Chapter 54 Selling My Sister

Xinbao shook his little head sadly.

She really became stupid, and she couldn't think of any good solution for a while.

Madam Lin came out with a winnowing basket and teased her with a smile: "Xinbao, smell it, is it fragrant? Tomorrow, let your second brother sew a purse for Xinbao, and Xinbao can carry it with her."

Xinbao blinked his bright black grape eyes and stared at the winnowing basket in a trance.

Then she stood up and opened her arms to take it. Mrs. Lin gave her the winnowing basket without thinking too much.

The osmanthus flowers in the winnowing basket have all been picked clean, leaving only small osmanthus petals, which are golden with a hint of red and have a fragrant aroma.

Xinbao held the winnowing basket and walked to the big jar filled with syrup. He stood on tiptoe and poured all the flower petals into the syrup.

The fourth brother looked up when he heard the voice and was startled: "Xinbao!"

He limped over quickly, took the spoon and tried to pick out the petals.

Xinbao quickly put down the winnowing basket, hugged his arms with both hands, hung his little body on them, and started a drip.

Fourth brother couldn't hold her up anymore. He let out a cry, and the jar he was holding tilted to one side. The syrup suddenly flowed down, covering all the flower petals, making it impossible to skim them out.

The fourth brother was angry and anxious, and waved the spoon at her: "If you continue to be naughty, I will beat you!"

Even so, he was reluctant to touch his sister. He took a look into the jar and said in frustration, "Forget it. It seems that I should not sell it."

"Don't worry," Xin Bao said softly, "If you add some flowers, the wine will be more delicious and fragrant, and you can sell it at a higher price."

The fourth brother was stunned.

He looked into the jar, then slowly stirred it with a spoon. When he lifted the spoon, the semi-solidified syrup flowed down from the spoon.

In the light golden syrup, small golden-red petals are dotted here and there, making the ordinary candy wrapper suddenly look delicate, with a crystal clear, amber-like precious texture.

The fourth brother simply put down the spoon, took a stick, wrapped a piece of candy around it and tasted it.

When you put the osmanthus flowers in, the fragrance seems to disappear, but when you put it in your mouth, you can really feel the fragrance, as if your tongue can also "smell" the fragrance. Moreover, the addition of these small petals will have a subtle adjustment to the taste. It will not feel greasy, but sweeter.

The fourth brother was more and more surprised the more he tasted it: "It really is! Xinbaoer is so amazing!"

The brothers nearby also saw it and came over to look.

The fourth brother directly gave the syrup he had tasted twice to his brother, and picked up a large spoon to slowly stir it to make the petals more evenly distributed. "Great! With this stuff, it's easy! We won't sell the previous ones tomorrow. We'll sell osmanthus wrapped candy! Fifth and sixth brothers, you guys cut the branches bigger and make the heads slightly wider. I'll wrap them a little bigger then. I'll sell them for three cents each, no bargaining!"

In fact, when doing business in a place like this, you can't do it without bargaining at all. The key is a degree.

It was hard to explain this in a few words. She turned around and grabbed the corner of Brother Tang's clothes: "Xinbao wants to go too."

"Ah?" Brother Tang laughed and said, "Can you get up?"

"I can't get up," said the little girl confidently, "Big brother is calling me."

"Hey!" Brother Tang squatted down to coax his sister: "It's so cold in the morning, you have to get up so early, isn't it good for Xinbao to sleep at home? You want to go to the county town to play, wait for your brother to come back, and then take Xinbao there?"

Her brother is so nice.

An extra trip by the donkey cart would waste fodder, time and trouble, but he would rather make an extra trip just to let her sleep a little longer.

Xinbao opened her little mouth and smiled, her big eyes curved into crescents. She hugged her brother's face with both hands, kissed him and said in a baby voice: "Xinbao is so adorable!"

The older brother who was instantly touched by the cuteness: "..."

He sighed, "Okay, okay... I'll call you when I call you, big brother will definitely call you!"

The old father stood at the door with his hands behind his back, watching everything happen without saying a word: "..."

Haha, you little liar, didn’t you love daddy the most just now?

When it was time to go to bed at night, Xinbao slept with her eldest brother, waiting anxiously for him to fall asleep. She even got up and sat in his arms, held her eldest brother's hands, and used the straps on her clothes to wrap them around his wrists several times.

This way she wouldn't have to worry about her elder brother abandoning her.

She threw his hand away with confidence, rolled into her brother's arms, and fell asleep in seconds.

The big brother, who was originally pretending to sleep, was awakened by her and laughed so hard that the whole bed was shaking.

How come his sister is so cute?

He carefully untied the strap on his wrist and gently kissed the little girl in his arms.

The little girl is sleeping soundly.

When she woke up, she heard the clear shouts of her fourth brother. She was still dazed and slowly got up. She saw a busy street in front of her. The woman squatting in front of the stall saw her and couldn't help but joked, "What a beautiful doll. Do you want to sell it?"

The eldest brother looked back and also smiled: "This is my sister. She insisted on coming with me."

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As he spoke, he pulled the quilt over his sister, wrapped her in it, and held her up: "Are you cold? Do you want to pee?"

Xinbao: “…”

The first time she did this kind of thing, she wanted to dig her head into the ground, but after doing it many times, she got used to it. After all, she is only a three-year-old kid now.

So she nodded shamelessly.

Big Brother Tang carried her to the corner to get some water, then brought her back. Fourth Brother was afraid that she would catch a cold, so he quickly went to the shop, asked for a lamp of hot water, mixed it with water from the kettle, and slowly fed her to drink.

After drinking a glass of water, Milk Ball woke up and looked around.

At this moment, she was sitting in a wicker basket of gold ingots.

It was an oval-shaped basket with high ends and handles on both sides. I didn't know what it was used for, but it fit her perfectly.

Brother Tang bought a few buns from a nearby bun shop, blew them cool carefully, and passed them to his sister's mouth. Xinbao opened her mouth and took a bite.

The little baby sitting in the basket is as delicate as a piece of jade, with black and bright grape eyes, chubby cheeks and a rosy little mouth. He holds his brother's fingers to eat the buns, and his big eyes are rolling around, just like a vigilant kitten. He is so cute that I want to vomit milk.

Many people like cute dumplings. People passing by can't help but stop to look at them and make a few comments.

Xinbao also showed off her beauty without hesitation? ?

After being fed two buns by her elder brother, she also asked for an osmanthus candy. Her two chubby little hands moved around very professionally. When she saw someone coming, she would take a bite. All the children who passed by would buy one. The advertising effect was perfect.

Moreover, the fourth brother had only been selling for two days, but he was already very good at talking. He even brought a small can of the old kind. If they met a difficult customer who insisted on buying the old kind, he would give them this kind.

But the osmanthus ones are not only beautiful but also big, and only cost one cent more. Children all like beautiful ones and ask for them, so in the end most people buy osmanthus candies.

Fourth brother really understands things immediately, even without being told.

The milk ball's eyes were crooked as he looked at her.

At the back, a gray-haired old man was sitting at the Shen family's counter, looking down at the account book.

The shopkeeper next to him laughed and said, "Master, what the second master said is right. This child has a talent for business."

The old man glanced at him calmly and said, "He is just a clever guy, and he is a cripple. In business, the most important thing is appearance. A cripple can do small business and may be pitiful, but if he does big business, he will be embarrassed as soon as he meets him. In this life, I am afraid he will not have any great prospects..."

He shook his head.

(End of this chapter)