I trade in both worlds

"Hello, Brother Xu." Xu Xu quickly stood up and greeted him.

"Hello, Brother Xu." The twins also shouted to Xu Xu.

"Hello." Xu Ziqi nodded in response.

Xu Xu pulled Xu Qiwei and said, "Weiwei, this is Uncle Xu. Say hello to Uncle Xu."

Xu Qiwei tilted his neck to look at Xu Ziqi and called out obediently, "Hello, Uncle Xu."

Xu Ziqing handed the basket to Xu Qiwei, touched his head and said, "Hello, Weiwei, uncle brought you some fruits."

Xu Qiwei looked back at Xu Xu, and when she nodded, he took the basket and said, "Thank you, uncle."

Eight bananas and a bunch of grapes may not seem like much, but to Xu Qiwei, they were quite heavy. His waist was hunched by the basket. Xu Xu quickly took the basket from his hand and put it on the table.

"You're welcome. Uncle feels embarrassed that I only brought so few fruits. Next time, I'll treat you to a big meal when you come over." Xu Ziqi said to make amends.

Xu Xu politely replied, "This is quite a bit. Brother Xu, don't spend any more money next time you come. Just come directly. I have troubled Sister Qing a lot during this period of time and even asked her to help advance the money to buy seeds. I feel even more embarrassed when I talk about it."

"It's just a few potato seeds, not worth much." Xu Ziqi replied politely.

Listening to them being polite to each other, Xu Ziqing became impatient: "That's enough, it would be hypocritical to be polite again, Xuxu, I'm hungry."

"You're hungry. I'll bring you breakfast now." Hearing her complaining about being hungry, Xu Xu turned around and quickly walked towards the kitchen.

Xu Jin and Xu Zhun also helped to move two bamboo stools under the eaves.

"Thank you." Xu Ziqi touched the twins' heads, took the bamboo cushions, handed one to Xu Ziqing, and sat on the other himself.

Xu Xu brought out sesame balls, pumpkin cakes, bean curd cakes and soy milk and placed them on the small table. Xu Ziqing took a sesame ball and handed it to Xu Ziqi, and took a pumpkin cake for himself.

Looking up, he saw Xu Tiantian holding a bean curd cake in both hands and eating it with gusto. Xu Ziqing pointed at Xu Tiantian with his chin and asked, "What is that?"

"Bean dregs cake." Xu Xu took a look and replied, "These are the bean dregs from making soy milk this morning. We don't have pigs at home, so it would be a pity to throw them away. So we just made them into bean dregs cake. Do you want to try? They taste pretty good."

"Really? Then I'll try it later." Modern people basically throw away the dregs filtered out from grinding soy milk. This was the first time Xu Ziqing heard of dregs cake.

While eating pumpkin pie, Xu Ziqing praised: "Xu Xu, you are amazing. You just watched two videos and made the taste of the stall."

"It tastes better than the ones sold at street stalls." Xu Ziqi also nodded in praise.

"If it tastes good, eat more." Xu Xu asked in disbelief. She had never eaten the snacks sold outside today and didn't know how they were cooked.

Xu Xu always regarded Xu Ziqing's compliments as a courtesy and never took them seriously. Xu Ziqi was even more so. It was their first meeting today, so saying that the food was delicious was also a courtesy.

It was just a little thought that came to my mind this morning, but because of their praise, it suddenly became bigger like an inflated balloon, and I couldn't wait to go to Xu Jizong's house to discuss setting up a stall.

After eating the pumpkin cake, Xu Ziqing took a bean curd cake and took a bite. His eyes lit up: "This is delicious, salty, crispy and delicious."

The thin bean curd cake was fried by Xu Xu until both sides were golden brown. When you take a bite, it is crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, with a strong flavor of chives. The taste is a bit salty, but it is this salty and fragrant taste that makes people unable to stop.

Xu Ziqi also took a bean curd cake and nodded as he ate it: "It would be even more delicious if we add some carrots and ham."

Xu Xu knew this. Xu Ziqing had taken her to eat carrots and ham, but unfortunately Dayunchao didn't have them. However, carrots are winter vegetables and can be planted after the autumn harvest. This problem can be solved quickly.

"You're done, are you? It's good enough to have something to eat. Why do you have so many requests? They don't have carrots or ham here." Xu Ziqing rolled her eyes at Xu Ziqi.

While eating the bean curd cake, Xu Ziqi said nonchalantly: "I am just making suggestions for improvement. We can do better next time."

"Come on, suggestions for improvement. You can only eat but not cook. What do you know? It's good enough that you don't make trouble." Xu Ziqing retorted.

"Do you know how to do it? You are just the pot calling the kettle black. We are all produced in the same factory and on the same production line. We are the same stuff." Xu Ziqi replied nonchalantly.

"You..." Xu Ziqing rolled his eyes in anger.

Xu Xu watched them bickering over a bean curd cake, and fearing they would quarrel, she quickly changed the subject: "Sister Qing, Sister Qing, I have something to ask you."

Xu Ziqing gave Xu Ziqing a fierce look, then asked, "What's the matter?"

Xu Xu pointed at the sesame balls in the bamboo basket and asked, "Look, can we make these sesame balls and sell them at a stall in the county town?"

"Sure, why not?" Xu Ziqing replied.

After saying that, he thought of the Hanfu business again. He was afraid that she would only focus on setting up the stall and not making clothes, so he quickly asked, "Aren't we going to make ready-made clothes? How can you have time to set up the stall?"

Xu Xu smiled and said, "Let me go to my second uncle's house. If I don't go, I can support us by taking embroidery work. There are so many children at home, and I can't leave to set up a stall."

"Oh, I see." Xu Ziqing breathed a sigh of relief: "This is easy to do, just go if you want to."

"But a sesame ball is too monotonous and consumes a lot of oil. Although the county town is a little richer than the village, the majority of people are still ordinary people, and they try to save money. I'm afraid that if I sell it too expensive, no one will buy it, and if I sell it too cheap, there will be no profit."

"Why don't you let your second uncle make small cakes and sell them directly." Xu Ziqi said slowly.

"Yes, yes, yes, that's a good idea." Xu Ziqing nodded wildly: "This is a foreign product. It's not available in China yet. But butter is hard to get. You may have to go to the Western Regions to buy it."

It was the first time Xu Xu heard about butter, and asked in confusion, "What is butter?"

"Well, it's a kind of oil processed from milk." Xu Ziqi explained.

"Is milk okay?" Xu Ziqing asked.

"Sure, but where can you find so much milk? The oxen you have here are all working cattle." Xu Ziqing replied.

"That's right. There are only four cows in our village. Some villages don't even have any cows at all." Xu Xu said disappointedly.

"That's why we have to find merchants from the Western Regions. There are cows that specialize in producing milk in the Western Regions," said Xu Ziqing.

Xu Xu looked at her with a puzzled look on her face: "Are there cows that are specialized in producing milk? Can they produce milk without giving birth to calves?"

"Yes." Xu Ziqing said affirmatively.