Although Niu Qingshan had mentioned that there were usually people at the dock, it was unclear how many there were.
But Pei Yao thought it was a fool not to make money.
Pei Yao readily agreed and arranged for everyone to meet at the same time tomorrow, around 11:00 AM.
"Young lady, don't lie to me. I didn't manage to buy any of these snails today, but I absolutely have to get them by tomorrow," a man said to Pei Yao with an air of certainty.
Pei Yao: "Don't worry, big brother, it'll be the same time tomorrow. Just come over."
"I'll buy more tomorrow, what I bought today definitely won't be enough for my family."
"Me too, these snails are so delicious, we'll take them home tonight and have them with our drinks."
Hearing everyone's enthusiastic discussion, Pei Yao quickly reassured them that she would definitely be back tomorrow.
I also mentioned to them that it's best not to eat snails that have been left overnight, as they are prone to bacterial growth.
Since no one understood what bacteria were, Pei Yao explained that eating leftovers could easily cause diarrhea, and everyone understood.
Only then did everyone disperse, relieved.
After all, this young girl's family is the only ones selling these spicy snails, and although they are just the most common snails, they taste very good.
If she hadn't come, they wouldn't have had the chance to enjoy this delicious food.
......
Finally, Pei Yao took out a package of spicy snails from below and handed it to Lin Shaoqing.
Pei Yao had originally planned to save this for lunch, but she had been too busy to eat it, so she gave it to him instead. This young man could potentially become one of her big clients.
Pei Yao looked at Lin Shaoqing with a bright smile: "Brother, here, have a taste of this."
When doing business, you should smile more; as the saying goes, harmony brings wealth.
Lin Shaoqing's attention was entirely focused on the grilled chicken wing with insects, so he didn't pay much attention to the spicy snails. He just kept hearing the noisy commotion from the stall next to him.
At this moment, he looked at the small green package in his hand. Although he couldn't see what was inside, it was emitting a very strong fragrance.
He picked up the small package, put it to his nose, and sniffed it. It smelled wonderful, though he couldn't quite describe the scent; it was the first time he'd ever smelled anything like it.
Although it's very strong, it has a pleasant, refreshing scent with a hint of fruity acidity that makes people's appetites soar.
It's quite delicious! Pei Yao added several lemons in it; the sourness of lemons is the best way to whet the appetite.
Lin Shaoqing politely bowed to Pei Yao and thanked her, saying, "Thank you for the spicy snails, miss. My name is Lin Shaoqing. May I ask your surname, miss?"
Lin Shaoqing's greatest love is to eat all kinds of delicious food from different places. He usually enjoys traveling around the surrounding towns and eating all kinds of food.
In his own words, he was determined to eat his way around the world in his lifetime.
So he was quite picky about food, but he didn't expect that this girl's unique roasted chicken wing insects would actually taste so good. The other insects he had eaten in the past were either deep-fried or stir-fried, and were far less fragrant than Pei Yao's roasted ones.
“Pei, my surname is Pei,” Pei Yao replied while busy tidying up.
"Miss Pei, it's a pleasure to meet you."
Pei Yao nodded after hearing this and said nothing more.
Lin Shaoqing didn't bother him any further and happily carried his things home.
...
At the entrance of the Lin residence, Lin Shaoqing's young pageboy, Da Shao, paced back and forth, his face looking as ugly as if he had eaten shit.
He was still muttering to himself, "It's over, it's over."
"Young Master hasn't returned yet. Master has been waiting for him for ages." Da Shao recalled the dark look on Master's face just now, and couldn't help but shiver in the sweltering heat of thirty or forty degrees Celsius.
With a pained expression, he looked up at the sky and wailed softly, "Young Master, where have you been?! If you don't come back soon, Master will skin me alive and pull out my tendons!!!"
"I'm here!" A very handsome young man, carrying large and small bags of banana leaves, walked over from not far from the Lin residence.
