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Afraid of spilling it on the way, Xu Gong took a large bowl to hold the milk tea. He carefully carried the milk tea to the construction site.

There were blue bricks unloaded during the day and two oxcarts at the construction site. Xu Qing was afraid that someone would come to steal things, so he built a thatched shed for Lao Shi to live in at the construction site and gave him an extra 20 coins a day.

Old Shi's home was also a thatched hut. He could earn an extra 20 yuan by living on the construction site, so he brought his adopted grandson to live there with him.

Xu Gong told Lao Shi, then drove the oxcart to deliver milk tea to Qian Baizhi.

When he arrived at the Qian family's gate, Xu Gong felt a little regretful. It was already so late, and the family might already be asleep. But since he had already come all this way, he was unwilling to go back now.

He closed his eyes and knocked on the Qian family's door.

"Dong dong dong."

The knocking was especially noticeable at night. Old Man Qian, holding a wooden stick, asked warily, "Who is it?"

Upon hearing Old Man Qian's voice, Xu Gong couldn't help but blush and awkwardly said:

"Dr. Qian, it's me. My younger sister has developed a new dish, and I've seen that my nieces really enjoy it. I thought Baizhi might like it too, so I brought some over... I wonder if Baizhi is asleep yet?"

Xu Gong usually brings Qian Baizhi some fresh wild fruits and pretty wildflowers he finds on the mountain, but this is the first time he's come so late.

Old Man Qian opened the courtyard gate, and Xu Gong quickly handed him the bowl: "If Bai Zhi is asleep, let's wait until she wakes up before eating. I'm sorry to bother you, Doctor Qian. I'll go back now."

After saying that, he turned and ran away.

Qian Baizhi came out of the room with a flushed face, and Old Man Qian wanted to glare at his granddaughter.

But considering that Xu Gong always cared about his granddaughter, she couldn't say anything and handed the bowl over rather irritably.

He said earnestly, "Grandpa knows you two are in love, and I usually let it go. But coming here so late at night is against the rules. Don't think I'm being long-winded. Once the Xu family comes to propose marriage, I won't interfere anymore."

Qian Baizhi blushed even more, took the bowl handed to her by Old Man Qian, and quickly ran back to her room, closing the door behind her.

Xu Gong returned to Xujia Village, first putting the oxcart back at the construction site, and then going home.

He opened the courtyard gate and was surprised to find Ms. Wen standing there waiting for him.

As Xu Gong turned around, he saw a dark figure standing in the courtyard by the moonlight, which startled him.

"Mom, why aren't you asleep yet? What are you doing standing here... You scared me to death."

Looking at his empty hands, Ms. Wen asked, "Where's the bowl? Did you even eat the bowl?"

Xu Gong's mind raced as he tried to think of an explanation.

Wen then asked, "Was it sent to the Qian family?"

Xu Gong subconsciously denied it: "No, no, Mother, the bowl... the bowl... it was too dark on the road, I didn't notice, and I accidentally dropped it and broke it."

Wen snorted coldly: "You little brat, you came out of my belly. You think you can fool me? You two aren't even engaged yet, and you're running into someone else's house in the middle of the night."

What if the people of Qianjia Village see this? What will become of Baizhi then? There are already some gossipy people in Qianjia Village. You're just making trouble for Baizhi.

Your sister and I originally intended that once our house was repaired, we would find a matchmaker to formally propose marriage.

"You little rascal, you've been through over twenty years, and now you can't even wait a little while longer? Be careful Dr. Qian gets angry with you and doesn't approve of the marriage. You'll have nowhere to cry then."

Xu Gong immediately became anxious: "Mother, I didn't mean to. I just saw that my nieces liked it, and I thought Bai Zhi would like it too, so I sent it over."

I was very careful the whole way, and no one saw me, so I should be fine... I'll go explain to Grandpa Qian right away!

