Grasp the farming script in the famous book

"Welcome, dear customers, to visit us!"

The doorbell rang "Ding Dong", and Roland greeted the people who entered the door with a drawn-out voice.

Beth sat in a high-chair beside her, and looked unblinkingly at the door.Beside her, Roland, dressed in a gaisha, apron, and Hannah's cook's hat, tried to look like a welcome visitor, standing at her dark walnut dining table.

The dining-room door opened, and Meg came in in her best dress, and a lilac shawl of Mrs March's.

"Excuse me, is this 'March's snack shop?"

Meg held her voice and asked, and just after she finished asking, she couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Roland hurriedly knocked on the table to check his body and said to this guest, please be serious! "

Meg immediately solemnized her face, cleared her throat, and used the manner she had learned from those "rich" friends, straightened her back, lowered her head gracefully, and looked at the dazzling array of snacks on the dining table of March's house.

"what is this?"

"What is this?"

Meg looked more and more curious.

The younger sisters asked her to "act" as a customer and taste the snacks they made at home. Meg only thought that Roland made them to pass the time when he was with Beth, but they were just biscuits and snacks that every family could make.

"Beth, can you recommend some products to our customers?"

Roland turned his head and looked at the gorilla sitting in the chair.

"it is good!"

Beth's voice was soft and thin.

She leaned on the back of the chair, sat forward a little, and raised her head to look at Meg.

Meg saw something in her eyes, which was much better than in the first few days of her recovery.Meg quickly pretended to check the counter: "Miss March, I like sweet snacks with a little sour taste, it's better not to be too sour, I'm afraid of tooth decay..."

Beth: "Most of the snacks here are sweet and slightly sour. You can try it, this is lime, this is sour kumquat, this is salted plum sticks, salted peach... "

Meg took a small fork and tasted each.

Roland thought to himself: It seems that the sweet and sour taste is the most popular.No wonder limes have become the most popular snack at Emmy schools.

However, in this small city, there are too few types of snacks, and the tastes are extremely limited.

However, Roland shoulders the fine traditions from a big foodie country, and any magical ingredients can be made into snacks—doesn’t Meg like sweet and sour tastes?As long as Roland is given enough time, she can even make sweet and sour garlic.

Besides, sweet and sour snacks can have many changes under subdivision. Adding a little salt, a little paprika, and sprinkling a little vanilla can create extremely novel tastes.

Sure enough, there was a look of surprise in Meg's eyes: "My God, Jo... did you do all this? Is it true?"

Roland immediately winked at her.

Meg understood: "And you, Beth! My little Beth, you are very clever."

Roland cleared his throat quickly and let go of the bread and legs. Do you have any fancy snacks? "

Meg immediately picked out several that she liked.Roland readily wrapped all the types she wanted in wrapping paper.These wrapping papers are the kind used by bakeries to wrap bread and cakes, and bakeries order them specially from paper factories, and they use a lot of them.Roland simply bought some at a low price from the bakery.

She wrapped the snacks Meg had chosen into small paper packets, tied them with Christmas gift ribbons, and handed them to Meg.

"Dear customer, $1." Roland held out his hand to Meg.

She made a surreptitious face at Meg, while Beth was not looking.

Meg quickly took out a $1 coin and handed it to Roland - this coin was recycled in their recent "role-play".

Roland immediately handed all the paper packages to Meg, and then asked: "Dear guest, may I ask you, are you of age?"

Meg froze, staring at Roland: ...you don't know this?

Roland had to put on another cute face, asking Meg to cooperate.

"Well, I... of course I'm an adult."

So Roland handed Meg a glass of water, asked her to drink it, and cleared the taste in her mouth; liquor.

"It's delicious, sweet and sour, very refreshing." Meg took a sip, and felt that the drink tasted like apple juice.Unexpectedly, after a while, Meg gradually felt a warm feeling in her limbs.

Hundreds of skeletons spread.Mom's shawl suddenly became a little too much to wear.

Meg was in a good mood, took another sip, blushed slightly, and said with a smile: "Maybe I can really buy a bottle and give it to Mr. Brooke in the future, thanking him for helping take care of Dad in the Washington hospital."

When Roland heard the surname, he immediately remembered: "Yes, Mr. Brook!"

