The Love of Passerby A

Chapter 954 Everyone Has a White Moonlight (21)

After hearing what his sister said, Wei Qingyan immediately regained hope and felt that her method was feasible.

But Wei Qingru shook her head after hearing this, thinking that her cousin was a little too fanciful.

Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce

Many educated people even look down on us "mud legs". Once they become small traders, I'm afraid their status will be even lower.

They may be friendly when they are buying things from you, but once you leave the stall, who knows if you will still recognize them.

But this cousin has always been a carefree person, so she will just watch over it. Otherwise, something like today's incident might implicate her again.

"Since you are all fine, I will go home." Wei Qingru stood up. "The food on the table is what I brought. It's not good, but it can fill my stomach."

"Cousin, thank you for what happened today." Wei Qingning held onto her cousin. "I'm going to buy some snacks in a few days. Would you like to come with me?"

"No, I don't need it." Wei Qingru waved her hand quickly, "I got engaged some time ago, and I'm embroidering my dowry at home during this time, so I won't go."

Wei Qingning frowned and said, "Cousin, you are only sixteen years old, why are you getting married?"

"Not right away!" Wei Qingru was inevitably a little shy when talking about marriage. "They said I would marry them next year when I turned 17, but they sent a lot of gifts, so our family prepared a lot of dowry.

Among the betrothal gifts, I also brought a piece of red cloth for making wedding clothes. I wanted to embroider more patterns on it, so...”

"Seventeen is too young, I think..." Wei Qingning was interrupted by Wei Qingyan when he was about to say something.

Wei Qingyan was afraid that her sister would say something "shocking" again, so she quickly said, "Cousin, that family seems to be the village chief of the next village! I heard that they are very wealthy and have a lot of farmland."

Everyone in the surrounding villages knows that my cousin Wei Qingru is good-looking, so this marriage can be considered a very good one.

When Wei Qingning wanted to say something, Wei Qingyan simply pulled her sleeve and told her not to speak anymore.

Wei Qingru naturally saw the actions of the brother and sister, but she didn't say anything. She just chatted for a few more words and then left their house.

"Why are you pulling me in?" Wei Qingning was very dissatisfied. "You should let me talk to my cousin about the disadvantages of getting married too early."

"Sister!" This was the first time that Wei Qingyan felt a little dislike for this elder sister, "Parents' orders, matchmaker's words, these things have already been decided, even if you said something to your cousin, she herself has no ability to change it.

And I don’t think it’s too young for a girl to get married at the age of seventeen. I heard that there are people in the capital who get married after eighteen, but the marriages are arranged long ago.”

Seeing his brother covering his wound and arguing with him while enduring the pain, Wei Qingning didn't say anything else. He just turned around and picked up the ingredients he had just counted, preparing to go to the kitchen to make some cakes and try selling them tomorrow.

Wei Qingning walked into the kitchen and started making pancakes skillfully.

The next day, Wei Qingning got up early and carried the prepared bread to the market to sell.

Although the noodles she made tasted good, they didn’t have any special features.

Most of the students at Qingfeng Academy come from well-off families, so they don’t have much interest in this kind of food, and not many were sold in the whole morning.

Finally, Wei Qingning had no choice but to try his luck at some docks and construction sites. Fortunately, the prices were affordable and they quickly attracted some customers.

All the cakes were finally sold out.

However, this also made Wei Qingning understand a truth: students prefer distinctive and exquisite food. No matter how well the cake is made, it is just an ordinary cake after all.

These ordinary things can be sold to laborers, but they are still a little far from enough to make money from students.

And from the students who came in and out, she understood that it was impossible for her brother to go to school and learn to read in one go. He had to learn something in the elementary school first before he could be admitted to Qingfeng Academy.

Fortunately, after selling the bread, Wei Qingning came to the village school.

There is an old scholar here who was specially invited by the Wei family clan to teach some of the Wei family's children. He didn't teach much, just the three hundred thousand and counting sticks.

The purpose is to let the children of the Wei family at least know their own names when they go out. Of course, there are also those who are smart and good at studying.

For such young people, the old scholars would recommend them to go to schools in the city to continue their studies. Of course, the prerequisite is that their families have the money to pay for tuition.

The Wei siblings could not be considered orphans, but because their father was away all year round, the money he occasionally brought back was only enough for the two of them to barely have enough food and clothing.

In fact, the original body starved to death in order to save food rations for his younger brother Wei Qingyan.

After traveling through time, she first bought some of the raw materials for maple syrup on credit, then made the syrup and sold it, accumulating some silver money.

Only when he had enough money could he buy the basic ingredients and cook the "unique" maple syrup according to the modern method.

And the first time he sold his “special” maple syrup, he met Su Xiangran who was able to pay a high price.