Wang Fushun scratched his head and laughed, "Then I won't stand on ceremony, Brother Heng!"
"Xiao Wang, wait a minute. I've made a new pastry. Here, have one try it. See if it sells well."
"I'm so lucky to have this!" Wang Fushun was very excited, after all, Bai Jiaojiao could make glutinous rice strips, so this new snack must be even more delicious.
And to be honest, in their small, run-down town, anything new sells well.
"Come in and sit down."
Bai Jiaojiao went to the kitchen, took out the meat floss cakes she had made, and placed them on the table in the living room.
The meat floss cakes were brightly colored and looked very appetizing. Wang Fushun stared at the five meat cakes on the plate on the table, his mouth watering.
"Sister-in-law, what's this?"
"The meat floss cake is filled with stir-fried meat."
Bai Jiaojiao pushed the plate towards Wang Fushun.
Wang Fushun gave Bai Jiaojiao a shy smile, then reached out and took one to eat.
Bai Jiaojiao's meat floss cakes weren't very big, and Wang Fushun took a bite out of half of one.
It's a savory snack with a meaty aroma, but also has a touch of sweetness.
"Sister-in-law, this thing must be expensive!"
Bai Jiaojiao nodded: "This is meat after all, and it takes me a lot of time to make this meat floss. I have to roll each one into a small cake like this. I discussed it with Brother Heng, and we'll pack six into one paper bag and sell each bag for one yuan."
"One pack for one yuan?"
Wang Fushun had already taken a second piece, but he was too embarrassed to take another bite because his tooth hurt.
He ate a little over a dime in those two bites.
Looking at this small cake, six of them together don't even weigh four ounces.
But... it's real meat!
Pork costs nearly one yuan per pound, while meat buns in town only have a few pieces of meat and cost two mao each.
The main thing is that the glutinous rice strips need to be dried. If you don't prepare them in the morning, the glutinous rice strips you fry when you come back in the evening will not be as good.
For Bai Jiaojiao, she would rather stay up all night than get up early.
There's no future in doing manual labor.
"What I'm saying to Heng is that you know a lot of people, so could you do something about it? It's almost Dragon Boat Festival, right? Everyone will definitely be visiting relatives and friends, and that means bringing gifts, which is more impressive than bringing peach cakes. If we could get a batch of orders, I could do them all at once, which would be more convenient."
These days, few people would be willing to part with a snack that costs two yuan per kilogram, but during holidays, most people would take the opportunity to try something new, even if they couldn't bear to eat it themselves, it would still be a very respectable gift.
Upon hearing Bai Jiaojiao's idea, Wang Fushun's eyes lit up.
"Sister-in-law, you're really smart!"
Bai Jiaojiao smiled, pursing her lips.
The holiday effect, or perhaps it was something Shen Heng taught her in her past life.
If Shen Heng hadn't said he had connections to get large quantities of pork without needing ration coupons, Bai Jiaojiao wouldn't have been able to make these pork floss cakes.
"Okay, sister-in-law, give me some tomorrow morning, and I'll take it out to help you promote it!"
"Just like with rice noodles, we'll give you one yuan per serving, no matter how much you buy."
"Then, sister-in-law, you can't find anyone else to help you sell these pork floss cakes, otherwise it will be difficult for me to get orders," Wang Fushun made his request.
"Of course, Heng-ge trusts you."
Bai Jiaojiao flattered Wang Fushun to the point of elation: "It's because Brother Heng thinks highly of me. Okay, sister-in-law, that's settled then."
Bai Jiaojiao packed up the three leftover pancakes for Wang Fushun, and Wang Fushun, thinking of his elderly mother at home, did not refuse.
I'm thinking of bringing another bottle of wine next time.
"You're quite the smooth talker. Look at my brother, he's working for you and he's having a blast."
“He’s a distributor, what do you mean by working for me? I’m not a landlord.”
"You've got quite a set of vocabulary words, huh? People from the city are just different."
"Brother Heng, please don't say that anymore. I don't want to recall those messy things in the city at all."
Shen Heng was a shrewd man. He had raised Bai Jiaojiao for so many years, and now he could just kick her back without hesitation. He could guess what had happened during that time even with his toes.
"Brother Heng was wrong," Shen Heng apologized quickly. "Brother Heng apologizes to Jiao Jiao." Shen Heng moved closer to Bai Jiao Jiao, put his arm around her waist and took advantage of her. "Brother Heng will take good care of you tonight."
"..."
Looking at the thug in front of her, Bai Jiaojiao suddenly realized that there are many ways to repay a debt of gratitude, and marriage is not the only one.
Shen Heng's overnight military campaign was famous, and the next day Bai Jiaojiao simply gave up and didn't go to work, staying home to make meat floss.
Around noon, Bai Jiaojiao took a plate of pork floss cakes to the Bai family home.
She saw other people in the house as soon as she entered.
"The timing is too soon. People are saying that my Bai family is in a hurry to marry off our daughter."
Bai Zhiman was talking to a woman in her forties, Deng Min and Bai Shihai were also inside the house, and Bai Shiqing was outside in the courtyard, fidgeting.
"Second sister, who came to our house?"
Bai Jiaojiao asked.
Bai Shiqing lowered her eyes and whispered, "A matchmaker."
Seeing Bai Shiqing's reaction, Bai Jiaojiao knew that it was Zhu Shengping's matchmaker.
Zhu Shengping's urgency makes this matter even more intriguing.
"Second sister, here are some snacks I made. Have one and try it."
Bai Jiaojiao handed the plate to Bai Shiqing, who then grasped Bai Jiaojiao's hand and said, "Go inside and give it to Dad to try, and also listen to what they're saying."
Bai Shiqing was incredibly curious, but if she went to eavesdrop herself, people would laugh at her to death if they found out.
Bai Jiaojiao had the same idea: "Second sister, you wait."
Bai Shiqing watched her beloved younger sister go into the house and anxiously waited for her to come out.
As soon as Bai Jiaojiao entered the door, she heard Bai Zhiman say that the wedding date was too rushed.
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