The whole family travels through time: escape from famine! No cheat codes yet!

Chapter 295: Falling out of control at the critical moment

Of course, there are more people who think the ones with seasonings are too expensive and want to buy only the jelly and steamed cake.

Shen Youyou held her forehead with her hand. She was so busy thinking about how to sell it that she forgot what to bring home. She failed at the critical moment.

When we sold baogao at the temple fair before, most people ate it immediately, and those who took it home were from Xinle County who got their own bowls.

People really can’t just take the bamboo tubes away. If they do, do they have to make bamboo bowls every day they set up the stall?

If they set up the stall for too long, all the bamboo forests in Tangjia Village would be cut down by them.

This was indeed something she had not thought through. The main reason was that they had only been in Tangjia Village for two days and had not seen any plants with large leaves.

In this era, lotus may be common in the south, but in the north, as far as Shen Youyou knows, it should be found in the villas of wealthy people.

She had no memories of ancient times and was just guessing, but after traveling through time for so long, she had never seen a lotus flower.

It is not the season for selling cabbage, otherwise at least cabbage leaves could be used. As for the paper used to pack snacks, Shen Youyou just wants to say that her jelly and steamed cake are not suitable for each other, because steamed cake and jelly are not as expensive as paper.

"Aunts, uncles, grandparents, I'm sorry, this is our first day setting up a stall to gain experience, and we really can't find a suitable place to put food. How about this,

If you live close to home, go home and get a bowl. If you live far away, you can use our bamboo bowls. But next time you want to buy jelly and steamed cakes, try to bring your own food!"

An auntie, carrying a bamboo basket, asked, "Why don't you just put it in the basket for me?"

Shen Youyou has modern thinking and was about to refuse because she thought it was unhygienic to put food directly in the basket when she often carried it to buy groceries. However, she accidentally saw two crispy green bamboo shoots in the master's basket.

"Auntie, where is the skin of your bamboo shoots?"

The aunt was stunned by her sudden question: "The bamboo shoots must have been peeled and thrown away, otherwise it would be too heavy to hold."

Shen Youyou: "Where did you throw it?"

The man was still a little stunned, and pointed to the east, saying, "Over there, at the bamboo shoots stall."

Shen Youyou was pleasantly surprised and said to everyone, "If you want to take it away directly, please wait a moment. I have an idea and will be back soon."

She ran in the direction the aunt pointed, even using her half-baked light-body skills. Although she was far behind Grandpa Li and Brothers Dahu and Erhu, after all, she had only practiced martial arts for a short time, she was much faster than a normal person.

As a result, the merchant who was collecting mountain products inadvertently saw it and paused for a while when eating the jelly: "Oh, I didn't realize that boy had these two skills."

Of course Shen Youyou didn’t know about the sequel, after all, her mind was full of Sun Yi.

The bamboo shoot seller was an old man who looked about the same age as Old Man Shen. He was dressed in a grey shorts and his hair was mostly white. The wrinkles on his face and hands were proof of his experience. “Grandpa, can you sell me this bamboo shoot skin?”

There are a lot of bamboo shoots on the ground, which proves that this old man's business is still relatively good.

The old man who was fiddling with the bamboo shoots on the ground raised his head and saw Shen Youyou with a simple smile: "What are you buying, kid? You can't eat the bamboo shoot skins. If you don't have anything to eat, grandpa will give you some bamboo shoots."

Shen Youyou blinked her eyes and thought, "Does my outfit really make me look like a beggar?"

But I knew it was the old man's good intention: "Grandpa, I'm not eating it, I need it for something else. I need the bamboo shoots. You just need to sell them to me."

The old man's surname is Yu, and everyone calls him Old Yutou. He picks bamboo shoots or mushrooms in Fangshan all year round to sell. After all, as an old man he doesn't dare to go into the deep mountains, so he can only wander around the outskirts.

"Kid, you don't need to buy them. These are the unwanted skins that others peeled off when they sold their bamboo shoots. If you want to use them, just take them."

