hidden old spring

Chapter 23

Su Changan was wrapped in quilt and listened to the noise outside. After a while, Tiedan came to re-stick the window paper for her.

Su Changan had the idea of ​​hiring these three children to help her, but before she could say anything, they took the initiative to start working after eating the candy.

These three people didn't look like the kind of naughty children, so why did they come to her yard early in the morning to pick out her window paper?
Su Changan was a little suspicious, but this suspicion didn't last long before another thought took over.

It seems that something like sugar can be taken out and exchanged for some money.

It wasn't that Su Changan was out of her mind, but the behavior of the three children told her that they liked sweets.

It's just that Su Changan can't speak.

In Su Changan's common sense, sugar is a very cheap thing. Even if it is made from natural plants, you can only grab a lot of it. When you sell this kind of thing, you always feel like you can't get it.

But she is really short of money now.

Her mother once told her that in the eyes of her doubters, being illogical was a sin.

She didn't know she was being watched, she just didn't want to be the one suspected.

With so many people watching, if she took out something casually and was suspected, how would she explain it?

She didn't bring anything with her when she entered the city. If she brought out something that didn't meet this requirement at this time, wouldn't it be just lice on a bald man's head? There was obviously something wrong with her.

She needed a start-up fund first, and the hundred coins in her arms were obviously not enough.

Holding back his shame, Su Changan planned to sell some candies.

She doesn’t plan to sell more sugar, so about 1 jin is enough.

It was too much for her to explain where she hid it when she entered the city. If it was only a pound, she could still insist that she hid it in her arms.

As for how much this pound of candy could be sold for, Su Changan really didn't have high hopes.

She is now in the stage of scraping things together and is in urgent need of money, so she wants to sell everything she can to try to make money.

So she asked Tiedan who was papering her window.

"Is the candy delicious?"

Tiedan glanced at her, then nodded.

The candy is delicious, really, really delicious, even better than the candy his father brought back before.

But such delicious candy must be expensive, and Tiedan was too embarrassed to ask her for it anymore. He could only purse his lips and say nothing, but he couldn't hide the look in his eyes.

Su Changan was also a little embarrassed at the moment and felt that the next words were a bit difficult to say, so he didn't notice the hope in Tiedan's eyes.

"I like it, then, how about..." How about buying some?
Su Changan suppressed his blush and did not say those four words.

Fortunately, Tiedan was more panicked than she was.

"No! This candy is too expensive."

precious?

Catching this word, Su Changan raised his head and looked at Tie Dan. Tie Dan was cleaning the remaining scraps of paper on the window frame, picking at it and saying something.

"It's too expensive. You can keep it for yourself."

God knows how distressed and longing Tiedan felt when he said this.

But he is already half an adult. He usually follows his father when he goes out, helping the businessmen to work while learning how his father makes money.

His father is in the brokerage business, that is, 'making lines'.

Foreign merchants couldn't sell their goods, so he helped to promote business.

Stores in the city had overstocked goods, and he helped find sales.

What the broker earns is a sum of intermediary money, and he learns the skills of looking down and looking at goods.He had never seen this kind of candy, but the taste in his mouth couldn't deceive anyone. The vague desire to have another one prompted him to add another sentence.

"How much does your candy cost? Can I buy it?"

"?" Su Changan was stunned, and then almost subconsciously reached out to hand one to him, but just as she was about to raise her hand, she paused.

I almost forgot, these candies are for sale!

The hand she wanted to extend clenched into a fist in embarrassment, and then after thinking about it, she said awkwardly.

"These candies were given to me by others, and I don't know how much they are worth."

What she said was beyond standard. If the person in front of her was not a child, but a qualified businessman, she might have to pay up to her pants.

But Tiedan had only been around his father for a short time, and he hadn't yet developed a 'profiteer' mentality. He even had a good impression of Su Chang'an because of the candy he had eaten before.

So after hearing what Su Changan said, Tiedan said it without thinking.

"I've never seen your candy before, but in the store, brown sugar costs [-] yuan per catty, and sugar (white sugar) costs [-] yuan per catty. Your candy tastes better than frost sugar..." Tiedan thought for a while, and also Can't think of a specific price.

But Su Changan was stunned for a while.

Sugar, is it so expensive?
In Su Changan's understanding, sugar can be obtained from starch, and carbon dioxide can be converted into starch.

In the interstellar age where this technology is very sophisticated, most of the things people need for food, clothing, housing and transportation can be obtained from the air, which makes these things extremely cheap.

She couldn't equate sugar with expensiveness. Even for precious plant sugars (these are systemically synthesized sugars), she felt that this information was a bit outrageous.

This time Su Changan saw Tiedan's hopeful gaze, but she couldn't say the word "sell".

She always has a sense of deceiving a child.

But seeing Tie Dan's eyes turn from hope to disappointment, she still took out three pieces of candy and motioned for Tie Dan to catch them.

Tiedan panicked for a moment, but Su Changan didn't give Tiedan a chance to refuse and instead threw the candy directly.

Tiedan hurriedly caught it, Su Changan wrapped the quilt around him and muttered.

"Eat it, this was given to me by someone else, I didn't spend any money."

Tie Dan was a little hesitant, but the taste of the candy in his hand was so sweet. The fruity aroma that he had never been exposed to fascinated him, and he couldn't help but swallow hard.

He turned around, and his two younger brothers came up to him at some point, all looking eagerly at him...the candy in his hand.

In the end, Tie Dan still shared the candy, and then the three brothers stuffed the candy into their mouths together.

So sweet!

The injection of sugar gave the three brothers a sense of ecstasy and happiness, and their hands and feet became more agile.

Tiedan quickly covered the window for Su Changan, then he thought about it and spit out the candy in his mouth. After hesitating, he climbed up the wall of the two houses and saw his father standing at the door of the house.

Tiedan gestured to his father about the candy held between his fingers. Li Dahu didn't see clearly what his son held between his fingers, but he could almost guess it.

Striding to the wall, Tiedan bent down and handed the candy to his father's mouth, but Li Dahu dodged it.

"You eat, dad doesn't like sweets." It's a lie. Like the old lady, he wants his children to eat more good things.

Tiedan seemed to know that his father was telling the truth. He lay on the wall and insisted on throwing the candy into his father's mouth. In the end, Li Dahu had no choice but to open his mouth and eat the candy.

It was very sweet, with the aroma of grapes. This smell made Li Dahu relax, and the wrinkles on his face seemed to relax.

Tiedan saw that his father had eaten, and a smile appeared on his face. The half-grown boy's gums were exposed when he smiled. Li Dahu couldn't help but slap him in the face.

"You silly boy, why are you laughing? Don't stick to the wall and say something. Did they give you candy again? This candy is a good thing. Don't always ask for other people's things. See what else her house lacks. Dad will buy some for her. "It's like paying back the money for these several candies.

(End of this chapter)