Upon hearing the voice, Da Shao felt as if celestial music were pouring into his ears, and he rushed towards the young man who had emitted it: "Young Master! You're finally back! Da Shao's life is saved..."
Before Big Spoon could finish his sentence, something was suddenly stuffed into his mouth, interrupting his howl.
Lin Shaoqing rolled her eyes at him: "So noisy."
Then he tossed the things in his hand to Da Shao and strode confidently toward the Lin residence.
While taking things out, Da Shao kept looking at the young master's back, and reluctantly took the skewer of grilled chicken wings out of his mouth.
What is this? It smells pretty good.
When he saw that what he was holding in his hand was the charred, fragrant insect, Da Shao's body stiffened for a moment.
Big spoon: "..."
"ah!!!!"
"ah!!!!"
A bloodcurdling scream came from behind.
"Young Master, you're feeding Big Spoon bugs again!"
Hearing the voices behind him, Lin Shaoqing stepped into the Lin residence in a good mood.
........
After Pei Yao and Chen Fang finished packing their things, they temporarily put them in Niu Qingshan's car.
The two secretly counted their money in a corner. Today, they sold fifty skewers of roasted chicken wings and insects for one hundred coins, and three buckets of spicy snails for one hundred and eighty bowls, for a total of three hundred and sixty coins.
Adding the sixteen coins sold on the cart earlier, and giving Niu Qingshan eight coins, there were eight coins left, for a total of four hundred and sixty-eight copper coins.
Both of them were very happy, especially Chen Fang, who never expected that they would actually make money, and so much money at that.
We never thought 468 coins was a lot, because a simple meal in our family used to cost more than that.
But now she only feels that this money was hard-won, like a flame of hope burning in her heart, burning in their home that was almost destroyed.
She was so excited she almost cried, but Pei Yao didn't seem to feel much.
This money is just a small amount for her; she is determined to earn more money and live a better life.
Chen Fang handed her the money bag: "Yao girl, you came up with the idea of spicy snails, so you naturally earned the money. It's only right that you keep it."
Pei Yao quickly declined, "Auntie, you keep it for safekeeping. You're better at keeping accounts."
Pei Yao wasn't wrong about that. Although she was good at coming up with ideas, she was indeed not as good as Chen Fang at managing money.
Moreover, she doesn't like managing money, finding it tedious; she only enjoys the pleasure of making and spending money.
Hearing her say that, Chen Fang couldn't refuse any longer, so she had no choice but to put the money away for the time being.
Indeed, we're all family, so it doesn't matter who's in charge of the money.
Pei Yao and Chen Fang discussed it and decided to go buy some daily necessities later.
Chen Fang naturally agreed; their home was bare and they were indeed lacking in many things.
Since Niu Qingshan also needed to go shopping, he took them along.
Pei Yao felt that what she needed most these days was a toothbrush. She originally wanted to make one herself, but making one was a delicate task that really tested one's dexterity.
Pei Yao gave it a try, but then decisively gave up.
She picked a willow branch from the willow tree by the stream near the village entrance to wash clothes, but she still felt something was wrong; it didn't clean as well as a toothbrush.
Pei Yao decided to go to the street to see if there were any brushes or similar items. After all, toothbrushes are not a modern invention; books record that people in ancient times also used them.
They just didn't call them toothbrushes, but rather "tooth brushing" or "tooth brushing tool," and they weren't as refined as modern toothbrushes.
She carried her basket to several general stores, but when she found that none of them sold it, she gave up.
When you get home, you should just stick to brushing your teeth with a willow twig.
When they arrived at the market, Pei Yao and Niu Qingshan parted ways because Niu Qingshan wanted to buy something different from what the two of them wanted.
Pei Yao wanted to buy quite a few things this time, but she had to buy the most important thing first.
Pei Yao and Chen Fang, carrying baskets on their backs, asked passersby for directions to the nearest blacksmith shop.
As expected, iron was very expensive in this era, costing eighty coins per pound.
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