I remember when my grandma made halva, the sugar coating was made of white sugar mixed with malt sugar, and then there were fried and ground peanuts inside.
Then she would buy caramel first, and then buy more. After selling more than 400 tea eggs, she started selling halva. She would be satisfied if she could earn one tael of silver this day. She made 800 cash yesterday, no,
If halva is successful, it should be able to sell more.
Four hundred and ten eggs were consumed in the space yesterday, and after today's consumption, there are only about 900 eggs left. This is because she counts the eggs after collecting them every day to know clearly, otherwise there are eight eggs piled there.
Nine hundred eggs are hard to count.
These nine hundred are enough to sell for three days, and there are still 360 that can be picked up in three days, so selling only tea eggs is not an option. She has to think of other ways.
7700+1350 kilograms of corn, which is 9050 kilograms. If you harvest today's 1350 kilograms, you can upgrade the space. Then she will plant sugar cane again, stock up some sugar cane, and then plant grain to upgrade the space.
In this way, she will have no shortage of white sugar for making halva. It seems that sugar does not exist here, so no one can copy the halva she makes. This business can still be continued in other places.
Woolen cloth.
This lasts longer than selling tea eggs.
Xia Qiyue went out and quickly arrived at the market. She remembered that the shop selling candy yesterday was a little to the west. Sure enough, she found the place without long searching.
In ancient times, sweets were really expensive. She also learned about it from books. Although she felt sorry for the money, she still had to buy it. She bought two kilograms and went back.
He was walking in a hurry and was disguised, so even people who knew Xia Qiyue couldn't recognize him.
Besides, everyone was waiting for porridge, and no one came to the city to wander around so early. They were punished.
By the time they got home, the four of them had washed all four hundred eggs and put them into the pot to boil.
Xia Jiuyue was looking to see if the eggs were cooked after the water boiled. When they were cooked, they had to crack the eggshells to taste.
But the two little ones were already hiding aside, each chewing an apple and scribbling on the ground.
Xia Qiyue placed the caramel beside the stove, took out all the peanuts that were shelled yesterday from the space, and then started to mash them with a rolling pin.
The peanuts need to be broken into small pieces. The pieces are too big to form candy bars.
When the two little ones saw this, they immediately dropped the wooden sticks in their hands and ran over to help with half-eaten apples.
Xia Qiyue is not the kind of person who won't let her children touch anything for fear of causing trouble.
He gave the rolling pin to the two of them and stood there watching and laughing.
The two children may have been a little embarrassed after playing, so they gave the rolling pin to Xia Qiyue soon, saying that they didn't know how to do it.
After satisfying the curiosity of the two little guys, they just played with themselves and stopped making trouble.
Xia Qiyue used all her strength to pound the peanuts. When the tea eggs were cooked, she removed the fire. After Xia Jiuyue also broke the shells of each tea egg, she also pounded the peanuts.
alright.
Then came the step of melting the sugar, but instead of rushing to make halva, she chose to sell out the tea eggs first.
I couldn't move it at once, but I didn't ask my brothers and sisters for help. After I put on my makeup, I changed into men's clothes and went out carrying half of the tea eggs in the wooden bucket.
As soon as she arrived at the market, the apple seller waved to her, "Young man, come over here, I've got a place for you!"
Xia Qiyue smiled at her aunt, then struggled to carry the barrel over.
"Young man, why are you leaving the stall so late? This spot was almost taken away by someone else!"
Xia Qiyue's voice became thicker and she said, "It takes some time to cook the tea eggs! Thank you very much for holding a seat for me. Let's try some tea eggs, ma'am!"
As she said this, she fished out a tea egg and handed it to her. The aunt had such a sense of intention that she actively occupied a seat for her. Seeing that the young man was so polite, she happily took it.
"Auntie really likes your tea eggs. When you close the stall, leave a few for auntie and take them home for your uncle to try too!"
"Okay!"
After saying that, today's sales work started. Not long after, everyone who bought yesterday came back to buy back. Among them was the Tang family's housekeeper. She still looked like she was worth 2,500,000 to 80,000 yuan, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she said
Want fifty.
Xia Qiyue couldn't understand. It was just tea eggs. Can a family eat fifty of them a day?
However, how much someone buys is their business and has nothing to do with her. She can just sell it.
However, the Tang family's housekeeper, Grandma, took matters into her own hands and explained everything.
"The in-laws of the host family came over last night with their families. Well, the tea eggs I bought yesterday were not enough to eat. The in-laws and my family are too good to eat..."
Everyone in Maoshan Town knew that Tang Yuan had a poor relative with a large family, and they would come over from time to time to stay for two days and have a good meal.
But unfortunately, this poor daughter-in-law also gave birth to the eldest grandson of the old Tang family. Even if the in-laws did not go too far, the Tang family could not say anything about living in the house for two days and eating several meals.
As soon as I heard the housekeeper's unwilling complaint, I knew that this in-law was not welcome in the Tang family.
After Xia Qiyue waited for the housekeeper to leave, she got a general idea from the people queuing up to buy tea eggs.
But I didn’t take it seriously, I just thought about where to sell the halva after I finished it.
The Tang family was a place to go, but she had to think more about how much she could buy from a mansion. It was obviously not feasible to sell them in the market like tea eggs, and she wouldn't be able to sell much.
Soon the first barrel was sold out, and she hurried back to get the second barrel.
When I went back, I bought 20 kilograms of peanuts from the old lady who sold peanuts and melon seeds yesterday. I just let my younger brothers and sisters peel the peanuts at home. After selling the tea eggs, she went back and started making halva. If she succeeded, she would use a lot of peanuts.
When the old lady heard that Xia Qiyue was going to buy twenty kilograms of peanuts, her face, which had not been opened all morning, was full of smiles.
She only carried twenty kilograms on her back, and all of them were sold today.
Twenty kilograms is one hundred copper coins, which is enough for their family to spend more than half a month, including oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar, and maybe some tea foam to drink with the old man.
Xia Qiyue walked back with a barrel in one hand and peanuts in the other. The peanuts were not weighed, and they weighed twenty kilograms in a cotton bag.
The second bucket of tea eggs took a little longer to sell, and by the time they were sold out, it was already past lunch time.
After Xia Qiyue sold the food, she hurried back. She didn't put the food here, it was all in the space, so her younger brothers and sisters hadn't cooked yet, but they had peeled four or five kilograms of peanuts.
Two little ones were also helping, and the four of them did it very energetically.
She quickly recruited her brother to light the fire and make lunch.
For lunch, I still have white rice, braised dried rabbit meat, and stewed egg custard. It’s a delicious lunch.
The five of us had been working all morning, and the food we had around the table was particularly delicious.