Su Xiaoxiao went to Wei Ting's room to check on him as usual.
The low fever had gone, but the hematoma* in the liver had not disappeared, and he was still weak.
*Hematoma : is a localized bleeding outside of blood vessels, due to either disease or trauma including injury or surgery and may involve blood continuing to seep from broken capillaries. [Wikipedia]
"Take the medicine by yourself."
Su Xiaoxiao filled a bowl with two anti-inflammatory medicines and three capsules for hematoma, and handed them to him.
She knew he was awake.
"What kind of medicine did you give me?" He had never seen such a strange medicine.
Su Xiaoxiao laughed and said, "Yo, it's not enough to be my family's son-in-law, and you still want to know about my family's ancestral secret recipe?"
"Who wants to know?" Wei Ting turned his face coldly.
Su Xiaoxiao's treatment of Wei Ting's wound was unknown to Father Su and Su Ergou. They thought that Wei Ting got better because Jinchuang medicine that he carried with him.
-Jin Chuang Medicine / Jin Chuang Yao / 金疮药
It is a traditional Chinese medicine, its name is often heard in Chinese historical costume movies, dramas, and novels. All martial artists usually had this medicine. This medicine is a powder, it is used to treat bruises, cut injuries, stop bleeding, etc.
Wei Ting thought that the father and son knew that Su Xiaoxiao was giving him medical treatment.
Although he wondered why a rural girl was proficient in The Art of Qihuang*, he still hadn't gotten to the point where he could chat with this bandit.
-The Art of Qihuang, also known as Qihuang Medical Technique.
*Huang refers to Emperor Xuanyuan, and Qi is his minister Qi Bo. Legend has it that the emperor often sat down with officials such as Qi Bo to discuss medical issues, asking questions and answering questions about the causes, diagnosis, and treatment principles of diseases, and clarifying many of the contents. In later generations, out of respect for the emperor and Qi Bo, referred The Art of Qihuang to Chinese medicine, and believed that the emperor's classic of Internal Medicine was the source of the theory of Chinese medicine and the most authoritative classic of Chinese medicine.
Therefore, Su Xiaoxiao's little secret was covered.
But even if Su Xiaoxiao exposed her secret, she was not afraid. Just looked at how Father Su and Su Ergou loved her so blindly, and it was easy for her to fool them.
On the contrary, Wei Ting was more difficult.
When she got a chance, she had to steal some secrets from him.
…
There was some meat at home. For breakfast today, Su Xiaoxiao made a few pounds of steamed dumplings, cooked a pot of porridge with green vegetables and pork ribs, and roasted some sweet potatoes along the way.
Su Ergou roasted it last night, and it seemed that the three little cuties liked it very much too.
Since it was a rare occasion for the whole family to get up early, Su Xiaoxiao planned to wait for them to come back and have breakfast together.
But after waiting and waiting, she didn't see any shadow of them.
Did they stroll out of the village?
"Forget it. Just go and pick up some firewood first."
After Su Xiaoxiao brought a bowl of vegetable and rib porridge to Wei Ting, she took hemp rope and went to the forest in the back mountain.
Coincidentally, she met the next-door neighbor Mrs. Wu again.
T/N : The previous Xiao Wu will be changed into Mrs. Wu. There will be another character with the surname Wu too (the mother-in-law of Mrs. Wu, which later will be called Grandma Wu, to differentiate with Mrs. Wu).
Mrs. Wu also came to pick up firewood, but she accidentally fell down, and the firewood was scattered all over the ground without saying anything, and her foot was stuck.
It was a big tree that had fallen down in the forest. It was not easy for an adult man to move it, let alone a skinny Mrs. Wu.
Mrs Wu was in pain and anxious, her tears came out.
But she was timid and did not dare to call out for help.
Su Xiaoxiao did not know how long she had been stuck, but her thin and helpless appearance was really pitiful.
Su Xiaoxiao walked over.
Seeing her, Mrs Wu was like a frightened rabbit, she trembled.
Su Xiaoxiao didn't say anything, and just walked around to the end of the tree.
She took a horse stance, and held the tree with all of her strength.
This was the power of fat people!
If she was a 90 pounds little girl, it would definitely be impossible to hold this big tree!
Mrs Wu quickly moved her feet out.
Boom!
The tree hit the ground heavily.
"I'm so exhausted!"
She still hadn't eaten breakfast!
Su Xiaoxiao panting, came to Mrs Wu and squatted down to check her right foot.
"It's just a little bruise, it's okay. Can you walk?"
She nodded timidly and bent to pick up firewood on the ground.
Seeing her limping appearance, Su Xiaoxiao sighed and helped her bundle up the firewood and put it on her (Su Xiaoxiao) shoulders.
"Follow me!"
Mrs Wu stared blankly at the little bully Su who robbed her firewood and dared not disobey the other party's words.
Su Xiaoxiao put firewood at her door and left.
On the other side, Su Ergou came back with three little cuties in high spirits!
"Jie! We're back!"
Su Xiaoxiao also just arrived home: "Eh? Why were there only four of you? Where's Dad?"
Su Ergou saw the firewood at her feet at a glance, and frowned: "Jie, you went to pick up firewood? I can do this kind of work! You don't need to go to the mountain!"
"I want to lose weight." Su Xiaoxiao said, "You haven't said where Dad has gone."
Su Ergou said, "Oh, Dad was called by someone to the town."
…
Medical center.
"Brother Su, please come here."
A young man took Su Cheng to the tea room on the second floor. "Brother Dao is waiting for you inside."
Su Cheng looked around and muttered, "Why do you come to such a place to drink tea?"
The young man smiled and said nothing.
Su Cheng entered the room.
The room was very dark, and there was a strong smell of Diedajiu and Jinchuang medicine coming to his nose.
He frowned involuntarily.
Zhang Dao sat on the mahogany chair, and the dim light appropriately concealed his pale and weak face.
He smiled and said, "Brother Su is really a busy man. You haven't come to see me, this little brother* for so many years."
*Little brother : it doesn't mean the biological younger brother, but it's just that Zhang Dao used to have some relationship with Su Cheng in the past, and they were close enough with each other that they called each other brothers. Because Zhang Dao was younger than Su Cheng, he called himself the little brother.
Su Cheng laughed and strode over to sit down on the chair beside Zhang Dao, but a gangster behind Zhang Dao pulled the chair back.
Su Cheng narrowed his eyes slightly.
Zhang Dao said solemnly, "Insolence! Still not give Brother Su a seat!?"
"Yes!" The gangster pushed the chair back into the place.
What a show off, it just an old trick.
Su Cheng sat down calmly and asked Zhang Dao with a smile: "Why did my brother look for me today?"
Zhang Dao said with a light smile: "Brother Su says this just like we're already become distant. if there's no problem, can't we be nostalgic with each other about the past?"
"Your fucking nostalgic…"
Before Su Cheng could finish his swear words, Zhang Dao interrupted him: "Fifth master sent someone to look for me a few days ago, and asked if I would like to follow him to Fucheng."
Fifth master was a ruthless person that even the county magistrate dared not provoke easily.
Su Cheng changed his scolding attitude and said with a big smile: "My brother is under the fifth master's care, you would definitely have a bright future."
"This man was sent by the Fifth Master." Zhang Dao pointed to the gangster behind him.
"No wonder, I see he is extraordinary." Su Cheng smiled and said, "Is my brother here going to say goodbye to me? Let's go, I'll invite you to Chunfenglou for a few drinks!"
Zhang Dao suddenly grinned: "It's unnecessary to go drinking. If Brother Su really cared for me, why don't you just give me a small gift."
Su Cheng said cheerfully: "What do you want? As long as I have it, I will definitely get it for you!"
Zhang Dao smiled and said, "You have it. It's at your house."
Su Cheng frowned, "At my house?"
Zhang Dao smiled maliciously: "Your baby girl, Su Daya.
…
Su Xiaoxiao tidied up the bowls and chopsticks, then she went out from the back door of the kitchen.
Behind the kitchen next door, Mrs. Wu was squatting on the ground picking corn. It was for Niudan to eat. He suddenly said this morning that he wanted to eat stir-fried corn with green pepper.
"Why are you always working?"
Su Xiaoxiao's voice suddenly appeared, and Mrs. Wu was shocked again.
Alas, she was so timid.
She (Su Xiaoxiao) still hadn't done anything bad to her (Mrs. Wu).
Even though Su Xiaoxiao showed her kindness to Mrs. Wu in the last two meetings, it was probably because of her bad reputation in the past that Mrs. Wu was still very afraid of her.
Su Xiaoxiao picked up a corn cob and patted it in the palm of her hand: "Mrs. Wu, do me a favor."
Mrs. Wu took a deep breath. It finally came. Su Pangya was going to blackmail her.
…
Medical center.
After Zhang Dao finished saying those words, Su Cheng's face turned cold at a visible speed.
"Zhang Dao, what do you mean?"
Su Cheng also changed the way he addressed Zhang Dao.
Zhang Dao smiled and said, "What do you mean? Didn't your baby girl tell you when she went back? Did she think that after she offended me, I would easily let her go? If I didn't give her some lessons today, how could I get along with others in the future!"
Su Cheng frowned and looked at him: "Your injury was caused by Daya?"
He had already seen that Zhang Dao was injured, but he didn't really care about Zhang Dao. Zhang Dao didn't mention it himself, so he was too lazy to ask about it.
Zhang Dao snorted coldly and said, "Fuck you, pretending to be stupid! You don't want to hand her over? Then that's fine."
He took out a dagger from his arms and stabbed it on the table between them.
"Leave a hand!"
Su Cheng's eyes fell on the cold dagger: "If I leave a hand, you will let go Daya?"
