The Marquise: I Earn My Own Worship

Sister Wei lifted the curtain and lay down by the window.

Now that the sky was getting light, they were about to reach the capital, and there were more and more people walking on the road.

From time to time, there are shouts coming from the roadside, and bursts of fragrance wafting over.

Kang Ge'er touched the purse around his waist, which contained the copper coins he had exchanged with his grandmother when he went to the mountains to look for things these past two days.

From childhood to adulthood, he rarely used copper coins.

The last time I "took" it from them was when I beat up that kid Cui Jie.

But as his expenses grew, the money he had went from ingots to small ingots, then to silver ingots, and finally to the pitiful copper coins in his hands.

However, it was only when he got outside that he realized how "low" the prices were.

A sesame bun costs five cents, and a vegetarian bun costs eight cents.

If it has something to do with meat, it will be expensive.

The sesame seed bun with meat filling costs ten cents, and the meat bun is even more expensive, costing fifteen cents.

Of course, this is around Beijing, and prices are generally much more expensive.

If it is in more remote places, it will be much cheaper.

This is also the reason why so many people go to the charity exhibition held by the Women's School.

This is also due to the fact that the assembly line system improves labor efficiency. For female students, whatever they earn is still a profit.

But for ordinary people who do business like these, they grind their own flour by hand and use precious grains, so the price is definitely much higher.

"Give me ten meat buns, five vegetarian buns, and six meat pancakes."

Kang Ge'er rode his horse to a small stall, dismounted, and spoke.

The peddler saw that it was a young man riding a horse, and his clothes and temperament were extraordinary. He did not dare to neglect him and quickly wrapped the goods in oil paper and packed them up.

Those who work in this business have to be able to read people's expressions. This young master is obviously filial, and these might be bought for the women in his family.

All these oil paper bags must be picked separately and cannot be mixed together.

If it were an ordinary buyer, they would definitely mix them together, after all, these oil papers cost money.

After it was packed, the woman next to the vendor took out a bamboo basket and handed it over.

Kang Ge'er was very satisfied, he was just worrying about how to get it.

He had only three hundred and twelve coins in his pocket, so he simply took out his purse and handed it to the vendor, then got on his horse and returned to the carriage, carrying the basket in one hand.

The peddler shook the purse in his hand. There was only more weight, no less. He was lucky to meet a good guest today.

Kang Ge'er rode his horse to catch up and walked to his grandmother's carriage. He heard the voices inside and knocked gently on the frame.

"Grandma, I bought some food. You can take some too."

Then he handed the basket to Sister Suchun at the door and said, "Sister, please pass it to grandma."

"I dare not trouble you, my lord."

Suchun said with a smile and took the basket.

The eldest son is filial and remembers the old lady when he is outside. Suchun is happy for the old lady.

"It's Kang Ge'er. I'm hungry now, and I was planning to ask someone to buy some food."

Song Shengfu got up early and hadn't eaten anything. She just passed by there and felt hungry just by smelling the food.

"Isn't that just a coincidence? I'm the worm in your stomach. I know what you're thinking the moment you move."

Song Shengfu let the two little girls choose for themselves, and they each took a bun.

She knew it wasn't enough, so she just took one.

They also asked Suchun to pick some. Suchun looked around and picked out a sesame seed bun and a vegetarian bun.

"You should eat more. You're so skinny. You'll look better if you eat more and gain some weight."

Song Shengfu looked at Suchun's pointed chin and asked her to take some more.

Suchun shook her head. "Please forgive me, Madam. I really can't eat so much."

After saying this, she took the basket and handed it out, fearing that the old lady would give her two more.

The servants all eat in the morning, otherwise they would not have the energy to serve their masters.

She had no appetite in the morning, so she didn't eat anything. I guess the old lady saw it.

But they were really afraid of the old lady. In the past, they would either eat first and then serve the old lady, or serve her first and then eat.

Ever since the old lady saw them eating once and noticed that they ate so little, she thought that the kitchen did not give them enough, so she specifically ordered the kitchen to increase the amount of food.

They were both happy and sad about the old lady's kindness.

Su Xia's belly has become fatter because of all the food she eats every day. Her waist has also become much fatter. Last night she complained to her that she couldn't wear the clothes she wore last year.

"Okay, then eat it quickly. It tastes better when it's hot. It won't be tasty if it's cold."

Song Shengfu turned around and saw that the two little girls had not eaten, so she spoke gently.

She took a bite of the bun herself. It was made of meat and tasted pretty good.

After seeing the old lady finish eating, the two little girls and Suchun started eating.

Kang Ge'er took the basket and went back to the frame at the back and handed it in first.

"I bought some food and put it in there. You can help yourselves."

"Brother Xuan, pass me a meat bun first."

Xuan Ge'er took a look and thought that the one with meat in the middle should be the meat bun.

Passing it through the small window, Kang Ge'er looked at the bun, which was not very big, and ate it in just three or two bites.

Sister Wei had just taken a couple of bites when she saw the paper ball thrown in.

"Your brother has finished eating, why don't you bring him food?"

Sister Wei smiled and teased her younger brother.

Kang Ge'er also heard it and lay down to look at the brother and sister inside.

"Good brother, hurry up and get me a pancake."

Xuan Ge'er ate with one hand and took a pancake from the basket and handed it out with the other hand.

Kang Ge'er eats very fast. He finished his meal just as Wei Jie'er finished one.

She took out his water bag from inside and asked Xuan Ge'er to pass it to her.

"Brother, drink some water first."

Kang Ge'er took two sips and hung the water bag on the saddle.

Sister Wei doesn’t like eating sesame cakes, so she only ate two buns.

Xuan Ge'er ate a sesame seed bun and a meat bun, and the rest went into Kang Ge'er's stomach.

After eating, Kang Ge'er found that he had no money left.

But he also wanted to bring something for your brother in the palace.

Seeing Xuan Ge'er being coaxed into taking digestive pills, he immediately came up with a solution.

He flipped over and went straight into the carriage, and saw Sister Wei twisting Xuan Ge'er's face in anger.

"What happened to Xuandi?"

When Sister Wei saw Brother Kang come in, she pointed at Brother Xuan in annoyance.

"He's had indigestion lately and needs to take a digestion pill after meals. He just had a sesame seed bun this morning, and it's hard to digest, so he refuses to eat it. I'm at my wit's end. He's been suffering from stomachaches ever since."

Xuan Ge'er pouted his head. He just didn't want to eat this thing. It was mushy and tasted like medicine and it didn't taste good at all.