Fundamentals of Catching Immortals

Chapter 72 The Nightmare-Eating Tapir (34)
A Xu was a little discouraged, and murmured: "So there's really nothing delicious in Shi Mile Shop, but fortunately there's still such a dim sum shop, let's go in and have a look."

He Shiyi was noncommittal, and was led in by A Xu by his sleeve.

There are not many dim sum in the dim sum shop, only a few bits and pieces of peach crisp champion cakes are placed on the counter to attract business.Xiao Er was also lazy. She was sitting behind the high cabinet to dodge. When she heard someone coming in, she raised her drooping eyelids and looked out. He said hello, "What do you want, sir?"

A Xu glanced around, feeling that these pastries were a bit dark in color, they didn't look like they were freshly made today, she was a little discouraged, pointed to the candy beside her and asked: "What other candies do you have in the store? "

"Pine nut candy, caramel candy, candied dates... If the guest officer doesn't want to buy it, then don't touch it." Xiao Er didn't even stand up, just casually pointed and introduced.The candies are not cheap, especially the pine nut candies. This pastry shop has not opened for several days. These candies are more durable than other pastries, and they can be regarded as the most valuable thing in this shop.

Fortunately, Ah Xu had a narrow mind and didn't pay attention to the malice in Xiao Er's tone. She thought to herself, no wonder the master didn't bring back so little sweets, so it turns out that these things are not cheap.

"Then... how is the pine nut candy sold? How much is it for a tael?"

After hearing Axu's question, Xiaoer realized that these two might really want to buy candy.He cheered up and stood up, pointing at the pine nut candy and said, "Fifty Wen and two coins, two hundred taels and one tael, if you buy a lot, it can be even cheaper."

After hearing this, Ah Xu immediately sucked her teeth and felt distressed. She looked up at Crane Eleven pitifully, and wanted to buy it in her heart, but she was too embarrassed to ask.

He Shiyi didn't understand the look in A Xu's eyes, but he knew that he came here to pay the bill.He took out the silver and put it on the cabinet.

When Xiao Er suddenly saw the money, he was stunned.Ten taels of silver, calculated on the basis of two taels of silver per catty of pine nut sugar, is enough to buy five catties.

Except during the Chinese New Year, occasionally rich people buy so much candy, how can there be people buying so much candy on this festive day?

"Five catties of pine nut candy? Wait a moment, sir!" Xiaoer was stimulated by the silver and immediately became diligent. Before Ah Xu could speak, he bent over and picked up a small brass scale, and quickly weighed five catties of pine nut candy.

The candy is sticky, so each pine nut candy is wrapped in glutinous rice paper.A paper bag of half a catty is wrapped, and a pile of five catties is a bundle.Ah Xu felt distressed, and Xiao Er was also afraid that the two guest officers would regret it, so he desperately began to say nice things.

"Seeing the two strangers, they are not from our town, right?"

Sure enough, Ah Xu was distracted, shook his head and said: "We are just passing by. I wanted to replenish some dry food at your ten mile shop, but after looking around, there is nothing delicious to sell. Isn't your ten mile shop very good in the past?" Is it lively?"

The little second-hand man kept busy, but his mouth was not idle: "Hey, girl, I told you that Shi Mile Pu is very lively, but the elders in the family? Our Shi Mile Pu was very lively more than 20 years ago, but something happened later. I don’t know if I offended the official in Beijing. Later, the tax in our town became heavier, and the two or three surrounding roads were also strictly controlled. Businessmen who came and went did not dare to pass by our town. In the past ten years, it has been depressed. Go down. Everyone is moving away, and our Shilipu is almost finished."

A Xu was curious, thinking that Gu Huo Niao still came from Shilipu before?Could it be that Gu Huo Niao was implicated by that strange incident?
(End of this chapter)