Mu family's little lucky girl

Chapter 84 Business (Two in One)

Early the next morning, Qin called to stop Mu Li who was passing by her door.

Mu Qing tightened the reins and stopped the ox cart. Mu Li called Aunt Qin with a smile on her face, turned around and took out a bowl from a dustpan covered with a rag, and handed it to Mrs. Qin, "Aunt Qin, this is what I did yesterday. I made a meat jelly, and I reserved a bowl for you.”

Qin's face was tired, but it was no longer full of gloom like the previous two days.

Xiao Tiezhu's legs are getting better day by day. Although Xiao Tiezhu owes a lot of money to see a doctor, as long as the head of the family is still there, the family is still there, and the money owed will eventually be paid off one day.

After Qin figured it out, although she was a little tired, she also had more motivation.

With joy on her face, she didn't go to pick up the bowl in Muli's hand, but said with a smile: "I heard from Da Lang yesterday that today you are going to sell meat jelly in the town, this bowl of jelly Don't give it to me, keep it for the money."

Mu Li smiled and pointed to a small hill raised in the dustpan, and said, "I have a lot, just take it, it's not worth much."

Qin Shi is embarrassed to ask for Muli's things again.

Since Xiao Tiezhu's accident happened, Mu Li has given her family a lot of help, and besides, Mu's family is not rich, so she has the nerve to always accept her things.

Eyelids lowered, Qin suddenly patted his forehead, and scolded himself with a smile: "Look at my bad memory!"

Forget about it.

As he said that, he passed the bowl in his hand forward: "This is the chicken I stewed yesterday. I originally wanted to send a bowl to your house at noon yesterday. I didn't expect that I was so busy that I forgot it. I didn’t think about making it until it was dark, and when the stew was finished, it would be dark already, and Tie Zhu was afraid that I would go there so late, so you all rested, so it was delayed until morning.”

The bowl of chicken is full of piles, and there is no vegetable in sight.

All good meat.

Mu Li said: "Aunt Qin, save this meat for Uncle Tie Zhu to nourish his body. Now is the time for him to supplement his nutrition."

There was a smile in Qin's eyes, but she said stubbornly: "Be obedient, if you refuse to take it, Auntie will feel very sorry."

Mu Li moved his lips, but in the end he didn't say anything, and after accepting it obediently, he asked Mu Qing to take the chicken home first.

"Auntie, what are you doing?"

Mu Li looked at the money she handed over, and asked puzzledly.

Qin said with a smile: "I'm a woman. I've never seen so much money. I hold it in my hand and feel uneasy. I'm always afraid that people will miss it. Besides, you, Uncle Tie Zhu, can't spend so much money now. The family It is enough to keep a little more than one tael of silver as a backup, and you can accept the remaining three taels."

Qin didn't give Mu Li a chance to refuse, and said again: "By the way, was there enough money to buy the chicken yesterday? If not, I'll go back to the house and get it for you now."

Yesterday, she gave Mu Li fifty Wen to help her buy a chicken in the town, but she didn't know if it was enough.

"Enough." Mu Li said with a smile.

Waiting for Mu Qing's interval, Xiao Muxuan jumped off the bullock cart and went to play with Xiao Dalang.

Qin Shi chatted with Mu Li at the door.

Suddenly, she looked around, with a mysterious look, and when she found that there was no one around, she approached Muli, and said to her in a low voice: "Last night, I heard Zhou and Xue Xiaozhao's mother and daughter Talk about Mr. Chen."

She paused for a while, thought carefully, and then said: "I also said that a very good-looking girl also admires Mr. Chen."

Mu Li raised her eyebrows.

This very good-looking girl probably refers to Miss Qi.

Mu Li thought.

"I see that the mother and daughter are full of bad things. You have to tell Mr. Chen to be careful and keep a distance from them."

"Xue Xiaozhao has a vicious face, maybe Mr. Chen will be seduced by her."

Mu Li couldn't laugh or cry.

She has no relationship with Mr. Chen for no reason, how can she be his master?
However, judging from last night's situation, not only did Mr. Chen not have the slightest interest in Xue Xiaozhao, but he also deliberately kept a distance from her, so she didn't have to worry about this.

Thinking of Zhou's arrangement of Mu Li's affairs behind her back, Qin's face darkened: "Zhou's looks so high in the village because of her daughter's good looks, she doesn't like this one, she doesn't like that one."

"I really think that my daughter is a celestial daughter who descended to earth."

"How dare you look down on you? What's the use of just having a charming face? How can you compare with you if you can't eat or drink?"

"You are one of the few people in our village who can read and write. Now you are studying medicine with Dr. Liu. You will have a bright future in the future. You may be able to enter the palace as a female doctor. You will treat the queens and noble concubines. The scenery is boundless. She Can Xue Xiaozhao compare with you?"

