Chapter 69: What are the remaining two areas selling?
As the saying goes, now that you are here, you can't turn back.
Since she was already here, she might as well make the best of it. No matter what kind of market it was, she wasn't selling candy today. She was just a pedestrian strolling through the market.
If you are not selling goods in the market, you do not need to go to the small house at the entrance to register and pay taxes. You can enter and exit freely through the open entrance.
Sang Yu followed the crowd inside, scanning the stalls on both sides one by one, looking for business that he could do at home and that would bring him considerable profits.
Area A has the most people in the market. As soon as Sang Yu entered Area A, he couldn't help but open his mouth wide. It's so lively here.
There was a constant flow of people in Area A, and vendors carrying shoulder poles were walking back and forth on the street, hawking their wares. Occasionally, when they were stopped by someone, they would take out the steamed buns or glutinous rice cakes from the bamboo baskets they were carrying.
This is exactly what Sang Yu had in mind when he thought of a market town. If a pedestrian street didn't sell food and drinks, what kind of pedestrian street would it be?
No wonder Area A is so lively. You can find almost everything here, including shops selling groceries, food, drinks, and miscellaneous items.
If you are not specifically going to buy oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, there is really no need for ordinary people to go to Area B.
Sang Yu walked slowly forward with the crowd. She would stop and take a closer look at anything new she saw. After walking through the long street in Area A, she touched her chin thoughtfully.
She had just seen almost every money-making business she could think of on this street.
Although she was confident that she could make more delicious and beautiful pastries and noodles with her own skills, but... could she really compete with those who made a living from this?
The craftsmanship at that time was different from the various recipes that can be easily found in later generations. It was truly passed down from father to son, and from family members to outsiders.
Having a skill, even if it is just making simple noodles, is enough to open a small stall to support your family.
If you want to learn the skills, you must first become a disciple and work as a horse for the master's family for several years. Only after you gain the master's favor can you truly start learning.
Even after becoming a master, one still has to go to the master's house to pay respects during festivals.
Based on this, Sang Yu felt a little unsure.
However, she had more than just these simple things in mind. With the continuous improvement and innovation of the Chinese people in later generations, the endless variety of new dishes were her real confidence.
Nowadays, due to the lack of seasonings, she can’t make many dishes taste as good as they originally tasted even if she wanted to.
But this did not pose a problem for her. Since she could not make things that required many seasonings for the time being, she would just make something that only used sugar, such as sugar water or candied fruit.
These things don’t make money as quickly as selling candy directly, but small amounts add up to a lot and they won’t be easily targeted.
Standing at the intersection of four districts, Sang Yu looked around.
She had just walked through Area A and had also been to Area B to sell things. So what were the remaining two areas selling? She couldn't help but feel curious.
There was still some time left, so if she went there and came back quickly, she should be able to make it.
Now that I've come this far, I'll definitely regret it if I don't go in and take a look. Thinking of this, Sang Yu trotted into Area C.
She had not run far when she stopped in her tracks by a mixture of the smell of blood and fishy odor.
She subconsciously pinched her nose and breathed through her mouth. She looked around and saw piles of nitrated furs on the stalls on both sides of the entrance to Area C.
Most of them are black-brown squirrel skins, colorful and white rabbit skins, and relatively rare are whole deerskins and fox skins.
When he caught a glimpse of one place, Sang Yu's eyebrows jumped suddenly.
It turned out to be a bear skin, with the black brown bear head connected to the bear skin, and the V-shaped white hair on the chest was particularly conspicuous.
With the current weapons, he can actually hunt a bear. He must be a tough guy.
The smell of blood came from the stalls further back, where skinned venison and rabbit were displayed.
The fishy smell comes from the hares and pheasants trapped in the chicken coop. They must have been caught by hunters and are running around in the cage, full of energy.
Area C sells not only wild animals from the mountains, but also various dried goods, live fish and ironware.
Sang Yu stood in front of a stall selling ironware, unable to move, his eyes fixed on a row of neatly arranged kitchen knives.
As a chef, I can compromise on other things, but I really can't compromise on the kitchen knife.
She had been using a stone knife to cut vegetables and kill chickens for the past few days, which made her very uncomfortable. She had been thinking about buying a kitchen knife.
Before she saw it, the desire deep in her heart was not particularly strong, but now that the sharp kitchen knives were right in front of her, it was hard for her not to be moved.
Seeing her standing in front of his stall, her face full of longing, the bearded stall owner did not drive her away because of her young age. Instead, he smiled and talked to her.
"Little girl, you want to buy a knife? My knives are famous for their quality. They won't rust or break. All the butchers around here buy their knives from me."
Sang Yu was already eager to buy something, and after hearing what he said, she wanted to buy it even more. She tentatively asked, "How much is a knife?"
"I'll give you a fair price, one hundred and fifty cents." The stall owner still had a smile on his face, but he didn't think she could afford so much money.
One hundred and fifty wen, the price is much more expensive than ordinary shovels and axes, but Sang Yu did not think that the stall owner was deliberately cheating her by quoting a high price.
She has a good eyesight and has used many kitchen knives, including high-quality iron knives.
You can tell at a glance that the kitchen knife in front of you has been repeatedly folded and forged, and the pattern on the blade is smooth.
It is exactly as the stall owner said it works, it is sharp and does not rust easily, it is a really good knife.
"I don't have enough money today. Will the price still be the same if I come back tomorrow?" Sang Yu asked.
She only had fifty coins on her now, thirty of which were used to pay for acupuncture for Sang Xingjia, and the extra twenty coins were given by her grandmother as a precautionary measure. It was still a long way from enough to buy a kitchen knife.
The bearded stall owner, who had been planning to chat with her to relieve her boredom, was stunned. He looked at her expression and saw that she didn't seem to be bragging. After a moment's hesitation, he nodded in agreement.
"Well... okay, it's fate that we're together. A man's word is as good as his bond. If you come to buy it tomorrow, I'll sell it to you for 150 cents."
Everything he sold was top-quality merchandise, even his kitchen knives were forged from wrought iron. Normally, he wouldn't sell a kitchen knife for less than two hundred wen.
But since I have already made such a big promise, how can a real man not admit it? I will give the little kid in front of me another day to collect the money.
He would sell her the knife as long as she could scrape together 150 coins.
"Okay! It's a deal!" Sang Yu was afraid that he would go back on his word, so she finalized the matter immediately.
Sang Yu still had a smile on her face until she walked out of Area C.
She imagined the scene of bringing money to buy a kitchen knife tomorrow, and couldn't help but laugh out loud, attracting the attention of passers-by. Only then did she calm down a little.
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