Red apricots make spring

Chapter 22 Fresh Confections
Rourou straightened her thoughts and said, "Does the third girl usually like to eat snacks?"

"This..." Xiaohuan played with the belt in his hand, shook his head and said, "I'm not a waiter in the house, I don't know very well, but usually the third girl goes out for a walk in the yard, or plays the piano and plays chess in the pavilion , there are always a few plates of delicate candied tea and fruits at hand, but she doesn't see her eating them very often."

"How old is Miss San?" Ruan Rou walked around the kitchen all day long, except for the servants of the Zhao Mansion, she had never seen any of the masters of the Zhao Mansion.

Xiaohuan looked at Wenrou, and said with a giggle, "It's about the same age as my sister."

Fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl?Don't you really like snacks?I'm afraid I'm tired of eating too much!But Ruan didn't know the taste of the third girl, and she wasn't sure what new food she could make, so she had to ask again, "Where are the maids in the third girl's room? What do they like to eat?"

"That's a group of slanderous cats!" Xiaohuan laughed and said, "I often ask me to buy snacks for them on errands, sweet, salty, sour, there's nothing they don't like! But I'm also a slanderous cat, Baba My son is looking forward to them ordering me, and I can get some food. Sister, why are you asking these? Do you want to send them something to eat?"

Rou Rou nodded and smiled softly: "To tell you the truth, my family is waiting for money to treat my brother's illness, and I want to make some food and sell it secretly in the house, but you know that I am not very popular, let alone this matter can't be publicized Get out, so I want to ask you to help me."

Xiaohuan raised her face with interest and asked, "Sell food for you?"

"No, it's not!" Ruan shook her head and smiled, "I bought food for them."

"Ah?" Xiaohuan didn't react for a while, and was stunned.

Gentlely explained: "I'll make some novelty snacks, you can take them to the third girl's yard and eat them with Ling'er..."

"Ha!" Xiaohuan clapped her hands and interrupted her words: "Then they accidentally saw it, and they must have been curious to try it, so they begged me to buy it for them, and I took the money, so I abducted it to my sister! "

"Xiaohuan, you are so clever." Gentlely smiled and said, "Just don't let them know that you bought the things from me, just like the candied haws last time."

Xiaohuan nodded and agreed: "Don't worry, I will keep this matter a secret, but sister, where are you going to clean up the food? There are too many people in the big kitchen, so it must be impossible. Why don't you go to my house?"

Rourou thought for a while, then said helplessly: "This is the only way to go now, but is it really okay to go to your house? If Aunt Liu knows..."

"My mother is so busy that she doesn't leave the ground every day. She doesn't go home at all during the day. How would she know? We just need to be careful." Xiaohuan was very excited when she thought that there would be a new snack to try. I wanted to leave, but just happened to meet Mrs. Liu shouting for dinner in front, so I gave up.

The idea of ​​selling snacks has been decided for the time being, but Rourou hesitated a lot about what to sell.Chocolate, popcorn and potato chips were, of course, popular snacks in her previous world, but want to make them now?Give me a break!Where can I find cocoa beans, corn and potatoes?She can't say for sure that these things are not here, but at least they haven't been found yet.Fortunately, snacks and snacks, as long as they are not eaten as a meal, they can be called snacks. It should be possible to make some snacks and desserts to fill up the number, right?Besides, it doesn't have to be the food that is not available here, as long as the taste is better, it will be done!

Wen Rou absently picked up the rice in the bowl, thinking that there are no plastic bags, plastic cups, and no refrigerators here, so I can’t make that kind of liquid food for the time being, which needs to be eaten hot and has a short storage time. Why don’t you make some The bean crisp candy is ready, anyway, the weather has gradually turned cold, eating these sweets will not feel greasy in the mouth, and I am not afraid that the sugar will melt after a long time.