What Qin said was filled with righteous indignation, and spit was flying everywhere.

"Pfft!"

Mu Li laughed out loud, and said: "Aunt Qin, their mouths are on their bodies, they love to talk, let them talk, as long as it's not in front of me, I'll just pretend I don't know, don't worry about it because of this. Angry."

As soon as the words fell, Mu Qing rushed over.

"Aunt Qin, I won't tell you anymore, I have to go to town."

Qin said cheerfully, "Go ahead."

Mu Li couldn't help but stuff the bowl containing the jelly into Qin's hands, and then shouted at Xiao Muxuan: "Ah Xuan, let's go."

Xiao Muxuan threw away the branch in his hand, and ran to the bullock cart.

Xiao Dalang followed with short legs, showing envious eyes.

Xiao Muxuan sat down, looked at Xiao Dalang and said, "Dalang, when Uncle Tie Zhu's leg recovers, I'll take you to the town for shopping."

Xiao Dalang grinned excitedly, and his smile got bigger and bigger. He nodded heavily: "En!"

……

When we got to the town, it was already upright.

Mu Qing: "Sister, where should we set up a stall?"

"Yipin Xuan."

Yipinxuan is located in the prime location of Wanli Township. There is a lot of traffic here, and all the people coming and going are pedestrians. They set up stalls here, and the business will definitely not be bad.

Mu Qing was dumbfounded, and looked back at Yipinxuan, which had just opened for business, and said, "You want to set up a stall at the entrance of Yipinxuan?"

Mu Qing didn't know much about business, but there was an unwritten rule known to everyone in the Great Zhou Dynasty, which was to prohibit setting up stalls in front of other people's shops to affect other people's business.

If his sister put the stall at the door of Yipinxuan, wouldn't she be waiting to be chased away?

Mu Li smiled slyly: "Brother, I didn't say that Yipinxuan is in front of someone's shop, why don't we just find a place?"

Mu Qing smiled knowingly, and started to set up a shed three or four meters away from the gate of Yipinxuan.

Xiao Muxuan helped with the sauce, which was packed in a special bottle.

Mu Li moved down the simple small table that was rushed out yesterday, and put the chopping board on it. The finished jelly was placed in a large porcelain basin and placed on the small table together, with a small stack next to it. Grease paper.

In the corner of the chopping board, there is a small bowl, in which is the sample jelly, and next to it is a miniature bamboo tube, which is a simple disposable bamboo stick.

People have already entered Yipinxuan for dinner one after another.

Xiao Muxuan yelled very hard.

"Meat jelly, delicious meat jelly, everyone, hurry up and buy delicious meat jelly."

"Hot and sour, cool and refreshing, and very elastic, it is definitely a perfect match for the hot summer, everyone hurry up and buy it!"

Pedestrians on the street only saw a five or six-year-old boy who was white and tender, cute and cute, with his little hands covering his mouth and yelling and selling hard. When everyone saw it, their hearts melted.

"Is this really that delicious?"

A somewhat obese woman came over, and when she saw Xiao Muxuan, she smiled like an aunt. The white and tender face was softer than a peeled egg, and the woman's heart was tickling. After all, he couldn't help pinching his face.

Xiao Muxuan smiled triumphantly, and said very proudly: "Of course, the meat aspic made by my sister is the best meat aspic in the world."

"Auntie, there are tasting packs here. If you don't believe me, you can try it before deciding whether to buy it or not."

"Auntie", the woman who shouted was elated.

"Hey, Auntie, let's try it."

As he spoke, he picked up the bamboo stick and inserted a piece into his mouth.

The woman's eyes lit up.

She had never eaten anything so delicious in all her life.

"How do you sell this?" the woman asked.

Mu Li smiled and replied, "25 Wen a catty."

"To open a business today, I will sell you twenty Wen a catty."

"It's so expensive!" The woman was surprised, "The best quality pork belly is only a few cents a catty, and you actually want 25 cents for this little thing?"

Mu Li smiled sweetly, and patiently explained: "Pork knuckle and pig skin are not cheap, they cost only thirteen yuan a catty, and I have plenty of stuffing here, and I also have a unique secret seasoning, sell it to you Twenty Wen, I can't earn you a few silver."

The prices of pork knuckle and pigskin are transparent in the market.

Pork knuckles cost ten Wen a catty, and pig skins cost three Wen a catty. Making seasonings also requires silver.

She sold 25 Wen, which is considered a conscience price.

"Then give me two catties."

Mu Li put the meat jelly cut on the spot on the scale, weighed two catties, and Mu Li put a few more pieces on it.

Looking at the raised beam, the woman smiled with satisfaction.

