Chapter 9: Stargazing Tower Poetry Club
For the next two days, Li Changan delivered wine every morning as usual, cooked wine and boiled sugar at home the rest of the time, and went to the wine market in the evening.
It's a pity that there are just three more small restaurants.
I can sell about 100 catties of wine every day, although it is a lot more than before, but compared to the 300 taels to be gathered, it is far from enough.
Day 3,
Liu Zhiyin bought frosting and hawthorn fruit back,
"Erlang, now there are more and more people selling rock sugar gourds outside, and those who walk the streets and alleys are selling them."
"That's a good thing." Li Changan said with a smile.
Liu Zhiyin lifted the hair hanging from his ears, "But these are obviously your ......"
"Sister-in-law, it's okay, the more popular the rock sugar gourd, the happier I am." Li Changan stuffed two pieces of wood into the boiler and cleared the ash by the way.
"You, mysterious and secretive, is there anything you can't tell your sister-in-law?" Liu Zhiyin said angrily.
"Didn't you want to surprise your sister-in-law?" Li Changan said with a smile.
"Are the hawthorn nuts on the market a little more expensive now?"
"Isn't that right? Hawthorn fruit has risen to three dollars a pound. Liu Zhiyin said,
"But Xiaolan also said that the taste of other rock sugar gourds is not as good as ours, so we sell more."
"But everyone else sells well."
Li Changan nodded, "Rock sugar gourd is not difficult to make, and these raw materials are also the most common, which is normal." ”
"But sister-in-law, have you ever calculated an account?"
"What's the account?" Liu Zhiyin asked in surprise.
"A pound of hawthorn fruit is almost forty, that is, five strings of rock sugar gourds, can be sold for twenty-five yuan, how much is the cost controlled, and everyone will continue to sell rock sugar gourds?"
Li Changan's question directly stopped Liu Zhiyin.
Liu Zhiyin has never thought about this problem.
The reason is very simple, everyone's cost is spread out, and it is very cheap.
A pound of hawthorn fruit made of rock sugar gourd can earn at least 20 yuan.
It's an amazing profiteering.
And with so many people selling, there is still a good market.
Therefore, the business of rock sugar gourd is becoming more and more prosperous.
It's a pity that behind this boom, there is nothing to do with the initiator of the rock sugar gourd.
As the first to eat crabs, the Li family has only sold more than 300 strings of rock sugar gourds in the past few days.
If you are full, you will earn a tael of silver.
"In other words, if the cost is controlled, will my sister-in-law continue to do the business of rock sugar gourds?" Li Changan continued to ask.
"Shiwen? No, no, fifteen ...... bar. Liu Zhiyin finally gave the most extreme number he could think of.
The smile on Li Changan's face became even brighter, "So, sister-in-law, wait to count the silver." ”
There are only two main ingredients for rock sugar gourds.
Hawthorn fruit and icing.
Frosting is controlled by the government, but another raw material can be ......
At least the hawthorn fruit in the entire county seat of Linxian County has been rounded by your brother-in-law.
"By the way, there is a poetry meeting in Wangxinglou tonight, Erlang, you can participate." Liu Zhiyin said while cleaning the hawthorn fruit.
"What poetry?"
"It's organized by the county school, and I heard that there are students from other places who are coming, and the scale is not small." Liu Zhiyin explained.
"If you perform well and get the appreciation of the students, you are likely to be recruited into the county school."
Liu Zhiyin leaned over and said expectantly, "Erlang, you can go too, the opportunity is rare." ”
"I've heard about the poetry club, but I'm not interested in it." Li Changan lit another pot and prepared to boil sugar.
"How can you not be interested? You've always wanted to participate in the poetry club before, saying that there are a lot of well-educated people in it......" Liu Zhiyin blinked,
"And those poems are very powerful, maybe there is one that can be spread and accumulate fame."
Li Changan's head was full of black lines, and his sister-in-law's eyes and demeanor now seemed to be instigating him to commit a crime.
