On October 18, the 21st year of Dading, in Lijia Village, Xinchang County, Liaodong County, Northern Wei Kingdom, in the farmhouse courtyard at the west end of the village, there were five figures boxing and archery in the courtyard at this time.

"Little Wu, your archery is more accurate than the eldest brother's."

"Which is my accurate archery, it is the eldest brother who lets me, and I am standing much closer than the eldest brother."

"That's Xiao Wu's strength, if he has a lot of strength, then it's the same as Big Brother." The brothers were all around Situ Yan at this time, looking curiously at this omnipotent little sister. It was like the first day I saw her.

"Okay, brothers, don't look at it, I can't see flowers on my face anymore, I'll go cook."

"Little Five is much more beautiful than that flower." San Lang likes Xiaomei from the bottom of his heart, and in his eyes, there is nothing more beautiful than Xiaomei.

Seeing Situ Yan enter the stove room, a few people practiced again, San Lang practiced more seriously, he didn't want to be compared to his little sister.

After breakfast, Situ Yan invited Aunt Niu and the fourth aunt over, "Aunts, I have an idea, the most expensive thing at the moment is grain, I want to do an idea business, sell some cheap food, and I will definitely make money." ”

"Girl, I'm just waiting for your words, you say, what are you doing with my aunt. I'll listen to you. ”

"Yes, Xiao Wu, you can say it!" Aunt Niu and Aunt Si have been waiting for Situ Yan to call, and when they were found by San Lang today, the two of them were so happy that they ran all the way into the door, which would sound like a good thing to make money, and they were even more happy.

"Auntie, I want to make vegetable noodle cakes, which are steamed with black flour and cooked and peeled sweet potatoes, and some pickles. Black noodles are now 15 pounds by the aunts to buy, sweet potatoes and pickles are available in my family, a pound of black noodles to a pound of sweet potatoes and one or two pickles, can make 30 cakes, a cake is sold for 2 yuan, the cakes will be sold by the aunts, and every cake sold to me will be a penny. ”

"Girl, how can this make you lose, the pickles are all drowned with salt, and the sweet potatoes are also from you, so why can't you lose money."

"Auntie, I didn't work, I just took some things, as long as I could collect a capital, I also want to help my aunts earn more money, so that my uncles can go home early."

"Hey, okay, thank you, auntie." The fourth aunt knew in her heart that compared to Aunt A Niu, her family's life was more difficult, Situ Yan could think about her everywhere, and she was more happy and grateful.

"Auntie, don't worry, I haven't finished talking about this, even if this cake is sold for 2 yuan, I'm afraid I can't afford it, I still want to make some noodles and vegetable paste, and I also use black noodles, sweet potatoes and pickles to boil a big pot, sell it for a penny a bowl, at least than the porridge sold in the county."

"This is sold by the aunts, no need to give me any more money, the things I took are all out of the cake."

"Girl, what can you say to me, if my aunt's family can pass this hurdle, I will thank you." The fourth aunt took Situ Yan's hand and wiped her tears.

Aunt Ah Niu also had red eyes, her family still owed Situ Yan two taels of silver, and it was the girl who helped their family at this time, and she was very grateful.

"Aunts, I have said a long time ago that this day passes slowly, and there is no hurdle that cannot be passed. I have prepared everything for the aunts, and I will take Aunt Niu's house to do it for a while, and I have to bother the four aunts to run on both sides. The fourth aunt knew in her heart that Situ Yan was afraid that her younger brother and sister would find trouble.

"Aunts make cakes today, I have stoves and pots here, and I will wait until I get to the county seat tomorrow to make the paste, and let Brother Dog drive you to the car from tomorrow, don't bring too much at a time, so as not to attract people's attention." It's snowy and the road is not easy to walk, so let Brother Dog watch the road carefully. ”

"Girl, how can your mule cart be given to us for nothing, just rent it for us, and give it to you when we sell it." The fourth aunt still remembered that Situ Yan had set five rules for borrowing mules, and she was embarrassed to use Situ Yan's mule cart in vain.

