Gu Erniu clutched his head in pain, chuckling sheepishly, "I...I'm not afraid at all!"
The two walked on, and Gu Lili saw a shop selling oil paper, so she went in and bought some oil paper to make it easier to pack the candy later.
Gu Lili didn't expose him any further and led Gu Erniu to a crowded place.
This place happens to be a crossroads, with a lot of people coming and going, so Gu Lili decided to set up a stall here.
Gu Lili took Gu Erniu's basket from his back, put it on the ground, and then began to shout, "Selling malt candy! Selling malt candy! If it's not sweet, you don't have to pay!"
Hearing Gu Lili's shout, Gu Erniu was instantly terrified and broke out in a cold sweat.
"Sister, how can you not take the money!" Gu Erniu tugged at Gu Lili's sleeve, signaling her to stop shouting.
Gu Lili smiled and patiently explained, "Erniu, what's there to be afraid of? Don't you know how sweet our candy is? What's there to worry about?"
After hearing what Gu Lili said, Gu Erniu scratched his head and thought about it, and it seemed to make sense.
Gu Lili continued to call out her wares, and soon several people gathered around their stall.
"Little girl, how much are your candies?" an older woman asked, with a five- or six-year-old girl standing next to her.
Gu Lili discreetly sized up the woman in front of her. The woman was wearing a blue satin dress and had a silver hairpin in her hair, clearly indicating that she was not from a farming family.
"Auntie, come on, have a taste first, then you can buy more," Gu Lili said with a smile.
Gu Lili and Gu Erniu used bamboo skewers to pick out some maltose and handed it to the woman in blue and the little girl she was holding hands with.
Of course, the onlookers were not left out either; regardless of their attire, they were all given a chance to try.
These people were instantly moved; this girl wasn't only letting rich people try it.
They didn't make much, just enough to taste.
"Little girl, this candy is so sweet! It's even sweeter than the one I bought at the Fugui Shop!" The woman in the blue dress took a bite and praised it highly.
"Yes, it's really sweet! How much is it?" Several people around who had tried it also praised it highly and came to ask about the price.
Gu Lili smiled and said, "Although our candy is sweeter than other people's, the price is the same. In addition, we have two kinds: syrup and candy blocks. The price is the same and the sweetness is the same."
Gu Erniu also cooperated by taking out the bowl containing the sugar cubes and showing it to everyone.
In their understanding, maltose is always liquid, so these candy blocks are quite rare, which makes them all curious.
"Are the candies just as sweet?" the woman in the blue dress asked.
Gu Lili took a small piece of the broken piece from the side and handed it to the aunt. The aunt took a bite and her eyes narrowed with delight at how sweet it was.
"Young lady, weigh out a pound of sugar for me. I can carry more of it," the auntie readily agreed.
Gu Lili quickly took out the oil paper and weighed it out for the aunt.
Gu Lili took another bamboo skewer, stirred some sugar in it, and handed it to the little girl next to the older woman, smiling, "Auntie, you're the first person to patronize our business, so I'll give your child some more."
The woman immediately beamed with joy and readily paid the money.
Gu Erniu was stunned by Gu Lili's actions. He hadn't expected that they would earn their first pot of gold so easily.
One jin can sell for one hundred wen, so ten jin would be ten one hundred wen. Ten one hundred wen, my sister said, one thousand wen is one liang, so ten one hundred wen would be ten liang, right?
Gu Erniu was calculating in his mind, tears welling up in his eyes. He felt that they might be about to make a fortune, and his body couldn't help but tremble.
If Gu Lili knew that after teaching math for so many days, Gu Erniu's math was only this bad, she would be furious.
Seeing how readily Gu Lili agreed, a woman nearby also ordered half a jin (250ml).
"Oh, little girl, could you mix some of your candy and sell it to me?" an old woman in cotton clothes asked.
Her grandson is sick, and she came to town today to buy him medicine.
I was just standing around watching and tried some of this candy. It's really sweet! Her grandson hasn't been able to eat for days. This is a rare treat, and I figured he could eat it, so I thought I'd buy him some.
But she had almost run out of money and couldn't buy much, so she asked around.
"Grandma, we sell our candy by stirring it, it's two coins a piece," Gu Lili said with a smile.
The old lady thought for a moment, then took out two coins and said, "Here, girl, make me one!"
Gu Lili quickly mixed the candy and handed it to the old lady, who happily took the candy and left.
In no time, Gu Lili had sold more than two jin of candy and five or six pieces of stir-fried candy.
Seeing that there were quite a few people buying, Gu Erniu mustered up his courage and started shouting like Gu Lili.
Seeing Gu Erniu's growth, Gu Lili couldn't help but feel gratified.
After that, a few people bought the tang (a type of candy), and no more tang were sold.
The siblings waited until noon but still didn't get any business. Seeing that no one was around, Gu Lili told Gu Erniu to keep selling while she went to buy some steamed buns to fill her stomach.
When Gu Lili returned after buying the steamed buns, she saw a somewhat familiar-looking man standing in front of their stall.
Gu Erniu stood there, his face flushed red, somewhat at a loss. Gu Lili quickly quickened her pace and walked towards Gu Erniu.
"Erniu, what's wrong?" Gu Lili walked to the stall and pulled Gu Erniu behind her.
While asking Gu Erniu, he looked up at the man in front of the stall.
Before Gu Lili could speak, Wang Fugui exclaimed, "Little girl, it's you!"
Gu Lili looked up and realized that this was the owner of the shop where she had bought salt a few days ago.
I think I even called him a dog back then...
This is like enemies meeting on a narrow road; what a coincidence!
Gu Lili deliberately chose this location, which is some distance from his shop.
"It's me, what's wrong!" Gu Lili looked at the burly Wang Fugui and answered calmly.
Her hand was already inside her sleeve, ready to buy pepper spray and spray Wang Fugui at any moment.
"Hahaha, you little brat, you were so quick-witted the first time we met, but now I feel like you want to beat me up again!" Wang Fugui laughed so hard that the fat on his face jiggled.
Seeing that Wang Fugui showed no signs of making a move, Gu Lili said, "You insulted me the first time we met, and I can't even talk back? This time, you bullied my brother again. Zela, you think you're so great just because you're rich!"
"Sister, no, this uncle just wanted to buy all our candy, he wasn't bullying me," Gu Erniu quickly explained, tugging at Gu Lili's sleeve.
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