【Quick Wear】My Years as a Mother-in-law

Yun Xiluoluo followed in generously, and the outside returned to its normal busy state.

"Sir, what medicinal herbs would you like to sell?"

In the small room, the shopkeeper made her a cup of hot tea. Yun Xi blew on it and poured it directly into her mouth. "Ha! It's really warm."

The shopkeeper's mouth twitched, but he didn't urge him.

Yun Xi took out a small cloth bag from her bosom and opened it carefully. "Boss, what do you think of this ginseng?"

When he heard about ginseng, the shopkeeper took it more seriously and said kindly, "My surname is Zhou, you can call me Shopkeeper Zhou." But he took out a pair of glasses from the drawer and examined the ginseng carefully.

"It's dark brown, smooth, and has a hard stem. It has one round stem and twenty stem bowls. The growth rings match. It's a twenty-one-year-old ginseng. These days, fresh ginseng that's over twenty years old costs ten taels of silver per tael. Your ginseng weighs at most two taels. Will you sell it for twenty taels?"

Shopkeeper Zhou's explanation was very logical, and Yun Xi was shocked. "So cheap?"

Isn't it said that in many novels, the protagonists get rich by digging ginseng? There's no reason why she can't sell it for tens or even hundreds of taels.

"Cheap? Not cheap at all. The ginseng from Changbai Mountain only costs 25 taels of silver per pound, and it's dried. Think about it, is the price I offer cheap?" Shopkeeper Zhou took a sip of tea calmly.

Yun Xi felt very disappointed and bargained, "Changbai Mountain is indeed rich in ginseng, but this is after a disaster. You know that the price of medicinal materials will increase after a disaster. Shopkeeper, please add a little more. I worked so hard to dig up a ginseng, and my family is waiting for the rice to be cooked."

Shopkeeper Zhou nodded. "It's true that the supply of medicinal herbs has been tight in recent years, and the consumption of ginseng in Beijing is huge. The most I can give you is 22 taels of silver. I can't decide on anything more than that. Sell it or not?"

"Sell!"

The crying Yun Xi was instantly revived after getting two silver ingots and two strings of copper coins. She hugged them tightly in her arms. Seeing the remaining piece of cake on the table, she picked it up with a frown and stuffed it into her arms.

Shopkeeper Zhou's mouth twitched, he covered his face and waved, "Let's go quickly, you are such a glutton."

After leaving Huichun Hall, Yun Xi wandered around the street and noticed that all the shops seemed to be open all the time. It was strange. Hadn't there been any disaster here? Seeing a wonton stand on the side of the road that looked like it had just opened, she walked over and said to the owner, "Boss, I want a bowl of wontons."

"Okay, please take a seat. I'll be right there." The proprietress was a cheerful woman. Seeing Yun Xi coming out to eat so early, she brought a bowl of hot soup and said, "Sir, this is bone soup. Drink a bowl to warm yourself up. I'll make you some wontons."

"Wow, thank you, boss lady." Yun Xi looked at the big bone soup with chopped green onions floating in it, happily picked it up and took a sip. It was fragrant and refreshing, and it dispelled a lot of coldness in one gulp.

"Haha, you're welcome. Why don't you rest at home so early in the morning?"

The proprietress was very skillful. With just a touch of her hands, a wonton was ready. It was quite magical. After wrapping twenty wontons, she put them in the pot and took out a bowl, adding half a spoonful of lard, a handful of seaweed and a few dried shrimps.

"As for me, I've had a cough lately, so I went to Huichuntang and bought some medicine." Yun Xi couldn't possibly tell the truth.

"Then you've come to the right place. Huichuntang is a good clinic. There are doctors there from morning till night. They are good doctors and the medicine is cheap."

Yun Xi watched as the proprietress picked up a large spoon and skillfully stirred the pot a few times. The wontons were cooked quickly and could be eaten in a short while. The proprietress first scooped a spoonful of bone broth into the bowl, stirred the lard to dissolve it, soaked the seaweed until soft, and waited for about half a minute before scooping the wontons into a bowl, adding a handful of chopped green onions and a few drops of sesame oil and serving it to Yun Xi.

System: "This person's cooking skills are really good, but it's a pity that there is no MSG. The soup would be more delicious with MSG."

Yun Xi picked up a wonton stew with a thin skin and a large filling. The skin was smooth and soft, and the pork filling was fresh, tender and chewy. "It's more than that. Just stewing with bones is not enough. It's best to add chicken bones to make the soup. The taste is amazing."

"What chicken bones?"

Yun Xi was startled. She turned around and saw that the silent man who was setting up the stall suddenly spoke. She couldn't help but smile awkwardly. It turned out that she had accidentally said something. "I heard that adding chicken bones to the wonton soup base will make it more delicious. I don't know if it's true or not, so don't take it to heart."

The proprietress turned her head when she heard the noise and started to think, "I didn't expect you to know so much. You mean chicken bones, right? I'll try it when I get home tonight. If it works, thank you very much."

"No, no, I just said it casually."

A bowl of wonton soup cost eight cents, and Yun Xi really thought it was a good deal. She was reluctant to leave. "Boss, can you make me some wonton soup so I can take it home and cook it?"

The proprietress came back to her senses from her busy schedule, feeling a little surprised and confused. "This? I've never done this before. I don't know how to set the price."

"It's okay. I'll pay the original price. You pack eighty for me. This is a twenty-wen deposit. Come back in half an hour to pick it up. Is that okay?" Yun Xi took out a copper coin and put it on the table.

"No, no, that's too much. Twenty wontons will cost you six cents, a total of twenty-four cents." The proprietress smiled and exuded joy from head to toe. She took out the chopping board and started making wontons.

Big business, haha, happy!

"Okay, it's up to you."

After leaving the wonton stall, I walked a few steps to the newly opened grocery store. I walked in and found that the goods were all available. The owner was very polite to the first customer of the day and said enthusiastically, "What can I do for you, sir?"

After confirming that everything she wanted was available, Yun Xi said, "Boss, I need two pounds of lamp oil, ten pounds of cotton, a piece of coarse cloth, two boxes of bath beans, two large water jars, five large earthenware pots, two sets of needlework, four buckets, a shoulder pole, three hoes, two sickles, two rolls of red paper, three rolls of white paper, three rolls of straw paper, five of the cheapest brushes, and two pounds of brown sugar."

There is no way, these are necessities, I have to buy them.

The boss didn't expect this to be a big customer. He smiled and picked up a bamboo basket. "Sir, this bamboo basket is for you. Put your things in it. As for the big items, please hold them."

"Okay, thank you. How much is it in total?" Yun Xi took the bamboo basket and hung it in front of her, holding the hoe in her arms.

"Wait a moment, let me do the math." The boss pulled out his abacus and started rummaging around. "Sir, the paper and pen you bought are the most expensive. The brown sugar has gone up a bit, but the other items have gone down a bit. The total is fifteen strings of cash."

"Hiss! Boss, I bought so much, please give me this bag of pumpkin seeds." Yun Xi's heart was bleeding. Seeing the bag of pumpkin seeds in front of her, she grabbed it into her arms.

At this moment she is just a frugal rural woman.

"This? Okay, take it." The boss didn't feel sorry for the pumpkin seeds when he saw that they were pumpkin seeds that had been stored for several years. He didn't even know whether they could germinate or not, and they wouldn't sell for much money.