Started as a thatched house and ended up as a female figure

Nearly a month later, Cheng Wan and Cheng Erniu rented Jia Sheng's oxcart to enter the city again.

Cheng Wan and Cheng Erniu only brought twenty bamboo tube rice dumplings with them into the city this time because they didn't know if anyone would buy bamboo tube rice dumplings now that the Zongzi Festival was over.

Used to explore the situation.

However, only ten of the twenty bamboo tube rice dumplings are glutinous rice dumplings, and the other ten are millet rice dumplings.

I only made glutinous rice dumplings before because I wanted to make quick money.

Now that we plan to do long-term business, we naturally need to consider things more comprehensively.

Most of the people walking on the streets of the county every day are people from ordinary families.

These people may not be willing to spend more than ten cents to buy a glutinous rice dumpling, but there is still no problem in spending four cents to buy a millet rice dumpling.

In particular, millet rice dumplings are also wrapped in brown sugar. These people are afraid that they are reluctant to buy brown sugar to eat, so even if they only eat lipstick sugar, millet rice dumplings should be able to open up the market.

Even if the two kinds of rice dumplings combined can only sell a total of twenty rice dumplings a day, there is still some profit.

Along the way, Cheng Wan found that there were no merchants or vendors selling reed leaf rice dumplings and bamboo tube rice dumplings in the county.

It seems that the tradition of eating rice dumplings only a few days before and after the Zongzi Festival has not been broken by the appearance of bamboo tube rice dumplings.

In addition, there is indeed no tofu on the market.

Cheng Wanxin said: "This is really good news."

At the same time, Cheng Wan also thanked herself silently in her heart.

Thanks to myself, I suddenly became interested in the process of making tofu one day in modern times, so I learned about it.

Otherwise, you can only watch business opportunities slip away before your eyes.

More importantly, if this business opportunity is gone, it will be gone. Anyway, I can think of other things, but I will never be able to eat tofu again, and people here will lose a new food.

Cheng Erniu was carrying the barrel, feeling uncontrollably flustered and nervous.

But it was his own suggestion to continue selling bamboo rice dumplings, so Cheng Erniu still tried his best to look calm and calm.

"Awan, if our bamboo tube rice dumplings can't be sold, we'll probably stop selling them in the future. Just take today's and eat it yourself. Don't be nervous."

Cheng Wan's eyebrows twitched, she turned to look at Cheng Erniu, and found that Cheng Erniu couldn't hide the nervousness on his face.

Cheng Wan pursed her lips to suppress a smile, cleared her throat and said, "I know, second uncle, I won't be nervous if you say that."

"However, the name of our bamboo tube rice dumplings needs to be changed."

Cheng Wan and Cheng Erniu habitually went to the place where bamboo rice dumplings were sold.

It's a pity that today is not a coincidence, that place is occupied by an old man who sells eggs.

Cheng Wan and Cheng Erniu didn't hesitate and found an open space not far from their old place and started hawking.

"Bamboo tube cakes are delicious, healthy, convenient and don't dirty your hands. I sell bamboo tube cakes."

Several passers-by came around.

One of the ladies carrying a vegetable basket asked in surprise: "Isn't this a bamboo tube rice dumpling? Why is it turned into a bamboo tube cake again?"

Cheng Wan said with a smile: "Auntie, you have good eyesight. This bamboo tube rice dumpling and bamboo tube cake are indeed the same thing. My family used to sell bamboo tube rice dumplings before the Zongzi Festival. Now that the Zongzi Festival has passed, it's hard to call it zongzi anymore, so I changed it to another one." Name. Madam, why don’t you have one? My bamboo tube cakes are delicious."

The lady quickly shook her head, "I can't afford this precious thing."

Bamboo tube rice dumplings were very popular in the county in those days, and everyone was aware of the high price of bamboo tube rice dumplings.

Cheng Erniu introduced him enthusiastically to the lady and several other people.

"My bamboo tube cakes are divided into glutinous rice cakes and millet rice cakes. There's no way the glutinous rice cakes are expensive. Everyone in this grain shop knows how many copper coins a pound of glutinous rice costs."

"This millet rice cake is different. A piece of millet rice cake only costs four cents. Except for replacing the glutinous rice with millet rice, the rest is the same as the glutinous rice cake. The taste is also very good."

The aunt was a little tempted and wanted to buy one for her grandson, but she still wanted to negotiate the price.

"A pound of millet only costs four cents. A stick of millet cake costs four cents. This is not cheap."

"Hey, aunt, you only think that millet is cheap, but my millet cake is full of good things, not to mention that it also has to be coated with brown sugar. Brown sugar, that is such a precious thing."

