Chapter 94
Chapter 94
A'Xiu tasted it, and apparently she didn't like the taste, so he shivered because of the sour taste.
"Is this edible? I think it needs to be added with sugar!"
"Let's try selling it first, and improve it if everyone really can't accept it."
Here, hawthorn is a food that is not commonly eaten. It is very likely that most people are really not able to adapt to this acidity. This is because Wei Ziqing lacked consideration.
Thinking that the store has a good reputation now, in order to prevent the signboard from being ruined due to the acidity of the hawthorn cake, he specifically told Axiu that the hawthorn cake should be sold at half price and in limited quantities, and he would accept a small amount of tasting.
"Brother Qing, what's the name of this pastry? I'll write a sign and put the price on it."
If it is called haw jelly, it is easy to be associated with hawthorn. When many people hear the name, they are easy to associate with the pregnant woman, so they have to change the name.
He looked at the sticky and soft mouth of the hawthorn cake, and he had a flash of inspiration: "Let's call it soft cake."
The fuchsia pastry is really eye-catching among a group of light-colored desserts. Coupled with the cheap price, it is inevitable that some well-off people will buy some and try it.
But more people are in a wait-and-see state, and it is necessary to ask a few words.
"What does this soft cake taste like?"
"What is this made of, is it delicious?"
Axiu didn't have much contact with this, so Wei Ziqing stepped forward to introduce it for him.
"The soft cake is sweet and sour. It is made from wild fruits in the mountains. It is the only one in the whole county."
"Not only is it delicious, but it can also appetize and invigorate the spleen. If you have elderly and children with loss of appetite at home, you can try some."
It's probably because it's easier for others to believe what a good-looking person says, and what he said is natural and sincere. Most of the guests are willing to try it, which makes Axiu envious.
"I can't learn your speaking skills, so you should come to the store more and sell more dim sum!"
Wei Ziqing just pretended he didn't hear it, and pretended to pull Fat Auntie to talk, but didn't pick up the words, just joking, if he was caught as a clerk selling dim sum, let's not talk about anything else, Second Uncle Song would probably kill him from the village and take him personally Back to live in the countryside.
Thanks to Wei Ziqing's hard-working sales, the two long deals took an afternoon and were swept away.
Axiu said in surprise: "I didn't expect it to sell so well. I will make more with you when I get back, and I will sell it for a long time in the future."
Wei Ziqing knocked him on the head twice: "I've been doing business for so long and I'm still not stable. This is the first time I'm here to sell it. No one else knows the taste. It sells fast because it's fresher than others, let alone half price. , just wait, let’s sell it for another five days and see how it goes.”
Bulk candied haws were sold in small quantities, and Axiu insisted not to let him put them out, but ate one after another by herself. Wei Ziqing deeply suspected that Axiu was not allowed to sell them because of her greedy mouth.
After saying it, Axiu naturally refused to admit it, but raised her head and stuffed another one into her mouth.
The kid Xiao Si also likes to eat, and he sneaks eyes here and there from time to time, but because he is serious about his work, he never eats anything when he is in the store, so he never takes it even if he is greedy.
Five hundred catties of hawthorns are enough to sell in the past few days, but the most troublesome part of making soft cakes is not boiling, but removing the pits. Thinking about how little he and Axiu spent last night making so little , and now I still have some back pain.
In a blink of an eye, seeing the fat aunt in the store who was eager to help, she quickly put on a doggy smile.
"Auntie, I have a busy thought..."
"What's the matter? Auntie will help you!"
Wei Ziqing smiled, showing all his teeth, and stepped forward to take the fat aunt's arm.
"Go, let's go at home."
After thinking about it, he reached out and took advantage of Axiu's inattention, and put the candied haws balls on the side into a paper bag. He did this for Axiu's benefit, and saved him from eating too much, making his stomach uncomfortable and prone to tooth decay. In order to retaliate against his false public welfare and selfishness, hehe.
After all, the fat aunt is a nimble person. He scratched the knife with his hand, and the core was picked out, and the pedicle was also removed. Later, one person cut the knife and one person removed the core, because the fat aunt moved Quick, even Wei Ziqing couldn't help speeding up.
It's just that the five hundred catties of hawthorn is really a difficult task. Both of them have sore hands, and they are still far from completing the task.
"Auntie, that's all for today, I'm so tired."
The fat aunt shook her arms: "This is really meticulous work. If it takes so much effort just for this step, it will take a lot of people to help."
Thinking of this, Wei Ziqing felt a little headache, and it was imminent to find a way to remove the nucleus quickly!
Because the fat aunt had to go back to the village, Wei Ziqing didn't stay with the fat aunt for too long, and he paid the fat aunt before leaving.
