Chapter 34 Making Money from Sugar
Qing Bao said in his heart, just the two of you, a bun and a nest, I can't follow any of them, I am my mother in my previous life.
The father and son returned home, Huang Liuniang was standing at the gate of the courtyard and kept looking, and when she saw them coming back, she breathed a sigh of relief and reprimanded Erzhu and Qingbao: "I won't let you two go to your grandmother's house in the future, how late it is to come back, I don't know if your father and I are worried about you?" What if you run into a flower shooter and shoot you two away? ”
Knowing that she was worried about herself and Erzhu, Qingbao didn't say anything.
Erzhu, who had always maintained his excitement, walked to the house, and at the same time told Huang Liuniang about making money again.
Huang Liuniang looked at Qing Bao suspiciously and said, "Liuya, is what your second brother said true?" Why do you know how to make that peanut melon seed candy? ”
Qingbao had already thought that they would ask this, so he said the answer he had thought of a long time ago: "Last time I went to the city, I saw a master who sold sugar doing this, it's very simple, just look at it." ”
"Just see? Why don't I know you're so smart? "A six-year-old can make candy, and Huang Liuniang still doesn't believe it.
Xia Shouping said beside him: "Why aren't we Liuya smart, what happened last time wasn't the way Liuya thought of?" "The last time it happened, it was Qingbao who subdued the Yang and Zhang families with poison.
The child's idea did make the family less troublesome, and Huang Liuniang finally admitted her daughter's cleverness.
After the family finished eating, Qingbao asked the whole family to peel peanuts and melon seeds.
The whole family mobilized, there were many people and great strength, and it didn't take long for them to finish peeling off, of course, four pillars were indispensable to secretly stuff into the mouth, and Huang Liuniang was indispensable to shout and scold.
After peeling it, Huang Liuniang and Xia Shouping fried the melon seeds and peanuts in the dim light.
Dry and roll it down, Huang Liuniang said to Qingbao: "Liuya, come, mother see how you make sugar, father and mother also learn, if you can make money, our family will sell sugar in the future." It seems that Huang Liuniang, who is oppressed by poverty, is very anxious to get rid of the current predicament and does not want to let go of any opportunity to make money.
Qingbao also knew that sooner or later this business would be handed over to Huang Liuniang and Xia Shouping. She is too young, and if the reputation of being able to earn money at such a young age spreads, it is definitely not a good thing, and maybe someone will come to find trouble. The most important thing is that Qingbao knows that he is borrowing the corpse to return his soul, and his heart is a little empty, afraid of being burned to death with the name of the demon.
And running more than ten miles to the city to sell sugar every day is by no means easy or safe for her. Although there are not as many traffickers in this society as there are later generations, she is not allowed to jump out and feed her a handful of sweat pills, she is a small loss, and it is futile to resist. Those little beggars who had broken arms and legs, Qing Bao shuddered when he thought about it.
They are in charge of production and sales, and they are still in charge of developing new products.
Growing up safely is the number one priority.
With this in mind, Qingbao carefully taught Xia Shouping and Huang Liuniang to make peanuts and melon seed candy.
The method of this kind of sugar is very simple, only made twice, Xia Shouping and Huang Liuniang basically mastered it.
Facing the two large pots of sugar, Huang Liuniang's face became more and more radiant.
"Liuya, let your father sell it with you tomorrow, and when he is familiar in the future, let him sell it himself. If we can earn dozens of dollars a day, our family will have a head again this day. ”
Qingbao didn't want to go, but when he thought that Wanyan was still waiting for a reply, he nodded and agreed.
Erzhu was still going to go, but was suppressed by Huang Liuniang.
Early the next morning, as soon as Qingbao got up, he made an excuse and ran to Dr. Lin's house.
After knocking on the door for a long time, Dr. Lin came out and opened the door.
"Liuya, why are you here so early? What's uncomfortable? "Dr. Lin, who just got up, has sleepy eyes, but being handsome is taking advantage, and he really has a little bit of a side with the sleeping beauty.
"I've had a toothache, a pain all night." Everyone in the countryside gets up early, and Qingbao is afraid of being seen, so he casually finds an excuse.
"Come, come into the house, I'll help you see, at your age, you should be changing your teeth." Dr. Lin took Qingbao and walked to the room where he was treated.
After entering the house, Dr. Lin said, "Come, open your mouth, I'll take a look." ”
Qingbao whispered: "I'm fine." He took out the letter and handed it to Dr. Lin: "Look at it, write a reply after reading it, I will go to the city today, and I can bring it over." ”
Dr. Lin was a little stunned, but when he saw the handwriting on the letter, he immediately understood what was going on.
Qingbao came to his medicine cabinet, pretended to look at the medicinal herbs, and left time to Dr. Lin.
Dr. Lin quickly read the letter, and then grinded and laid the paper.
After writing the letter, Dr. Lin handed the envelope to Qingbao, and said with a slightly red face: "Liuya, please run away." ”
Qingbao took the letter and stuffed it into his sleeve, and said with a smile: "Uncle Lin, don't worry, I promise to deliver it." ”
Dr. Lin sent her out with a red face.
Back home, just in time for breakfast.
After eating, Huang Liuniang asked Xia Shouping to change into clean clothes and carry the basket of sugar, which allowed the father and daughter to go on the road.
