Cui Hejin listened to his mother's sad words, his eyes flashed with a deep luster, and he softly reassured: "Mother, it won't always be like this." ”

Mrs. Cui only took Cui Hejin as a comforting word.

She didn't want to affect her son's mood by chattering too much, so she could only go to work first.

……

Donghe Village is not far from Green River Town, and it takes about half an hour to reach the town.

When she arrived in the town, Jiang Zhiluo only felt as if she had suddenly gone from a closed place to a prosperous place.

It was already mid-morning, and the shops in the town were open, and customers were coming and going.

There are several ships on the wharf not far away, there are people carrying goods on the shore, there are stewards in command, and there are many people setting up stalls on the side of the wharf, selling all kinds of food.

There are also merchants who are carrying flat poles and shouting.

There are also tea stands.

Jiang Zhiluo walked over there with the basket on her back, and she could smell the strong aroma of food.

It's much livelier than the village, and the noise is loud.

She watched closely.

There are also many businessmen who look at the goods at the dock and talk about the price and business.

When Jiang Zhiluo came to the edge of the dock, she watched the full of goods on the dock being carried down, and there were many people who followed the boat to buy food, and after buying food, they got on the boat, and the ship set sail directly without stopping.

Jiang Zhiluo didn't expect a small dock to be so lively.

And it seems that the food business on the dock is good, but there are too many food stalls, from one end to the other.

Moreover, there are many shops next to the pier, and there are many people coming and going in each store, so the business looks good.

Many ships unload their cargo and fill it with other cargo and transport it back.

Jiang Zhiluo looked at it and thought about opening a shop on the dock.

But she also knows that the price of a good store in a good location like the pier must not be cheap, and if you have the price, you may not be able to buy a store.

After observing for a while, Jiang Zhiluo walked into the town.

The shops on both sides of the street sell everything.

However, Jiang Zhiluo found that the Zou Kee pastry shop and the rouge gouache shop had the best business.

In particular, there was a long queue outside Zou Kee's pastry shop.

Someone said while queuing: "It's still Zou Ji pastry delicious." ”

"No, their pastries have been open for decades, they are old shops, they are delicious, and my children like to eat their pastries, which are not specially from the west of the town, but to buy some back."

"Oops, you should have lined up early, some snacks, queued late, sold out early."

"I hope that brown sugar jujube cake will not be sold out, my mother likes to eat this, saying that eating it is good for the body."

"But no, it's good for women to drink more brown sugar, I haven't bought brown sugar anywhere else, I want to come to Zou Ji Pastry to see if there is any brown sugar for sale."

"Brown sugar is out of stock here, and it is generally impossible to buy it, and the women who run the boat are keen on brown sugar."

"But no, do you think that fishermen are often in the sea and river, the body is cold, drinking some brown sugar is really good for the body, even if the price is more expensive, then you have to buy some from time to time."

When Jiang Zhiluo passed by, she happened to hear everyone talking about this.

Her expression moved, brown sugar?

Brown sugar is made from sugar cane.

Sugarcane is mainly distributed in the south, so there should be more brown sugar in the south, and if it is transported to the north, the price should go up a bit.

Thinking of Mrs. Meng's lack of qi and blood, Jiang Zhiluo's expression moved, and she asked, "This sister, please ask, how much is the brown sugar in their store?" ”

"Fifty or sixty yuan a catty, or buy it by the block, buy that piece, it's almost two yuan."

When Jiang Zhiluo heard this price, she was directly stunned.

I really didn't expect brown sugar to be so expensive in this era.

Also, in this overhead era, the sugar technology may not be very mature, and because of regional differences, it is normal for brown sugar to be expensive in the north.

When Jiang Zhiluo heard this, she calculated in her heart, and she really wanted to make brown sugar.

She makes brown sugar herself.

It's just that there is no sugar cane on this side of the north.

But there is another way to make brown sugar, and that is to make brown sugar from sugar beets.

They grow a lot of sugar beets here in North State, and they have sugar beets at home.

If it's not enough, she can also buy beets.

Because every family grows sugar beet, the price of sugar beet is cheap, you can buy a pound for a penny, and this price may not be bought by anyone who sets up a stall in the market.

Thinking of these, Jiang Zhiluo's heart was a little hot.

However, Jiang Zhiluo was not in a hurry, she continued to observe.

She also saw that there were many people buying caramel in Zou Kee.

Many women came out to buy things with their children.

When the children saw the sugar, they couldn't walk, "Mother, I want candy, eat candy." ”

"I just bought it last time, and I still eat it."

"Mother, I don't, I want to eat sugar, eat sugar, this is delicious."

Many women can't afford to have children, so they buy snacks with some candy.

Jiang Zhiluo quietly observed beside her, a piece of sugar for two pennies.

Many people buy five or six yuan at once, and some buy ten yuan directly, just to make their children happy.

When the candy was bought, the child jumped up and down with joy, and the woman couldn't help laughing when she saw the child happy.

Also, when parents are reluctant to buy things for themselves, they are willing to buy things for their children.

Jiang Zhiluo looked thoughtful.

Then, she went to the rouge gouache store and found that the kind of inferior rouge powder costs two or three taels of silver for a box, and there are still many people who buy it.

Jiang Zhiluo just looked at it and understood that there are many people who love beauty in any era.

Such a box of rouge makes a lot of money.

After a long walk around, Jiang Zhiluo knew it.

She went directly to the grain store and bought twenty catties of glutinous rice, eight cents for one catty of glutinous rice, and spent one hundred and sixty cents.

Thinking that after buying glutinous rice, there were only eight hundred and forty yuan, Jiang Zhiluo felt a little distressed.

There are still some things to buy, though.

She went to the meat stall to buy a big bone and a pound of meat for cooking at night.

The meat here costs 20 yuan a pound, which is really expensive.

No wonder the people in the village are reluctant to eat meat on weekdays, so they are willing to buy one or two catties during the Chinese New Year.

She went to the grocery store again and bought some oiled paper.

Good cut into pieces of maltose and brown sugar.

Yes, Jiang Zhiluo bought glutinous rice to prepare to make maltose.

Although she was going to make maltose, it was time to go back tomorrow, so she still bought a few pieces of candy to take back to her parents' house for her younger siblings to eat.

One piece per person, she didn't buy much.

She'll make the candy herself anyway.

As for the beets, she can buy them in the village, and it will probably be cheaper to buy them in the village.

Jiang Zhiluo put the things in the back basket and covered them with things, but she actually put them in the space.

When she walks briskly, when she arrives at the door, she puts things back in the basket from the space, so that the secrets of the space will not be discovered.

When Jiang Zhiluo returned home with her things, it was already past noon.

She guessed that the old lady and Cui Hejin should have had lunch.

She plans to go home and simply eat something to cushion her stomach, and she will be busy in the afternoon.

It's just that when I just walked to the alley of my house, I saw Mrs. Cui standing at the gate of the fence courtyard from a distance.

She seemed to be looking this way.

Jiang Zhiluo was stunned, walked over quickly, and said, "Mother, why are you standing at the door?" ”