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Zhao Mei became interested when she saw the fair-skinned young man in linen clothes in front of her.

Although he was a little thin, his face was not bad: "You want to sell something?"

Xu Wenyan immediately changed his expression and smiled slightly: "Haha, I won't waste the shopkeeper's time. I found these hairy crabs in the mountains. Look how big this one is."

"Oh? Hairy crabs. I haven't seen them very often in recent years." Zhao Mei carefully took the hairy crab from Xu Wenyan's hand and examined it carefully: "It's still very fresh."

"Of course we did. We caught them yesterday and came to the county early this morning."

Zhao Mei returned the hairy crab in her hand: "Well, it can be promoted as a seasonal dish. I wonder how you plan to sell it, little guy?"

Xu Wenyan touched his nose, feeling a little shy when the beautiful aunt called him a little guy: "Sister, I am seventeen years old this year."

"Hehe." Zhao Mei also chuckled twice: "You little guy, what you say is really interesting."

"This crab costs me seven cents each. What do you think, sister?"

At this time, the customers coming and going around had already seen the crabs in Xu Wenyan's hand. They didn't know that Baihualou was discussing business, and thought it was a new dish: "Hey, Boss Zhao has bought crabs, how much are they?"

A young man in blue casual clothes came over and greeted Zhao Mei.

"Mr. Liu, you really came at the right time. I'm talking to the young man right now. If you want, please wait a moment." Zhao Mei was polite to this Mr. Liu, who was obviously a man of status.

"Hahaha, then Boss Zhao, you have to take it. I've been craving this crab for a while." After saying that, Master Liu and his servant went towards the VIP box on the second floor.

Zhao Mei's expression came back to her: "You are lucky, little guy. Although seven cents is a little expensive, I have a destiny with you, so I accepted these crabs from you. I wonder how many more you have, you can't just have these few." She glanced at Xu Wenyan's cloth bag, which probably contained only two or three crabs.

"No, that won't work. My brother is out of town. I'll ask him to bring them here to show the shopkeeper right away." He poured out the three crabs from the cloth bag: "These are for my sister to eat." Xu Wenyan ran out in a few steps, and Zhao Mei just looked at him and smiled from behind.

"It's really interesting."

Xu Wenyan was running out of breath all the way, fearing that if he ran too slowly, the plump shopkeeper would regret it.

"Run slower." Chen Sanlin took a few quick steps to support Xu Wenyan's body, then thought that no one around him said anything at the moment.

Xu Wenyan helped Chen Sanlin rest for a while: "No, not tired, let's go, someone wants our crabs."

When he returned to Baihua Tower again, the only ones who entertained Xu Wenyan were the waiter and the accountant. The accountant was a man in his forties: "Mr. Xu, the boss has given me the crab business because of something. Are these your goods?" The accountant pointed to the two large backpacks.

After Xu Wenyan nodded, the accountant called a few people to count the crabs. There were a total of 205 crabs, and they were paid 7 cents each, for a total of 1,435 cents.

"Sir, does the store need any goods tomorrow?" It was very worthwhile to earn more than one or two taels of silver after two days of hard work. You have to know that the migrant workers in the village could only earn a few taels of silver by growing crops for a year.

The accountant stroked his beard and said, "It depends on today's sales. But the shopkeeper said that no matter how good today's sales are, we will still want your crabs tomorrow. If they are good, we will continue to cooperate. If they are not, we will not accept them in the future."

"Well, thank you sir."

After getting the money, Xu Wenyan took Chen Sanlin straight to the rice workshop. One tael of silver could buy five stone of fine rice. Xu Wenyan spent another two hundred coins to buy three stone of brown rice. All the rice was carried back to the ox cart by Chen Sanlin. Xu Wenyan really didn't have the money to buy it.

This year's winter staple food is finally settled. We still have to buy charcoal later, which is not cheap. Besides, the crabs are only here for two days. If it gets colder, they will burrow into the soil again.

On the way back, Xu Wenyan saw someone selling sweet soup on the roadside, so he spent a penny to buy a bowl of it, and they shared it together. He also bought four pieces of walnut cakes. To be honest, these cakes were really expensive, five cents a piece. If he hadn't been so greedy, he would have been reluctant to buy them.

After taking a small bite, the taste is stronger in walnut flavor than modern walnut cakes, but less sweet. For Xu Wenyan, it is only 40% sweet, which is just right.

After returning to Jixiang Village, I brought one stone of polished rice and two stone of brown rice to Xiaohu's family.

"Brother Sanlin, what are you doing? Why are you suddenly sending so much rice over here?" Xiaohu was a little scared. Chen Sanlin came in without saying anything, put down the rice bag and prepared to leave.

Only then did he quickly grab Chen Sanlin.

"Your sister-in-law gave it to you. She said it was the wages for you and Grandma Zhang in the past few days." Chen Sanlin repeated Xu Wenyan's words truthfully. Whether Xu Wenyan thought the wages were a lot or not, that was the price he thought it was worth.

Xiaohu quickly carried the bag of refined rice out and said, "Brother Sanlin, take this bag of rice back and eat it. My sister-in-law is sick, and Xiaohua and Xiaodong are also growing. They need to eat this refined rice to supplement their nutrition."

Chen Sanlin frowned: "If they say it's for you, take it. If your sister-in-law gets angry later, she'll blame me."

Xiaohu: “…”

He never thought that his brother Sanlin, who was tall and strong, was actually afraid of his wife. But thinking that Brother Xu would be really scary when he was angry, he decided to accept it. At most, he would have to work harder later.

"Xiaohua, Xiaodong, look what uncle has brought you." Xu Wenyan took out a brown oil paper with three pieces of walnut cakes inside. He hadn't eaten the one for Chen Sanlin yet.

The two little guys' eyes lit up when they saw the exquisite big pastry. They had never seen anything like it before and it smelled so good.

"Thank you, uncle. The pancake is delicious." Chen Dong ate it in small bites, savoring each bite for a long time.

Seeing her brother eating so happily, Chen Xiaohua also took a small bite. This pastry was truly the most delicious thing she had ever eaten. No, no, the food made by her uncle was the most delicious!

But this walnut cake is also very delicious. Like Chen Dong, she also eats it in small bites, because this kind of thing is usually gone after you finish it. In the past, during the Chinese New Year, she and her brother could each share a piece of candy.

If you are really hungry, just take it out and lick it. It can last you a long time!

Xu Wenyan was very happy to see the smiling faces of the two children. He looked around the yard and saw that there were no persimmon cakes left. They were probably put back in the house.

With two such obedient little ones at home, Xu Wenyan really feels less worried.