pastoral fragrance

Chapter 63
"How is it?" Qiuyue looked expectantly at the shopkeeper who was savoring carefully. It should be good to see him looking happy.

The shopkeeper clicked his tongue, feeling unfinished, took another spoonful and drank it. "Not bad." After drinking several spoonfuls, the shopkeeper nodded in harmony. "Girl, how do you sell this thing?"

While savoring it carefully, the shopkeeper had already figured out how to make this thing.Now let's listen to their prices.

Qiulin and Qiuyue had already discussed it before they came. This loquat is not a rare item, and it cannot be sold at any price.After pondering for a while, Qiuyue gesticulated with the shopkeeper and clearly stretched out three fingers.

Qiulin was slightly annoyed, why is the eldest sister so sincere, one more gesture will result in less meat!
Three hanging money is not too much, but there is no shortage of loquats here, and now he knows how to do it, but it's just that the loquats have to be peeled and the nuts are picked out here, which is relatively tricky.Now that summer is getting closer and closer, the business in the store is also getting better and better. The work in the store is very busy, and the loquats can't cost a lot of money.So he replied: "Little girl, I won't make any circles with you, and I won't let you lose money. For this price, I want all the loquats in this jar. If there are any in the future, let our shop Just give it away, and keep at this price. What do you think?"

Qiulin tugged on Qiuyue's sleeves, and said with an apologetic smile: "Uncle, you also know that these things are difficult to get. These loquats are carefully picked from the loquat trees, and all the ones picked are big, yellow orange Orange, this kind of loquat is the most fragrant and sweetest. Otherwise, the rock sugar loquat made is not so sweet! And this thing should be stored in a cool and humid place, otherwise it will be easy to break in the weather. Even if we sisters are busy You can only get one jar of loquats in one day at most, uncle, you can add more."

The shopkeeper squinted his eyes and calculated that if he poured the loquat with rock sugar into the ice water, at least it could be sold for twenty yuan a bowl.And this jar is enough to be poured hundreds of times.The big profit is still with him, so he is no longer so stingy, "Little girl, you are really smart! Then 250 Wen, this price is always okay, right? If there is more, there will be nothing." Already!"

Qiulin pondered for a while, and found that 250 essays was about the same, so he nodded in agreement.The shopkeeper asked Xiaoer to get two and a half pennies, handed it to Qiuyue, and said very solemnly: "Girl, this price is not bad. If you have this rock candy loquat in the future, please send it to uncle. If you have any more Other honey-soaked fruits can also be sent here. Uncle promises not to cheat you."

The two sisters Qiuyue Qiulin both nodded and bowed in agreement, and then resigned from the shopkeeper.It was past noon now, and the stomachs of the two sisters were clinking with hunger. The loquats sold well just now.Qiuyue pulled Qiulin to go to the noodle stall to eat noodles.But Qiulin stopped the elder sister, "Eldest sister, let's save some money, as eating steamed buns and pancakes can also fill your stomach."

A bowl of this noodle costs five cents, and a steamed bun costs only one penny, so you can save a lot of pennies.Although the family earns a lot of money now, the expenses are not small.The two elder brothers have to go to school, and the pen, ink and paper are expensive.Moreover, the eldest sister is now engaged, and she will get married when Brother Ah Cheng's exam proves to be famous.So the eldest sister's dowry also has to be prepared.

After thinking about the mess at home, Qiulin still felt that it would be easier to use.

The little girl always thinks about how to buy more things at home to earn more money, but it is rare for her to be so sensible and know how to save a little, Qiuyue's heart is a little sore. "Okay, let's eat steamed buns and go buy steamed buns for my little sister!" Qiuyue slowly brushed off the sour taste in her heart, firmly grasped the little sister's hand, and walked over to the steamed bun shop.

After eating a steamed bun, I really felt much better, and my stomach was not so hungry.Qiuyue didn't expect that this jar of rock candy loquat could cost so much money, so she wanted to run home immediately, and then went to the woods with a basket on her back.

As soon as they got home, the two sisters hadn't rested much yet, and went to the forest with their baskets on their backs.Han Shi silently watched the two sisters walking farther and farther away, feeling slightly bitter in her heart, then took the five hundred Wen coins that the eldest daughter gave her to the east wing room, put it in the cabinet and locked it.

After locking it, she hurried to feed the silkworms with mulberry leaves.These mulberry leaves were all picked by Qiu Song and Qiu He who went to a place far away early in the morning. After they picked the mulberry leaves, they had breakfast and then went to school with their schoolbags on their backs.Although the second son and the third son are studying in the school, they also take care of the family.The second son went home every day after eating, and went to the well to fetch two loads of water, so he left his work at home and calmed down to read a book.

Listening to the "rustling" sound made by silkworms nibbling on mulberry leaves, Han was very satisfied.Now the family also points out that these silkworms can pay, and these silkworm babies live up to expectations, all of them have fat stomachs and round heads, and it seems that each of them can produce a lot of silk.

When the sisters Qiuyue and Qiulin came back with a loquat on their back, it was almost dusk.Qiusong Qiuhe also came home from school and was sitting in the main room doing homework right now.

