Chapter 126 The Pears Are Ripe

"Open next to the post station?" Song Weiwei was a little puzzled: "That's the junction of the two counties. If we open a store there, wouldn't it be sandwiched between Bai County and the neighboring Xing County?"

"That's the way it should be." Xu Miaomiao said, "That's the only way to expand the reputation of our store."

Gu Yuanniang pondered for a moment and nodded: "I agree with this view."

Song Weiwei thought about it and nodded: "Since you all agree, I have no objection."

"It's almost autumn." Xu Miaomiao said, "It's time to pick the pears in the pear orchard. Let Liu Niang find a shop. I went to see him before and there seems to be a restaurant that is being sublet. If it's possible, we can go there. As for the shop, I'll trouble Weiwei to pay more attention to it these days."

Gu Yuanniang and Song Weiwei both nodded when they heard this.

Song Weiwei shook her head: "With Xuguo here, the store is doing well. Why should I worry about it?"

Hearing this, Xu Miaomiao smiled helplessly. She thought Xuguo was still a child who was unsure about many things. Now it seemed that Song Weiwei was more like a child.

The weather is getting cooler, and some of the willow vines have fallen off and are looking bleak.

Only a forest on the side of the mountain was still very dense.

"Ms. Xu, are these pears ripe?" Village Chief Wang asked Xu Miaomiao.

Xu Miaomiao picked a green pear and put it to the tip of her nose, and asked, the fragrance surrounded her: "It's time to pick it."

As he spoke, Xu Miaomiao looked at the tall trees thoughtfully. In this era, people also climbed trees to pick fruits, but most of the people in this county had never seen a forest with fruit trees, so they had never climbed a tree.

Picking pears also became a big problem.

"Madam Xu, how do you decide?"

There were some men following Wu Zhuang, and he looked at Xu Miaomiao and spoke.

Xu Miaomiao handed the gloves she made in the backpack to the people in front of her: "I have prepared some ladders and processed them. Two people will work in a group, one will hold the pears below and the other will pick them above. We don't have many pears, so we should be able to pick them all in seven days."

"good."'

Everyone got down to work and started picking the fruits immediately.

"Wait!" Village Chief Wang stepped forward to stop everyone, pulled Xu Miaomiao aside and said, "Madam Xu, picking the pears is not a big problem. The main thing is that many people have never tried pears. If you sell them rashly, no one may be willing to buy them. But if the fruit goes bad, it will be a waste."

"I've thought about this a long time ago." Xu Miaomiao said, "I'll take some to the market tomorrow and organize a food tasting there. I believe that after tasting this flavor, there will be people willing to buy it."

"That's good, that's good."

Village Chief Wang spoke up.

However, when I told Gu Yuanniang and Song Weiwei about the food tasting event that would be organized tomorrow, they didn't seem very interested.

This unusual behavior surprised Xu Miaomiao: "Weiwei, don't you usually like to try food and enjoy delicious food? Why can't you be in the mood today?"

Song Weiwei said nothing, but Gu Yuanniang at the side spoke first: "Miaomiao, although this food tasting activity is good, we organized two tastings, one for oden and one for glutinous rice balls. Although the final result was good, the process was so tortuous. Even Erbao's injury was left by the glutinous rice balls incident last time."

Xu Miaomiao listened to this, glanced at the three children playing in the yard and nodded, "Well, Liu Niang's thoughts are right, but if we don't try these pears first, I'm afraid no one will buy them. So, Wei Wei won't have to go to the store tomorrow. With Xu Guo watching, nothing serious should happen. Liu Niang can also take a day off. Anyway, there's no rush to find a store, so just stay at home with the children."

Hearing this, Gu Yuanniang still frowned: "Can you do it alone?"

"Okay." Xu Miaomiao patted Gu Yuanniang's shoulder comfortingly: "Don't worry, I can handle it."

Early the next morning, Xu Miaomiao drove the horse-drawn carriage to the market, with boxes of fragrant pears behind the carriage.

As soon as the stall was set up, many people gathered around.

People looked at the green fruits on the table with curiosity.

"What is this?"

"It's the spices, right?" The man next to him echoed, "It smells pretty good to me."

Before Xu Miaomiao could explain, the crowd in front of him started talking one after another. Soon the stall was surrounded by people. Seeing that the time was right, he slowly spoke: "Everyone, this is a new fruit cultivated in our village. It is called fragrant pear. It tastes very good. Do you want to try it?"

As she spoke, Xu Miaomiao cut the pear in half and looked at the people in front of her and asked.

But those who were just a little curious immediately took a step back and asked: "Can this thing, which looks green, be eaten?"

"That's right, I hope there won't be any problem if you eat it." The man next to him immediately responded.

Xu Miaomiao had expected that everyone would not believe her, so she immediately cut off a piece and put it in her mouth: "Everyone, trust me, this tastes absolutely delicious."

Seeing that Xu Miaomiao was fine, everyone stepped forward and put a piece in their mouths.

The sweet taste spreads across the taste buds, and the refreshing crispness makes everyone's eyes light up.

“This is delicious.”

The woman beside him saw what the man said and tried a bite. The taste was indeed unusual: "It's really good."

Seeing everyone's affirmative response, Xu Miaomiao said: "This fragrant pear is also a kind of fruit. You can't eat too much or you will have diarrhea."

"I see." The man nodded and pointed at the pears beside him and said, "I have a large family. Give me some more and I'll bring them back for them to try."

"Okay, I'll pack it for you right away." Xu Miaomiao responded.

Because the things were new, the pears that Xu Miaomiao brought were quickly looted. Just as she was about to go back, a bearded man ran over.

The man panted and was a little out of breath: "Luckily you are still here."

Xu Miaomiao thought the other party was here to buy pears, so she immediately said, "I'm sorry, sir, all the pears here have been sold out."

The man nodded somewhat disappointedly and was about to go inside, but then turned back: "I'm not here to talk to you about this."

"Huh?" Xu Miaomiao tilted her head in confusion, somewhat bewildered.

"I just bought some pears here. After my boss tasted them, he wanted to do business with you and ordered more. He plans to sell them in the capital."

"The capital?" Xu Miaomiao's eyes lit up. If the products could be sold to the capital, then their village would be on the road to wealth and prosperity.

"That's right, you name a price and I'll go back and ask our shopkeeper and we'll settle the bill."

(End of this chapter)