peasant girl wedding

Chapter 14 Market
The whole family worked together, and the candied fruit was ready when it got dark. Fang Cuiwei wrapped the warm candied fruit in a washed cloth, put it in a dustpan and brought it inside to cool down. Tong Zhaofu sat at the table , staring helplessly at the steaming candied fruit, swallowing saliva.

Tong Duoer's three sisters went to the kitchen to prepare dinner. The family of six had eaten the meal. Tong Zhi'er picked up a bowl of candied fruit for Tong Zhaofu to eat. After the family talked for a while, they began to knead the candied fruit into small balls , which made the candied fruit look better. Several people were so busy that they got about six catties of candied fruit in the middle of the night before falling asleep.

Early the next morning, Fang Cuiwei prepared breakfast and went to the main house, Tong Zhixin still had to work in the field, so he also went to the field early.

Tong Duo'er settled the breakfast for the four siblings, packed it up, and the four of them set out for the market.The four of them carried a small basket on their backs, and there were candied fruit wrapped in cloth in the basket.

Because they didn't know if the candied fruit they made would be popular, they didn't bring many.

The market was a bit far away, and it took about an hour for Tong Duoer's four siblings to reach their destination.However, everyone was in good spirits, so they didn't feel very tired. When they saw the entrance of the market, they were very excited.

The market was very lively, there were stalls selling steamed buns and noodles every now and then, Tong Zhaofu looked at the food without blinking his eyes.Tong Duo'er and Tong Zhu'er looked at the jewelry shop. Girls love beauty, and they always look twice when they see beautiful jewelry.

As for Tong Zhi'er, she carefully looked at where it would be better to set up a stall.

After turning around and finding out where the market is more lively, Tong Zhi'er said to Tong Duo'er: "Sister, let's set up a stall here."

Tong Duo'er nodded, put down the panniers on her back, and then saw Tong Zhi'er, Tong Zhu'er and Tong Zhaofu put down the panniers one by one.

Tong Zhi'er took out the board she brought with her when she went out in the morning, put it between two baskets to make a chopping board, spread a clean white cloth on it, and then took out the candied fruit from the basket and put it on top.

After tidying up, Tong Zhi'er took a few with a handkerchief, handed them to the middle-aged woman selling vegetables next to her, and said with a smile, "Auntie, try the candied fruit made by our sisters."

The woman was a little flattered, waved her hands again and again and said, "How dare you do that?"

Tong Zhi'er said: "Auntie, it's the first time for us children to do business, I hope you can help me later, we don't have any good things, you can try these self-made candied fruit if you don't mind."

When she heard that Tong Zhi'er was coming to do business, and she was very clever to help out, the woman looked at Tong Zhi'er happily, took the candied fruit from her hand, and said to herself: This little girl is really good. clever.

Putting a candied fruit into her mouth, the woman squinted her eyes and praised: "This candied fruit is really good. It's not greasy at all, and it's very refreshing. Little girl, the hands of your sisters are amazing." What a coincidence."

Tongduo and Zhu'er were very happy when they heard this.

Tong Zhi'er smiled, walked back to the stall that had been set up, and said to Tong Duo'er: "Sister, Zhu'er, Ah Fu, we will open our mouths to sell later."

Several people nodded, their hearts were beating wildly.

This is their first time doing business.

Several people lined up, standing behind the candied fruit booth, opened their mouths, but they were quite embarrassed.

Tong Zhier took a deep breath and said loudly, "Candied fruit, fresh and delicious candied fruit."

Tong Zhi'er opened his mouth, originally he didn't know how to shout, so Tong Zhaofu immediately followed suit.

Tong Zhu'er followed closely, but after all Tong Duo'er was a bit older, and when she opened her mouth she was a weak mosquito, so embarrassed.

The crisp and clear voices of the children attracted the attention of many people, but no one came to buy them.

At this time, a little girl came over and looked at the candied fruit in front of Tong Zhi'er. Although the color was not as good as that in the candied fruit shop, it looked clean and clear, and said, "Did you make this candied fruit yourself?"

"Yes." Tong Zhi'er replied with a smile, but she was very nervous in her heart, this is the first guest, so she must be careful.She picked up the chopsticks next to the chopping board, picked out a few chopsticks that were full in color and the same size, wrapped them in a small clean handkerchief, and handed them to the girl.

The girl took the candied fruit, but secretly nodded in her heart.

What Tong Zhier did was clean and thoughtful, using chopsticks to pick up the candied fruit did not pollute the candied fruit, and also gave the big guys the impression that it was hygienic.Then the candied fruit was wrapped in a clean veil and handed out to the guests, so that the guests' hands would not get sticky.

Really thoughtful and detailed.

The little girl picked up a candied fruit and put it in her mouth, Tongduo's child Zhi's child Zhu'er and Tong Zhaofu looked at her without blinking.

"Give me a catty."

"Hey." Tong Zhi'er responded happily, and asked Tong Duo'er to wrap candied fruit, and at the same time asked the aunt selling vegetables next to them to help them weigh the scales, and asked Ah Fu to help take care of her vegetable stall.

The aunt readily agreed, and put down the scale after weighing a catty.Tong Zhi'er added a few more candied fruits, then wrapped the things and handed them to the girl.

"Here." The little girl handed over a bunch of copper coins and left. Tong Zhi'er took it with a smile and said, "Please go slowly." The market was crowded with people, so she quickly hid the copper coins.

After the first business deal was made, Tongduo, Tongzhu, Tongzhaofu and Tongzhaofu were full of confidence.

Tong Zhu'er and Tong Zhaofu said loudly: "Here are the candied fruit, here are the fresh candied fruit."

The shy Tong Duo'er didn't care, and opened her mouth to shout with her siblings.

With the first customer, the subsequent business will naturally be much better. Immediately, a few young girls came and asked, "How do you sell your candied fruit?"

Tong Duo'er looked at Tong Zhi'er, Tong Zhi'er thought about the copper coin that the girl handed him just now, quickly calculated it, and tentatively said: "Ten coins and one tael."

Several people nodded, and there was no extreme reaction. Tong Zhi'er thought that this was probably the normal price.

"Our family's candied fruit is delicious, sisters, try it." Tong Zhaofu smiled flatteringly, and picked up a few candied fruit for several people just like Tong Zhi'er did.

Several girls took it with a smile, tasted it, and each of them bought two taels happily.Tong Zhi'er still called the aunt who was selling vegetables next to her, and asked her to help. This time, without Tong Zhier's words, Tong Zhaofu obediently went to the nearby vegetable stall to guard.

Tong Zhi'er and the others brought candied fruit worth about three gold, and now they have sold about two catties, and there is still more than one catty left.It is not yet noon, Tong Zhi'er is very confident that he can sell all the candied fruit.

After thinking about it, she said to Tong Duo'er: "Sister, go home and bring all the candied fruit you made last night."

Tong Duo'er nodded with a smile, Tong Zhi'er was afraid that she would not be able to walk alone, so she asked Tong Zhu'er to go back with her so that she could have a companion.

(End of this chapter)