After the separation, I took my whole family to eat delicious food and drink spicy

In the next few days, Li Xiaoxiao and her family followed Uncle Li and his son Li Tiezhu to the mountain to pick up all the bamboo shoots that could be picked. They took advantage of the good sunshine to dry them all into dried bamboo shoots.

Li Xiaoxiao calculated that after picking bamboo shoots for so many days and drying them into dried bamboo shoots, there was only a little over 100 jin in total. Li Xiaoxiao was not aware of the prices of goods in that era. After asking the Bai family, he learned that ordinary dried vegetables were only about ten wen per jin. Li Xiaoxiao thought that pricing the dried bamboo shoots at twenty wen per jin was just right. Dried bamboo shoots were considered wild food, and most people in that era would not handle them, so they were considered fresh food. Selling them at twenty wen was not expensive.

"Mom, there will be a big market in town tomorrow. Let's pick some dried bamboo shoots and try to sell them in town." Li Xiaoxiao said to Bai.

"Xiaoxiao, Mom is afraid that no one will want this. After all, it's a fresh food. Maybe people will think that things made with bamboo shoots are not tasty and won't buy them?" Bai said worriedly.

"Mom, don't worry. Even if no one sells it to us, we can still keep it for ourselves," Li Xiaoxiao comforted Bai.

Hearing that they were going to town tomorrow, Li Fang and Li Linlin also begged to go with them, and Li Xiaoxiao readily agreed.

The next morning, Bai got up early, made some wild vegetable pancakes and put them in her backpack. She called Li Fang and Linlin and walked towards the village entrance.

Li Xiaoxiao thought that she would only need to bring about 20 to 30 kilograms for the first trial sale, so as to avoid what her mother said, where no one would buy and she would have to carry it back with great difficulty.

At the entrance of the village, I met Aunt Chen who was waiting there with a basket. We agreed to go to the town together to sell dried bamboo shoots today.

"Good morning, Auntie." Li Xiaoxiao greeted Auntie Chen, and Li Fang and Li Linlin beside her also called out Auntie Chen.

"Well, I just thought that our village is a bit far from the town. Plus we have to set up a stall, so it's time to go early. Let's go." After saying that, Aunt Chen followed Li Xiaoxiao and others and set off for the town.

On the way, Li Xiaoxiao and his family even took the time to eat some wild vegetable pancakes. In fact, when every village holds a big market, there will be ox carts going to the town. If you want to ride an ox cart, each person has to pay a penny. Li Xiaoxiao and his family are reluctant to take it. If they take an ox cart back and forth, the family will have to pay eight pennies, which is enough to buy eight large meat buns.

After walking for more than half an hour, they arrived at the town. The streets in the town were not very wide, but because there was a big market today, both sides of the street were filled with various goods. Li Fang and Li Linlin looked at those things curiously, especially when they saw the stall selling candied haws. They couldn't move their feet and kept swallowing their saliva.

Li Xiaoxiao looked at the two people's eager eyes and wanted to buy a bunch for them to try. But thinking that she had no money on her, she could only say to Li Fang and Li Linlin: "Fang'er, Lin'er, let's go. I will buy it for you when I make money."

Li Fang and Linlin listened to Li Xiaoxiao's words and nodded obediently, following Li Xiaoxiao and the others to find an empty stall. Li Xiaoxiao felt distressed by their understanding and thought to herself that she must make a lot of money so that her younger brothers and sisters would have endless candied haws.

After walking and stopping for a while, they finally found an empty space in a corner. Li Xiaoxiao originally wanted to ask Aunt Chen to put the things on the table first, but Aunt Chen said she wanted to go to the front to take a look, so Li Xiaoxiao followed her.

Bai took out the dried bamboo shoots from her backpack and placed them on the ground. Because they were new to her, passersby gathered around to take a look out of curiosity.

"What is this?" someone asked.

"This is dried bamboo shoots. You can stir-fry them or stew them in soup. They are delicious!" Li Xiaoxiao introduced enthusiastically.

"Can you eat dried bamboo shoots? Fresh bamboo shoots are astringent and bitter. How can they be delicious if they're dried?"

"Don't worry, Auntie. I have specially processed these dried bamboo shoots before drying them, so they are guaranteed to be delicious. Auntie, I can see from your dress that you are from a wealthy family. These dried bamboo shoots are delicious when stewed with meat after being soaked. You can buy some and try them. If they don't taste good, I will refund you the money. I have a lot of dried bamboo shoots at home, and I will set up a stall here in the future." Li Xiaoxiao said patiently.

After hearing what Li Xiaoxiao said, several people nearby were moved.

"How much does this cost?" someone else asked.

"Twenty cents per pound." Li Xiaoxiao replied.

"So expensive?" People shook their heads and walked away.

Li Xiaoxiao was a little anxious, but she decided to wait and see. At this time, a well-dressed lady came over and her eyes lit up when she saw the dried bamboo shoots.

"These dried bamboo shoots look good. Give me two pounds." The lady took out forty cents.

Li Xiaoxiao happily took the money and handed the lady two kilograms of dried bamboo shoots. With the lady's lead, others followed suit. Soon, all thirty kilograms of dried bamboo shoots were sold out.

"I didn't expect these dried bamboo shoots to be so popular." Mrs. Bai said with a smile.

"Yes, it seems we can dig more bamboo shoots and dry them." Li Xiaoxiao said happily.

So, Li Xiaoxiao and Bai Shi put away their things and prepared to go find Aunt Chen. After walking a distance, they saw Aunt Chen still bargaining with someone. Li Xiaoxiao walked over and said to the middle-aged man in front of them, "Uncle, I can tell you have an extraordinary demeanor. I think you must be a connoisseur. We have specially processed these dried bamboo shoots. They are guaranteed to be fresh, fragrant and delicious when cooked. If they don't like it, come back here at the next market and we will give you a refund, how about that?"

After hearing what Li Xiaoxiao said, the middle-aged man was very happy. He even straightened his clothes and said, "Since you are so good at talking, give me two kilograms."

"Hey, uncle, please wait a moment. I'll weigh it for you right away." After saying that, Li Xiaoxiao helped Aunt Chen weigh two kilograms of dried bamboo shoots for the middle-aged man. The middle-aged man took out forty cents from his pocket and handed it to Aunt Chen.

"Xiao Xiao, thanks to you for coming, otherwise I wouldn't be able to sell these dried bamboo shoots."

"It's okay, Auntie. Our dried bamboo shoots are of good quality and we will have no problem selling them." As the two were talking, an old man dressed as a housekeeper walked up to the stall, picked up a piece of dried bamboo shoot and took a look: "Well, this dried bamboo shoot looks good." She didn't expect that there were people in this town who would dry this thing. She had eaten dried bamboo shoots stewed with meat in a restaurant in the county town when she followed her master to Lin County to inspect shops last year. Her master had always been obsessed with the taste. She often walked around this town and had never seen anyone selling it. She didn't expect to see it today.

The old man was none other than Mr. Huang, the steward of Mr. Lin's family in the town. Mr. Lin was a well-known philanthropist in the town. Mr. Huang then asked, "Auntie, how much are your dried bamboo shoots?"

"Old man, dried bamboo shoots are 20 cents a pound."

"Well, the price is fair. I'll take all the remaining amount you have."

When she heard that the old man wanted them all, Aunt Chen was stunned for a moment. It was only when Li Xiaoxiao next to her touched Aunt Chen's arm that she reacted.

"Old man, I still have about 15 pounds of dried bamboo shoots here. Are you sure you want them all?"

After hearing what Aunt Chen said, Uncle Huang was a little angry. Does he look like someone who would lie?