After lunch, the three sisters rubbed two buckets of ice powder at home, and then walked around the village hand in hand. In the past two days, Brother Gouwa does not sell ice powder, but he must send two buckets to Yang's mansion, which is an appointment with someone in advance.

At this time, it was almost four or five o'clock, and the children in the village were playing outside, and Liu Guiyuan said to others when he saw the children: My family collects watermelon skins, and it costs ten catties for one penny, and I want to bring half an inch of red flesh, and I will give as much as I eat, and I will pay the bill with ten catties.

"I can't leave too little red flesh, I won't accept it if it's less, and I can't gnaw it with my mouth, and we won't accept it if we have bitten it."

Liu Guiyuan made her request clear to a group of interested children, and one of them, a girl who was about the same height as her, probably didn't react, tilted her head and asked innocently: "How can I eat without my mouth?" ”

Liu Guiyuan covered his forehead and smiled, saying, "It's simple, when you eat, ask your mother to cut it for you, and you can just take the red gourd and eat it." ”

Even if she didn't ask, Liu Guiyuan had to say this request several times to prevent them from being inappropriate at the children's home, or their brains couldn't turn around. Seeing that the children in front of him suddenly realized, Liu Guiyuan pointed to the distance and said: "When you see other children, help me pass the word to them, just this summer, my family will collect wild loquat and watermelon peels." ”

The price of watermelon peel is the same as that of wild loquat, and it takes a lot to get a penny, so if Liu Guiyuan wants to collect watermelon peel, he still has to find the children in the village, and the adults are either busy, or they want to ask their children to earn a few spare money, and they will not fight for the children for this errand.

Liu Guiyuan said yes to a few of their children, and went to Tian Rubai's house to find him, he was at home for a while, and his master couldn't stand the heat, so he gave their younger students a private vacation, which was called Wenshu at home.

"Brother Xiaobai, you are popular in the village, you have nothing to do to help me publicize, the watermelon peel is used to feed the pigs anyway, it is better to send it directly to me for money." I remember that your family planted a lot of melons, and the leftover melon skins were sent to me, and I gave you a higher price than others. ”

Liu Guiyuan came to Tian Rubai, in fact, she has her own ideas, the village has the most melons planted by the Tian family, if he can take the lead in holding the melon skin and looking for her to collect it, his cousins' families will naturally follow suit, so that the watermelon skin in the entire village will be in her hands.

Tian Rubai said in his heart that you dare to love that you see that it is too late to collect watermelon, so you want to accept watermelon skin, and you dragged him to chat for a long time in the morning, really when he can't hear it? At this time, in order to be able to collect the melon skin, she even gave herself a high price, what do you little girl want to do?

Tian Rubai couldn't bear to be curious, and asked her funny: "Do you collect watermelon peels to make food and sell them for money?" I'll do it too, okay? ”

Liu Guiyuan was stunned for a few seconds, and then said in his heart: Good guy, I kindly accept your watermelon skin at a high price, but you want to compete with me, you are doing something!

Immediately thinking about Xiao Jiujiu in his heart: the idea of collecting watermelon peels to make watermelon candy by himself, Tian Rubai is a smart person, as long as he pays a little attention, he can detect it, instead of asking Tian Rubai and the Tian family behind him to compete with himself and seize the resources and market on her side, it is better for everyone to cooperate.

Liu Guiyuan went through the cooperation in his mind, and said half-jokingly: "Brother Xiaobai, to tell you the truth, I collect watermelon peels to make food and sell them for money, but I don't sell them now, but wait until the watermelons are completely off the market, and start selling them in September and October." If you want to do it, I can teach you, but you can't sell it in Qinghe Town, otherwise you will rob my business, and if you buy and sell, whether your family's ginseng participates or not, I will take a hundred percent of the profit. ”

Qinghe Town and the surrounding villages must be her market, and on the basis of volume, she can make money from this transaction.

Tian Rubai wanted to learn from her to collect watermelon peels, that was his right, and she couldn't stop it, but when a competitor was about to appear, Liu Guiyuan felt that it was necessary for her to turn it into a partner in order to pursue greater profits.

