Song Sanniang's Journey to Wealth

Hearing the knock on the door, the woman opened it. When she saw the person coming, she quickly pulled the person in and asked, "Why are you here so early in the morning?"

The man's sly face broke into a smile, and he hugged her tightly, "I have good news for you."

The woman whispered, "Don't let the children see you, go back to your room."

So the two of them hugged each other and went back to the room. "You just said good news, what good news?"

"I saw your son." The man couldn't hide his excitement.

"My son, isn't my son sleeping?" the woman wondered.

"Hey, don't you have two big bargains?" The man touched the woman all over.

"You mean those two little bastards? Where did you see them?" The woman suddenly became excited and sat up from the bed.

"In Xishi, Qin Haodong seems to have found a wife for himself. Let me tell you, the opportunity to make a fortune has come." When it comes to business, the man also becomes serious.

"That little bastard, he beat my son and destroyed our house. I didn't find him, and when I did I sold him off. You said he found a wife?" the woman gnashed her teeth.

“I saw him selling mooncakes with a father and daughter in Xishi, and it looked like he had hooked up with them.

You know what? The mooncakes they sold were several taels per box. The tables were full of them, and people lined up to buy them. They were almost sold out in a short time.

He is your son, so isn't his money your money? Hehe" the man meant something.

"Didn't you say there was a father and daughter? Is this their business?

I know that little bastard used to work odd jobs for others, so don't make the mistake later." The woman was a little suspicious.

"Then I'll continue to keep an eye on them tomorrow. If their relationship doesn't seem simple, then this will be our chance to make a fortune."

The man rubbed his hands excitedly.

"Oh? What do you mean?" The woman didn't know the man's plan and asked in confusion.

"This is your son, isn't it only natural for you to ask him for money?

These are his daughter-in-law and father-in-law. If he doesn’t give it to you, they will make a fuss and make it so that they can’t do business. Then the money will come, right?

You can’t ask for less money. I’ve seen them earn hundreds of taels a day. ” The man seemed to see the money already in his pocket.

"That won't do. He makes so much money, how could he be interested in that little bastard? I heard he was begging outside before."

"Even if it's not true, you can say that they kidnapped your son and ask them to pay compensation. If they refuse, take him back.

Doesn't he have a younger brother? If he sells them, he can make some money, so it's not a loss at all." The man looked confident.

The woman giggled when she heard it and said, "What a good idea. Take a look at it tomorrow and come back to tell me." After that, the two of them began to entangle with each other like dry firewood and flames.

Here, Song Laoer and the other two looked at the empty table and could not accept the fact that the mooncakes were sold out so quickly.

It's only been an hour. Normally, a bowl of sweet soup costs about ten cents, but it doesn't sell out this fast. It's still easier to make money from rich people.

"Dong Ge'er, we are planning to take some mooncakes to the city to sell, and we would like to ask you to come with us. Do you want to go?" Song Lao Er asked.

"I'll go," Qin Haodong replied without hesitation. Suddenly he asked, "Can we get back in the evening?"

Song Lao Er shook his head, "I can't make it back in time. I have to stay there for one night."

"What about Haoxi? Can I take him with me? I can pay for his accommodation myself."

"Leave Haoxi at our house and let him play with Si Niang and the others. It will be inconvenient for you to take him with you.

The city is not like here. If Haoxi gets lost, he can still find the place and run back.

If it's in the city, there are too many people and if you don't take care of him, it will be hard to find him later, and you are not familiar with the place. "Song Sanniang said seriously,

Qin Haodong thought of his sister and his eyes became red. He also asked people to inquire around, but there was no news about her for the time being.

He didn't know where she was sold to. He now saved all the money he earned, hoping that one day he would find his sister and redeem her.

After hearing what Song Sanniang said, he couldn't bear to think about how he could live if his brother was also missing.

He thought that when he arrived in the capital, he could also inquire about his sister's news.

He didn't know what the situation would be today, so he didn't let Haoxi come out. Thinking of this, he quickly thanked Song Sanniang.

