Traveling through 1942 with space

Chapter 175: Teaching the whole village to make candied haws

"Brother, our mother also bought a lot of sesame candies! But she only gave me a little and hid the rest.

Do you think our mother is waiting for us to fall asleep at night for her and my elder sister to eat secretly? I have decided that I will sleep with our mother these days and I will watch her. "The little guy rolled his eyes and whispered to Hou Xiaoge.

"What are you saying to your brother in secret, kid?" Wang Maimiao lifted the door curtain and said to the two of them.

"hehe!"

"Mom, I said you hid the sesame candy and didn't give it to him. He wanted to keep an eye on you at night and sleep with you." Hou Xiaoge betrayed the little guy.

"Brother, you are a traitor." The little guy's face turned red with anxiety.

"Little bastard, I was going to offer this sesame candy to the Kitchen God later. I've given it to you to eat. What's the point of offering it to the Kitchen God?

But it would be great if you could sleep with a mother these days, and this mother agrees." Wang Maimiao smiled and pinched the little guy's face.

Hou Xiaoge lifted the door curtain and saw a lot of things thrown on the bed. It seemed that her mother and daughter had spent a lot of money today.

"Heiwa, come and try this pair of Huili shoes to see if they fit. If not, I'll exchange them tomorrow." Wang Maimiao pulled Hou Xiaoge and was about to take off his shoes.

"Oh! Mom, you spent a lot of money today. You actually bought a pair of Huili shoes, and they are cotton ones." Hou Xiaoge was a little shocked when he took the shoes handed to him by his mother.

Now he wears cotton shoes made by Wang Maimiao. When he "became" Zhou Debiao, he wore leather shoes and has never worn Huili shoes.

This pair of shoes was considered mid- to high-end in that era, with a rubber sole and canvas upper, in black and white. It might not be high-end in later generations, but it was definitely fashionable in that era.

"I went to a shoe store today and saw these beautiful shoes. I thought of buying you a pair to wear during the New Year. Here, I also bought you a cotton hat. You can try it on." Wang Maimiao said with a happy face.

But how could a mother not know the size of her son's feet? Wang Maimiao was just saying it. Hou Xiaoge put his feet into the shoes and tried them out. They were a little too big, but not bad.

He is growing taller, so he must buy bigger shoes.

The cotton hat was made of dog skin with two ears. Hou Xiaoge took off his own cloth hat and put it on to feel it. The dog skin was really warm.

"Not bad, not bad! These two things must have cost a lot of money, right?" Hou Xiaoge put on the shoes, stepped on them and commented, then asked with a smile.

"It's not expensive. The two items cost fourteen dollars in total." Wang Maimiao waved his hand and said nonchalantly.

"Ha ha!"

"Mom, this is not something you would say! Normally you take a long time to explain even a penny." Hou Xiaoge said with a smile.

"You are the pillar of our family now. What's wrong with you dressing better? Mother is willing to do so." Wang Maimiao said with her head held high and a proud look on her face.

Hou Xiaoge smiled and nodded without answering. This feeling needs to be kept in mind.

"Brother, be careful when you wear shoes. Mom said that when you can't wear them anymore, these shoes will be mine." The little guy touched the shoes that Hou Xiaoge took off casually and said with a distressed look on his face.

"How long will that take? I have money and I'll buy it for you during the New Year." Hou Xiaoge didn't want his younger brother to keep picking up his clothes and shoes to wear, so he said generously.

"Really? Don't lie!" The little guy's eyes lit up.

"It's just a few dollars. I have other business outside. Just sprinkle some water!" Hou Xiaoge picked up the little guy and waved his hand.

"What does sprinkling water mean? Brother, are you in the watering business?" the little guy asked puzzledly.

"Sa Sa Shui is Cantonese, which means it's just a small token of appreciation to buy these things! How much money can you make from sprinkling water? I can't even afford it!" Hou Xiaoge was amused.

"Heiwa, children should not be spoiled. It's not good to spoil them." Wang Maimiao interrupted.

"It's okay, as long as you don't spend money recklessly, there will be no problem with eating, drinking, defecating and urinating." Hou Xiaoge said with a smile.

"I don't care. You can do whatever you want. If you don't listen to me in the future, I will come after you." Wang Maimiao rolled his eyes at Hou Xiaoge.

"Heiwa, we are here."

"sister in law!"

As the family was chatting, a group of little sheep came in with their parents knocking on the door.

Hou Xiaoge welcomed everyone into his room, and then asked his eldest sister to invite everyone to sit down first.

"Mom, the villagers are having a hard time, so I want to teach them a little skill. I'll tell you in advance." Hou Xiaoge came to the cave and said to Wang Maimiao.

"What skills? How can you pass on your skills to random people? These are passed down from generation to generation." Wang Maimiao stood up and asked with wide eyes.

“It’s just a skill of making candied haws, a small business, nothing serious.

Selling candied haws is a small business with little profit. We can't even earn enough money by going door to door.

Today I saw Yangwa and his friends were as thin as bamboo poles, half a head shorter than me. His family has a lot of hawthorns, so I had this idea.

I don't plan to teach this skill to a few families. When my uncle comes back, I plan to teach it to the whole village.

The village behind has given us some fruit trees to plant on the slopes and ditches. With our skill in making candied haws, we will definitely be able to live a good life.

This way, our family can make money and the villagers won’t be jealous. Otherwise, our family will look like a wealthy landlord, which is not good.” Hou Xiaoge explained to his mother.

"Then it's up to you! You're a really smart kid, and you know a lot. I'm an illiterate and I don't know anything, so I'll listen to you." Wang Maimiao thought for a while, sighed, and nodded in agreement.

"Yes! We are all from the village. If it weren't for my brother and I, my elder sister and the others, we wouldn't have been able to escape to Qin Province safely.

I have so many skills in mind! I can also make the sesame candy you bought today. I can make much more money than the candied haws.

It's just a small skill, I think it's okay to help out." Hou Xiaoge said with a smile.

"You are so capable! You could make sesame candy but you didn't tell me, so I had to spend 40 cents to buy just a little bit." Wang Maimiao complained with a happy look on his face.

"Haha! I'll make it in a few days. I'll make 20 kilograms, which will be enough to eat until the New Year." Hou Xiaoge laughed.

After discussing with her adoptive mother, the two of them came to Hou Xiaoge's room with smiles on their faces.

"Heiwa, you have done me a great favor by teaching Yangwa and the others a craft. These hawthorns are not worth much, so I will give them to you.

After you teach them, I will go buy some hawthorns and give you half of the profit from the candied haws sold before the New Year. "Yangwa's father thanked Hou Xiaoge on behalf of the other party.

"Hey! We both have the surname Hou, and you and Yangwa are not even five generations apart from my family. It would be too much for me to take your money for nothing.

You don’t have much income in winter, but selling candied haws can earn you some food and money for the New Year.” Hou Xiaoge said with a smile.

"Hei Wa, you are such a good kid!"

"Thank you, uncle."

After exchanging greetings with a few people, Hou Xiaoge took out a bag of yellow rock sugar from the cabinet, and then took a few friends and adults into his mother's cave to teach.

Candied haws are easy to make, it’s just a matter of the heat.