Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Chapter 141

"Mei Zi, the man selling millet cakes is here." Sister Wan Jin shook Mei Zi next to her, "I didn't see her yesterday, so let's go and watch the fun today. Many people have passed by."

Meizi yawned and turned around, "That thing must be expensive. It's all made by Mizi. It's not worth the money."

"Hey, I asked about the price. I can buy one for just a penny."

Meizi: "One penny can buy a big bowl of rice with millet and sweet potato, which can last for two meals. I also saw the millet cake they bought. It's just a small thin strip and can be finished in three mouthfuls."

"That's not what you're saying. Didn't you see that the cake is covered with red dates and the cake is mixed with sugar." Wan Jin advised, "We have made money, so we should try something fresh ourselves."

Mei Zi couldn't sleep due to her noise, so she simply sat up and said, "Sister Wan Jin, I will go with you, but I won't buy it."

"Okay!" Wan Jin agreed.

When they got there, they found that there were a lot of people around. They wanted to push forward, but they were told back by the people in front, so they had to queue up at the back.

When it was their turn, seeing that there wasn't much left in the bucket, Wan Jin quickly said, "Give me two cents, cut it into two parts."

Meizi gave her a hand and said, "I agreed that I won't eat it."

"You only said you didn't want to buy it, but you didn't say you didn't want to eat it." Wan Jin took the millet cake wrapped in a small piece of oil paper and handed one portion to Mei Zi, "Let's have a taste."

"Okay." Meizi took it but was not busy eating. She just said, "I will give you the money when we get back to the cave."

"No need to pay it back." Wan Jin pulled Meizi out of the way, "I don't care whether you eat it or not, I'll eat it myself first."

Wan Jin took a small sip and felt the sweet taste spread from her mouth, which was similar to the delicious food in her memory.

Seeing that the cake was still steaming, and seeing the way Wan Jin was eating it, Meizi couldn't help but be curious, and imitated the other person's taste.

It was indeed delicious. Look at these dates. She had eaten dates before, and her impression was that red dates were already delicious enough, but this one was far more delicious than before.

When I didn't eat it, I just felt that it was just made from millet, and I couldn't escape the smell of millet no matter what.

But I didn't expect that the same thing can taste completely different.

It's worth a penny.

"Sister Wan Jin, I'll treat you to food next time."

"After eating it, you realize that the money was not wasted, right?" Wan Jin sighed, "This food is delicious, but the portion is small, but you can only eat less of such a delicious food."

Meizi was puzzled.

Wan Jin continued: "If you eat too much, you won't be able to get used to eating your own food anymore."

"When will we be able to eat such good food every day, and spend a few pennies every day without feeling distressed?" Wan Jin fantasized, "That will really be the life of the rich."

Mei Zi shook her head, "I don't want to live like that. It's good now. I can make money every day and don't have to worry about housework."

"You are blessed." Wan Jin said, "The contented person is the most blessed."

It was less than an hour today, and there was still snow in the sky. The two pots of millet cakes Shuerhua brought were all sold out. The person standing at the back couldn't get any. She was wondering if she would have to make more tomorrow. pot.

But she was already busy enough making two pots. If she added one more pot, she would be afraid that she would make mistakes while busy and the food would not taste good.

Compared to yesterday, Shu Erhua was more experienced today, and she was already very proficient in just the action of cutting the cake.

Not only that, she can even count the money in her mind while selling.

Although she hadn't completely counted it yet, she calculated that she had at least 250 coins today.

By the time she closed the door, it was two hundred and sixty-four yuan. There was a smile on Shu Erhua's face that she couldn't hold back. She took out the sixty coins to buy red dates and candies, and could hide the remaining two hundred coins.

She was excitedly planning for the future.

Although the red dates and sugar she bought yesterday were not used up yesterday, she still wanted to buy some more.

I opened the door and planned to go to the grocery store, and stopped by Luo Sanmu's house to give me money for the cart.

Unexpectedly, as soon as her door opened, the door next door also opened immediately. Shu Erhua immediately locked the door and hid the key quickly on her body.

Considering the money at home, she would never let anyone into her home.

She thought it was Wang Lamei hiding in the house next door. She knew Wang Lamei. If she knew she had money, she would definitely rob her. Then she would say that she had stolen the money.

Unexpectedly, it was just the aunt next door who came out, "Hey, stand there for a moment, I have something to tell you."

It had been a few days since she moved here, and although she saw her often, this aunt took the initiative to talk to her for the first time.

Shu Erhua stood there, listening to what she had to say.

The aunt walked to Shuerhua and naturally noticed the door lock, "Hey, what is hidden in this house that needs to be locked up?"

"Nothing." Shuerhua said, "Some sundries."

"I see you've been pulling a cart out every day for the past two days. What's on the cart?"

"Eat." Shu Erhua said half truthfully, "Steamed millet."

"Steamed millet seeds are so fragrant?" The aunt obviously didn't believe it, "Then where did you take the things?"

"Pull to where there are people."

"A place with people? You are really interesting. As an elder, I ask you a question, but you don't tell the truth."

"Auntie, I still have something to do. You have nothing important to do. Let's talk about it later." Shu Erhua left without waiting for the other party to say anything.

The aunt was so angry that she scolded Shu Erhua's back for a quarter of an hour.

But Shu Erhua was far away and couldn't be heard at all. But with her current mentality, even if she was scolded in her ear, she could pretend that she didn't hear it. She would count her money every day before going to bed and throw away any troubles. .

"Erhua." Xiaodai from the grocery store saw her coming in and asked, "Do you want red dates and sugar too today?"

Shu Erhua smiled and nodded, "Yes." She took out sixty cents, "half to buy candies and half to buy red dates."

"Have you made any money in the past two days?" Xiaodai asked.

"I made a bit of money, thanks to the things you gave me on credit."

"I know you will definitely pay it back, that's why I dare to give it on credit. There are so many people in Beishan Town, and I don't give credit to anyone."

Xiaodai weighed dried red dates and sugar for her from behind the counter, "Thank you for coming today. I was just thinking about whether I should tell you."

Shu Erhua was confused, "What's wrong?"

"This grocery store was originally built by me. The county magistrate saw that it was inconvenient for the people to enter and exit, so he built such a store. However, the court has rules and officials cannot get involved in these, so this store has to be sold out. .

It should be said that this matter has been decided a long time ago, but no one has come to take over. Now it is better. Finally, someone is willing to take over, and I can save a lot of trouble. "

(End of this chapter)