"Why are there five extra coins?"
Wei Ziqing pressed his hand to take the money out: "Auntie has been wronged today, buy some meat to eat."
The fat aunt didn't shirk, and accepted it readily, but he insisted on bringing back half a basket of hawthorns.
"I'll fix it for you and send it here. Your little hands are too slow, you still have to look at me."
This simply solved his urgent need, Wei Ziqing also didn't show any courtesy to Aunt Fat, and only said that he would try some more next time he made a share.
In the evening, as usual, Axiu took Xiaosi back, had a quick bite of food, and then started a new study session.
The Analects of Confucius is actually not a good book for Wei Ziqing to learn. The teacher at the beginning also taught it roughly as a way of literacy, so he skipped over to explain a lot of uncertainties during the teaching process, but asked Xiaosi to recite it first. Fortunately, Xiao Si didn't dislike him and listened to him honestly.
When sending Xiaosi out after class, Wei Ziqing took a paper bag and sent it out.
Although it is autumn, the candied haws in the paper bag are a bit sticky because they are kept indoors.
"Go back and put it outside the door to freeze for a while before eating."
Little Siba turned his head and took a look, his eyes lit up in an instant, then darkened again.
"I can't take it, the third brother will scold me."
Wei Ziqing glanced at the young man standing outside, and was also a little worried. This boy was much screwier than Xiao Si, and he couldn't persuade him.
"This is the reward for going to the countryside to harvest hawthorns today, take it quickly."
Only then did Xiao Si believe it, took it carefully, and ran out the door, looking exactly like Xiao Qi that day.
Speaking of Xiaoqi, Wei Ziqing couldn't help but think of that child, he hadn't seen him for a long time, and he didn't know what happened.
The brothers in this family are very prosperous. There are at least seven children. No wonder they are so poor, but how does such a family raise a child who can read and count?
Putting aside these doubts, the third, fourth, and seventh he came into contact with all left a good impression on him, and he cherished his talents, and when he had the opportunity, he would help them.
The soft cakes were only sold on the fourth day, and unexpectedly received a good response, and some people came here admiringly.
It seems that there are not a few people who like sweet and sour. Although they can't eat too much at a time, people who buy it only take half or one piece at a time, but because there are many people who are early adopters, the daily limit can be sold out.
Wei Ziqing helped out in the store for a while in the morning, because he was busy with "He Shui" these days, and he hadn't handed in the drawings for a long time, which made shopkeeper Zhang rush to the store, so he planned to take time in the afternoon to draw a few Zhang Hua handed over the work.
When he got to the door of the house, he saw that the door was ajar and unlocked. Wei Ziqing was puzzled. Could it be that he went out without locking the door?
Puzzled, he opened the door, and was about to go to the study, when a voice called out his footsteps.
"Brother Qing?"
Wei Ziqing was stunned, and looked up, was it Song Boming?
He seemed to have changed, thinner, and his cheeks were sunken, but his beard and everything were clean-shaven, and his clothes were also changed from the cabinet at home. He looked like he had taken a bath at home and tidied up his clothes. Fan, the overall spirit is still—well, I think it looks better, more like the way he likes it.
I haven't seen him for a long time, and there was no tears in my eyes as I imagined, nor did I rush over to give him a hug excitedly, I just greeted him as usual.
"came back?"
"Ah."
"When did you arrive?"
"It will be here in the morning, not long."
"Are you ready to eat?"
"have eaten."
……
Wei Ziqing asked a lot, but in the end he couldn't find any more questions. The two of them were still the same as before, one was at the door of the house, the other was in the yard, and neither of them moved their feet.
Wei Ziqing just felt like laughing, maybe it was funny, maybe it was just pure happiness, anyway he smiled, there were smiles in the corners of his mouth and eyes.
But Song Poming didn't smile with him, he still had a calm face, which made Wei Ziqing feel weird, but Song Poming has been out for so long, and he doesn't know what he has experienced, probably because he was too tired, so he acted a little calm .
He had already planned to live a good life with him when he came back, but Song Boming didn't show enthusiasm at all, without the kisses and hugs he imagined, he was a little unhappy, hum, let him hang out for a while, but he didn't give it to him. He speaks correctly.
Wei Ziqing's thoughts changed a thousand or eight hundred times, but Song Boming still stood still and stared at him, looking at him so embarrassingly.
And his eyes became more and more intense, Wei Ziqing couldn't help but tilted his head, a little angry in his heart, this man was serious for only a moment, wouldn't this show his wolf's tail right away?
He also felt that he was a little too shy like this, as if he was afraid of him, so he forced his head to turn and glared at him.
