Sister Qiu froze, she had eaten the water of this place since she came to this space, and she had never felt that there was an astringency in the water. There is an astringent taste when making water tofu, which can only indicate that the water quality of this place is hard, and the water contains too many substances that need to be flocculated by soybean milk. However, none of these things are difficult, you only need to grasp the time and dosage of brine or gypsum to the soy milk, and you can make smooth and tender water tofu.

Don't underestimate the time and dosage of adding brine and gypsum, which are all secrets in the handmade tofu workshop in the past. Even the brine of the tofu is fermented from the ancestral brine urn, and the secret of the brine urn is not passed on.

Sister Qiu and Jia Shi first found a pharmacy, and there was a flag with black characters on a white background hanging next to the door, with a big word "medicine" written on it, fluttering in the air in the wind.

Entering the pharmacy, the guy at the door looked up and down at Sister Qiu and Jia's for a few looks, it was obvious that they were from the Zhuang family, their robes were torn, and there were patches stacked on top of them. ”

Jia Shi was a little cramped, and he didn't know how to reply, so he glanced at Sister Qiu thoughtfully.

Sister Qiu stood in front of Jia's family, shook her head and said with a smile: "Big brother, we are not here to catch medicine, we are here to sell Chinese medicinal materials." ”

The young man laughed, and looked at Sister Qiu from a new look, how many young people have been wearing the clothes on this little lady's body, and the materials are all worn out, and he can vaguely look at the flower jacket he wears inside, and he is so poor that he sells Chinese medicinal materials? It's really unusual.

"What Chinese herbs do you sell?" The young man said with a smile, with two points of teasing of the child.

Sister Qiu took out the cloth pocket from her arms, opened it, and the white snake skin more than one meter long was displayed in front of the guy, and the little man was also startled, but he didn't expect that this little girl really took Chinese medicinal materials, and the people of the village knew that there were not many snakeskins that could be used in medicine.

"Boss, come and take a look, someone sells snake skin!" The young man called the boss.

The boss was around forty, a little fat, standing in front of the counter table and looking at Sister Qiu and Jia's from above, Sister Qiu calmly let him look at it, and said to the boss with a smile: "You see, this snake skin is very complete, such a long dragon, we are here in Huyang, but it is rare." ”

The boss glanced at the snakeskin in Sister Qiu's hand, picked it up and glanced at it a few times, looking careless and not interested.

Sister Qiu panicked, and she didn't know how much the snakeskin that carried her expectations could be sold.

While Sister Qiu was waiting in a panic, the boss spoke, and the snake skin was put back on the counter table, "Little lady, this is the skin of the white snake, but it is not as rare as you think." I will give him 18 more copper plates at most, and it is not easy for your child to run so far, so I will give you two more money to buy candy. 20 copper plates! ”

Only 20 copper plates? Sister Qiu felt that it was too cheap, she felt that it was worth a hundred copper plates, and in ancient times, there was no large-scale snake breeding farm, and the snake skin could only be relied on to find in the wild, not to mention that most of the dealers who could contact the snake skin, I don't know that this thing can be sold for money.

Hearing that Jia Shi said that there was not only one pharmacy in the town, Sister Qiu carefully wrapped the snakeskin back into the cloth, "Boss, you are busy, I'll go and take a look elsewhere." ”

The boss has a round and fat face, and his tone is kind, but he is good at talking, and said with a smile: "Little lady, there are rules for the industry, and it is the same if you go elsewhere to see it, and the big guys are all a price." ”

Seeing the boss's kind attitude, Sister Qiu also relaxed, and said with a smile: "Boss, it's too cheap enough for us to find snake skins, thank you for mentioning it, if it really can't be sold at a price, I will leave this snake skin to my grandfather to make medicinal wine." ”

There is also a problem with the boss's words, although Sister Qiu doesn't know how much the snake skin is worth, but the white snake has always been regarded as a symbol of auspiciousness, and the white snake will keep the family healthy, and the white snake skin will not be as cheap as the fat boss said.

After politely saying goodbye to the boss, Sister Qiu led Jia Shi out, and after walking a few steps away, Jia Shi whispered to Sister Qiu: "This thing can be sold for 20 copper plates?" "Isn't it inconvenient for the skin that Changlong has faded off, thin and like a piece of paper, which can be used as medicine and sold for money?

Sister Qiu nodded, touched the cloth pocket in her arms, and said with a smile: "This is a good thing, let's change the pharmacy and ask the price again, I'm afraid that there will be more than 20 copper plates." ”

Jia Shi looked at the girl and nodded, and there was still a little bad thought, whether it was the daughter of the old Xiucai, the girl was much smarter than her, if she could sell 20 copper plates, she would have sold it happily, where would she think about asking again.

However, the two didn't go far, and the guys from the pharmacy chased after them, blocked the two, and said anxiously: "Auntie, our boss opens 100 copper plates, do you sell them?" ”

"This ......" Jia's heart was already beating wildly, and he could sell 100 copper plates? A pound of fine noodles is only ten copper plates! However, Jia Shi didn't open his mouth, but instead glanced at Sister Qiu, and said: "This long dragon skin is made by a child, and she has the final say." ”

Sister Qiu didn't open her mouth, she was a little undecided.