Shen Youyou really didn't want to take advantage of this old man, but he refused to take the money. She saw the empty bamboo basket behind the old man:

"Grandpa, thank you. My family has a stall on the west side. Can I use your bamboo basket to bring the bamboo shoots over there? I promise to return it to you as soon as I'm done."

People in ancient times didn't have so many twists and turns, at least the old man in front of Shen Youyou didn't have that. He nodded happily in response.

"Use it. A bamboo basket is not a good thing. There is no rush to return it."

Shen Youyou thanked the old man, quickly picked up the bamboo shoots on the ground and put them into the bamboo basket, then rushed back, as she was afraid that the guests would wait anxiously.

Back at the stall, Shen Youyou said to Dabao, "Bring a bucket of water."

Dabao now understood that they were going to use bamboo shoots to wrap jelly and steamed cake, so he quickly picked up a bucket of water and helped wash them.

The two of them worked very quickly. Shen Youyou washed some bamboo shoots and asked Dabao to pack the steamed cakes or jelly for the guests who were going to take them away.

The whole stall was busy. Erhu took the bamboo shoots and counted out twelve pieces of pao: "Madam, this is for you. Ten cents, twelve pieces in total."

Then he counted out six pieces for the next sister-in-law: "Sister-in-law, these are your six pieces. If you don't have sesame paste when you go back home, you can make a delicious cold dish with some cucumber, vinegar and garlic."

Erbao also took out the jelly piece by piece, and one wanted three pieces at once. The grandmother said, "Son, I want three pieces of jelly. Five cents for it?"

Erbao looked embarrassed: "Grandma, please don't bargain. I really can't give you a low price. This jelly is very difficult to make. Besides, your jelly will be older when you go back. We just earn our hard-earned money.

You don't know, look at our group, all of us are people of our age who set up stalls, we are fleeing famine, and because we bought a few acres of land, we can hardly afford to buy food.

The adults built thatched huts at home and reclaimed wasteland, so that we could earn some money for food. But we had to do the reclamation work later and couldn't grow any food for another year or two.

What do we eat? Can the wasteland be cultivated so easily? We can't even afford good land!

Really, we can’t even afford to eat at home, and I’m not afraid of you making fun of us, but we can’t even eat our fill while working…”

"Stop it, I won't bargain any more. If you continue, I'll have to give you some sympathy money."

Seeing that things were getting on the right track, Shen Youyou cleared out the bamboo basket, thinking of putting two pieces of jelly in it for the old man, and ten pieces of steamed cake.

I was just about to ask Sister Daya to make some sweet and sour jelly for the old man when she returned the basket.

In the end, I didn't say anything. When I heard what Erbao said, I couldn't help but look at him a few more times.

I thought: "The more I watch him, the more I feel like his tone of voice is like his father's."

Shen Youyou carried the bamboo basket on her back. She was so anxious because there must be similar situations at her elder and second sisters' stalls. The old man still had bamboo shoots, so she had to carry a basket over.

There are also some worries when business is too good. I suddenly feel that the six of them are almost overwhelmed. I wonder how busy my eldest sister and the others are.

At Old Yu's stall, Shen Youyou stuffed a bowl of sweet and sour jelly into the old man's hands:

"Grandpa, this is for you to eat. It's sold at our own stall. You gave me bamboo shoots, and I'll treat you to some jelly. It's so hot today, so you can cool down."

Old Yu was shocked when he received the jelly: "This...is cold? Is it ice? Kid, you can't do this."

Shen Youyou quickly dodged, not wanting to push him back and forth: "Grandpa, just eat it. I picked the bamboo shoots to wrap the food we sell. You helped me a lot today.

And this, please put it away first," Shen Youyou took out ten pieces of wrapped cakes and two pieces of jelly from the bamboo basket.

"Take it first. I still need to put some bamboo shoots on it. The stall is very busy right now. I'll tell you later how to eat this jelly and pao cake when you take it back."