In the past, Xiao Qian would never have thought of selling candied haws, but the family has changed a lot in the past year.
First, Lao Wu and the others went to the city to make money by reselling candies, then the family went to the military service station to make money by cooking, and finally they made money by selling ginger.
No matter what you do, it's hard work, but you can earn a lot, and unlike farming, which depends on the weather, in Xiao Qian's opinion, it's easy to make money by selling things.
As long as the food is good, even if it cannot be sold, you can still eat it at home. As for the worry of traveling in vain, Xiao Qian thinks it is nothing, because in winter, what everyone lacks most is free time.
Even if the Zhou family wants to build a house now, it won't be a big problem to send people to and from the county seat.
Xiao Qian's family has already made a plan. If Zhou Xi can't spare time, let them take Da Tou and Da Ya with them.
There are two brothers and sisters. Datou is ten years old this year, already a half-grown child. He has been to the county town so many times to help sell things. Xiao Qian has great confidence in them.
With this in mind, Xiao Qian called all the children who were playing wildly in the yard and asked them to wash the remaining yam beans while she heated hot water to peel them.
Zhou Erlang asked Feng to help. He looked at the bamboo sticks they used to string yam beans, went to the woodshed to find a thick piece of wood, and began to drill holes.
He planned to make a wooden board for them to insert candied haws on, so as not to burn their hands every time.
Not long after, it got dark, but no one went to bed. Instead, they squatted in the kitchen and watched Xiao Qian making candied haws by the firelight.
Because there were quite a lot of yam beans that came out this time, Xiao Qian hesitated and gave another bunch to each child. Even the three youngest brothers, Zhou Zhou, got a bunch.
Everyone got the candied haws that they had been longing for and left with satisfaction.
Manbao took her own candied haws and rushed back to her room to share it with her parents.
Lao Zhoutou became more and more fond of sweets. He grabbed Man Bao's hand and bit two in a row. He touched her little head and said happily: "What a good girl, she is much better than your three brothers. Where are you brats?"
If you remember, you should give it to your parents first."
Man Bao, who was feeling a little distressed, immediately puffed up his chest proudly when he heard this. After hesitating for a moment, he heartily extended his hand forward and said, "Dad, if you like it, just take one more."
Lao Zhoutou said with a smile: "It's so sweet that it's enough for today. You can give it to me again in the future."
Man Bao immediately took his hand back and said happily: "Don't worry, dad, if my sister-in-law makes it for us in the future, I will keep it for you."
Manbao looked at Qian and leaned close to her, "Mom, you can take another one too."
Qian glanced at her husband, shook her head slightly, and said with a smile: "Mom doesn't want to eat. Go and eat. Remember to rinse your mouth after eating and go to bed early. You have to go to school tomorrow."
Man Bao nodded happily and decided to go to bed quickly so that he could eat another bunch at dawn.
Of course, if you have good things, you should share them with good friends. The next day, Man Bao squatted in front of a row of candied haws and picked the two fattest ones, intending to give one to Bai Shanbao.
Xiao Qian put the remaining candied haws on a haystack and asked Zhou Xi and others to take it to the county seat.
This time, Datou and Daya also went together, and they would be responsible for selling candied haws.
Everyone in the Zhou family is very busy. Zhou Dalang to Zhou Lang will stay at home to build a house, while Wu Lang, Liu Lang and Zhou Xi will go to the county town to sell ginger.
Manbao still goes to school, and she feels that she is very busy.
Man Bao, who was very busy, gave the candied haws to Bai Shanbao. It was the first time for Bai Shanbao to eat such candied haws. He was pleasantly surprised and said, "It's delicious. I want to eat it again."
Manbao invited him, "I have a lot of food at home, and my sister-in-law can cook a lot of delicious food."
Bai Shanbao drooled and said that he wanted to go home with Manbao.
Everyone in the Zhou family expressed a warm welcome to the young master of the Bai family who came as a guest. Knowing that he was here to eat candied haws, Xiao Qian took out the remaining candied haws and gave them to them, letting them eat as much as they wanted, and said, "First of all,
While eating, I will ask Er Tou and the others to pick some yam beans and make another pot later. The young master can take some home to eat."
Manbao was very happy, and the two little ones were also very happy. They had been trying to steal the candied haws on a stick today, but they never dared to do it and couldn't find a chance.
Ertou and Manbao said, "Sister-in-law, it's great that Brother Bai is here as a guest."
Man Bao also thought it was very good, so he turned to Bai Shanbao and said, "How about you come to my house to play every day from now on, and then tell my sister-in-law that you want to eat candied haws."
Bai Shanbao: "...Obviously you want to eat it."
"Don't you want to eat?"
When Bai Shanbao thought about it, he really thought about it.
He rolled his eyes and whispered in Manbao's ear: "Then tell my grandmother that you want to eat my sweet-scented osmanthus cake."
As for the Bai family's dim sum, Manbao doesn't really like sweet-scented osmanthus cakes now, she prefers glutinous rice cakes.
But this seemed to be a deal, so she hesitated and asked, "Can I say one more thing? In fact, I think glutinous rice cakes are more delicious than sweet-scented osmanthus cakes."
"Obviously the sweet-scented osmanthus cake is more delicious, so tell my grandmother that you want to eat glutinous rice cakes and sweet-scented osmanthus cake."
Manbao said there was no problem, and the two children reached a consensus.
In the evening, Bai Shanbao came home with four bunches of candied haws on a stick and told his grandmother, "Manbao's candied haws on a stick are particularly delicious, and she likes our sweet-scented osmanthus cake very much."
Ms. Liu was not blind. She could see clearly what snacks Man Bao liked to eat at their house, so she said, "Osmanthus cake is what you want to eat, right? How do I remember that Man Bao prefers glutinous rice cakes?"
Bai Shanbao said: "She likes to eat both now. Grandma doesn't believe it. I'll ask her when she comes home tomorrow."
Mrs. Zheng couldn't help but laugh, "You must have wanted to eat osmanthus cake, so you asked her to say that, right?"
Man Bao's hobbies are a little different from Bai Shanbao's. She likes to eat food with mild sweetness, but Shanbao prefers sweet food. The sweeter it is, the more he likes it.
Mrs. Liu was afraid that the child would damage his teeth by eating sweets, so he always limited the number of pastries he could eat.
However, she accepted the child's occasional coquettishness, so she said: "When Manbao comes tomorrow, I will ask her, how many bunches of candied haws did you eat at her house?"
Bai Shanbao held out three fingers guiltily, and Mrs. Liu confiscated the four bunches of candied haws he brought back, saying: "I have eaten enough sweet things today, let's save these for tomorrow."
She paused and then asked with a smile, "Are you going to feed grandma and mother?"
Of course Bai Shanbao gave it, so the four skewers became two skewers. Bai Shanbao was a little sad, and what was even more sad was that he could only watch it today, but not eat it.
Mrs. Liu took a bite and found that the candied haws was really good and made from yam. She knew that yam nourishes qi, strengthens the spleen and helps digestion.
After taking a bite, she smiled and said, "It's not bad. They will dig out the yams tomorrow. Remember to buy some from them and take them back to make some yam cakes."
Zheng agreed.
Bai Shanbao had already muttered: "Yam cake is not as delicious as osmanthus cake..."