Zhang Dao looked at him, while squinted and smiled: "Well, It will depend on my mood. If I'm in a good mood, I'm happy, then I won't care about that damn fatty."
Su Cheng slowly grabbed the dagger on the table.
Zhang Dao couldn't help laughing sarcastically: "Brother Su ah Brother Su, just for a fat and stupid daughter who can't marry out, you will hurt your own hand. Is it worth it? Remember when we went everywhere together, who didn't call Brother Su as a good escort?
Su Cheng responded with a low and dangerous voice: "You say, who is the damn fatty?"
Zhang Dao was stunned.
In the next second, the dagger in Su Cheng's hand came straight to his face—
He never dreamed that Su Cheng would suddenly go on a rampage and attack him!
Zhang Dao has dozen people guarding in the backyard, and it was impossible for Su Cheng not to see them on the way here.
Su Cheng wasn't afraid to hurt himself, or the fact that he wouldn't be able to go out.
Zhang Dao was injured and couldn't avoid this attack, but behind him was a powerful gangster who quickly grabbed Su Cheng's right wrist.
But Su Cheng's move was a false move, or could be said that it was a move that he deliberately showed to fool them.
His left hand had already picked up the white porcelain vase on the side, and he ruthlessly smashed it down at Zhang Dao's head!
It broke Zhang Dao's head on the spot!
The people in the back couldn't stop him even if they wanted to!
Su Cheng had returned to the countryside to farm for so many years. It almost made people forget the days when he was an escort, and his indifference to death?
The gangster came forward and tried to knock Su Cheng with one punch. Unexpectedly, he was kicked in the chest and fell to the ground!
Su Cheng grabbed Zhang Dao's collar and punched him down!
"Damn fatty, huh?"
"Who is fat and stupid, huh?"
"Have you forgotten how I got you back from those mountain bandits?"
Yeah!
How could he forget that they encountered mountain bandits once. Their goods were robbed and he was arrested.
It was Su Cheng who risked his own life, single-handedly saved him and all the goods!
Of course, the price was heavy. Su Cheng couldn't use his right hand like before. He could only go back to the village to farm.
The hand Su Cheng used to teach him a lesson was his limp right hand.
It was true that this hand didn't have much strength, but it was enough to teach a lesson to Zhang Dao who was already seriously injured.
Su Cheng pressed Zhang Dao to the ground, rubbed him to the ground, and his fist fell like snowflakes.
As long as he doesn't get beaten to death, then I can just beat him until he is almost dead!
"Zhang Dao, Laozi* won't provoke you. You really think laozi afraid of you!"
*Laozi (老子) : I (used arrogantly or jocularly)
"Bullying laozi's daughter! You're really fucking tired of living!"
Zhang Dao was beaten to the point of him doubting his life.
And the gangsters who were guarding the backyard heard the fight, but they thought it was Su Cheng who was beaten.
The more they listened, the more they felt it was a misjudgement. Finally they rushed in like a swarm of bees.
At this time, Zhang Dao had already had a blue nose and a swollen face, and he was dying.
Everyone turned pale in shock, and they rushed towards Su Cheng while baring their fangs and brandish claws*.
*To bare fangs and brandish claws (idiom) : to make threatening gestures ; it is a metaphor for rampant and evil.
Fighting one-on-one, or one-on-two or three, it was not a problem for Su Cheng. However, it was still difficult for Su Cheng to compete with more than a dozen men at the same time.
Just when the situation inside the house was overwhelmingly on one side, suddenly the door was violently kicked open by a little chubby leg!
Su Xiaoxiao and Su Ergou murderously rushed in with wooden sticks in their hands.
"Let go of my dad!"
Su Ergou went inside furiously!
As the so-called, the soft was afraid of the hard, the hard was afraid of the horizontal, and the horizontal was afraid of death*.
*It is often used to be afraid of one, and one is afraid of something more powerful ; it is also used to say that when dealing with problems, there is no way for people who are not afraid of fighting hard ; it can also be used to say that in order to achieve a certain goal, people need to be desperate.
These gangsters were naturally arrogant, the Su family were all desperate, they were not afraid of death, in order to protect each other.
After a fight, more than a dozen gangsters were all beaten, and none of them had the courage to rush over.
The three bullies of the Su family gasped for breath heavily.
Su Cheng threw the stick in his hand to Zhang Dao's feet, and said breathlessly, "Zhang Dao, you have to remember it for laozi*, if laozi can beat you once, laozi can also beat you a second time! If you dare to have some ill-intention on laozi's daughter again, laozi will chop you off!"
*Laozi (老子) : I (used arrogantly or jocularly)
The three left the medical center.
The fight was so intense that Su Cheng's right hand was numb and his foot sprained. Su Ergou was punched in the face and had a little nosebleed.
The only one who was not hurt was Su Xiaoxiao.
It was not that she had the best skills. She was so fat, and actually she was not very flexible. But it was the two men in the family who shield all the damages for her.
"Why are you here?" Su Cheng asked.
"Ergou said that you were called to the town by Zhang Dao's men, so I guessed that something had happened." Su Xiaoxiao said.
Su Cheng said, "Don't come next time. I can handle it."
Su Xiaoxiao paused, "Are you not going to ask me, how did I offend Zhang Dao?"
Su Cheng said without hesitation: "Is there anything to ask? No matter what you do, you will never mess with him. So it must be him who was bullying you. Did you suffer?"
Su Xiaoxiao was stunned by this answer, which was completely different from her imagination.
"No." she said.
The little injury on the back of her hand was not worth mentioning. Her crying was a physical problem, and the injury itself was not serious.
"How many times has Dad told you, don't make trouble outside!"
"You have to be obedient and be a good child. Don't let your parents worry."
"One palm alone cannot clap*. Why don't they aim at others, but only at you? You have to look for your own problems first."
*One palm alone cannot clap : it takes two persons to start a dispute ; things will not be caused unilaterally.
What Su Xiaoxiao heard most when she was a child was these sincere chicken soups*. Even if it wasn't her own fault, they would never listen to her explanation.
*Chicken Soup : information or advice that doesn't solve any problem but only to make one feel better ; it tells you what you want to hear in the moment, but doesn't help to solve any real problems.
Just with a sentence of "Be strict with yourself, and be lenient with others", and the exclusion, bullying, and humiliation she suffered were understated.
Su Xiaoxiao looked at Father Su and said, "Don't you blame me for not telling you about injuring Zhang Dao when I came back? If I did, you wouldn't go to see him unprepared today."
Su Cheng casually waved his hand indifferently : "It's good that you didn't suffer. If I don't go to see him, he will come to you one day, it's all the same! Besides, you are only 16 years old, not 60 years old! Why do you think so much?"
26. She added in her heart.
In fact, she felt she could explain it comprehensively. As for why she didn't say it in advance, She also didn't know.
It was a very subtle thought, which she couldn't describe.
Just when she was thinking about it, Su Cheng opened his mouth again: "By the way, both of you are here. Then who is looking after the children?"
The son-in-law was ill and couldn't keep an eye on the three little guys.
Of course, they couldn't count on Wei Ting. That guy couldn't even get out of bed by himself.
Su Xiaoxiao said, "I found someone."
It was not far from the town to the village, just about six or seven miles away. Su Cheng sprained his foot. Although he said that he could walk by himself, Su Xiaoxiao still hired an ox cart.
The ox cart was from a neighbouring village. Old Li Tou was not here today.
A family of three was sitting on the ox cart. Su Xiaoxiao suddenly asked, "Who is the Fifth Master?"
When she was fighting with that group of gangsters, she heard someone yelling: "Surname Su, aren't you afraid of offending the Fifth Master by doing this? Brother Dao is the Fifth Master's people!"
"That's right, who is the Fifth Master?" Su Ergou was also curious.
Su Cheng said with a nonchalant expression on his face: "The people who mingled on the street, they had some small influences in Fucheng. They have dealt with each other since the early years."
"It sounds very powerful." Su Xiaoxiao said.
Su Cheng said, "Don't listen to Zhang Dao's nonsense. He can't inform the Fifth Master in time!"
"What if he can?" Su Ergou asked.
Su Cheng hummed: "So what! When the boat gets to the pier-head, it will go straight with the current*! He has been beaten into such a mess that he has to stay in bed for months to recover from his injuries! By the time he goes to file a complaint, the dishes are cold*!"
*船到桥头自然直 / chuán dào qiáo tóu zì rán zhí.
When the boat gets to the pier-head, it will go straight with the current (proverb) : everything will be all alright.
*黄花菜都凉了 / huáng huā cài dōu liáng le.
The dishes are cold (idiom) : to arrive late / to take one's sweet time.
Su Ergou said weakly, "What if it's not late?"
Su Cheng slapped his head and said, "Which side are you?"
Su Ergou felt wronged.
The driver of the ox cart sent the Su family to the nearby Xinghua Village. Before leaving, Su Xiaoxiao told him: "Please tell He Tongsheng's family that I don't care whether it is him or his family members who come. In short, when the three-days deadline comes, if I don't see the money, they will see the blood!"
The man walked away trembling with fear.
Su Ergou gave Su Xiaoxiao a thumbs up, his older sister was very powerful!
"However, jie, he doesn't seem to be from He Tongsheng's village, but from Yangliu Village in the east."
Su Xiaoxiao : "…"
…
When they entered the village, the three little cuties looked like three hungry little birds who cried piteously for food, fluttering their small arms backwards, and kept looking towards the village road.
Seeing them, the three little ones hurriedly ran over while panting.
"Dahu, Xiaohu, Erhu!"
Su Ergou's eyes lit up, and intercepted the three little ones. He put one on his shoulder and two in his arms.
The three little ones with gloomy faces: ".….."