Mu Li poured the weighed meat jelly into a clean porcelain basin, then put on the unique and secret seasoning, mixed it well, put it in a clean oil paper bag, and handed it to the woman: "You can eat it right away when you get home."

The woman took the oil-paper package and took out the silver from her bosom.

Xiao Muxuan took it from the woman's hand with great excitement, "Welcome Auntie to come again next time."

He seemed to know that he was very pleasing to the woman, so he deliberately performed in front of the woman, with a very sweet mouth, yelling at each aunt, and the woman really liked his tricks.

"Auntie will come again next time."

As he spoke, he couldn't help pinching Xiao Muxuan's face again.

Xiao Muxuan's skin was immature and fair, and if he touched it a little, red marks would appear on his face immediately.

The woman's reaction fell into the eyes of everyone, some suspected it was Tuoer, some were curious, some questioned, and some came here for Xiao Muxuan.

After a while, a long queue formed in front of Muli's stall.

As soon as the guests in front leave, the guests behind can't wait to speak authentically.

"Girl, give me two catties to try."

Mu Li looked up and recognized this young man who was similar to her age, he was Fu Sang, the clerk of Hui Chun Tang.

"It's you." Mu Li said with a smile.

Fusang was taken aback for a moment, and after recognizing that Mu Li knew shopkeeper Sun, he bared his big white teeth and said with a smile, "Miss Mu."

Mu Li originally wanted to give him a friendly price, but when he saw the long queue behind him, he dismissed the idea.

Xiao Muxuan took the money from Fusang, looked up and saw Mu Li winking at him, Xiao Muxuan instantly understood what she meant.

"Brother, you can collect some money for me first, I am in a hurry to pee, and I have to pee."

After all, Xiao Muxuan ran out like flying, clutching the triangle.

"Do you know where the latrine is?" Mu Qing shouted from behind, "Don't run away, do you hear me?"

"Know it!"

Some people who came to see Xiao Muxuan specifically asked, "Is that your younger brother?"

Mu Qing smiled and said "hmm".

Someone praised: "It looks really good-looking."

Another person said: "But you have to look carefully, the town is not peaceful recently, several children have disappeared, and they haven't been found yet."

Mu Qing's complexion changed, and she turned her head to look suddenly, the street was bustling with people, and there was nowhere to see Xiao Mu Xuan's figure.

He put the money bag away, "Sister, you are busy first, I will go and see my brother."

Mu Li also became uneasy.

She just thought about asking Ah Xuan to return the money to Fusang, but she didn't expect that there was no one on the street.

A five-year-old child who is alone can easily attract the attention of unscrupulous people.

What if something happens to Koguro Xuanzhen?
Business can no longer be done.

Mu Li apologized to everyone and was about to close the stall.

At the same time, in a quiet alley.

"Are you Miss Mu's younger brother?"

Xiao Muxuan nodded, and Fusang watched him take his hand in puzzlement.

"This is the money my sister asked me to refund to you."

Fusang looked at the extra 25 Wen silver in his hand, and asked in puzzlement, "Isn't it 25 Wen a catty?"

"That's the price for others. You know my sister, so of course you can't charge your money at the original price."

There was a bright smile on Xiao Muxuan's face, and his voice was a little anxious, "I won't tell you more, business is too busy today, I have to go back to help quickly."

Before Fusang could speak, Xiao Muxuan ran back.

This time, he was dumbfounded.

The business was booming just now, and there was a long queue, how could there be no one in the blink of an eye.

"Sister, where are the guests?"

Mu Li paused for closing the stall, and when she saw Xiao Muxuan standing in front of her intact, she hugged Xiao Muxuan.

"Ah Xuan, it's my sister's fault. My sister shouldn't have left you alone."

Xiao Muxuan didn't know what happened, but his sister's body was trembling slightly, so he patted Muli's back lightly.

"Sister, I'm fine."

"I completed the task you gave me perfectly."

Mu Li tightened his grip on him a little more.

At this time, Mu Qing was standing at an intersection, sweating profusely, looking around anxiously, and when she saw Xiao Mu Xuan who was being hugged by Mu Li, her heart that had been hanging on her face finally fell.

Little Mu Xuan broke free from Mu Li's arms, and went to unload the cart with short legs.

"Sister, our jelly has not been sold out yet, so we can't close the stall."

Seeing that he was very excited, Mu Li smiled and came over to help.

Mu Qing also ran over to help.

Thirty catties of meat jelly, twenty catties have already been sold.

There are still ten catties left unsold.

As soon as the stall was set up, several of the customers who had just left came back.

Some people want one or two catties.

It was all sold out in less than half an hour.

The meat jelly was cheaper than expected. In more than an hour, all [-] catties of meat jelly were sold out.

When closing the stall, Mu Qing held the money bag and smiled mysteriously: "Sister, how much do you think the jelly sold for?"

(End of this chapter)