Traveling Through Ancient Times To Be a Shopkeeper

The staple food is either white rice or white noodles, and the meals are either meat or fish. The husband cooks a lot of oil, and he is not allowed to cook, because he is not willing to put oil, and the dishes are not tasty, so he refuses Let him cook and let Ken help out.

However, the food cooked by my husband is really delicious, and he is very full every time.

After two days of raising, the faces of all raised were rosy.

Residential houses in the suburbs of the city are distributed in the south and east. Wei Cheng's home is on the east periphery. The houses in the periphery are not concentrated and scattered. Each house has a yard and a place to grow vegetables.

His family's vegetable field is at the door, and not far from the door is a wasteland and rolling mountains.

Because there is no firewood at home, it costs money to buy it, Zhou Yuan has to cut firewood, he needs to be diligent and thrifty to manage the house, there is a lot of firewood cut down on the side of the mountain, it is not a waste of money to buy it, Wei Cheng can't help it, so he goes with him.

The mountains in the suburbs are also very safe. If you don’t go into the mountains, you will be very safe. The suburbs were originally a village. This village is very poor, and there are too many wastelands that cannot be cultivated. If it is not for relying on the county seat, it may be difficult to survive. Later, the county expanded, and the villagers in the poor villages also became the current residents of the suburbs.

Among the current residents in the suburbs, there are still many families who are very poor. They also go to the mountains to cut firewood and hunt for wild food on weekdays.

Wei Cheng and Zhou Yuan walked along the road towards the mountains, Zhou Yuan frowned while walking.

"Why are you frowning?" Wei Cheng laughed at his little expression of being distressed and frowning for a while.

"Don't you say you want to do business? Stay at home for two days, didn't you see your preparations?"

"That's all? It made you think about it for so long?"

"if not?"

Wei Cheng said: "We are newly married, so you don't want me to accompany you for two more days."

Zhou Yuan: "......" He was thinking, but according to the husband's extravagant spending, the family's money will be spent quickly.

Zhou Yuan said firmly: "Our family is almost out of money, we need to make money." If the husband doesn't go, he can still earn money by doing needlework.

If Wei Cheng knew that his daughter-in-law let him eat soft meals, he didn't know how he would feel.

Wei Cheng laughed after hearing this.

Could it be that his daughter-in-law has some misunderstanding about the family savings? As far as he knows, an ordinary family spends less than five taels of silver a year, and a poorer family spends only two taels a year. He has more than twenty taels of silver in his hand, and he has not made any money for several years and has no worries about food and clothing.

The daughter-in-law also said that the family has no money!

It is also his dereliction of duty to let his wife mistakenly think that the family has no money.

"When I go back, I'll tell you how much money I have at home."

At the foot of the mountain, Wei Cheng was in charge of cutting firewood, and Zhou Yuan was in charge of picking up dry branches on the ground. Suddenly, Wei Cheng was attracted by a fruit on a tree.

Is that jelly?

He was worried about what food to sell in summer, although there was the same thing, but he thought it was too monotonous, now that there were jelly and fruit, there were more food to sell.

Wei Cheng stopped chopping firewood and turned to pick jelly.

I thought it was too monotonous, but now that there are jelly and fruit, there are more things to eat and sell.

Wei Cheng stopped chopping firewood and turned to pick jelly.

Zhou Yuan stopped to pick up branches, he asked curiously: "How do you pick the wild fruit, no one eats this wild fruit, why do you pick this?"

"This fruit can be cooked and eaten." Wei Cheng put the picked fruit into the basket on his back.

"Can this fruit be eaten?" Zhou Yuan helped to pick it. "There are a lot of this kind of fruit on the side of the mountain in my village. I didn't even know that this fruit could be eaten." When I was a child, I liked picking this kind of fruit to play.

Wei Cheng was pleasantly surprised, there are only a few trees in the woods here, and he will be gone when he runs out.

"How many such fruit trees are there on the mountain in Qinghe Village?"

"Many, all over the mountain road, there is such a large area." Zhou Yuan gestured.

"What kind of food can this serve?"

"The food made from this kind of fruit is ice cold, and it is the best to relieve the heat in summer."