Mrs. Wu timidly walked up to Su Xiaoxiao and whispered, "They, they are coming here to wait…"
The village entrance was windy and cold.
She was afraid that Su Pangya would blame her for not taking good care of the children.
"Thank you very much for today." Su Xiaoxiao didn't feel that there was anything wrong with what Mrs. Wu did. "They didn't give you any trouble, did they?"
Mrs. Wu hesitated for a moment: "They didn't give me any trouble."
They were just making half of the village's children cry…
Su Xiaoxiao smiled, "I just knew it, they are definitely very obedient."
Mrs. Wu summoned up courage, and said, "… Yes, it was very easy to take care of your sons."
They were not my sons… Forget it, even if it was explained, she wouldn't understand. Just wait when Wei Ting recovered, he would leave and take the little guys away.
"These snacks, you can take them back."
Su Xiaoxiao bought a few boxes of snacks from the town. Of course, they were not from Jinji.
Mrs. Wu didn't want to accept it.
"Take it!"
Su Xiaoxiao said fiercely.
Mrs. Wu accepted it tremblingly: "if, if there's nothing else, I will go first."
Su Xiaoxiao looked at her little figure who was running away and thought, did she look so frightening?
"She's also a pitiful one." Su Cheng sighed on the side, and it was rare for him to not be stingy.
Mrs. Wu married Liu Shan's eldest son, Liu Ping. Liu Ping's mother had dystocia when she gave birth to him and died. Later, Liu Shan married a widow, which is today's Grandma Wu.
Although they had the same surname Wu, But Mrs. Wu had no relationship with Grandma Wu.
Grandma Wu gave birth to a son and a daughter. The daughter had got married out, and the son was Niudan's father.
Grandma Wu only loved her own son's family. In addition, Mrs. Wu only gave birth to two daughters. And even Liu Shan, the biological father, also preferred his second son more.
Liu Ping and Mrs. Wu, one worked as an unskilled laborer in the town, and the other worked as a cow and horse* at home.
*当牛做马 / dāng niú zuò mǎ
Working hard like a cow or a horse ; working hard like a slave.
After arriving home, Su Xiaoxiao went to deliver the medicine to Wei Ting as usual.
She didn't know if he was hit by his own appearance. Wei Ting became much more solitary than the previous two days, he even didn't say a word with Su Xiao xiao.
He was emo*, she was just happy!
*emo : a person who is overly sensitive, emotional, and full of angst.
Su Xiaoxiao smiled and went to the kitchen to cook dinner. She cooked fried eggs, hand-rolled noodles with scallion oil, and a bowl of stir-fried cabbage with pork belly.
Hmm… If we ate like this, could it be possible that without waiting for the bacon to be marinated, it would be eaten in advance?
During the day, they just had a fight with people, and the three of them wasted a lot of energy, so they had a good appetite now.
The three little ones also ate a lot, they are just like three little squirrels.
She specially cooked an extra pot of rice, thinking that if she couldn't finish it, she would make scorched rice in the morning.
It didn't take long to finish the food.
This whole family… they really love eating…
At night, Su Xiaoxiao went to Su Cheng's room with a pot of hot water.
Su Cheng was lying on the bed while breathing cold air, hissing.
He hadn't fought with others like this for a long time. His bones were almost broken, especially his right hand and right ankle. One was paralyzed, and the other was aching with pain.
"Dad, I'm coming in."
Su Cheng stopped hissing in a second and sat up straight.
"You haven't slept yet?" he asked sternly.
"I will sleep in a while." She came to the bed with hot water.
"What are you doing?" Father Su sniffed and smelled of traditional chinese medicine. "Did you buy some medicine?"
Of course, she didn't buy any medicine. These were the traditional Chinese medicines that were put into the first-aid kit bag from the pharmacy last time. It had anti-inflammatory, pain-killer, and the medicine for promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis.
Wei Ting didn't need it for the time being.
Even if he needed it, she would give it to Father Su first!
Su Xiaoxiao said without changing her expression, "Yesterday I went to town and bought some… medicine for wounds. Please put your feet in and soak them."
Su Cheng waved his hand and said, "Just give it to my son-in-law. I don't need it here."
"Why do you always think about him?" Su Xiaoxiao said fiercely, "If I want you to use it, then you have to use it!"
Father Su obediently put his feet into the wooden basin.
He just sprained his ankle a little, which could be cured after a few days. The one that was badly injured was actually his right hand.
In the memory of the original Su Daya, Father Su's right hand had an old injury, which would show symptoms on cold and humid days, ranging from slight pain to numbness.
A traveling doctor came to the village and prescribed some medicine for Father Su. After taking it, he didn't have any symptoms for several years.
Today, he had to fight with Zhang Dao, so he was injured again.
If it couldn't be fully cured this time, Father Su's right hand would be completely useless.
Seeing his daughter holding his right hand in a daze, Su Cheng cleared his throat and pulled back his hand, saying, "It's all right. It doesn't hurt!"
Su Xiaoxiao said sternly, "I will find a way to cure your hand. Before that, don't use this hand anymore!"
Su Cheng thought that his daughter was going to the town to ask a doctor to treat his hand. He disagreed and said, "I have already said it's alright. Why do you have to spend so much money for that?"
He knew that his hand was useless. Even the expert traveling doctor could only make his right hand feel no pain, but could not restore his original strength.
It would be impossible for him to get better in this life.
…
After coming out of Father Su's room, Su Xiaoxiao went to Su Ergou's room again.
Su Ergou went to the latrine, and the three little cuties were standing at the table, tiptoeing to look at something on the table.
"Do you want some snacks?" Su Xiaoxiao walked over and asked.
These three little ones raised their round little heads, blinking and nodding.
"If you want to eat, you have to say it." Su Xiaoxiao picked up a box of osmanthus cake and squatted down to look at them.
These three still remained silent.
Su Xiaoxiao: "If you say it, you can have it."
Still no one said a word.
Su Xiaoxiao thought for a while, then she took away the osmanthus cake and brought out some candied haws from her room.
Their eyes were looking straight in an instant.
Sure enough, the charm of candied haws was greater than that osmanthus cake.
Su Xiaoxiao said, "Tang, hu, lu."
She wondered if it was too long and too difficult, and simplified it. "Tang*."
*Tang (糖) : is candy / sugar / sweets.
They said : "mom."
Su Xiaoxiao : "?"
"It's 'Tang'."
Su Xiaoxiao corrected.
"Mom."
The three little ones were persistent.
It gave Su Xiaoxiao a headache.
Last time, it was just one small cutie. But this time, all three called her that.
Although… It was a good thing that the children could talk, but she couldn't be excited at all.
This was really a huge misunderstanding. She was not their mother!
Facing the three little guys who could not be corrected, Su Xiaoxiao sighed helplessly. "All right, let's eat." She handed the candied haws to their hands. "You can only eat one, or you won't be able to sleep later. And you can eat the rest tomorrow, okay?"
After that, she rubbed their little heads and turned around to go to the kitchen.
The three little cuties were holding the candied haws and looked at her expectantly. Their little figures somewhat looked lonely.
Su Xiaoxiao waited until the water in the kitchen was boiling, but Su Ergou still had not come out from the toilet.
"Ergou…"
"Ah…"
He didn't fall into the toilet pit, then he was fine.
Su Xiaoxiao went back to her room with a bucket of hot water. She had a group fight with others today. She was completely dirty and urgently needed a hot bath.
She was about to take off her clothes when a short cough came from the Wei Ting's room.
She was so surprised that she didn't care about taking a bath, and immediately went to the next room.
Wei Ting just choked on his own when he took a cup to drink. When he saw someone coming, he quickly put the cup back on the stool, turned around and turned his back to Su Xiaoxiao.
Su Xiaoxiao looked at this awkward man and looked at the half spilled tea cup on the stool, then snorted coldly.
"I advise you not to move around, especially when you get up or turn over, don't be in a hurry. Otherwise it will cause internal bleeding, and even the Gods won't be able save you!"
Wei Ting ignored her.
Since he was fine, Su Xiaoxiao didn't plan to stay any longer.
But when she turned around, she suddenly thought of something. She paused and asked him, "Your sons… how old are they?"
Wei Ting still turned his back on her: "Two and a half years old."
Su Xiaoxiao nodded quietly, almost the same as what she guessed.
She added, "Who is the eldest, the second and the third?"
Wei Ting thought for a while and said, "The one who has one hair whorl is the eldest, the one who has two hair whorls is the second, and the one who has three hair whorls is the third."
Did Father Su really guess it right?
Su Xiaoxiao was very surprised.
"Then… What are their names?"
"Why are you inquiring about this?" Wei Ting's tone was a little wary.
Su Xiaoxiao pouted: "It's fine if you don't want to say it! Then later, I will call them Dahu, Erhu, Xiaohu!"
Wei Ting frowned and hesitated.
Su Xiaoxiao glanced at him, coughed lightly, and said, "That… It's fine for you to recuperate outside. But your children haven't returned for so long, won't your family feel worried?"
"What?" Wei Ting didn't get what she meant for a while.
Su Xiaoxiao said, "Their mother!"
Wei Ting became silent.
After a while, he whispered, "She died."
Su Xiaoxiao: "…"
"I'm sorry, I didn't know that your wife…"
"She's not my wife."
"Huh?"
What the hell?
She had given birth to three sons for you, but in the end she didn't even have a status?!
Scumbag!
Su Xiaoxiao angrily walked away!
"She is…" Wei Ting said halfway through, then he noticed something was wrong. He turned his head and saw that Su Xiaoxiao had already gone out.
He frowned.
Su Xiaoxiao went to Su Ergou's room again.
