Rebirth of the poor elder sister-in-law

Chapter 77 Selling Peanuts ([-])

"Mother, when you and Xiao He went to sell it, did you think our spiced peanuts would sell well?" Liu Man'er asked again.

"It's very easy to sell." Ye He replied first, "It's just that the people who come to buy are too fussy."

"Yes, I think our price is a bit high, and they all think it's too expensive." Fang also said aside.

"It's not high, mother, you can't just think about our peanuts for two cents a catty, you have to think about our eight cents a catty for sugar, and our five pennies a catty for meat, and Those spices cost money, so our labor cost is not low, isn’t it?”

Liu Man'er persuaded, "If he can't afford the ones that are too expensive, he just doesn't buy them. I think there should be a market for this."

"Yeah." Ye He nodded from the side.

It may be because Fang has always been too generous and indisputable. Although Ye He is young, she is quite shrewd. Liu Man'er feels that Ye He can help her in the future.

Fang has always taken good care of her family. As for doing business, don't force her.

"Then let's continue making these five-spice peanuts?" Fang said hesitantly.

"Yeah." Liu Man'er nodded, "When I go to the next market, my body should be fine."

"By the way, mother, did you go to shopkeeper Tao and the second brother?" Liu Man'er asked again.

"No." Fang shook her head, "I'm a seller, so I'm too embarrassed to go to them."

"Okay." Liu Man'er was speechless, as I said before, the five-spice peanuts can be consigned by shopkeeper Fang Tao, forget it, let's talk about it by myself next time.

In the following days, Liu Man'er's family was busy making these five-spice peanuts. Fortunately, her family didn't have many fields, and those families with more fields were still busy harvesting rice here, and Liu Man'er's family had already received the rice. They came from the barn, and even pounded new rice to eat.

Alas, it is really troublesome to say that there is no rice mill in ancient times. It is really hard to pound rice, and it depends on beating hard. Liu Man'er has a rice pounding bucket, but it is too slow, but usually there is no rice to eat. When I was young, I also ate rice every day.

But now is the harvest season, and it is rare for the villagers to eat a few good meals of white rice. Everyone goes to the ancestral hall to use the common mortar and pestle to pound a basket of rice quickly.

I don’t know how to describe this Usuchu and Liu Man’er. Anyway, the general principle is similar to that of a rice pounding bucket. They are all beaten with a mallet, but this set of rice pounding tools uses the principle of a rod, which saves a lot of labor, and the mallet is also thicker. The important thing is that it is stepped on with feet, four or two to pull a thousand catties, well, the wisdom of the ancient people should not be underestimated.

Ye Yuan is very strong, this pounding rice is nothing to him, in less than half an hour he pounded half a basket, and then carried it back home, after returning home, he had to use a sieve to sift out the chaff, and then he got white rice , It is really not easy to eat a meal of new rice.

However, everyone felt very happy to be able to eat the new rice. Fang's face was even more smiling, and he said that this year's new rice was delicious. Of course, Liu Man'er didn't taste the difference between the rice and the usual one. Planted it, so I felt a sense of accomplishment in my heart, so she also echoed and said it was delicious.

The days passed quickly, and all the crops in the family were taken home. Except for a load of peanuts reserved for planting next year, Liu Man'er made all the other peanuts into spiced peanuts.

Now her body has almost recovered, and Ye Feng and Liu Fusheng's one-month farming holiday is over, and they have to go to school every day again, but during these days, although they have been at home, their homework has not been left behind. Liu Man'er was idle and bored, and often quizzed them.

As for the poem Liu Man'er asked them to do last time, both of them also wrote it. Although the writing was not very good, it was not bad for this kid, especially Ye Feng. good.

Liu Man'er could tell that the poems that Liu Fusheng handed over to her must have been written by Ye Feng. Appropriate places, let them change.

Although the busy farming season has passed, the hot weather has not diminished. On the contrary, because of the arrival of the autumn tiger, the weather has become even hotter. Liu Man'er disliked the trouble of going to the town to sell peanuts and wasted time, so she rented an ox cart from Tie Zhu's family and went to the county. It sells peanuts.

She thinks that her peanuts are very delicious and should not be unsold, and she has had the experience of selling things in the county several times, and now she is gradually familiar with everything in the county. She knew everything.

It's different from last time. This time she brought a tray and directly shelled the peanuts for others to taste. She is different from Fang's. Her price is five yuan. Every time she buys something, she will give it to her again. People just catch two more, so others will feel very happy.

If she still sells things like Fang's, then she won't do it. The recipe that she has worked so hard to prepare is washed, boiled and dried. If the desired effect is not achieved, it will be a waste of effort.

Of course, her food is delicious, so there are quite a lot of people who buy it. It is the season to eat peanuts. Although Liu Man'er sells it more expensive than others, the taste is really good. These people I am also happy to buy some back home so that my family can taste it too.

