The Little Dumb Wife of the Mountain People

Chapter 103
Hearing Tuantuan's laughter, Wen Bao stretched his head to look, Tuantuan was busy walking back and forth on several older brothers, seeing Tuantuan having fun, Wen Bao and Song Dalang ignored Tuantuan.

Tomorrow is the market, Wen Bao's family will be busier than others, after all, what they do is eat.

So far, Song Dalang has been doing the facial washing process, but now Song Dalang has done it a few times and he is used to it, and it is naturally much faster than at the beginning.

Wen Bao is also planning to make jelly this time. The jelly is made from pea flour. The process is simpler than cold noodle. Many people in Nanning County can make it. However, Wen Bao’s jelly adds mint juice in addition to peas.

Of course, in order to ensure a fresh taste, the cold noodle and jelly should be made in the morning of the next day, and all that is done today is preparation.

Busy from morning to night, Wen Bao and Song Dalang finally prepared all the things to go to the market, went to bed early tonight, Xue Da and Wu Yong and Wu Li started steaming Liangpi before Yinshi arrived the next day .

The jelly is simple to make, just that Wen Bao added mint juice, when Wen Bao woke up, Xue Da had already made the jelly, waiting to cool down.

"Go and put the frame on, it's getting late, let's go after breakfast."

The stewed pork was stewed last night, and when the lid of the pot was lifted this morning, the aroma was overflowing. The Baiji bun can be made and eaten immediately, and the noodles are reconciled.

Going to the market today, Wen Bao and Song Dalang will go first, Mei Hua will take her there when Tuantuan wakes up, Xue Da will go with Mei Hua with Jingyan and Wu Yong, Wu Li will stay at home to watch the door, everyone Xue is pregnant don't go out.

Li Quan's family, also a family of four, went out, but Li Quan and Zhang Lian went first, and Aunt Ma waited for Shui Di to wake up at home before taking him to play.

It goes without saying that everyone in the Wen family will go, but they will go in batches, with the children going later.

Wen Bao and the others were close to the market place, and when they arrived, only the officials of the county government were present on the land surrounded by the county government.

As soon as the yamen servants saw Wen's family, they naturally walked over quickly to salute. Wen Youcai led Wen Chengquan to negotiate with the yamen servants, and the others began to choose places.

"Old Mrs. Wen, I don't dare to hide from you. A stall in this market costs two Wen for a one-time rental, five Wen for three times a month, 25 Wen for half a year, and 45 Wen for a year.

There is no limit to the lot, come early or come late, the land boundary is your turn, but if you want to buy a stall, the price is not high, a good land boundary is one tael of silver and one foot square (about 3.33333 square meters), and it is worse Half a tael of silver is one zhang square, and the most marginal lot is two hundred yuan a zhang square.

The county government only sells land. If you want to build a shop yourself, you have to build it yourself. "

Ever since Wen Chengquan passed the Juren examination and became the master of Juren, Wen Youcai has become the old man of the Wen family.

None of the Wen family had any objection to this title, only Wen Bao was a little awkward when he heard it.

"Thank you for your advice, I will discuss it with the children at home before making a decision."

Wen Youcai knew in his heart that buying land now, although risky, was indeed an opportunity.

The yamen servant and Wen Youcai did not avoid the others when talking, but Wen Bao was the first to think about buying the land.

"Father, I want to buy the best lot of Shizhang, and I will also buy the other two places of Shizhang each, and keep them for rent to others."

As soon as Wen Bao's words came out, the others looked at her together.

The best part of ten feet requires ten taels of silver, and the other two places need seven taels in total. This is just the land, and if a house is built, it will be another expense.

However, no one in the Wen family objected. For other ordinary people, 17 taels of silver was difficult to get, but for the Wen family or Wen Bao, this was nothing.

With Wen Bao at the beginning, the rest of the Wen family decided to buy some. Zhang Lian and Liquan also followed Wen Bao and bought the best lot in Shizhang. He took out his silver and bought a small piece of land.

The good ones can't afford it, so it's no problem for them to spend two or three taels of silver each.

With Wen Chengquan around, the people from the county government put some in when they measured the land for Wen Bao and the others, so what Wen Bao got in the end was three pieces of land with a square of 40 meters.

The county government gave the Wen family and the people of Songjia Village the back door, and gave them the best positions in the area marked by Mr. Liu.

Wen Youcai knew what was in his mind, so he gave Wen Chengzhi a wink, and Wen Chengzhi immediately took five hundred Wen and handed it to the leading yamen servant.

"Give the brothers a drink."

Wen Chengzhi also came forward to buy a piece of land, in the best location, bigger than what Wen Bao bought, and he reserved it for the academy students.

The yamen servant took the copper plate from Wen Chengzhi's hand knowing that he could be assigned here to take care of him, so he naturally understood that both Wen's family and Song's family village needed to be taken care of.

"Then I will take my brothers to thank the Wen family."

"You're welcome."

Wen Bao and the others chose one piece of land, Wen Chengyong and Wen Chen's each chose a piece, Wen Chengyong's choice was naturally his own, and Wen Chen's chose a piece for the Chen family.

Wen Chengshuang and his wife didn't need a store in their business, but their brothers and sisters all chose it, and they also chose a piece of land, which they plan to keep, or rent it out if they can't.

As the land bought by the Wen family and the Song family village was wrapped up with tree stumps and hemp ropes, more and more people from other villages and towns came to the market.

