These days, Mu Zhen gets up early every morning and hooks some Tsubaki sprouts that she can reach along the roadside. Then she went home to cook, and when her own meal was finished, it was almost time to go to the room to cook, so she went to the room to help light the fire and wash the dishes.

After all this, Xiao Baozi helped to light the fire, and she was responsible for blanching the buds and drying them. Then when He Laosan came back from the field, it was another basket.

In this way, the family was busy, and when Chunya was old, Mu Zhen almost dried more than 200 catties of Chunya.

Fortunately, God helps these days, from the time she started to dry it, to the time she dried it all, it was a sunny day every day, and one sun was basically done.

Since it is intended to be sold, the price must be determined. Mu Zhen thought about it, this thing is not weighed, one pound is almost a basket, and the price is not easy to set, so it is still sold by two.

But this thing is dry after all, and the leaves will wither as soon as they are dried, and if you keep turning it when you buy it, it will definitely break a lot, which is neither good-looking nor cost-effective.

After thinking about it, she decided to weigh it herself at home, then tie it up and sell it in bundles. After deciding, he asked He Laosan to cut a few branches in the field, peel off the skin, wash them, tear them into long strips of chopsticks, and then dry them in the sun.

It is a kind of deciduous tree in the north, generally 10-20cm high, the bark is dark black, there are fine hairs on the branches, the crown is open, the leaves are ovate, some look like the shape of maple leaves, and every year the tree will bear a kind of red hairy fruit, the taste is sweet, very delicious.

The bark of the tree is flexible and strong, and it is an important raw material for papermaking, which can be used as medicine and can also be used to tie things, and it is a very important tree in rural areas.

The moisture of the bark is large, and after the bark torn by Muzhen is dried, it is all rolled and used to bundle the thickness of the buds.

Then, she sorted out the sun-dried Tsubaki sprouts neatly, tied them one by one, and was busy for two or three days before they were all completed. Because when picking the tsubaki buds, the handle is kept, so there is another process when bundling, and the stem is cut.

The market has not yet been found, storage is an important issue, and if it becomes moldy as soon as the tide rises, then her efforts for so many days will be completely wasted.

Considering this problem, she put in a lot of effort when she was sunburning, checked them one by one, and took them back after they were all dry.

The house is such a big place, and there are no other tools, so I have to borrow the wooden jar of the Geumsan family. This wooden jar is very large, about 40 centimeters in diameter and about 1.2 meters deep.

If it weren't for He Laosan's strong body, it is estimated that he would not be able to move this guy.

More than 200 catties of Tsubaki buds, almost more than 1,000 bundles, such a big tank has not been installed, and finally more than 200 bundles are put in their own wooden basins.

Sun-dried Tsubaki sprouts are not like wet ones, and the taste is a bit overwhelming. When I smell it now, it's all a rich fragrance. Since the Tsubaki buds were dried, Li stood at the door and said, where did the fragrance come from, Mu Zhen covered it tightly every time.

Jokes, if they find out that this can be eaten or sold, they will go to the house and the temperament of the house, even if they don't rob her of it, the money from the sale will not go into their own pockets.

After all the processes are done, the next step is to go to the town and inquire about the market. Because she was afraid that the two of them would leave, and the people in the upper room would come to make trouble, Mu Zhen decided to go by herself and let He Laosan watch the house at home.

If he just stays at home like this and doesn't do anything, the Song family will definitely not do it, and the husband and wife will sum it up, and then go to someone else to take the job to do it.

After asking He Laosan what restaurants there were in the town and what other big families there were, Mu Zhen asked Hongmei to go with her.

Pingyao Village is 100 miles away from Shanghe Town, He Laosan thought that his daughter-in-law would have to walk more than 200 miles a day, not to mention that she couldn't walk, and his own father-in-law was also distressed, so he let the two of them make Uncle Guigen's ox cart.

Mu Zhen thought that Xianggong hurt herself, she definitely couldn't be so incomprehensible, so she happily responded. And Hongmei didn't plan to agree, but He Laosan had already given the money back and forth to Uncle Guigen.

The old man was greedy for money, and he only had a share of entering, and he had no choice but to go out. The ox cart walked slowly, staggering for an hour before it arrived.

As mentioned earlier, people in ancient times liked to live in groups, and even a small Pingyao village had three or four hundred households, so the scale of this Shanghe town can be imagined, and it is definitely no less than the county seat in the previous life.

Shanghe Town is located on the edge of the two cities, and the flow of people is still very huge, so there are two major restaurants in the whole town, and all kinds of food shops are lined up one after another.

Walking to the entrance of the town, the ox cart could not be pulled in, Mu Zhen and the others got off the car and walked on foot, looking at all kinds of food shops selling endlessly, Mu Zhen couldn't help but sigh: No matter in which era, it is the people who take food as the sky.

"Zhenniang, where are you going? I'll send you there, and then I'll go to the tailor's shop. When leaving, He Laosan repeatedly instructed him to take care of his little daughter-in-law, and Hongmei would not slack off.

"Trouble my sister-in-law to take me to Mantangxiang and Yipintang, and then tell me where the rich people in the town live." Mu Zhen didn't know the way, so she had to trouble Hongmei.