The most important thing is that there are indeed no five-spice peanuts here. Most of the other people sell salted peanuts for three Wen a catty, and no one thinks of peeling them before giving them a taste.

Liu Man'er still sells things with this mentality, she can buy what she wants, and she doesn't force it if she doesn't want to buy it, and she doesn't bother to spend such an eloquence on yelling at others. There are even more people with money.

After about half of the morning, her peanuts were almost sold out, and there was only the last basket left. The business was pretty good, which made her quite happy.

"Ye Yuan, why don't we go to the horse market to choose horses after these peanuts are sold out? Do you know how to ride a horse?" Liu Man'er took advantage of the thin business at noon and looked sideways at Ye Yuan beside her.

"I can ride a horse, but this horse is not cheap." Ye Yuan pursed his lips and said.

"Of course I know it's not cheap." Liu Man'er thought, this horse is equivalent to the car in the previous life, it must not be cheap.

Still, she asked, "How much does that horse cost?"

"Ordinary horses, at least 20 taels of silver." Ye Yuan replied.

"Oh, 20 taels, it's quite expensive, our family's ten mu of land is only ten taels of silver." Liu Man'er was a little speechless when she heard Ye Yuan say that the horse was so expensive.

"That's right, so let's forget it." Ye Yuan wanted to reach out and touch Liu Man'er's head, but he withdrew his hand again when he realized that his hands were a bit dirty from peeling peanuts.

"Then do you estimate how much it will cost to build our house?" Liu Man'er asked again, "I plan to at least build the courtyard wall of our house with bricks. As for the house inside, there is no rush."

Liu Man'er said with a smile, "We first built the walls of our house. When others saw it, they thought our house was rich, but when they went in, they found it was just a small farmyard."

"If you want to build all the walls of this courtyard with blue bricks, it should cost ten taels of silver just to build this wall." Ye Yuan replied.

"It's so expensive." Liu Man'er lowered her head, "What about building a house? How much will it cost?"

"You probably want to build a brick and tile house. If you use green bricks to build a two-story building, it should cost 20 taels." Ye Yuan smiled slightly: "Let's make money to build a house first, my horse It's not in a hurry, I will build you a small building and let you live on the second floor, so I can be regarded as a golden house."

"Yeah, let's pave the floor with blue bricks and then lay wooden boards on it, so that the house will be so clean in the future, and then we can build the hall a little bigger, and also make a big study room, where the whole family can work. For work, my mother will accept the soles of the shoes, Ye Fengfu will teach them to practice calligraphy, you will sharpen your arrows, I will paint, and Ye He will embroider flowers, the family will be harmonious and beautiful, how wonderful it is."

As Liu Man'er spoke, she felt a little hopeful. Although her current life is good, there are still so many things that make her unsatisfied, and there are still many things that require her to work hard.

Well, it is such a purposeful and ambitious life that makes people feel good about it. Just as I was thinking about it, someone came to ask about peanuts. Liu Man'er quickly raised her head and smiled at the person, "Delicious five-spice peanuts , would you like to try it, sir?"

"Five-spice peanuts? This is a novelty, let's try it." The man said that he was about to come and get it. After Liu Man'er saw it, she raised an eyebrow at Ye Yuan and said, "Sir, peel two peanuts for this guest. , Trouble."

Ye Yuan peeled the peanuts and put them in the tray, then picked them up for this person to taste.

The person in front of him was dressed in blue satin, with a staff cap on his head, with his stomach full, he looked like a rich man.

But Liu Man'er knew that real rich people would not go out to buy things on the street, so he should be the manager of a rich family, and it would be even better if he was the manager of purchasing.

Thinking of this, the smile on Liu Man'er's face became even sweeter. She asked in a soft voice, "Guest officer, how does it taste? Does it still suit your taste?"

"It's delicious." The man asked lazily with an arrogant look, "How much is it?"

"Five cents a catty." Liu Man'er replied.

"Five Wen?" The steward took two steps back, "Could it be that you are a black-hearted peddler, and someone else's only sells for three Wen."

"It's expensive for a reason." Liu Man'er smiled slightly and said, "My peanuts are a secret recipe handed down from my family. They are made with a variety of different spices. They are definitely worth the price. I miss you I just tasted it, and since I asked for the price, it should be an approval of it."

"Yeah." The man still snorted, and said, "Come with me, I'll let others try it, and if they agree, then I'll buy it."

"Okay." Liu Man'er stood up without saying a word, Ye Yuan looked at Liu Man'er, a little puzzled, Liu Man'er smiled at him, and he carried the basket and picked up the weight.

The two followed behind the steward. The steward saw that there was something to eat and asked here and there, and some people followed him, but some people heard that they wanted to follow him to give others a taste. Backed off.

Liu Man'er was not in a hurry, she looked at Ye Yuan, stretched out her hand and squeezed his hand, feeling that she was lucky, if she could get this steward, she would have a market for any snacks she made in the future.

(End of this chapter)