Chapter 51 Sister is not a local, right?

"Hahaha~" Luo Kui started laughing as soon as she left Fengchunlou, saying, "Miss, Shopkeeper Zeng was so funny just now. He said he couldn't eat rice so early in the morning, but he ate three bowls of rice, no, four bowls of rice. And it was him!"

Luo Kui licked her lips. Tiandao had endured for a long time before she didn't say that she also wanted a bowl of rice!

"That's right. Just now, when Shopkeeper Zeng mixed the mapo tofu with rice, it tasted so delicious!" Lian Xin looked at Xiao Jiuyue with admiration and asked, "Miss, when did you become so good at cooking? And the stir-fried blood duck, I've never seen it before. I've never seen duck stir-fried with blood before."

"The most expensive duck blood I've ever eaten is frozen into cubes of tofu." Luo Kui said, then changed his words: "You can't say blood, you have to say duck blood!"

"Maybe I had some talent when I was tinkering in the kitchen?" Xiao Jiuyue thought the original owner just loved cooking, so she changed the subject and said, "Find a pastry shop!"

"Miss, how much are our canned oranges?" Luo Kui asked curiously.

Lian Xin replied, "Such delicious canned oranges naturally can't be cheap."

"It's not easy to make canned oranges. Not only do you need rock sugar, but peeling the oranges is also a delicate job." Xiao Jiuyue probably has a rough idea of ​​the cost in his mind. For example, these three pounds of canned oranges packed in a ceramic jar would cost more than twenty cents. If it is sold cheaply, it would naturally be meaningless.

After visiting three or four pastry shops in a row, Xiao Jiuyue bought a few pastries. He didn't even bother to pick up the canned oranges and went straight back to the carriage.

Luo Kui asked in confusion, "Miss, aren't we selling canned oranges?" She looked down at the seven or eight kinds of snacks, all bought from those snack shops.

Lancang County is only this big, and they have visited all the dim sum shops!

"Then tell me, who should we sell the canned oranges to?" Xiao Jiuyue wanted to test her two maids.

Lianxin is meticulous and thoughtful, while Luokui is carefree. They both have their own way of thinking when it comes to eating.

"Of course it's Lancang Pastry Shop. The chestnut cakes from that pastry shop are the best." Luo Kui tasted all the pastries when he bought them just now. The chestnut cakes from Lancang Pastry Shop are really unique. The chestnut cakes are delicate and melt in the mouth. They are not inferior to those from Shengjing at all.

Luo Kui added, "The pastry shop's business is also the best."

"I don't think so." Lian Xin shook her head and said, "Although the pastry shop has the best business, its attitude is also the worst. It's condescending and looks like it's up to you to buy or not."

"I think that candy shop is pretty good. The female owner has a round face and looks really pretty when she smiles!"

As Lianxin finished speaking, Luokui retorted, "The candy shop looks like it just opened, and the cakes are just ordinary, nothing special."

Lian Xin didn't argue with Luo Kui, but looked at Xiao Jiuyue and asked, "Miss, where are you going?"

Luo Kui looked at Xiao Jiuyue eagerly, with anticipation in her eyes!

"Miss, we're here." Jin Wu, who was driving the carriage, spoke.

When Luo Kui saw the candy shop, she was so shocked that her eyes almost popped out. Did Lian Xin really come true?

Xiao Jiuyue entered the candy shop. The round-faced and friendly female shopkeeper was talking to a young girl. She came straight to the point: "Shopkeeper Lin, I want to see your boss."

Shopkeeper Lin subconsciously looked at the girl beside him.

"I'm the owner of the candy shop." The girl who had just spoken to Shopkeeper Lin spoke up. She looked about fifteen or sixteen years old. She said, "My name is Tang Tian."

"Miss Tang." Xiao Jiuyue glanced at the people coming and going outside and asked, "Can we talk in the inner courtyard?"

"Please come in." Tang Tian stood up enthusiastically. As soon as she entered the inner courtyard, she asked, "Sister, you are not from Hongdu, right? I have never seen you before."

"I just returned to Hongdu. My last name is Xiao." Xiao Jiuyue's eyes flickered as she looked at the can of water chestnuts beside her. She opened the can and said with a smile, "I'm giving this to Miss Tang to try. These are canned oranges."

As soon as the pottery jar was opened, the fragrance filled the air.

Tang Tian couldn't wait to scoop up a bowl and started drinking it directly. The maid Xiaotao next to her wanted to try it first, but Tang Tian directly refused and just scooped up the soup and drank it. The soup was sweet with a faint orange fragrance. She tasted the orange again and was so happy that her eyes narrowed.

Tang Tian quickly finished the can of oranges and said, "Sister Xiao, I'll buy your can of oranges."

"Ms. Tang, aren't you afraid that I'll raise the price?" Xiao Jiuyue looked at Tang Tian, ​​who didn't hide her love at all, and felt a bit of good impression of her.

"Will Sister Xiao know how to do it?" Tang Tian's eyes were round and big, clear and simple, looking innocent.

Xiao Jiuyue's lips curled slightly: "No."

Tang Tian grinned and said, "Sister Xiao, I've been to many places and have never eaten this canned orange. It's normal if the price is a bit higher."

Xiao Jiuyue did not mention the price, but talked about the production method. The oranges need to be peeled one by one, and the white fascia on them needs to be torn off bit by bit. This is a delicate job, and it sounds like it is not easy to do.

After it was done, it needed to be sealed and stored. When Tang Tian heard that it could be kept for a year without spoiling, her eyes sparkled and she said, "Sister Xiao, can this really be kept for a year without spoiling?"

"Yes." Xiao Jiuyue nodded affirmatively.

Tang Tian sat up straight, looked at Xiao Jiuyue and said, "Well, if I use a large vat to store it, if it's well preserved, then that should work too?"

"Yes, provided it's sealed and stored." Xiao Jiuyue nodded. Tang Tian said, "My family makes pottery jars. So, we can make ten kilograms per jar. I'll provide the jars. Look at these canned oranges. How much is one kilogram?"

Tang Tian has been asking Shopkeeper Lin to make some snacks that no one has ever eaten before. Unfortunately, Shopkeeper Lin only makes the same few styles.

Xiao Jiuyue made an estimate in his mind before saying, "Since we're calculating by jar, then let's use the price per jar. Four hundred and sixty coins per jar."

"One jin of canned food can hold five bowls, so ten jin makes fifty bowls." Tang Tian calculated quickly, her slender fingers flying across the abacus. "One bowl is nine wen and two qian."

"Sister Xiao, if the weather gets any colder, the oranges will be gone. I wonder how many canned oranges Sister Xiao can make?" Tang Tian asked. She wanted to let her father see, and her candy shop's business would get better and better!

"At least 10,000 catties." Xiao Jiuyue was not sure. The 10,000 or 20,000 catties of oranges on the mountain...

When Tang Tian heard this number, she immediately started counting on the abacus. Soon, she said, "Ten thousand kilograms of canned oranges, that's fifty thousand bowls! One thousand jars." She frowned. Isn't this a bit too much?

Xiao Jiuyue reminded her, "Miss Tang, it's winter now. There are plum blossom viewing banquets and New Year's Eve banquets held by various mansions. There won't be much fruit then. If Miss Tang had canned oranges, each family could use them for just one banquet, and there wouldn't be a shortage."

Tang Tian's eyes lit up instantly. Why was she only thinking about the quantity? This banquet would have dozens of kilograms. When the New Year comes to Lancang County, there are countless banquets held by various families. Is she still worried that these canned oranges cannot be sold?

If Lancang County cannot sell so many, she can just go find her brother and sell them in Hongdu.