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After dinner, the cute girl made two more pots of jam. Since coming here so long ago, she had long gotten used to sleeping early and getting up early. For her, staying up so late at night wasn't enough for her.

When the jam was ready, she couldn't help but go back to sleep even before the jar was filled. The rest was still the autumn chrysanthemum.

The next day, after breakfast, the lady and Ye Xuan rushed to the county town with the ox-cart carrying the thirty jars of jam. They didn't take all of the jams with them.

The oxcart stopped at a place near the city wall. The maiden took out a blanket, took down a few jars of jam, opened one of them, and took out a stack of bowls. The bowls were filled with spoons.

He scooped the red jam into a bowl. The bowl was a white porcelain bowl specially bought by the nanny, and the apricot sauce lining was very beautiful.

"Sell the jam, don't miss it when you pass by. Taste the delicious apricot paste for free! Do not pay if it tastes bad!" Ye Xuan stood beside the oxcart as he watched.

Perhaps it was due to the fact that the apricot sauce looked really good. After a while, a woman carrying a basket stopped in her tracks. "What kind of food is this?"

The woman was wearing a green cotton dress with a jade ornament. The first customer was also someone with money on him.

With a face full of smiles, the cute girl did her best to promote the food, "This is the jam I made myself. It's delicious and delicious. Elder sister, try it and see."

The little girl handed over a bowl filled with jam with about two small bites. The woman first smelled it, then tentatively scooped a spoonful and put it into her mouth. Her eyes lit up. "What's the price for this apricot sauce?"

Noticing that she was tempted, the lady found that almost no one in this age would reject sweets. Maybe it was because the extraction of sugar was more difficult in this age.

"This jar contains 2 jin of apricot sauce, it's only a small amount. Elder sister, if you want to buy it, the original price is 60 gold coins a can. Today is my first day of selling, so I'll only charge you 50 gold coins."

She had thought about this price for a long time. Although 50 gold coins seemed expensive, the cost was still 20 gold coins. In addition, due to the long journey, the apricot jam would be preserved for a long time even though the apricot fruit period was short. If it was calculated like this, the value of the apricot paste would be much higher.

"This …" The woman hesitated, looking at the jar of jam didn't have much. Buying a jar would mean that the family would have a lot of people and one person would have no money to eat it. This was 50 gold coins! She was a little reluctant to part with the money, "I'll keep watching."

With that, the woman hurriedly left. She felt a little embarrassed that she had tasted someone else's expensive jam but did not buy it.

The lady in blue was not discouraged. The wine and fragrance were not afraid of the alleyway being too deep, she was only afraid that these people would taste the apricot sauce, and then she would have to raise the price to sell it.

"Apricot paste, selling apricot paste, delicious and healthy apricot paste, don't miss it when you pass by."

"Grandmother, I want to eat that —" A small boy was stuffing cakes into his mouth. His eyes were wide open at the sight of the red apricot sauce, and he refused to move his feet.

The old woman looked towards the shop her grandson was pointing at. There was only a bowl of food on the cloth, so it shouldn't be too expensive. The old woman looked at the shop her grandson was pointing at, and there was only a bowl of food on a cloth.

"How much is this sauce?" The old woman could hear the sauce, but not what it was.

"Auntie, this is apricot sauce, made with apricots. Look, there are still fruits here!"

The little girl scooped some and handed it to the woman. The old woman scooped up a spoonful and licked it. Her grandson jumped and shouted, "Let me have a taste!"

"Good good good good grandson, stop shaking grandma, grandma will feed it to you, ah —" The little boy opened his mouth wide and swallowed the jam on the spoon in one gulp. After eating, he shouted for more.

The old woman looked at the empty bowl helplessly. She had just tasted something sweet and thought it was not bad, so she asked the lady, "How much is this jar of apricot sauce?"

"Today is my first time selling it. It was originally sold for 60 gold, but now it only costs 50 gold. After two days, the price might rise again."

"Yo, it's so expensive to sell. 50 gold coins is enough to buy meat to eat." The old woman clutched her purse with a pained look on her face.

The lady was a bit helpless. It was true that the people here were almost unable to eat their fill, so how could they have the mood to play with these things?

"Auntie, after buying the apricot sauce, you can use it as a dish, and eat it on a steamed bun." Aunty, after buying the apricot sauce, you can use it as a dish, and eat it on a steamed bun.

"Grandma, buy it. Little Tiger wants to eat it." The little boy pulled at the woman's skirt with tears in his eyes, begging her. The woman thought for a moment, clenched her teeth, counted out 50 gold coins and passed it to the lady, "Pick one for me."

Even the words of a lady couldn't compare to a single word of her grandson.

"Alright, Auntie, don't worry. We only have a lot of apricot jam. You can weigh it when you get back. It's more than two catties."

The lady let Ye Xuan take a can from the oxcart, then tied the bottle with straw and gave it to the woman. The woman took the grass rope and led the little boy away.

After the old woman, the number of people who came to ask the lady increased, but most only asked not to buy. The number of people who bought them were few and far between.

It took a while before he managed to sell eight jars of apricot sauce.

Ye Xuan told his little sister to go to the Qiao family restaurant to eat first. He helped look at the stall and she rushed over to the Qiao family restaurant with a jar of jam in her hand.

Recently, the business of the Qiao family restaurant was extremely good. Some big families would always bring food to their homes and for this reason, they even found someone to serve them food. It was similar to the takeout of the future generations.

Qiao Ke's second uncle spent the entire day in the back kitchen researching new dishes. In addition, he invited two other chefs, who were responsible for cooking under contract, and also found three waiters and a storekeeper. The restaurant was packed with people when it came time to eat, which was a huge difference from the time when his daughter had just arrived and the Qiao Family Restaurant could only rely on the relief provided by the old neighbors.

There was a special booth on the second floor, and when the nanny found him, he naturally had to receive her. He instructed the kitchen to prepare a few dishes, and the two of them began to chat inside the second floor.

"I haven't seen you for a while. Is your mother well?" he asked as he poured a glass of water for her.

"Now you can use your walking stick. Thank you for the medicine every month." Ever since the lady had taught Qiao Ke how to make tofu, he had never sent anyone to buy tofu from the Lin Family Village. It was a long journey, and the tofu he bought was more than half broken.

But every month, Qiao Ke would go to the Lin Village to deliver medicine and food to his mistress. She had seen all of this and remembered it in her heart.

She was not mistaken. Joco was a trustworthy partner and a good friend.