Seeing them come back, Qiu He quickly dropped the book and flew over. "I heard from my mother that this thing is worth some money, big sister, young sister, you are really amazing."

Seeing the ruffian-like expression on her face, Qiuyue looked up into the main room and saw her second elder brother still sitting there neatly writing, so she yelled, "You've finished your homework, and you're still wandering here, why don't you hurry up and do your homework?" !"

Han scooped up a large basin of clear water, and everyone quickly poured all the loquats into the clear water, and then began to peel and remove the core of the loquats, and then put them into jars.It was getting late, and the mother and daughter hurriedly fiddled with each other until it was getting dark, before finishing the work.Mrs. Han washed her hands and hurried to work in the kitchen, and Qiuyue also came in to help Mrs. Han.

Qiulin washed the inferior loquats and brought them into the house in a porcelain basin, "Didn't you just say that you were hungry, come and eat the loquats." Qiulin grabbed a handful of loquats and stuffed them into Qiuhe's hand , and then grabbed by Xu Nanshan who was on the side.Seeing that the second brother was cleaning up the things for his father, he gave up.Seeing Ah Huang lying on the ground with an innocent face, and Heibuliuqiu's eyes fixed on him, Qiulin burst into a smile, and jumped to Ah Huang, "Why, I haven't seen me for a long time, is it weird? You eat the loquat!" Qiu Lin stuffed the peeled loquat into Ah Huang's mouth, watched it chew, and spit out a few loquat cores.

"Yo, you really know how to eat!" Ah Huang is smart and knows how to spit out these things, Qiu Lin praised without hesitation.

Ah Huang snorted, and with his tongue rolled away another peeled loquat from Qiulin's hand.Qiulin yelled, "Ah Huang, your saliva is dripping on my hands, I hate it!"

Ah Huang swallowed the second one as if nothing had happened, and then looked at Qiu Lin with an innocent face, his tongue stretched so long that the halazi flowed down.

"Okay, okay, I know you still want to eat, so I'll peel it for you. Gluttonous!" Qiu Lin scolded unceremoniously, but her heart was filled with joy.This Ah Huang has been ignoring her for several days, now eating the loquat she peeled will not turn against her again and ignore her, right?
It wasn't until he ate up the handful of loquats in his hand that Qiulin let go and ran to the kitchen to wash his hands. "Hurry up, take the food to the main room and ask your brothers to wash their hands, then you can eat."

Today, Qiulin has had enough tossing. After dinner, she just felt that all her strength was taken away, and she fell limply on the bed, feeling drowsy.Only then did she think of Shen Qing.For the past few days, Shen Qing would go to the fish pond to sit and read under the mulberry tree every day, waiting for her to pick wild fruits to eat together.As soon as she got busy today, she completely forgot about this matter, Shen Qing won't be angry, right?

Forget it, don't think about it, the big deal is to go over and explain to him tomorrow, Shen Qing is not an angry person, so he shouldn't be angry with her.

The next day, after having breakfast, Qiuyue Qiulin went to the forest again.This forest is not too big, and there are only a few loquat trees. After the two sisters picked them wantonly, there are very few loquats left.After patching together and picking one more back, all the loquats in the forest were also picked completely.

After picking the loquats, the sisters went to pick mulberries again.This thing tastes sweet and delicious. After soaking it in rock molasses, it must not be bad if it is sprinkled in ice water.There were not as many mulberries as there were loquats. The two sisters walked around the fish pond and picked all the mulberries, but there were only two baskets.After taking it home, wash the mulberry with clean water, then put it into a jar with rock sugar, and seal it up.

A dozen or so jars were placed next to the water tank in sequence. According to 250 Wen per jar, you can get about three taels of silver!Qiuyue Qiulin cheered up, and it was not in vain that they had worked so hard to get things home from outside.

At dusk, Qiulin ran to the fish pond again.When he arrived at the fish pond, he saw Shen Qing sitting on the original position, holding a book in his hand, looking at it carefully.This time he was wearing a light blue shirt, and his black hair was bound by a silver ribbon. His fair face was soaked with the sunset light, giving him a warm and jade-like smell.

Qiu Lin walked over slowly, and said embarrassedly: "Brother Shen Qing, I'm sorry, I was busy at home yesterday, and now I'm busy, I forgot, I'm really sorry!"

The corners of Shen Qing's tender lips curled up slowly, and said with a light smile: "It's nothing. Sit down."

Seeing that Shen Qing looked fine, Qiu Lin finally felt relieved.Originally, he was a little worried that Shen Qing would be somewhat angry because he let him go, but now that he thought about it, he worried too much.As soon as the psychological burden was relieved, she became less restrained, and sat down next to Shen Qing as before. The sweet scent of pastries penetrated into Qiu Lin's nose, so fragrant... Qiu Lin turned her head, and saw Shen Qing from He took out a paper bag from his pocket.

Shen Qing smiled and said: "It's always been you who gave me food, and today I reciprocated and brought you rice flower candy. They said that girls in the town like to eat this."

(End of this chapter)