Chapter 227: Mysterious identity (second update)
Jiang Zhiluo also remembered that this aunt used to like to buy sugar-fried chestnuts. She smiled and said: "Auntie, you come to the market to buy things."
"No, I'm here to buy some food and go back to cook for lunch. You also have sugar-roasted chestnuts here. I bought them last time and my family likes them. They say they are delicious. The things you make are not sold in this market. ”
Jiang Zhiluo smiled and said, "Auntie, you are really honored."
“What about that? Give me a pack of roasted chestnuts and a bottle of chili con carne. My sister-in-law will be back in a few days, so I’ll buy a bottle for her to try.”
With that said, the aunt readily took out sixty coins, and Jiang Zhiluo gave her a bag of sugar-roasted chestnuts and a bottle of chili meat sauce.
They are old customers and they all know each other, so there is no need to talk nonsense when buying things.
A woman also came over and said, "Oh, Miss Jiang, I haven't seen you for a long time."
“Auntie, you bought my leek box and pot helmet before, I remember.”
The woman said with a smile: "You have a really good memory, but why don't you make a box of leeks? It's so delicious for us to eat."
Jiang Zhiluo said: "I won't make a leek box, but a leek box is also a vegetable. If Auntie wants to eat it, she can grow some herself."
The woman's eyes lit up and she said, "I think so. We have a special piece of land in our house for growing vegetables. My mother-in-law used to live in the countryside and didn't like to play with flowers and plants in the yard, so she just liked to grow some vegetables. But I asked around in many places, but I didn’t know about leeks.”
Jiang Zhiluo said: "Auntie, I have leek seeds here. If you want to buy them, you can buy a pack and plant them back. You only need to buy them once. If you want to plant leek seeds the next year, just save the seeds."
The woman looked at Jiang Zhiluo gratefully and said, "Miss Jiang, you are so... so kind."
“It makes people feel rare just looking at it.”
“Then I’ll buy a pack of seeds.”
Jiang Zhiluo took out a packet of chive seeds and handed it to the woman.
He also taught her what to pay attention to when planting, and how to cut leeks one after another.
The woman was moved and grateful. She knew how delicious the leek box was and how it was a profitable business. If others had been around, they would have hidden such a good thing so that no one would know about it.
Who would have thought that this girl Jiang would sell seeds to them.
The woman asked, “How much does this packet of seeds cost?”
Luckily, she had some extra money in her pocket. The woman thought that such a good thing must cost several hundred pennies.
Just like flowers, the seeds of rare and expensive flowers cost several taels of silver.
Jiang Zhiluo said: "A package of five cents is like this."
"What?"
The woman suspected that she had heard wrongly.
How could leek seeds be so cheap? She must have heard wrong.
Jiang Zhiluo patiently repeated: "Auntie, just give me five cents, five cents per bag."
The woman felt an indescribable feeling in her heart.
I just think it’s as good as Miss Jiang thinks.
“How can seeds be so cheap for such a good thing?”
Jiang Zhiluo said: "I am doing other businesses now, so I am not doing the leek box business. I think leek seeds are cheaper and even poor people can afford them. As long as there is land, they can be planted in the yard. In this way Everyone can eat one more vegetable on weekdays.”
“And leeks, you can also grow some leeks in the house to eat in winter.”
As she spoke, Jiang Zhiluo also explained the method.
The woman sighed with emotion: "Miss Jiang, you are great. People like you are someone who does great things. You have a broad mind, and ordinary people can't compare with it."
“I admire you.”
Yes, the woman listened to her words and felt only admiration in her heart.
Most people don’t have this kind of magnanimity.
Jiang Zhiluo smiled and said nothing.
If she could only do the leek box business now, she would not sell leek seeds.
…
At this time, in the teahouse next to the market, a woman wearing a bamboo hat was sitting by the window on the second floor.
While she was drinking tea, she happened to hear the sound from downstairs.
She also saw the scene just now.
After a while, a man in black quietly entered the room. He saluted respectfully: "Master!"
The woman said calmly: "Have you checked it clearly?"
The man in black said: "I found out that the lady is a girl from the Jiang family in Xingshan Village. She married into the Cui family in early February and became Mr. Cui's wife."
“Master Cui was indeed the crown prince of Duke Cui. After he and Mrs. Cui were exiled and half of the world was pardoned, they left their sinful bodies and lived in Donghe Village.”
The woman pointed her finger at the table, "Jiang Zhiluo is not like a country girl. Are her parents any different?"
The man in black said: "No, it's just that they came to Xingshan Village nine years ago."
Miss Qiao paused while drinking tea, "Nine years ago, this time was not an ordinary time."
Nine years ago, a lot of things happened. Nine years ago, the Wei family collaborated with the enemy and treason and was destroyed, the prince's witchcraft case was imprisoned, and loyal ministers were killed...
a lot of.
Any people who were hiding at that time were all related to these things.
Must be someone related to the prince and implicated in the prince's case.
The woman thought for a while and said, "There's no need to check."
"yes!"
“Is there any news from southern Xinjiang?”
“News has just come that Lin Lei and the others were assassinated when they entered southern Xinjiang and were seriously injured.”
The woman's voice was cold and stern, and she said, "Take Shadow and go there in person. Find the fragrant violet. Nothing will happen to Mengmeng."
The man in black said: "Master, now King Duan has launched a war, and it will spread here if you are not careful. Shadow needs to protect the master, so one of my subordinates can go."
The woman said seriously: "He is the only one who has left blood for the Wei family, and I must help him protect it."
“So there’s no need to say anything else. Take Shadow and go to Southern Xinjiang yourself.”
“As for where the war will spread, let’s see first.”
The man in black said: "Master, why don't you..."
Before the man in black could finish speaking, the woman interrupted him and said, "Let's talk about it when the time is right!"
"yes!"
After the man in black retreated, the woman slowly stood up. At this time, the wind outside blew up the bamboo hat veil on her face, revealing half of her face.
If Jiang Zhiluo were here at this time, she would definitely be shocked, because this is Miss Qiao.
…
Jiang Zhiluo is focusing on selling chili con carne sauce and sugar-fried chestnuts.
Many of them are old customers who recognize Jiang Zhiluo, so they also know that the food she makes is delicious. They all approve of her products and buy a lot of them.
So business is good.
At mid-morning, everything was sold out.
Jiang Zhiluo and Mrs. Cui closed the stall, and Mrs. Cui looked at the bullock cart and things.
Jiang Zhiluo went to buy duck eggs.
She first went to an old lady in the far corner.
She noticed the old lady with gray hair and hunched over because she came to the market.
She was sitting on a horse with a basket in front of her, which was full of duck eggs.
She wouldn’t shout, and no one would come to see her. She would just sit there motionless, waiting for people to come and buy.
Looking at her like this, Jiang Zhiluo felt a little uncomfortable.
She walked over and said, "Old man, how do you sell duck eggs?"
When the old lady saw someone coming to ask, she was very excited and said quickly: "Two duck eggs for one penny."
Jiang Zhiluo lowered her head to look at the duck eggs, preparing to buy them.
However, when the old lady saw that Jiang Zhiluo was silent, she said nervously: "If you buy more, I can make it cheaper."