This time, I was lucky to meet an ox cart from the next village entering the city on the road, and took Xia Shouping's father and daughter for a ride, and agreed to come back at what time in the afternoon, and they could also take a while.
When he arrived in the city, Qingbao took Xia Shouping and walked through the streets and alleys to sell, Xia Shouping, who was wooden at first, was embarrassed, but with Qingbao's encouragement, he slowly let go.
Children love sweet, sugar has a huge temptation for children, plus it is not expensive, the father and daughter's business is very popular, and most of the baskets are sold in half a day.
At noon, Xia Shouping bought two meat buns for Qingbao, and he himself bought two steamed buns, and the father and daughter found a place to eat.
Qingbao thought about sending a letter to Wanyan, so he took Xia Shouping around to the street at the back door of Yue Yue's house, afraid that Xia Shouping would see something, so Qingbao told him that there was a girl yesterday who said that she wanted to buy more sugar today, and it was inconvenient for him to be a big man, so let him wait at the street corner for a while.
Qingbao carried the basket and came to the door of Yue Yue's house. Sure enough, just after a few shouts, Wanyan took Yue Yue's hand and walked out.
The little fat man was still smiling more and more, and his eyebrows were crooked, and his voice was sweet and soft: "Baby, you are here." ”
Qingbao listened to him call the baby, sighed softly, and did not raise any objections.
In her heart, she actually hoped that someone would call her by that name.
This made her feel that she was not so far away from her parents. She was still using the name they gave her.
Afraid of being seen, Qingbao did not give the letter directly to Wanyan, but wrapped a bag of sugar, wrapped the letter in it, and deliberately pointed to the paper package for Wanyan and said: "Today's sugar is very sweet, you must taste it yourself, a total of thirty-five Wen." ”
Wanyan took the paper bag knowingly, but took out fifty yuan and gave it to Qingbao.
Qing Bao returned the fifteen wen and whispered: "No need to do this, I'm just raising my hands." I don't necessarily come every day, but if I do, I'll definitely come to the back door in the afternoon. ”
Wanyan also sighed and said in a low voice: "Liuya, thank you." ”
The little fat man didn't understand the matter between the two of them, and pulled Qingbao's clothes vigorously: "Baby, go to my house to play, I bought a new Trojan horse, can you ride it?" ”
Riding a wooden horse?
Qingbao is instantly evil, forget it, we are women of a good family, we don't make trouble, let's not ride that thing......
Qingbao said goodbye to Wanyan and the little fat man, and joined Xia Shouping with the basket and the money.
The father and daughter sold for a long time, and there were still more than ten yuan left to sell, so under Qingbao's reminder, they bought tomorrow's raw materials, and then hurried to drive the ox cart in the neighboring village.
Although the ox cart saves effort, it does not go fast, and when Xia Shouping's father and daughter arrived home, it was already dark.
As soon as he entered the house, Xia Shouping immediately said excitedly to Huang Liuniang: "Liuniang, guess how much you made selling sugar today?" ”
As soon as Huang Liuniang saw her husband's happy appearance, she knew that her income was good, and she had the courage to guess: "Fifty Wen? ”
"Sixty-two Wen, there are still more than ten yuan left that have not been sold."
Huang Liuniang was a little incredulous, and asked vigorously: "Xia Shouping, don't tease me, you have to lie about this, see if I don't kill you!" ”
It's only a few tens of cents and less than a hundred, is it worth being so happy? You know, one tael of silver is worth a thousand wen, more than sixty wen, it's really not much. Qingbao began to ponder on the side, it is still quite slow to make money like this, and he must think of ways to improve it and make more money. Later, after thinking about it, let's just take our time, Liuya is only six years old, if she can really make a lot of money, she will not be far from being burned to death.
Huang Liuniang and Xia Shouping counted the dozens of copper plates several times, and Huang Liuniang finally believed that her family earned sixty dollars a day.
"More than 60 wen a day, more than one or two silver a month, Xia Shouping, enough for you to work for a year. When we have money in our hands, we will build a house first, build all the houses of our sons first, and then marry a daughter-in-law. "Wuzhu is only seven years old, and he has been included in the process of marrying a wife by Huang Liuniang.
Huang Liuniang, who was overjoyed, brought the food, and grabbed a handful of peanuts for the first time, which was regarded as adding vegetables to the children. Wuzhu stared at the basket of sugar with two eyes drooling vigorously, and Huang Liuniang generously gave each of the children a piece of candy.
After eating, it was again to peel melon seeds and peanuts, this time I didn't start making sugar Qingbao, but watched Huang Liuniang and Xia Shouping do it.
This candy is very easy to make, and the couple made it without any problems.
The next day to sell sugar, Qingbao did not go, it was Erzhu who followed Xia Shouping, Qingbao planted vegetables with Huang Liuniang at home for a long time, and went to the field to pick a basket of wild vegetables in the afternoon.
As soon as she came back from picking vegetables, before she reached the door of the house, she saw Xia Shouye wandering around her door.
Huang Liuniang greeted from afar: "Big brother, why are you here?" I'll open the door and we'll talk in the room. ”
Xia Shouye waved his hand and said, "I'm not going in, what about the third brother?" ”
"Went to town. Is there something wrong with the eldest brother? ”
"It's nothing, isn't this going to farm soon, I'm here to discuss with the third brother about when to start planting, and when the third brother comes back, you let him go to mine tonight, and the three of us will discuss it."
"Okay, I'll tell him when he gets back."