I'm dressed up as the timid eldest daughter, and the whole family has to listen to me!

the next morning,

Su Banxia opened her eyes and heard Wei Kezhi knocking on the door. She hurriedly dressed and ran downstairs to open the door.

Why did you arrive so early today?

Wei Kezhi spoke up as if in a fit of pique:

“If I hadn’t come sooner, you would have had to go to the city by yourself again.”

Su Banxia scratched her head and made way for Wei Kezhi.

"Come in. You haven't had breakfast yet, have you? Perfect timing, let's eat and then go together."

Su Banxia led Wei Kezhi to the main room, where Su Mo came out. Su Banxia ignored her and went straight to the kitchen to get the food.

Seeing this, Su Mo quickly sat down next to Wei Kezhi.

"Brother Wei, you have no idea, yesterday my sister said she went to town to sell candied hawthorns, but actually..."

Before Su Mo could finish speaking, Su Banxia brought up a bowl of millet porridge. Su Mo quickly covered her mouth, and Su Banxia glared at her.

"You're such a grown man, all you do is sit around and enjoy the fruits of others' labor!"

After saying that, Su Banxia turned around and went to the back to get the steamed buns. Seeing this, Su Mo quickly moved closer to Wei Kezhi and whispered:

"Do you remember the young master Lou who came to our house last time? My sister went to the city to find him, so don't be naive..."

Before Su Mo could finish speaking, Su Banxia came in carrying steamed buns and slammed them down on the table.

"Have a meal!"

Su Mo rolled her eyes at Su Banxia, ​​then got up and walked back into the house.

"Mother said that since I'm not fully recovered yet, she will bring the food to my room!"

After saying that, he slammed the door shut.

Su Banxia watched Su Mo's irritating back and gritted her teeth in anger. She turned to Wei Kezhi and said impatiently:

"What are you standing there for? Do you want me to feed you?!"

Seeing this, Wei Kezhi quickly picked up a steamed bun and started eating.

"Um, did you go into town to sell candied hawthorns yesterday?"

Su Banxia rolled her eyes at Wei Kezhi.

"Didn't my mother already tell you? Why are you asking again?"

"I mean, did you see Lou Wangyue in the city?"

"You saw him and even talked for a while. What's wrong? You miss him?"

Upon hearing this, Wei Kezhi gripped her chopsticks tightly, fell silent, and simply lowered her head to eat her steamed bun.

After finishing breakfast, Su Banxia handed two straw saddles adorned with candied hawthorns to Wei Kezhi.

"Once we get to the city, we'll split into two groups, sell everything quickly, and get home as soon as possible!"

Wei Kezhi remained silent, simply taking the straw saddle and following behind Su Banxia. After they arrived in the city in the oxcart...

Su Banxia gave Wei Kezhi some instructions on selling candied hawthorns and told him the price before parting ways with him.

Wei Kezhi had no experience whatsoever with hawking goods on the street, and with something weighing on his mind, he wandered aimlessly through the streets, carrying his straw saddle.

Several children tried to stop him to buy a candied hawthorn, but he ignored them completely. He wandered around for most of the day but only sold two.

Meanwhile, Su Banxia ran to the market to sell her candied hawthorns. With her sweet smile and skillful sales pitch, she quickly sold out. Just as she was about to find Wei Kezhi to meet up, Lou Wangyue called her back.

"Banxia, ​​you're selling candied hawthorns again today? I was thinking of buying some from you for the staff at Wangyuelou to try."

Su Banxia smiled and said:

"You want candied hawthorns too? How about this, you can pre-order how many skewers you want, and I'll deliver them to you tomorrow."

Lou Wangyue nodded.

"I'll order fifty skewers tomorrow, so the guys can have a taste."

As he spoke, Lou Wangyue waved to Jixiang, who quickly took out one tael of silver and handed it to Su Banxia.

Su Banxia weighed the silver in her hand and frowned, saying:

"That's too much, five hundred coins will suffice."

Lou Wangyue looked into Su Banxia's eyes and smiled faintly:

"It's alright, just consider it a deposit for the day after tomorrow."

As the two were talking, Wei Kezhi, who was not far away, saw that Lou Wangyue had come to find Su Banxia again. He immediately clenched his fists and rushed over.

"Young Master Lou, you really have a lot of free time. Why don't you stay at your Moon Gazing Pavilion and keep coming to the territory of us common folk?"

Seeing that Wei Kezhi hadn't sold any of his candied hawthorns, Su Banxia couldn't help but smile helplessly:

"Young Master Lou, look at these candied hawthorns. Why don't you take them back and let the staff try them? I'll send them to Wangyue Tower for you tomorrow."

Lou Wangyue glanced at the candied hawthorn in Wei Kezhi's hand and smiled:

"Brother Wei, you really aren't cut out for business. You've sold out of Banxia's stuff, yet you still have such a full store here."

Wei Kezhi unconsciously gripped the straw saddle tighter.

"I saw that Banxia's dishes were so delicious that I couldn't bear to sell them!"

Su Banxia was too lazy to listen to their argument, so she went straight forward, took the straw saddle from Wei Kezhi's hand, and handed it to Jixiang.

“I just counted that there are 48 skewers in total. I will send another 52 skewers to Wangyuelou tomorrow.”

Jixiang nodded and accepted it.

Su Banxia smiled at Lou Wangyue.

"Thank you for supporting my business, Mr. Lou. It's getting late, we need to go back and stock up on goods."

Lou Wangyue glanced at Su Banxia reluctantly and nodded:

"Okay, take it easy, don't tire yourself out."

After saying goodbye to Lou Wangyue, Su Banxia took Wei Kezhi's hand and left.

Wei Kezhi followed behind Su Banxia and said indignantly:

Why should he call you Banxia?

Su Banxia turned around and glared at Wei Kezhi.

"You're allowed to call me that, but others aren't?"

As she spoke, Su Banxia walked to Wei Kezhi's side.

"Tell me, why have you only sold two skewers of your candied hawthorns?"

Wei Kezhi took out ten coins from his purse and handed them to Su Banxia.

"I... I don't know how to sell things. I'll sell with you from now on, and I'll help you carry things."

Su Banxia sighed helplessly, counted out four coins, and handed them to Wei Kezhi.

"This is for you. I'll give you two coins for every string you sell."

Wei Kezhi looked at the four coins in Su Banxia's hand and couldn't help but smile.

"I don't want money, I'll give you all the money I earn."

As he spoke, Wei Kezhi pushed the copper coins back into Su Banxia's hand. What a joke! He used to be the kind of person who wouldn't even bother picking up a tael of silver that fell on the ground, so why would he care about a few coins now?

Su Banxia could also tell that Wei Kezhi didn't have a strong desire for gold and silver; he was content as long as he had enough to eat and wear. That's probably why he was able to stay in the mountain cabin for so long.

Thinking this, Su Banxia put the copper coins into her purse. It didn't matter if he didn't want them; she would keep them for him for now and give them to him when he needed money in the future.

Su Banxia and Wei Kezhi arrived at the city gate, boarded Uncle Niu's oxcart, and returned to the foot of Dwarf Mountain. As they entered the courtyard, they saw Erzhuzi helping Wang Guihua wash hawthorns.

"Erzhuzi, what brings you here today?"