"Sanniang, thank you for thinking so carefully for us. Haoxi will be in trouble with you when the time comes."

Sanniang waved her hands. "What's the big deal? You're doing something for me. By the way, the date is the day after tomorrow. Please prepare some clothes for Haoxi, and take him back with us the day after tomorrow."

"Okay, I understand." Qin Haodong responded.

Because everything was sold out, Qin Haodong went back first. Song Sanniang did not calculate his wages, and he did not ask. Song Sanniang planned to settle his wages in one lump sum after all the mooncakes were sold out.

Song Laoer and his daughter then went to the gift shop. They would not have enough mooncake boxes for tomorrow, so they first looked at how many mooncake boxes the gift shop had made.

This time, Song Sanniang left a box of mooncakes in a wooden box for Manager Yan in advance.

Seeing the father and daughter coming in, Shopkeeper Yan couldn't hide his surprise, "Little girl, why are you here today?"

Song Sanniang felt a little embarrassed.

"I want to see how many mooncake boxes have come out and see if I can take some of the finished ones first."

After saying that, she put the mooncake box she was carrying on the counter.

"This is a mooncake for you, I hope you like it."

"Then you'll have to wait for a while. Our workshop is not here. It will take an hour to go back and forth." Manager Yan raised his eyebrows.

"Okay, then we'll wait here."

Upon hearing this, Manager Yan asked the delivery man to go to the workshop to take a look and bring the finished products over.

After giving the instructions, he asked the father and daughter to sit down at the guest table and served them tea.

He opened the mooncake Song Sanniang sent him and said, "Let me try the mooncake you made."

He picked one at random, unwrapped the wax paper, and broke it open. It was a coconut flavored one.

Because Song Sanniang and the others adjusted the thickness of the lava later, it is now thicker and will not flow out if you break it apart.

Shopkeeper Yan took a look at the filling and smelled it. "Oh, it tastes like coconut. Interesting." He put it in his mouth and tasted it. He nodded as he ate.

After finishing the meal, he took a sip of tea and said, "Little girl, it's really well done. The taste is novel. Are the remaining three the same?"

Song Sanniang introduced the remaining three flavors.

"My wife and children will love the mooncakes you make. I will take the rest home for them to try."

After that, he started chatting with Song Lao Er. Because Song Lao Er was younger than him, he called Song Lao Er "Song Lao Di".

"Brother Song, your daughter is incredible, but you really can put your mind at ease."

Song Lao Er also knew that he and his wife could not help much, so they just followed their daughter's plan.

"Haha, my daughter is really easy to worry about. My wife and I don't have as many ideas as she does, so we can only follow her."

He then sighed, "We as parents are incompetent."

Song Sanniang didn't like this atmosphere and quickly interrupted it.

There were no customers in the gift shop at the moment, so Manager Yan chatted with the father and daughter until the deliveryman came back.

The efficiency of the workshop is very high. This time, three-fifths of the work has been completed. Two vehicles are needed for transportation.

Song Laoer went back and asked Song Zuren to tell Song Dazhi that he didn't need to wait for them, and they would go back first and follow the transport vehicle back.

When I went back today, I still attracted the attention of the villagers, but everyone knew that Song Laoer's family was selling mooncakes, so no one was curious enough to follow them.

At that time, I didn’t want to let the villagers know because I didn’t want the mooncake box to be seen in advance. Now that it has started selling, I am naturally not afraid anymore.

After unloading the mooncake boxes, Song Sanniang gave five cents to each of the deliverymen as usual.

After sending them away, I realized that there were too many people in my house.

Cuihua's wife also came to help. Her four children, Song Ming, Song Mei, Song Zhi, and Song Lan,

Originally, the youngest, Song Lan, was supposed to follow her mother, so Cuihua had to take her with her, and then the other children followed.

There were already Si Niang and a group of Liu's children at home, and now, the family was in chaos.

They ran to the backyard to catch chickens. The chicks have grown a lot now, so the chicken coop should be expanded.

Then they played Cuju in the front yard, causing a cloud of dust.

Song Ersao and the others were busy making mooncakes and had no time to take care of them.

