I became the male protagonist's wife who died young, and I became a hero by eating melons

the next day.

While frying peanuts, Ji Xiaoxi specifically called Lu Jingyi aside to learn.

"The temperature is very important when frying peanuts. Don't use too much heat or they will burn easily, and don't use too little heat or they won't be crispy. Just fry them according to the temperature I'm using now."

"Okay." Lu Jingyi's attitude towards learning is serious. He and Shen Jiao discussed it last night and decided to work with Ji Xiaoxi. In order to avoid arousing suspicion, he and Shen Jiao separated.

Xiaoguang only wants 300 kilograms out of 200 kilograms of peanuts, which means they have to sell the remaining 100 kilograms themselves.

Ji Xiaoxi decided to take Shen Jiao to the county town to find the two aunts she met last time.

She did not plan to take Lu Jingchuan with her. Lu Jingchuan was still an active-duty soldier and was not suitable for doing these things. If he was caught, his military career would be completely ruined.

Ji Xiaoxi didn't want to take such a risk.

Lu Jingchuan also knew that his identity was not suitable. His current identity was not just his own. He had an entire army behind him, and he could not implicate the army no matter what.

He could only teach his wife a few grappling moves in advance when she went out, so that she could use them when she encountered danger.

In order to reassure him, Ji Xiaoxi really studied hard.

On the day of going to the county town, Shen Jiao was obviously excited.

Even she seldom came to the big county town to play. A one-way ticket cost 2 cents, and a round trip was 5 cents. Adding a few cents was enough to buy a pound of meat. She couldn't bear to waste it.

Ji Xiaoxi followed his memory and found No. 128 Guihua Hutong, which was the staff building of the nearby maltose factory.

She went to the guard room and called for Ji Hehua, and at the same time stuffed a handful of peanuts into the old man who was guarding the door. The old man happily went to call for help.

After a while, the woman in the red patterned coat followed the gatekeeper over. Seeing Ji Xiaoxi, she smiled and took her hand and said, "My girl, you are finally here. The melon seeds and peanuts last time were so delicious that they all ate up all my portions. I was looking forward to your coming here."

Ji Xiaoxi smiled and said, "I just cooked this a few days ago. Auntie, would you like to try it? It may be slightly different from last time."

The peanuts last time were produced by the system, and the taste must be good, but after all, the taste will be slightly different from the ones you fry yourself, so it’s better to make it clear first.

Ji Hehua didn't doubt it, she grabbed a few, tasted them and nodded, "This tastes good too." After eating the peanuts, she noticed that there was someone following Ji Xiaoxi, so she asked, "Who is this?"

Ji Xiaoxi quickly pulled Shen Jiao over and said, "This is my sister-in-law. I can't carry this 100 kilograms by myself, so I asked her to help carry it over."

Ji Hehua nodded. "Well, if you brought 100 kilograms, I can just about digest it all here. Please help me move it downstairs first."

When the two passed by the door of the guard room, the guard called out, "Comrade, your peanuts are really good."

Ji Xiaoxi smiled and replied, "Thank you, sir."

The three of them arrived downstairs of Ji Hehua's house. Ji Hehua asked them to wait a moment while she went to say hello to a few families. Soon she brought four people over and said, "These are all my friends in the family compound. They all want to buy your peanuts. There are exactly 4 kilograms. We will give 100 kilograms to each family."

Ji Xiaoxi was of course welcome. She took out a beam scale from her bag. She borrowed the scale from the village and used it to weigh the peanuts.

Shen Jiao was weighing the peanuts. Ji Xiaoxi was not very good at using this old scale, but Shen Jiao used it very skillfully.

Ji Xiaoxi stood aside and collected the money.

"Girl, this is 8 dollars."

“It’s also 8 yuan here.”

"..."

They collected 40 yuan in total. After Shen Jiao weighed the last one, she was so happy. They earned 40 yuan for just one trip. How could this money be so easy to earn?

Ji Xiaoxi was not as happy as she was. 40 yuan seemed to her to be very little. It was time-consuming and laborious to come to the county town, and she only earned 40 yuan. It seemed that she had to get more peanuts.

She asked Ji Hehua, who had not yet left, "Aunt, are there many people in your family compound who like to eat peanuts?"

Ji Hehua thought for a while and said, "My daughter, let me tell you this. Our family compound is not big, and I guess I can only help you digest a few hundred kilograms. It will take me a while to eat these 20 kilograms of peanuts. It may not be possible for you to come here every day, but you can still look at other family compounds nearby."

Ji Xiaoxi nodded, "I understand, thank you aunt."

It’s a pity that this residential building is not a place where we can sell goods for a long time. We have to find a place for long-term cooperation as soon as possible.

Seeing that Ji Xiaoxi was a little worried, Ji Hehua took out a few maltose from her pocket and handed them to her and Shen Jiao. "Don't worry, eat some maltose first. I will help you ask around. If there is anyone who wants to buy peanuts, I will help you remember the address. You can just go find her next time."

"Thank you, auntie." Ji Xiaoxi took the maltose and put it into her mouth. The sweet maltose made her feel much better.

She looked at the brown block in her hand. This hard candy was irregular in shape and should be a welfare distributed to employees by the factory.

——Mallet!

It seems that maltose and peanuts can be combined to make a snack called peanut candy!

Nowadays, most snacks in state-owned stores require tickets. In the era of planned economy, if you had a city hukou, you would be given snack or candy tickets during the Chinese New Year and other festivals, but people with a rural hukou did not have this benefit.

One ticket contains one portion, or one or two kilograms, and each person has a quota. City dwellers have money in their hands but cannot buy anything.

In other words, if she makes snacks, she will definitely make money!

She had seen at the supply and marketing cooperative that the prices of some snacks were more than 1 yuan, but peanut candy could be sold for at least 1 yuan, which was more than three times the price of peanuts. A pound of malt sugar could definitely make more than a pound of peanut candy. The profit was much greater than simply selling peanuts!

Ji Xiaoxi became more and more excited as he thought about it. He held the candy in his hand and asked Ji Hehua, "Aunt, do you still have this kind of candy? Or if I want to buy more, is there a way I can buy it?"

Ji Hehua nodded and said, "Yes, I have 10 kilograms at home, which are all welfare provided by the factory. We don't even want to eat them anymore."

Ji Xiaoxi quickly said, "Aunt, can you sell me your 10 kilograms of maltose? If other families still have maltose, I will buy it."

Of course Ji Hehua agreed. Her husband was a team leader in a maltose factory. The factory would distribute maltose every Chinese New Year, and she would give some out every year. No matter how delicious something is, you will get tired of it if you eat it often, not to mention that she has been eating it for many years.

"Just give 10 yuan for 5 kilograms."

"Thank you, auntie. Here's 5 yuan." Ji Xiaoxi secretly converted it. A pound of sugar costs 7 cents, and you need a ticket. Maltose is also sugar. Ji Hehua only charges her 5 cents a pound, which is already a bargain.

"Is 10 kilograms enough? If not, I can ask a few more stores for you." Ji Hehua asked.

"Okay, it would be best if we could get about 50 more kilograms," said Ji Xiaoxi.

Shen Jiao's eyelids twitched, and she pulled Ji Xiaoxi's sleeve and said, "Xiaoxi, what are you doing? No matter how delicious this candy is, you can't buy 60 kilograms. You'll have to eat it for a whole year."

"That's right, my girl, you bought too much." Ji Hehua was also worried.