91, She Lied to You (1 Update)
Li Hengyi frowned as he looked at the innocent Yuanbao and said in a low voice, “She’s tricking you, they eat their rice with chili sauce at night!”
Yuanbao looked up, surprised, and gazed at his own master.
“…”
This, this…
Swallowing the food in his mouth, “Master, you can’t eat spicy food right now!”
Li Hengyi harrumphed, “Is it about whether I can eat it or not?”
It was that Xie who was hogging it all to herself.
Xie Zhinuan indeed had scooped some chili sauce to eat with her rice.
The spiciness made her sweat profusely yet it was exceptionally appetizing, and Xie Zhinuan had already eaten two bowls of rice.
She dipped the shredded chicken in the chili sauce, and the taste was really good.
Her stomach was already full, and her mouth had gone numb from the spiceness, yet she still wanted to eat more.
“Miss, this chili sauce is really tasty, how do you plan to sell it?” Sha Ni asked unclearly.
“Depends on who es to buy!”
If the person who es is rich, then sell for a high price, if not…
Still better to save it and sell to the rich, to earn more.
Xie Zhinuan sipped soup while thinking about what price to sell it for.
The cost of a jar was probably several hundred wen, mainly because the process was too plicated, not to mention it’s spicy, choking, and quite hot, so maybe fifty taels per jar?
If she could sell it for a hundred taels…
Who would plain about having too much money, right?
Thinking this, Xie Zhinuan didn’t expect Yuanbao to bring someone over.
“Miss Xie!”
Xie Zhinuan put down her bowl and chopsticks and walked to the door.
She looked at Yuanbao and then at the man behind him, “You guys?”
“Miss Xie, we were planning to buy some chili sauce from you, how about it…” Yuanbao asked softly.
Xie Zhinuan glanced at Yuanbao, then at the man beside him, and laughed lightly, “Sure, but it’s a bit expensive!”
“Miss Xie, name your price!” the man said.
Yuanbao giggled, “Miss Xie, they have plenty of money, just name a high price!”
“…”
Xie Zhinuan originally wanted to really sell it at a high price, but out of consideration for Yuanbao’s face, “Fifty taels per jar, if you want it, I can sell three jars, but you must return the jars to me after you finish the chili sauce!”
“And I only want silver, no silver notes!”
Xie Zhinuan didn’t trust silver notes.
She felt that silver was more reliable and, having a space of her own, she should start putting something into it.
“Gold is also acceptable!”
Three jars, a hundred and fifty taels.
The man nodded, “Okay!”
For them, gold and silver were plentiful.
With no wife or children by their side, one’s own full stomach meant the whole family wasn’t hungry, so they would use it.
The three jars of chili sauce hadn’t even stayed overnight before they were sold, which surprised Xie Zhinuan.
After the surprise, looking at the small pot that was left, “I’ll make some more tomorrow!”
In the following days, Xie Zhinuan was so busy that she barely touched the ground.
In the morning, she soaked chili peppers, made pastries, in the afternoon she soaked cowpeas, made chili sauce, and sold pastries too.
Plain boiled eggs with syrup were served to Li Hengyi, while for his Bird’s Nest and plain boiled eggs, lunch and dinner were carefully prepared but consisted only of three dishes and a soup, which was far from enough for Li Hengyi, who was accustomed to feasting on delicacies with a dozen more dishes.
Xie Zhinuan was selling food, and many people in the village knew about it, but she only sold to the guards across the street. The villagers were puzzled, and some had asked about the prices, finding them too expensive to afford; they thought that aside from smelling nicer, her food shouldn’t be any different.
They were still reluctant to spend the money.
Xie Zhinuan hadn’t expected that Yuan Liuwang, who had been away from home for some days, would return.
The man had tanned a lot, but there was newfound confidence and pride on his face.
“Zhinuan!”
Yuan Liuwang stretched out his hand with a red cloth in his palm, wrapping something. Yuan Liuwang lifted the red cloth, revealing a pair of pearl earrings beneath.
Chapter 93
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