Song Sanniang suddenly remembered that she had only picked a little of the Herba Cynanchii from the mountains before, and later she had no time to pick them.

There are so many children here. Take them to pick the tricholoma and let them earn money by themselves. By the way, Song Ersao and the others can have some peace and quiet.

She ran to the group of children and asked, "Do you want to make money?"

"miss you!"

Liu Zezheng and his friends were all grown-up kids. When they heard that there was money to be made, they immediately replied,

"We want to do that, too," Si Niang and the others heard and hurried over to hug Song San Niang's waist and shouted,

"Okay, Fourth Lady, Fifth Lady, bring your kites and Cuju. Let's go to the small hill behind to play and make some money."

When everyone heard this, they cheered and rushed out in a swarm.

Si Niang and Wu Niang picked up their toys and ran after them.

Suddenly, Si Niang came back and asked Song San Niang, "Sister, I want to call Dandan."

Song Sanniang patted her head and said, "Okay, let's go and call your sister Ling and Dandan."

So Song Zuling and Dandan were called together, and Song Zumei followed.

I have to say that the small hill is really a very suitable place for children to play.

The top of the mountain is a large green meadow, with occasional wild flowers and not-too-tall shrubs, and a few small trees scattered around.

The children were having fun. They were laughing and shouting, chasing each other and running around.

Seeing Song Sanniang and the others had also arrived, Liu Zezheng and the other older children couldn't wait to ask, "How do you make money here?"

Song Sanniang squatted on the ground, pulled out a golden thread, and showed it to everyone. Everyone looked at it very seriously, as everyone wanted to make more money for their family.

"This is called single-legged gold, it is a medicinal herb, you can pull it out, wash it, dry it and sell it for money, fifteen cents per ounce.

If any of you want to make money, just try to pick more, go home and process them, and I will help you sell them in the pharmacy.

If you don't want to pull it out, go to a farther place to fly kites or play Cuju."

Everyone agreed that they wanted to make money, and at the beginning they all worked hard and seriously.

Gradually, the younger ones couldn't continue and went to play nearby, holding hands.

The little bit of the single-legged gold that had been plucked was not wanted anymore and was given to the older children.

Si Niang and Wu Niang don't have to worry about making money now, Dandan's family is not short of money, and Liu Zexi is still young, so they just go out and play.

The children in Cuihua's family all know that life at home is not easy, so Song Zhi and Song Lan, who are young, don't play around and work very hard with their older brothers and sisters.

Song Sanniang also found several common medicinal herbs nearby, but she didn't know whether the pharmacy would accept them, so she told them about it and picked them up as well.

There is Beng Da Wan, which is Centella asiatica, which can clear away heat and detoxify.

It contains plantain, which can clear away heat and act as a diuretic.

There is also a little red, it looks like a dandelion, and it also has a bunch of white fluff,

But it will also grow small rose-red buds, which have antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects.

When Song Sanniang said this, some children knew that these common herbs were often told to children by adults in rural areas.

Because medical treatment is expensive, many villagers rely on the herbal medicine knowledge passed down from their ancestors, passed down from generation to generation.

Sometimes when I got a minor illness, I would go to the fields or mountains to pick some herbs and boil them into water to drink.

It's just that when these herbs are not used in daily life, they are just treated as weeds.

Occasionally, some people would pick them and eat them as wild vegetables to change the taste, but no one would think of selling them to pharmacies. At most, they would be picked up and sold as wild vegetables at the market.

When we heard that these things could be sold for money, we worked harder.

Because they are all families with children staying together,

So these are all the herbs that everyone has picked and piled together according to their own homes, and it looks like there are quite a lot of them.

Song Sanniang was not idle either. She was helping her cousins ​​pick the fruits.

The four women came to her several times to ask her to fly a kite with them.

The weather is good today. The sky is blue and cloudless. From time to time, there is a little autumn breeze, which makes people feel very comfortable.

The orange-red goldfish kite flew up soon, with its round eyes open, flying against the wind.

From time to time, the cheerful laughter of Si Niang and her friends could be heard in the air.