Tian Rubai immediately raised his eyebrows when he heard this, looked at her in surprise, and said: "You think it's really big enough, I originally thought that we would cooperate, you teach me why I collect watermelon skins, I will share part of your money, just the same reason as taking ice powder from you before, but I didn't expect it...... Okay, I'll talk to my parents, if you can really make money in that way, cooperate and cooperate! ”

As for what to do with watermelon peels, Tian Rubai wisely didn't ask, and after Liu Guiyuan left, he told his father Tian Youli about it, Tian Youli's eyes widened, his face was full of disbelief, and said: "She is a little girl, she has such a big breath, and she can't sell it in Qinghe Town, can she cover the entire Qinghe Town alone?" ”

Tian Rubai saw that his father didn't believe it, so he smiled and said, "Her ice powder is sold all over Qinghe Town?" The dog baby sends seven or eight buckets of ice powder to the town every day, is this amount still small, I estimate that her recycling of watermelon peels is also a similar business. ”

Tian Rubai's mother, Guan Shi, was kneading a ball of noodles, and when she heard this, she leaned over and said to her husband: "His father, Xiaoliu and Xiaozi are studying in the academy, which one doesn't need money, I think this is an opportunity to make money, tomorrow you and Xiaobai go over to discuss and discuss." ”

Tian Rubai has two older brothers, the eldest brother Tian Ruliu is 18 years old, and the second brother Tian Ruzi is 15 years old.

Tian Youli is not a person who does not listen to persuasion, he thought carefully for a while, and felt that this matter should be discussed with the eldest brother, in case his family really cooperated with the girl of the Liu family, this business is not good and will not let the eldest brother know, and the eldest brother knows the merchants of Fucheng, if he can match the bridge, he will ......

"Nope." Tian Youli patted his thigh, and when he saw his daughter-in-law and son staring at him, he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, I mean that I can't do this by myself, I have to talk to my eldest brother." ”

"Hey, you scared me!" Guan Shi (Guan Jinju) copied a rolling pin and began to roll noodles, not forgetting to tell him: "Then you go and come back quickly, the noodles will be rolled out immediately, waiting for the pot." ”

Tian Youli walked to the door, beckoned to his son, and said, "Let's go, let's go together, I'm afraid I can't say it clearly." ”

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The next day, the Liu family got up as usual to clean up the house, Liu Guiyuan thought about things a little late last night, and just got up and squatted beside the fence to brush his teeth, there are already toothbrushes in this time and space, the most common is the willow branch, and it doesn't hurt his teeth to brush.

After brushing his teeth and rinsing his mouth, Liu Guiyuan saw Tian Rubai leading the two of them to this side, one of them was Tian Rutang, the second son of Tian Village Chief, and the other was older than his father, so he thought that he should be the elder of the two of them.

"This is my father and second cousin, they want to see with their own eyes, what can be made into watermelon peels, and then they can talk about cooperation, if they can, my uncle's father will come over to sign the agreement."

Tian Rubai took the lead in opening his mouth, seeing that Sister Liu Guiyuan didn't speak, and continued: "Don't worry, if you can't cooperate, even if we know the use of watermelon peels, we won't talk about it." ”

Tian Rutang, who was behind him, smiled and said, "Yes, I promise you in the name of my father, is this okay?" ”

Liu Guiyuan and the two sisters exchanged glances with each other, and thought it was feasible, so they invited them into the hall to sit down, and said the idea of making watermelon rinds into sugar and selling them in the town, and by the way, they compared watermelon candy and winter melon candy with each other.

"Watermelon sugar is made to be sweet, winter melon sugar is made to be sweet, I think our farmers must give priority to buying sweeter food during the New Year's holidays, this is one of them; The second is that all the pulp is used for winter melon sugar, but watermelon sugar only uses watermelon skin, and the cost is much lower; The third is that many people in many places can't eat watermelon, and if someone sells watermelon candy, they will definitely be willing to buy it. ”

The three of them are not stupid people, they only heard her say three things, and they felt that the sale of watermelon candy was done, and then Tian Youli asked her: "Then how much does it cost you to make watermelon candy, and how much are you going to sell?" ”

This account is easy to calculate, a pound of winter melon candy can be sold for seventy-two wen, every two taels of nine wen, the watermelon sugar she makes according to the moderate sweetness of the taste, the cost of watermelon skin and white sugar, can probably be controlled at about sixty-three wen.