"This is easy to do, full of incense and Yipintang on West Street. The big families in the town are all gathered on North Street. The tailor's shop I went to was on West Street, just down the way. ”

Mu Zhen walked and looked at the antique buildings, still feeling unreal. It is hard for her to believe that a person with the rapid development of high technology and the incomparably convenient living habits of various communication and transportation facilities can adapt to this kind of life of sunrise and sunset.

Just as Mu Zhen was thinking as she walked, Hongmei's voice interrupted her train of thought.

"Zhenniang, what do you want? This is the full house. If you walk 500 meters ahead, you will find Yipintang. ”

"Oh, nothing, I wonder if I bought it today or not." As he spoke, he raised his head and looked at the building in front of him.

It is worthy of being the largest restaurant in the town, just looking at the three gilded characters of the full house, it gives people a sense of grandeur and atmosphere. The three-storey wooden building is quaint but exquisite.

As far as the eye can see, there are square tables on the first floor, the big ones on the inside and the small ones on the outside. The second floor is designed with an open-air balcony, and there are tables and chairs outside the balcony, so you can choose whether to eat outside or inside according to the needs of guests.

The third floor is designed with sliding windows, all of which are opened, just like a gazebo, where you can not only eat, but also watch the scenery.

was sent to Mu Zhen, and Hongmei left first. The second child in the lobby saw Mu Zhen and a woman standing at the gate, and asked impatiently: "Little lady, are you eating or lodging?" ”

Mu Zhen pretended not to see his expression, and said with a smile: "I neither eat nor stay, I am here to discuss business with your shopkeeper, do you have time now?" ”

Xiao Er glanced at Mu Zhen in disbelief, "Little lady, you are poor and crazy, so you are too fat, or you don't know where this is?" Are you still talking about business? Then I'm the owner of this restaurant. ”

Although Mu Zhen hated Xiao Er's words very much, in order to be able to sell the things in his hand, he patiently explained: "Little brother, I really came to talk about business, my ancestors had a kind of food, which is not passed on, and now my family urgently needs a sum of money, so I plan to sell it, you can do it, help me spread it." ”

Man Tangxiang does have some fame in Shanghe Town, and the people of Xiao Er are either very bad, or they like to bully others. Now seeing Mu Zhen talking to him with such a good temper, he is no longer embarrassed, "Okay, you wait, I'll go in and help you ask." ”

After a while, a middle-aged man wearing a blue robe and a goatee walked out, he was not as arrogant as Xiao Er, but asked Mu Zhen very gently, "This little lady, I heard that you have business to talk to me, I don't know what kind of food it is?" ”

"This uncle, this is what I want to talk to you about." As he spoke, he lifted the cloth and took out a bundle of Tsubaki sprouts from the basket and handed it to the shopkeeper, "This thing is called Tsubaki sprouts, which is a food that has been handed down from our ancestors. Now eat fresh, there are no greens in winter, this is much more prettier than sauerkraut and the like. ”

The shopkeeper picked up the Tsubaki bud in Mu Zhen's hand and sniffed it, "The thing is a good thing, I don't know how you plan to sell it, little lady?" ”

When Mu Zhen heard that there was a play, she suppressed the joy in her heart and said: "You also saw it, this thing is dry goods, not to eat, and it is more troublesome to do, I tied it into this bundle of one bundle, one bundle is one or two, how about I sell you twenty dollars and one tael?" ”

The shopkeeper's face was embarrassed, "Little lady, is your twenty wen a bundle too expensive?" My pork is only twenty penny a pound. ”

Mu Zhen had already guessed that the shopkeeper would say this, and she had already thought about it and waited, "The shopkeeper, you are knowledgeable, you see the swelling of this thing, after these two bubbles are wet, you can not only fry four plates." A plate of dishes is the cost of five cents, and you earn it all while you squint. ”

The shopkeeper laughed when Mu Zhen said, "You girl, you have good teeth." Okay, you wait, I'll help you ask the owner. As he spoke, he went in with a bundle of Tsubaki buds.

What Mu Zhen didn't know was that when she was talking with the shopkeeper in full swing, there was a pair of eyes on the third floor staring at her. When the shopkeeper asked the man with something, he said without looking back: "In the future, no matter what this person sends here, don't accept it." ”

The shopkeeper wanted to persuade the proprietor again, but the man turned around and left, and the shopkeeper couldn't. I had to take something down to find Mu Zhen.

"Little lady, I'm really embarrassed, I asked the owner, and he said no."

Originally, it was all talked about well, and Mu Zhen was full of joy and thought that it could be sold, but she didn't expect this result. Looking at the shopkeeper's look of regret, Mu Zhen knew that the other party had done his best.

"Okay, forget it, thank you shopkeeper."

Although the proprietor didn't want this thing, the shopkeeper looked very strange, and called Mu Zhen, who turned around, and said: "Little girl, the old man's surname is Chen, you send ten things to the Chen Mansion on North Street, and say that the old man wants to sell it." ”

Mu Zhen knew that Shopkeeper Chen also had the intention of helping her, so she bowed down to thank Shopkeeper Chen in a regular manner.