Chapter 18: The Road to Riches
After a night of excitement, Shen Shiliu went to the county seat the next day, and there were only a few days before the Qiqiao Festival, so she had to hurry up to buy food.
When she arrived at the county seat, Shen Shimei first went to help sell the broth, this time she bought a lot of food, and she couldn't take it alone, so she had to use a wheelbarrow.
Shen Shiliu sat in front of the stall, she was not too busy at this time, and she didn't need to help, so she looked at Du Xuanmo's stall next to her.
Du Xuanmo also saw Shen Shimei looking at him, and smiled.
Shen Shiliu leaned over directly and said, "Can I see what you said?" ”
"Pomegranate girl literate?" Du Xuanmo asked: "It's just a few, my brother has taught me everything, and I don't know much!" "She can't say she knows them all.
Du Xuanmo nodded, and then found a miscellaneous book from the bookshelf, which was all painted with animals.
Shen Shiliu looked at it, it was an ancient book and miscellaneous records, similar to the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and she was very excited to read it.
Du Xuanmo didn't know that Shen Shimei was literate, so he just thought that he was happy to look at the painting above.
When Shen Shiliu saw half of it, he remembered one thing, and simply raised his head and asked Du Xuanmo: "What are you going to do to make a fortune during the Qiqiao Festival?" ”
Du Xuanmo was stunned, he rented a book here, and there was nothing to sell, and the book would definitely not be sold. So he shook his head, and his expression was a little dazed!
"You also ponder, I am going to sell pastries when the time comes, there are many women and children during the begging festival, so I have to take the opportunity to make a fortune! Once a year! Shen Shiliu said, and her chubby little face also danced with her eyebrows.
Du Xuanmo smiled: "The pomegranate girl is smarter than me, what do you think I can sell?" ”
Shen Shimei was not stingy, and immediately brainstormed, and then thought of one: "You sell flower sticks, find some beautiful paper, and mention some love poems on it, it is estimated that a group of good men and women will buy them to convey affection!" Shen Shiliu felt that she was a genius, only the braised pork she couldn't eat, and there was no way to make money that she couldn't think of!
When Du Xuanmo heard it, he really felt that it was like that! Men and women don't dare to be blatant, if you sell flower sticks, there should be a lot of people to buy them!
"Pomegranate girl is really ice and snow smart, I think this method is very good!" Du Xuanmo said with a smile.
Shen Shiliu also laughed, she was laughing at Du Xuanmo's ability to fool people, words like "ice and snow smart" are really not very appropriate to describe her, but some people praise it better than someone scolds!
Shen Shiliu thought for a while and said, "You wait for me!" Then he ran to his stall, took out a piece of red bean cake from the small baggage, and brought some today, which was for Shen Shu as lunch.
"You taste it, I'm going to sell this!" Shen Shiliu handed the red bean cake to Du Xuanmo.
Du Xuanmo took it and looked at it for a moment, and then said: "It's really like a hibiscus jade, just look at it!" ”
Shen Shiliu said: "Don't praise it first, taste it first!" ”
Du Xuanmo smiled and put it in his mouth, and then he felt a burst of sweetness in his mouth, and the fragrance of red beans filled his mouth and nose, but it was not sweet and greasy, it was really delicious.
"It's delicious, pomegranate girl, this thing will definitely sell well!" Du Xuanmo said that he liked the pastries very much.
Shen Shiliu smiled happily: "Then I will borrow your auspicious words!" "Looking at it now, unless the taste is too weird, the rest of the normal people should be able to buy it!
Du Xuanmo also laughed, and Shen Shiliu said: "I'll bring you some more tomorrow, anyway, the family does a lot!" ”
"Then thank you Pomegranate Girl, I'll make some flower sticks tomorrow, and Pomegranate Girl will help me see if it's good!" Du Xuanmo said.
Shen Shiliu nodded, I feel that the feeling of having a partner on the road to entrepreneurship is really not ordinary, it's good!
As soon as noon arrived, Shen Pomegranate followed Shen's father to the grain store first, Shen Pomegranate had already calculated the amount at home, and bought it according to the proportion, which also saved waste. Added up to several generations, Shen's father and the guys in the store put the purchased grain on the trolley, and the father and daughter went to the butcher shop to buy the sheep's head and sheep's hooves, this is the main business, and they can't be lazy.
After having lunch at home, the family got busy, with broth on one end and pastries on the other, and Liang also helped, and the family was very busy.
Shen Shu knew that the family was busy today, so he hurried back to help with the work, Shen Shimei was even more busy, seeing that the begging festival was coming, it would be better to make more money by doing more.
Shen Pomegranate was afraid of the heat, so he directly found a wooden barrel and tied the rope and sank into the well.
"Let's go to sleep first, I'm really tired today, and I'll talk about it tomorrow if there's anything that doesn't matter!" Father Shen said.
Shen Shiliu was also really tired, she went back to her room and fell asleep on the bed, and the next morning she went to help sell the broth, and by the way, she brought Du Xuanmo some pastries that she had made before.
Du Xuanmo looked at the few plates of pastries in the basket, all of them, all of them looked delicious, and said, "This is too much, don't you keep it for sale?" ”
"You can take it and eat it, this is the first batch I made, and the quality is not very good, so don't dislike it!" Shen Shiliu said.
