Chapter 82 Chapter 82 "Is your skin itchy again? You...
"Are you itching for trouble again? Why are you bullying kids for no reason?"
Chen was not far away. When she heard Lian Gu crying, she came over immediately. After asking what happened, she scolded Su Tao.
"I..." Su Tao felt a little aggrieved and guilty. She didn't do it on purpose. Who knew that the cake was so small and it was gone in one bite.
However, Chen refused to listen to her explanation. She lowered her head and softly comforted her granddaughter, Lian Gu, saying, "Be good, Lian Gu, don't cry. Grandma will get you another one."
Lian Gu then stopped and hummed, tears hanging on her eyelashes, her expression looking extremely pitiful.
Then the two of them left one after the other, leaving Su Tao feeling depressed. She also wanted to eat...
Mother is too partial.
Of course, this was just a minor incident in daily life and passed quickly.
In the front yard, thanks to the unremitting efforts of my two cousins and uncle, we finally baked 600 small cakes before dinner in the afternoon.
The wooden table was filled with honey crispy cakes. Su Li counted them and found about 50 left, so she took a few and shared them with everyone who had worked hard all day.
Uncle Chen refused without a second thought, "These are all things that need to be sold for money. I don't want them."
When Ma Da and Ma Er heard how much the item cost, they were too embarrassed to accept it.
"Yes, Fifth Cousin, this is too expensive. You should sell it."
30 cents can buy two kilograms of meat.
"It's okay, this is more than enough." Su Li said it was okay. After all, she was able to make this cake thanks to her Uncle Chen and two cousins. Otherwise, her hands would probably be broken by the time she finished making so many. What's more, Su Li didn't want to include this small cake in the daily sales range.
Not to mention how hard it is to make, the snack stalls are already overwhelmed with the addition of braised dishes. If they really want to add more cakes, it will be a big deal if they don’t have enough manpower. In addition, the cakes they make may not be sold at a high price at the snack stalls. The customer groups are different, and it is very likely that it will be time-consuming and laborious and still not make any money. It is better to go with a customized model and make them only when someone places an order. This way, the price will not be too low, and other things will not be delayed.
After hearing that Su Lizhen didn't plan to sell it, Uncle Chen Er, Ma Da and Ma Er finally took it carefully. Uncle Chen Er even held it with both hands for fear that it would accidentally drop on the ground.
After receiving it, Uncle Chen didn't eat it immediately. It was only after Su Li reminded him that he slowly picked it up, put it in his mouth and took a bite.
So soft, so sweet, this was the first reaction in Uncle Chen's mind, followed by a strong fragrance. This fragrance had been floating in the air since just now, and now when he actually put it in his mouth, he found that it was even more fragrant and delicious. It was so delicious that Uncle Chen was reluctant to swallow it.
Ma Da and Ma Er on the side did the same. They held the food very carefully for fear of it falling to the ground. Of course, even if it really fell to the ground, they would pick it up and eat it. After all, they grew up in the countryside, so it was good enough to have food. If it fell on the ground, it was even easier. They just had to wipe it off. If it really couldn't be wiped clean, they would just wash it with water.
Once, Chen Sanniang picked up a chicken leg covered in dust that had fallen on the ground, washed it again, and gave it to Ma Da and Ma Er to eat. They both ate it happily.
"This little cake tastes really good, soft and fragrant." Ma Da praised it after taking a bite, and at the same time thought to himself, no wonder it is so expensive.
Ma Er was more impatient and ate it in one bite. Then he licked the cake crumbs on the palm of his hand and said with satisfaction, "It's really good, but it's a little small." It was not enough to fill his teeth. It felt the same as not eating anything after he ate it.
In fact, Ma Da also felt that it was a bit small, but he thought more deeply. He heard from his cousin and aunt that these snacks were sold to wealthy families, and maybe they just liked snacks of this size.
"There are more here." Seeing that the second cousin said it was too small, Su Li thought it was not enough for him to eat, so she handed him another one.
Unexpectedly, Ma Er immediately felt embarrassed. He didn’t mean that…
"No… no thanks cousin."
"Yes, fifth cousin, no need for that. It's such an expensive thing, we just need to taste it." Ma Da also said, and glared at his brother. Now it's okay.
Ma Er really didn’t want to eat another one. Okay, he actually wanted to eat something as delicious as this, but that wasn’t what he meant.
"It's okay, second cousin." Then Su Li asked Uncle Chen and the two cousins to take the food after they finished eating, but the three of them did not eat anymore when they were about to leave.
However, Su Li still packed some for the three of them to take back to their mother-in-law, their third aunt and their third uncle to eat. Of course, each person got two or three, no more. In addition, she also gave each of them 500 coins as a reward for their hard work.
Originally, Uncle Chen and his two cousins didn't even want the honey crispy cakes, but when they saw that Su Li wanted to pay them, they had no choice but to say, "We don't want the wages, we'll take the snacks back."
Uncle Chen didn't want it either. He just put the silver back on the Su family's table and turned away.
Finally, it was Chen who came over and asked the three of them to accept it. "Just take what Wu Ya gave you, or do you think it's too little?"
"How is it possible..."
"We don't have any, aunt..." How could they think the money was too little? It was five hundred coins. How could Ma Da and Ma Er, who had been apprentices for several years without receiving any wages, think it was too little?
