Salt Xiao Fulang

The Qian family's industries are mainly divided into three categories.

The first category is several villages in the countryside, most of which are close to Jiangyin Mountain and far from Dashi Village in Chunyang County.

One is the gambling houses and brothels in the county, which are the big money-makers, not only earning money from the county, but even the surrounding towns and small towns, where people come here admiringly.

The last category is a few ordinary shops that sell things that are closely related to the common people.

Among them, there are three named after blessing.

They are Fufu Steamed Bun Shop, Fufu Pastry Shop, and Fufu Cloth Shop.

Among them, the cloth shop was opened by Qian Xiaoyu, and it is the most talkable.

As long as he gave orders, the shopkeeper of the horse would obey.

Regardless of the inconspicuousness of these ordinary shops, there are actually a lot of income.

People have to eat whole grains every day, and they will be hungry if they miss a meal.There is no need to worry about selling buns and steamed buns.

Since Qian Sangou's acquisition of thriving shops, there are fewer and fewer competitive shops, and the remaining small shops can only eat the meat that leaked from the Qian family's teeth.

There is no other shop as prosperous as Song Xu's shop.

Therefore, when Qian Xiaoyu thought of this shop, her heart burned.

How could they live so well! ?

This depressed mood has continued until today. Looking at the crowds of people downstairs, he finally felt at ease.

"Today's new products in our store are all sold at a reduced price! Each item is cheaper by one penny, and if you buy enough, you will get one penny less!"

The crowd was in an uproar, scrambling to get into the steamed stuffed bun shop!

After all, Song Xu's alley was a bit remote, and it was far less lively than the front street.

The word "price reduction" has been fatally attractive since ancient times.Because of the lack of these two articles, many people who used to be reluctant to buy pancakes have pulled out their pockets to queue up to try something new!

The aroma of fried noodles floated far away, until it reached Brother Migao, who also came to sell rice cakes today.

Brother Mi Gao hasn't seen Song Xu for a long time.

He knew that Brother Jian Dumpling had opened his shop in an alley, and Song Xu had specially brought him new food.

It's just that he has been busy at home recently, and he hurried home every time after setting up the stall, so he didn't have a chance to join him.

Today, half of his rice cakes were sold, and when he suddenly smelled the overbearing fragrance, he thought in surprise: Brother Jian Dumpling opened the shop to Qianjie so soon! ?

Brother Rice Cake is about to move.

Today's rice cakes sold out quickly, he wrapped up the remaining pieces of cakes, and entrusted the stall to the old woman selling vegetables next to him, and excitedly followed the scent to find someone.

When we got to Qian Street, there were so many people that we couldn't walk.

The person at the front seemed to be crazy, yelling about pancakes, buckwheat barley and three, which made him dizzy.

A guy wanted to come out and organize a queue, but he couldn't take a step out, and was pushed back into the shop as soon as he poked his head.

Brother Rice Cake: "..."

Why are you so crazy? Brother Jianjiao is about to get rich! ?

In fact, this posture is also thanks to Song Xu's unremitting publicity these days. The whole county knows that his pancakes, fried dumplings, buckwheat and barley are very delicious.

But Chunyang County is not considered rich, and many people think about the money, hesitate and hesitate, and have never tried it.

They thought, since the shop is there anyway, people won’t run away, so they will go next time… right?

Song Xu's place is extremely busy every day, and there is no need to offer discounts.

They only have so few people in total, small business, and can't do the scale of the chain.

This back and forth made Baozipu the grand occasion it is today.

Brother Mi Gao didn't know it at all, and drifted helplessly with the tide, and when he finally floated in front of the window of the bun shop, he was already weak and helpless, as if he was dying...

"Here's a pancake, a buckwheat barley, pan-fried dumpling brother... Huh."

His eyes widened in surprise, and belatedly he glanced up at the signboard.

"Isn't this Fufu Baozi Shop!?"

The guy was also tired all morning, and his attitude was very bad: "I don't know if you are still here to line up!? Do you want something, or there are still a bunch of people waiting behind you!"

Brother Mi Gao stood up vigilantly: "Then I don't want it."

Hearing this, the clerk rolled his big eyes, stretched out his hand and pushed, Brother Mi Gao staggered, almost fell into the crowd, and managed to squeeze out again.

...This is too much! ?

He couldn't figure out what was going on, he was anxious, and after thinking about it, he hurried into the alley.

Since the store has not been moved, the store must still be there! ?

On the other side, Song Xu and Xiaochun had already stuffed ten lotus root sections, and then put the lotus root sections into the cauldron.

