Chapter 91,
Changqi didn't have much of an appetite and was full after eating only three. Su Guoer didn't notice anything unusual. She made too many buns and couldn't resist the diners' requests, so she sold two to each of them and asked them to take them home.
Said he would take it home for his children to eat.
These buns have a thin skin and thick filling, which is rare and tasteless. I believe my family will love them too.
In the morning, they were still the ones washing dishes and vegetables, cleaning pots and braising meat, etc. But now that there were enough people in the store, she didn't have to do anything.
I just need to stir-fry a few dishes at noon and in the evening, which is a lot easier.
Moreover, the two apprentices have been trained and can both cook simple dishes. Su Guoer usually lets them cook.
As for herself, she sat at the counter with a pen and paper, thinking about what special dish to choose for today.
While she was thinking, an ox cart stopped in front of her yard.
Su Guoer looked up and saw that it was the vegetable farmer delivering vegetables.
This man was the old man from whom Su Guoer had bought lotus roots before. Because the vegetables he sold were affordable, Su Guoer asked him to help her deliver the vegetables.
After all, these vegetables were all purchased from other places by him. As long as the price was right, Su Guoer would simply buy them from him. However, he would also deliberately inquire about the prices of vegetables on weekdays to avoid being deceived.
Old Flathead took off his straw hat, which he had been using to block the fog, and walked a few steps closer. Just as he was about to shout inside, he saw Su Guoer had already come out. He stopped shouting and said, "The vegetables are a little cheaper today. Cabbage is one cent a pound, as are cucumbers. And diced radishes and bean sprouts are all three cents a pound, a few cents less than yesterday."
Su Guoer nodded in agreement, and then began to load the various vegetables on his ox cart.
There are fresh and tender leeks, crispy diced radishes and cucumbers, as well as refreshing bean sprouts and juicy-looking cabbages.
Other side dishes include coriander, green onions, ginger, and mustard.
Su Guoer ordered a bag as usual. She figured it was enough, and she also ordered two bags of fresh bamboo shoots. Diners had been ordering more recently, so she needed to stock up.
"Are bamboo shoots still the same price as yesterday?" Su Guoer asked. Bamboo shoots had become more plentiful since the start of spring. They weren't expensive, so she just casually asked.
Old Flathead: "No, it's not the same price. It's three cents a pound now. It's also reduced in price just like other vegetables!"
He said: "Business is not good now. If the price of vegetables drops, we vegetable farmers will not be able to survive."
Of course, this was not a complaint, just a casual remark, and Old Flathead was smiling when he said it.
Su Guoer was puzzled: "Vegetable prices have been falling in recent days. Why is this?" She was a little confused.
Old Flathead: "Young lady, don't you know? After the spring, the wild vegetables are everywhere in the wilderness outside the city. If you go there and dig for a whole morning, you can dig up 20 to 30 kilograms."
"If there are idle people or children in the homes of ordinary people, they will ask them to go to the suburbs to dig wild vegetables. What they dig in a morning is not only enough for the family's food for a few days, but also can make a lot of money even if they sell it. With wild vegetables, who would still eat green vegetables? They are expensive and not as delicious as wild vegetables."
As he spoke, he pointed to the willow trees by the Bian River. Yellow buds had sprouted from the willow trees, and from afar, a misty yellow color flowed gently with the water of the Bian River.
"My wife just steamed some willow buds for me this morning. I sprinkled some flour on them and added some crushed raw garlic. It was so delicious! I ate two big bowls by myself, hehe."
Old Flathead was talking happily, but Su Guoer suddenly understood something.
"Wild vegetables?" How could she have forgotten this? It was early spring, and it had rained a few days ago, so the wild vegetables in the fields were sprouting up rapidly.
Now, from afar, you can see wild vegetables sprouting from the curbs along the Bian River. What a green scene. Not to mention the uninhabited areas outside the city, where wild vegetables are likely to grow like crazy!
So she hurriedly asked, "But why don't I see any of them sold in the vegetable market?"
This is the key point. She didn't see any of them for sale, but she hadn't been to the vegetable market in the past two days. She remembered that she had been there the day before yesterday.
But then he heard the old flat-headed man say: "Hey, what are you selling? If people in the city want to eat it, they can go out and dig it up themselves. They can dig up a lot at a time. No one wants it even if they give it away. Only a few vegetable vendors are willing to buy it and squat at the back door of the mansion of the rich and powerful."
"When you see someone coming out, ask them if they want it. If they do, they can sell it for a lot of money. But if you want to sell it in the vegetable market? That's not worth it. It also takes up space."
"Oh, by the way, if you want to eat some, I have quite a few here. You can take some to try."
As he spoke, he opened the hemp frame beside him and saw a basket full of shepherd's purse lying in the frame.
"Shepherd's purse is the most delicious. Why don't you give me some?" said the old flat-headed man.
Su Guoer's eyes suddenly lit up, and she suddenly had a good idea. So she asked: "Where are you selling this shepherd's purse? Someone has already placed an order."
She had to ask clearly, after all, some vegetables were ordered from the farmers the day before they were purchased, and they could not be fake.
Old Flathead: "No one has ordered it. I was just saying I was going to squat on the bluestone street in the backyard to see if anyone in the Duke's Mansion wants it. I just sold a basket the other day. Where is it?"
This was exactly what Su Guoer wanted, so she hurriedly said: "How about this, since no one has ordered this dish, why not sell it to me? It will save you an extra trip." "I haven't eaten wild vegetables for a long time, I plan to try cooking them today."
"How much shepherd's purse do you have? I want it all!"
Seeing Su Guoer talking happily, Old Flathead was also happy: "Okay, okay, there are three boxes of shepherd's purse, 22 pounds in total. Since the shopkeeper wants it, just give some silver. We dug it ourselves, so it won't cost much."
But Su Guoer couldn't let them suffer a loss, so she said: "Just buy it at the same price you sold it to the Duke's Mansion yesterday. It's not easy to dig wild vegetables, so you should sell it to them at the same price."
Fortunately, Old Flathead didn't ask for too much and bought it at the price of four cents per catty. However, shepherd's purse is not heavy, and three large baskets filled with it only weighed twenty-two catties.
But after pouring it out, there was quite a lot of it, taking up a lot of space in the backyard. Chunniang and Cui Niang were busy picking the vegetables, pinching off the roots and washing them with water.
Su Guoer saw that they were fresh and took them all.
She knew what today's special dish would be.
After Old Flathead left, Su Guoer came to the signboard, picked up a pen and wrote a few big words with carbon ash.
Today's special fresh food: Three ways to eat shepherd's purse, also known as the "wealth-gathering banquet"
Just because the homonym of shepherd's purse is "gathering wealth", this fresh dish is just introduced to symbolize the influx of wealth.
As for what to do next, Su Guoer has also thought about it.
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