Travel to ancient times and become rich women with your bestie

"This maltose is cheap, only one cent a piece. It's best to take it back and use it to appease your children at home." Thinking that they wanted to buy some more maltose, the shopkeeper replied with a smile.

"Boss, you see we have bought so many things from your house, just give us a few pieces of this maltose." Zheng Yuan was regretting not bargaining just now, and it was just right that he could use the maltose to offset the price.

"Oh, sister-in-law, I'm running a small business. I don't make much profit. If you add some maltose, I can't even get the purchase price." Knowing that they wanted to take a few dollars off, the shopkeeper cried poor with a sad face.

Zheng Yuancai didn't fall for his tricks. Bargaining from ancient times to the present is all about pushing and pulling: "Boss, you just said that this maltose is not worth much, so just give us some. We don't want more, just eight dollars, and we will take care of your business in the future."

There are eight children in the family, one piece for each, which is just right.

"Eight dollars? Eight dollars means eight cents. No, no, I will lose a lot of money." The shopkeeper still refused.

"Oh, oh, shopkeeper, you have to be generous, then we will be generous. We will come to you in the future. Are you afraid that we won't be able to earn back these few cents?" Duan Minmin also interjected.

"That's right, just a few pieces of maltose. If you don't agree, we can go to another house." Zheng Yuan used his killer move, put down the things, and pretended to leave.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't go, sister-in-law. Okay, okay, I'll just consider it as making friends with you without making any money. Please come and take care of my business in the future." The shopkeeper hurriedly stopped her and agreed reluctantly.

Walking out of the grocery store with the things they bought, the two felt like they had won a battle, and the spoils were naturally a few pieces of maltose.

One pound of ice jelly seeds can produce about 30 pounds of ice jelly. If it is made thinner, it may be able to produce 10 pounds more. At the beginning, Zheng Yuan did not dare to take too many risks. After all, the saltpeter has not yet produced results. If it sells well, he can just add more.

After buying all these, there were only 88 coins left in my pocket. It was a good omen, but it was a little short. I had to save three coins for the ox cart, and Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin planned to buy some meat for the rest.

They are really greedy.

They walked to the fresh produce section where meat was sold, picked a stall that looked relatively fresh, and walked over.

"Boss, how much is this meat per pound?"

"Big sister, fat meat is 20 cents per pound, lean meat is 18 cents per pound, and the pork belly is a little more expensive, 25 cents per pound. Which one do you want, please take a look?" asked the tall and strong stall owner, wiping his hands with his apron.

Wow! Zheng Yuan smacked her lips. It was so expensive. But she couldn't help it. She was greedy. The children must be greedy too. The pigs they raised would be slaughtered and sold in the twelfth lunar month, leaving only a small amount to make bacon. The bacon had been eaten long ago, and the family hadn't eaten meat for a long time.

Thinking of this, Zheng Yuan gritted his teeth and said, "Boss, I want one pound of fat and one pound of lean meat."

I have so little money that I can't spend every penny, so I have to cut some for a snack. When I make more money, I will buy 10 or 8 kilograms of it and eat as much as I want.

"Okay!" The boss cut off two strips of meat, put them on the scale, and handed them to Zheng Yuan: "Girl, look, it's exactly one pound, weighing a lot."

They didn't understand the scale, but they saw that the meat should be about one pound, not much bigger. There couldn't be fake scales in ancient times.

After paying, the boss quickly strung the meat with straw and handed it to her: "Come again next time!"

Zheng Yuan thought to himself, I’ll borrow your good words and come when I make money.

After taking the meat and putting it in Duan Minmin's basket, the three of them walked towards where the ox cart was parked and prepared to go back. They had already bought everything they needed to buy, and if they continued shopping, they would have no money left.

Ping'an Town was having a morning market, which had already begun to disperse. When they got on the ox cart, the people who had come together in the morning also came back one after another. They had to carry the things they had brought in the morning back now, and everyone was in a bad mood, chatting along the way.

