Chapter 142: Curing Pickled Vegetables Without Worries

  He Zhuo was just about to ask her to drink more tea and eat some fruit, saying sorry for not having time to accompany her when Shen Sisi smiled and said: "He Zhuo, you go ahead with your business, I'll take a stroll around the city myself, I'll be back home in a while..."

  He Hezhuo apologized and said, "I'm sorry, you see I really can't get away from this, I originally wanted to keep you for lunch, but...". He paused, then called over a colleague who was pulling a cart of goods, and laughed, saying: "How about this? Let him accompany you on a stroll around the city, and then send you back. What do you think?"

  Shen Sisi nodded and smiled: "This is also okay, I'm also afraid of walking..."

  He Zhuang took out five taels of silver from his bosom and handed it to the shop assistant, saying: "Take good care of him..."

  Shen Sisi naturally saw it too, but just pretended not to see it. As for the deliberate flattery, she didn't mind either, after all, she had this capital.

  That fellow smiled with his eyes gleaming, thinking to himself that even if Shen Sisi bought a lot of things, there would still be some left over, which would end up in his pocket.

  He Zhuo Guan then confessed his crime and hastily went to the front hall.

  Shen Sisi and the accountant pulled out a cart and entered the market. No matter what Shen Sisi fancied, the accountant would buy it for her. However, she wasn't a child who didn't know any better; since she knew he had money on him, she wouldn't be polite and only chose expensive items to buy. Slowly but surely, the accountant's face turned sour, and whenever he looked at Shen Sisi, he seemed worried. Shen Sisi secretly laughed to herself but didn't get too carried away, ultimately leaving him with a few extra silver coins before they were done. When she got back in the cart and said it was time to leave, the accountant visibly let out a sigh of relief. Shen Sisi heard this and couldn't help but laugh to herself, not saying a word until they returned home. Only after Shen Sisi got off the cart did the accountant happily head back, having earned a few extra silver coins from just one trip - what was there not to be happy about?

  He Axiu saw her return with a bunch of things and hurried over to help her move them. Without asking what she had bought, he just smiled and said: "Is the business going well for Boss He?"

  "Hmm, I saw him busy with his feet kicking the back of his head, didn't say a few words and came back... " Shen Sisi lightly laughed and said: "I guess he makes at least 500 to 1000 taels per day..."

  He Qiaoxiu was shocked and said: "So many?!"

  Every day, Shen Sisi can earn fifty taels by stir-frying a few ingredients, and adding the braised meat sold at home, they can earn over ten taels a day. After deducting costs, their family's net income is over fifty taels, which He Axiu thinks is already impressive, but unexpectedly, He Zhanggui earns even more?!

  Five hundred to one thousand taels, what a concept? He Axiu couldn't count it clearly either, anyway she had never seen so much money before.

  Shen Sisi smiled lightly and said, "This is nothing, wait until later..." Once the reputation of Fuman Tower spreads, other county towns' wine houses will naturally come to find her. At that time, she won't be sold at this price for the bottom material, it's whoever offers a higher price gets it...

  But when the time comes, she still has to set up a stir-fry sauce workshop. Otherwise, she'll be busy to death doing this every day!

  Who will manage at that time? Shen Sisi smiled and glanced at the four treasures, who were looked at by her and felt numb on their scalps, and hurriedly sneaked away to the side house.

  He Qiu was still in shock, and for a moment, she didn't come back to her senses. Their family's Tuni was already very capable, so when she bought something, she never said that she was wasting money. Moreover, this little god of wealth wasn't bad at spending money, but he was really good at making it.

  She hasn't even seen her buy any gold or silver hairpins to wear, and on this point, He Axiu would rather she spend some money, at least like a girl. This country girl doesn't love wearing these things, and she's not willing to wear flower-patterned clothes and shoes either, only liking to wear light blue cloth ones. He Axiu had already made her a light blue blouse, otherwise...she'd still be wearing old ones.

  This girl, really doesn't look like a girl at all, her behavior and even her clothes are not like it, she's probably a misborn, He Axiu pitied her and said: "Tuni, why don't you buy some fabric back, mother will make clothes for you..."

  Shen thought for a moment, then said reluctantly, "Mother, I have clothes to wear..." She quickly changed the subject and smiled, "I bought you and Xiaohua each a pair of silver earrings, see if you like them..."

  "You child, didn't even buy one for yourself..." He Axiu helplessly said: "Mother said to get your ears pierced, but you refused..."

  Shen Sisi was afraid she would say something about herself, so she quickly laughed and said: "Getting an ear piercing hurts, I'm afraid of the pain, mom, what's wrong with you? I'm only eight years old! By the way, this silver wasn't paid by me, it was given to me by He Zhuanggui, haha..."

  He Qiaoxiu was taken aback and smiled, saying: "He Zhuanggui is indeed an honest man..."

  That's because she made money for him, okay?!

  Shen Sisi saw that she was no longer entangled in herself, and only then did she let out a sigh of relief, and went with her to study the pattern on the earrings.

  Niu Xiaohua received the silver earrings, and she was obviously very happy. This is the second time she has received a gift from Shen Sisi. Suddenly, her eyes were filled with tears as she looked at Shen Sisi and said: "Tuniu, you're really good..."

