Transmigrating with a Five Million Dollar Retirement Life

Chapter 133 New AutumnWinter Products

Looks like it's time to bring out some winter drinks.

"Have you heard? It seems that Half-Day Leisure is going to launch new products the day after tomorrow. As long as you spend one coin in the store on that day, you can become a member for free."

"Membership? What membership?"

"It's said that they'll give you a sign, and if you buy ten cups or ten snacks during your half-day break, you can exchange them for a free drink or snack."

"Yes, yes, I heard that too. It's said to start three days from now, on the day of the Lower Yuan Festival."

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The people on the street were discussing this half-day leisure activity. Some said they would go early on the Lower Yuan Festival to see what was going on, while others simply did not believe it.

Many people remained skeptical, waiting until the Lantern Festival to find out if it was true or not.

Song Jiaojiao was unaware of the gossip circulating on the street. After spreading the news, she began to find people to process the wooden membership plaques.

Song Jiaojiao plans to use wooden signs instead of membership cards. Each sign will have a blank space on the back. As long as you buy a drink or snack, you can stamp it with a special stamp for half-day leisure. After ten purchases, the sign will be returned and a new one will be put on.

Taking advantage of the few days with fewer customers, Song Jiaojiao started teaching the shop staff how to make new food. Milk tea goes without saying, as it's suitable for both summer and winter. This time, Song Jiaojiao was going to teach them how to make something warming for autumn and winter.

The first dish she taught was red date and white fungus soup with dumplings. When she brought out this drink, everyone in the shop was shocked. You know, white fungus is very expensive now, and only the ladies of wealthy families have the opportunity to eat it. No one expected that Song Jiaojiao would come up with such a trump card right away.

"Don't be so surprised. One qian of white fungus can make a big pot of white fungus soup. Plus, there are a lot of red dates and glutinous rice balls in it. Selling one serving for one tael of silver won't be a loss." One qian of white fungus plus other ingredients can make about fifty or sixty servings at a time. No matter how you calculate it, you won't lose money. In addition, Song Jiaojiao doesn't plan to sell this white fungus soup like a regular drink. Song Jiaojiao plans to sell it in limited quantities, only one qian of white fungus per day.

After hearing Song Jiaojiao's explanation, everyone suddenly understood and settled down to study seriously.

Then, red bean paste made from boiled red beans is paired with small glutinous rice balls, and a bowl of red bean pearl soup is born.

Another must-have in winter is sweet fermented rice balls. No one can resist a hot bowl of sweet fermented rice balls in the cold season.

Double-skin milk pudding is now also available hot, and both ways of eating it have different flavors.

Time passed quietly, and soon it was the Lower Yuan Festival, a festival symbolizing reunion. Many people came to the county town, creating a sea of ​​people. Many vendors came to both sides of the street, and the government also sent many yamen runners to maintain order.

The liveliest place is Banrixian. These past few days have been worth the effort of Song Jiaojiao in promoting the event and new products. Seeing the staff in the store, they wish they had three heads and six arms. Not only inside the store, but also outside, there was a long queue. Even people who don't often come to the county lined up when they saw this scene, thinking that a store with such good business must taste good.

Song Jiaojiao went all out for this event, preparing more than twice the usual amount of supplies, fearing that everything would be gone before it even started. Despite this, she couldn't keep going until the evening, and had to ask someone to prepare more supplies midway through, but it still couldn't dampen everyone's enthusiasm.

As soon as it got dark in the afternoon, the shop was closed early because all the items they had prepared had been sold out.

The smiles never faded as everyone counted their money that night, because this event was more popular than any other. Today's revenue was equivalent to five days' worth of income. Song Jiaojiao generously rewarded everyone with two taels of silver. After finishing, she let the shopkeepers go out to have some fun. The best part of the Lower Yuan Festival was at night, with not only a lantern guessing game but also fireworks.

Once the Lower Yuan Festival was over, Song Jiaojiao took Mu Qing and Bai Shuqin back to Qingshui Village. Before she knew it, more than a month had passed. The sweet potatoes in the village were almost ready for harvest, and the mung beans and soybeans had already been harvested and were just waiting for Song Jiaojiao to come back and buy them.

There are also lotus roots on the barren mountains that need to be harvested by people.

There are so many things to think about. I'm afraid I won't have time to rest when I go back this time.

When Song Jiaojiao returned home, she was greeted by a big bear hug from Mu Xue. This was the first time Mu Xue had been away from Song Jiaojiao for so long. If it weren't for the fact that she was at school, Mu Xue would have wanted to go with her this time.

Song Jiaojiao patted Mu Xue's head and gave her the gifts she had bought in the county town, as well as the strange and unusual things that Wang Hefan had brought back from other places. Although Wang Hefan hadn't been back for a while, he had brought a lot of things home. He had been helping Song Jiaojiao buy plants that weren't available here.

This time they went to the north. Before they went, he did not know their destination. After they arrived, they found out that it was snowing heavily in the north and the official roads were covered by snow. They had no choice but to spend the winter in the north and wait until the snow melted next year before they could return home.

Song Jiaojiao didn't spend much time with Mu Xue, leaving the space to herself and Mu Qing, while Song Jiaojiao hurriedly went to find the village chief.

"Uncle Wang, are you home?" Song Jiaojiao saw that the courtyard gate was not closed and went straight in. At this moment, the village chief came out from the inner room.

"Jiaojiao, you're back! That's wonderful! These past few days, many villagers have come to ask me when you'd be back," the village chief said in surprise upon seeing Song Jiaojiao.

"Yes, I just arrived today. Some things in the county delayed me, so it's so late, but luckily I made it before the sweet potato harvest." Song Jiaojiao said with a smile, placing the gift she brought for the village chief's family on the table.

"Yes, the soybeans were harvested a while ago, and everyone sold their mung beans to you. But we don't know what to do with the soybeans. Everyone's waiting for you." The village chief thought that a few people would come to his house every day. He knew what they were thinking. It was all about those soybeans.

“Just buy it as agreed beforehand, at the same price as mung beans. Uncle Wang, just notify them when you have time, and they can bring it over directly. I came to see you today not only for this matter, but also for that pond on my barren mountain. The lotus roots are ripe now, and I wonder if Uncle Wang could help me find a few men to help me harvest the lotus roots from the pond.”

Song Jiaojiao thought that in two days it would be time to harvest sweet potatoes, and then there would really be no time left. She quickly took everything out of the pond before the winter solstice, otherwise the weather would get colder and colder, and working in the water would be unpleasant.

“Okay, I’ll go ask if anyone has any vacancies and I’ll give you an answer tomorrow. Also, there’s that he shou wu (Polygonum multiflorum). It’s our first time planting it, and we don’t know when it will ripen. Jiaojiao, what do you think…” The village chief asked, thinking of the he shou wu planted in the spring.