanbao: "... Obviously you want to eat it."
"Don't you want to eat?"
When Bai Shanbao thought about it, he really thought about it.
He rolled his eyes, whispered to Man Bao's ear, "Then you tell my grandmother that you want to eat my sweet-scented osmanthus cake."
For the dim sum of the Bai family, Man Bao doesn't like osmanthus cake very much now, she prefers to eat glutinous rice cakes.
But this seemed to be a deal, so she hesitated and asked, "May I say the same thing, in fact, I think glutinous rice cakes are better than sweet-scented osmanthus cakes."
"Osmanthus cake is better, so tell my grandmother that you want to eat glutinous rice cakes and sweet-scented osmanthus cake."
Man Bao said no problem, so the two children reached a consensus.
In the evening, Bai Shanbao came home with four bunches of candied haws and told his grandmother, "Manbao's candied haws are very delicious, and she likes our sweet-scented osmanthus cake very much."
Mrs. Liu is not blind. She can see clearly what kind of dessert Man Bao prefers to eat in their house, so she said, "Osmanthus cake is what you want to eat, right? How do I remember that Man Bao prefers glutinous rice cakes?"
Bai Shanbao said: "She likes to eat both now, grandma doesn't believe it, wait until she comes home tomorrow and ask her."
Mrs. Zheng couldn't help laughing, "You must be the one who wants to eat sweet-scented osmanthus cake, so let her say that?"
Man Bao's hobbies are a bit different from Bai Shanbao's. She likes to eat food that is less sweet, but Shanbao prefers sweet food. The sweeter the food, the more he likes it.
Mrs. Liu was afraid that the child would damage his teeth if he ate sweets, so he always limited the amount of pastries he ate.
However, she also accepts the child's occasional acting like a baby, so she said: "When Manbao comes tomorrow, I will ask her, how many bunches of candied haws have you eaten at her house?"
Guiltyly, Bai Shanbao stretched out three fingers, and Mrs. Liu confiscated the four strings of candied haws he brought back, saying: "Today's food is sweet enough, save these for tomorrow."
After a pause, she asked with a smile, "Will you give it to grandma and mother?"
Of course Bai Shanbao gave it, so four skewers became two skewers. Bai Shanbao was a little sad, and what was even more sad was that he could only watch today, but not eat.
Mrs. Liu took a sip. The candied haws were really good, and they were made of yam. She knew that yam can invigorate Qi and strengthen the spleen and help digestion.
She took a sip and said with a smile: "It's not bad. Tomorrow, their family dug out the yam, remember to buy some with them, and take it back to make some yam cakes to eat."
Zheng should go down.
Bai Shanbao had already muttered: "Yam cake is not as good as sweet-scented osmanthus cake..."
Mrs. Liu was quite speechless after hearing this.