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Chapter 181 - 181 181 Helping Relatives (3)_1
Chapter 181 - 181 181 Helping Relatives (3)_1
?Chapter 181: Chapter 181: Helping Relatives (3)_1 Chapter 181: Chapter 181: Helping Relatives (3)_1 Lin Ziyin directed Hong Zhong and others to carry boxes of mooncakes onto the ox cart. By the time Master Hui Zhen had finished his meal, the cart had been neatly stacked with several boxes of mooncakes.
“Delicious.” Master Hui Zhen gave Lin Ziyin a thumbs up. He had tried the mooncakes earlier, and the Lin family’s mooncakes were infinitely better than those sold at the previous year’s market. Given how fragrant they were, it would be strange if they didn’t sell like hotcakes. And this girl was full of clever ideas.
Lin Ziyin laughed, nimbly hopped onto the horse cart and said to her sister-in-law and elder brother, “Pick me up from the market this afternoon, then we’ll all go to aunty’s house together.”
“Okay,” Lin Changshu agreed.
When the ox cart reached the market, Lin Ziyin had the Yu brothers, Shaohui and Shao’en, unload the mooncakes to the Vegetarian Feast and arrange them on the counter. The rest were sent to the temple.
After the dawn, the crowd in the market multiplied, the pilgrims wearing a wide diversity of clothing and speaking accents from all corners of the mainland.
Yu Qiaoqiao and Cui Duoduo were also brought out. They set up a table at the entrance of the Vegetarian Feast as Lin Ziyin instructed and started loudly calling out, “The unique mooncakes, don’t miss out…”
Mooncakes were common and thus many didn’t show much interest, so few people were willing to come over and inquire.
“Miss, what if no one comes over?” Cui Duoduo asked Lin Ziyin, pouting.
“Bring a tray over,” Lin Ziyin said.
Qiaoqiao hurriedly fetched a clean white porcelain plate from the kitchen. Lin Ziyin then opened a box in public, cut up two mooncakes and announced, “Free taste sampling, don’t miss out! Sweetness and bliss are guaranteed for lovers who eat them, long life and health to old people, and round happiness to families.”
“Really free?” There were always those who loved a bargain. Upon hearing the call, indeed some were attracted and came over.
Lin Ziyin handed out the cut-up pieces to everyone.
“There’s a filling inside?”
“It’s nothing like the mooncakes we usually eat.”
“This isn’t a mooncake, it’s a delicate pastry! No wonder it’s sold at the entrance of the Vegetarian Feast.”
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“Miss, how much are these mooncakes?” Everyone who tasted was attracted.
“Three taels of silver per box,” Lin Ziyin replied with a smile.
“Why so expensive?” Many were taken aback when they heard it cost three taels of silver.
“You’ve all tasted and know that my mooncakes are extraordinary. It’s not me charging a high price. These mooncakes are all made with vegetarian oil, and the filling is very generous. It’s not boasting, but in Feng City, you won’t find a second place selling such mooncakes,” Lin Ziyin said with a laugh. “We don’t have many mooncakes. Some are sold in the temple, and the rest are all here. If they sell out today, you’ll have to wait until tomorrow.”
“There are words on top too? Blooming flowers, full moon! Such roundness,” a man scrutinized the mooncake in the box.
Lin Ziyin gave a slight smile, “On Mid-Autumn Festival, who doesn’t hope for their family to be united and content?”
“Are the words different on each mooncake?” the man asked.
“That’s right,” Lin Ziyin nodded, “Different fillings come with different words.”
“Open a full box for me to see.”
Laughing, Lin Ziyin opened a new box.
“Give me ten boxes.” The man placed an order after taking a look.
“Sure thing.” Lin Ziyin agreed promptly. She had Shaohui tie up ten boxes with a red ribbon and hand them over, and the man pulled out a silver note of thirty taels and handed it to Lin Ziyin.
As Lin Ziyin took the silver note, her eyes narrowed into slits. Indeed, in a transit hub like Feng City, what’s never lacking are the wealthy.