The money in his hand went to Shuxiu for a month in Shitou, and he spent another three taels to buy a donkey cart, and there were still about four taels left. What the family should buy, I took advantage of this opportunity to buy it.
The father and daughter deposited the donkey cart at the entrance of the cattle and horse market and handed over five copper coins. Xiaocao also specially left the water bag and told the old man who was watching the donkey cart to feed the donkey a bowl every half hour.
When Yu Hai and his daughter came to the largest vegetable market in the town, there were still very few vegetables in it, most of them were cabbages, radishes, and sweet potatoes, and there were quite a few meat and chicken sellers.
Xiaocao first went to the grocery store to weigh some spices, and made soy sauce and vinegar. This time, she didn't panic when she had money in hand, so she weighed the seasonings individually, and bought two taels of each, which was enough for ten days.
When she came this time, she specially brought bamboo tubes made by her father, seven or eight in size. As soon as she entered the door, she first returned the bamboo tube that the shopkeeper lent her last time, and then asked him to put a catty of soy sauce in each of the big bamboo tubes.
When the shopkeeper saw the bamboo tube she returned, he remembered the little girl who bought the seasoning, and said with a smile: "Little girl, the seasoning is used up so soon? Your house sells food, right?"
"Yes! How do you know?" Xiaocao asked the kind shopkeeper with a smile after talking about the weight of the seasoning he wanted this time.
The shopkeeper smiled and said: "Aside from selling food, how can ordinary people be willing to use seasonings like this? Hey! I bought a lot of seasonings this time, and it seems that I made money! Congratulations!"
Xiaocao grinned, and said, "Sell some side dishes at the wharf and earn some money. I don't know when I will be able to open a shop in the town like the shopkeeper."
The shopkeeper laughed and said, "Uncle is only earning a small amount of money, which is barely enough to make ends meet. Don't underestimate the beauty of opening a shop, the money for renting the shop, plus other expenses, there is not much left? Don't underestimate the side dish sellers." , Even if the pickles are well made, it is very profitable. Have you seen the pickle shop over there? The business has been booming these two days. My mother-in-law loves the sweet and crispy dried radish and spicy cabbage, and eats without them every day no food..."
"This town is really a good place to make money, even pickles are so popular!" Coming out of the grocery store, Yu Hai sighed with emotion.
Xiaocao pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "Father, we made money in the morning, and also rented a shop in the town, specializing in selling all kinds of stewed vegetables. The only one, we will definitely make money..."
Yu Hai said cheerfully, "We farmer family, now that we have money, we need to buy more land. The family only has three acres of sandy land, and the food produced is not enough for the whole family."
"When we make money by opening a shop, we can just buy land! Dad, most of the fields in our village are sandy land. If we want to buy them, we can buy them near the town. At that time, our family will move to the town to save our aunt and grandma. The two sides of the sky come to the door to respond to people..." Xiaocao was very disdainful of some of Li's petty actions, and there was never any ivory in that mouth.
Yu Hai frowned and reprimanded softly: "No matter what, that's your aunt, be careful that people will hear you and say you're ignorant."
Xiaocao curled her lips and thought, "Is that what my aunt did?" What a debt collector!
At this time, I suddenly heard a familiar voice: "Brother Hai, Xiaocao! You have come to town too? You bought so many things!"
Xiaocao turned her head and saw that her neighbor Fang was waving at them. There were a few fat hens in the basket in front of her, and an empty basket beside her.
"Aunt Zhou, are you selling eggs at the vegetable market again? Is the business going well?" Xiaocao walked two steps quickly, came to Fang's side, and asked with a smile.
Fang helped her straighten the broken hair on her cheeks, and said with a smile: "It's okay! The eggs are sold out, and there are not many chickens left. You came here in the old Zhangtou's ox cart? Little Shitou went to the academy smoothly ?"
"Brother Xiaowen recommended it, and it went well. I didn't have much seasoning at home, so I came to the vegetable market. Aunt Zhou, you are busy first. Do you take a car when you go back? We bought a donkey cart! "Xiaocao was very excited because she bought a cheap donkey cart, and couldn't wait to share it with Fang.
Fang said in surprise: "Okay, Xiaocao! It's only been a few days, and I bought the car? Then when I go back, Aunt Zhou will have all the money..."
Yu Hai hurriedly explained beside her: "Her aunt, don't listen to her! When I was in the cattle and horse market, I saw that the students in Stone Academy were in urgent need of money and sold a sick donkey. Yinzi bought the donkey cart. The donkey, I see, is very sick, and I don't know if it can be saved!"
Three taels of silver to buy a dying donkey, Fang didn't know what to say, so she smiled and said, "Our Xiaocao is kind-hearted! Good people are rewarded with good rewards, and the donkey can definitely be saved..."
At this time, someone asked the price of the hen, and Xiaocao hurriedly said: "Aunt Zhou, hurry up! Let's go back together in the afternoon! We will meet at the city gate at Weishi!"
Before saying goodbye to Mrs. Fang, Xiaocao father and daughter were stopped by someone. Jiang Yu, a young man from the pickle shop, came out of the shop with a smile on his face, called them back, and said, "Benefactor, please stop!"
