A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

It is still the same today. A can of chili oil can take a long time to eat noodles, so 30 cents a can is not expensive in the eyes of many people in the town.

After eating mung bean jelly, everyone nowadays takes a can of chili oil.

So Zhang Yunyue put the seasoning on one side, while Zhang Xinghao collected money and filled the chili oil. Fortunately, he brought a scale from home, which made things much more convenient.

Several people were busy, and at this time a burly man lined up in front of the stall and said in a loud voice:

"Girl, how long can you keep this chili oil?"

Zhang Yunyue raised her head and looked at the burly man. Judging from his attire and clothing, he looked a bit like a bodyguard from the escort agency. However, she was not sure because she had never seen a bodyguard before.

"Ah, you mean my chili oil? As long as you use a clean, waterless spoon every time you scoop it out, and keep the area around the oil tank clean and free of moisture, the chili oil will last for a month or two."

The burly man said: "The storage time is quite long. 30 wen for half a jin, right? I want 5 jin."

Zhang Yunyue looked up at the burly man and replied in a friendly manner: "My family will set up a stall here as long as it is not windy or rainy. If it is not necessary, you can buy less and buy more after you finish eating."

The burly man said, "It's okay. I'm a bodyguard from the county escort agency. I happened to pass by today and your chili oil smells really good. It's tasty. We often escort for a long time and the steamed buns we eat are tasteless. We just need your chili oil."

Zhang Yunyue: "In this way, we can prepare it for eating on the road to enhance the flavor. You can also add it when you eat noodles while escorting. That way the noodles will be more fragrant. You can try it."

"You want five pounds, right? I don't have any big clay pots, so I can only fill 10 bamboo jars for you. Please wait, I don't have any space here."

"Second brother, help this escort pack 10 cans of chili oil."

"Okay, I know. Just focus on your work first."

After listening to Zhang Yunyue's words, Zhang Xinghao picked up the empty bamboo tube prepared in the backpack and put it away.

After all 10 cans of bamboo tubes were filled, Zhang Xinghao specially used a bamboo basket to put all 10 cans of chili oil in it.

"Sir, everything is ready. There are 10 cans of chili oil in total, which cost 300 copper coins. Since you bought so much, the bamboo basket is not counted as your money. I'll give it to you as a gift."

"Oh, okay, thank you! The boss is generous in doing business."

The burly man then took the bamboo basket, took out three strings of copper coins from his arms and handed them to Zhang Xinghao.

"If your chili oil can really last for a month or two as you said, I will definitely come to town to buy some when I get back from this escort mission."

Zhang Yunyue: "Okay, I look forward to seeing you next time."

Unexpectedly, the chili oil sold so well today. Before long, all the chili oil in the bamboo tubes were sold out. Zhang Yunyue was not going to sell the remaining chili in the oil tank today, as she wanted to keep it for seasoning mung bean jelly.

After a busy period, the mung bean jelly and cold noodles were sold out.

After buying everything and being busy all morning, Zhang Yunyue and her friends decided to eat some egg pancakes to fill their stomachs.

After eating the omelets, everyone rested for a while before starting to clean up and clean the house.

After cleaning up, Zhang Yunyue and Zhang Cheng were discussing stopping by the oil mill on their way back to buy some vegetable oil, as they had to make more chili oil today.

Through the publicity yesterday and today, the residents of the town learned that Zhang's mung bean jelly stall had started selling chili oil. Just now when we were eating, someone came over and asked if they wanted to buy chili oil. When they heard that it was out of stock, they all looked regretful for not coming earlier.

Zhang Yunyue hurriedly replied that she would continue to sell chili oil tomorrow. Only then did they go back happily and said they would come early to buy it tomorrow.

"Miss Zhang, Miss Zhang, wait a minute, it's a good thing you haven't left yet."

Shopkeeper Dong walked over quickly with a middle-aged man dressed in dark silk.

Zhang Yunyue, Zhang Cheng and others stopped when they heard Manager Dong's voice.

Zhang Yunyue bowed to Shopkeeper Dong and said, "Shopkeeper Dong, what brings you here?"

Shopkeeper Dong bowed to Zhang Yunyue and Zhang Cheng, and raised his hand to introduce the middle-aged man who was walking with him.

"Miss Zhang, this is Manager Cao from Tianxianglou in our county."

Shopkeeper Cao bowed to the group and said, "Hello, everyone. I am the shopkeeper of Tianxianglou in the county seat."

After listening to Manager Cao's introduction, Zhang Yunyue also bowed to Manager Cao.

"Hello, Shopkeeper Cao. I wonder if Shopkeeper Cao and Shopkeeper Dong are here for something?"

Shopkeeper Cao looked around and took a step forward. "Miss Zhang, why don't we go to Tianxiang Tower to discuss it in detail?"

Zhang Yunyue roughly guessed what Manager Cao meant. He looked at the people walking around and realized that this was not a suitable place for conversation, so he nodded and agreed with Manager Cao's suggestion.

Zhang Yunyue looked at Zhang Cheng, Zhu, and Zhang Xinghao.

"Uncle, come with me to Tianxianglou. Aunt and brother will go to the oil mill to sell vegetable oil. It's better to buy 40 to 50 kilograms first. When you finish buying the vegetable oil, go to the city gate to wait for me and uncle. We will go to the city gate to find you after we finish talking."

Zhu and Zhang Xinghao nodded, and then they carried their backpacks to the oil mill. Zhang Cheng pushed the wheelbarrow and followed Zhang Yunyue and Manager Cao and Manager Dong to Tianxiang Tower.

After arriving at Tianxiang Tower, Zhang Cheng pushed the wheelbarrow to a corner beside the entrance of Tianxiang Tower and asked the waiter at the gate to help look after it.

Then he and Zhang Yunyue followed the shopkeepers Dong and Cao into Tianxiang Tower.

Shopkeeper Dong brought the three people into a private room on the second floor. The four of them sat down and Shopkeeper Dong called the waiter to bring some tea and snacks to the room.

After the tea and snacks were served, Shopkeeper Cao began to speak slowly.

"Today I had something urgent to do and came to Tianxianglou in Sanhe Town. Shopkeeper Dong asked the waiter to serve me their new dish, mung bean jelly. I was surprised by the taste of mung bean jelly and chili oil."

"I also tasted these two flavors carefully. Mung bean jelly is very suitable for summer. It tastes cool and refreshing, suitable for all ages. With chili oil, it is refreshing and appetizing. Chili oil can also enhance the flavor of other dishes alone."

"So I went to ask Shopkeeper Dong who produced these two dishes. After Shopkeeper Dong told me, I came with him to find Miss Zhang."

Zhang Yunyue picked up a piece of dessert and started eating it. The dessert was sweet but not greasy. Zhang Yunyue ate a few more pieces in a row and took a sip of tea before saying:

"I see. It seems that Manager Cao is interested in our mung bean jelly and chili oil."

Shopkeeper Cao: "That's true. I also learned from Shopkeeper Dong that the girl doesn't want to sell the recipe of mung bean jelly and chili oil, so I came here today to discuss ordering mung bean jelly and chili oil with you."

"But I have a question, how long can the mung bean jelly and chili oil be stored?"