"The girl is asking about these soap soaps?" The salesman took a piece of brown and gray soap soap and said, "There are big ones and small ones. The big ones are fifty cents, and the small ones are thirty cents."
Hua Qingxue was slightly stunned. She had never thought that soap soap would be so expensive. A small piece of it cost thirty coins.
The salesman probably saw the surprise in her expression and said with a smile: "If the girl wants it, I can sell it cheaper, down to five cents, but it can't be any lower. This thing won't be cheap when it's delivered."
Hua Qingxue nodded clearly, took a piece of soap soap and looked at it carefully.
In this era, there was no soap and washing powder, and ordinary people mainly used alkaline earth, honey locust, and trypsin.
Pancreas is a cleaning product made from a mixture of pig pancreas and plant ash. Since pancreas contains lipase and protease, it has a very similar effect to modern enzyme-added laundry detergent. It can be regarded as an ancient enzyme-added low-foaming multi-functional detergent. The agent is relatively high-end.
Rich people also use soaps mixed with osmanthus and roses, which are fragrant and very fashionable.
"I have some soap at home, which is better than this. Do you want to take it?" Hua Qingxue asked.
The salesman looked embarrassed, "That's not a coincidence. We have collected enough soaps this time. As you know, girl, this soaps are not as easy to sell as those snacks. Ordinary people don't use these things, otherwise they just buy a piece." After using it for several months, I collected these few yuan, but I don’t know when it will be sold out.”
If you think the snacks taste good, you will buy them every three days. However, no matter how easy it is to use soap, you will not buy it every day.
Hua Qingxue understood this. She had just asked casually, and was not disappointed when she was rejected. She smiled and gave the remaining dorayaki to the salesman.
The dorayaki was sold out, the crispy egg rolls and popcorn were sold out quickly, and there was still a lot of tea left.
Hua Qingxue sighed. It seemed that it was unrealistic to open a beverage shop in ancient times. This was closely related to the consumption concept of the times.
The business of dorayaki, crispy egg rolls, and popcorn cannot last long, because there is not much butter left, and the border between Daqi and Daliao is not stable, and there are conflicts from time to time. Herdsmen from the northwest rarely come here, and Daqi travels The scope of business activities has also been greatly restricted. I don’t know when I want to buy butter again...
Alas, she had to think of another idea again.
Hua Qingxue closed the stall and went home, checking the butter.
There were two big bricks of butter, but now there is only a small piece left. In fact, this also shows that her snack business is very good, otherwise, the butter would not be consumed so quickly.
Hua Qingxue tried making a pot of popcorn without adding butter.
Only white sugar is added, it is sweet and crunchy and delicious, but it lacks the richness and richness, and is a bit bland.
Sure enough, it still doesn’t work without butter…
Forget it, just keep these for yourself.
Hua Qingxue returned to her room. There were various large and small porcelain bowls placed in the corner of the room, which contained soap that had been made in Renqiu.
After being stored for so long, these handmade soaps are almost ripe and ready to be cut—
She took the knife and cut the soap into uniform size and thickness.
A total of more than thirty pieces were cut, and there were still many leftovers. These should not be wasted and could be given away as gifts.
But selling it directly like this was a bit too casual. Hua Qingxue decided to go to the street tomorrow to buy some materials and package them a little by herself.
The next day, Hua Qingxue went shopping.
She first went to the grocery store where she bought butter last time to try her luck, but it turned out that just as she had judged before, due to the tense border situation, she had not purchased goods from herdsmen for a long time.
Hua Qingxue was a little disappointed, but she could only accept the reality. She bought a knife of plain white grass-leaf paper in the grocery store, and also bought pens, inks, paper, inkstones, etc., and prepared to go back.
As a result, I was surprised to find several stalls selling popcorn on the road.
Popcorn is easy to make. As long as you eat it a few times and find out if there is unpopped corn in the popcorn, you can easily guess how to make it. Sooner or later, someone will learn how to make it.
Hua Qingxue bought a small bag and tasted it - well, only sugar was added, no butter, and the aroma was quite different.
That's right, she couldn't buy butter, and probably others couldn't buy it either, or maybe they didn't know to add butter at all.
Hua Qingxue walked around for a while and found that they also sold dorayaki, but not the crispy egg rolls. It must be because they didn't customize the pans
Business is not easy to do. After all, the food she makes now is relatively simple. Whether it is the recipe or the method, it is easy for others to guess.
But complicated eating...
Well, she has an idea. How about a tiramisu cake? Haha, it’s hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice!
—And she is really not a clever woman. She has tried this simplest snack many times before she dared to sell it after she became proficient at it...
Hua Qingxue could only place her hopes on the pile of handmade soap now.
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After the Lantern Festival is the market day in Panshui City, which lasts for seven days. It is the busiest time in Panshui City after the New Year.
For this day, Hua Qingxue got up before dawn and went to work in the kitchen.
Aunt He also got up earlier than usual. The two met in the kitchen, both smiled, and then went about their business.
