On the way, Su Ergou excitedly asked his sister: "Sister, how many days will we sell it?"

"Three days at most." Su Xiaoxiao said.

As the New Year is approaching, there are fewer and fewer customers in the town, but their business does not seem to be affected, mainly because there are many repeat customers and everyone is thinking about buying New Year's goods. However, once the Little New Year has passed, almost no one comes out to buy.

"Only three days." Su Ergou was disappointed.

Su Xiaoxiao looked at him amusedly: "Do you like selling cakes so much?"

"Yeah." Su Ergou nodded.

Su Xiaoxiao said, "You're freezing and being pointed at. Don't you feel tired and annoyed? In the summer, it's hot and sunny. You might get a heat stroke. Don't you think it's better to just lie at home?"

Su Ergou shook his head like a rattle: "But I'll be hungry if I lie down at home."

Su Xiaoxiao sighed with emotion and raised her hand to touch the back of his head: "I will never let you go hungry again."

With the launch of new products, the types of ingredients they need are increasing. Yesterday, she ordered 20 kilograms of glutinous rice flour, 30 kilograms of sugar, 50 kilograms of flour and 100 duck eggs in the shop.

The salted egg yolks used in the egg yolk pastry were pickled by her herself. She didn’t know if there were any salted duck eggs for sale in the capital, but there were none in the town anyway.

As soon as egg yolk pastry came out, it immediately became everyone’s new favorite.

However, due to the high cost of egg yolk pastry, the price was only 25 wen each, and the student reservation price was 23 wen.

This price is still cheaper than Kam Kee’s dim sum, so it sells very well.

The two came to the grain shop and unexpectedly met their aunt Huang.

Ever since she was rejected by Xiao Su's family last time, Huang has been holding a grudge against Su Pangya. She has been thinking about how to get back at her, but coincidentally, this fat guy came to her doorstep!

"Hey, who is it? Isn't this the little ungrateful wolf who can't be tamed?"

Hearing Huang's sarcastic words, Su Xiaoxiao couldn't help laughing.

"What are you laughing at?" Huang asked with a serious face.

Su Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "If I laugh at my aunt for not being able to speak, then don't say anything, so as not to embarrass the son of the scholar."

Huang was so angry that she fell backwards: "You——"

Su Xiaoxiao said bluntly, "What do you mean by 'I'? My aunt didn't give birth to me, and she didn't raise me, so how come I'm an ungrateful person? If you really want to be an ungrateful person, then you sucked my late aunt's hard-earned money and mistreat her two children... Aren't you more like an aunt?"

Huang had experienced this girl's sharp tongue before, but after experiencing it again, she was still very angry!

She pointed at Su Xiaoxiao's nose and said, "You...you...you...don't be so arrogant, you little girl! Your cousin is going to the capital to study soon! When he passes the imperial examination, you will be in trouble!"

If you pass the exam to become a scholar, you won't have to kneel before the county magistrate. If you pass the exam to become a juren, it will be even more glorious! Thinking of this, Huang's mood finally calmed down a little.

She straightened her back and said, "You silly girl, just wait and see! The first thing your cousin will do when he passes the imperial examination is to drive you out of town!"

Drive him out of town, what a big tone!

However, scholars were indeed very rare and powerful in this dynasty, especially in a remote town like this. They were extremely rare, and if one appeared, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he turned from a carp into a dragon.

Could it be that Chen Haoyuan could really pass the imperial examination?

Su Xiaoxiao's pensive look undoubtedly appeared to Huang as a sign of guilt and fear.

Huang was very proud!

You have offended me, now you know how powerful I am!

"Girl! It's too late to regret now! Even if you beg me on your knees, I will never agree to your marriage with Erlang!"

Who wants to be your daughter-in-law!

Is Wei Ting not handsome anymore? Or is Wei Ting's waist in bad condition? However, what Huang said was right. After Chen Haoyuan passed the imperial examination, the life of the Su family would not be easy.

Huang said to the shop owner, "You, don't do business with her. When my son becomes a juren in the future, he will come to your house to buy things!"

After saying that, she walked away triumphantly.

He handed the purse to the boss.

But the boss didn't answer.

"What's wrong?" Su Ergou asked.

The boss's eyes flickered, and he stammered, "You, you guys should take the money back. We have no more flour. We have sold all of it."

"How could there be nothing?" Su Xiaoxiao asked.

The boss said, "It's sold out this morning!"

Su Xiaoxiao said: "I reserved it yesterday, you should sell it to me first."

"I..." The boss was panicked by Su Xiaoxiao's look. He turned around to sort out the food bags. "Anyway, go buy some somewhere else. I don't have any left here!"

Su Ergou said angrily, "Hey! Business should be honest! You don't sell the flour you promised us, what do you want us to use to make cakes? You didn't really believe her? Her son is just a scholar, with no luck - who knows if he can win the exam?"

The boss said in embarrassment: "I can't help it, girl, please go buy it somewhere else!"

"you--"

"Forget it, Ergou, let's go."

Su Xiaoxiao took Su Ergou out of the shop.

Su Ergou complained: "Sister, why did you stop me? How could he, a grown man, be frightened by a woman?"

"It's not Huang." Su Xiaoxiao said.

Su Ergou adapted very quickly to the change in Su Xiaoxiao's address and felt extremely comfortable.

Su Ergou asked in confusion, "If it's not her, then what's going on? Why did the boss go back on his word and not sell it to us?"

Su Xiaoxiao had a guess in her mind. She thought about it and said, "Let's go and ask in other shops."

There were already quite a few people selling flour at the market, all of them were folks from various villages. But as the New Year was approaching, they stopped setting up stalls, so Su Xiaoxiao came to the shops to buy flour.

Su Xiaoxiao remembered that there were two more nearby.

However, when they went to buy, they were all told that they were sold out.

"Isn't that bag of white flour?" Su Ergou asked, pointing at a bag of flour in front of the counter.

The owner of this restaurant smiled awkwardly and said, "That... was reserved by someone else, and the money has been paid."

"What about this?" Su Ergou found another bag of flour behind the rice jar. "Why are you hiding it?"

The boss smiled stiffly: "I, I ate it at home. It's almost the New Year."

The two came out of the third shop.

Su Ergou finally couldn't help it: "Sister, what's going on? In the past Chinese New Year, flour wasn't so hard to buy."

Yes, it’s not a year of disaster or famine, and the price of grain is stable. There shouldn’t be a shortage of supplies. Moreover, rice and wheat are not out of stock, only flour is out of stock.

It's really strange.

Su Ergou said, "I remember now. There is also a rice and flour shop at the west end, but it's a bit far. Sister, wait here for me. I'll go buy some!"

As he spoke, he picked up the backpack and was ready to leave.

Su Xiaoxiao shook her head: "No need, no one will sell it to us."

Su Ergou was stunned: "Why?"

Su Xiaoxiao looked ahead and said calmly, "Business is too good, it's annoying some people."

Good morning 　　 　 (end of this chapter)