Travel to ancient times and become rich women with your bestie

The weather was too hot, so the stall owner was shirtless.

Looking at the thick sweat hair on the stall owner's arms, Duan Minmin suddenly remembered that her toothbrush was still missing bristles.

"Boss, do you have any pig bristles?"

The boss looked up in confusion and said, "What do you want this for? I have the bristles from the pig I killed this morning, but no one wants this, so I didn't bring it with me."

"There's a folk remedy that says drinking boiled pig bristles in water can cure cold legs. My legs got hurt when I was young, and they hurt terribly on rainy days. If there were bristles like this, I'd like to try it." Duan Minmin couldn't explain the toothbrush thing clearly, so she just made up a folk remedy and pretended to massage her legs.

"Oh, I see. My house is not far from here. It's in the alley over there. There isn't much business right now. Why don't you help me look after the stall? Which kid behind me can come with me."

The stall owner was a kind-hearted man. Since they were generous enough to buy so much, he wanted to sell them one and keep them as regular customers.

"That's great, thank you for your help. Erhe, you go with uncle, we will stay here."

Upon hearing this, Erhe put down the bucket in his hand and followed the stall owner into the alley.

The remaining four people were not idle either, and took out the straw that had not been thrown away in the morning and spread it on the two barrels containing meat. The women in the village might lift the lids of their barrels, so they were asked to keep the straw to cover the things they bought.

Just as he had covered the surface of the meat barrel tightly, Erhe came back with the stall owner carrying a big bag of things.

"My family does this business, and we don't have much else, but we have a lot of pig hair. I thought your old cold legs would not be cured in a day or two, so I just picked up all the hair that was thrown in the backyard and brought it to you. You can take it home and pick it out. Use what you can use, and throw away what you can't."

"Oh, thank you so much. Brother, you are an honest man. We will definitely take good care of your business in the future." Duan Minmin thanked him while correcting his seniority.

What aunt? We are of the same generation, okay? I treat you as a brother, but you insist on calling me aunt.

The stall owner didn't pay any attention and just waved his hand to indicate you're welcome.

Duan Minmin took the pig hair, divided it into two portions and spread a layer on the straw.

After finishing the cleaning, Zheng Yuan counted out eight hundred and forty coins and handed them to the stall owner.

The stall owner counted and found no problem, and a bright smile appeared on his face: "Come again next time, two aunties."

It's my sister! It's my sister! Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin roared in their hearts, how can a man in his thirties call someone aunt? A mouth that is only 37 degrees Celsius can actually call out such a cold name.

But it wasn't noticeable on their faces. They both looked pale and thin, with miserable expressions. Could they possibly argue with someone on the street about whether they should call her sister or aunt?

After buying the meat, the next stop is the grocery store. They have used up all the ingredients this time and have to buy some to prepare for the next market.

The bucket of pork was a bit heavy, and they also had to be careful of the women in the village, so Zheng Yuan asked two boys to carry the bucket and wait for them at the door of the grocery store.

As soon as they entered the door, the shopkeeper recognized them and hurriedly came out to greet them personally: "It's you, sisters-in-law. I heard from customers early in the morning that there were two women selling ice jelly in the market. Their business was very good, so I guessed it was you. Your business is booming! How about it? How much do you want to buy this time? Don't worry, I will definitely sell it cheaper than last time."

Although the shopkeeper had not personally witnessed how popular their business was, he could almost imagine from the words of the customers that the ice jelly was definitely selling like hot cakes. Since their business was good, they would naturally purchase more goods, so he had to keep these two gods of wealth firmly.

"Boss, business is booming!" The two men also bowed in return.

"Boss, you have to give us a fair price this time. You know our business is booming and we want to do long-term business." Duan Min added.

"That's right." The shopkeeper smiled.

"Boss, this time my sisters and I need 18 kilograms of Physalis seeds, 24 kilograms of brown sugar, and 5 kilograms of lime. For such a large quantity, you have to give us the most favorable price." Anyway, we made a lot of money this time, so in order to reduce costs, we might as well buy more at one time, which also saves the trouble of coming to buy things every time.

When the shopkeeper heard that it would cost so much, his face wrinkled even more. He hurried back to the counter, took out his abacus and fiddled with it for a while. Finally, he put the abacus on it and said proudly, "Since the two sisters-in-law are straightforward, then I, Yang, will also be straightforward. How about the physalis seeds costing you eight cents per pound, the brown sugar twelve cents per pound, and the lime eight cents per pound?"

They originally thought that the price would only be reduced by a penny, but they didn't expect the shopkeeper to be so generous. The two of them immediately agreed without any objection.

When the shopkeeper saw the two of them nod, he called the waiter to pack their things. Zheng Yuan specifically reminded them to divide the things into small bags of three pounds each, saving them the trouble of sorting them when they got home.

While the waiter was packing the things, the two took Tao'er to shop around in the store. The store was not big, but it sold a wide variety of things, giving the impression that it was small but had everything.

I couldn't think of what else was missing at home, so I asked Tao'er, but she just waved her hands. In her opinion, we had bought enough things. We didn't have to worry about food or clothing at home, so what was missing?

Zheng Yuan had no choice but to walk around and look around, buying whatever he could remember.

I walked around the seasoning area and picked up a can of soy sauce, a bag of coarse salt, a bag of cabbage seeds, a bag of radish seeds, a bag of spinach seeds, and a bag of lettuce.

After looking around and not finding any peppers, Zheng Yuan couldn't help but ask, "Boss, do you have any peppers?"

"What is that? Chili pepper?" The shopkeeper was watching the waiter packing things and for a moment he suspected that he had heard wrongly, as if he had never heard of this thing before.

"Yes, chili peppers. They are curved, green at first, and red when ripe. When ripe, they are very spicy."

The shopkeeper frowned and thought, but he couldn't figure it out in the end: "Where did you see these fruits and vegetables, sister-in-law? Why have I never heard of them? If you want spicy seasoning, you can buy some dogwood."

Zheng Yuan was a little disappointed. Without chili peppers, there would be fewer possibilities in cooking.

"I just heard from the old people in the village that it seems to be a crop from that foreign country, and I was curious. Today I saw that your store has a full range of seeds, so I asked you about it."

"Oh, foreign crops, I've never seen that before. But it's okay, sister-in-law, if you want, I'll keep an eye out for you."

Zheng Yuan nodded, and took another bag of dogwood, ten porcelain bowls with simple flower patterns on the sides, and ten spoons. After all, it was a legitimate business, and using the worn-out ceramic bowls without spoons and having to lift them up to drink would always affect some of the customer base.

The shopkeeper charged a total of 566 coins for all these things, which was a good omen. Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin also thought it was a good omen and paid the money without hesitation.

The two buckets could barely hold all the stuff. Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin each carried one and walked out of the store.

The shopkeeper sent a message from behind: "Come again next time, sisters-in-law."

The two of them responded without turning their heads.

Taoer wanted to help carry the bucket, but they both refused.

"Tao'er, you carry the empty bucket first, we still have to go buy other things. Don't worry, this empty bucket will be filled to the brim."

Still need to buy something? Tao'er almost suspected that she had heard it wrong. Even if she made money, she shouldn't spend it like this. There were four buckets full of things, but looking at her mother and Aunt Zheng, she felt that there were still many things that needed to be bought.

The three children all thought this in their hearts, but none of them dared to say it out loud. They wouldn't listen anyway, so they just followed and carried the bucket obediently.