"Why don't people in this town buy this vegetable? Look how fresh it is." A woman was picking at her own vegetables and talking to the woman next to her.

"Zhonghe Town is so small. How much vegetables we can sell depends on the big market in Yongding County the day after tomorrow."

Big market? Yes, Zhonghe town holds a market every five days, but it is not very large. Yongding County, not far from here, holds a market every third and ninth day. Today is June 17th, and if you count the days, it is not the day after tomorrow.

The market in Yongding County is much bigger than the one in this town, and the spending power is definitely stronger than that of a town. The two looked at each other, and they were a little excited when they saw the opportunity to make money. They wanted to go home and try the ice jelly right away.

"But eggs are selling well today. In the past, there would always be a lot left. But today, people seemed to be afraid that they wouldn't be able to buy them. They were sold out in a short time."

"Yes, yes. I brought more than fifty eggs today. In the past, more than half would have been left. Today, they were all sold out before the show ended. I heard people say that eating these eggs can nourish the brains of children. They said it was like the God of Literature descending to earth!"

The women who brought the eggs were chattering about how well the eggs were selling today. Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin on the side did not interrupt, keeping their credit to themselves.

The ox cart swayed along the road for half an hour before finally arriving at Laohuaiqing. The three of them woke up the sleepy Sanni and jumped off the cart.

When they got home, it was already around one or two o'clock in the afternoon. Xu Hui Niang was mending their torn clothes in the yard.

Seeing them walk in, he threw down his clothes and stood up: "Mom, Aunt Duan, you are back? The millet porridge is warmed up on the stove. I will bring it to you."

They had eaten that meat bun in the morning, so they were really hungry. They put down their food and drank the porridge in big gulps.

After finishing the porridge, Zheng Yuan asked curiously, "Amin, what is that unconventional way of making saltpeter that you mentioned?"

The day after tomorrow he will go to Yongding County to attend the big market. Zheng Yuan still wants to try out and make the product as soon as possible. If he can't make saltpeter by himself, he will have to go to the town to buy a pound of it. At least he can get the business started first.

"Hehe, this wild way is a bit disgusting. Come on, I'll take you to see it." Duan Minmin pulled Zheng Yuan and walked towards the backyard.

Zheng Yuan was curious whether there was saltpeter in her backyard, so Duan Minmin pulled her all the way to the toilet and said, "Look, it's here."

At this?

Seeing her confused face, Duan Minmin didn't keep her in suspense and pulled her over: "This saltpeter is only found in the corners of old toilets. Look, this white layer in the corner is it, and the corners of the pigpen are also it."

Duan Minmin pointed at the white substance precipitated in the corner and explained: "These are saltpeter, the purity can reach 60-70%. We scrape it off, dissolve it, filter it, and boil it dry to get saltpeter with a relatively high purity."

"Is this enough?" Zheng Yuan was a little skeptical. He thought that he would spend half a day scraping and still not be able to collect enough saltpeter.

"Don't worry. The old toilets between our two houses are of high purity. If we scrape them all off, we can get at least two kilograms. We didn't buy many ice jelly seeds, so it should be enough. It would be great if there was saltpeter mine, but unfortunately I don't think there is any in this terrain." Duan Minmin explained.

"It's okay, we can just go buy it when we make money." Zheng Yuan felt relieved when she said she could make two kilograms.

The two of them hurriedly found a water bucket from the front yard. Sanni and Hui Niang didn't know what they were going to do and thought they were going to water the vegetables in the backyard. They wanted to come over to help, but were rejected by Zheng Yuan.

It's enough to disgust them both, there's no need to disgust everyone.

Although they tried their best not to look at the things in the pit, the pungent smell kept rushing to their heads, making them gag.

"Yue~ What a sin, we haven't had a good day since we came here, let's do some forced labor." Duan Minmin retched while scraping.

"Yue~ That's right, I never did this when I was a kid in the village. Stop talking, hold your breath, or it will be even more disgusting if you inhale it."

Fortunately, this is not a difficult task and all the crystals visible to the naked eye were scraped off in a short while.