The three little ones put themselves on the bed and fell asleep. They were sleeping without the quilt. They were holding the candied haws that Su Xiaoxiao gave them, and they didn't eat any.
They obviously wanted to eat, so why didn't they eat it?
Was it because of sadness?
Did her words hurt their young hearts?
Su Xiaoxiao pulled the quilt to cover them.
"Jie*!"
*Jie ( 姐) : older sister
Su Xiaoxiao was startled, she turned around and glared at him, then said, "You scared me! Be quiet! They are sleeping!"
"Oh!" Su Ergou scratched his head and stepped into the room. He whispered, "Jie, why did you call me just now?"
"Sit down." Su Xiaoxiao pointed to the stool beside her.
Su Ergou sat down obediently.
Su Xiaoxiao checked his injuries, then she went to Wei Ting's room to get a bottle of Jinchuang medicine, and carefully applied it on Su Ergou's wound.
He received a head-on punch, with a bloody nose and a swollen face, and a scratch on his shoulder.
"Just tell me if it hurts." She said.
Su Ergou smiled, "Hehe, it doesn't hurt!"
"Hmm?" Su Xiaoxiao continued to apply medicine for him.
Su Ergou said thoughtfully, "I think… After the accident, you treated me and dad better than before."
Su Xiaoxiao asked calmly, "Really?"
Su Ergou nodded seriously: "Yes! You never bought me clothes or applied medicine for me… What dad said is right, women become different when they have a husband! Jie, I will treat my brother-in-law well in the future!"
Why did Wei Ting get involved again!
That guy was already eating and living at home for free. Why did he always have to take her credits?
"I'm really at a loss if I don't sleep with him once!"
"Jie, what are you talking about?" Su Ergou didn't hear clearly.
Su Xiaoxiao held her hands in her arms and said proudly, "Just with that pig-headed face of his, it was more likely for me to enter the sage time*."
*Sage time (slang term) : During this time/mode, a man feels as if he had become a sage; a person of wisdom who is free from any worldly pleasures; refractory period. This word refers to the male phenomenon.
Su Ergou's thoughts: My older sister is sick again… I don't understand a word of what she said.
…
At night, after Su Xiaoxiao took a hot bath, she wrapped herself in a quilt and lay in the bed.
She didn't fall asleep that fast and started to think about something in her mind.
The first one was the situation at home.
The 5 taels of silver she got last time were almost spent, and all of this family had left was the 15 taels that He Tongsheng owned.
It didn't seem bad, but this whole family could eat so much like this… Except for the sick patient Wei Ting. If they still didn't have any income, even if they still had some savings, it wouldn't be long before it got exhausted.
"It seems that I have to think of ways to earn money."
She didn't think about being well-off in a hurry, but at least they didn't have to live in poverty.
Another very important thing was Father Su's hand injury.
This kind of old wound was the most difficult to cure.
The base pharmacy was one of the largest pharmacies in the military, and there were many newly developed special medicines in it.
It was a pity that she only loaded some first-aid medicines for Wei Ting last time.
If only she could go in there once again, then it would be nice.
Su Xiaoxiao closed her eyes while holding the first-aid kit bag.
However, this night, she did not dream of the base pharmacy, and slept until dawn.
Su Xiaoxiao was a little disappointed.
"Is the benefit that transmigrators get is only once?"
If she had known that, she would have taken more medicine.
Since the pharmacy couldn't be counted on, she could only go to the town's medical center.
She came out of the room after she got dressed neatly.
Probably because she was too tired from fighting yesterday. Today she got up a bit later than the previous two days. This was only because of her work and rest routine. As for the rest of the family, they were still dreaming in bed.
She went to the backyard to wash up and incidentally saw her own reflection at the water in the basin.
She had been here for several days, but she still hadn't looked at her face carefully.
Well, it was a little fat and chubby. But the facial features were not bad. Her eyebrows were thick and well-shaped. Her almond eyes were round and big. Her nose was small and tall. The lips were red and full. She also had two small dimples when she smiled.
Judging from her countless experiences in seeing beauty in her previous life, if she could slim down, she would be a real beauty!
Su Xiaoxiao went to the kitchen to steam a basket of steamed buns with white flour, boiled a pot of sweet potato porridge, and boiled ten eggs.
She just had a slightly controlled diet, and did not do it too strictly. For example, she also ate a little bit of red braised pork. She would not stop eating all of the delicious food.
Losing weight was a gradual thing. You couldn't just blindly starve yourself or eat too clean all of a sudden. Otherwise it would eventually lead to overeating.
At present, she had a large body. So she just had to keep moving around and kept herself busy. If she didn't think about eating all day long, she would slowly lose weight.
After she made breakfast, Su Xiaoxiao went to wake up Su Ergou.
As soon as she entered the room, she saw the three little ones were wriggling around in the quilt.
Did they wake up?
Thinking of what happened last night, Su Xiaoxiao felt a little guilty. The children without a mother were already pitiful enough, and their father was still so unreliable.
Wasn't it just calling her 'mother'?
There was no need to be so serious, right?
If they wanted to call, then just let them call.
It wasn't like it would cause losses to her.
After completing the mental adjustment, Su Xiaoxiao gently pulled off the quilts of the three little guys.
The three of them looked at her blankly with their messy hair. They looked so innocent and adorable.
Su Xiaoxiao burst out laughing.
The three little ones quickly raised their little hands and covered their little faces.
They felt so shy !
Su Xiaoxiao laughed a lot, but still didn't wake up Su Ergou. Su Ergou slept sprawling and drooled.
Originally, she intended to wake Su Ergou up. But now she has changed her mind.
"I'm going to the town. Do you want to come with me?"
…
Two quarters of an hour later, Su Xiaoxiao took out the three little cuties who were walking majestically.
Su Xiaoxiao could walk to the town on foot, but the three children were not strong enough. Fortunately, Old Li Tou's ox cart was at the entrance of the village. It seemed that he was about to set off.
"Arriving early is not as good as coming at the right time."
She walked over with the children.
A few villagers were gathered around the ox cart to go to the town. When they saw that she wanted to sit on the ox cart, they all scattered, except for Mrs. Wu, who didn't leave.
The salt and needle and thread at home were used up, so her mother-in-law asked her to go to the town to buy some.
She was still afraid of Su Pangya.
"Not going?"
Su Xiaoxiao, who was already sitting on the ox cart, asked.
Mrs. Wu hesitated for a moment, and braced herself to sit on the ox cart.
Su Xiaoxiao sat beside the three children, and Mrs. Wu sat opposite her, along with a pile of grain that Old Li Tou had brought to the shop to sell for helping the fellow villagers.
Mrs. Wu wanted to say something several times.
She wanted to say that the snacks she got yesterday were very delicious. It was the first time her two daughters had ever eaten the town's snacks in their entire lives.
Just as the ox cart left the village entrance, Wang Laizi came up.
When he saw Su Pangya, he was stunned.
"It's Pangya ah? Are you taking your sons to town?"
He greeted her with a smile.
The three members of the Su family were bullies in the village. And in fact, this Wang Laizi was not a good guy either. He had done a lot of shady things. He was also very lustful.
Su Xiaoxiao did not bother to pay attention to him.
He did not dare to provoke Su Pangya. He glanced at the timid and weak Mrs. Wu, and sat down beside her with a twitching corner of his mouth.
"Dameizi*, are you going to the town?" He said to Mrs. Wu.
*Dameizi (大妹子) : a verbal name for a married woman who looks a little smaller / younger than himself.
Mrs. Wu moved aside uncomfortably.
Wang Laizi continued to sit next to her and said, "What do you want to buy? I will help you take the things later."
His leg was already stuck to Mrs. Wu's leg.
No matter how Mrs. Wu moved, he shamelessly stuck to her. His smelly hand pretended to reach behind Mrs. Wu carelessly.
Mrs. Wu's whole body froze.
Wang Laizi smiled wickedly.
The next second, Su Xiaoxiao stood up swiftly and kicked him off the ox cart!
Old Li Tou didn't know what had happened, so he hurriedly stopped the ox cart.
"What's the matter?" He looked back and asked.
Wang Laizi fell and dropped a front tooth. He spat out a mouthful of blood and said viciously, "Su Pangya! Why did you kick laozi*?"
*Laozi (老子) : I / me (used arrogantly or jocularly)
Mrs. Wu looked at Su Xiaoxiao with red eyes.
Su Xiaoxiao stepped on the stool with one foot and said arrogantly, "You looked unpleasant to my eyes, so I just kicked it. Why, you're not convinced?"
"You—"
Wang Laizi glanced at Mrs. Wu beside her. Did Su Pangya stand out for Mrs. Wu?
Impossible, Su Pangya was not so kind!
But he didn't provoke her!
No matter what, Wang Laizi still couldn't understand. He also couldn't really expect Su Pangya to give him an explanation. So he could only leave while swearing.
Old Li Tou didn't say anything and continued to sit back to drive the ox cart.
Su Xiaoxiao didn't ask Mrs. Wu how she was, nor did she (Su Xiaoxiao) say anything to comfort her (Mrs. Wu). As if she (Su Xiaoxiao) didn't see anything that she should not have seen just now, and what really happened was that Wang Laizi looked unpleasant to her eyes.
The ox cart stopped at the market entrance.
Su Xiaoxiao carried the three little ones out of the ox cart.
Mrs. Wu followed suit and also got out of the cart.
She mustered up her courage and whispered to Su Xiaoxiao, "Thank, thank you."
…
Su Xiaoxiao went to the medical center yesterday and still remembered the way.
She took three little ones to walk in the bustling street, attracting the attention of many passers-by.
Originally triplets were rare, let alone their appearances looked so cute and adorable.
Yesterday, the three of them went around the village to show off. So they thought they were coming to the town to show off today.
