There are about two hundred students in Nanfu Academy, the oldest of whom are only in their early twenties, and they are all handsome young men.
These handsome young men naturally have money on hand, which they use to buy pens, inks, paper and inkstones. The price of an inkstone is about 500 renminbi, and the worst brush costs at least 100 renminbi. Among these stalls, ice powder Seems extremely cheap.
"Free trial, sweet and sour flavors to choose from." Cheng Wanwan said with a smile, "It's cheap, three pennies a bowl."
Zhao Sanniu, who was filling the ice powder, shook his hands. Didn't he sell it for two cents before? Why did he change the place and the price went up? Not many people bought it for two cents. After the price increase, he might have lost everything... …
When Zhao Sanniu was frowning, he only heard a crash and a lot of copper coins were thrown on the table.
A young man with a beautiful tree in front of the wind waved his hand: "Thank you for not giving up, and I would like to become a gentleman with you. I am shy in my pocket and cannot afford to treat you to a drink, so I can only use this Laoshizi ice powder instead. Please don't dislike it." "
"Brother, what are you talking about?"
"I don't dare to ask my brother to spend money..."
A group of scholars flattered and humbled each other.
Cheng Wanwan was counting the money by the side, and she said loudly: "There are thirty copper coins in total, three oxen, and ten bowls of ice powder!"
Zhao Sanniu instantly injected chicken blood and quickly filled out ten bowls. Ten handsome young men took white porcelain plum blossom bowls and stood in front of the stall to drink.
I don’t know if Cheng Wanwan has ice powder in this dynasty, but it is definitely the only one in Hekou Town.
“This refreshing taste is not inferior to Huzhou’s ice drinks.”
"At first my clothes felt sticky with sweat, but after taking a sip of the ice powder, I felt the heat dissipate."
"A bowl of ice powder will relieve the heat, and two spoons of brown sugar will make you forget your worries!"
"This limerick is very good!"
The scholar's casual limerick spread in Nanfu Academy, and not long after, many students heard about it and came.
Cheng Wanwan is responsible for collecting money and taking orders, Zhao Sanniu is responsible for serving the ice powder, and Zhao Dashan is responsible for adding brown sugar or hawthorn chips to the ice powder and cleaning the tableware in time... It is the first time for the mother and son to cooperate, but they have a tacit understanding. By half an hour, seventy or eighty bowls of ice powder were sold out.
The vendors selling pens, inks, paper and inkstones nearby were all dumbfounded.
They have been setting up a stall here for many years. They are thankful to God if they can sell one portion in a day, but this lady sold out everything in half an hour.
Are they too reserved, or is this Laoshizi ice powder really so relieving the heat?
Several vendors leaned their heads closer, and saw that the barrels were clean and there was nothing left.
Cheng Wanwan smiled and said to the students who came from behind: "It's sold out today. Everyone, come early tomorrow."
The mother and son packed up their belongings, returned the wooden table, and then walked down the street with their burdens, ready to buy some more things to take back.
Zhao Dashan couldn't help but asked: "Mom, why do you sell a bowl here for three pennies?"
Zhao Sanniu guessed: "Maybe it's because those scholars look quite rich?"
Cheng Wanwan shook his head: "If you ask a high price when you see a scholar who has money, isn't this intentional to defraud money? How is it different from some profiteers? The reason why I raised the price by a penny is because this is Hekou Town, and we rely on our feet to control the price. The ice powder is picked here, which invisibly increases the labor cost. If the ice powder is transported to the provincial capital to sell, it will cost five cents a bowl, because it takes longer on the road."
Zhao Dashan and Zhao Sanniu nodded in understanding.
Walking to an alley, Cheng Wanwan poured out all the money, a total of two hundred and seventy-seven cents. Today's income is all here.
"Da Shan, you take 20 cents to buy peanuts. These are the ingredients for making ice powder. You can buy as much as you can." She paused and pushed out another 30 cents. "We don't have any brown sugar at home. You can buy some more." Brown sugar is back.”
Cheng Wanwan counted out thirty copper coins and gave it to Zhao Sanniu: "Go to the butcher shop and see how much you can buy for thirty coins."
Zhao Sanniu hadn't seen the meat yet, and his saliva flowed out immediately.
"After you finish shopping, you can take a stroll in Hekou Town. We will meet here in half an hour."
Cheng Wanwan and her two sons went their separate ways. She still had close to two hundred pennies on hand, which was enough for her to fish in troubled waters and buy a lot of things.
She walked out of the alley and walked straight into the cloth shop.
Each of the six members of the family only had two changes of clothes. The patches were patched, and the clothes were already in disrepair. She had been wearing these tattered clothes for half a month, and it was really unbearable. Especially since there were no underwear in ancient times, she I must get myself a set of underwear.
Walking into the cloth shop, the items on both sides of the door were made of homespun cloth, which was made of linen. It was also the cheapest kind of cloth. When food prices soared, the price of cloth was extremely stable. You could buy a foot of cloth for two cents. .
She silently calculated in her mind that an adult man would need about six or seven feet of cloth to make a suit of clothing, and a woman would need about five feet. She bought ten feet of gray homespun cloth, ten feet of cyan homespun cloth, ten feet of navy blue, ten feet of black cloth, and They were each ten feet in khaki and light pink, and cost a total of one hundred and twenty cents.
After walking out of the cloth store, she spent 20 yuan to buy four pairs of cotton women's underwear in the mall. She and Wu Huiniang each took two pairs and pretended to have bought them at the cloth store.
She walked around the town and saw a chicken seller. Dozens of chickens were buzzing in cages, looking like they wouldn't live long. In another cage was a little duck, which was tender yellow. , I feel a little better.
"Auntie, do you want to buy chickens? They cost six cents each!" The man selling the chickens spat. "The chickens in our house are all very strong. They are all hens that can lay eggs. When they grow up, they will be brought in by roosters." Refund the money, if you die, I can give you ten times the money back..."
Before the man could finish speaking, a chicken in the cage fell down with a snap.
Cheng Wanwan: "..."
The weather is too hot and the chick's life is too fragile.
Fortunately, there is no shortage of water in Dahe Village now, so you can buy ducklings and raise them.
The little ducks also cost six cents each. Cheng Wanwan chose twenty ducks that were in good spirits and put them in the basket. The little ducks quacked, which made her feel happy inexplicably.
She had just bought cloth and ducks, and the two hundred copper coins she had were almost spent.
Cheng Wanwan returned to the alley early to buy staple food in the mall.
Last time, she lied that the food she earned from selling silver hairpins had been eaten up long ago. If she hadn't replenished some from time to time, the whole family would have gone to drink the northwest wind. Wu Huiniang asked several times how the family was doing. She even managed to get food, but she was able to frustrate him.
Fortunately, she made some money today, otherwise I really don't know how to continue to deceive her simple eldest daughter-in-law.
The most common ones were 30 jins of corn, 20 jins of rice, 20 jins of white flour, and black flour, buckwheat flour, cornmeal, etc., each bought 10 jins.
She also bought some snacks, a few pieces of soap for bathing, a wooden comb, and a pair of rustic-looking cloth shoes...
After Cheng Wanwan's shady money was squandered like this, he still had more than one hundred and eighteen taels left.
When Zhao Dashan and Zhao Sanniu came back, they saw food, cloth, and twenty quacking little ducks on the ground.