Aunt He still makes all kinds of steamed buns and steamed buns.
There are many people going to the market, not only people from nearby villages will come to the city, but also many traders. These people are too busy doing business to take care of eating, and are usually willing to buy some buns and steamed buns to satisfy their hunger.
Hua Qingxue made tea first, then used the little butter left to make popcorn, crispy egg rolls, and dorayaki. Finally, she took her soaps and pulled the cart out.
In the past, she always borrowed Aunt He's cart when she went out to set up stalls. As time went by, she felt that she was being shameless. Now, she hired a carpenter to make a new cart.
There is a wooden pole on the left and right sides of the new cart, which can be erected or folded down. A piece of cloth on the wooden pole is used as a sign, which is very convenient.
Aunt Cao is not here today. During the Chinese New Year, Aunt Cao took her family back to her parents' home and will not come back until next month.
Hua Qingxue used Aunt Cao's stall and started doing business in a decent manner.
As the sun rises, there are more and more people on the street. This is Hua Qingxue’s first time to participate in the market. It feels very fresh and the flow of people is extremely large! More than ten times as much as usual!
The most important thing is that these people are here to buy things!
Even if there are people on the street, they may not necessarily buy things, but the people who go to the market all have a very simple purpose: buy, buy, buy!
This was the first time Hua Qingxue experienced receiving money and being treated softly!
The food at her stall sells very fast, and even tea, which few people usually care about, sells dozens of bowls of tea for just one penny!
There are also many people watching her soap.
Hua Qingxue's soap is much more beautiful in appearance than the soap that everyone is used to seeing now.
The creamy yellow color is smooth and smooth, without a trace of debris. It is placed squarely on the grass-leaf paper, just like a pastry.
Because all the other things Hua Qingxue sells are food, many people treat soap as snacks. After Hua Qingxue explained, everyone was surprised and asked about the price.
Hua Qingxue actually has no business acumen and is confused about pricing. It can be seen from her selling popcorn and dorayaki that she is almost out of butter. She has never thought about raising the price, let alone selling the recipe to a restaurant. .
This time she was selling soap. She thought that the soap sold by the salesman cost thirty cents, so she also said thirty cents.
After all, it is something I have never seen before. Although it looks good, I don't know how to use it. In addition, the price is not cheap, so ordinary people will naturally not be willing to spend money on it.
Hua Qingxue didn't take it to heart and took out the scraps she had cut off before and gave them as gifts to the guests who asked about soap.
"Come and buy it if you find it useful." She said with a soft smile.
Hua Qingxue was gentle, and it was easy for people to like her. An aunt who came here often trusted her, and after receiving the gift, she spent money to buy a piece of soap.
When the sun was about to set, the food and tea at Hua Qingxue's stall had been sold out.
Only one piece of soap was sold, and all the scraps were given away as gifts...
Looking at her, Aunt He couldn't help but shake her head and sigh, "You are too honest. You gave away so much, and they got it with gifts, so who would come to buy it?"
Originally, soap soap was something you bought once and used for a long time.
Hua Qingxue smiled indifferently, "I'll think of a solution."
…
Fu Tingye fell into lovesickness in the military camp.
Holding Hua Qingxue's comb in her hand, she stroked it slowly, thinking: What is that woman doing now...
It's been nearly half a month since they were separated, so why is there no news at all
... She is so shy, even if she wants to express something to herself, she will probably have scruples...
Fu Tingye thought of her shy and delicate appearance in his arms, and couldn't help but smile.
Forget it, as a man, is it possible that he still cares about this with his woman? If she is embarrassed, then he should take the initiative.
Fu Tingye pondered for a moment, then walked to the table to write a letter with ink.
"Somebody come!"
The soldiers outside the door opened the curtain and came in, cupping their fists and saluting.
"Send this letter immediately." Fu Tingye handed the letter to him.
"yes!"
The soldier took the letter and was ordered to retreat.
Just then Qin Laowu came in aggressively—
He was about to speak, but he saw Fu Tingye smiling in front of him!
laugh? !
Will Fu Yanwang also laugh
Could it be that he was dazzled
Qin Laowu was even more surprised when he saw Fu Tingye holding a comb for women! He stared at Fu Tingye dumbfounded, and for a moment he forgot what he was doing!
Fu Tingye glanced at Qin Laowu and saw Qin Laowu standing in the tent in a daze. He frowned in displeasure. He put the wooden comb into his arms and reprimanded: "Why are people who are marching and fighting in a trance? What do they look like!"
Qin Laowu: I'll choke you! Are you sure this is talking about me? ! Who is this confused person
Fu Tingye said in a deep voice: "Say, what's the matter?"
Qin Laowu came back to his senses, straightened his expression, and said solemnly: "There is a group of Liao soldiers wandering around five miles away from here. We suspect they are forward spies of the Liao people."
Fu Tingye's eyes showed disdain and disgust, and he coldly ordered: "Take five hundred hussars to suppress them."
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