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At this time, the weather was hot, Lin Dashan was worried that the dates would be spoiled if kept for a long time, so he went to the county town the next day to buy what Gu Qiu wanted.

The price of white sugar is indeed not cheap, it costs six cents a catty, and the price is comparable to pork.Sixty catties of white sugar cost more than 300 Wen, as well as white charcoal, because it was used to smoke dates. Lin Dashan bought high-quality white charcoal, which also cost more than 100 Wen.

The sum of these two things cost about [-] Wen. Although it hurts to see the money spent, if it is done successfully, it should be able to earn back a lot of money.

In order to understand the market, Lin Dashan went to a shop in the county this time to ask the prices of various candied fruits, and they all cost more than [-] yuan a catty.It would be great if the homemade candied dates can be bought at this price this time.

Gu Qiu and Lin Dashan took advantage of Lin Dashan's spare time to go shopping in the county town and washed all the dates at home.

Watching Lin Dashan bring Jinhua back home, Gu Qiu hastily put down the jujube in his hand.He poured out a bowl of water and passed it to Lin Dashan, "Dashan, drink some water first to quench your thirst. Have you bought everything? How much did you spend?"

Lin Dashan took a sip of water, and smiled softly at Gu Qiu, "Don't worry, I've bought everything. The two items probably cost more than 500 renminbi."

Gu Qiu wrinkled his nose, "It's so expensive, what if you can't make money back?"

"Don't worry, I just went to a store in the county town to look at it. The candied fruits in the store can be bought for more than [-] yuan, and some of the best ones can be bought for a good price of more than [-] yuan. If our candied dates are done well, we will definitely be able to make money." Lin Dashan looked at Gu Qiu's worried expression and said comfortingly.

"That's right, Ah Qiu, don't worry about it." Lin Yu'er responded with a smile.

Gu Qiu told Lin Dashan and the others the method he remembered to make candied dates, and they got busy.Gu Dong didn't go to Dr. He's place today, but stayed at home to help.

In order to facilitate the taste and let the sugar penetrate into the dates better, several people took a knife and scratched the dates about ten times vertically.It is not easy to draw a dozen knives on a small date, and it is easy to cut your hand if your hand slips.So Lin Dashan drove Gu Qiu aside and never let him touch dangerous things.

It is not easy to cut more than 100 catties of jujubes one by one. The three of them have been busy from morning to dinner in the afternoon and have not finished cutting.Fortunately, it was dark late in summer, and several people had to work for a while after eating to finish cutting the dates.

I don’t have time today, so Gu Qiu soaked the treated dates in cold water and waited until tomorrow. Soaking them overnight can remove the astringency of the dates and make the candied fruit taste better

The next morning, Lin Yuer helped Gu Qiu fish out the soaked dates and dry them.Next came the stage of cooking. Gu Qiu put the dates in a large pot and boiled them for an hour and a half according to the ratio of ten catties of dates, three catties of water, and five catties of sugar.

At this time, the jujubes have been boiled soft, and the jujube pit inside can be taken out with a light pinch, but the boiled jujubes absorb a lot of sugar, and when removing the jujubes, the hands will become sticky, sweet and greasy of.

Gu Dong squeezed one and put it in his mouth while removing the jujube pit, the soft jujube melted in his mouth, "Well, it's so sweet, it's so sweet that my teeth are going to be soft, but it's so delicious, wait until it's baked." It will taste even better when it’s cooked.”

Smelling the sweet aroma in the room, everyone had happy expressions on their faces. Now that the work is halfway done, success is just around the corner.

The last step is baking. Put the boiled dates evenly on the bamboo grate, then use the high-quality white charcoal Lin Dashan bought from the county, and dry them until the sugar on the dates turns white.

Gu Qiu looked at the baked dates, the golden dates were covered with light icing sugar, which looked very delicious.Looking at the prepared candied dates, Gu Qiu was overjoyed. He squeezed one and put it in his mouth. The strong sweet aroma immediately filled his mouth. After he took a bite, the firm and soft jujube meat tasted good.

Eating the jujubes made by himself, Gu Qiu felt that the taste was no worse than the candied fruit that Jin Yun bought in the county.

Gu Qiu happily fed a candied date into Lin Dashan's mouth, and gave Lin Yu'er another one, "Try it quickly, what do you think of the taste?"

Lin Yu'er carefully tasted the freshly made dates, "Well~, why do I think this is better than the candied fruit that Jin Yun sent last time?"

Lin Dashan also nodded, the excessive sweetness made him feel a little uncomfortable, but the taste of this kind of candied dates is really good, so he wants to eat another one after eating one, "I think the taste of this date is really good, And the sale of this date is better than what I saw in the store today."

"Then let's give our jujubes a nicer name, why not call them golden jujubes? What price should we set?" Gu Qiu looked at his own jujubes and asked.

"Golden Candied Jujube is a good name. I think this date can be regarded as the top grade. How about 25 Wen?" Lin Dashan thought for a while and said.

Both Gu Qiu and Lin Yu'er thought the price was pretty good.

