The Second Sister of a Farmer's Family's Path to Imperial Destiny

“Is it ready to bake just like that?”

Sidan was puzzled, because in his opinion, although the stone was thin, the fire should not be big enough to bake the wet taro into dryness.

"Yes. But the person who needs to light the fire should first turn the fire to the highest setting. When it is almost done, you can put the taro slices in. Then, when one side is almost done, you need to take out the stone slab and turn it over."

Daya stayed in the kitchen all year round and knew how hot it would be if the fire was always burning, so she asked, "But it's so hot, who can take it out?"

Guo Xin took out a cotton coat, which was her own old coat: "Take it out through the cotton coat, so it won't get hot."

She thought about it and was worried that the temperature was too high and she would get burned again, so she said, "Or maybe we can use the bamboo we just cut to make a bamboo clamp. Doesn't Sidan know how to do it? The pot won't heat up that quickly, so Sidan can probably make one out in about an hour."

Sidan nodded.

……

A few days passed like this, and the second branch of the Guo family never stopped smoking.

If this dilapidated thatched house was close to where the village was concentrated, the villagers would probably worry that something had happened.

In this case, I have to go into the house to check.

So even though we live in a remote area, we can avoid the villagers in many things and don’t have to explain so much.

Guo Xin went to the village chief's house early in the morning to borrow a ox cart. When he returned home, San Ya and Si Dan were just getting ready to get up.

"Let's go to town today. Do you want to go with us?" Guo Xin asked San Ya and Si Dan.

San Ya and Si Dan looked at each other, their eyes filled with longing for the town.

"go with!"

Guo Xin was obviously not surprised by this answer.

"it is good."

After that, Guo Xin and Daya slowly moved the packed taro slices onto the ox cart.

After washing up, San Ya and Si Dan also hurried to help.

Seeing the full truck of taro chips, Guo Xin felt a sense of accomplishment. This was the first pot of gold she was going to sell with her own hands since she came into this world!

Suddenly she thought of something, ran into the room, rummaged around on the bed, and pulled out a stack of copper coins and twenty taels of silver.

The total amount was about twenty-five taels of silver, which was Daya's betrothal gift.

After the cancellation of the engagement was agreed upon, Mr. Liu was not in a hurry for her to return the betrothal gift. He just said that she had to pay the full amount of money one year later.

Therefore, the betrothal money was regarded as Guo Xin's first pot of gold to support his family.

The weather is getting colder and colder. If we wait for another month or so, it will probably be winter. We need to prepare things at home.

Although the house is almost repaired, it still lacks a lot of straw. I have to buy some from the villagers when I return to the village.

But winter is coming, and I guess there won’t be any fresh vegetables for sale outside, and probably even in the mountains.

The land at home has not been idle these days. After some fertilization, we can plant vegetables, so we have to buy some seeds here.

Sitting on the ox cart, Guo Xin was slowly driving the oxen towards the town, which inevitably attracted the attention of the villagers.

After all, a poor man who couldn't pay taxes and had separated from the wealthy family could actually pull a cart of things into the town.

Only a few days had passed, and the villagers watched Guo Xin and his group go away, and asked behind their backs what had happened in the past few days.

On the ox cart, Guo Xin took out two stacks of silver from the cloth bag and said to Daya, "Sister, I took out your betrothal gifts. Can I use this money to buy something later? If not, I will wait until the taro is sold to exchange for money."

Daya looked at the dark yellow copper coin and quickly stuffed it back into the cloth bag, saying, "Silly child, don't show off your wealth. What if someone sees this?"

"Besides, I told you that I would give you this money. You are the boss now, and you will have to earn money to pay me back. Otherwise, how can I pay you back so much money?"

Guo Xin smiled: "Isn't this because you're afraid that my sister won't agree?"

As they were talking, the ox cart had already arrived in the town.

Although the town is not as big as a county town, one still needs to pay an entrance fee, one cent per person, and five cents for an oxcart.

The guard at the town gate saw the full ox cart and became greedy: "Such a full ox cart will cost you five more coins! A total of fourteen coins."

Daya often went to the town with her parents to sell things. When she heard the price, her face wrinkled and she couldn't help but yelled, "What nonsense! I have been in the town for so many years and I have never heard of paying by weight."

The guard said without blinking, "That's the amount of money I want. It's up to you to pay or not."

Guo Xin looked at Daya's face which was red with anger. He didn't know what the guard meant. But he was going to the town to sell something big, so he couldn't have a conflict with the guard before entering the town.

So she smiled, took out twenty coins from the pile of money, stuffed them into the guard's hand and said, "Brother, my sister doesn't understand these things, please forgive me."

The guard weighed the copper coin in his hand, and made up his mind. He said, "It's okay. We are from the same village. I will help you if I can."

Seeing this, Guo Xin asked hurriedly: "Where in this town is suitable for setting up a stall?"

The guard looked Guo Xin and the ox cart up and down, and said to the extra coins with a friendly face: "After entering this door, just turn left. You are not too late, there are still quite a lot of people."

"Thank you very much!"

Guo Xin pulled the ox cart slowly into the town. San Ya and Si Dan were in the town for the first time and were very curious about their surroundings. They kept looking around and whispered to each other from time to time.

Daya looked at Guo Xin, puzzled: "The guard obviously wanted to embezzle the money, why did he give him so much money?"

"We are here to do business for the first time, and there are no men here. If we start a conflict right after we come in, doesn't that tell others that we are easy to bully? It is best not to draw attention to us."

After hearing this, Daya could only look at the taro chips on the ox cart helplessly, hoping that she could exchange them for some good money. After all, she still owed 125 taels of money.

The time was just right, and the market was bustling with people coming and going.

Guo Xin spotted an empty space and put the things on the ox cart.

San Ya and Si Dan, who had been chattering along the way, now quieted down. After all, they were about to set up a stall for the first time in their lives.

"Put it on the table." Guo Xin raised his eyebrows at San Ya and Si Dan.

San Ya and Si Dan put the wooden sign they brought from home on the ground. On it were a few black words written in charcoal: Twenty cents per pound!

But these things alone are not enough here. On the busy streets, people already have fixed sellers, so they have to rely on shouting!

Guo Xin patted Sidan on the shoulder. Sidan took a big step forward, took a deep breath, and shouted, "Selling taro chips, 20 cents a pound, 20 cents a pound, a novelty, crispy and delicious. Don't miss it if you pass by!"

The shouting was not noticeable in the market and was quickly drowned out by the other shouts.

Seeing this, Guo Xin thought something was wrong. It was impossible to hear what we were saying amidst all the shouting.

If you want people to know about your new stuff, it seems you still have to let them try it.

So I joined in the shouting: "Don't miss it if you pass by! Free tasting, free tasting!"