Chapter 055: I will unconditionally support my fifth brother to do what he likes
Su Jing didn't see Su Wan off. She went out based on her memory of coming here. Su Chen and the other three brothers were still waiting.
The next step is to go to Liufangzhai to see what kind of snacks they sell in their shop.
Then go and purchase the raw materials for making shachima.
If you want to make money, you can only make money this year. After all, Shaqi Ma is easy to make, and people who know the business can replicate it as long as they spend some time and study it.
Food is not like goat milk soap. Goat milk soap requires understanding of chemical principles, which others may not be able to research.
Liufangzhai is located on the busiest street in the county. Su Wan went in and took a look around. There were only traditional old-fashioned pastries there.
Things like mung bean cake, osmanthus cake, pea yellow cake, etc.
This is not new to Su Wan in later generations.
If even the best shop in the county is like this, it means that the pressure of competition in the industry is not that great.
Maybe it’s because the place is small. If it were in Beijing, it might be different.
Since ancient times, talents have gathered under the emperor's feet, and talents have emerged in all walks of life, which is the real competitive pressure.
If Shaqima is sold in Qinghe County, it should become a small hit.
Since I have decided to do it, I will buy all the things first. I will buy 50 kilograms of flour, 10 kilograms of sugar, and 5 kilograms of malt sugar.
Buy some baking powder to make the dough. Since there are pastries, there must be baking powder for sale. Small vendors need it to make buns and steamed buns.
And the most important thing is eggs. When you go back later, you can pass by Grandma Cai's house and buy some eggs from her.
Shaqima needs to buy some dried fruits to take back. There are special dry goods shops in the county that sell raisins, red dates, black sesame seeds and the like.
There is no dried hawthorn for sale yet, and people here don’t know how to make it, so forget it!
Continue to use almond oil for frying shaqi ma. It has less smell and is more fragrant when fried. It would be even better if you had peanut oil, but this stuff is not available for sale.
She bought another 30 kilograms of almond oil. The owner of the oil shop knew Su Wan. She bought so much almond oil every time she came back, but the dishes she cooked didn't taste good.
She looks like a sucker, but the God of Wealth can't help but smile at her.
Su Wan will continue to make shampoo soap and will also need almond oil.
It cost several taels of silver to buy these things. Before leaving the city, she took Su Yi to a calligraphy and painting shop to buy a stack of drawing paper and some paint so that he could practice at home in the future without having to use a stick to draw on the ground.
Su Yi refused to take it, and Su Wan said:
"I will unconditionally support Fifth Brother in doing what he loves, so Fifth Brother, you should also work hard and don't waste your ideals!"
Su Yi saw her determined eyes and felt his fighting spirit rise in an instant. Su Wan took him around the calligraphy and painting shop and asked him to look at other people's works.
He stared at the paintings intently, his eyes full of longing, and he was reluctant to leave.
There is a signature under each painting, which is basically the work of students under some literary masters. They have their own names, and their reputations, whether high or low, have their own exclusive seals.
"Fifth brother, when you become famous in the future, you can also make your own seal and give yourself a resounding name."
Su Wan stood behind him and smiled. Su Yi nodded at her with light in his eyes.
He held his drawing paper and paints lovingly in his arms. When he was leaving the city, he passed by Grandma Cai's house and bought fifty eggs from her. These were all the eggs left in her house, so he bought them all for Su Wan.
Grandma Cai was very grateful to her. She was willing to do her business, which was also considered to be helping her, so when buying, she gave Su Wan a lower price.
Today I spent nearly thirty taels of silver. Adding the fifteen taels I had left and the twenty-five taels I had left this time, I still have forty taels of silver left.
It's still too little for my eldest brother to take the exam. He needs at least 100 taels of silver to go to Beijing, and it will take a lot of time. He has to take the exam and wait for the results to be announced. By then, he has to find a place to live by himself.
Land is very expensive in the capital, so even with a hundred taels of silver in hand one would have to live a tight life.
He said he would come back in half a day, but he ended up coming back in the afternoon. Recently, the Su family has been going to the county town frequently, and they always bring back large and small bags.
The villagers heard that they were doing business in the county and making money. Old Hong was not a tight-lipped person. He would take Su Wan and the others to the county town every now and then, so he knew what kind of business they were doing.
If he meets someone he knows and they ask him, he will tell them.
Everyone in the village knew that they were in the goat milk soap business.
I thought Su Wan bought the soap from outside and was just helping others sell it, but it turns out she made it herself.
Her soap is very useful and many people in the village have used it. I heard that it sells very well in the county, and people in the village have more or less heard about it.
Since last month, the flow of people in front of the Su family's courtyard has increased, and some aunties and grandmas who used to rarely come to visit have come to visit.
Looking at the soaps hanging in the yard, he would intentionally or unintentionally ask Su Wan and the others how they were made.
The meaning is so obvious that anyone can see it.
There were also some who came to show their support and rushed to send their own vegetables to the Su family, hoping to get closer to them. However, Su Wan just gave them a few coins every time and did not take advantage of them at all.
After coming so many times, they found it boring and gradually stopped coming. The gate of the Su family's courtyard returned to its former deserted state.
The person who attracted the most attention was Jiang Yu, mainly because he was so handsome. The aunties in the village all wanted to introduce girls to him, so Jiang Yu didn't want to leave the room. Several aunties surrounded him and spit all over the place. His expression was indescribable.
This time, he was carrying back bags of various sizes. The baskets contained flour, oil, sugar and meat. He even brought back two chickens a while ago.
Their living conditions improved all of a sudden, and many people were jealous and kept asking about it.
"Hey, Su Chen, you bought so many things again today?"
Walking on the road in the village, passing by the well, the ladies who were chatting there started asking questions.
"Yes, Aunt Zhang, it's New Year's Day!" Su Chen said nonchalantly.
"The Chinese New Year is still more than two months away, and it's too early for you to start buying New Year's goods!"
"That's right, you're still trying to frame us. We know your Su family has turned fortune and made a lot of money, so why are you hiding it? We're not competing with you for business. We're all from the same village. Is it necessary to be so distant?"
"I think your family's luck has started to improve since your biological sister came back. It seems that your Su Wanwang family is more prosperous than Gu Yuewang's family. When she was here, you couldn't even make ends meet!"
There was a group of people talking about all sorts of things, and Su Chen's face didn't look good.
Su Yun pursed his lips and retorted:
"What does this have to do with Yueyue? The more you talk, the more outrageous it gets!" He subconsciously still protected Gu Yue, but he was not as excited as before.
Because Su Wan was here, Su Yun was afraid that she would favor Gu Yue, and she would be sad again.
Now, he also cares about Su Wan's feelings.
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