Cheng Wan stood aside with a smile, watching Cheng Erniu introduce his bamboo tube cake to everyone eloquently, and said in her heart: "Second uncle is really different from before. He used to be a little clever in front of his family, but it can be seen that outsiders are like A doormat. Looking at now, he can already negotiate well with outsiders, which shows that this person still needs to see more, talk more and experience more."

Cheng Wan and Cheng Erniu looked at the stall and shouted from time to time, but people came to buy bamboo tube cakes one after another.

Unsurprisingly, millet rice cakes sell better than glutinous rice cakes.

"Miss Cheng."

Cheng Wan turned around and said with some surprise: "Chunwen?"

Chunwen expressed his blessing to Cheng Wan and said respectfully: "Miss Cheng, my lady is in the carriage over there."

Cheng Wan looked in the direction indicated by Chunwen, and sure enough there was a carriage parked at the corner.

There was no one around at the moment, so Cheng Wan and Cheng Erniu said hello and then followed Chunwen to find Xu Zhinian.

Xu Zhinian did not get off the carriage this time, but opened the carriage door curtain and waved to Cheng Wan with a joyful expression, signaling Cheng Wan to come in the evening.

In the carriage.

Cheng Wan looked around inside the carriage.

The last time I rented a carriage to go back to the village, the carriage only had three long wooden boards for people to sit on, and nothing else.

In this carriage, the long board for people to sit on was covered with muslin cushions, and there was a small table in the middle with its own drawers.

Xu Zhinian took out a small plate of exquisite snacks from the drawer and placed it on the small table.

"This is jujube paste cake. I brought it from home specially. You can try it."

Cheng Wan was not polite to Xu Zhinian. She reached out and picked up a piece of jujube cake. She first admired the flower-like shape of the jujube cake, then put it to her mouth and took a bite.

It's soft, glutinous and sweet, with a mouthful of jujube flavor, but not cloying.

"good to eat."

Cheng Wan gave a sincere evaluation.

Xu Zhinian held the handkerchief, his almond-shaped eyes curled up, and he said briskly: "As long as you like it."

"How did you know I came to the county today?"

"Why haven't you been to the county for so long?"

Coincidentally, both of them asked questions at the same time.

Cheng Wan and Xu Zhinian were stunned, looked at each other, and then both laughed.

Cheng Wan swallowed the jujube paste cake in his mouth and said, "I am doing farm work at home during this period. I can't delay the work in the field. No, I came to the county seat as soon as the work in the field ended."

After hearing this, Xu Zhinian carefully observed Cheng Wan's little face and said curiously: "But why do I feel that your face is much whiter and tenderer, and it is fleshier than before."

It also looks better.

Cheng Wan raised her eyebrows happily and said to herself: "When I go to the field, I secretly spray myself with sunscreen spray from time to time, and secretly do some skin care for myself every day. I have fruit and milk every day, and I am never hungry again. Such a combination of punches Come down, it would be strange if it doesn’t work.”

"Maybe I've eaten better during this period, so I'm not hungry, and I even applied the facial oil you gave me."

Xu Zhinian agreed with his face, "That should be it."

After Cheng Wan finished eating the jujube cake, she wiped her hands and lowered her head to open the small cross-body bag she was wearing.

The owner of Chen Ji's pawnshop gave Cheng Erniu a bag for his use.

This small bag was sewn by Mrs. Wang yesterday according to what Cheng Wan dictated, and is used to store the things she carries with her.

Cheng Wan took out a small wooden box from the bag, and her thoughts suddenly diverged: I wonder if various styles of cloth bags can be sold?

"Lately, I've been sending a boy to the street every day to see if you're here. Huh? What is this?"

"As I said last time, I will give you a gift when we meet again. Please open it and take a look."

Xu Zhinian took the small wooden box with both hands and opened it gently. After seeing the contents clearly, he couldn't help but exhale in surprise.

"What a beautiful pearl. This, is this for me?"

"Ang, this is for you."

Xu Zhinian gently closed the small wooden box with a complicated expression on his face.

Her pink lips parted slightly, and she deliberately declined the gift. After all, these earrings were very precious at first sight.

Cheng Wan seemed to know what Xu Zhinian was going to say, so she stretched out her hand to signal to stop.

"Don't refuse, I want to give it to you, and I'm happy about it."

Xu Zhinian looked at Cheng Wan and finally smiled tenderly. He no longer refused or asked Cheng Wan where he got the pair of pearl earrings. Instead, he treasured the small wooden box and put it away.