When Zhou Yuan heard it, he picked it faster, Wei Cheng told him to slow down, because the fruit couldn't run away from the tree, so Zhou Yuan slowed down.

The two picked a basket, and Wei Cheng was responsible for carrying it. Instead of chopping firewood, he picked up branches and went home.

The money at home was supposed to be handed over, Wei Cheng would not hide it from Zhou Yuan, he would go home and put his things away, then drag him back to his room, take out the money bag from the hidden pocket in the closet, and put it directly in his hands.

It was a heavy bag, Zhou Yuan opened it, and was shocked to see that it was full of silver.

"Twenty-four taels, all the savings in our family."

"So many!" Zhou Yuan was shocked.

"That's right, it's more than enough to support you, now I'm not afraid that my husband won't make you fat." Wei Cheng laughed.

Zhou Yuan: "......"

He doesn't need so much to gain weight.

Sitting beside him, Wei Cheng put his arms around him and explained: "I'm going to sell food in the county tomorrow, and I've already bought the things I need to make food in the morning."

"You want to sell food, don't you want to be a peddler?" He saw that there was a cart at home, and he also heard from his husband that he wanted to be a peddler.

"Uh, I'm a peddler who sells food." He thought about selling small commodities, but he didn't think that he had just graduated from college but didn't find a job, and then changed his career to a food business, earning his first pot of gold in life.

The peddler wants to do it, not now, he has to earn capital, have the capital, do some handicrafts that were not available in ancient times, and buy mountain goods, and then sell them in a large scale.

"What is the food?"

"You will know when you make it tomorrow."

"I will help tomorrow too." Zhou Yuan asked.

"...Okay!" Let's talk about things tomorrow, "Let's deal with the flour and the freshly picked fruits first."

The flour needs to be soaked, and the jelly must be prepared first.

Wei Cheng woke up early, and it was time to start work.

When Wei Cheng came together, Zhou Yuan noticed the movement and opened his eyes. He seemed to wake up with a start, not at all the bleary sleep he had before waking up. He looked at Wei Cheng with bright eyes, and made up his mind to get up and help.

Wei Cheng planned to get up secretly and let him sleep for an extra hour before calling him. Yesterday, he promised to let him help, but he thought in his heart that if his wife was still sleeping, then it wasn't his problem. Now that everyone is awake, he can't resist his daughter-in-law's stubborn temper, so he has no choice but to agree.

The food Wei Cheng wants to cook is cold noodle and jelly, these two kinds of food are most suitable for summer.

The cold skin is steamed, cut into side dishes, the sauce is adjusted, and the chili oil is prepared earlier. They also mix the cold skin and jelly that was cooked last night for breakfast. It becomes a paste in the morning and can be eaten directly.

Zhou Yuan's food is not too spicy, and Wei Cheng mixes it for him with slightly spicy taste. As soon as Zhou Yuan ate the cold noodle, he said it was delicious. The jelly is in the form of a paste, crystal clear, tender and refreshing. Take a bite to cool off the heat.

The jelly is sweet, ice cold, and Zhou Yuan fell in love with it as soon as he ate it.

Wei Cheng didn't let him eat too much, because jelly is cold in nature, so he was afraid that he would get upset if he ate too much.

Before Wei Cheng set up a stall, he considered finding a fixed stall on the street. Later, he learned that, except for the market in the first, middle, and late ten days of each month, all other street stalls had to rent street stalls before they were allowed to set up stalls.

The stalls in the county are in a full state, and some are left with high rent stalls. I was short of money before. Although I have silver taels later, I decided to try to set up a mobile stall near the residence first. After I have a reputation, I will rent the street. stall.

It took an hour to prepare the materials, put the things on the cart, Weicheng took advantage of the morning market, and people in the county came out to have breakfast to sell.

Weicheng looked for a place, in a wealthy area outside, where there was a place where itinerant hawkers and peddlers set up stalls, not only selling breakfast, but even hawkers selling vegetables.

Steamed buns, white porridge, flatbread, noodle soup, wontons, and all kinds of breakfast food lined up a whole street.

Wei Cheng had come to investigate and inquired earlier. This street selling breakfast was sold by itinerant hawkers at the beginning. Some people in the nearby houses were unwilling to travel far to the food street to buy breakfast. It is also convenient to buy. Over time, smart people come here to set up stalls when they see business opportunities. This is how the morning food street was formed.

