After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 52 Buying Lemons

"Xiaoxiao, could you do me a favor and ask Mr. Li to harvest all my bitter barley? Please? Considering how hard we worked to pick them, could you please help us out?"

Grandma Liu looked very pitiful, saying that it was very difficult for her to go out and pick bitter herbs at her age, but these words could not evoke Mr. Li's sympathy, and even Su Xiaoxiao could not empathize with them.

Grandma Liu came over and begged Su Xiaoxiao for help, "You know Mr. Li well, could you put in a good word for us and ask him to take this bitter barley?"

This was the first time Su Xiaoxiao had seen Granny Liu so humbly asking for her help, and Su Xiaoxiao felt a little uncomfortable.

Putting everything else aside, Su Xiaoxiao felt that she had never seen Granny Liu's attitude before.

However, Su Xiaoxiao wasn't that familiar with Mr. Li. Even Su Xiaoxiao herself didn't think much of these herbs, let alone others.

Mr. Li is a medicine fanatic, so Su Xiaoxiao said to Granny Liu, "I'm sorry, I can't help you with this."

Actually, it wasn't Su Xiaoxiao who was collecting medicine at Ci'an Hall, so naturally she didn't keep her word.

Among the other onlookers, some were also discussing, "What do you mean by this?"

"You don't even want to help your own mother-in-law who's begging you so humbly?" As soon as she finished speaking, some people in the crowd started to jeer, saying that Su Xiaoxiao was too heartless.

Mr. Li found it unbearable that Granny Liu was unreasonable and even planned to cause trouble at the entrance of Ci'an Hall under the pretext of this incident.

So he ordered the medicine boy to drive away Granny Liu and the others.

In the end, even if Granny Liu was completely lacking in tact, it was still a bit unreasonable, and she had to be driven away.

The people at Ci'an Hall thanked Su Xiaoxiao one after another, and now no one bothered to even glance at the bag of bitter barley that Granny Liu had brought over.

Grandma Liu also knew that if no one collected the bitter barley, it would just be a pile of garbage.

So, Grandma Liu simply threw away the whole bag of bitter barley.

Sun, who was standing nearby, was stunned.

She greatly admired Su Xiaoxiao. Su Xiaoxiao dared to stick to her own position. Even if it wasn't a case of sacrificing family for the greater good, it was still admirable.

After the two sold the bitter barley to Ci'an Hall, they each received a large sum of money. Sun thought she could use it to buy some food for her two children.

Su Xiaoxiao's family was also short of many things, such as rice, flour, soybean oil, various vegetables, and seasonings.

Besides, Sanlang is at home now, so Su Xiaoxiao can't let him eat too poorly, so she prepares a lot of things to take home.

She then took Mrs. Sun to the market.

Mrs. Sun was also preparing to buy a new set of floral fabric for her two children. Today, they went up the mountain together to pick some oranges.

Su Xiaoxiao decided to buy some more sugar; she planned to make some jam.

This time, Mrs. Sun was confused.

"Little sister, why did you buy so much sugar? You can't even eat it, it's such a waste of money."

"I have my own uses."

Su Xiaoxiao answered.

Su Xiaoxiao then thought, "Sister Sun, do you know if there are lemons for sale at this market?"

What is a lemon?

Ms. Sun said she was unaware of the matter.

Su Xiaoxiao thought about it and realized that this was probably something that only existed overseas.

"But I know there are some merchants from foreign lands on the east side of the market. They should have some to sell, right?"

Although Ms. Sun did not know what lemons were, she felt that they must be sold in foreign lands.

So, Mrs. Sun took Su Xiaoxiao to the east side of the market, where they indeed encountered blond-haired, blue-eyed foreigners selling lemons. However, they were a bit expensive, ten coins each.

Su Xiaoxiao quickly said, "Isn't this too expensive? If you sell it for five coins, I'll buy a few more."

The foreigner was worried about not having anyone to buy his lemons, so when he heard that someone was willing to pay for more, he was overjoyed and agreed to Su Xiaoxiao's bargaining.

Su Xiaoxiao said she wanted to buy a hundred, and the foreigner was so happy that he negotiated down to three for ten coins and sold all the lemons to Su Xiaoxiao.

Actually, the lemon smelled very good. The foreigner took a knife, cut a slice of lemon, and handed it to Su Xiaoxiao.

"My wife, you can try the taste."

After tasting it, Su Xiaoxiao gave the foreigners a thumbs up.

"sure!"

Upon seeing this, Mrs. Sun came over and asked for a piece, putting it in her mouth. "Ugh, what is this? It's so sour it's unbearable!"

"Ha ha……"

Su Xiaoxiao watched from the side and burst into laughter. The foreigner even explained, "Of course, the more sour the better, otherwise why would it be called a lemon?"

Su Xiaoxiao put the lemons on her oxcart. Looking at her oxcart, she felt it wasn't as exciting as a horse-drawn carriage with a black canopy, and thought about how she must make more money in the future.

People who come to the East Market to buy things are usually quite wealthy. They arrive in tall, covered horse-drawn carriages, which makes them look very prestigious.

Su Xiaoxiao could only look on with envy. When Su Xiaoxiao returned home, her two children came over and saw that she had bought a lot of lemons. They didn't recognize the lemons and were very curious.

After Su Xiaoxiao cut them a small piece, both children lost interest and went off to play elsewhere.

Saburo came over and wanted to try the lemon flavor too.

"It's very sour, do you want to try it?"

Saburo nodded, picked up a slice of lemon that had already been cut, put it in his mouth, and made a very funny expression.

But no matter how strange a handsome guy makes an expression, he's still handsome. There's nothing Su Xiaoxiao can do about it. She can't understand why she finds Sanlang's lemon-eating expression so handsome.

Fortunately, he managed to stop himself from falling for it, Saburo spat out the lemon.

"What kind of fruit is this? This is the first time I've ever eaten it?"

Su Xiaoxiao said with a mischievous grin, "You didn't expect that, did you? It's a lemon."

Why did you buy these sour lemons?

"I want to make jam."

Su Xiaoxiao replied.

"You make jam? Do you know how to make it? Wouldn't it be better if we just bought some from the store?"

"The food sold in the store is not good."

Su Xiaoxiao agreed, saying that she remembered the jam she ate at Baxianlou had a burnt taste and looked dark, with no trace of the fresh orange fragrance.

She first washed the peel of an orange, then took out the pulp and chopped it up, along with the peel.

This time, she didn't do much; she just tested the waters.

After the first batch of jam was ready, she added the white sugar she had bought that day, then sliced ​​lemons and added them in, squeezing out a lot of lemon juice.

The two children watched from the side, not knowing what good thing Su Xiaoxiao was making, but they were attracted by the fragrant fruity aroma.

(End of this chapter)