"Don't dislike it, don't dislike it, my mother probably hasn't eaten such a pastry, she will definitely like it!" Du Xuanmo said, and then took out four flower sticks from the book and handed them to Shen Shimei.
"This is a flower stick made of four-color paper made by Fenshui, do you look good?" Du Xuanmo said, the flower sticks in his hand are red, pink, blue and green, and they look like the color of spirit.
Shen Shiliu looked at it, and really felt that Du Xuanmo was ingenious, the thickness of the paper was just right, and he punched holes and tied tassels, painted flowers on it, and mentioned poems. A good handful of words is pleasing to the eye, and this flower stick is a work of art in Shen Shimei's eyes!
"It's good-looking, I guess the girls and guys will like it!" Shen Pomegranate pinched it carefully, looked at it again and again, and when it was handed back to Du Xuanmo, Du Xuanmo said: "Just take it as a return gift, your basket of pastries is more than my flower stick!" ”
Shen Shiliu smiled and said, "Then I'll take it, it's really good-looking!" ”
Du Xuanmo smiled, and then said: "Then when the stall comes, let's two of us next to each other, and some people will talk!" ”
"Done!" Shen Pomegranate should arrive, next to each other.
There were more and more people at the broth stall over there, and Shen Shimei couldn't keep talking here, so he said to Du Xuanmo: "Just bring the basket and small saucer tomorrow, I'll go first!" With that, he hurried back to help.
Du Xuanmo answered, and then looked at the pastries in the basket, one by one, the beads and jade were pleasing to see, just like Shen Pomegranate.
After Shen Shimei finished his work in the morning, Shen Shu went to the school. Shen Shu was anxious, it was a busy time at home, but he still had to be in the school, he was really anxious.
In the afternoon, Shen Shimei went to the osmanthus tree in the back mountain to hunt osmanthus flowers, carrying a long bamboo pole and a clean coarse cloth to the back mountain.
When he got to the bottom of the tree, he spread the coarse cloth, and Shen Pomegranate used a bamboo pole to beat the osmanthus, and the osmanthus fell down, and Shen Pomegranate smelled the fragrance of the osmanthus and was in a better mood.
"Pomegranate?" Someone shouted behind him, and as soon as Shen Shimei turned around, he saw that Han Shuliang and Han Meili were also here, the same configuration of a bamboo pole and a piece of coarse cloth, it seemed that they were also here to beat osmanthus.
"Hmm." Shen Shimei answered, and then looked at Han Meili.
Han Meili looked embarrassed, she had already made a marriage with someone a few days ago, and now she saw that Shen Shimei also had mixed feelings in her heart.
Shen Shiliu didn't think too much, although she knew why Han Meili was embarrassed, it had nothing to do with her.
The two groups of people were playing osmanthus on both sides of the tree, and Shen Pomegranate jumped up and down here, panting after a while, and then continued to fight after a while, but she had great strength and played fast, and she hit a large bag of osmanthus when it was very open.
"I'll go first!" Shen Shiliu said hello to the Han family brothers and sisters and left, while Han Meili followed and said, "Pomegranate, let's not have a share in the future......"
Han Shuliang sighed, Han Meili hasn't let it go yet, in fact, it's right, Shen Shu is a good young man in the village, and it's a pity to miss it like this. But what about the pity? The Shen family doesn't want to be in-laws with the Han family, and Han Meili has promised someone else, what can she do if she doesn't give up?
Shen Shiliu smiled: "Sister Beauty, don't worry, you won't be born!" Then he waved his hand to the two siblings and left first.
Han Shuliang sighed: "Beautiful, don't think about it, it's impossible!" ”
Han Meili also knew that it was impossible, but she was unwilling!
When Shen Pomegranate returned home, he washed the osmanthus first, and then put it on a dustpan and put it aside to dry.
Here, Shen's father and Zheng's family have been holding mallets in their hands, and they bought a lot of glutinous rice this time, and they also scored batches to beat them.
"Dad, mother, just rest for a while, there's still enough time!" Shen Shiliu persuaded his parents, and Liang also said: "That is, if you are tired, it will not be good." ”
Father Shen and Zheng also listened to the persuasion, the poor are not eligible to get sick, how can they have the money to go to the doctor at that time?
Father Shen sat down, took out the wood, his own board car has just been half done, the two wheels are finished, and then the board and the handrails on both sides have to be made.
"It's just right, there will be a lot of pastries at that time, and this big cart will be useful!" Shen Shiliu said with a smile.
Father Shen smiled and knocked on it, and Zheng took out the water to boil mung beans and shared a bowl of it alone, and if it could not be wasted, it would not be wasted.
In the evening, Shen Shu came back, and when he got home, he didn't care about eating and helped make glutinous rice, and the father and son matched faster.
"It's done, I'll make it at home tomorrow, and I'll sell it the day after tomorrow!" Father Shen said, counting the days.
Shen Shu said: "It's just right, Mr. Song wants to take this opportunity to go home and save his relatives for a few days, and I can also help." ”
Shen Pomegranate drank the porridge and said: "I can save some effort tomorrow, make it during the day, and steam it at night, I will definitely be able to catch up!" Tomorrow, don't forget to go to the yamen to buy a wooden sign for the stall, by the way, next to the Du family's son! ”
The whole family nods, and this kind of life can be rushed!