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Wenxiu inserted the hawthorn buns that were wrapped in the candied fruits into the straw targets that she had tied up, one by one. The red fruits gave off an attractive glow under the crystal clear candied fruits, making Song Xiaoyue, who was busy sharpening the bamboo sticks, salivate.

It looked really delicious!

Song Xiaoyue was stunned for a moment, but after being urged by Wenxiu to do so twice, she no longer dared to be distracted. Her hands and feet nimbly chopped bamboo sticks through the red fruit. By the time she had put on all the clean red fruits, there was a total of about thirty or forty bundles of them.

"Xiu Niang, put it on. Here!"

Wen Xiu took the Shau Kei from her hands. She wrapped her body in sugar as usual. Compared to her previous flustered state, she was finally no longer flustered or worried. By the time she had wrapped the red bunches of fruit in the shawl-pan and put them on, there was still a little sugar left in the pot. Fortunately, the fire in the stove had already been extinguished, otherwise the sugar in the bottom of the pot would have been mashed into a guoba.

Wenxiu carefully put away the straw target filled with candied fruits and hurriedly left the kitchen. As she walked, she assigned a task to Song Xiaoyue, "Mistress Yue, if you are any smaller, I will go wash the fruits."

"Sigh!"

Song Xiaoyue responded and then quickly went to work. She had been busy for a while, but now she picked up the knife and began to cut again. By the time Wenxiu had washed the fruits and wrapped the icing on the bottom of the wok, Tree and Tong Tong had finished playing outside and returned, the brothers and sisters were covered in filth.

"Mother, what is this? It looks really delicious! "

Tong Tong was a glutton. She would eat anything she saw. More importantly, she felt that the food was very fragrant and not picky at all. Compared to the slightly picky trees, this was one of her few advantages.

Tree looked at the red fruit under the candy, pursed his lips, and said indifferently: "Red fruit skewers also don't taste good." However, after pausing for a moment, he felt that it was somewhat inconceivable. Especially after seeing the sugar that had yet to solidify drop onto his hand, his hand felt sticky. "Mother, is it sugar?"

"Sugar? I want to eat sugar, I want to eat sugar! "

As soon as the tree mentioned sugar, the Tong Tong Tong's mouth opened, and the little girl instantly became extremely excited.

Wenxiu wasn't strict with children to begin with. In addition, after she made the candied fruits, she would first let her children taste the fruit and understand the market's needs. Therefore, she let the two little fellows wash their hands first before tasting it. She picked three bunches of candied fruits that had been wrapped in sugar, and handed them to Song Xiaoyue and the two children who had come back after washing their hands.

Song Xiaoyue looked at the candied fruits Wenxiu handed over and frowned in surprise. "Me too?"

"Un, try it. Let's see if it tastes good!"

The Tong Tong was the first to taste it. It was like Zhu Bajie had swallowed a ginseng fruit, biting off two of them in two or three bites. Then, he hurriedly bit one of them before slowly chewing it.

Tree held the candied fruits, staring straight at his sister who was eating very deliciously, hesitating whether to eat them or not. After all, the taste of the red fruit was still fresh in his mind, and he could still drool just by thinking about it.

"Tree, this is mother's newly invented candied fruit, hawthorn … The red fruit is coated with sugar, it's sour, sour, sweet and very tasty. " As Wen Xiu spoke, she pointed to a Tong tree that was almost finished. "It's not sour. You'll know once you taste it."

"Mother, why aren't you eating?"

"I …" Wenxiu was at a loss for words. She wanted to say that she had eaten too much in her previous life and did not want to eat it now, but when she met her son's gaze, she felt guilty for some inexplicable reason.

Wenxiu took a bite. It was still the original formula, but it was also the original flavor. It was sour, sweet and very tasty. She believed that as long as the price was right, she would be able to make money! However, it was impossible for the price of the candied fruits to be too low. After all, the price of the white sugar was still on the surface. If the cost was too low and couldn't be recovered, then there was no way he could hope to make money.

"Xiu Niang, it's really delicious!"

Song Xiaoyue, who had silently eaten three pills by herself, made a sound. Her eyes lit up when she looked at Wen Xiu. She really liked the taste. Why is it so delicious?

Wenxiu saw that she quickly finished a candied fruits and passed her another stick. "If you like it, then eat another stick, but eating too much won't do." It's not that I'm stingy, it's just that my teeth can't take it. " Although the candied fruits were sweet and tastier than the pure hawthorn fruit, they couldn't be eaten too much. No matter if you are a child or an adult, you need to be appropriate!

"En!"

Not long later, Song Xiaoyue finished the second stick of candied fruits.

Wenxiu also gave the second string of candied fruits to Tree and Tong Tong, but she asked the two little fellows to take a look around the village. If someone asks what it is, give them a pill and tell them that their family has it for sale. As for the price, it was a string of three taels!

When the two children left, Song Xiaoyue was so shocked that her mouth could not even close. She said in disbelief, "Soo …." "Xiu Niang, tell me …" Three... A string of three coins? "

Heavens, she had just eaten Xiu Niang's six cents in one go!

So expensive!

Wenxiu nodded slightly, but seeing that Song Xiaoyue looked as if she could faint at any moment, she quickly added, "The cost is not that high. We have to make some profit selling our products."

That's good!

However, how much was the cost?

Song Xiaoyue was not stupid. After eating two skewers of candied fruits and knowing that the red fruit was wrapped in white sugar, the cost would not be low. One had to know that the best gifts from family and friends were only two packets of brown sugar. As for the sugar, in the entire Xitang Village, perhaps only Chen Shan and his family could afford it.

"Xiu Niang, what did you call that before? Sugar Gourd? But sugar, how expensive. Can't you use any other sugar? "For example, brown sugar?"

"If you don't use sugar, why would it taste so good?"

"…" Is that so? She had never eaten it, so she didn't know!

When Wenxiu saw that Song Xiaoyue had turned silent, she moved over a stool to let her sit outside and took the initiative to tell Song Xiaoyue about the candied fruits. "Mistress Yue, I'll have to trouble you and Sister-in-law with the potato flour business." I want to take advantage of tomorrow's market time to take the candied fruits to the town for sale, and also buy some candies while I'm at it. "

The price of the candied fruits was set at three coins, so the profit was still very high. After all, hawthorn did not spend money, but only needed to take risks. Two kilograms of white sugar could be used to make sixty to seventy strings of syrup. Besides the cost of buying the white sugar, the rest was profit.

To the villagers of Xitang Village, three pieces of money could be used for many things. For many things, they might not even be willing to spend it on a child's snack. Thus, the sales of candied fruits would definitely be held up. However, this town was different. Most of the rich families there didn't care about the two taels of money. They would be willing to pay a few copper coins to buy snacks for their children.

After thinking it over, Wen Xiu decided that Peace Town had the largest purchasing power. However, she had underestimated the extent to which the ancient people doted on their children, which nearly made her lose the opportunity to make money.

Who said they couldn't afford to buy snacks for their children if they tightened their belts?