They puffed out their little chests and took small steps walking proudly without any care of others. They were walking with great style!
The passers-by were about to die laughing!
"What is everyone laughing at?"
Su Xiaoxiao muttered, she was about to turn around to look at the three little cuties.
Just at this moment, a horse carriage came rushing forward at a full speed.
"Get out of the way! Quickly get out of the way!"
The coachman shouted in panic.
He tried to stop the carriage, but the horse was completely out of control. He simply couldn't pull it at all.
"You three—"
Su Xiaoxiao wanted to urge the three little cuties to go to the other side quickly. But when she turned around, she saw that the three little ones had already hid in a shelter… Err no, they hid behind a brawny man's body.
It was just… their awareness was quite strong.
The street was in chaos. Just as Su Xiaoxiao grabbed a little girl who fell at her feet, a peddler's cart suddenly rushed over and almost crushed that little girl.
The out-of-control carriage was about to rush into the crowd.
The next moment, a young man in a brocade robe came out of the second floor broken window and bumped into the horse without hesitation!
Yes, he bumped.
With his own strength, he successfully knocked down the crazy horse.
One person and one horse fell heavily on the street!
And almost at the same time, Su Xiaoxiao seized the opportunity to kick the cart in front of her!
The cart flew out in a swish, and hit the carriage that was thrown out.
The carriage stopped like a brake in front of the old couple who had no time to run away.
The old couple looked at the carriage that was so close to them, and their legs feel weak because of the fright.
After the horse was knocked down, it struggled a few times. The young man took out a handkerchief that had medicine, covered its nose and mouth, and made it unconscious.
The young man also seemed to be injured too, his expression looked like he was in great pain.
Su Xiaoxiao walked over and asked him, "Are you all right?"
The young man covered his left arm and said, "No…"
Before he finished speaking, a woman's exclamation came from the shop behind him: "Little young master! Little young master, what's wrong with you? Don't scare this slave!"
This shop was the most expensive snack shop in the town – Jinji.
The accident happened to a 5 years old boy, wearing a royal blue brocade robe.
Just now, he was eating roasted chestnuts. But who would have imagined meeting a young man who bumped into a horse? And that horse was exactly under his windowsill.
That huge movement scared him, it made his body tremble and choked by the chestnuts.
His face quickly turned blue, and he gradually began to lose his breath.
The servant girl was frightened, but she was not a doctor. So there was nothing she could do except scream loudly.
Su Xiaoxiao grabbed the young man's dislocated arm and snapped it back into the original position. Then, regardless of the young man's surprise, she quickly rushed into the Jinji.
"Why are you crying? Go find the doctor quickly! The medical center is right in front! Hurry up and take the child over there!"
The one who spoke was the shopkeeper of Jinji.
The servant girl had long been panicked. How could she still be able to hold a five years old child?
A kind young man reached out and hugged the little boy from her arms.
Su Xiaoxiao's eyes were cold and stopped him: "Give me the child."
The young man looked strangely at the fat village girl who suddenly appeared: "Who are you?"
Su Xiaoxiao looked at the little boy who was gradually losing consciousness, and said sternly, "Give me the child, he is dying!"
This child obviously suffers hypoxia*!
*Hypoxia : a low levels of oxygen in your body tissues ; lacking oxygen
Generally speaking, if hypoxia exceeded one minute, the breathing would stop. If hypoxia exceeded three minutes, cerebral edema* would occur, and if it exceeded six minutes, it would cause irreversible damage to the organs of the body, or even death from suffocation!
*Cerebral Edema : is also known as brain swelling. It's a life threatening condition that causes fluid to develop in the brain.
The young man frowned and said, "Little girl, don't make trouble! I have to take this child to the medical center!"
One of the guests was disgusted and said, "Where did the village girl come from? What's the trouble?"
The two elders shook their heads.
"Alas, Old Zhang's family is choking so bad, there is no way to save him!"
"Yeah, even if he goes to the medical center, there's no way to save him."
Su Xiaoxiao did not question the doctors' medical skills, but said to the young man, "The medical center is too far away. You can't make it in time! I can save him!"
Are you kidding? A fat village girl actually said she could cure such a dangerous choke?
No one believed Su Xiaoxiao's words, and no one dared to give her the child.
The shopkeeper jumped out at this moment and said, "Where did this stinky woman come from? Do you want to kill this child?"
He didn't care whether this disease could be cured or not. In short, he couldn't let any accident happen in his shop!
They couldn't speak reasonably. She was running out of time, So Su Xiaoxiao could only do it the hard way.
"Excuse me!"
She gave the young man a kick, the man loosened his hand in pain, and Su Xiaoxiao caught the child with her arms.
"Grab the child! Grab the child!" The shopkeeper yelled!
When people saw that the child's life and death were at stake, but unexpectedly ran to a fat village girl who was making trouble, they all became furious.
"Stinky girl! If you don't let go of that child, we won't be polite to you!" A brawny man pointed at Su Xiaoxiao's nose and said.
"Miss! This child is dying. Don't make trouble!"
"What do you want? If you have something to say, just say it nicely. Don't hold a dying child hostage!"
"Let her cure him!"
While everyone was talking, a cold young man's voice suddenly appeared at the door.
Everyone was stunned.
The crowd almost spontaneously gave way.
It was a beautiful young man dressed in luxurious clothes, with jade-like eyebrows, a tall figure, and a dignified aura, with a priceless suet jade pendant hanging around his waist.
His shoulder blades and the hem of his clothes were slightly dirty and awkward, but his noble and dusty temperament was not weakened by it.
The hall was instantly silent.
He came to Su Xiaoxiao and said, "You cure him."
Su Xiaoxiao nodded her head: "Give me a chair."
The young man used his whip and rolled a chair over.
Unexpectedly, he was actually a martial artist!
Soon, someone recognized him as the young man who had just bravely bumped into the horse on the street. And now, everyone became more and more afraid to act rashly.
Su Xiaoxiao quickly sat down, let the child lie on her left arm, head down, and used her palm to hold his chin.
Then, she began to hit him on the back of his heart's position.
One hit, two hits, three hits!
At the fifth time, the child suddenly spat out a chestnut!
The child got to breathe and cried loudly!
The onlookers were too shocked to speak.
The child's crying awakened the servant girl's heart. She rushed over and hugged the child tightly in her arms, "Wuuu… Wuuu… Wuuu*… Little young master, you really scared this slave to death…"
*Wuuu… wuuu… wuuu… : sobbing, crying sound.
The guests and passersby gathered around.
An aunt said, "Stop crying and give the child drink water."
The merchant on the side handed over the tea to her: "Don't let the child eat chestnuts again."
An old man stroked his beard and said, "Thanks to that girl just now… Hurry up and thank her well… Otherwise your young master will not be able to be saved. I have lived for so long, it's really the first time… Eh? Where is that girl?"
Su Xiaoxiao came out of Jinji.
Just now, she was in a hurry to save people. She didn't know what happened to the three children.
She crossed the street, but the place where three little ones stood before was empty.
She frowned!
"Dahu! Erhu! Xiaohu!"
When she was anxious, the three little ones ran out of a jewelry shop.
"Madam, your children…" the shop assistant reminded a woman.
The woman who was choosing the jewelry looked back and said, "They're not my children. Don't talk nonsense."
The shop assistant was surprised.
Just now, the three little guys followed behind this madam and swaggered into the shop. So he thought they were together.
When Su Xiaoxiao saw the three little guys, she was relieved.
The three little ones rushed over and hugged her.
She squatted down, patted the heads of the three of them one by one, and said with relief, "Knowing how to wait in the shop, so smart."
At the end of the Year, there were many people on the street. If you were not careful enough, you might be targeted. Inside the shops were safer, especially the high-end shops that sold precious jewelry. The slave brokers generally couldn't get in.
Being praised, the three little ones blushed shyly.
"Are you hungry?" Su Xiaoxiao asked.
This morning, these three little guys were too excited when they knew they were going to go out. They didn't eat well at home, they just wanted to go out and play.
The three little ones nodded.
Su Xiaoxiao remembered that there was a family stall nearby that sold dumplings and glutinous rice balls. The husband and wife had been selling them for many years, the taste was always good, and it was in the same direction as the medical center.
Su Xiaoxiao took these three little ones and found a family stall.
At this time, after breakfast, there were no more guests. The boss was away, the lady boss stood behind the stall to make dumplings, and another 7 years old girl was helping to pick vegetables.
She was the first one who saw the guests. She pulled at the lady boss's clothes and said, "Mom, there are guests coming."
The lady boss recognized Su Xiaoxiao. After all, there were not many guests who were so fat. She would remember them for a long time once they came.
"Miss, are you still going to order two bowls of glutinous rice balls in rice wine and one bowl of spicy dumpling soup today?"
She said kindly.
The original body of Su Xiaoxiao had a large appetite. She could eat three bowls at once, and the two bowls were both sweet. If she didn't get fat from that, then who would?
In order to lose weight, Su Xiaoxiao decided to resist the urge of greediness and asked the three little ones: "Do you want to eat dumplings or glutinous rice balls?"
The three little ones did not speak.
The lady boss looked down and found that this fat girl was accompanied by the three Xiaotuanzi*.
*Xiao Tuan Zi / Little dumpling (小团子) : the meaning is not for food (dumpling), but it's a nickname for cute children, because they're small, soft and cute like little dumplings.
These three Xiaotuanzi were so cute and lovely. Their cheeks were rosy red, they looked like three lucky babies who came out from the New Year Painting.
The lady boss had never seen such beautiful children before. So she couldn't help but ask, "Miss, they are…"
Su Xiaoxiao looked at the little girl who was snuggling beside the lady boss, and then looked at the three little ones who were envious in their eyes, and said firmly, "My sons."