"What's there to see?"
Song Boming lowered his eyes as if he had been awakened by someone.
"I haven't seen you for a long time, you...have gained weight."
No—it looks a little better. It seems that life has become more nourishing after being away from him for a few days. It is probably because the boy grows up fast. After a few days, there is another change. There is a little style in his gestures—it is unique to a lover. That kind of eyes are like starlight, full of joy and anticipation.
Song Poming's heart twitched. For the first time, he felt that he and Brother Qing were so close that as long as he waved, Brother Qing would rush into his arms and tell him how much he missed him these days.
So he didn't dare, he could only say some unpleasant words to make him angry, don't tempt himself, so that he could resist the desire to hug him.
Wei Ziqing was really angry by him, he couldn't help but look down at himself a few times, isn't he fat?He has deliberately maintained his weight, and he didn't even dare to eat more hawthorn, for fear of whetting his appetite.
It's not a bad feeling in my heart, I haven't seen him for a long time, but I think he looks good everywhere, good guy, the first thing I see is "fat"?
Wei Zi walked past him and went back to the house. When he passed by him, he pushed him. He wanted to close the door, but he was afraid that he would not come in when the door was really closed. He persuaded himself to come back because of him. For the sake of this, let him off this time, and he will return it later!
With his back to the door, he was sitting at the table, looking like I was very angry and needed someone to coax, Wei Ziqing's villain had already drawn circles and circles in the corner of the wall, so he went down the steps like this, Still not coming to coax?
Sure enough, there were footsteps approaching slowly behind him.
"Brother Qing..."
After waiting for a long time, there was no more text, but Wei Ziqing could feel that the person behind him was always there and didn't move. He couldn't help turning around, trying to look angry, but the remaining smile in his eyes betrayed him.
"I'll give you a chance to say it again, are you fat? Where are you fat?"
Song Boming bent over, Wei Ziqing suppressed the desire to close his eyes, and still stared at his eyes with a smile. Although he was against the light, Song Boming's eyes were still bright.
The two looked at each other, getting closer and closer, Wei Ziqing couldn't hold back his embarrassment after all, and closed his eyes first.
For a long time, the breath hit the tip of his nose, but nothing fell down.
Feeling the light coming back, Wei Ziqing opened his eyes, and Song Boming was already lying on the bed.
"I'm a little tired, I'll go to bed first."
Wei Ziqing thought he was teasing him, and felt that he was being teased, his face flushed, why this person is getting worse and worse, he secretly made a decision, when he wakes up, he must beg for mercy, otherwise Don't tell him that you like him too.
In the end, his heart softened. When it was getting dark, he still cooked some more meals, and even bought a few big meats on purpose. Xiaosi and Axiu still wondered why the meals were so rich today.
Wei Ziqing's face was calm: "Song Boming is back."
Xiao Si had never heard of this name before, so he asked about it.
Axiu backhanded like Wei Ziqing often knocked him, and knocked Xiao Si once.
"You can't guess from his face full of spring? He is my brother-in-law, your uncle."
"Ah! Is the teacher married?"
Xiaosi seemed to be hit hard, as if hearing the news for the first time.
Wei Ziqing ignored the two of them, and ate on his own, knowing that the more he ignored them, the more trouble they would cause.
Axiu shook her head: "You little head, can you be busy only counting money and reading books, and occasionally listening to gossip around you..."
Wei Ziqing saw that his words became more and more outrageous, so he stuffed a chicken leg into Axiu's mouth, and he was able to live in peace for a while.
The kitchen was bustling with activity, but seeing that the room inside was still dark and sitting quietly in the dark night, he frowned, no matter how tired he was, he had to eat, and he would wake him up for a meal later. sleep.
When Wei Ziqing went in with the food left for him and lit the lamp, he realized that Song Boming had woken up.
He sat up with clear eyes, but Wei Zi couldn't tell if he just woke up, because he didn't seem to have seen him in a daze.
"Wake up? Let's eat something then."
As he spoke, he opened the locked bowls one by one and placed them on the table.
Seeing him busy, Song Boming looked like a married man who was used to being busy at home. After a while, he went out and made a pot of tea in a hurry and came back.
Wei Ziqing sat down and watched him stand still, a little funny, this man is not pretending to be sober, in fact, he is not sober yet, right?
"eat?"
Only then did Song Boming move, sitting in front of the bowls and chopsticks set out for him, but instead of reaching for the chopsticks, he took out a blank piece of paper.
Author’s gossip: I forgot to post my name yesterday. Fortunately, I’m not obsessive-compulsive disorder haha, but I don’t know if you are a haha
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