lcionline Chapter 124 Sugar Man
Chapter 124 Sugar Man
Could it be that he discovered something good again?
Jiang Jiang immediately became excited when he heard Li Cuicui calling him.
She called everyone to walk towards Li Cuicui, but it turned out that she was just greedy and found a candy figurine stall, which was calling her over to pay the bill.
His hopes were dashed. Jiang Jiang kept comforting himself, thinking that it was impossible to be so lucky every time. He was lucky to have come across such a rare thing last time. It would be normal if he didn't have it.
The owner of the sugar figurine stall used boiling sugar liquid to outline many lifelike patterns, including the twelve zodiac signs, flowers, plants, birds and trees. His skillful techniques won the attention of many people.
However, compared with the popularity around him, his business is much worse.
Most people just came to watch the fun, and there were quite a few children who stood nearby with their drooling hands and twitching their noses, trying to inhale all the sweet fragrance into their stomachs.
A small sugar painting costs thirty coins, or three taels of coarse grain or two taels of fine grain in exchange.
This price is undoubtedly too high.
In fact, the stall owner selling candy figures was also a little helpless. He also wanted to sell them at a lower price, but the price of candy remained high and he had no choice.
In the past, he made a living by relying on this skill in the town. He didn't know anything else. Now he could only hope that there would be a few elders among so many people who had extra money and food and could spoil their children.
At this time, his attention was focused on Jiang Jiang's family.
Based on his years of experience, the family in front of him should have also fled here.
But this family in front of him, although their skin was tanned, there seemed to be no reduction in members, old and young. He could conclude responsibly that this family must have lived a good life while fleeing famine.
At least I don’t have to worry about food and drink, and I have some spare money.
Isn't this exactly his target customer?
So he worked harder to show off his various sugar figures and paintings, and the sweet smell of maltose really attracted the children.
The stall owner was somewhat pleased with himself. According to his experience, if the child threw a tantrum and insisted on buying sugar figures and sugar paintings, many parents would be helpless.
But surprisingly, the children in front of them just looked at the sugar man, swallowed their saliva, and then spontaneously took out copper coins from their pockets and counted them one by one.
The stall owner began to comfort himself again, saying, don't be afraid, even the child has money, which means this family is really wealthy and will definitely buy his candy man.
He used an iron spoon to stir the tumbling syrup; the rich, sweet smell almost made the nearby children cry.
Li Dongliang and three other men took out all the copper coins they had, then gathered together and counted them.
Twenty-three, twenty-four...
"We only have twenty-eight cents. We can't buy the candy man. Let's go."
The oldest one, Li Ping'an, returned the money to the brothers and patted each of them on the shoulder.
Li Laibao looked at the boiling syrup and the lifelike sugar painting with nostalgia, and prepared to leave with his elder brother.
The owner of the sugar figure stall almost made an Erkang hand gesture: No, why don’t you ask me? I can make a sugar figure for you for twenty-eight cents, don’t go!
Finally, the stall owner had to turn his attention to Li Cuicui.
Little girl, you were the one who called this person here, and you were also the first one to come to the stall, so you must buy something.
Li Cuicui, stunned by the price of the candy man, turned her head away quietly.
How could she know that the price of sugar figures is so expensive now? It used to be only seven or eight cents each in the town, but now the price has increased five or six times. She still has to save her money for oil-splashed noodles and can't spend it on this.
The owner of the sugar figurine stall was so upset that he wanted to cry. Can children nowadays be so succumb to temptation?
Jiang Jiang couldn't help laughing when she saw the stall owner's appearance. She was very pleased that her children were sensible. But now that her family had the conditions, eating a candy man was neither illegal nor eye-catching.
Jiang Jiang took out thirty cents from his bag and handed it to the candy man stall owner.
"Give me seven candies, please."
One for Li Cuicui and one for the other six children.
The candy figurine stall owner looked confused and asked, "Madam, did you say seven instead of one?"
These thirty cents can't buy seven.
Jiang Jiang naturally knew that this was a high price, so he patiently explained: "You can use the amount of candy to make a candy man, and make seven candy pieces of similar size, and give them to the children to sweeten their mouths. You don't have to be particular about the style."
Now the stall owner understood what Jiang Jiang meant.
But if it is divided into seven portions, the amount in each portion will be less.
Forget it, there is no business anyway. The stall owner dare not be picky anymore, for fear of scaring away this rare customer.
This was also the first time that Jiang Jiang had done such a thing. Last month, she was still negotiating a big business worth tens of thousands of taels of silver with others, but at this moment, she was bargaining with a vendor selling candy figures to divide one candy figure into seven parts.
She knew that this was a bit too much to ask, so she was ready to pay a few more cents as processing fee, but the next second, she saw the stall owner working hard to draw sugar paintings on the board with an iron spoon.
There was no other way. It was not easy to favor one child over another in this family, and it was even more impossible for her to buy seven candy figures at once. She had no choice but to resort to this last resort.
The stall owner did not seek convenience and directly made seven small candy cubes. He drew a small flower on each bamboo stick. The six children plus Li Cuicui all got a candy flower and were very happy.
When the children nearby saw this, they also started to throw tantrums and wanted the flower. The parents thought that if they only wanted to buy one flower, it would only cost four or five cents, which was not too expensive.
In a market with thousands of people, there are always people willing to buy.
All of a sudden, the stall owner's business improved a lot.
He also slapped his head, wondering why his brain was so stupid. If he had thought of this idea before, wouldn't he have earned more?
He was grateful to the Jiang Jiang family for bringing him business, and wanted to thank them in person. However, when he looked up after busying himself for a while, the family was nowhere to be seen, and only five coins were left on the chopping board in front of him...
"Mom, this sugar painting is so sweet!"
Li Cuicui and several other children in the family smacked their lips and ate the sugar paintings, not thinking there was anything wrong. Li Xu and Li Sheng, who were standing by, looked at their little sister and shook their heads helplessly. She was already an adult, why was she still acting like a child? How could she get married in the future?
If Li Cuicui knew what her two brothers were thinking, she would definitely put her hands on her hips, speak righteously and angrily and tell them: Mother said that she can't bear to part with her daughter, and wants her to stay for a few more years!
They continued walking inside, saying they were going to the market. After a long while, they were still standing at the market gate.
Li Cuicui, who was leading the way, spoke again.
"Mom, look..."