As for Uncle Chen, it was even more impossible. He had only known how to dig for food in the soil all year round. The only time he could see silver was when he sold rice once a year, but that silver would not stay in his hands for long before he gave it back to his wife Yang.
Now his wife has run away with someone, and she has taken away all the money in the house. He is penniless and is in dire need of money, so how could he think it is too little?
Before the three of them could continue speaking, Chen said
"This is what you deserve. Thanks to you, we were able to finish it so quickly today. Otherwise, we don't know how long it would have taken us."
This is the truth. Chen also tried to stir it just now, but her hands became weak after a few times. It was more tiring than pushing a mill. This amount of money is really not something that ordinary people can earn.
In this way, the three of them finally accepted it. Suddenly, Ma Er, who had half a pound of money in his pocket, felt that his hands and feet were no longer sore. Before leaving, he even went to find Su Li.
"Fifth cousin, if you need anyone in the future, remember to look for me."
"Didn't my cousin say his hands were tired?" Su Li said deliberately.
Ma Er took it seriously, and was afraid that Su Li wouldn't call him next time, so he quickly said, "I'm not tired, not at all, really."
Su Li then smiled and agreed, "Okay."
"Then cousin, I'm leaving. Remember, don't forget me."
After saying this, he left.
On the way back, Ma Da and Ma Er were extremely happy. After returning, they immediately told their parents, Ma Lao Si and Chen San Niang, about this matter. Ignoring their shocked looks, Ma Er said,
"By the way, Dad and Mom, my fifth cousin asked us to bring some for you." After Ma Er finished speaking, he took out the snacks he had brought back, opened them and handed them to the two of them.
"You mean this is the 30-cent snack?" Chen Sanniang was a little bit unbelievable.
Oh my goodness, it’s so small, and it only costs thirty cents?
Ma Laosi was also shocked by the price. He looked at the package of golden and crispy snacks and counted silently in his mind: one, two, three, four, four. Doesn’t that mean one package is 120 Wen?
Why is it so expensive? It must be made of gold. They both saw the same emotion in each other's eyes.
"Dad and Mom, please try it quickly. It's really delicious." Ma Er urged.
Chen Sanniang finally woke up from her shock and said, "Let me try it."
She wanted to see what difference this 30-cent snack made.
However, the moment she took a bite, Chen Sanniang found that it was indeed quite different from the pastries she usually ate. This little cake was much more delicious, soft, sweet, and not greasy at all. To be honest, her husband could earn money, and he would occasionally buy some snacks for her. At first, she thought those snacks were quite delicious, but after eating them for a long time, she felt that they were too sweet.
So when Chen Sanniang ate this little cake, she fell in love with it at once. Although the little cake was sweet, it was more soft and sweet.
"It's so delicious." Chen Sanniang exclaimed.
Ma Laosi also tasted one, and it tasted really good, but he didn't like to eat these on weekdays, so he didn't feel it as deeply as the others. Instead, the fact that the Su family earned nearly twenty taels of silver at one time had a greater impact on him. You know, he only earned a few taels of silver at a time as a carpenter, which was already very good. He never thought that the Su family earned several times more silver than him by selling this kind of cake.
Ma Laosi felt an indescribable feeling in his heart, but all these emotions turned into shame after he heard that the other party paid his sons 500 coins each.
As for Chen Sanniang, when she heard that her fifth sister Chen had given each of her sons 500 coins, she was happy but also warned her two sons:
"Your aunt and her family are so kind to you. You must never forget them in the future."
"And your cousins, if anyone bullies them in the future, you brothers will step in to help them, understand?"
Ma Da and Ma Er nodded when they heard this.
"knew."
"By the way, let me keep the money your aunt gave you."
“…”
I knew it would be like this...
Ma Er wailed, somewhat reluctantly.
Seeing this, Chen Sanniang was about to start a long speech, but Ma Er interrupted her first.
"You want to save money to marry us off, right?" Mother always uses this excuse...
Chen Sanniang choked up, "I'm glad you know."
Of course, there are definitely more reasons than just getting married. The main reason is that he is afraid that his son will learn bad things from others and develop a lot of bad habits at a young age!
On the other side, at the Su family, after sending off Uncle Chen and cousin, Su Li and elder sister Su Hong sealed all the honey crispy cakes with greaseproof paper. That was all, they could do. They would send them to the Wen family when they sold food tomorrow.
After making the small cakes, there is basically nothing to do today. We can start eating when grandparents Mrs. Wu and Old Man Su come back from work!
The autumn wind blew, and a cool breeze came, blowing away all people's worries and sorrows.
Not long after, Mrs. Wu and Old Man Su came back carrying hoes and backpacks. They came closer and closer. When they reached the gate of the courtyard, Su Li discovered that they were holding a small black dog in their hands.
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"Puppy!!" Lian Gu was the first to spot the puppy and ran over excitedly.
"Where did the puppy come from?" Chen also poked her head out of the pigpen. She had just fed the pigs.
Su Li and Su Tao heard a puppy coming out of the kitchen. Unexpectedly, their grandparents actually brought back a puppy.
"Aunt Lian, be good. The puppy is injured. Can we take it back first?" Old Man Su whispered to Aunt Lian.
Only then did Aunt Lian notice red blood on the puppy's hind legs. She exclaimed, "The puppy is bleeding!"
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