"Aunts, don't be polite to me, I couldn't do it at the beginning, I rushed there, I can really collect money with my aunts. It's just that when we get to the county seat, let Brother Gou cover the mule with a straw mat, don't let it freeze, and feed it with some fine materials, which our family has prepared. Ming'er brought a dog brother with him when he came to catch the car. ”

"What's the matter, you don't charge money, how can you still let your family produce forage. This is not going to work, now I will let the dog go into the mountains to cut the grass. ”

"Fourth aunt, I'm not afraid that Brother Dog will be tired, it's really my family's 'carrot', and it can't get used to eating other people's forage."

"You're always like this, you don't want people to owe you affection after helping people. What can you tell me? ”

"Auntie, we still need to talk about it, but aunts have to remember that they are not afraid of losing anything, as long as they don't hurt their bodies. Fortunately, the government arrested all the men and sent them to serve, otherwise I really wouldn't have worried about letting the aunts go into the city to sell food. A few people discussed the details for a while, and then the two aunts left with their things on their backs. Of course, this first 4-pound black noodles were also provided by Situ Yan. I'll pay her back when I've sold it.

After sending the two aunts away, Situ Yan told Li Dalang about the matter, and a few people also felt that it was okay, sweet potatoes and pickles were all grown by themselves, and they could make money without their own efforts, although it was not much, it was better than nothing.

The next morning, before dawn, the fourth aunt and the dog came to the door with bundles of firewood, Situ Yan put a bag of fine fodder, took a roll of straw mats, and loaded the stove and pot before sending people out.

The dog drove to Aunt Niu's house to pull the people and goods, and then entered the county seat together. Although there are a lot of victims, but they are some old and weak women and children, a few people set up the stall, only to shout and be surrounded by people, this year the food is expensive can only be seen with the eyes, no one expected that there will be such a cheap food, not an hour, all the bread and paste are all sold.

A few people bought black noodles and drove back to Lijia Village. Aunt Niu and Aunt Four, you learned the things in the county from Situ Yan one by one.

100 cakes were sold for 200 Wen, noodles and vegetables were sold for 40 Wen, in addition to the 160 Wen for Situ Yan, and 60 Wen was spent to buy four catties of black noodles, and the remaining two people were one point, 10 Wen per person, and they could make so much money in one day.

"Aunties are happy, but you have to be careful not to let people target you." Situ Yan instructed again, collected the money, and then sent people out.

In the next few days, Situ Yan was able to collect 100 yuan every day, and until the morning of October 24, Situ Yan poured out the 100 catties of bean sprouts and spread a few straw mats on the floor of the stove room.

"Brothers, I'm going to pinch off the watercress at both ends of these sprouts today, but don't break the sprouts."

"Little Wu, isn't this bean edible? Why did you pinch it? ”

"If I don't pinch it, don't I let others know what this is made of, then can my family still make money?"

"It's true, then this pinched off was just thrown away, it's a pity."

"I don't throw it away, it's all dried, and I keep it for carrots as feed."

"That's good." The children of the Li family are all used to being poor, and they don't want to waste any food, Situ Yan is also this character, of course, everything must be used to the fullest.

This pinching of bean sprouts is a meticulous job, the four of them were busy from morning to noon, did not finish pinching, rested at noon, and were busy until dinner before the fold was considered clean, Situ Yan was afraid that the folded bean sprouts would be red, so she put all the bean sprouts into the ring.

During dinner, San Lang lowered his head and didn't make a sound, Situ Yan felt strange and asked, "Third brother, what's wrong?" Is there something on your mind? ”

"No, I just think that if I take bean sprouts to sell tomorrow, when people ask what this is, if I want to say it's 'bean sprouts', won't people know?"

Situ Yan is very relieved that at least someone in the family has begun to think about these things, and she is not the only one who is using her brain.

