Eat My Childless Life: The Little Fisher Girl is Poor and Fierce

Chapter 86 How do you plan to sell the abalone?

Wu Qingfeng: "..."

Wu Qingfeng frowned in the darkness, deciding not to pay him any more attention.

Lin Chang'er was already asleep and had no idea that Bai Shaoan had already fought Wu Qingfeng on his own battlefield.

The next day, Lin Chang'er was going to try selling soy milk at the market, so she got up half an hour earlier than usual.

When she went out, she saw a tiny yellow light shining in the corridor, and could vaguely see two figures. She could also see a small fire in the kitchen, with figures moving in the light.

When Lin Chang'er got closer, she could see that Gu Dalang was grinding soybeans. Gu's mother was in charge of adding the soaked soybeans, and Gu Dalang was in charge of grinding them.

In the kitchen, Aunt Gu was busy preparing breakfast.

Hearing the commotion outside, Sister-in-law Gu came out of the kitchen and whispered to Lin Chang'er, "Sister-in-law, I've made some dough and am making pancakes with cabbage and pork filling. Let's have breakfast before going to the market."

Thinking of Grandma Bai and Sister Gu, Lin Chang'er replied, "Okay, please make a couple more, sister-in-law. I'll take them to town."

Sister-in-law Gu didn't ask who it was for, she just said okay.

After Lin Chang'er finished washing up, Gu Dalang and his mother had already ground the beans.

Lin Chang'er and Gu's mother poured the ground beans into an empty pot and added water in a 1:2 ratio to cook them.

There were too many soaked beans yesterday, so Lin Chang'er didn't pour them all in. She left some so that Gu's mother could try making tofu.

After boiling, the soy milk is filtered through a cloth into a clean bucket.

To keep it warm, Lin Chang'er wrapped the bucket in thick cloth. At this moment, Lin Chang'er missed the insulated buckets of later generations, but there was nothing she could do about it.

She cooked it twice. On the first day, Lin Chang'er didn't cook much, only filling two buckets and leaving a small half-pot for her own consumption.

Once they were all ready, Little Goldfish and Xu Gun'er got up as well.

When Grandpa Zhou arrived, Lin Chang'er was still drinking soy milk and eating pancakes, so the old man helped her load the things onto the car.

Lin Chang'er didn't stop him. After he finished his work, she called him in, took a pancake, and served him a bowl of soy milk. "Uncle Zhou, this is homemade soy milk. Please try it."

Grandpa Zhou didn't refuse, and ate the pancake and drank the soy milk with gusto. At the end, he gave Lin Chang'er a thumbs up, saying, "The pancake is delicious, and the soy milk is also delicious. If it were sold at the market, it would definitely sell well."

Lin Chang'er smiled and said, "Uncle Zhou has a good eye. We were planning to sell this sauce at the market. My sister-in-law is coming with us today. Can I give you an extra two coins for the fare?"

Grandpa Zhou waved his hand, "You chartered this bus anyway. As long as there are enough seats, you can decide how many people there are." Besides, the tea money and pastries she usually gives you, plus the generous portions of cakes and syrup, are more than enough to cover these two coins.

One should have a long-term perspective.

Seeing that he was declining, Lin Chang'er didn't say much to him. After all, it was a long-term business, and if she paid more attention to him, it would be enough to offset the two coins for the carriage fare.

They set off early, so they didn't call Wu Qingfeng and Bai Shaoan.

Upon arriving in town, they first went to the Sihai Restaurant as usual to explain the situation to Pei Sihai, who cheerfully said that he would arrange a carriage to pick them up later.

Lin Chang'er then brought out the seafood from last night for Pei Sihai to choose from, saying, "I've saved the sea fish to make sashimi, but today there's something even better than sea fish."

Pei Sihai chuckled, "Oh? What was it again?"

Lin Chang'er carefully took out a small bucket. As soon as she lifted the dust cover, Pei Sihai was first dazzled by the colorful light. After looking closely, he realized that there were several colorful seashells inside.

He didn't recognize it at first. "What's this?"

