At the beginning of the famine, I became famous all over the world with my useless system

Housekeeper Liu was originally planning to return home as soon as possible, but after hearing what Shopkeeper Qian said, a sense of uneasiness suddenly flashed through his mind. He couldn't help but quicken his pace and disappeared in a moment, leaving only a sentence:

"Brother Qian, please keep the account first, I will settle it later!"

Shopkeeper Qian smacked his lips and thought to himself, these are all trivial matters, you should first worry about how much money the Jia family will have to pay this time!

Qian, whose mood was full of ups and downs early in the morning, was just about to sit down and drink some tea to relax and unwind, when his disciple Jiang Yi, who had always been unruly, suddenly ran in and said with a wink:

"Master, there is a beautiful lady outside who wants to see you."

Shopkeeper Qian coughed uncontrollably, wiped the water stains off his body, and angrily shouted, "Go away, what beautiful lady? Stop talking nonsense!"

Jiang Yi felt quite aggrieved.

"That woman said she knew the lady who sold you the sour jujube cake, and that she also had some. I thought about how worried you'd been about it these past few days, so I rushed over to tell you. If it weren't for this, I would have chased her away long ago!"

When Shopkeeper Qian heard the words "sour jujube cake", his brows jumped and he immediately let out a deep breath.

Fortunately, fortunately he acted decisively and bought the recipe in time!

Otherwise, I will lose money on buying sour jujube cake!

Now that I have the recipe, I can have as much as I want in the future. There’s no need to buy it in bulk!

Thinking of this, Shopkeeper Qian waved his fat hand and said nonchalantly: "Go, tell her we don't accept her, let her go to another place..."

Before he finished speaking, Shopkeeper Qian suddenly reacted.

No!

If he just kicked the person out like that, wouldn't he be giving the mold for making sour jujube cake to other candied fruit shops for nothing?

Those people racked their brains to get the secret recipe of sour jujube cake, and it was only after he got it that he realized that although the lady's recipe was mysterious, it was not unfathomable.

What if someone else figures it out? Wouldn't it be a waste of his five taels of silver?

It would be better to just stab him to death!

Shopkeeper Qian immediately took back what he had just said and shouted anxiously, "Let her in!"

When Xiangzhi was invited into the inner room by Jiang Yi, she suddenly felt a sense of relief as if everything had finally turned around and she had finally obtained the treasure she had been coveting for a long time.

She was well-off when she worked at Chunxiang Kiln. In order to attract patrons, she spent money lavishly, wore gold and silver jewelry lavishly, and often went to various shops in the town.

She is a regular customer of Qian's candied fruit shop.

But despite coming here many times, she had never been invited into a private room.

Not only the candied fruit shops, but the private rooms of many stores have never been open to them.

After all, those were prepared for the young ladies and gentlemen of wealthy families, and people like her were not worthy of entering.

Those people were afraid that they would pollute the "treasure land" and tried to avoid them, but now, she could come in so openly with the things given by Lin Qing.

A complex mixture of jealousy, satisfaction, and resentment surged in her chest, making it difficult for her to breathe.

Shopkeeper Qian took a quick look at Xiangzhi. He saw that even her coarse linen clothes could not hide the charm of her eyes and eyebrows. She walked with a graceful and charming manner, like a willow swaying in the wind. He had a general understanding of her identity.

So he said indifferently, "My lady, I don't know how many sour jujube cakes you have in your hand. I'll take them all."

Xiangzhi was used to seeing the fickleness of human nature, so how could she not see his straightforward perfunctory attitude? The unbearable feeling in her chest grew stronger and stronger, but she could only suppress her unhappiness and sadness, putting the things on the table, and even her smile did not change.

"Not much, not much, about two taels."

Shopkeeper Qian lowered his eyelids and took a look, then frowned when he saw the familiar packaging.

Although it was different from Mrs. Lin's unique knotting method, he was familiar with the kraft paper and two-colored straw knotted rope.

Although these two things are very common, only Mrs. Lin has them together.

Shopkeeper Qian couldn't help but look up and carefully observe the woman in front of him.

How did she get it?

If she stole it, it would be fine. But if she made it herself...

Shopkeeper Qian wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Could it be that he was going to spend money to buy it again?

Shopkeeper Qian, who was feeling nervous, calmed down instantly when he saw the woman in front of him looking a little flustered and guilty.

Yes, if this woman did it herself, why would she tell Jiang Yi that she knew Mrs. Lin?

There is fraud in it!

Shopkeeper Qian's mind was as quick as lightning. Combining it with Xiangzhi's appearance, he immediately understood what was going on.

Although he was used to living a wealthy life, he also knew that ten cents was a considerable amount of money for an ordinary family.

No matter how generous Mrs. Lin is, she would not give things to others for free, especially for a woman like her who has all kinds of charm in her eyebrows and eyes.

Shopkeeper Qian immediately had an idea in his mind, but he didn't show it. He pretended to be ignorant and asked:

"It's not that I don't want to accept your sour jujube cake. You know everyone in Anping Town is crazy about it these days. Those high-ranking officials and nobles usually order at least a pound at a time. This amount... is really too little."

Xiangzhi wanted to say that she could make more, but she didn't expect that Manager Qian didn't give her any chance to speak.

"Excuse me, young lady, did you make this sour jujube cake yourself, or did you buy it from somewhere else? Let me be frank with you, I wouldn't accept anything of questionable origin!

"Like I just said, my customers are all important people. If anything were to happen to them, my shop would be bankrupt. Where would I go to find you then?"

Xiangzhi didn't expect that this ugly fat man could be so sharp-tongued. She gritted her teeth and cursed inwardly, "I don't believe you would be so difficult to that bitch Lin!"

Do you think I will believe a single word of your excuses?

Humph, isn’t it just because I don’t have much to sell now? Just wait, one day I will make you regret the humiliation you suffered today!

Xiangzhi, who never suffered a loss, sneered, "Shopkeeper, if you don't dare to take this package in my hand, there are people lining up to take it! I think Yang's Preserved Fruit Shop is pretty good!"

Shopkeeper Qian didn't expect that this woman was so bad at doing business. She told others her bottom line before anything else was done. He couldn't help but look down on her even more.

So she pretended to clear her throat and coughed twice, then slowly said, "You probably don't come to town often, do you? Although Yang's is also called a candied fruit shop, it mainly sells cakes. Even if you go there, you'll be turned away.

"How about this? I'll take it from you, considering you're all alone and pitiful, even though you don't have much, I'll still accept it. Let's go outside and have it weighed at the counter. It's five cents an ounce."

Xiangzhi took the ten cents she got from the sale and walked out of the door in disbelief. She felt a little dazed. What she didn't expect was that Lin Qing didn't lie to her.

Why was she so generous as to give such an expensive thing to herself?

If you want to shut yourself up, there is no need to spend so much money!

You have to know that she worked so hard by lighting a lamp to embroider ten handkerchiefs for only five cents!

But this small package of sour jujube cake made by that bitch Lin can actually be sold for ten cents!

Xiangzhi turned around holding the copper coins and happened to bump into the waiter behind the counter who had an undisguised look of disgust.