"Of course I can't tell people what this is, I gave it a nice name, it's 'Silver Silk Vegetables', the third brother thinks it's appropriate?"

"Silver silk vessel" San Lang silently recited it a few times, and the more he read it, the more he felt good, "This is good, the bean sprouts are snow-white and snow-white, and they are really the same as the silver silk from a distance." Little five, your name sounds good. ”

"Well, I think it's a good name, too." Li Dalang also nodded in response.

"I won't go into the city tomorrow, the eldest brother and the third brother will go into the city to sell, just according to what I said before, go to the restaurant and inn first, and then go to the big family to sell if I can't sell it." As for the price of at least 10 wen per catty, less than 10 wen would rather not be sold. That's how it works, if your stuff is sold cheaply, it won't be welcomed. Situ Yan wanted to take the opportunity to exercise the four of them, but this was the first time she went out, Erlang and Shiro were not suitable, Erlang was impulsive, Shiro was timid, but Dalang was calm and Sanlang was witty.

"It's okay, it's not peaceful outside the county, and there will be Aunt Niu tomorrow, it's not bad." Li Dalang didn't want the little sister to follow, for fear that if someone made a fuss, he would hurt the little sister again. San Lang felt that this was the little sister believing in him and the eldest brother, and she was bent on handling this matter.

The next day, Situ Yan got up a little earlier than Li Dalang and the others, first took out the bean sprouts from the ring and put them into two large baskets wrapped in cloth, and found two quilts to cover them so as not to get frostbite. After breakfast, Li Dalang put the basket in the car. When the dog came, several people went out together.

Seeing off Li Dalang and his entourage, Situ Yan kept carrying it, for a while he was afraid that this road would not be safe, and for a while he was afraid that things would not be easy to sell, and if he was in a hurry, he would laugh at himself, so it was better to go with him at the beginning, and he would save himself from worrying here.

In order to calm himself down, Situ Yan took the snow wolf into the mountain. Jiro and Shiro didn't have anything to dislike because they didn't go with them this time, but they preferred to stay at home with their little sister.

Just after noon, Situ Yan turned back with a well-fed and well-fed snow wolf, and today the snow wolf was very lucky, and caught two free children, but there was a pregnant female rabbit Situ Yan couldn't bear it, so he cured it and released it. The snow wolf didn't care, anyway, a rabbit was enough for it.

When I got home, I saw the courtyard door open, and I heard Saburo's voice coming out, so I realized that the person had returned, and I hurriedly walked a few steps.

Li Dalang saw Situ Yan first and helped her take the basket down, "Little Wu, we sold well today, we only went to one restaurant, and we sold them all." ”

"No, the shopkeeper asked me a little bit how this 'silver silk cabbage' was grown, and he didn't let go of it." Saburo learned the appearance of the shopkeeper, which amused everyone in the room.

"Did the shopkeeper try to do it?"

"Xiao Wu, you are really godly, you really let you speak, the shopkeeper asked me how to eat this thing, and I told him as you said, you can make soup, you can also fry shredded meat, you can also blanch cold dishes, and the shopkeeper tried it. I kept all the dishes and gave them at the price we wanted. ”

"Big brother, did the shopkeeper have an offer at that time?"

"No, it's the price I quoted."

"Big brother, next time there is such a thing, you can ask the shopkeeper to quote first, he has never seen this thing, maybe the price he quoted is higher than what we give. Even if it's low, don't be afraid, we can bargain. Situ Yan taught the four of them his experience little by little through these things.

"Really, why didn't I remember? Is that why I'm selling less? ”

"Big brother thinks that five catties of horse beans can earn a tael of silver, is it more or less?"

"I think it's a lot."

"That's it, I'm just saying maybe more, but in fact, this tael of silver is already a lot. Does the shopkeeper have anything to say? ”

"Yes, when will I deliver it again? I said I would have to wait three days. ”

"That's good, this thing is delivered more often, but it's not worth much." A few people chatted for a while, and then they had lunch and went to rest.