The next day, at daybreak, Wu urged Li Yan to get up: "Hurry up and get up! We're waiting for you to make candied haws!"
Li Yan was woken up by Wu. She got up from the warm bed with sleepy eyes, dressed and left the room. Everyone was already busy!
Li Xiaomei took out the cleaned mountain sorrel and found a clean cloth to absorb the water from the mountain sorrel, while Daya was stringing candied haws one by one on the side.
The task was heavy. After a simple porridge, Li Yan quickly set up the pot to boil sugar. Today, she was much more skilled than yesterday. She wrapped 15 strings of four sugar in a pound of sugar, and 20 strings of two sugar in a pound of sugar. With a little syrup left, Li Yan wrapped five more strings of sugar in a syrup to use for promotional purposes.
Li Er stood aside and watched, feeling curious!
Li Yan took out a prepared candied haws and handed it to Li Erlang: "Dad, try it, how about it?"
Li Erlang took it, tasted it, and nodded: "I'm sure children will like this food!"
Li Yan's heart lit up when she heard this: "Dad, what do you say? We should carry this stuff to the entrance of the academy and sell it?"
Li Erlang: "That's a good idea!"
After listening to the conversation between the father and daughter, Li Dalang felt his heart burning with excitement and wanted to set off immediately.
With everyone busy, Li Yan soon prepared thirty large skewers, forty small skewers, and ten small ones for customers to taste!
After the candied haws were ready, Li Yan took the two wooden sticks that her uncle had helped her make yesterday and used them to stick the candied haws.
The crystal clear candied haws are inserted on a wooden stick tied with straw, and they look very beautiful from a distance!
Wu said, "Da Lang, you should take Da Ya and Er Ya with you. I'm worried about them being alone!"
Everything was ready. Grandpa Li pulled a donkey cart over. The three of them climbed on and sat down, then followed the donkey cart to the south of the city!
Mr. Li said, "You guys go sell them. I'll stay here and watch over the donkey cart!"
The three of them walked slowly to an open space not far from the school. School had not yet ended, but many servants were already at the school gate driving carriages to pick up the young master who was about to leave.
Li Yan waited for about a quarter of an hour, and the students came out one after another. Some walked together, while others were picked up by their family servants. The quiet streets in the south of the city suddenly became noisy.
Students walked past Li Yan and her group in groups of three or four, curiously looking at the novelty in Li Dalang's hands.
Just as Li Yan was about to start shouting, a chubby boy came up and asked, "What are these?"
Li Yan smiled and took out a candied haws from a wooden stick and handed it to the boy: "This is called a candied haws. It's sour and sweet and delicious. Please have one."
The boy shyly took the candied haws from Li Yan's hand, took a bite, and couldn't help but open his eyes wide. It tasted sour and sweet, a unique flavor.
The students with him saw that he was savoring the food and asked him hurriedly, "How does it taste?"
The boy finished chewing the candied haws and said to the classmate next to him, "It's very sweet and sour and delicious. How much is this?"
Li Yan: "This is called Tanghulu. The big ones are three cents each, and the small ones are two cents each."
"I want two big ones!" After saying that, the boy paid six cents quickly!
After trying the food, the classmates around her expressed their desire to buy it. Soon, the students surrounded Li Yan and the other two!
In a short while, all the candied haws were sold out. The students who didn’t buy any asked Li Yan and her group whether they would come tomorrow. After receiving a positive answer, they left reluctantly!
Li Dalang didn't expect that the candied haws would be so popular. In just a short while, all seventy candied haws were sold out. He was very happy!
The three of them walked excitedly towards where Mr. Li was.
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