A farmer's daughter who traveled through time: Marrying a sickly man

Sister Yao didn't go to the market today, but she did meet several familiar aunts.

Aunt Chun saw her carrying a table and a bucket, and asked curiously, "Girl, where are you going? Why are you carrying so many things? What are they filled with? They smell so good."

Xia Tian smiled sheepishly, "I braised some pig intestines and thought I'd try setting up a stall to see if I could make some money for the family."

"That's right, you smell really nice." The aunts knew their limits and didn't open it to take a look.

"Then when we get to town, I'll ask a few aunts to help me try the taste." Xia Tian didn't hide anything. We were all from the same village, so it was inevitable that we would meet each other.

Even if she doesn't say it, others will know it.

When we arrived in town, it was almost seven o'clock in the morning and the streets were already crowded with people.

Today is the market day, and the ox cart cannot enter the town. In summer, there are a lot of things, and Aunt Chun and the others saw that it was difficult for her to carry the things, so they helped her move them to the stall.

After thanking them repeatedly, Xia Tian asked the aunts to wait for a while.

She set the table, placed the wooden basin on the table, and put some of the braised pig intestines, pig feet, and dried tofu from the bucket into the basin.

She took out two wooden bowls from another wooden barrel, put the chopped pig intestines and dried tofu into the bowls separately, inserted the toothpicks that Shen Nian had peeled yesterday, and gave them to the aunts to try.

"Hey, it's delicious, and it doesn't smell fishy."

"Indeed, it's still chewy."

"I didn't expect that a girl like you has such skills."

After trying it, several aunts praised it highly.

"Girl, how much are you selling this for? Give me some, it tastes better than meat." Aunt Chun wanted to buy it immediately.

"A long piece like this is one penny." Xia Tian picked up a piece of large intestine about 20 centimeters long with chopsticks and showed it to the aunts.

Last night, she and Shen Nian agreed on the price.

After a fresh pig intestine is braised, its length will shrink by about 20%.

Generally, the length of pig intestines is about twelve to fifteen meters, and after braising, it is estimated to be about ten to thirteen meters.

If cut into pieces of 20 cm long, a set can be cut into about 50 pieces, and each piece costs one cent. Customers should be able to accept it easily, and the profit will also be considerable.

In order to facilitate sales, Xia Tian cut it directly last night.

Pig's feet are sold individually, fifteen cents each, and a pound of dried tofu is five cents, about ten yuan. In the summer, braised ones are also sold for one cent each.

Aunt Chun thought the price was okay, so she immediately asked for five pieces of pig intestines and asked Xia Tian to keep them for her and come back to get them after she went shopping.

The other aunts also said they would come over later.

Just now, several people gathered around.

They also heard what Xia Tian said to Aunt Chun.

After Aunt Chun and the others left, an older man came up to her and asked, "Is this really pig intestine?"

"Everyone can try the taste, it doesn't matter if you don't buy it." Xia Tian smiled and picked up the bowl, handed toothpicks to the people around him, and asked them to taste it on the spot.

“It’s really delicious.”

“There’s no fishy smell either.”

"How to sell it?"

After the tasting, a customer asked about the price, and Xia Tian answered them again.

The uncle who asked at the beginning directly asked for five cents, and Xia Tian took out oil paper to wrap it.

When others saw someone buying it, they also paid for it.

Compared to pig intestines, not a single piece of dried tofu has been sold yet.

After all, at the same price, pig intestines are still meat, so they are definitely more cost-effective.

There were a lot of people at the market today. There was no need to shout as much as in summer, people kept coming in one after another, and the pig intestines were sold out in less than an hour.

There are six pieces of dried tofu left, and one pig's trotter has been sold.

Xia Tian saw that most of the goods had been sold out, so he prepared to close the stall.

Take the rest home and eat it yourself.

She first took the table and other things and put them on Uncle Liu's ox cart.

He then carried a backpack and went to buy materials.

Judging from today's market, pig intestines are still more popular.

Xia Tian went directly to the meat stall and bought three sets of pig intestines and weighed a pound of pork belly. The boss gave her a big bone as a gift.

I went to the tofu stall and bought ten pounds of dried tofu. I can braise it all at once and keep it in my space to sell slowly.