"You should really thank him, Meg."

I don't know if it was because of the cider, but Meg's face turned even redder.

Roland continued to hold out his hand: "It's also $1. I'll prepare a bottle for you, with gift wrapping."

Meg rummaged through her pockets and pulled out another dollar—it was her own pocket money, not the "role-play" fund.

Meg felt that she should really give something to Mr. Brooke. Instead of buying something outside, it would be better for her two younger sisters.So although she was a little reluctant, she still handed the coin to Roland.

Roland immediately handed the coin to Beth, and the two sisters clapped their hands lightly.

—they managed to sell Meg a bottle of cider.

The bell rang again, and this time it really came from outside the gate—Meg turned her head, and Hannah opened the door in the hall.

"Welcome to 'March's Snack Shop."

Amy's voice sounded.

Then came the voice of the girl Xinqin urging Congcha.

Roland looked around, and sure enough, he saw several of Amy's playmates, Kitty Bryan, Katie Brown, Mary Kingsley...all of Amy's age.

"Wow!"

The girl Xin Qiang cried out happily when she saw the various snacks served in the clean white porcelain bowls.

"Dear guests," Roland gave each of them a small fork to try the "samples" at will, "Please don't hesitate to tell me your thoughts, what you like and what you don't like..."

Kitty Brian raised her brown eyes and looked at Roland: "Joe, did you do all this yourself?"

Roland raised the corner of his mouth: "This is a small product from the 'March's snack shop."

She put her hand on Beth's shoulder beside her.Sitting in a chair, the gorilla seeks this level of speech

All these little treats, not Roland

It can be made by one person. Although Beth is weak, she will sit in the kitchen, motionless, and help Roland keep an eye on the heat and time; Hannah and Meg will come to help from time to time; I have been a "taste taster" several times and gave her a lot of advice.

So Roland would like to attribute this to everyone - she had already thought of the name of the store: "March's snack shop Xiao Bo

"Just tell me which flavor you like, and I will pack it for you."

Roland pointed out casually: "There are price tags next to the samples."

Christmas is approaching, and the girl is throwing away her pocket money together.They glanced at the price and thought it wasn't very expensive, so they immediately told Roland, "I want this!" "I like this sweet and salty prunes."

Amy hurriedly said: "You are my guests, how can I ask you to pay?"

Roland turned his attention to Amy.

I saw the little girl reached out and patted her chest, and said loudly: "You can pick and choose, and it will all be counted on me."

Emmy's 'generosity' wins all the girls over

"Amy, you are so kind."

"As your friends, we are really in your honor!"

"However, I don't believe it. Your sister will still count money with you?"

"Thank you, Amy! I want that pickled ginger." Katie said the second half of the sentence to Roland.

With a gentle face, Roland packed the girls' favorite snacks one by one according to the girl's request, and at the same time evaluated the popularity of her various "products" in his heart.

Finally, Xin Qiang, the girl who got the snack bag, left March's house happily, and did not forget to express her gratitude to Amy politely before leaving.

But as soon as Amy sent people out, Roland came to settle accounts with her later: "Four packs of plum sticks, 25 cents each, seven limes, 8 cents each, two packs of pickled ginger, 20 cents each point……"

"$4 and 86 cents."

After finishing the calculation, Roland praised himself in his heart: mental arithmetic is top-notch, he is really good at setting up a stall.

Amy was dumbfounded.

She did earn a little pocket money lately by reading aloud and doing odd jobs at Aunt March's.She is indeed much "richer" than before, so she wants to show off in front of her sister and friends.

In addition, she thought, Joe is her own sister, can she still make herself broken?

Can't produce?

Therefore, Emmy boasted before, telling everyone to "take whatever you want" and "take whatever you want".Who knew that everyone took so much, almost $5.

Her entire net worth is only $5!

And the elder sister actually asked her for money.

However, Amy also understands very well that although the sisters made these snacks, although many of the materials came from Aunt March, the sisters still purchased a lot of extra materials by themselves and spent a lot of time... I want my sister It's not justifiable for them to "entertain" her friends with these snacks.

However, asking her to take out all the pocket money Xie Xie had, it's really too...

Aggrieved, Amy took out her only $5 bill and handed it to Roland.

