Chapter 19 Two Penny a Bowl

Jiang Wan picked a handful of leaves, washed them in the ditch, and put them on the table. Meanwhile, A Niang also came back with water. Everything was ready except for the east wind.

But the wind was so strong that it was hard to wait. The whole family squatted on the road waiting and almost fell asleep, but they didn't see any sign. However, they met a few villagers who were returning to the village after visiting relatives, and they were stared at for a long time.

Yin Huaixi was thinking about her herbs and seeing her elder brother was there, she simply went home. The two sisters were left, looking pitiful like kittens abandoned on the roadside.

"Cousin, what if no one buys it?"

"It doesn't matter if no one buys it, we can eat it ourselves. If we can't finish these two bottles of mint water, we can give some to the Zhou family or Aunt Cuifang's family when we go back. It's free anyway."

Jiang Wan was optimistic. No one could make a fortune from the beginning. Today she was just trying it out. If she could make money, it would be great. If she couldn't, she wouldn't be discouraged.

"Cousin, just think of it as us coming out for fun. By the way, I see the table is empty, cousin, why don't you pick some flowers to decorate it?"

When Yin Ning heard that he had a mission, he immediately became excited and ran to the riverside to pick wild flowers.

She used to like tending to flowers and plants when she was at home, and most of the flowers in the vases in her room were arranged by her. She has a good sense of aesthetics.

Jiang Wan watched her cousin decorate the simple table little by little like a flower bed. The flowers were all in very fresh colors, and they were exquisite and elegant.

"Cousin, you have really skillful hands~"

Yin Ning smiled shyly, raised her hand and pinned two clusters of pink and white flowers on the buns on both sides of her cousin's hair. The little girl was still young, so she simply tied her hair into a double bun. She was bald before, but now with two clusters of flowers, she looked so adorable.

“It looks good!”

Yin Ning chuckled.

"You can't even see it on your hair, but you know it looks good?"

Jiang Wan chuckled.

"Cousin, how can your vision be bad? I trust you."

The little girl was very smooth-talking, and Yin Ning was very happy to be coaxed. As the two sisters were chatting, they suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves in the distance.

Here comes a carriage!

Jiang Wan immediately stood up in surprise and stared closely at the carriage that was getting closer and closer.

At this moment, the doors and windows of the carriage were tightly closed, not a single breath of wind came in. A woman who was dressed exquisitely but had a sallow face was holding her pale-faced daughter and giving her earnest advice.

"Yue'er, please bear with me for a while. We will be home soon."

"Mother, I'm going to die of heat when I get home. I just want to get off the car and go to the ditch to get some fresh air and drink some water. Please agree to my request."

Qin Yue's voice was weak, and she felt powerless. Ever since her father became a county official, her mother had been obsessed with training her to be a lady from a wealthy family. Not only did she stay at home all day, but she also had to learn music, chess, calligraphy, and painting.

How could she, a girl who grew up in the countryside, be a lady from a wealthy family? But her mother insisted on having her own way.

No matter what her father said, no matter if she was willing or not, she would get so angry that she would have a seizure if he didn't give her his way. It was impossible to persuade her, so the father and daughter could only tolerate it.

Today, I finally found a chance to go out, but my mother wanted to go with me. So I was not allowed to open the window during the trip, because how could a lady like me let others see her appearance?

She felt bad after leaving the temple. She felt dizzy, thirsty, dizzy, had a headache and was weak in her limbs. Qin Yue realized that she had a heat stroke and had to find a cool place to cool down and drink some water.

However, A Niang refused again.

Because she used to work in the fields no matter how hot the weather was, she thought this was nothing. So the mother and daughter hurried back in the carriage. The carriage was very hot and stuffy on the road, and Qin Yue felt that she was going to faint. She couldn't help crying.

This cry actually sobered up the possessed Mrs. Qin a little. She could see that her daughter was not in good condition, so she quickly took out the water bag again, only to find that she had used a lot of it when she wiped her daughter's head and face just now, and now there was only a little bit left.

How about asking the driver to fetch some water from the ditch? That way my daughter won't be seen by outsiders.

"Ma'am, Miss, there seems to be a tea shop in front."

Mrs. Qin was delighted when she heard the driver's words. She carefully opened the window and half of the curtain, and found that there were two little girls selling tea on the roadside, which made her even more satisfied.

"Go ask how much a bowl of tea costs."

The driver responded and stopped the carriage not far from the small table.

"Girl, are you selling tea here?"

Jiang Wan nodded happily. She was so lucky today that guests came before she even started calling them.

"Uncle, would you like a bowl? You must be hot and tired after driving all the way. I guarantee that drinking this cool tea will cool you down and relieve the heat."

"How much is a bowl?"

Hearing the driver's question, Yin Ning also stared at her cousin curiously. She had forgotten to ask her cousin how much the items she wanted to sell were priced at.

Jiang Wan didn't even blink, and said confidently, "Two cents a bowl, guaranteed to be worth the money."

Yin Ning: !!!

Driver: “…”

He had never bought tea before, most of which cost only one penny a bowl.

He had to ask his wife about this matter, so he trotted over to answer.

"Madam, the girl said she was selling cold tea, and she wanted two cents a bowl."

Qin Yue heard this and stood up with a struggle, saying, "I want to drink! Buy me two bowls!"

In fact, Mrs. Qin was also very hot and wanted to drink water very much, but she felt a little distressed when she heard that tea cost two cents. However, her daughter was more important, so she gave four cents to the coachman and asked him to buy two bowls of tea.

Jiang Wan took the money and smiled, revealing her little white teeth.

"Uncle, wait a moment. I'll pour it for you."

The cool mint water poured into the bamboo bowl was very beautiful with a faint green color. The driver swallowed his saliva but was still reluctant to spend two cents, so he hurriedly took the cool tea back to his wife.

Qin Yue took a few deep breaths of fresh air when the car door opened, but it didn't seem to help. But when she took a sip of the cool tea, a cool breeze rushed to the top of her head. The stuffy feeling in her chest that made her want to vomit disappeared, and her throat also felt cool.

“So comfortable!”

Qin Yue drank a whole bowl of cold tea in small sips under A Niang's 'death gaze', and finally felt that she was alive again.

"Mother, this cooling tea is really effective. You should drink a bowl too."

Mrs. Qin was stunned.

"Didn't you say you wanted to drink two bowls?"

Qin Yue said nothing, just pouted in grievance.

A wave of bitterness came over Mrs. Qin's heart. Her daughter knew that she was reluctant to spend money to buy tea, so she deliberately said that she wanted to drink two bowls.

"Mother, drink it. This cooling tea is really good. I feel better after drinking it."

Mrs. Qin nodded, picked up the bowl and drank slowly, imitating the wives of the wealthy families. After a while, she let out a long sigh of relief.

This tea is really good.

"Mr. Qian, take this water bag and let them fill it up and see how much it costs."

Mrs. Qin was a good drinker and now thought that the two cents a bowl was worth it. She wanted to bring some back for her husband to try.

All this time, the stall earned another six cents, plus the bowl of soup that the driver couldn't help but drink, a total of eight cents.

Yin Ning was speechless at this moment.