Lin Chang'er smiled and said, "Abalone, Uncle Pei, have you heard of it? The two largest ones should weigh more than a pound each, commonly known as double-headed abalone."

Pei Sihai was startled, his eyes remaining fixed for a long while before he finally asked her, "How do you want to sell this?"

Lin Chang'er smiled and said, "I can't say how much this costs." After all, even in later generations, two-headed abalone isn't something you can just buy with money.

After dehydration and drying, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to consider it a family heirloom, and these seashells are also worth quite a bit of money.

Pei Sihai stroked his goatee. "How about auctioning it together with the golden eel?"

Lin Chang'er paused for a moment and said, "These small ones are fine, but I'd like to show off the two larger ones first. I'll need to think about how to sell them later. Also, I won't sell the shells of these abalones."

Pei Sihai: "What's the significance of this?"

Lin Chang'er didn't keep them in suspense any longer, "These abalone shells can be used to make mother-of-pearl lacquer boxes. I've also asked Young Master Wu and Young Master Bai to help me find buyers."

Pei Sihai nodded, thinking that this young girl was very meticulous.

"That's fine, but once these seafood items are brought ashore, they won't keep long enough to grow. Do you need me to help you find a craftsman who can process dried seafood?"

Lin Chang'er nodded, "Then I'll trouble Uncle Pei."

Pei Sihai waved his hand, thinking that the steamed clam and egg dish that Lin Chang'er made yesterday was quite good, but this dish was unique to her, and if his restaurant wanted to sell it, he would have to ask her for the recipe first.

However, some of the gourmands I invited replied last night that they wanted to come over at noon to try the food at Sihai Restaurant.

Lin Chang'er was about to go to the market, and Pei Sihai, worried about delaying her business, told her to come over as soon as she finished selling her seafood.

跟着要了两桶蛤蜊一共60斤，50个大海鸭蛋，螃蟹7只2只青蟹2只兰花蟹3只梭子蟹，一共是7钱又5文。

Lin Chang'er gave him 5 coins, but only charged him 7 qian of silver. After paying, she hurried to the market.

Today, Lin Chang'er was going to sell soy milk, so she asked Grandpa Zhou to take Sister Gu and the two buckets of soy milk to Sister Gu's stall first. She introduced the two of them to each other, whispered a few words to Little Goldfish, and then left him to help sell steamed buns and soy milk.

Then he took Xu Gun'er to his and Old Lady Bai's stall.

As usual, Grandma Bai had already arranged the scallions on her stall early in the morning. When she saw Lin Chang'er arrive, she helped unload and arrange the goods.

After arranging the seafood, Lin Chang'er first gave the flatbread she had brought to Grandma Bai, "My sister-in-law made these flatbreads herself today, with cabbage and minced meat filling. They taste pretty good. I brought them for you to try. We also brought some soy sauce from Sister Gu's place. I'll have Gun'er take you there for breakfast now."

Grandma Bai quickly waved her hand, "No rush, we can go together after we finish selling the seafood."

Of course, the pancakes are best when they're fresh out of the pan, but Lin Chang'er brought them over, which already took some time on the way, so it wouldn't make a difference if she waited a little longer and let the old lady have them.

Today, they only have salted duck eggs and clams. Lin Chang'er has been selling them for a while now, and they are all repeat customers, so there haven't been any problems.

Since the little goldfish wasn't there, someone asked, "Why didn't that very talkative guy come today?"

Taking the opportunity, Lin Chang'er said, "They're here! They're helping their aunt sell steamed buns and sweet soy milk up ahead."

Someone asked, "What kind of sweet syrup? Does it really contain sugar?" That's a precious ingredient.

Lin Chang'er answered him truthfully, "Soy milk is made from ground soybeans, so of course it has real sugar in it. I bought it yesterday at the grain and oil shop in town. If you don't believe me, you can go to Sister Gu's steamed bun stall up ahead and take a look."

Xu Gun'er chimed in, "My sister Chang'er doesn't skimp on ingredients; she put in plenty of beans and sugar. It's so fragrant and delicious!"

"Then I must try it..." A customer paid and went to the steamed bun stall together.