It's hard for my elder sister. I rely on the mountains to farm and pay off my debts.

Song Zhi did not leave the city directly, but went around to Wang's shop.

Grandma Liu will deliver the apricots to her this afternoon, and she wants to find more buyers before that.

In this way, the pressure of distributing apricots can be reduced.

As soon as Song Zhi entered the shop, the owner of the Wang family recognized her.

Thanks to Song Zhi's provision of new pastries and promotional methods, the pastry shop was revitalized.

It can be said that it was Song Zhi's method that directly helped him escape the predicament of the shop's poor business at that time.

Therefore, when he saw Song Zhi, Manager Wang was very enthusiastic.

Manager Wang first invited Song Zhi to sit in the reception room. After being rejected by Song Zhi, he wanted to serve tea and snacks, but was stopped by Song Zhi again.

Time was tight and the task was heavy, so Song Zhi simply stated her intention directly, then took out the fruit leather and asked the other party to taste it first.

Having had the previous two pastries, Shopkeeper Wang had great expectations and trust in the new food that Song Zhi brought out.

After taking another bite, I was even more convinced of my opinion. It is sweet and sour, very appetizing, and very suitable for consumption in this season.

Before he could express his desire to purchase the recipe, Song Zhi directly explained her purpose: "Shopkeeper Wang, I'm only selling this snack this time. The price is thirty-eight coins per catty. If you're interested, I can supply it to your shop."

"However, I must state in advance that this food is seasonal and will not be available continuously. However, I can promise that if everyone likes it and Shopkeeper Wang still wants this sweet fruit peel, we can continue to supply it in late autumn."

In fact, when making fruit leather, hawthorn is a more common raw material than apricot.

There was no other way. She bought so many apricots at one time, so she had to find a way to sell them as quickly as possible. Besides apricot jam, she could make fruit leather.

Moreover, compared with fresh fruits that rot easily, apricot jam and fruit leather have a correspondingly longer shelf life.

When Shopkeeper Wang heard what Song Zhi said, although he felt sorry that he couldn't buy the recipe, he was still very interested in this new kind of food.

He agreed without hesitation.

After the two parties agreed on the order quantity and delivery date, Song Zhi said goodbye to Manager Wang and hurried out of the city.

Song Zhi hurried back home, where many villagers had already come to help.

In the village, apart from funerals where every household would send one person to help, other happy events, such as the birth of a child or weddings, were generally handled by neighbors who came to help.

So today we have to put up the beams at home, and the neighbors who live near our house came early in the morning to wash and pick vegetables, or to help with trivial matters such as borrowing tables and benches.

Song Zhi ran through the bustling courtyard and into the kitchen, "Grandma, I'm back."

At this time, Wu and Yang were preparing offerings such as pig heads, chickens, peanuts, red dates and apricots, and ordered the helpers to take the offerings to the next door first.

Seeing her granddaughter return, Mrs. Wu hurriedly said, "You've returned just in time. The worship service will begin soon. Go take Huanhuan and Xiaokang to the altar and listen to my instructions."

Song Zhi agreed and turned around to look for the two children.

There was a wedding at home today, and many children came to watch the fun. Song Zhi found two little ones among the group of children.

She called out softly and waved to the two of them, "Huanhuan, Xiaokang, come with me quickly."

Hearing her sister's call, Song Huan hurriedly took her brother's hand and left her friends.

As Song Zhi spoke, she took their little hands and the three of them walked to the next room together.

At this time, a simple altar had been built in the courtyard.

The incense burner, candles, and all the offerings that Song Zhi had just seen in the kitchen had been placed on the altar.

Next to it is a roll of red cloth, ready to be tied to the beam when it is put up to pray for peace and good luck.

When they arrived at the altar, Song Zhi asked Huanhuan and Xiaokang to stand aside as instructed by the elders.

Then, as instructed, he washed his hands, picked up the incense, lit it, and respectfully inserted it into the incense burner, silently reciting auspicious words to pray for peace in the home and a good harvest.

Finally, he took the two children to perform the kneeling ceremony.

After the worship was over, the villagers who helped build the house began to pull the beams tied with red cloth to the roof, and kept singing the beam-raising song while installing them.

At the same time, when the villagers who stayed on the ground saw that the beams were installed, they quickly lit firecrackers according to their prior preparations.

As the sound of firecrackers rang out, villagers standing on the roofs held baskets filled with peanuts, red dates, apricots and steamed buns, and threw these foods with good meanings to the crowd.

The children were originally frightened by the sound of firecrackers and covered their ears and dodged everywhere.

When he saw the food falling from the sky, his eyes immediately lit up.

They forgot their fear, put down their hands that were covering their ears, raised their hands excitedly, and scrambled for the food that fell from the sky.

Some children even jumped up excitedly, trying to catch more fruits.

Not only the children were happy to grab the prizes, but the adults also enjoyed it.

People put things they couldn’t hold in their hands in their pockets, and if they couldn’t fit them in their pockets, they just used their clothes pockets.

This beam-throwing performance pushed the atmosphere in the courtyard to its climax, and the entire courtyard was filled with deafening laughter.

Song Zhi stood aside and watched the lively scene in front of her, a smile appearing on the corner of her mouth.

"It's so lively!" Zheng Hui suddenly said while standing beside Song Zhi.

Song Zhi called out in surprise, "I just came back from the county town and didn't know Sister Zheng had arrived. I don't know when Sister Zheng came. Please forgive me for my negligence."

Zheng Hui couldn't bear to listen to Song Zhi's polite words. She poked Song Zhi's arm and said bluntly: "What you said is very distant."

Song Zhi also noticed that Zheng Hui was actually very straightforward. She used to dislike her talking about Dr. Zheng behind her back, so she took the initiative to find her and have a fight with her.

Now that the two have been together for some time, Zheng Hui has discovered that this man is not as foolish as before and his actions are becoming more and more organized.

Since he was willing to make friends with him, he was not shy about mentioning the conflicts he had had with him in the past.

Song Zhiyi is very willing to interact with such a straightforward girl.

People don’t hide what they like or dislike at all, and it’s not tiring to get along with such people!

Song Zhi smiled and changed the subject, asking, "Are you bored here?"

Zheng Hui shook her head. "Very interesting."

As the two were talking, Song An and Song Cheng, who had squeezed into the crowd to join in the fun, ran over.

They handed Song Zhi a handful of red dates and a few fruits they had just snatched from the crowd, and said to her, "Sister, have some! We just snatched them!"

Song Zhi happily took some from each of their hands and said, "Okay, go play by yourselves."

The two little ones came over to Song Huan and Song Kang to share the fruit.

Song Zhi passed the red dates and fruits in her hand to Zheng Hui beside her, "Try it and see if it's sweet."

Zheng Hui subconsciously took the food handed to her by Song Zhi, not caring that the red dates and apricots might have fallen on the ground. She wiped them on her body like Song Zhi did and put them directly into her mouth.

In a good mood, I said, "Sweet~"