Even people from the wealthy portal will come to buy.

Of course, after breakfast time, if you still set up a stall here, you will be chased away by the urban management, otherwise you will be fined, and serious cases will be arrested and locked up in a cell for a few days.

Wei Cheng's cart was parked between a peddler and a talent seller, both of them saw Wei Cheng for the first time.

"Brother, what are you selling?" the vegetable vendor asked.

"Selling Liangpi and jelly." Wei Cheng said as he put a large bowl of cut Liangpi on the trolley. Liangpi sauce, side dishes cucumber, gluten, crushed peanuts, special sesame oil and chili oil were all arranged one by one.

The cucumber shreds were cut by himself, so he had to go to the blacksmith to make some cutting tools for later use.

Liangpi? !

It was the first time for the vegetable sellers. They saw that the vermicelli on it was white and translucent, and they had never seen food before.

Wei Cheng mixed a bowl for display, looking at the glistening Liangpi mixed with sauce, he had an appetite at first glance, and some of the onlookers wanted to buy it.

"How do you sell Liangpi?"

"A bowl of five cents."

"So expensive!"

The onlookers all exclaimed, there is no meat in a bowl of Liangpi, they are all vegetarian dishes, and it costs five cents, which is too expensive.

"It's not just a bowl of ordinary noodles, but a bowl of noodles is sold at food stalls outside."

"That's right, five cents is too expensive."

"Don't tell me, the oil-colored sauce on it looks delicious."

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Wei Cheng didn't care what the onlookers said, he didn't shout, he ate a bowl of Liangpi on the spot, showing how delicious the sauce of Liangpi tasted with his actions.

Wei Cheng enjoyed his meal.

Someone couldn't help but buy a bowl, "Sell me a bowl." It's five yuan, and he can afford to buy a bowl of meat-filled wontons.

"OK, just a second!"

Wei Cheng took a portion of Liangpi from the big wooden basin and put it in a mixing bowl, picked up side dishes and put it in the bowl, then put in the special Liangpi sauce, and asked, "Do you want it spicy?"

Looking at the Youliang chili oil, it must be very fragrant. The guest said: "Yes! Moderate spicy!" It can be seen that you can eat spicy food.

Wei Cheng put away the chili oil, mixed it skillfully with his hands a few times, and a serving of Liangpi was ready.

The bowls that Wei Cheng brought out were limited, so he put a piece of greased paper on top of the bowl. After eating, throw away the greased paper without washing it. It is easier to clean the chopsticks. He brought water, which is enough to clean the chopsticks. If the water is not enough, you can go to the residence fetch water.

The guest couldn't wait to eat the cold noodle after receiving it, and the onlookers were all waiting for his response, so the man cared about the delicious taste and ate mouthful after mouthful.

Someone asked: "Is it delicious?"

The guest ate the cold noodle and said inarticulately, "It's delicious! It's delicious!" He asked with a piece of gluten, "Boss, what is this? It's delicious and has a lot of chewiness."

"It's gluten, made of flour." Wei Cheng explained.

Some people see that the person eats deliciously, a bowl of cold noodle with a lot of side dishes, the sauce looks delicious and smells even better, so they can't help but buy a bowl, and squat on Shiji with the customer Eat up.

Some people are delicious, and anyone who wants to eat will buy a bowl. Wei Cheng is busy, and it is the first time for those who have eaten Liangpi. The Liangpi is both cool and delicious and chewy.

You don't feel hot when you eat a bowl in summer.

"This Liangpi is very suitable for eating in summer. It is not hot after eating, and it tastes delicious!"

"Boss, have another bowl!"

Some people buy jelly instead of cold skin, and a bowl of jelly costs three renminbi. The crystal clear jelly is absolutely refreshing to eat. People who eat it feel that it is really refreshing and refreshing.

"The jelly is sweet and cold."

Jelly is also popular.

People who came out to buy breakfast saw that Weicheng’s small stalls were doing well, so they followed suit and bought a bowl. Some people even brought their own bowls to buy breakfast and take them home. Weicheng gave more noodles, not only the Liangpi had more weight, The same is true for jelly, some people can see it with sharp eyes, and they have gone home to follow suit.

