Chapter Ninety-Two: Halva in a Glass Bottle
Xia Qiyue came back too quickly, so that the four people who were boiling tea eggs didn't expect it, and they didn't have a basket in their hands.
"Eldest sister, is all the halva sold out so quickly?" Xia September was the first to come out, and couldn't help but ask curiously.
"It's sold out! How's your tea eggs cooking? Xia Qiyue closed the door of the courtyard and walked in, picked up the two children in front of him, and asked one of them.
"It's been shattered, it's almost ready!" Xia Jiu followed behind, "Is the halva selling so good?" Sister, where did you go to sell it? ”
Xia Qiyue didn't answer, walked a few steps, put down the two children at the kitchen door, and then turned around and went into the room to change men's clothes and comb their hair.
After a while, it was a young man who sold tea and eggs, and she had to become a young man.
When she came out, four people stood in a row at the door, waiting.
Xia Qiyue couldn't do it, so he had to tell them the story of selling halva, so he was able to get out.
"You peel and mash all the peanuts, and I'll come back to make halva after I've finished milking the tea eggs!"
Xia Qiyue confessed and reminded the barrel to go out, I will sell 200 today, halva is faster than tea eggs to make money, and the rest of the time will make halva.
The lady who sold apples didn't come out today, and she didn't get a good position, and the sale was a little slow, but after a while, the housekeeper of the Tang family came over and wrapped up the remaining sixty or so, saying that there was a banquet in the house, and it was used.
Xia Qile was relaxed, went to buy caramel and bought pork to go home.
There is still rice in the space, and I have grown my own rice, so I don't know if I can grow it, so I didn't buy it again, and then there is cabbage in the space, which is the kohlrabi in the people of the Northeast.
You can eat meat stir-fried, and then there are eggs to eat, and you don't have to buy too many dishes.
When I got home, I put the barrel down, and then I took the pork, cabbage, ten eggs and rice to my sister and asked her to cook.
I hurriedly started making halva, trying to make more to sell before I left here, and I couldn't make money when I started to escape the famine.
She has earned a total of twenty-one taels of silver in the past three days, which is almost two years' income in the eyes of ordinary people, but it is really a drop in the bucket in the face of her needs.
The space is really not practical at all, she is a little rural woman, when will she be able to save enough for the thousand taels..."
A total of twenty catties of peanuts, the younger brothers and sisters have peeled out ten catties, and she will make all these ten catties today, which should not be about twenty-five catties of halva.
In this case, the sugar coating will not be enough, and there will be an extra pound or two, and she is going to sell it in a milk bottle, and she will not spend money to buy cloth to make the sugar coating, which will take time, effort and money, and it is not as high-grade as the milk bottle.
Because the mouth of the milk bottle is also quite large, there is no problem of not being able to put it in and take it out, and it is just tied with the original oil paper, which will not be too abrupt.
By the time lunch was over, everyone began to do their own thing, and they were busy again almost until dark.
Xia Jiujiu and Xia Xinghe were supposed to do the basket but didn't do it.
Twenty-five catties of halva were made, and then the extra seven catties of halva were all packed in milk bottles.
A bottle could only hold half a catty of halva, and she bought ten bottles of milk later, and five people drank three bottles a day, washed out all fifteen bottles, wiped them clean, and carefully filled the halva.
Not to mention, it's really beautiful, and the coffee-colored halva in a clear glass bottle is really appetizing.
Xia Qiyue decided not to sell tea eggs from the next day, she had to sell the twenty-five catties of halva, twenty-five catties, which could be sold for fifty taels of silver.
When Xia Jiujiu and Xia Xinghe heard that a pound of halva was sold for two taels of silver, they couldn't believe what they heard with their ears.
It was Xia Qiyue who took out the silver to show them before believing it.
When it got dark, when they returned to the refugee camp, they couldn't see their fingers, and Xia Qiyue slowly took his younger brothers and sisters back to his own shed with his son and daughter on his back.
An Wang was still waiting for them worriedly, but his face was obviously more worried today.
"Auntie, why are you still standing here? How cold is it? Xia Qiyue found the An Wang clan standing on their side at a glance.
As soon as An Wang heard Xia Qiyue's voice, he immediately stepped forward and grabbed her hand, "You guys are back!" ”
"What's wrong, auntie? Come in and talk! "Xia Qiyue brought people inside, although it wasn't much warm, but I still thought it was better to go in.
After entering the shed, Xia Qiyue let her sister lay out the new quilt shop taken out of the space, and it was time for the two children to go to bed.
The old bedding is spread underneath, and the new quilt is covered, which is really warm enough.
The two children didn't make a fuss, so it was better to lie down when they lay down, whether they slept or not, or obediently lie in the warm bed.
Seeing that the sisters were busy, Wang An hurriedly said, "July girl, my aunt sold three baskets today and earned fifty copper plates, which is much easier than their father and son going to chop wood and sell them, and earn ten more copper plates!" ”
Xia Qiyue breathed a sigh of relief, it was good that they could sell it, "This is a good thing, auntie!" That's great! ”
"But no..."An Wang's original smiling appearance drooped down again, "But I can't stay in this place for a few days, and I don't know what to do next." ”
Xia Qiyue sighed, "What's wrong, auntie?" ”
Only then did An Wang say the reason why he was waiting here.
It turned out that the father and son had made more than ten baskets in one day, and An Wang's family was also skillful and dressed up, but only three were sold, and nine were left in the shed.
Li Zheng came back in the afternoon to tell everyone the bad news, saying that he went to the town guard of Maoshan Town to see if he could settle these refugees, because it was almost winter, and they couldn't survive the winter.
However, the town guard of Maoshan Town said that he could not help it, and their household registration was under the jurisdiction of Anyang Mansion, and it had nothing to do with their Oasis Mansion.
He also said that the soup kitchen once a day may not last for a few days, so let him hurry up and find a way.
When the patriarch heard this, he quickly gathered the men to discuss what to do next.
If they go back now, they can't guarantee that they will survive this winter, but they can be sure that they will not freeze to death.
If you flee north to the capital now, you can't say whether you can reach it before winter, and you won't starve to death but freeze to death.
Both ends are dead ends, and everyone has no choice but to choose.
"It's... What can I do? July girl, do you have any way to help our folks? "An Wang is just a woman, and when she encounters this situation, there is no way to do it.
Xia Qiyue had no choice, if it was just a few families, she would have helped ruthlessly, after all, she was a person with a thousand taels of silver in the eyes of others.
But the question is, there are more than 300 people in Shanbei Zhuangzi, how can she help? Even if the space is exposed, it can't help, not to mention that she definitely can't expose the space.
(End of chapter)