When the little boy heard the stall owner's words, his face turned red and his feet moved on the ground, as if he wanted to leave, but when he remembered the situation at home, he couldn't move at all.

After hesitating for a while, he still mustered up the courage to say, "Uncle, my mother gave birth to a younger sister, and the midwife said that she was injured and had a lot of blood. My mother is very weak now, and she has no milk to feed her little sister, if she doesn't eat some blood-replenishing sucrose, she will die. ”

The little boy stretched out his hand and wiped away his tears, and begged, "Uncle, please sell me some cane sugar, I only have so much money." ”

Fennel couldn't bear it, and helped persuade the stall owner, "Uncle, you can sell some to him, this child is not easy, but he is so filial at a young age." ”

The stall owner looked at the eight copper plates on the boy's palm and sighed, "It's not that I'm ruthless, it's really these eight dollars, and my sugar cube is not easy to cut." It's cut big, you can't afford it, it's chopped, it's easy to melt in the heat, and I can't sell it at a loss. Besides, the price of my sugar is already expensive, and the profit is small. ”

Xiao Jinyue heard this, glanced at the little boy wiping his tears, and said to the stall owner, "Uncle, weigh me two catties of cane sugar, divide it into two parts, one catty for one." ”

The stall owner was overjoyed, "Okay, wait a minute. ”

Quickly pick up a kitchen knife, neatly cut up the candy cubes, and then put them on the scale.

"Girl, cut a little more, more than two catties, here is seventy-five Wen, do you think?"

"Okay, wrap it up for me."

There were five more than the original, Xiao Jinyue didn't take it to heart, and motioned for fennel to pay.

After taking the two packets of sugar wrapped in oiled paper by the stall owner, Xiao Jinyue handed the extra one to the little boy, "Take it back and make up for your mother's body." ”

The little boy saw that the big sister who looked like a fairy bought two catties of candy with a lot of envy.

He was surprised by the oil paper bag that was suddenly handed to him, and after reacting, he hurriedly waved his hand, "No, no, I can't ask for it." ”

Xiao Jinyue saw that he didn't dare to take it, so she stuffed the oiled paper bag into his hand with a smile, "Take it, go back and cook it for your mother, let her make up for her body, she can raise your sister when she is well." ”

The little boy originally wanted to refuse, but when he heard this, his eyes looked at the oiled paper bag again, thought about it, and asked nervously, "Big sister, I can't take your things, otherwise my mother will kill me if she knows about it, I want to buy candy from you, okay?" ”

Xiao Jinyue was really a little surprised to see him like this, it seems that his family taught him well, and he was not greedy for the things sent to the door.

"Your mother is bleeding profusely, and she needs this sugar to replenish her body, and you don't want her to die, do you? In this case, it will be treated as if I lent you money to buy it, and when you grow up, you will return it to me when you make money. ”

When the little boy heard this, his face instantly swelled with joy, "Big sister, you don't have to wait to grow up, I can make money and return it to you now." I'll chop wood, and when I'm sold for money, I'll give it back to you. ”

"This bag of sugar costs forty wen, right, these eight wen will be given to you first, and the rest will be returned to you when I sell the firewood. By the way, big sister, where do you live, when I earn enough money, I'll send it to your house, okay? ”

Fennel looked at his thin little body and couldn't help but tease him, "I can't see that you are very smart, and you know how to chop wood to make money." However, can you chop wood with your small body? ”

The little boy straightened his chest and looked proud, "Don't look at me thin, I'm very strong, I go up the mountain every day to chop wood for the family." I earned this money after chopping firewood and carrying it to the city to sell it. ”

Fennel looked surprised, "Do you live outside the city?" You are so small, how much firewood can you carry? ”

"Yes, my family lives outside the city, and it takes an hour to walk to get to the city, the road is far, I can't carry too much, and I can only earn two copper plates at a time."

Xiao Jinyue sighed, sure enough, it was the children of the poor who were in charge early.

"You will chop wood and bring it to my house later. However, you are still young and can't carry much, so you can ask your father to send it with you, and I will buy it from you at the price in the market. "Anyway, you also need a lot of firewood in the house, who to buy it from.

Besides, it is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish.

Fennel saw that the little boy was stunned, and couldn't help but push him funny, "Are you stupid to be happy?" You're lucky to have met our girl. ”

The little boy came back to his senses, bent his legs, and kowtowed to Xiao Jinyue with a bang.

Xiao Jinyue hurriedly motioned for Fennel to help him up.

I told him the address, and then I left with fennel.

The little boy watched them walk away, the smile on his face became brighter and brighter, the young lady said well, he was really lucky today, he actually met a kind-hearted fairy.

"Fennel, where is the sugar sold?"

"You know, there's a Ho Kee sugar shop on the other side of the street."

"Then do you know that He Ji has any other sugar besides sucrose?"

"In addition to sucrose and syrup, there is also caramel."

"Just three? Isn't there brown sugar, brown sugar, white sugar, rock sugar? ”

Fennel looked puzzled, "No." Girl, does sugar still come in so many colors? How come I haven't seen it? ”

None of them?

Could it be another name?

"Yes, I've read it in books. What about other stores, are there none? Frosting too? ”

Fennel shook her head, "No, I haven't heard anything the girl said, as far as I know, there is only cane sugar, cane syrup and caramel in the capital." ”

Xiao Jinyue was suspicious and followed Fennel to the He Ji Sugar Shop on the street.

The young man in the store ignored their arrival, and glanced at Xiao Jinyue casually, Xu saw that they were not dressed luxuriously, and he didn't even say hello, so he turned his head and chatted with the shopkeeper as if no one was around.

Xiao Jinyue didn't mind, walked into the counter and looked, the counter was really as Fennel said, there were only caramel and cane sugar, and there was a big jar next to it, which said cane syrup.

In addition, there is no brown sugar, rock sugar and sand sugar that can be found everywhere in modern times.

There are two kinds of caramel candy, one is a solid hard lump that is almost gray-brown, and the other is a flowing gummy, the color is a little cloudy, not transparent, and it can be seen that both are mixed with impurities.

Sucrose is also solid, like a big dark black brick, although the impurities are a little less than those sold at the stalls, but in Xiao Jinyue's opinion, they are all the same inferior products.

As for the cane syrup, because it was in a jar, she couldn't see what it was, but when she thought about it, it wasn't much better.

Seeing clearly that there were no other three kinds of sugar she wanted, Xiao Jinyue was not disappointed.

Turning his head and asking the two people who were chatting hotly over there, "Shopkeeper, how do you sell the sugar in this store?" ”

The shopkeeper, who was nearly forty years old, was short and fat, listened to Xiao Jinyue's inquiry, and did not get up to come over to entertain, only lifted his eyelids and glanced at it, and then motioned to the young man to reply.

The young man was also stuck in his ass like he was glued by super glue, and he didn't move, but asked casually, "What candy does the girl want?" How much? ”

Seeing their arrogant attitude, Fennel immediately said angrily, "Shopkeeper, you still don't do business, and you don't say let Xiao Er come over to say hello." ”

The shopkeeper glanced over and said coldly, "The sugar I have here is all forty-five yuan a catty, but not just anyone can afford it." Well, the door is over there, please. ”