The Chen family also arrived with a car and wine, and they were naturally very happy to learn that Mrs. Wen and Chen had bought the land for them, so they immediately returned the money to Mrs. Wen and Chen.

Wen Chen didn't shirk, and took it with a smile, and helped to set up the stall.

Later people, when they learned that this land can still be bought, naturally someone bought it with money and rented a stall. It depends on how big your stall is. Whether your stall is only ten feet or ten feet, the price is the same, and there is no guarantee that you will buy it every day. The rented lot is the same price.

Busy for an hour, each family set up a stall under the guidance of the yamen servants. At this time, foreign businessmen accompanied by the county magistrate Mr. Liu and some big local households came from the county one after another.

Because of the opening of the market, Mr. Liu prepared for a long time. In order to attract these foreign businessmen, Mr. Liu even sent people to Qinglongjiang to promote it for a long time.

Qinglongjiang Wharf is well developed, and the first bazaar opened at Qinglongjiang Wharf has a particularly good business. Merchants who have benefited from the benefits know that the Song Family Market will be opened, and those who give Master Liu face will naturally come to visit.

Looking at it, they found something interesting.

The ointments and pills made by Zhang Lian have already been sold to other places because of the great business of the Wu family. The foreign merchants saw it in this market, and after learning that these little pills and ointments were made by Songjia Village, they immediately became interested.

This is what Wen Bao discussed with Zhang Lian and Wu Houye, and they will gradually disperse this business.

Every time their new pills or ointments are sold by the Wu family, half a year later, they will be sold to others.

Although the price was not as high as it was at the beginning after the large batches were listed, these merchants are capable of selling to various places. You must know that the big merchant country is so big, and there are small vassal countries nearby. These places are beyond the reach of the Wu family.

Zhang Lian's new pills and ointments were not available. The Songjia Village workshop sold mostly the old pills and ointments. In the hot summer, there were also Wen Baoti's mosquito coils and cooling ointment developed by Zhang Lian.

"This thing is very novel."

A businessman surnamed Liu is doing business in the south, and the Liu family still has business in Dashang further south. As soon as he saw mosquito coils and cooling ointments, he knew they were in great need.

The stalls in Songjia Village were bought by Song Dalang's family. In the middle of the stall, there were a lot of ointments and pills of various colors, and they were all placed in frames made of bamboo strips.

"My lord, you really know the goods. This is a new product, and it's best for summer."

Before the villagers of Songjia Village came to participate in today's market, they all went to Zhang Lian's house for training. When they saw someone asking about mosquito coils and cooling ointment, they immediately took out the trial products and introduced them to the guests.

The businessman surnamed Liu was attracted by these things, and other businessmen were more or less attracted by other things.

Not long after, people from Yutai Town and nearby towns also rushed to the market. People in ancient times had little entertainment, and when they learned that Yutai Town opened a Songjia Fair near Songjia Village, they naturally rushed over to join in the fun.

At the beginning of the market, Mr. Liu decided to open the market on the fifth, fifteenth, and 25th of every month. If the situation is better in the future, it will be opened again.

Others have opened one after another or have people patronized, but Wen Bao's food has few people paying attention.

At the beginning, Wen Bao saw that there were only three restaurants selling food in the entire market, and she was very happy. After all, compared with others, her food was novel.

But after waiting for more people, it was almost half an hour, and there was still no one to eat.

Song Dalang looked at Wen Bao anxiously trying to persuade her, but Wen Bao made a bowl of Liangpi, then divided it into twenty portions in small bowls, and started to sell it.

"Take a walk and have a look. The Song family's ancestors handed down a secret recipe, cool and refreshing cold noodle. Eat it as an appetizer in summer. Taste it before you buy it. If it's not good, you don't need money!"

As soon as Wen Bao spoke, everyone nearby looked at her.

The sun had already come out, if it wasn't for the first time this market opened, some people would have already gone home.

Now Wen Bao's hawking like this immediately attracted the attention of others.

What is 'Liangpi', almost no one has heard of it, let alone Wen Bao's words of 'eating an appetizer in summer' and 'taste before buying, no money if it's not good'.

"Yo, your food is really fresh, give me some to taste."

Someone asked to try it, Wen Bao gave it a look, and Song Dalang immediately brought a bowl of Liangpi to him.

Wen Bao specially brought well water from home in the morning, and the Liangpi was separated from the well water. It is indeed cool to eat now.

Sour, spicy, fragrant, and refreshing, this cold noodle can't stop once you eat it.

A serving of Liangpi was divided by Wen Bao, and it could be eaten in two bites. Some people started to try it, and Wen Bao's Liangpi would naturally sell well.

However, the production of Liangpi is cumbersome, and the price sold by Wenbao is not cheap, and some ordinary people buy jelly for eating.

The roujiamo made by Wen Bao also sold a lot after Mr. Liu came. The merchants have money, and the food made by Wen Bao is not cheap in the eyes of ordinary people, but in their eyes, it is cheap and delicious.

Mr. Liu led the merchants to eat at Wen Bao's place, casually revealing that Wen Bao is the sister-in-law of his only daughter and Wen Juren's younger sister.

Now, the two people who used Wen Bao's food formula didn't dare to have other thoughts.

When Wen Bao heard Master Liu's words, he was moved. She was unwilling to take money for what they ate, but in the end, Master Liu took the money.

"You are doing a small business. How can I not give you money. When I visit your house in the future, they are relatives. Naturally, I will not give you money."

With Master Liu's words, after Wen Bao collected the money, he naturally smiled and invited him to his house as a guest.

(End of this chapter)