There was an endless stream of onlookers from Weicheng's side, and other food stall owners were a little envious and jealous.

The food here in Weicheng is good, and the business of the vegetable sellers around him is also getting better.

In less than two hours, more than 100 bowls of Liangpi jelly were sold out before the breakfast time was over. Some customers bought several bowls together to sell so quickly.

Customers are still queuing up at the stall, and some customers who bought it home ate it, and the family said it was delicious, but there was not enough food, and they were gone if they wanted to buy it.

"Sorry, today's food is sold out, and it will be available tomorrow."

"Boss, you can make more tomorrow, we haven't eaten yet."

"Reserve three bowls of jelly for me, the elderly and children love it."

"I want it too. I'll buy it for the kids at home."

"I want a bowl too."

.........

Feel sorry! Reservations are not accepted!

Zhou Yuan was at home, and looked at the door from time to time. Whenever someone passed by the door and made noises, he thought that Wei Cheng would be disappointed when he came back, but he also thought that Wei Cheng had only been out for a long time, so it should not be sold out so quickly.

I couldn’t calm down even when I was doing needlework, so I just moved a chair and sat at the door of my house to wait.

When Wei Cheng came back, Zhou Yuan saw him and ran over to help.

"I'm back, are you tired?"

"Yuan Yuan, the food is sold out!" Wei Cheng said, pushing the cart into the yard.

"Really?!" Are they all sold out? Zhou Yuan was pleasantly surprised, "How much is it selling for?" "It's very easy to sell, and he was worried that it would not be easy to sell.

"It sold a lot of money today, let's go back inside and count."

Wei Cheng pulled people into the house, poured all the money he earned today on the table, scattered the copper coins, and the two counted the money clearly.

Fifty coins, one hundred coins, two hundred coins...a total of more than 700 coins, and the cost is more than 500 coins.

"Well, if you calculate it like this, you can earn a few taels of silver in a month." Zhou Yuan was shocked.

The villagers in the village go out to work as laborers for only 20 to 30 Wen a day, and some can earn 40 to 50 Wen a day, and they may not even be able to find a job.

His older brothers often couldn't find odd jobs.

His family earns hundreds of Wen a day, so Zhou Yuan can't be surprised.

Wei Cheng felt that it was too little, a few hundred Wen a day, for future planning, this money was still too little, but as long as his wife was happy.

"Yuanyuan, I will give you all the money, and you will take care of the family's money."

what! ?

"I won't." The husband asked him to take care of the money, he was very happy, but should he take care of the money? But he won't.

Wei Cheng said: "It's okay, my husband will teach you how to manage accounts."

"But..." Zhou Yuan hesitated, he was afraid that he could not do well.

"Yuan Yuan, think about it, if the family's business is better in the future, your husband and I can't handle it alone, and we have to manage the money and family affairs by ourselves. Isn't that very tiring? Isn't Yuan Yuan willing to share the burden for your husband?" Wei Cheng followed induced.

That's right, how can he not help her husband, it's just managing the family money, he will definitely learn it, so that he can help her husband take care of the house.

"Well, I'll learn!"

Seeing his high fighting spirit, Wei Cheng chuckled lightly.

Wei Cheng: "Yuan Yuan, can you read?"

"Yes, my father taught me, but not many know it."

His father can read and write. His grandfather is a wealthy family member in the village. His father has studied for several years. He and the brothers in the family were taught to read by his father, and they can barely read.

Knowing how to read is easy to teach, Wei Cheng said: "Learn to manage accounts and learn to read together."

"Ok!"

Zhou Yuanke was very happy to be able to read and write. He always wanted to learn to read and write more, but his father could learn more.

Now that I can learn from my husband, he must study hard.

Wei Cheng has been in school for several years and has learned to read and write. His elder brother Wei Liang studied a few years longer than him, and the family thought about letting his elder brother take the imperial examination, but his elder brother was very poor at studying and could hardly learn to read, let alone take the imperial examination.

So he is not afraid of anyone knowing that he can read.

However, in order to better cover up, he still bought more books to read, so that he could explain later.