"I'm going to sell it at the same price as winter melon candy, anyway, its cost is about the same as winter melon candy, mainly with white sugar."

Due to process problems, white sugar is much more expensive than sand sugar, and it costs 32 wen per catty, which is still relatively inferior.

Tian Youli knew a rough idea, so he didn't ask any more questions, sat for a while, and then said goodbye to his son and nephew, and when he left, he didn't say that he would cooperate, nor did he say that he would not cooperate, but only said that he would go back and discuss again.

As soon as the Tian family left, the sisters hurriedly cooked rice and ate, and after eating, the three sisters thought that they had nothing to do, so they made some watermelon candy and tasted it. Peel and wash the skin first, slightly dry the water to cut the pieces and sprinkle the sugar, and stir while sprinkling to ensure that the sugar is soaked evenly.

"So much white sugar, it's really distressing to look at."

Where had Grandma Luo seen such a heroic usage, she saw Liu Guiyuan pouring down spoonful by spoonful, and Liu Guiyuan smiled when she heard it: "Don't worry, Grandma will definitely be able to earn it back." ”

When it was almost noon, the watermelon skin soaked in white sugar was marinated in a lot of sugar water, Liu Guiyuan tasted it, it was just right for her, no matter how sweet it was, it would be toothy, and she could stir-fry over low heat until the juice was collected and the sand returned.

"Eldest sister, you are careful, you come to help me light the fire, first boil over high heat, then stir-fry over medium heat, and finally stir-fry slowly over low heat." Liu Guiyuan did not forget to tell the eldest sister.

I have been busy for half an hour, and the fresh watermelon sugar is finally baked, but this time I can't stop, and I must continue to stir-fry slowly to help the watermelon sugar cool and prevent it from sticking together.

Because of the removal of moisture, the watermelon sugar at this time has become a little shriveled, but there is a crystal frosting hanging between the pink and green, and it looks very good.

Shoveling and shoveling, Liu Guiyuan did not forget to put a spoonful of watermelon candy that was still hot with it, put it in a bowl on the side, and asked Grandma Luo and her two sisters to taste it first.

Grandma Luo picked up one, put it on the back molars and chewed it, chewing until the end, and even closed her eyes to taste it, it seems that she should be satisfied with the watermelon candy. Looking at the eldest sister and the second sister again, they had already finished eating what she had served, and they were looking at the pot with bright eyes.

"It tastes better when it's cold, and next time I go to the town to buy some mulberry paper, it's not easy to regain moisture with watermelon sugar." Liu Guiyuan does not forget the importance of packaging.

Mulberry paper is a common consumable in this time and space, the best can be used to print books, the medium can be used to package tea, salt, sugar cubes, etc., as for the inferior quality is too poor, she just buys the medium one.

After the watermelon sugar cooled, Liu Guiyuan carried a small bowl and went to Tian Rubai's house. As for whether they can cooperate, it depends on their own ideas, and Liu Guiyuan will not suffer a loss.

When he arrived at Tian Rubai's house, he found that only Guan was at home, Liu Guiyuan handed her watermelon candy, and the two chatted.

"Ah, this is the watermelon candy you made." Guan pinched one and put it in his mouth to savor it.

"Ah, it's just done, I'll send it to you to taste, what's going on, it's not bad, right? Auntie, do you think you may be selling for money? Liu Guiyuan asked her with a smile.

"How can women understand this, but I think it's delicious, and I definitely want to buy some during the New Year's holidays." Kwan is telling the truth.

"That's okay, auntie, you eat slowly, I'll go back first."

Liu Guiyuan didn't mention the matter of cooperation at all, and went back slowly with an empty bowl, her idea was very simple, your Tian family didn't mention cooperation, and I didn't mention it, who was in a hurry to ask whom.