A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

Zhang Xingzhong: "I think it's good. I've worked with you guys all morning and I've seen almost everything. As long as you can let go and talk more, the business will be good."

Mrs. Zhong: "Cut the mung bean jelly and add the seasoning. I'm almost done here."

Zhang Xinglin and his wife didn't say anything, they just nodded, indicating that they were almost there.

Zhang Yunyue: "Cousin, sister-in-law, this is actually not difficult. Cousin Zhong is right. As long as you let go of yourself, it will be fine. As for adding seasonings, I have also seen sister-in-law Zhong and sister-in-law Lin do it themselves."

"Go back today and discuss with your great grandfather and second grandfather to see when to start selling. You also need to prepare some things, like tables and stools."

"When the time comes, you can come to my house to find my father and second uncle for tables and stools. They can teach you how to make folding tables and stools, which are convenient to use. They can also make bamboo tubes for salt, sauce and vinegar."

Cousin Zhong and Cousin Lin: "Okay, we got it. We'll discuss it with Grandpa when we get back."

After eating the steamed buns and steamed buns, Zhang Yunyue and Zhang's mother carried their backpacks and prepared to go shopping. The others didn't plan to go shopping, so they just cleaned up the tables and chairs, bowls and chopsticks, and cleaned the place in front of the stall. After cleaning up, they just waited for Zhang Yunyue and Zhang's mother in front of the stall.

Zhang Yunyue was just about to go shopping with her mother when suddenly a servant came running to the stall.

The waiter panted and asked, "Boss, are you going to come to town to sell mung bean jelly tomorrow?"

Zhang Yunyue: "Hey, young man, as long as it doesn't rain, we will come to the town to set up a stall. What can I do for you?"

The servant said, "I'm glad to be here. I'm a servant of Mr. Huang's family in Guihua Lane, East Street in the town. Our master sent me here and wants to order mung bean jelly for the day after tomorrow."

Zhang Yunyue: "Order mung bean jelly. How much do you want to order? We can reserve some for you."

The servant said: "Well, our master said he wants 100 bowls, but you don't need to put them in the bowls for me. How many bowls can you put in one basin?"

Zhang Yunyue: "One basin can hold about 15 or 16 bowls. The main reason is that the bamboo bowls in our house are relatively large. If it were the bowls at home, they might be able to hold more."

The servant said, "Then you can reserve 7 pots. Our master said that you will also need to provide the chili oil. We have the rest ourselves, and you can make it yourself. The price is still 8 cents per bowl, and you won't be shortchanged."

"Okay, I'll reserve some for the day after tomorrow. But because your order is quite large, you'll have to pay a deposit first. Otherwise, I'm afraid something might go wrong. So I'll count each pot as twenty bowls. It's also our first good relationship. If you need more next time, we can still provide it."

"Okay, let's calculate it as one pot and twenty bowls. I trust the boss. After all, there will be next time. If our house has a good meal this time, I can talk to the servants in other houses next to ours."

"The master asked me to bring 400 copper coins and told me to pay half today and the remaining half will be given to me the day after tomorrow when I come to pick it up."

The servant handed Zhang Yunyue four strings of copper coins, each string containing 4 coins. Zhang Yunyue took the money and gave it to his father for safekeeping.

"Young man, when the time comes, just come to the stall and we'll prepare everything for you. But you have to bring four basins and a can of chili oil so we can fill them for you."

"Okay, I'll come early the day after tomorrow."

As soon as the servant left, Zhang Yunyue took her mother's hand and went shopping. Zhang Yunyue saw that there was still pork in front of the pork stall in front, so she prepared to buy some pork to reward her family.

Everyone in my family has been busy working these days, so it’s time to buy some meat to supplement our diet, or even better, some bones to make some soup.

Zhang Yunyue pulled her mother to the pork stall.

"Uncle, how much is this pork belly?"

"Pork belly is 15 cents a pound, how many pounds do you want?"

Zhang Yunyue thought about it, mainly because Zhang Yunyue wanted to eat braised pork, and there were spices at home, but braised pork could not be eaten.

"Boss, can you help me cut 3 pounds of pork belly? By the way, boss, how much do you sell the bones for?"

"You want to buy some bones, right? I usually sell bones for two cents each. Do you want some? I still have five."

"Yes, yes. I want all five."

The boss put the weighed pork and bones into a backpack for Zhang Yunyue. Zhang Yunyue counted out 55 copper coins and handed them to the pork stall owner.

After leaving the pork stall, Zhang Yunyue and her mother continued to stroll around and saw a shop selling snacks.

"Mother, let's go buy some more snacks. We only had snacks during the Chinese New Year."

"Okay, just buy everything you need to eat today."

Zhang Yunyue and her mother finally bought a pound of osmanthus cake and a pound of cloud cake, spending 30 cents.

Then Zhang Yunyue went to a small stall and bought a pink head flower for Zhang Yunxue and a slingshot for Zhang Xingfeng, spending a total of 6 cents.

Finally, he went to the rice shop and bought 30 kilograms of flour for 240 copper coins.

After buying everything, Zhang Yunyue and her mother returned to their stall. Others were waiting for them at the stall. All the things were loaded onto the donkey cart, and Zhang Yunyue also put the backpack on the donkey cart.

The group of eight finally set out on their journey home.

After returning home, Zhang's father and his friends unloaded the donkey cart and fed the donkey some water. Then Zhang's father led the donkey to the village chief's house to return the donkey cart.

Grandma Zhang and Mrs. Zhu knew that Zhang Xingzhong and his wife and Zhang Xinglin and his wife were studying in the town today, so they came to help out and prepared lunch for them.

Since they didn’t eat here in the morning, I must make them eat here before going home at noon.

So when Zhang's father went to return the donkey cart, Grandma Zhang and Mrs. Zhu brought lunch to the yard. When Zhang's father came back, the eight people who were going to the town all sat at the dining table to eat.

Zhu also specially mixed some mung bean jelly and placed it on the table for the couple to try, so that the four of them could have a general idea of what it was like.

After tasting it, Zhang Xingzhong said: "Third Grandpa, Third Grandma, Uncle, Aunt, Yueyue, this mung bean jelly is really delicious. The chili oil in it is also flavorful. Even the cucumber shreds are much more delicious."

Zhang Xinglin: "Third Grandpa, Third Grandma, no wonder so many people in town are buying. Eight people are working together today and they are so busy. People come one after another, and even the servants of wealthy families come to buy."

Mrs. Lin said excitedly, "Yes, we opened for business today and sold 20 bowls right away. When we were leaving, someone even ordered mung bean jelly."

Grandpa Zhang: "That's good. When the time comes, your two families can go to the other two towns to sell. I'm sure your business will be good too."

Zhang Yunyue: "Cousin, sister-in-law, you can come to my house to get the mung bean jelly and cold noodles. You can make your own by yourself. There are also folding tables and stools. You can come to see my father or second uncle in the next two days."