It was the first time in her life that she had earned so much pocket money.

——It was all spent within ten minutes.

And he didn't get any benefit for himself.

The only thing she got was a few words of thanks from her friends.But would they think of her, Emmy March, as they ate the treats, or even as they gave them away?

Amy knocked her head with her fist in frustration: Vanity, it's all vanity, this bad thing is harmful.

"Here! I found it for you."

Roland actually gave Amy change in a serious manner.

When the coin fell into the palm of Amy's hand, the depressed Amy suddenly felt that her hand was a little heavy, and there were a lot of coins in her hand.

As soon as she lowered her head, she saw the one dollar coin and other odds and ends.

Isn't it more than 4 dollars?How can I get back 1 dollar?

Amy couldn't believe it.

Roland smiled and said, "But seeing that you have brought us such a large amount of business, we decided to give you a [-]% discount."

Amy suddenly became happy again, and this wave didn't seem too bad - thanks to the discount given by her sister, she still had more than 1 yuan of pocket money left, and Christmas would not be too shabby.

"You can also taste the snack samples here. As long as you promise me one thing."

Amy raised her ears, and now she can agree to anything she is asked to do.

"Among so many snacks, I picked some of everyone's favorites and put them in the bakery for consignment. If

If your friends taste it and think it is good, please tell them that they can go to the bakery to buy it. "

This is Roland's plan. To open such a "small shop" at home is to relieve Beth's boredom and let Beth, who is slowly recovering, feel a little fun in this "role-playing".

The second is to slowly open up sales in this small town.Everything was difficult at the beginning. Roland originally planned to lose money and make money, but the owner of the bakery once again extended a helping hand and asked Roland to put all the things there for consignment.

This meant that Roland had to carefully analyze the tastes of customers, streamline the product line, pick out a few of the most popular hit products, and send them to the bakery, so as not to add more trouble to the shop owner.

Today Amy brought a friend to the door, and it fell into Roland's arms.As for Amy's "showing off", it just gave Roland a chance to kill Amy's vanity.

As for the money... Until Amy gets rid of her "little problems", it's better to keep the pocket money with Roland.

In the evening, as usual, Roland carefully helped Beth back to her own room, put her on the bed, and tucked her in the quilt.

Before she left the room, she saw Beth looking up at Roland with bright eyes.

"What's the matter, Beth?"

As soon as Roland saw this look, he felt that he couldn't leave now, so he walked away.

She went back to Beth's bed, sat down on an armchair, took Beth's hand, brushed away a few strands of hair from her forehead, and asked softly, "My dear Beth, how do you feel?" what you want to say?"

Beth was still staring at her.

Roland was worried for a moment, wondering if Beth had noticed that she was different from the former "Joe" in character, temper and expertise... in all aspects.

"Joe," Beth shrank, and Xin Zheng stammered, "Is it because you have to take care of me, you haven't written a book recently?"

Roland: Ha...that's really a bit of a pardon

Since Beth's illness gradually recovered, Roland baked cakes, made snacks, and various small businesses flourished, but he just didn't take care of "writing".

You know, "Joe" in the original book is a very talented girl who loves to write.

"I recently...hehe," Roland could only laugh dryly in response to Beth's question, and said, "It's really not

What an inspiration.I can't think of any good story topics that are worth writing. "

Beth stared at her, as if trying to judge whether Roland was telling the truth.Gradually, Roland felt that Beth's eyes seemed to be filled with tears of gratitude and guilt.

She was very afraid of this: although everyone's contribution to Beth was taken for granted, Beth always felt guilty towards the people around her.

Roland hurriedly said: "Well, Beth...Although I haven't written my own stories recently, I have read a lot of books and read a lot of stories, and I have some ideas about these stories. I compare the stories with my own. Let me tell you what I think, just treat me as practicing pen, okay?"

When Beth heard it, she was overjoyed, and quickly put on the appearance of a good baby listening to the "bedtime story".

Roland thought for a moment, then cleared his throat and sat down beside Beth's couch, and said:

"It is a universal truth that the rich bachelor always marries a wife."

The author has something to say: 1 Roland is referring to black garlic here, which is made by fermenting garlic at low temperature... let’s consider it a snack, it does not have a garlic taste, and it is sour and sweet.