The three little ones were stunned.
The lady boss was also stunned.
Su Xiaoxiao was too young, no matter how she saw it, it didn't look like she was their mother. However, in this chaotic world, there were also many girls who got married earlier.
The lady boss smiled and said, "Three sons, what a blessing."
Su Xiaoxiao smiled.
Su Xiaoxiao asked the three little ones again, "Which one do you want to eat, dumplings or glutinous rice balls?"
Three little ones: "Mom."
She just knew that it would be like this.
Su Xiaoxiao coughed lightly and responded vaguely, "Hmm, What do you want to eat?"
The three little ones' eyes lit up.
Su Xiaoxiao turned her face away and whispered in a small voice, "Don't look at me like that. It's also my first time being a mother… So it's uncertain if I will be able to do it well…"
"Eat."
A little cutie pointed at the dumplings and said.
Su Xiaoxiao was so surprised, wasn't it too soon to start speaking the second word?
There was no hair whorl on the forehead, it was Dahu.
The other two had hair whorls on their forehead. The one with white hair band was Erhu, and the one with the blue hair band was Xiaohu.
Erhu and Xiaohu wanted the glutinous rice balls.
The four of them sat down around the small table, then the hot steaming dumplings and glutinous rice balls were served.
"Mom, eat." The three little ones said.
Su Xiaoxiao said, "You eat. I'm not hungry. Be careful it's hot."
The three of them were facing the bowl, and blowing on the food with their small mouths.
Su Xiaoxiao suddenly looked at the three of them and said, "You… Can you say your own name?"
She wanted to know their real names.
The three of them tilted their heads for a while, and nodded in unison.
Su Xiaoxiao's eyes brightened, "Then what are your names?"
The three of them pointed their little finger against their little chest.
"Dahu."
"Erhu."
"Xiaofu (hu)."
Su Xiaoxiao : "…"
After the three little ones were full, Su Xiaoxiao took them to the town's medical center.
In yesterday's fight, she came in and out through the back door, avoiding the medical center's staff. So everyone did not know her.
To stabilize Father Su's injury, acupuncture and medicinal materials were indispensable.
"I want a set of silver needles, in addition…" She paused and reported a dozen herbs in one breath.
The shopkeeper calculated the bill for her, which was 5 taels in total.
After this first purchase, she would only have 2 taels of silver left in her hand.
"Can it be cheaper?" Su Xiaoxiao asked.
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "How much does this Miss want to pay?"
Su Xiaoxiao said: "I have only 2 taels of silver in my hand. If you are willing… I can exchange my medicine with you to make up the difference."
The shopkeeper smiled angrily.
Just a village girl and dared to have such a big request!
She wanted to exchange it with her medicine.
What medicine? Was it the village's folk remedy? The one that used rotten herbs?
What kind of place did she think of Rong En Tang*!
*Rong En Tang : The name of the town's medicinal clinic.
"Rong En Tang is the largest medical clinic in the town. What kind of good medicine that we don't have? Do you think we will want a village girl's stuff? Just what kind of things can you give us?"
Su Xiaoxiao said, "My medicine is very good."
The shopkeeper sneered: "I think you are here to fool us for a fake medicine. I've seen many people like you! Hurry up and go! Otherwise, I will report you to the official!"
In the middle side room on the second floor, a young man in a brocade robe was sitting on a chair, and a doctor of the medical clinic was examining his left arm.
"The dislocated part is well connected, leaving no sequela."
The young man in a brocade robe raised his hand, and the doctor retreated wisely.
The guard standing by the window suddenly said, "Young master, look! It's the girl just now!"
The young man turned his head and looked over, "It's her."
It was just that she had three more children at her side.
While gesturing, the guard asked curiously, "Young master, did she really just… connect your arm back just like that?"
When the young master bumped the horse, he was in the opposite crowd and didn't see it very clearly.
The young man in a brocade robe replied, "Yes."
The guard said, "Looking at her clothes, she is clearly just a village girl ah. How could she do this? Could it be that she also understands medical skills? Young master, young master! Let's invite her to cure the young master's cousin!"
The young man was silent.
She was able to fix the dislocated arm and saved a child who was choking on food. So she should know medical skills.
But… to cure biaoge*.
*biao ge (表哥) : cousin (older brother).
"Biaoge has a special identity. It would be better to not let the people with unknown origins approach him rashly. Let's just wait for the medical center's Doctor Dong."
Doctor Dong had been practicing medicine for many years and had excellent medical skills. So he was the best candidate to treat his biaoge.
—
At the same time, Su Xiaoxiao just came out of the medical clinic. She planned to go look elsewhere. When she was barely walking a few steps, she was stopped by a man in fifties, who was blocking her way.
At first glance, the clothes of the other party looked just like ordinary people, except that there was a medicine gourd hanging around his waist.
He was a doctor.
The doctor smiled at Su Xiaoxiao and cupped his hands, explaining his intention.
Su Xiaoxiao was a bit surprised, "So you were also in the Jinji at that time… Now you want to ask me, what method did I use to save that child?"
The doctor smiled embarrassedly, "I hope this Miss can grant me some instruction."
Su Xiaoxiao waved her hand and said, "Oh, you're too polite. What is it that needs grant instruction? If you want to know, then I will just tell you."
"Really?" The doctor couldn't believe that the other party agreed so easily, which was different from what he expected!
"Are you a doctor?" Su Xiaoxiao took out a small porcelain bottle from the basket and smiled faintly, "Just in time, I have a bottle of Jinchuang medicine here. Do you want it? I will sell it to you cheaply.
The doctor glanced at the small porcelain bottle she took out and asked resentfully, "If I don't buy your medicine, will you still teach me the rescue method for choking?"
"I will." Su Xiaoxiao said without hesitation, "But, won't you feel embarrassed to receive things without paying?"
The doctor : "…"
The corner of the doctor's mouth twitched, and he asked with an insincerely smile, "How much is a bottle?"
Su Xiaoxiao stretched out her hand: "For the sake of being a colleague, I will sell you a good price for 5 taels of silver!"
The doctor was taken aback: "5 taels?! Why don't you go rob people!"
Su Xiaoxiao looked up at the sky and helplessly spread her hands, "Then just let the other medicinal clinic give things without paying."
The doctor once again, "…"
A quarter of an hour later, Su Xiaoxiao had 3 taels of silver in her hand.
It wasn't that the doctor had bargained the 2 taels, he wanted to do so, but this evil little fatty did not allow it.
He only had 3 taels of silver with him.
Su Xiaoxiao said that she could follow him to his home to get the money. He whispered in a small voice, "If my mother knows, she will beat me."
Su Xiaoxiao: "…"
In the end, through repeated negotiations between the two sides, he used a brand new set of silver needles and some medical herbs for treating injuries to offset the price difference.
But he didn't have the two of the herbs that Su Xiaoxiao needed for the time being. So he asked Su Xiaoxiao to go to his pharmacy to pick up the herbs in three days.
"It just needs 2 taels of silver to get those things, and Rong En Tang* actually asks me for 5 taels! It's really evil!"
*Rong En Tang : The name of the town's medicinal clinic.
The doctor : "…"
Don't you feel embarrassed to say that others are evil?
—
When she went out this morning, Su Xiaoxiao was ready to use all the money she had to buy medicine for Father Su. She never thought that not only did she not spend a penny, but she also earned 3 taels.
As a result, she had 5 taels of silver in her hand.
Su Xiaoxiao went to the market with the money and bought red beans, mung beans, brown sugar and glutinous rice flour, each weighing 10 pounds; White sesame seeds and black sesame seeds, 2 pounds each.
The family was so good at eating that the meat she bought last time was not enough to eat. So she went to the meat stall in the market again and asked for 10 pounds of pork spare ribs, 5 pounds of pork belly and 5 pounds of pork tenderloin.
"Give me a few more pounds of fat meat."
Fat meat could be refined into lard. In addition, the remaining fried pork lard was crispy, which was also very delicious.
"Miss, you bought so much meat, can you finish eating them?"
The butcher asked curiously. "There are many people in my family, we can finish them all." Su Xiaoxiao said. Not all of them would be eaten up immediately. For example, the ribs could be used to make bacon.
The rural folk didn't have interest in eating meat all the time. It was already rare for them to eat meat twice in a month. This fat girl looked ordinary, but unexpectedly she was so generous when she spent money.
Sure, after all, if she didn't eat so much meat, she wouldn't grow so fat.
He didn't discriminate against fat people. On the contrary, he thought that being fat was a blessing.
The young butcher had a lot of thoughts in his mind. He did not forget to string the ribs and meat with the rice dumplings leaves and handed them to Su Xiaoxiao.
"The pork ribs cost 20 wen* for a pound, 13 wen a pound for the meat, and 8 wen a pound for the fat meat. The total is 420 wen. I will just charge you 400 wen. In addition, I will give you a little pig skin."
*1 tael of silver = 1000 wen.
It was said that it was pig skin, but in fact it also had meat, which was no less than one pound and a half.
"There are still two pig's kidneys left. Would you like them too, Miss? If you want them, I will give them to you too."
"Okay."
Just take it back for Wei Ting's supplement.
It was a small business, so there were not so big profit margins. The butcher had already sold them very cheaply. In return, Su Xiaoxiao took out a bowl of pot-stewed dish she made by herself from the basket and put it on the stall.
The butcher turned around and saw the extra bowl of stewed large intestine. He hurriedly said, "Miss, your large intestine!"
Su Xiaoxiao shook her head in a relaxed manner: "No, it's your large intestine."
The butcher: ".….."
—
Su Xiaoxiao continued to stroll around the market with the little cuties.