  Shen Sisi shuddered, really couldn't bear her white lotus-like pitiful expression, dryly laughed twice and said: "Mother, Xiaohua, you two try it on, I still have something to go out for..."

  He finished speaking and ran away, feeling emotional, it's really unbearable. I don't know if Da Bao will be able to bear it in the future, haha. It is said that men love this kind of thing the most, which can reflect their husbandly feelings.

  Shen Sisi was deeply disappointed with her own idea.

  She ran to the Li Zheng's home in one breath, and Mrs. Li was cooking at that time. Seeing her, she was delighted and pulled her over, saying: "Tuni, have you eaten yet? Come eat some at my place..."

  "I've eaten already..." Shen Sisi didn't have the mood to eat at their house, eating from others' mouths is a short-lived pleasure, and besides, they don't even have any good dishes, she might as well go back home to eat, at least the oil is more abundant and fragrant.

  "Auntie, I'm looking for Uncle Li Zheng, is he at home?" Shen Sisi asked with a smile.

  "Here, here, I'll go call him, he's in the backyard. Please sit down, Auntie will pour you some tea..."

  "No need, Auntie, I don't like drinking tea, don't be polite..." Shen Sisi hastily refused, she was really not a big fan of tea.

  She saw her refuse, had to give up, and also knew she was a little kid who didn't like drinking this. But at home, there wasn't even any sweet pastries or fruits to entertain her, so she could only give up and ran to the backyard to call for Rizheng.

  Li Zheng knew she was coming and hurried back, seeing her smile and say: "Tuniang found me what's the matter?!"

  "Hey, Uncle Li Zheng, the Fu Man Lou in town wants to buy some old pickled mustard greens. I thought I'd let everyone in the village know and see if anyone has any they want to sell. I can collect them and then deliver them to Fu Man Lou..." Shen Si Si said with a smile.

  "Fu Man Lou, isn't that the one selling sour vegetable fish hot pot?!?" Li Zheng looked at her with a smile and said: "I heard their family is cooperating with you, right?!"

  Shen Sisi didn't deny it and nodded her head.

  Li Zheng smiled and although he was curious, it wasn't convenient to ask how much money the other person had made. Even if he felt envious, it wasn't his own family's business, what could he do?

  "How much money do you charge per catty, so I can have an idea..." Li Zheng smiled and agreed. He originally often went to the Zhong family for meals, this little thing really didn't count as a big deal.

  "Five cents a catty, as long as it's old pickled mustard greens, I've tried them all, five cents a catty, new ones aren't accepted..." Shen Sisi said with a smile.

  The wife was shocked and said: "What? Five cents a catty? When did pickled vegetables become so expensive?"

  Shen thought for a moment and smiled, saying: "What's up? It's just that the sour cabbage fish hot pot at Fumin Building is quite expensive. Auntie, your family's sour cabbage is the most authentic, I'll give you six cents, how about it? Sell some to me, I won't shortchange you, but don't tell anyone in the village, okay?"

  "Ah, yes, yes, yes! Which family doesn't have this?! I've pickled a lot of it, I'll sell you more than half. This is something we pickle to eat over the winter, if we can sell it at this price, who would still want to eat sauerkraut? We can exchange the money for some fresh vegetables to eat, and just keep a little at home..."

  The wife calculated that there were still four jars at home, and selling three of them would also make a lot of money. Especially this old pickled vegetable has a high water content, so the weight is very heavy when weighed, now they can make a profit.

  Leave a jar for winter and it will be enough to eat, when spring comes, there will be fresh vegetables to eat, what's the fear.

  After all, six pieces cost one catty.

  Li Zheng was also happy, but he also knew that Shen Sisi's cunning daughter would still make a lot of money even if she sold it to Fumanlou, so he smiled and said: "Okay, I'll go tell the villagers, if they want to sell pickled vegetables, I'll let them all come to your house..."

  "Alright..." Shen Sisi smiled and said: "Auntie, next time you come to my house, bring a jar with you, my family doesn't have a donkey cart or an ox cart, if we did, I'd let my dad pull it himself..."

  "There's nothing to it, we can just take care of it ourselves. Your family is still digging the pond and your dad is busy, don't bother him..."

  Shen Sisi smiled and said, "Lizheng Shu, tell the villagers that we'll take the jars together, but wait until Fuman Tower empties them out. I'll return them afterwards, but the weight of the jars must be deducted..."

  "Cheng..." smiled to himself, thinking that the three jars of pickled vegetables at home would also sell for a good amount of silver, and even if you subtracted the cost of the jars, there was not only pickled vegetables inside, but also water, which added a lot of weight...

  As soon as he ran to the village entrance and said it, it was immediately spread from one person to ten, and then from ten to a hundred. Every household in the village knew about it before afternoon, and a large crowd of people came to the Zhong family to ask about the situation. They only asked Shen Sisi, "Is five articles for one jin true?"

  Everyone's face is filled with excitement, who would have thought that every household's old pickled vegetables could be sold for money? This is related to the Zhong family, if it weren't for the Zhong family being from this village, which village could sell their old pickled vegetables?! Isn't this just basking in some reflected glory?!

  Everyone was overjoyed.

  Shen Sisi smiled and said, "Of course I'll accept it. Not only now, but also in the future. Of course, it must be pickled to bring out the flavor. New jars don't count, all are five cents a catty, however much you have, that's how much I'll take..."