Travel to ancient times and become rich women with your bestie

The next day, the two of them still took Taoer, Dashu and Erhe to the town.

Xu Hui Niang used to cook for Mr. Jiang.

The two of them discussed it last night. If Mr. Jiang's father agreed to their proposal, they would focus entirely on that business. But they couldn't let go of the ice jelly business either. Now that the three children were basically familiar with the process, the business would be completely handed over to them.

I told the kids about it while waiting for the sun to rise at the breakfast stall. Although they were a little nervous, they agreed.

Today was still a sunny day, and the ice jelly business was very hot. But several people noticed that someone was already selling ice jelly, but without ice and with less sugar, and there were almost no people at the stall.

It didn't affect their business, so the few people didn't care. They just glanced over there when they finished selling and packed up to leave. The ice jelly in the man's bucket was hardly touched.

Seeing that they had finally sold out, the man selling the ice jelly finally breathed a sigh of relief. Now he could finally buy his share.

Unexpectedly, most people just came to take a look and left. Occasionally, there were people who asked, and when they heard that it was selling for three cents without ice, they rolled their eyes and said that he was crazy about money.

The man put down the spoon in his hand and started to curse: "If you can't afford it, don't eat it! If you don't have money, come here and surround me, making my stall look poor and unlucky!"

Although he said so, no one bought it, so he had to lower the price to two cents a bowl. Even so, he didn't sell much, and half a bucket was left.

After shouting for a long time, his throat was almost smoking. Seeing that there were fewer and fewer people in the market, the man became anxious and began to imitate Zheng Yuan and the others to shout. It did attract some people, but they thought it was the ice jelly with ice. When they came over, they saw that it was just ordinary brown sugar ice jelly and not many people were willing to spend two cents.

There was really no choice but to sell it for one penny a bowl, hoping to sell it as soon as possible so that it wouldn't be left over. One penny a bowl with brown sugar was a good value for money, and many people were willing to buy a bowl just for the brown sugar.

Zheng Yuan and the others didn't care about the situation here. They had absolute confidence in their ice jelly, so they closed their stall and went straight to the grocery store.

The main purpose today is to buy a small scale, the same kind that Doctor Wen uses to weigh medicinal materials.

It was the same shopkeeper from before, who was very enthusiastic when he saw them: "Are you two sisters-in-law here to buy Physalis seeds again?"

"We're not buying Physalis seeds this time. We still have some at home. We want to buy a scale this time. Does the shopkeeper have any?"

“Yes, yes, yes! Please wait a moment, aunties.” Seeing that the God of Wealth had come again, the shopkeeper smiled from ear to ear and turned to walk towards the counter where the things were placed.

This is much more valuable than Physalis seeds.

Soon the shopkeeper took out a few scales and placed them on the counter, asking them to come and choose.

This kind of scale is almost the same as the old-style scales used in later generations. The two had seen it when they were young, but when they grew up, few people used it. Most people used electronic scales.

The two of them had never used it before and didn't know how to weigh it, so they could only pretend to choose one and finally picked the best looking one.

"How much is this one?"

Seeing the two men pick up that handful, the shopkeeper smiled even brighter: "This one is eight hundred and fifty coins."

Why is the scale so expensive? The two of them were so scared that they quickly put down the scale in their hands. The three children immediately jumped away and stayed far away from the counter, fearing that they would accidentally touch it.

"Boss, are you trying to take advantage of us? We are old customers, but you are charging such an outrageous price. Do you think we are easy to cheat?" The two girls suspected that the shopkeeper was taking advantage of them.

"My dear sisters-in-law, you are joking. How dare I lie to you? The scale you are holding is indeed priced at this price. You see, the scale bar is made of the finest red sandalwood, and the scale is made of the finest brass. The scale hook, the hanging plate, and the scale are all polished very finely. This 850 coins is a real price."

The shopkeeper was afraid that the two would misunderstand, so he quickly took the scale and came in front of them to show it carefully, and even motioned for them to touch it.

The two of them put their hands tightly behind their backs and refused to touch anything, for fear that if something went wrong, the blame would be placed on them. This can be seen from the tricks used by gold and silver shops in tourist attractions that have been exposed on the Internet before.

Seeing that the two men were unwilling to do it, the shopkeeper did not force them and just held up the scale for them to look at.

Not to mention, if you look closely, the scale bar is indeed shiny and glossy, and the weight is also faintly translucent. No wonder the two of them fell in love with it at first sight. People who value appearance will always accurately pick the most expensive one among a bunch of things.

But it was impossible to ask them to pay for the appearance. It was just a handful, which could neither be eaten nor looked at. If they bought such an expensive handful, they would have to worship it directly. They were not going to do that.

In the end, I only asked the shopkeeper to recommend a practical and cheap small scale, which cost me 300 coins. Before leaving, I asked the shopkeeper to teach me how to use it, and several children also gathered around. It was not difficult, and after a few demonstrations, several children were able to use it.

The two of them didn't know whether this scale was good or not. Anyway, the purpose of buying it was just to weigh things.

After buying a scale, the main task for today is completed.

It was still early, so the two of them took the children to stroll around the market again.

After leaving the store, Dashu carefully placed the scale at the bottom of the bucket, and put some straw to cover it tightly. Looking up, he saw that the two had walked a long way away. Dashu looked at their backs with resentment, hugged the bucket in his arms and followed them. This was walking on the street with three hundred coins, and his mother and Aunt Duan were too careless.

After walking around for a while, they found a stall and had some noodles for lunch. They also bought a few packs of snacks and went to a tavern to get a pot of wine. Then they no longer had any interest in shopping any further.

The first time I came here, I was indeed stunned by the towering city gate, but after coming here a few more times, I found that there was nothing much to see.

When they were leaving the city gate, they met the man who was selling ice jelly next to them in the morning, carrying a bucket and preparing to leave the city. Zheng Yuan saw that the man was carrying it very easily and guessed that the ice jelly must have been sold out.

The man also noticed them and looked deeply into the buckets they were carrying. The two of them felt that this man had some bad intentions, so they quickly pulled Tao'er in the middle and called Dashu and Erhe to quickly walk towards the ox cart.

Fortunately, the man just watched them leave and did not follow them.

In the morning, the man reduced the price of the ice jelly to one cent a bowl, and finally sold all the ice jelly before the market closed. In fact, the man also made money, but compared with Zheng Yuan and others' income, his copper coins were not enough.

Since that guy came along to set up a stall selling ice jelly, it was certainly not for the sake of earning a few copper coins. He set up the stall next to them early this morning and continued selling all morning. He naturally knew that Zheng Yuan and her friends' business was so booming because of the ice.

But this ice is so expensive, can they really make money by selling it for only three cents a bowl? The man stared at the backs of the few people sitting on the ox cart, thinking.

Because we were waiting for an aunt who had gone out to buy things and had not come back for a long time, it was already late in the afternoon when the ox cart returned to the village.

Mr. Jiang was the only one at home. Aji must have gone to the town to deliver a letter and hasn't returned yet.

Young Master Jiang was squatting in the yard drawing circles out of boredom. When he saw them come back, his eyes lit up.

The girls went to the other side after dinner, and he did not follow them because of the strict rules between men and women. There was a four-pillar guy who could talk to him, but after playing a few rounds of picking stones with him, the boy thought his skills were not good enough, so he stopped playing with him and went to the village to find friends.

So, he could only draw circles by himself out of boredom.