Female Farming Pond Fish

"Don't go to the back mountain next time. It's too dangerous. I'm not in a hurry to get the money here. Safety is the most important thing." Mother Chen was still worried and reminded Chi Xiaotong.

Chi Xiaotong responded repeatedly: "I know. I didn't encounter anything when I went there before, so I was lucky. I heard the wolf howling today, so I won't dare to go there again."

"Well, you can't joke about making money with your life." said Chen's mother.

After dinner, Chi Xiaotong and Chen Chengshan fed the rabbits in the yard, and Chen's father took needle and thread to mend Chi Xiaotong's clothes.

Before leaving, Chi Xiaotong asked Chen Chengshan to keep a rabbit that he liked and that he could eat it after raising it for a while.

"No, keep it for yourself!" Chen's mother refused.

"I said I'd give one to Chengshan. Aunt, this is from me for Chengshan, don't refuse it."

After getting Chen's mother's consent, Chen Chengshan picked one to keep, and Chi Xiaotong took the remaining one directly into his arms and went home.

The next morning, Chi Xiaotong went to the town to sell mushrooms. He deposited the copper coins he earned directly into the bank. It was inconvenient to carry a pile of copper coins.

After a few days of hard work, Chi Xiaotong has earned nearly two taels of silver.

Compared to an ordinary family, this was already a lot, but Chi Xiaotong was not satisfied. She had a debt of more than thirty taels of silver!

After returning home, Chi Xiaotong took a branch and counted the money on the ground. Selling mushrooms does make a lot of money, but you have to go to the back mountain. Just now, I heard the wolf howling, so Chi Xiaotong didn't dare to go to the back mountain for a while. How else can I make money?

Unable to think of anything, Chi Xiaotong could only go to the kitchen to cook. Anyway, she was alone, so she just made something to eat. She was not very good at cooking, and she didn't cook often in her previous life. She just ate a little bit, as long as she didn't starve to death.

After the meal, Chi Xiaotong picked up a fruit and ate it. Halfway through the meal, Chi Xiaotong looked at the fruit in his hand and an idea flashed in his mind.

You can process the wild fruits and sell them. Just can them, it is simple and you can do it yourself.

Thinking of this, Chi Xiaotong quickly took action.

I went to the mountains to find some ripe fruits, but after I washed them, I realized I didn't have any rock sugar. I had no choice but to go to town to buy some.

I went to town, got some money, bought some candy, and also bought a few bowls and two wooden barrels.

It was already dark when I got home. Chi Xiaotong thought about it and decided to do it tomorrow. Go to bed early tonight and get up early tomorrow morning.

Early in the morning, Chi Xiaotong started to light a fire and cook canned food without even having breakfast.

After cooking, put it in a wooden barrel and carry it to the town.

Carrying two large wooden barrels, one barrel was filled with canned food, the other barrel was filled with smaller wild fruits. Chi Xiaotong was so tired that she had to rest several times.

This time, Chi Xiaotong did not go to the market, but chose the entrance of the school. This thing is just a snack, not suitable to buy at the market. Chi Xiaotong thought about it for a long time and felt that the students of the school were very good customers.

There weren't that many snacks in this era. Most of the students who could go to school were from well-off families, and most of them had a few coins. After school, before going home, they would want to buy something delicious.

Chi Xiaotong arrived just in time for the noon break. Not long after she put her things down, students started to come out of the school one after another.

"Plums! Selling plums! Canned food, delicious canned food! Sweet canned food."

Seeing people, Chi Xiaotong hurriedly shouted. Most of these students were about the same age as Chi Xiaotong. In the past, Chi Xiaotong would definitely be embarrassed, but she has practiced it during this period.

Hearing the shouting, many students gathered around.

Someone asked, “What is canning?”

"It's my own secret recipe, so I gave it a name. Take a look!" As he said that, he stirred the cans in the bucket with a spoon. He didn't put it in cans, he cooked it himself, so the name of the can really doesn't fit. But he couldn't think of any other name, so he just called it that.