The man said again: "Little sister, this is the highest price that the boss is willing to open, if you don't sell it, you can't sell it elsewhere." ”

Hearing this, Sister Qiu simply shook her head and said with a smile: "Thank you, big brother, for coming over again, I won't sell it, go back and make medicinal wine for my grandfather." ”

When the guy heard this, he knew that he had run away in vain, and he lost his good complexion, turned his head and left, and muttered: "Leaning on Zhang Changlongpi and wanting to make a fortune?" ”

When the guy left, Jia Shi pulled Sister Qiu and asked, "Sister Qiu, the boss opened 100 copper plates, why don't you sell them?" He only sold 20 copper plates before, and he was afraid that these 100 copper plates would be the most expensive price. ”

Seeing that the guy didn't go back, Jia Shi regretted in his heart, the fat boss had already surprised her with 20 copper plates, and then she didn't expect that a long dragon skin could be sold for 100 copper plates.

Sister Qiu smiled and pulled Jia forward, although Jia has a soft temper, she has an advantage, she respects her own meaning very much, and does not take the idea in front of her daughter, which is extremely difficult in ancient times when parents were heavens, just look at Mao's family, she is a noble queen in the Mei family, you just need to be unhappy in your heart, catch and scold whom.

"Mother, I see that fat boss is not honest in doing business." Sister Qiu turned her face and looked at the banner of the medicine hall floating in the air in the distance, "First I deceived the two of us into not understanding the market, and tried our best to lower the price, and then I raised the price when I saw that we didn't plan to sell it, and when we raised it, it was five times higher." This person's heart is too dark, let's go elsewhere and ask the price first, isn't there a pharmacy? If it's not higher than his family, we'll come back and sell it to him." ”

Jia Shi nodded, looking forward to it in his heart, but also a little worried, "If we come back, what if the fat boss doesn't want to produce another 100 copper plates?" "What's more, or is it more serious, people think they don't know how to be interesting, what if they don't want it? It's not an empty rejoicing. The first time she came out to sell things to make money, she still wondered if this snake skin could be sold for a price, if it could really be sold for money, he had seen a lot of dragons peeling off their skins in the wild grass in the field before, and it was really a pity that he didn't pay too much attention to it.

"He's going to chase all the guys out and ask, he definitely wants what he wants, don't worry." Sister Qiu preached, as soon as she talked about the idea of you coming and going, Sister Qiu's eyes lit up for a while, all of these are the experience she summed up when she followed her father to sell water tofu on the street, whether others want to buy it or not, it is not too expensive, don't listen to what he says, only from some small actions and small details.

Jia Shi looked for the aunt who sold vegetables on the side of the road and found out about the next road, and went to another pharmacy, there were not as many people as the first pharmacy, the boss was a young man in his twenties, and looked at the snake skin brought by Sister Qiu, and saw that Sister Qiu was a pleasing little lady, and his attitude was harmonious first, and he said with a smile: "100 copper plates." ”

Sister Qiu shook her head, "Uncle, we just asked, the price of the pharmacy in the town is 150 copper plates!" ”

The young boss laughed, Sven's white round face, smiled and showed two dimples, looking very happy, shaking his head and saying: "Little lady Momengren, although this white snake skin is rare, it is not a precious thing, it is shredded and used like the black snake skin flower snake skin, I will open you 130 copper plates at most, how about it?" Can't you lose this price, do you sell it or not? ”

Sister Qiu quickly calculated in her heart, it is okay to estimate 130 copper plates, not to mention that there are two pharmacies in the town, if you don't sell this, and then go back to the fat boss, maybe he will lower the price, and all 100 copper plates can't be sold. The snakeskins are picked for free, and there is no cost, and all the money you sell is earned.

"Sell!" Sister Qiu nodded.

The young boss handed over the snake skin to the guy to take it to, and then took a penny and a handful of copper coins from himself, first gave Sister Qiu a penny, and then counted thirty from the scattered copper coins to Sister Qiu. He had already seen that it was this little lady who was the master of the mother and daughter, so he didn't give the money to the adult.

After coming here for so long, Sister Qiu is still the first time to see the coins in this world, Brother Kong Fang in this era is not much different from the copper coins in ancient times in the previous life, but the traditional Chinese characters printed on the coins Sister Qiu is not recognized, and it is not good to look at it in front of so many people. After taking the money, Sister Qiu counted it again, confirmed that it was right, thanked the boss, and dragged Jia out of the pharmacy.

Not far from the pharmacy is a shop that sells pastries, and you can smell the sweet fragrance wafting from the store from all the distances, Sister Qiu swallowed her saliva, and she was hungry for everything in the days of lack of oil and meat.

"Mother, should we still go to my uncle's house?" Sister Qiu asked.

Jia Shi looked at the sun on the horizon, it was still early, so he nodded and said, "Go, go and see your uncle and let's go." ”