Chapter 164: Setting up a stall to sell bowl cakes
Until three large wooden plates were full, and there were still twenty cups left, a total of one hundred and twenty were made. Thirty were kept at home for consumption, and the rest were planned to be sold in town.
Xu Zhiyi put the twenty bowl cakes in the cup into the basket in the kitchen. When she saw Su coming in with a wooden bucket, she hurriedly said, "Mom, I left thirty in the pot for everyone. You can carry them over when you go to work in the fields. You can use them to fill your stomach when you are hungry."
Su nodded: "Zhiyi, let's go to the fields and plow the land for a day today. We should be able to plant vegetables tomorrow."
"Oh, then sow the seeds tomorrow and I'll soak them now."
Su was very confused when she heard this: "Soak the seeds? Vegetable seeds don't need to be soaked!"
"Mom, believe me, soaking it will make it grow better. Didn't we soak our grain seeds before sowing them? The same goes for vegetable seeds. The other piece of land on the homestead was where I soaked the seeds and sowed them. Aren't they growing well now?"
"That's true. When I see those little sprouts, I think they're so cute. Okay, I'll listen to you."
"Oh, Wuyou will stay at home today. You can go to the town to sell cakes later! It will be better to have him accompany you. He can always help you if you encounter any problems."
Xu Zhiyi: "It's all right. If he wants to follow me, he can follow me. I can do it alone. If anyone dares to make trouble, I will beat him until he can't get up. I will take his last name."
"You! Don't be so impulsive in town! If you hit someone, you will be sent to the government. What if they put you in jail?"
"Mom, he was the one who caused the trouble first, so he should be the one to be imprisoned. Okay, I'm not a child, I know how to handle the situation."
After Su Ze sold the wild boar and gave the silver to Su, he also picked up his hoe and prepared to go to the fields to work.
Su took the silver and took it into the kitchen to give to Xu Zhiyi.
"Zhiyi, this is the wild boar meat your uncle just brought back from the town. He sold it to a butcher, so he sold it at a discount of a copper coin per pound. The remaining 150 pounds are 12 copper coins per pound, a total of 12800 coins."
"Mom, just keep the silver. How can you not keep any silver for yourself?"
Su: "Mother, what do you want to do with so much money? I don't need to buy anything for the family, just keep it. You can decide what to buy for the family."
Xu Zhiyi was finally ready to set up the stall, and Shen Wuyou drove the mule cart to the gate of the courtyard. After loading all the things onto the mule cart, he looked at Shen Changan who was standing at the gate to see him off.
"Changan, come up"
Shen Changan looked at Xu Zhiyi standing outside the mule cart and reaching out to him, and his mood instantly became happy. He quickly closed the gate, limped towards the mule cart, then extended his hand to Xu Zhiyi and pulled him up in one go.
Xu Zhiyi looked at Shen Changan after he got on the mule cart, and the corners of his mouth never drooped, which showed how happy he was.
"Are you so happy to be in town? If the pastry business is good in the future, can I bring you with me every time I come?"
Hearing this, Shen Changan looked at Xu Zhiyi and said, "Okay, and I'm not happy because I'm going to town, I'm happier because I'm with you, my lady."
"How many cakes did you eat this morning? Why is your mouth so sweet?"
"I speak from my heart, not from my mouth"
Shen Wuyou drove the mule cart to the town gate, saw soldiers guarding the gate, and some people were queuing up to pay copper coins. He stopped and said, "Madam, today is market day, you have to pay copper coins to enter the town."
Hearing this, Xu Zhiyi pointed to the queue and said, "Wuyou, just follow the people in the queue behind you driving the mule cart."
The officer took the six copper coins handed over by Xu Zhiyi, then opened the curtain of the carriage and glanced around casually. After finding nothing wrong, he waved his hand to signal them to enter the town gate.
After entering the town, I saw that it was very lively today. There were many people walking around and setting up stalls. Some people were skilled in weaving small baskets and baskets, and some were selling brooms and embroidery.
There were also various wild products and fruits found in the mountains, eggs that were saved at home and they were reluctant to eat them, and vegetables that were well grown, which they picked in a basket and put directly on the ground to sell.
Shen Wuyou looked at the stalls that were all filled, and couldn’t find any empty ones, so he had to stop: “Madam, we have no place to set up!”
Hearing this, Xu Zhiyi stood up and looked over the heads of the people coming and going. He saw a large empty space at the corner in front of him, and there happened to be a tree next to it where he could tie the mule. "Wuyou, drive the mule cart to the end. There is a space on the left."
After arriving at the location, Shen Wuyou tied the mule's reins to a large branch, and then moved the small table down first.
Xu Zhiyi brought out the prepared bowl-shaped cakes and placed them on the table. The table could just hold three large plates, and the height of the table was at thigh level.
The three of them moved a small stool, Xu Zhiyi sat in the middle, and the two brothers sat on the left and right sides respectively.
Men and women who were shopping could not help but stare at the three people as soon as they passed by here, but no one came up to ask what they were selling.
Shen Wuyou looked at the people coming and going. Everyone just looked over here, and no one came to buy anything. She was a little angry: "Madam, we have been out here for 25 minutes, why hasn't anyone even asked?"
Xu Zhiyi shook his head when he heard this: "That shouldn't be the case. The vendors next to us are also sitting there like this. People shopping on the street always go over and ask, without shouting out their wares."
"Should we shout it out? Treat them differently?"
Shen Changan: "Madam, should we shout?"
"Shout, fight!"
Shen Wuyou: "Then...then how should we shout?"
Hearing this, Xu Zhiyi coughed heavily a few times, stood up to clear his throat, took a deep breath, and then put his hands to his mouth and shouted with all his might: "Selling bowl cakes! Soft and chewy!! Various flavors to choose from"
The people around were startled by the sudden desperate shout, and they all stopped and looked at Xu Zhiyi.
Even the stall owners around were very curious, wondering which girl was selling things so desperately?
Xu Zhiyi looked at everyone and was frightened! Anyway, since he had risked his life like this, he didn't care anymore. He waved to the people who were looking over:
"Ladies, aunts, uncles, would you like to come over and buy some bowl cakes? I have an exclusive recipe, I guarantee you will want more after eating it."
After hearing this, everyone's curiosity was finally aroused. What kind of cake is this? I have never heard of the name.
"How about we go over and take a look?"
"Come on, I'm curious too! Bowl cake? I've never heard of it before."
"Let's go, let me take a look too."
Xu Zhiyi looked at the women who came over and quickly cut one into several small pieces with a knife, then signaled to them: "Aunties, you can try it first, and buy it if you think it tastes good."
"Wow, girl, this... is this a pastry? How come it is so beautiful?"
Xu Zhiyi: "Hey, Auntie, it's not only beautiful, it's delicious too."
After tasting it, several people couldn't help but nod their heads. They were different from all the pastries they had eaten before.
"Girl, how much is this?"
Xu Zhiyi: "One costs four cents"
"What? Four cents a piece?"
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