Having been single for over twenty years, it's not easy for a girl to not look down on him and be willing to marry him, especially such a gentle and kind girl. Xu Gong can't afford to make the slightest mistake.

He turned and ran out. Wen was speechless. She really couldn't understand why she had given birth to these two stupid sons. Daughters would have been so much better!

"Stop! Look at the time! I'll go find a matchmaker first thing tomorrow morning, and we'll go to your door to propose marriage."

Xu Gong stopped in his tracks and said with delight, "Really, Mother? You can't lie to me!"

Wen sighed again, "Why would I lie to you? Go to sleep now, or I might hit you."

Xu Gong was so excited that he didn't sleep all night. As soon as the sky began to lighten, he got out of bed and couldn't wait to call Wen Shi.

Hearing the noise outside, Xu Qing rubbed her eyes and got out of bed.

"Second brother, why are you up so early?"

Seeing that he had woken his younger sister, Xu Gong apologized with annoyance: "I'm sorry, little sister, I disturbed you. Go back to sleep."

At this moment, Madam Wen opened the door and said irritably, "Matchmakers are people too. They need to sleep too. What are you doing going so early!"

Xu Gong blushed deeply, while Xu Qing looked at Wen Shi with curiosity, his eyes asking what was going on.

Ms. Wen spoke to her daughter in an incredibly gentle tone, recounting her conversation with Xu Gong from the previous night.

Xu Qing also felt that her mother was right. In this era, a woman's reputation was especially important, and she looked at Xu Gong with disapproval.

Xu Gong lowered his head. After what his mother had said last night, he understood that he had indeed not considered things thoroughly.

Wen got up and went to the kitchen to cook. Old Shi, who was guarding the construction site, also had to deliver food to him and his grandson.

After the meal, Wen took Xu Gong to invite a matchmaker, while Xu Qing took Xu Beibei and the one-armed beggar Xu Zhenzhen to town to deliver goods and, incidentally, to test the sales of the jelly made from jelly grass.

Yesterday's timber harvest wasn't enough, so today Xu Jian led a team to continue cutting trees up the mountain, while Zhou Chenggong and Xu Baobao took Wangcai with them.

Upon arriving in town, Xu Qing delivered the jelly to Manager Chen, and then took out 10 portions each of the jelly made from grass jelly and grass jelly.

"Manager Chen, this is a new product I developed. Why don't you take it and let the customers try it out and see how they react?"

The jelly can be eaten directly, but the grass jelly needs to be added to the milk tea.

She had brewed the milk tea in advance, and it was also stored in a small wooden bucket.

Manager Chen took the items and examined them with curiosity: "This way of eating is quite novel. Okay, I'll take it and try it. If the customers like it, I'll order 2000 servings of each kind. I just wonder how much it will cost?"

Xu Qing thought for a moment. One pound of grass jelly can make 50 servings of jelly and 50 servings of grass jelly. It's the milk that's valuable.

"Jelly is still 3 yuan a serving, and grass jelly milk tea is 6 yuan a serving. To be honest, this milk tea, as the name suggests, is made with real milk, so it's a bit more expensive."

Manager Chen runs a restaurant, so he naturally knows the value of milk.

After reaching an agreement, Xu Qing and his group went to the stall location.

Walking down the street, Xu Qing suddenly realized that modern grass jelly milk tea contains many kinds of toppings, and it would be too monotonous for her to only add grass jelly.

She searched the mall and quietly put some small ingredients that could be made in this era into her basket.

Because she had a lot of things, she rented an extra small table today and put everything on it.

The grass jelly and milk tea were served in two separate wooden buckets, along with several small wooden boxes containing red beans, taro balls, tapioca pearls, and roasted peanuts.

Customers were already buying roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) at the stall, curiously eating their buns while watching what she was doing.

A regular customer recognized Xu Qing and boldly asked, "Madam Xu, we know about jelly, but what's in these wooden buckets? Is it also food? It smells so sweet."