The surprise in Yu Hai's heart, this young man looked very strange, when did he help him? Unexpectedly, he was wrong, and it was not him who was thanked.
"Oh...you're the guy from the pickle shop!" Xiaocao pointed to the nearby pickle shop, where there were several people buying pickles, and a middle-aged man who looked similar to Jiang Yu was busy greeting customers there.
Xiaocao smiled and said, "Business is good!"
Jiang Yu said cheerfully: "Thanks to Mr. Tuo En, the pickle recipes you gave have been on the market in recent days, and the response has been very good, attracting many new and old customers. My father has been talking about you, Mr. En, these days, and said that he must give You express your gratitude in person. Engong was talking to someone over there just now, and he thought it was you in a trance, but it was only when he got closer that he realized that it was so. Engong, please come and sit in the store... "
Yu Hai looked at his daughter in surprise, when did this little girl become someone's "benefactor"
Jiang Yu was too enthusiastic, Xiaocao couldn't refuse, so he followed him into the pickle shop. In the pickle shop, there was a unique smell of pickles, which was much better than the last time she came here.
"Lao Jiang, weigh half a catty of dried radishes for the spicy ones, half a catty for the sweet and spicy ones... what? The spicy ones are sold out? When will they be available? It will take two days! Then weigh half a catty for the sweet and spicy ones first. Let's add half a catty of spicy cabbage!" A well-looking woman in her forties, when she heard that the spicy radish was gone, her eyes showed disappointment.
Another elderly man in his fifties shook his head and said with a smile, "Master Jiang, your pickled vegetables taste more authentic than when your mother-in-law was here. Could there be some expert advice?"
Shopkeeper Jiang said with a smile while weighing the pickles: "Isn't that right! I was really taught by the nobleman. Uncle Lu, you also know that my mother-in-law went there suddenly, and her good pickling skills were just like that. I took it away. My son and daughter have only learned a few simple pickling methods. This shop, if others don’t know, you can still know. If it weren’t for the help of you regular customers, it would have been closed a long time ago. down."
Having said that, he couldn't help shaking his head, and the old man also sighed a few words. Shopkeeper Jiang continued: "A few days ago, my son was instructed by a nobleman, and he left a few recipes for pickled vegetables, which taste better than my mother-in-law's craftsmanship... Take the pickled beans and spicy cabbage you want. ! Eat well and come back next time!”
The old man laughed and said: "I will come if you don't say anything! My wife has eaten cabbage and radishes all winter, and her appetite has lost. Two days ago, she bought spicy cabbage and went home, and she ate two extra bowls of rice. Now, I can’t eat without the spicy cabbage from your house!”
"That's right! My kid, I'm almost using dried sweet and crispy radishes as snacks. If you don't give them, you will make trouble! Fortunately, your pickles are good and cheap, otherwise you can't afford it!" The young daughter-in-law next to him echoed, urging Then he weighed a pound of sweet and crispy radishes.
Shopkeeper Jiang smiled humbly, and said, "You can't eat too much pickled vegetables, you should still focus on meals. After a month or two, vegetables will be on the market one after another. Give your children more vegetables..."
"Father! It's really benefactor! I invited her here!!" Jiang Yu walked in excitedly, with a big smile on his face.
Shopkeeper Jiang looked at Yu Hai behind him, and walked out of the house regardless of the pickle juice in his hands, held Yu Hai's hand, and said repeatedly: "Grandpa, I see you! You are our little boy!" The savior of the shop!"
Yu Hai had a slight embarrassment on his face, and looked at his hand stained with vegetable juice speechlessly. Jiang Yu hurriedly pulled his father away, smiled embarrassedly at him, and said, "Father, you thanked the wrong person. The one who taught me the recipe was the little girl behind him. You thanked his father."
Shopkeeper Jiang chuckled dryly and said, "It's all the same, it's all the same! Uh...brother, you have a good daughter with a bodhisattva heart!"
Yu Hai said a few words modestly, "Thank you, thank you! She likes to toss and fiddle with food since she was a child, and she is quite talented in this regard."
Xiaocao rolled her eyes in her heart: Dad, are you being modest? Why does it feel like showing off
Jiang Yu took out the account books of the last few days, spread them out for Xiaocao to look at, and said excitedly: "Grandpa, the pickles you taught me to pickle, although the seasoning is a little higher, the cost is a little higher. But it tastes better , a higher price can be accepted. These days, the best sellers are spicy dried radish and spicy cabbage, and many people like pickled beans... "
He was afraid that Xiaocao wouldn't understand, so Balabala kept talking. Xiaocao glanced at the past, and although it was traditional characters, most of them were still recognizable. The account book is very detailed, and it is clear at a glance how many catties of pickles are sold every day and how much profit they make.
In just a few days, the small pickle shop actually made a profit of forty or fifty taels, making a net profit of twenty taels. She couldn't help feeling that the town is really a good place to make money!
There was no one in the store at the moment, so shopkeeper Jiang came out with five taels of silver and said, "Grandpa! It was agreed at the beginning that the money earned will be divided into 20 to 80 percent. This is a bonus for the past few days. Please accept it with a smile."
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After dragging for an hour, my back hurt like it was broken! People with lumbar disc problems must take it easy when mopping the floor.