"There must be a lot of people participating in the poetry meeting, what if you go?"
"When I get my little sister back, I will concentrate on studying, and I will wait for the county exam in March next year."
Liu Zhiyin stopped talking, her gentle eyes were full of loss, and even mixed with a little grievance.
With this appearance, Li Changan's heart is soft, no matter how hard he is.
"Okay, can't I go?" Li Changan sighed lightly.
The loss on Liu Zhiyin's face instantly turned into a smile, "That's right, you have been determined to take the test since you were a child, and our family will rely on you in the future." ”
"When the time comes, I'll take my sister-in-law with me."
"How's that going to work?" Liu Zhiyin's eyes widened.
"What's not to do? It's normal for this kind of poem to carry a female dependent......"
"......"
Liu Zhiyin is in a dilemma.
To say that you don't want to participate in the poetry meeting must be false, after all, no matter how many people want to participate in the poetry meeting, they can't get in.
But how can you go with such an identity? Will it embarrass Jiro?
"Sister-in-law, let's go and have a look together, and if it doesn't work, we'll come back again, and there won't be a piece of meat missing." Li Changan said with relief,
"Besides, my sister-in-law insisted that I participate in this poetry meeting, how can you hold back?"
"That'...... That's fine. Liu Zhiyin's confidence is not enough.
……
It's getting late,
Li Changan was extremely reluctant to go to Wangxing Tower under the urging of Liu Zhiyin.
No matter what kind of poetry club, in his opinion, it is a group of people who like to pretend to get together to see who is the most awesome.
There is no other use than comparing who is the most powerful.
Of course, perhaps something indescribable may happen in the process of pretending.
But Li Changan was not interested in this.
If you have this time, you might as well go to the wine market and maybe find another buyer.
What's more, the beauties around him are on the side, and Li Changan will not be reluctant to look far away if he wants to see it.
But her sister-in-law was determined to ask Li Changan to participate in the poetry meeting, and Li Changan couldn't refuse.
Wangxing Tower is located in Nanfang, which is the tallest building in Linxian County, and it is also the favorite gathering place of literati and artists.
The large and small poetry societies of Linxian County climb high and look far here, drink and make gifts, and occasionally a few good works will be circulated and gather fame.
Tonight's Wangxinglou is more lively than Sanyangmen.
Lanterns were hung all over the streets, and people from all over the county gathered in the direction of the star-gazing tower.
The poetry meeting was an opportunity to make a name for itself, and the poetry meeting was presided over by the county school's Xuezheng people.
It has attracted a large number of students who want to make a name for themselves and want to show their talents.
Even ordinary people want to see the style of literati.
Li Changan and Liu Zhiyin followed the flow of people and slowly approached the star-gazing tower.
The closer you get to the stargazing tower, the more crowded it becomes.
"Ahh Liu Zhiyin was accidentally hit and stumbled.
Li Changan subconsciously hugged Liu Zhiyin's shoulders.
The next moment, both of them were stunned.
Li Changan felt his heart beat violently a few times.
Liu Zhiyin's pretty face flew red, motionless, touching the hand on his shoulder, as if with a stream of heat scurrying in his body.
The air seemed to get hot.
Li Changan hurriedly let go, and said at a loss, "That sister-in-law, let's go back, there are too many people here." ”
Liu Zhiyin bit his lip, lowered his head, and continued to walk forward.
People come and go, but Li Changan can only feel the breath of the people around him, as if no matter how noisy the world is, there are only two people left.
Neither of them spoke, and a different atmosphere circulated in the air.
"If you want to enter the Star Tower to participate in the poetry meeting, you must have an invitation, and if you don't have an invitation, please don't squeeze in."
"Enter the building with an invitation."
At the gate of Wangxing Tower, there are county students maintaining order.
"You can enter the East Gate without an invitation, and those who succeed in breaking through the door can also enter!"