After the meal, Wenrou helped wash the dishes quickly with her hands and feet. There was a period of time in the afternoon when she had nothing to do, so she could rest for an hour, so she dragged Xiaohuan to buy raw materials for making sugar. She made plans along the way. There is 170 Wen, of course she can’t spend all of it at once, because she doesn’t know if the candies she makes can be sold, and if she loses money, she has no place to cry, so this time, she will make the crispy bean candy with simple ingredients , Save costs!
As soon as Xiaohuan heard that she was going to make bean crisp candy, which was something she had never eaten before, she immediately salivated, and she didn't need to be gentle, she grabbed her and ran to the corner door at the back.

Zhao Lu, who was guarding the door last time, was bribed by Xiaohuan with a bunch of candied haws. Although he may not like to eat it, but it is kind of a favor, so this time when he saw Wenrou, his expression was much gentler. When he heard that they wanted to buy something, he turned towards the door. After yelling twice, they called the peddlers over and let them choose by themselves. Ruan didn't buy much, but it was enough to make about ten catties of bean crisp candy. When I brought it back to the house, I rolled up my sleeves and started making candy.

Halfway through, she suddenly thought of a question, this is ancient times, what kind of paper wrappers should she use?You can't use rice paper!Ask Xiaohuan again, who knows that the girl blurted out without even thinking about it: "Use mulberry paper! If you didn't tell me earlier, I'll buy some and cut it for you."

"That..." Rourou hesitated: "Is this paper clean? It's for food, so you won't get a stomachache after eating it?"

When Xiaohuan heard this, she was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said, "Sister, the fried melon seeds, honey-soaked plums and candied melon strips I usually buy are all wrapped in lotus leaves or mulberry paper? I have never seen my stomach spoiled by eating."

Uh, forgot about this!But having said that, Rourou usually didn't pay attention to the food Xiaohuan bought, and what kind of package they used. Hearing what she said, she smiled and said, "Then I'll trouble you to run for me."

Paper was expensive in ancient times, and the top-quality mulberry paper sold for thirty to fifty yuan a knife here, but most of the paper that is often used to wrap tea, medicinal materials, and food is medium-quality paper, which sells for ten yuan a knife here, which is only one Hundreds of sheets, but one piece of paper is enough to wrap more than ten pieces of bean crisp candies, and the cost is not too high when converted.

Time is limited, not to mention that the pot in Xiaohuan’s house is also a bit small, no matter how fast the gentle hands and feet are, I can’t finish all the bean crisp candies in one go, so I left half of the ingredients and made it tomorrow. In this hour, I only made five catties of candies Come on, cut it into small squares, squeeze it tightly with wooden strips, then take the cut mulberry paper and tie it with a red thread. If you look carefully, you think it looks like that.But there is no reason to buy a piece of sugar when selling sugar, right?She simply used six pieces of bean crisp candy as a unit and tied them into a string, which is convenient to hold and beautiful.

Xiaohuan next to him couldn't help but touched a piece and ate it first. While being surprised and praised, he asked her: "Sister, how do you sell this candy? Tell me a price. When someone asks me, I can answer. "

Rourou counted the points and found that a total of hundreds of packets of bean crisp candies were made, and twenty skewers were tied. Because she was anxiously waiting for the money, it was natural to earn as much as possible, so she said cruelly: "One skewer sells for three Is ten pennies expensive?"

"Thirty Wen?" Xiaohuan was taken aback. Wouldn't it cost five Wen for a pack of bean crisps?Wow!She ate up a month's pocket money in just a few bites!However, she is willing to spend five cents to taste such crispy, sweet and melt-in-mouth delicious confectionery, but it is only for one taste.

Seeing that Xiaohuan didn't answer after thinking for a long time, Rourou also felt that the price might be a bit expensive, so she automatically reduced the price: "How about 24 Wen? [-] Wen? Twelve..."

"Sister, you don't have to sell it too cheaply! We have worked hard for half a day, and we have to count some wages, right?" Xiaohuan blinked and said, "Just sell it for 24 yuan a bunch. Although I am poor, but Who is not richer than me among the servants in the third girl's house?"

Right!The maid in the room can get five hundred coins a month, and occasionally buy snacks and food, which is still enough.In this way, after deducting the cost, you can earn more than 300 Wen in half a day!Wen Rou didn't care that the money hadn't arrived yet, she counted with her fingers, and suddenly smiled again.It's a good deal!

(End of this chapter)