The firewood was well lit, and the fragrance wafted out after a while, and Tian Xiaoqing also came back after a while.

"Brother Xu! I brought it back! The store has just finished it. Look, there are fifty plates, one is quite a lot!"

The bottom of the plate is still printed with his engraving.This time it is lotus root, lotus leaf, and lotus flower, three styles.

The new patterns he made for glutinous rice candy lotus root are all cute and playful.

A small frog squatted next to the lotus root, a few small goldfish beside the lotus leaf, and a dragonfly parked on the lotus.

The aroma of candied lotus root is not overbearing, so Song Xu put more effort into sales.

Any customer who buys a whole section can serve it in a small pottery plate, and each pottery plate only charges two renminbi.

Afterwards, anyone who brings their own pottery plate to buy lotus root will get another penny discount for each section.

The pottery plate is exquisite and lovely, and it needs at least five pennies on the outside.

What's more, there are beautiful patterns engraved on it, which is very rare.Not to mention the customers, even Jiang Tiantian and Tian Xiaoqing couldn't put their hands down on the plates.

Holding the lotus root and the little frog in his arms, Jiang Tiantian happily said, "This is my favorite! The little frog's eyes are so big!"

Tian Xiaoqing: "...you like big eyes? In fact, my eyes are not small."

Jiang Tiantian rolled his eyes at him: "It's probably not a question of whether your eyes are big or not, but whether you are blind or not."

Song Xu asked Tian Xiaoqing with great interest: "Which one would you choose if you were asked to choose?"

Tian Xiaoqing struggled and said, "Let's just spend it."

Xiaochun replied: "I choose the little goldfish."

Song Xu nodded, took out a wooden board from the firewood room, and asked Tian Xiaoqing to hang it on the wall next to the window.

"Let's vote. There are many people who like which pattern, so I will make more of it next time. I think everyone likes to vote. Last time we voted, we sold batter very well."

Fufu Baozi shop has sucked away all the crowds, they are so idle here, a few people are hanging a wooden board in full swing, suddenly heard a person running over: "Brother Fried Dumpling——!"

Song Xu probed in surprise: "Hey, isn't this Brother Mi Gao!"

***

"...That's the way it is. The Qian family is so mean! You sell fried dumplings and they sell them, and you sell anything else and they follow suit!" Brother Rice Cake was filled with righteous indignation.

Song Xu, Xiaochun and the others had calmed down a long time ago, and each of them smiled darkly.

"...that's really shameless...uh." Brother Mi Gao swallowed his saliva and said nervously, "Did you already know?"

Song Xu changed the subject and said, "Brother Rice Cake, today is a coincidence for you to come, we treat you to something new!"

Brother Mi Gao: "Wow! Oh, by the way, my surname is Mi, and my name is Mi Xiaofei. You can call me Xiaomi from now on!"

Song Xu: It really fits the occasion...

Song Xu and Xiaomi exchanged names, and after a while, the lotus root was cooked.

Open the lid of the pot, and a burst of sweet fragrance hits the face.

After cutting it and putting it on a plate, Xiaomi was amazed all the way, and when he finally tasted it in his mouth, he couldn't help showing a ecstatic expression.

"...Wife, wife, it's so delicious..."

Song Xu was very satisfied with the effect of the candied lotus root, making him poor at words.

Tian Xiaoqing brought candied lotus root to the front, joined hands with Xiaomi, and began to shout exaggeratedly.

"Sweet glutinous rice and candied lotus root—one yuan for one yuan, fifteen yuan for a catty, no money if it's not sweet—"

"Buy lotus root and get a free plate. There are three styles to choose from. It's an amazing deal—"

"Take a bite of glutinous rice and candied lotus root, and the jade liquid and fine nectar will not turn back. The queen mother and empress will applaud the candied lotus root after eating it—"

***

The shopkeeper of the Fufu Steamed Bun Shop was smiling blindly on the second floor.

Qian Xiaoyu, who had just sent off for inspection, started counting the money with a clang before the day was over!

Although it was sold at a reduced price, the profit was a little less, but there was no loss.

The amount is large, and I still make a lot of money today.

After the shopkeeper finished counting the money, he drank a cup of West Lake Longjing, happily sat in front of the window, and counted people to play.

"One, two, three, ten, twenty, thirty... huh?"

He stood up suspiciously.

"Thirty, 31...Wait, who is that, go down and have a look, why are all the guests running away!?"

I saw that the originally dense crowd downstairs suddenly became a commotion.