She plans to sell pig intestines for a few days first, and if business is good, she will consider adding other varieties.

It's just a hassle for her to carry a table and other things back and forth every day, but everything else is easy. Anyway, she has the spiritual spring water to drink and has no shortage of strength.

But it’s not easy to bring a table or something.

If you hire Uncle Liu's ox cart every day, the fare will be dozens of cents a day, which is not cost-effective.

But she can carry the whole pole tomorrow and set off early, and put it in the space when there is no one on the road.

After making up her mind, Xia Tian went to find Aunt Chun and the others and gave them the pig intestines she had reserved for them. She put an extra piece in each portion, and they also helped with moving things today.

If the relationship is good, life in the village will be more convenient.

After a while, Aunt Chun and the others came over and went to ride the ox cart together again.

Everyone asked her, "You finished buying it so quickly?"

"There are still a few pieces of dried tofu left." Xia Tian took out the dried tofu wrapped in oil paper and shared them with several aunts.

"You who sell it for money, keep it for yourself."

"It's okay. It won't be fresh tomorrow. Auntie, try it."

Seeing that Xia Tian was determined to give it, the aunts no longer refused.

When they got home, it was almost one o'clock. Seeing her come back, Shen Nian took the initiative to pour her a glass of water.

Xia Tian took out the buns he bought on the road and gave them to Shen Nian to eat first, then hurried to cook.

I quickly stir-fried some vegetables, twice-cooked pork, mixed some cold bamboo shoots, heated up the steamed buns, and started eating.

I guess Shen Nian was also hungry, so he ate three big steamed buns and finished all the dishes.

After dinner, Xia Tian took out his purse and poured all the copper coins onto the table with a "clatter".

Looking at the small pile of copper coins, her eyes lit up. This was the first pot of gold she had earned since coming here.

Although it’s not much, it doesn’t affect my good mood.

Xia Tian counted them and found there were a total of 132 copper coins.

"Today, I sold dried tofu for twelve cents, pig's feet for fifteen cents, and the rest were pig intestines.

If you calculate it this way, after deducting the amount we ate ourselves, the amount given to customers for tasting, and the amount given to Aunt Chun and her three companions, we made a net profit of 105 cents from the two sets of pig intestines.

After deducting the costs, we earned about eighty cents today.

If you do this every day, you can earn two or three taels of silver a month."

Xia Tian analyzed and muttered to himself.

This is actually quite good. People like Xia Yang who work in town only earn three or four hundred coins a month.

Besides, she was just testing the waters today and didn't prepare many braised dishes.

Shen Nian looked at her money-obsessed look, and a smile appeared on his face. "Well, it's not bad."

"That's right. I come back a little late every day and can't make lunch for you in time."

If Shen Nian keeps going out early and coming back late every day, it will be a problem for him to have lunch.

You can't just focus on making money in the summer, you have a boss at home who needs to feed you.

"It's okay." Shen Nian was not dissatisfied.

"Then I'll put it up for a few days and see if it sells well. I'll see if I can find someone to help."

Xia Tian decided that he had to set up a stall every day, otherwise he wouldn't make much money if he only sold at the market.

"Yeah, all good." Shen Nian nodded.

Xia Tian looked at Shen Nian's gentle expression and knew that he was not unhappy, so he felt relieved.

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he saw the teapot on the table and asked Shen Nian, "Brother Shen, have you drunk your daily dandelion water?"

"Drinked."

"Have you been feeling better lately?"

"Well, much better."

"That's fine. You have to keep drinking it. It seems that dandelion water is still effective. I'll pick some more and dry it in the sun. Then you can drink it in winter."

She thought she had covered it up well and patted herself on the back for her cleverness!

"Okay." Shen Nian looked at her trying to cover up something but didn't expose her. He just agreed softly.

After chatting for a while, Xia went to the well to fetch water twice, and then sat in the yard to clean pig intestines.

This is profitable, but it is too difficult to clean the pig intestines.

By the time the pig intestines and dried tofu were braised, it was almost four o'clock in the afternoon.

She was just about to take a break to make dinner when Mrs. Yao came to find her at the door.