"Mother, when you went to sell it with Xiaohe, did you think our spiced peanuts were good to sell?" Liu Man'er asked again.

"It's a good sell." Ye He replied first, "It's just that the people who came to buy it are too careful." ”

"Yes, I think our prices are a bit too high, and they are too expensive." Fang also said on the side.

"It's not high, mother, you can't just think about our peanuts for two cents a pound, you have to think about our eight dollars a pound of sugar, and five dollars a pound of meat, and those spices are all for money, our labor cost is not low, isn't it?"

Liu Man'er persuaded him: "Those that are too expensive, he can't afford to buy them, I think there should be a market." ”

"Hmm." Ye He nodded on the side.

It may be due to the fact that the Fang family has always been too generous, although Ye He is young, he is quite shrewd, and Liu Man'er feels that Ye He can help him in the future.

Fang's has always taken good care of her family, and as for business, don't force her.

"So let's continue to make these spiced peanuts?" Fang Shi said hesitantly.

"Hmm." Liu Man'er nodded, "By the time I catch the market next time, my body should be fine." ”

"By the way, mother, did you go to the shopkeeper Tao and the second brother?" Liu Man'er asked again.

"Nope." Fang Clan shook his head, "I'm selling things here, I'm too embarrassed to go to them." ”

"Okay." Liu Man'er was speechless, I said before, these spiced peanuts can be consigned from the shopkeeper of Fangtao, forget it, let's talk about it myself next time.

In the following days, Liu Man'er's family was busy making these spiced peanuts, fortunately, her family's fields are not much, and those who have many fields are still busy harvesting rice, and Liu Man'er's rice has already been received in the barn, and even brought out new rice to eat.

Alas, it is really troublesome to say that there is no rice mill in ancient times, and it is really too hard to eat rice, relying on dead strength to beat, Liu Man'er's family has a rice bucket, but some are too slow, but when there is no rice to eat, it is also eaten every day.

But now it is the harvest season, and the villagers rarely eat a few meals of white rice, so everyone goes to the ancestral hall to use the common mortar pestle to quickly scoop a basket of rice.

I don't know how to describe this mortar pestle willow vine, anyway, the general principle is similar to the rice bucket, all of which are beaten with a mallet, but this set of tools for the rice is based on the principle of the rod, which saves a lot of effort, and this mallet is also thicker, and more importantly, it is stepped on with the foot, four or two thousand catties, well, the wisdom of the ancient people is really not to be underestimated.

Ye Yuan has a lot of strength, this rice is nothing to him, he scooped half a basket in half an hour, and then carried it back, after going home, he had to sift out the chaff with a sieve, and then he got white rice, and he wanted to eat a new meal of rice, but it was really not easy.

However, everyone felt very happy to be able to eat the new rice, Fang's face was full of smiles, and the new rice was very delicious this year, of course, Liu Man'er didn't taste any difference between this rice and the usual food, it may have been grown by herself, so she felt a sense of accomplishment in her heart, so she also echoed and said that it was delicious.

Day by day, the crops in the family have been taken home, except for a load of peanuts set aside for next year's seeds, the other peanuts, Liu Man'er all made it into spiced peanuts.

Now that her body has almost recovered, and Ye Feng and Liu Fusheng's one-month farm vacation has also ended, they have started to go to school every day again, but during these days, although they have been at home, their homework has not been left behind, Liu Man'er is idle and bored, and often tests them.

As for the poems that Liu Man'er asked them to do last time, both of them wrote them, although they didn't write well, but they were not bad for this child, especially Ye Feng, although he didn't talk much on weekdays, his writing was really good.

Liu Man'er could see that the poems given to her by Liu Fusheng must have been written by Ye Feng, the rhyme was very neat, and because she participated in this labor, she wrote it well, not moaning without illness, but Liu Man'er still picked out a few inappropriate places and asked them to change them.

Although the farming busyness has passed, the hot weather is not reduced, but because of the arrival of the autumn tiger, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, Liu Man'er dislikes that it is too troublesome to go to the town to sell peanuts, and wastes time, so he directly rented the ox cart of Tiezhu's family and went to the county to sell peanuts.

She thinks that her peanuts are very delicious, and she should not be unsold, and she has had several experiences selling things in the county, and now she is slowly familiar with everything in the county, and she knows what is sold on each street.

Different from last time, this time she brought a tray, directly peeled the peanuts for people to taste, she is different from Fang's, her price is five cents, every time she buys something, she will catch two more for others, so others will feel very happy.

If she still sells things like Fang's, then she won't do it, the recipe she worked so hard to prepare is washed, boiled and dried, if she doesn't achieve the desired effect, it will be in vain.

Of course, her things are delicious, so there are quite a lot of people who buy them, it is the season to eat peanuts, although Liu Man'er sells more expensive than others, but the taste is really good, these people are also happy to buy some back, let the family also taste it.

