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Chapter 135 Willing to admit defeat
The man who sells candied hawthorns has indeed been making them for over twenty years. He doesn't actually make much money from his candied hawthorns; the cost of each candied hawthorn is seven cents, so he only earns a little bit of hard-earned money.

There aren't many people in Nanhe Town. He can sell forty or fifty sticks a day, which is considered a huge success. Normally, he only makes thirty or forty sticks a day. After selling them all, he has to do other odd jobs, otherwise his family would really be unable to make ends meet.

The people around were originally just watching the spectacle, but now that a sucker was willing to pay for them to try it, they naturally agreed without hesitation.

Tang Laosan made a total of 40 candied hawthorns, while Old Wang's children, unaware of the current market, brought a total of 50.

After distributing the candied hawthorns to 40 people, the extra ten were given to the young master. The young master's servant held the ten candied hawthorns in his hand, his feelings were very complicated.

If the master finds out that the young master has been spending money recklessly again when he gets back, the master may not blame the young master, but he will definitely get a beating.

Sigh, all he did was bring the young master out to find some good food, how did it come to this?
Almost everyone who lives in Nanhe Town has eaten Tang Laosan's candied hawthorns and knows what they taste like.

The outside is just a thin layer of sugar. Lick your lips, and inside is very sour hawthorn. After that, your mouth is full of sourness.

Adults don't really like the taste, but kids do.

Now, in order to participate in the selection, some people choose to eat Tang Laosan's candied hawthorn first, and their faces are quickly contorted by the sourness.

Then they went to eat Old Wang's candied hawthorns. They were prepared for them to be sour, but they were surprised to find them sweet.

The outer layer of sugar coating was even thicker than the one Tang Laosan made, but it wasn't too heavy; it was just the right amount. When you bit into it, it made a crunching sound, and you could clearly feel that it was made of high-quality sugar. The sweetness was on a completely different level from Tang Laosan's.

Just by tasting the outer sugar coating, some connoisseurs were already thinking to themselves, "No wonder they sell it for three coins a stick. With this cost, it's probably worth two coins. The price of very sweet sugar is not just double that of ordinary sugar, but sometimes you can't even buy it even if you have the money."

But three coins for wild fruit is really too expensive.

After these people ate the wild fruit inside, their views completely changed.

The wild fruit tastes somewhat like hawthorn, a little grainy, with a subtle fruity acidity, but it is actually very sweet. This sweetness is quite different from the sweetness of the sugar coating. The sugar coating is pure sweetness, while the wild fruit inside has a sweetness that comes from the ripening of the fruit tree.

It's a little crunchy and a little sandy, and the seeds inside are all edible. When you bite into it, the juice bursts in your mouth, and the sweetness gives you a feeling of happiness.

It doesn't feel too cloying.

Some people ate Old Wang's candied hawthorns first, and after finishing one, they wanted to eat a second one. There were only six on a skewer, and they were still not satisfied even after finishing them.

Eating a skewer of candied hawthorns feels more comforting than drinking a bowl of sweet soup; my previously tired body has regained some energy.

Because people work all year round and rarely eat their fill, their bodies are always deficient in sugar. But when they feel very tired, drinking a bowl of sugar water will make them feel refreshed, which is actually because they have replenished their sugar.

Now, after eating a skewer of candied hawthorn, although my mouth feels dry, my body reacts positively.

After eating this string of candied hawthorns, if you go to eat Tang Laosan's candied hawthorns, they'll be so sour they'll make your teeth fall out.

Tang Laosan's candied hawthorn has a particularly thin and brittle sugar coating that disappears after a couple of licks. I used to think that this thin sugar coating had a unique flavor, but after comparing it to other candied hawthorns, I get the feeling that "it is indeed a cheaper candied hawthorn".

Moreover, the hawthorns inside the candied hawthorns are really sour; after eating the sugar coating, you can't eat the hawthorns at all.

If children were to eat it, they would be able to swallow it whole.

While these people were eating candied hawthorns, little Ayu went over to observe their expressions. The little girl was afraid these adults wouldn't keep their word, so she earnestly instructed them: "Don't take advantage of us because we're new here, okay? We'll come often in the future. If it's delicious, it's delicious; if it's not delicious, it's not delicious. Don't say things like that!"

Everyone couldn't help but chuckle at his precocious manner.

Seeing that everyone had almost finished eating, the young master smiled and asked, "So? Which one do you think tastes better?"

Everyone hesitated, especially some residents who lived in Nanhe Town and saw Tang Laosan all the time. Saying this could offend people.

Seeing their hesitant expressions, the young master revealed a half-smile: "The little sister just said that if it's delicious, it's delicious; if it's not delicious, it's not delicious. You adults shouldn't try to deceive her for the sake of social niceties."

Actually, the answer is already obvious without them saying it.

Tang Laosan's face also turned bright red. He knew that everyone was keeping quiet to save face for him, but in this state, he didn't have much face left.

"Tell me, whose tastes better? I refuse to believe that theirs can taste as good as mine!"

To learn how to make candied hawthorn, Tang Laosan went to the county town to study under a master. He learned how to make sweet candied hawthorn with the least amount of sugar, and he even learned how to plant hawthorn trees.

The young master simply took a candied hawthorn from the servant's hand and handed it to Tang Laosan: "Why don't you try one yourself?"

Tang Laosan also wanted to know the answer, so he took the candied hawthorn and, without saying a word, took a bite.

quack!

The sugar coating crumbled in his mouth.

Tang Laosan's expression froze for a moment. He cursed inwardly: "They dare to use so much sugar, and it's so sweet. No wonder everyone thinks theirs tastes better."

Hmph, it's clearly because my skills aren't up to par that I can't make the sugar coating thin and crispy enough. This is simply an unfair victory!
But when he bit into the wild fruit inside, his expression changed completely.

Wait a minute, this wild fruit doesn't taste like this at all!
When Tang Laosan first started making candied hawthorn, he also investigated other fruits, and finally found that only hawthorn produced the best results.

But how is it that this wild fruit can be made into candied hawthorn skewers that are sweet but not cloying?!

This is completely impossible!

How could such a fruit possibly exist?
Tang Laosan's gaze fell on the children's stall, on which lay a straw mat with bright red wild fruits, each one exceptionally large.

It's obvious that they made it using this wild fruit.

The young master opened his fan again, looking at Tang Laosan with a leisurely air. "So? Do you feel like you've won or lost?"

Tang Laosan's facial muscles twitched. He wanted to say that his candied hawthorns were the best, but no matter how he said it, it sounded insincere.

"I lost," Tang Laosan gritted his teeth. "I, Tang Laosan, keep my word. I accept my defeat!"

After saying that, he lay down on the ground, intending to crawl backwards.

(End of this chapter)