A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

Zhang Yunyue looked around the grocery store. There were all kinds of oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, beans such as soybeans, mung beans, and red beans, as well as pots, pans, and utensils. She looked at the corresponding price tags and found that they were not expensive.

This grocery store sells a wide range of items at reasonable prices.

The grocery store owner said: "Sir, your salt is ready, 30 cents." After saying that, he handed the salt to Zhang Xinghao.

Zhang Xinghao took the salt, handed the money to the boss, and left with his younger brother and sister.

After leaving the grocery store, Zhang Yunyue and others continued walking back. There was a meat stall not far from the grocery store.

Came to the meat stall.

Zhang Xinghao asked: "Boss, how much is the pig fat?"

Pork stall owner: "Pork fat is 17 cents per pound"

"Okay, then please help me cut two kilograms of pork fat."

"alright, please wait."

The pork stall owner picked up the pork fat with a knife, weighed it, and found it was exactly two kilograms. He strung it up with a rope and handed it to Zhang Xinghao.

"It's exactly two pounds, a total of 34 coins."

Zhang Xinghao gave 34 cents to the pork stall owner and took the pork fat from him.

After buying everything and walking around the street, we returned to where Grandpa Zhang and his friends had set up their stall.

Zhang Yunyue: "Grandpa, Dad, we are back. We have bought salt and pork fat."

Grandpa Zhang took the salt and pork fat handed over by Zhang Xinghao, put them in the backpack, and handed a kettle to the few people.

"I'm glad you're back. You must be tired after walking around for so long. Have some water."

Zhang Yunyue and his companions drank some water and felt much better. They had sweated a lot during the walk.

Father Zhang: "Are you hungry? Do you want to have some egg pancakes first?"

Several people shook their heads, indicating that they were not hungry yet.

Father Zhang: "If you are not hungry, then eat when you are hungry later. Sit here and rest for a while. You got up early in the morning and have been walking around for so long."

Zhang Yunyue and a few others walked to the back of the stall and sat on the stones they had found when they arrived in the morning. Fortunately, there was a sycamore tree behind the stall, and it took three or four people holding hands to hug it.

The sun is shining brightly now, and it is much cooler sitting under the sycamore tree, much better than anywhere else.

After a while, there were fewer pedestrians on the street. There were no customers in front of the stall and everyone was almost hungry.

So Father Zhang took out an egg pancake from his backpack and asked everyone to eat lunch first, otherwise someone would come and disturb their meal.

After eating the omelette and drinking some water, everyone was finally full.

It was already late noon and the temperature was rising sharply. Some people on the street went home to eat and escape the heat, and there were fewer pedestrians.

Father Zhang looked at the dwindling number of people, then raised his head to look at the high sun and said to Grandpa Zhang:

"Let's wait a little longer to see if anyone else wants to buy it. If not, we'll go home. After all, the weather is getting hotter."

Grandpa Zhang looked at his grandchildren sitting in the back. Zhang Xinghao and Zhang Yunyue were fine, but Zhang Xingfeng and Zhang Yunxue were not in good spirits. He waved his hands.

"Forget it, let's go home. The two little guys are exhausted. If the temperature gets higher, they might get heatstroke."

Father Zhang looked at the children and said, "Okay, then pack up and go home."

Zhang Xinghao and Zhang Yunyue listened to the conversation between Grandpa Zhang and Father Zhang, and also stood up and started packing.

Half of the bamboo weavings were sold today. Grandpa Zhang and Father Zhang tied up the remaining bamboo weavings. Fortunately, the bamboo weavings were not heavy.

Grandpa Zhang and Father Zhang each carried some things and took the children to the city wall and out of the city wall.

The way home was much slower. Zhang Xingfeng and Zhang Yunyue were both listless. Fortunately, when they were out of the town, a cool breeze blew on the road, adding a bit of coolness to the people walking.

Zhang Xinghao and Zhang Yunyue each pulled one person along, and the two little guys could barely keep up with everyone's pace.

The journey usually takes just over half an hour, but today it took an hour to get back, and we could only rest as we walked.

When I got home, it was almost the end of the afternoon.

Everyone in the family was enjoying the cool air in the yard. Zhang Cheng and Zhang Xingyun were weaving bamboo in the yard, while Zhang's mother and Zhu were washing the clothes that had accumulated in the house over the past two days.

Grandpa Zhang and Father Zhang walked into the yard to put down their things. Zhang Cheng and Zhang Xingyun saw them and hurried over to help, and put the bamboo weavings they had brought back back into the utility room.

Zhang Yunyue and a few others collapsed on the benches in the yard as soon as they got home. They were all in their teens and had already exceeded the recommended amount of exercise today.

When Zhang's mother and Zhu saw this, they stood up and went into the main room, and poured each person a cup of cold boiled water, so that everyone's thirst was quenched.

Zhang's mother: "Have you bought the salt and lard?"

Father Zhang: "I bought it, I bought it, it's in the backpack."

"That's good. If you forget this, there will be no salt tomorrow."

Grandma Zhang: "How are the bamboo weaving sales today?"

Grandpa Zhang: "It's OK. We've sold half of our bamboo weavings, which is a little less than usual. It was too hot today. After noon, everyone left and we came back. If it were the same as before, we could still sell for a while."

Grandma Zhang listened and nodded.

"It's been quite hot these days. Are you hungry now?"

Everyone shook their heads.

Grandma Zhang looked at her grandchildren lovingly.

"If you're not hungry, then clean up, wash your face, and go back to your room to lie down. I'll ask your mother and second aunt to cook early."

After listening to what grandma said, Zhang Yunyue and others went to the kitchen to fetch some water, washed up, and went back to their rooms to rest.

Zhang Yunyue was lying on the bed, her eyes looking towards the ceiling, her hands raised above her head, and her hands crossed behind her head.

Thinking about the information I got in the town today, the town only sells steamed buns, steamed buns, noodles, etc., and I took a look, the noodles are all hot soup noodles, so there are relatively few people eating in front of the noodle stalls.

If you want to make money selling things in this weather, you have to make everyone want to eat them.

Zhang Yunyue thought of the cold noodles she made the day before yesterday, and this seemed to be a good choice.

Moreover, in modern times, Zhang Yunyue also learned how to make pea jelly by watching videos online. Today, she didn’t see peas in the grocery store, but she could try using mung beans.

In this weather, eating cold noodles and jelly with homemade chili oil is sour, spicy and appetizing, which should be good. You can try soaking some mung beans tonight.

Zhang Yunyue decided to wait until the mung bean jelly is successfully made tomorrow, then discuss with her family and try setting up a stall on the street.

After thinking these things through, Zhang Yunyue felt sleepy and closed her eyes and fell asleep.

After waking up, Zhang Yunyue changed her clothes and walked out of the house. The sun had already set outside, but it was not yet dark.

Dinner for Zhang's mother and Zhu was also ready, and Zhang's mother was in the yard inviting everyone to prepare for dinner.

Zhang Yunyue hurriedly washed her face, and then helped Zhang's mother and Zhu to serve the meal to the table.

Today's meal is still steamed buns with various vegetables picked from the backyard, which is also the daily food of most people in Yuanqi Kingdom. This is also due to the current emperor of Yuanqi Kingdom, although he has only been on the throne for five years.