The most important thing is that there are indeed no spiced peanuts sold here, most of the others sell salted peanuts for three pennies a pound, and no one thought to peel them and then give them a taste.

Liu Man'er still sells things with this mentality, she can buy it if she wants to, if she doesn't want to buy it, she is not reluctant, she is too lazy to pay this tongue to shout at others, some are reluctant, forget it, anyway, there are many people in this county, and there are even more rich people.

After about half the morning, her peanuts were almost sold, and only the last basket was left, and the business was quite good, which made her heart quite happy.

"Ye Yuan, why don't we wait for these peanuts to be sold, let's go to the horse market to choose horses, right? Do you know how to ride a horse? Liu Man'er took advantage of the weak business at noon and looked sideways at Ye Yuan beside her.

"I can ride a horse, but it's not cheap." Ye Yuan pursed his lips and said.

"Of course I know it's not cheap." Liu Man'er said in her heart, isn't this horse equivalent to a car in the previous life, it must not be cheap.

Still, she asked, "How much does that horse cost?" ”

"An ordinary horse, at least twenty taels of silver." Ye Yuan replied.

"Oh, twenty taels, it's quite expensive, our family's ten acres of land are only ten taels of silver." Liu Man'er was also a little stunned when she heard Ye Yuan say that this horse was so expensive.

"yes, so forget it." Ye Yuan wanted to reach out and touch Liu Man'er's head, but he thought that his hand was a little dirty when he peeled peanuts, so he withdrew his hand again.

"Then how much will you estimate how much it will cost us to build a house?" Liu Man'er asked again, "I plan to at least build the courtyard wall of our house with bricks, and as for the house inside, I am not in a hurry." ”

Liu Man'er said with a smile, "I built the courtyard wall of our house first, and when others saw it, they thought that our family was rich, but when I went in, it was just a small farm yard." ”

"If all the walls of this courtyard are to be built with blue bricks, it should cost ten taels of silver to build this wall alone." Ye Yuan replied.

"It's so expensive." Liu Man'er lowered her head, "What about building a house?" How much does it cost? ”

"You should want to build a brick house, if you use green bricks to build a two-story building, it should cost twenty taels." Ye Yuan smiled slightly: "Let's make money and build a house first, my horse is not in a hurry, when the time comes, I will build a small building for you and let you live on the second floor, so that I can be regarded as a golden house." ”

"Well, we pave the floor with green bricks and lay wooden planks on it, so that the house will be cleaner in the future, and then we can make the hall a little bigger, and also make a big study, the family can work in the study, the mother will accept the soles of the shoes, Ye Feng Fusheng and them learn calligraphy, you sharpen arrows, I paint, Ye He embroiders, the family is harmonious and beautiful, how good."

Liu Man'er said that she was a little longing, although her current life is very good, there are still so many things that make her not very satisfied, and there are still many things that need her to work hard.

Well, this is such a life with goals and heads, and it makes people feel good when they live, just thinking that someone came to ask about peanuts, Liu Man'er hurriedly raised her head and showed a smile to the person who came, "Delicious spiced peanuts, do you want to taste them?" ”

"Spiced peanuts? It's a novelty, try it. This person said that he was going to come over to get it, and after Liu Man'er saw it, he raised his eyebrows at Ye Yuan and said, "Xianggong, peel two peanuts for this guest officer, it's troublesome." ”

Ye Yuan peeled the peanuts and put them in the tray, and then picked them up for this person to taste.

The person in front of him was dressed in cyan satin, wearing a foreign hat on his head, and his stomach was shy, quite like a rich man.

But Liu Man'er knows that the real rich will not come out to buy things on the street, so he should be the steward of a large family, and it would be better if he was the steward of purchasing.

Thinking of this, the smile on Liu Man'er's face became even sweeter, and her voice was soft, and she asked, "Guest officer, how does it taste?" Or is it still to your taste? ”

"It's delicious, but it's delicious." The man looked arrogant and asked lazily, "How much?" ”

"Five cents and one pound." Liu Man'er replied.

"Wuwen?" The steward took two steps back, "You are a black-hearted peddler, and other people's houses only sell for three cents." ”

"Naturally, you have a reason." Liu Man'er smiled slightly, and said: "My peanuts are my family's ancestral secret recipe, which is made with a variety of different spices, and it is definitely worth the price. ”

"Hmm." The man still snorted and said, "Come with me, I'll let others taste it, and if they say yes, then I'll buy it." ”

"Okay." Liu Man'er didn't say a word, he stood up, Ye Yuan looked at Liu Man'er, a little puzzled, Liu Man'er smiled at him, he picked up the back basket and picked up the scale.

The two of them followed behind the steward, and the steward saw that there were people who had food to ask and some people who followed him, but there were still some people who heard that they would follow him to taste it for others, so they retreated.

Liu Man'er was not in a hurry, she looked at Ye Yuan, reached out and pinched his hand, and felt that her luck had arrived, if she could catch up with this steward, she would have a market for what snacks she would make in the future.