I don't know who yelled what in the crowd, a lot of people hula-la ran outside, and when I looked closely, they were all gone! ?

It is a bit of an exaggeration to say that everything is gone, but it is true that the grand occasion broke up in a flash.The shopkeeper was dumbfounded, and his chest throbbed with anger.

He was also counting on getting the favor of the Qian Mansion through this arena!How could the dream be shattered so quickly after only being dreamed for half the morning! ?

His commission, his money, his beautiful wife, beautiful concubine, mansion, carriage, and his good life are all gone! ?

"Master, shopkeeper!" A clerk hurried up from downstairs.

"It's still the shop in the alley! I didn't expect that they would stop selling fried dumplings today, and instead sell sweets! It's glutinous rice candied lotus root, it's very sweet, and it's only a penny for a piece, and fifteen for a catty... Hey, shopkeeper, Shopkeeper!?"

The shopkeeper rolled his eyes, fainted for a while, and ordered in a low voice, "...go...send someone to see...what's going on...it's really not good...give me the boss, catch me! "

In Song Xu's shop, there were three people busy in front.

Xiaomi is proficient in his hands, one can stand up to three, and he can take into account Jiang Tiantian's quickness and Tian Xiaoqing's sweet mouth.Song Xu quietly looked behind for a while, then went back to the kitchen with Xiaochun to make lotus root with peace of mind.

Commoner sweets are very attractive, and there is no need to worry about selling them.

The two knew that they had made money, and their mood was even more joyful.

Song Xu: "Next month, we will make fried lotus root clips. If the lotus root is gone, we will make fried eggplant box..."

Xiaochun smiled and said, "Then we can only wait for spring, the eggplants are gone... eh."

Xiaochun blinked suddenly, put down the thing in his hand involuntarily, tilted his head and covered his eyes.

"What's wrong?" Song Xu was startled, took Xiaochun's hand away, and looked closely into his eyes.

"I don't know what I was fascinated by... It hurts."

Xiaochun's left eye turned red quickly, and tears fell uncontrollably.I can't open it or close it, and it hurts when I touch it.

Song Xu became nervous and hugged him into the yard.

The yard was much brighter, so he let Xiaochun lean against the fence, and he pinched his eyelids open with one hand and closed them with the other.Xiaochun felt a little pain, and he struggled subconsciously, Song Xu hurriedly hugged his legs, then pressed his hands, and took a closer look.

"Hey, don't move, let me see..."

Under the long eyelashes are poor pupils.The light was strong, the pupils trembled uncontrollably, and tears overflowed again.

Deep in the lower eyelid, Song Xu saw a small dark spot.

"Don't be afraid, it looks like a big piece of firewood ash. Don't move, I'll blow it out for you..."

Song Xu blew lightly, Xiaochun resisted it, trembling slightly.The two of them were close together, which looked quite unsuitable for children from a distance.

The thugs sent by the shopkeeper of the steamed stuffed bun shop turned into their backyard at this moment.

"Who!?" Song Xu keenly heard the wind behind him, and when he turned his head, he saw three masked men jumping off the roof next door!

He subconsciously dodged into the stove, picked up a stool, and threw his leg up at one of them!

With a "bang", the man fell limply at an extremely fast speed, Song Xu's back was exposed, his arms were clamped by the other two, and he was pressed against the pile of debris!

Xiaochun couldn't open his eyes, but his blood was hot, and there was an unprecedented impulse in his heart.

The promise of practicing martial arts to protect Brother Xu, is his wish coming true so soon?

However, he has only practiced for a short time, and he can't run fast, and his strength is incomparable to Song Xu's, and Brother Mo hasn't had time to teach him skills yet!

Facing two big men, can he really do it! ?

Xiaochun opened his red eyes, dragged a bamboo pole from his feet, and rushed towards the two with a loud cry.

At this moment, he couldn't think anymore, brother Xu was arrested!

"Ahhh-"

When the two masked men heard the sound, they turned their heads subconsciously, only to see a little boy running towards with difficulty dragging a bamboo pole...

One of them laughed contemptuously: "Hahaha, where did this little thing come from..."

Before he finished speaking, Xiaochun suddenly tripped over his own bamboo pole.

It was obviously a dog gnawing mud, but the bamboo pole bounced straight forward due to the reaction force-the person who spoke, the second half of his words were directly knocked out by the bamboo pole.The other one received Xiaochun's heavyweight header with his lower body.

"Ow—!"

Xiaochun got up from the ground in a daze, and there were three masked men in front of him, rolling and screaming...

He spread his hands and looked at himself.

"I, am I already this strong!?"