"Brother, are we going to sell all the golden candied dates?" Gu Dong looked at these sweet dates, feeling very reluctant, if he sold them all, he would have nothing to eat.

Seeing Gu Dong's gluttonous look, Gu Qiu smiled and nodded his forehead, "You'll know how to eat when you're so old, don't worry, I won't sell them all, and I will definitely keep a few catties for my own food."

The candied dates are ready, but the real profit is to sell the dates properly.

Lin Dashan thought about selling jujubes for a long time, and decided to divide the jujubes into two batches, buy some of them in Zuixianlou, and put some of them in the shop where the chili sauce was consigned last time.Of course, this still needs to be discussed with the shopkeeper first.

Lin Dashan took part of the dates to the county town.He first went to Zuixianlou to find the shopkeeper Ye of the restaurant.

After selling the fish last time, he also sold a lot of vegetables to the restaurant one after another. The shopkeeper Ye is a nice person, and the price he gave was also fair. The first thing Lin Dashan thought of when he came to sell dates this time was him.

"Brother Dashan, hehe, did you bring any fresh vegetables over this time?" Shopkeeper Ye asked with a smile when he saw Lin Dashan.

"I brought something here this time, but it's not vegetables, but a sweet." Lin Dashan took out the dates he brought and put them in front of Shopkeeper Ye.

Shopkeeper Ye looked at what Lin Dashan took out, ate a piece and tasted it, "This is candied dates, it looks very good, and the taste is very, very good. Did you make this yourself?"

Lin Dashan smiled, "My brother made this, it's called golden candied dates."

Shopkeeper Ye gave a thumbs up and praised: "Your brother's craftsmanship is really good. Are you planning to sell these dates to my restaurant? I want such a good thing. How much will you pay?"

Lin Dashan did not directly give the price of 25 Wen that he had set, but pushed the question back to shopkeeper Ye. If the price is less than 25 Wen, he can still bargain.

The shopkeeper Ye took a candied date and tasted it carefully, and finally gave the price: "This candied fruit is considered to be the top grade, how about 27 yuan per catty?"

Lin Dashan nodded and readily agreed.Today he brought over forty catties of dates, saved half of them for the restaurant to buy first, and brought the rest to Zhou Ji's grocery store, which was the shop that sold chili sauce that He Zhengping had introduced to him.

"Shopkeeper Zhou, how is the business in the store recently? Lin Dashan entered the store familiarly.

"Business is not bad. Many customers still ask about your hot sauce, and they want to buy it again. Next year, when your hot sauce comes out, I must put some more in my shop." Shopkeeper Zhou greeted Lin Dashan with a smile. He entered the store and poured him a cup of tea.

"Don't worry, shopkeeper Zhou, next year my hot sauce will still be sold at your house. Today I brought some other things, do you want to see it?" Lin Dashan brought over the dates he brought.

Shopkeeper Zhou looked at it and tasted it, and found that it was a good candied fruit. He smiled and said to Lin Dashan: "Hey, brother Dashan, you always bring me good things. This candied fruit is not bad. It is also your brother. I did it."

Lin Dashan nodded, "Zhou Zhangui, do you think the price of this golden candied date is suitable, 25 cash is okay?"

There will naturally be a price difference between selling the same thing in the largest restaurant in the county and selling it in an ordinary grocery store.Although the price at Zuixianlou is 27 fen, grocery stores can't sell it at this price.

The price was about the same as shopkeeper Zhou estimated in his heart. The two agreed on the price, and Lin Dashan left the remaining twenty catties of dates in the shop.

This trip to the city to sell jujubes was a great success. Lin Dashan happily bought a few catties of sauced beef to take home. The house has been filled with sweetness these days. Everyone must be very happy to bring some salty sauced beef back.

Back home, the sauced beef that Lin Dashan brought back really made everyone very happy, but the most pleasing thing was the good news that Lin Dashan brought back.

After 120 catties of fresh dates are added with sugar to make candied dates, they will not become lighter but will become heavier. There are about 160 catties. If they are all sold, they can earn more than four taels of silver.

Gu Qiu blushed with joy, "That's great, it's a pity there are only so many dates, otherwise we can make more and make more money."

Lin Dashan looked at Gu Qiu's blushing face with joy, and his heart was sweeter than eating candied dates, "There are still a lot of fruits on the mountain behind our house that are about to ripen. Can it be made into candied fruit and sold?"

"Are there any fruit trees on the back mountain of our house? I don't remember it?" Lin Yu'er felt a little strange when he heard what Lin Dashan said. He used to go to his back mountain often, but he had never seen any fruit trees.

"I planted it myself later. But I didn't grow much. I just planted a few persimmons, hawthorns, pears, etc., and they only started to bear fruit last year. It's almost the ripe season now. Let's pick them in two days. .” Lin Dashan explained with a smile.

Gu Qiu, Lin Yu'er, and Gu Dong nodded quickly, picked the fruit and then made candied fruit, and then there was another business.

The author has something to say:

When fresh dates are made into candied dates, I don’t really know whether the weight will increase or decrease, but I have eaten candied dates and feel that one is quite heavy, so I just wrote it like this, haha, I don’t know if it’s right