"Huh? There are actually meigan cai."
It was a stall selling dried products. The rest of their products were almost sold out, except for a basket of meigan cai that no one seemed to care about.
"How much is this?" Su Xiaoxiao asked.
The old lady who sold the vegetables glanced at her impatiently and said, "50 wen, you can take it all!"
"Okay." Su Xiaoxiao bought it quickly.
The old lady : "…"
She felt a little regret for not asking more.
Su Xiaoxiao went to buy some spices again, and today's purchase was completed.
She went to the market entrance and found that Old Li Tou was still there. The things on the ox cart were sold out, and Mrs. Wu was sitting on the cart.
Su Xiaoxiao smiled and walked over: "Uncle Li, it's already so late and you still haven't gone back, you're not specially waiting for me here, are you?"
Old Li Tou choked for a while and said seriously, "I.. I just want to take two more people. I can't go all the way for nothing."
Mrs. Wu said nothing.
Just now, there were three people from the next village who wanted to ride the ox cart, but Old Li Tou refused.
Su Xiaoxiao carried the child into the ox cart and said, "I will give you the cart money for four people!"
She herself counted for two people, three little guys counted as one, and the goods she bought were counted as one.
Old Li Tou responded vaguely, but when she got off the cart, she was only charged for one share of the cart fare.
—
When she got home, Su Xiaoxiao found that everyone in the family had gone out.
She went to Wei Ting's room and asked, "Where are my father and brother?"
Wei Ting turned his back to her and said lightly, "Just went out."
"Did they say what they were going to do?"
"No."
"Oh." Su Xiaoxiao turned around and went to the kitchen to cook.
Wei Ting stopped her: "Where is my medicine? Why is there only one bottle left? Where is the other bottle?"
"It's sold." Su Xiaoxiao said.
Wei Ting frowned: "You… Who told you to sell my medicine?"
That was a precious wound medicine! Even if you had money, you couldn't buy it!
Su Xiaoxiao said: "Please consider your own situation first. You eat what is mine, drink what is mine and live in my house. And you almost empty my first aid kit bag. What's wrong with selling your Jinchuang medicine bottle?"
Wei Ting held back coldly.
Su Xiaoxiao said thoughtfully, "Speaking of which, apart from two bottles of medicine, you don't have anything valuable on your body. Do you not bring money when you go out?"
Wei Ting ignored her.
Su Xiaoxiao squinted: "You must have money, right? Where did you hide the money?"
Wei Ting said coldly, "Didn't you already body-search me long ago? If I hid the money, wouldn't you already find it?"
Su Xiaoxiao touched her chin and said, "Then was it hidden somewhere else?"
Wei Ting still turned his back on her and said, "Don't talk to me!"
Hehe, he was so vigilant.
Su Xiaoxiao was not annoyed at all. Looking at his broad shoulders and strong back, she said domineeringly, "Your food, clothing, and medical expenses, I will write it down. If you can't pay them back in the future, then you will just pay them with your body!"
Wei Ting: "…"
Until nightfall, Father Su and Su Ergou still have not come back. So Su Xiaoxiao had to cook dinner for the three little ones and Wei Ting, the sick patient first.
After dinner, she took the three little ones to take a bath.
When she poured water and returned to her room, the three little guys were there, each holding a small pillow.
Su Xiaoxiao asked tentatively, "What… is this for?"
"Sleeping with mom." Dahu said.
Erhu pointed to the next door and said, "Niudan, sleep with mom."
Xiaohu directly hugged Su Xiaoxiao's leg, raised his cute little head, and said in a sweet voice, "Xiaofu (Xiaohu)… sleep… with mom."
Putting forward a request, gave the example of real case, and use the trick of acting cute.
You guys were so organized for this and even divided up the work for executing the plan.
Su Xiaoxiao hugged them seriously.
The three little ones' eyes were rolling around.
"Dark." Dahu pointed to SuErgou's room and said.
"Scared." Erhu continued.
"Mmm!" Xiaohu nodded seriously.
Su Xiaoxiao: "…"
"Only this once." She said sternly, "Tomorrow you will go back to the west room to sleep."
The three little ones nodded obediently.
Su Xiaoxiao spread the quilt, undressed the three little ones, and carried them to the bed.
"Why don't you sleep?" She looked at the three little ones lying in the bed.
The three little ones blinked their eyes.
—wanted a kiss so that they could sleep.
"Don't move an inch!"
Su Xiaoxiao, with a dark face, pulled the quilt for the three little ones.
The kissing plan failed.
The three little ones could only close their eyes regretfully and obediently stopped talking.
The children played happily and slept quickly. After a while, there were even small snores from them on the bed.
Su Xiaoxiao held her cheeks and looked at the three little ones who were sleeping soundly. She herself didn't know what it was like to be accompanied by a mother, and somehow by a coincidence, she became a temporary mother for others.
There were some people who had been caught in the rain and still wanted to hold umbrellas for others.
But there were also some people who inherited the cold and indifferent genes from their parents
…
It was late at night, and the father and son just came back with a sullen face, dragging their tired bodies.
When they got home, Father Su plunged into his room and didn't eat dinner.
Su Xiaoxiao filled a bowl of meat soup with rice and handed it to Su Ergou, "Where have you been today? What's wrong with Dad?"
The first thing Su Cheng usually did when he came home was to call her daughter, but today he didn't do that, which was obviously unusual tonight.
Su Ergou received the soup and took a sip, and whispered, "Uncle Cheng passed away, and it was five days ago. Dad only got the news today, and when he hurriedly went there, the person was already buried."
"Who is Uncle Cheng?" Su Xiaoxiao asked.
Su Ergou sighed: "One of dad's brothers*, who used to go to escort with dad several times before. But his legs and feet were not very good, so later he didn't do it anymore. He has been working as a temporary worker in the town for all these years, and his life is very difficult. In those days when dad was in the prime of his life, many people came to flatter dad. When dad didn't do it anymore, only Uncle Cheng who was still willing to communicate with dad. Don't you remember? When you were a child, you had a serious illness and didn't have the money to go to the medical center. It was Uncle Cheng who sold his family's old cow, so that you could have the money to treat the illness."
*this brother is not a real / biological brother, but he's a really good friend that is so close like brothers.
That was when Su Daya was 7 years old. Su Ergou was 5 years old. She was so ill that she became unconscious. So only Su Ergou remembered the family's despair and the hope that was brought by Uncle Cheng who sent charcoal in snowy weather*.
*To send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom) : to provide help when others need it urgently.
They were the same people who also walked through the escort life together. Zhang Dao is a white-eyed wolf*, but Uncle Cheng is very affectionate and righteous.
*White-eyed wolf (白眼狼) bái yǎn lánɡ : someone who is incapable of expressing gratefulness and appreciation and even bites the hand that feeds him.
No wonder Father Su was so sad.
Su Ergou was actually also very sad: "In the past few years, the Cheng family has borrowed a lot of foreign debt to treat Uncle Cheng. When Uncle Cheng left, he left behind an orphan, widow and an elderly woman. Let alone pay off the debt, they don't even know how to continue to live on.
—
There was no lamp in the room, and Su Cheng sat blankly on a chair.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, "Dad, it's me. Are you asleep? I'm coming in."
After saying that, without giving Father Su a chance to refuse, Su Xiaoxiao came to Su Cheng with a bowl of meat soup and rice.
She didn't light the lamp, and there was a dim candle light in the main room, which was not very bright, so Su Cheng's dispirited attitude could be hidden.
Su Cheng didn't want to be too embarrassed in front of his daughter. He said in his usual tone, "Dad is not hungry."
Su Xiaoxiao handed him a note: "Take it."
Su Cheng asked, "What?"
"Loan's receipt." Su Xiaoxiao said.
Su Cheng didn't understand.
Su Xiaoxiao took his hand and put the loan's receipt in his palm: "He Tongsheng still owes 15 taels. When he pays back the money, take it to the Cheng family."
Su Cheng suddenly raised his head and looked at his fat daughter in astonishment.
Su Xiaoxiao let go of his hand and sat down on the stool beside him: "If it's not enough, I still have 4 taels here."
"Enough, it's enough…" Su Cheng's throat was choked.
"All three members of our family can do things, and there will always be money to earn." Su Xiaoxiao was not very good at comforting, and she didn't know if this could make Father Su feel better.
"I won't buy those rouge gouaches in the future, and I won't eat Jinji's snacks. The expenses won't be big. I remember that our family has land. When Wei Ting recovers, just let him go to the farm, we will have enough food, and we can also save money."
"You see, it's quite enough to use, right?"
She said carefully.
Su Cheng's throat was so sore that he couldn't speak.
For the death of his good brother, but also for the sensible daughter.
Su Xiaoxiao struck while the iron was hot: "Dad, in the future, we will do proper work to earn a living, and we won't blackmail the villagers' money anymore, okay?"
—
The next day, Su Xiaoxiao used all her willpower to pull herself out of the warm bed.
It was easy for her to say it last night. But in fact, how could she be so optimistic?
All of a sudden, 15 taels were gone, which made this poor family worse.
There were three people in this family who could do things, and it was not fake. But there were also seven mouths who were waiting to eat, and each of them ate a lot… except for Wei Ting, who was seriously injured.
This guy may also eat a lot after he has recovered. After all, the three little ones were so good at eating. So their father's appetite should not be bad too.
"Fortunately, I bought ingredients yesterday, and I planned to do business today, So today there's no need to be so flustered."
Su Xiaoxiao opened the cupboard and took out a big bowl containing the dough.
In ancient times, there was no yeast. It was fermented with sourdough or jiuqu*. She used the sourdough.