"How are you selling it?" asked the girl who came over first.

"Three cents a bowl"

"It's a bit expensive," the girl muttered.

"Not expensive," Chi Xiaotong said, using a spoon to scoop up two pieces of fruit and a bowl of syrup and handed it to the girl. "If it doesn't taste good, I won't charge you."

After hearing what Chi Xiaotong said, the girl no longer hesitated, took it directly, and started eating with the spoon in the bowl.

After taking a bite, the girl's eyes lit up obviously. She took another big bite before swallowing the food in her mouth and drank another sip of soup.

Someone next to her asked her, "Is it delicious?"

The girl nodded repeatedly. Chi Xiaotong stopped shouting and just watched with a smile.

A girl next to her saw that she was too busy eating to talk, so she generously took out three copper coins and said, "Give me a bowl."

Chi Xiaotong took the copper coins and scooped a bowl for her, which still contained two pieces of fruit pulp.

At this time, the first girl had also finished eating and was drinking soup. When someone asked her, she could reply, "It's delicious, sweet, and the fruit inside is also delicious, different from what I usually eat."

After hearing what she said, several more people paid for a bowl.

"Sister Xiaotong?" Chi Xiaotong turned around and saw Chen Chengyu squeezing out from the crowd.

Chi Xiaotong smiled at her and was called over by another person asking for a bowl of canned food.

The used bowls were placed in the basin prepared in advance. Soon, all the prepared bowls were used up, and Chi Xiaotong squatted down to wash the bowls.

There were quite a lot of people, so Chi Xiaotong could only wash one bowl for each person. Gradually, the people around were not only students, but also some who heard that there was something new to eat here and came over. Some students who lived close to home even ran back home to get bowls.

The sales were faster than Chi Xiaotong had imagined. After a bucket of canned food was sold out, there were still many people waiting around. Chi Xiaotong bowed and apologized sincerely: "Sorry, everyone, we're sold out today."

"No, it's a waste of time!" someone complained.

Some people also asked, "Will you come tomorrow?"

Chi Xiaotong nodded: "Tomorrow, at the same time, I'll prepare some more."

"Okay, let's come back tomorrow!"

"Come early tomorrow!"

The crowd dispersed in twos and threes. Chi Xiaotong hurriedly said, "I have some freshly picked plums here. Does anyone want any?"

Most of the adults had gone home. The students also had to go home for dinner. No one asked about it and they all left.

"Sister Xiaotong, everyone has gone home to eat now. If you sell it before we go to school this afternoon, someone will buy it!" Chen Chengyu said, and Chi Xiaotong noticed that she had been beside him. She had ignored her before because she was too busy.

Chi Xiaotong tilted the bucket over, poured out half a bowl of canned soup, and handed it to Chen Chengyu, "There's only a little soup left, try it. I'll save some for you tomorrow."

Chen Chengyu waved his hand and said no. Chi Xiaotong pushed the bowl over. "Try it."

Chen Chengyu could only take it, take a sip, and praise: "It tastes good!"

Chi Xiaotong smiled, "Of course, you haven't eaten yet, shall I take you to eat?"

"No, I always eat in school. I heard from my classmates that there is a canned food stall at the door and it is very delicious, so I came out to check it out."

Since Chen Chengyu had already eaten, Chi Xiaotong stopped asking and squatted down to wash the dishes.

"You haven't eaten yet, right? Why don't you go eat and I'll help you watch over here for a while?" Chen Chengyu asked after putting down the bowl after finishing his drink.

Chi Xiaotong shook her head, wiped her hands, handed Chen Chengyu a few plums, and let her go back to the classroom. "Don't worry about me, go back quickly, you can rest for a while before class."

Holding the plums, Chen Chengyu asked how she sold them. Chi Xiaotong tapped her head and said with a smile, "Why, you still want to pay me? Okay, take them and eat them. I picked them up in the mountains. Go back quickly!"

Chen Chengyu wanted to stay and help, but a classmate called her at the school gate. She could only thank him and go back with the plums.