*Jiuqu (酒曲) : is a type of a filamentous fungus (a mold) that used for fermented foods and the production of traditional Chinese alcoholic beverages. [wikipedia]
The fermentation duration of the sourdough varied depending on the activity and temperature. Generally speaking, the more active the sourdough and the higher the room temperature, the easier it was to ferment.
It generally took four hours in summer and eight hours in winter.
She usually kneaded the dough before going to bed, and when she woke up the next morning, it was fermented good enough.
While waiting for the dough to rise, Su Xiaoxiao boiled the red beans and mung beans separately into two pots, then she soaked the meigan cai, and took out the braised pork belly.
She wanted to make flaky cakes, so she needed a layer of puff.
It was not difficult to make the pastry. Add lard and white flour to the fresh egg yolk liquid, and after the dough had risen up, we would get the puff.
A layer of crust was wrapped in a layer of the flaky pastry, which made the flaky cake tasted more oily and soft.
She made a total of three kinds of fillings: red beans, mung beans and meigan cai.
In the end, after the filling was used up, there was still a little dough left. She had a whim and made a few puff pastry sausage rolls and brown sugar puff pastries.
"Jie*… What delicious food have you made?"
*Jie (姐) : older sister
Su Ergou was awakened to the urge to urinate, and was going to the thatched hut. Then he was allured into the kitchen by the fragrance of the food.
He hadn't fully woken up, but it didn't affect his eating ability. He took a cake and bit it with his mouth open—
Su Xiaoxiao: "Hot!"
"Ow—" Su Ergou's mouth was scalded with a blister.
This time, he was really awake from sleepiness, and his tongue was swollen.
But it didn't stop him from eating the cakes that were made by his older sister.
"Jie, the cake you made is even better than the osmanthus cake in Jinji!"
What he ate was brown sugar puff pastry. The sugar had completely melted away. It was sweet and mixed with the crisp smell of lard. It was so delicious that he could reach heaven.
Su Xiaoxiao let him try one of each flavor.
"Are you full?"
"Well, almost."
"Then pack up and get ready for work."
Su Ergou was stunned: "What kind of work?"
…
A quarter of an hour later, the two siblings went to town with their baskets on their backs.
"Jie, where do we go to sell? At the market?" Su Ergou asked.
For the first time, most people might feel a little bit overwhelmed when they went out to do business.
Su Ergou was very talented. He was so thick skinned that his skin could be used as the sole of a shoe. Felt overwhelmed? It didn't exist!
"We don't go to the market." Su Xiaoxiao said.
Su Ergou asked curiously, "Then where are we going?"
"Jinji."
"Are you serious, jie*? Are you going to sell the cakes to Jinji?"
*Jie (姐) : older sister.
If it was before yesterday, she might have tried this. But after going through the Rong Entang incident, she realized that she was a little village girl and couldn't get into the eyes of these shops at all.
"Let's go opposite the Jinji."
Su Ergou was so stupid: "Jie, Jinji is a selling the snacks! How many shops opposite of it have closed down! If we want to become their business competitor, can we do it?"
Su Xiaoxiao said calmly, "Become their business competitor? You've been thinking too much. There are only two baskets of cakes and we can only sell it to a few people. However, it is good for you to have this ambition. Maybe one day in the future, we can really compete for business with Jinji."
Su Ergou muttered, "Jie, why do you like daydreaming more than I do?"
Su Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "Okay, whether it can be sold or not, we'll know it after a while."
In ancient times, there was no urban management. As long as they did not block the entrance of the shop, they could usually set up some small stalls. Of course, if the operation of the shop was affected because of it, the shop owners would also drive them away.
The jewelry shop opposite the Jinji opened late. Which was the right time to set up a stall.
The first pot of osmanthus cake in Jinji was about to come out, and there was a long queue at the door.
The more Su Ergou looked at it, the more he felt that he might not be able to sell any of them today.
Su Xiaoxiao found a suitable place and took out the cakes.
They didn't have a stall cart, and before they were setting off, Su Xiaoxiao made a bamboo sieve tray hanging around her neck.
The golden pastries were neatly placed on the tray. If it were another seller, it might not attract much attention.
But Su Xiaoxiao was a fatty weighing 200 pounds!
Who walked over and didn't look at her twice?
Even those people who were queuing for Jinji snacks couldn't help but look at her frequently.
"Jie, let me hold the cakes." Su Ergou said.
"No, you have other tasks." Su Xiaoxiao picked up a flaky cake and handed it to Su Ergou, "Eat it."
Su Ergou: "Aren't we going to sell it?"
Su Xiaoxiao said, "You don't understand. This is called eating show*."
*Eating show / mukbang : genre of online broadcast consisting of the host eating food while interacting with their audience.
Su Ergou: "…"
Su Ergou had been used to all kinds of abnormalities after his older sister broke her head. Since his older sister asked him to eat, then he would just eat it.
When he ate the third cake, finally there was a little girl who was so greedy that she took her mother's hand and said, "Mom, I want to eat that."
The mother and daughter came forward.
The woman asked, "How do you sell this cake?" Su Xiaodao said, "10 wen for one piece, there are three flavors. White sesame is stuffed with red bean, black sesame is stuffed with meigan cai and meat, and double sesame is stuffed with mung bean."
The woman frowned and said, "The meat bun is only 2 wen for a piece, and the size of your small cake is so small and you sell it for 10 wen. It's too expensive!"
Su Xiaoxiao patiently explained to her: "There is a lot of sugar inside. We made it very sweet. There is meat in the meigan cai stuffing, and the stuffing is very full."
Sugar was expensive in ancient times. Including the cost of the labor, this was a good price.
"Why don't you try it first, you can buy it later if you think it's delicious."
"What…"
The woman was stunned.
Su Xiaoxiao wrapped her hands with clean gauze, and cut three cakes on the spot. She let the woman and her child taste a small piece of each flavor.
"Mom! It's so delicious, delicious, delicious!"
It was the taste that was hard to get elsewhere, she could not deny it.
She thought that the snacks that were sold by a village girl wouldn't taste good. But who would have expected it to be so delicious.
And just now she also noticed this little fat village girl's movement when she cut the cake, which was very clean.
"Two pieces for each of them then." The woman said.
Su Xiaoxiao took out a clean bamboo leaf that used to wrap the cakes and said, "It's the first transaction of business for today, I will give you one more. Which flavor do you want?"
"Which one do you like best?" The woman asked her daughter.
The little girl said straightforwardly, "I like them all!"
"I will take the meigan cai then." The woman said.
"Okay." Su Xiaoxiao handed the wrapped cakes to the woman.
The woman took out her purse.
Su Xiaoxiao said, "Ergou, collect the money."
Su Ergou couldn't believe it when he saw the extra 60 wen that suddenly appeared in the purse.
How much work did it take? And they already earned this much?
It was faster than he and his father extorting money from door to door!
The reaction of the mother and daughter was seen by everyone. Some people questioned the validity of this, while some people were genuinely curious.
Suddenly, a young scholar in the queue at the entrance of the Jinji shouted, "Oh! it's her!"
The companion in front of him turned his head and asked, "Who is it?"
"I asked you to come to Jinji with me yesterday. But you didn't come, so you missed it!" The scholar pointed to Su Xiaodao and said, "She… she's the one I told you, the fat village girl who saved a choked child!"
"Ah, that's right! It's her!"
The person who said this was the old man who had just bought the first box of snacks.
When Su Xiaoxiao saved the child, he was there.
The scholar smiled and said, "I will go buy her cakes!"
The companion was anxious: "Hey! There are only two more people before our turn! After all, we've been waiting for an hour!"
The scholar did not care and went across the street without looking back.
"Miss, do you still remember me?"
"Have we met?"
"Well, I was upstairs yesterday, and you were in the lobby, you were also busy saving people. I guess you didn't see me."
Su Xiaoxiao understood, he was the guest of Jinji.
The scholar patted the folding fan in his hand and said, "Your cakes look very ordinary. Jinji also has this kind of flaky cake."
Su Xiaoxiao said seriously, "But mine is more delicious."
"Ha!" The scholar laughed out loud, not mocking, but simply thinking that this little fat village girl was a little cute with her self-confidence.
"Even if it's not delicious, I will also buy it. Who told me to respect you as a heroine among women? Give me ten!"
Su Xiaobao packed ten for him.
The scholar wondered: "Why don't you give me one more? The customer before just bought six and you gave them one more."
Su Xiaoxiao said, "That's the first transaction of a business for today. If you come here first tomorrow, even if you only buy one piece, I will also give you one more."
How could it be possible for the scholar to be greedy for her cakes? He didn't have any expectation for the cakes to be delicious, It was merely just idle talk, nothing more.
As for tomorrow, he won't come again!
Thinking of something, he asked again: "Do you have a name for this cake? The one in Jinji is called flaky cake."
Su Xiaoxiao thought for a moment and said, "Wife cakes."
The scholar: "?"
…
The snacks sold out more smoothly than what she expected. In less than an hour, all of the 100 cakes were sold out.
If they went to the market, they wouldn't be able to sell it so fast.
After all, her price was high, so people who went to the market might not be willing to pay 10 copper coins to buy such a small snack.
Of course, Jinji's customers were not short of money. If she was only cheaper than Jinji, there would not be so many people to buy it.
In addition, she had her own reputation of saving people, which also gave the customers a lot of trust.
Finally, there was a little gimmick — which was the name of the pastry.
Wife cakes, which was interesting.
Due to the limited cooking tools, the wife cake she made was very different from the wife cake that was made in her previous life, the taste was also very different.
However, for the people in ancient times who had not eaten various kinds of preservatives and additive foods, the taste of this kind of pastry was very wonderful.
When the stall was closed, Su Ergou smiled, "Jie, you guess, how many copper coins we got from the cakes we sold today?"