Chapter 232 Buying Local Products
Chapter 232 Buying Local Products
After leaving the perilous pass, Nangong Wenrui took Nan Qi and the injured guards to the Nangong family mansion in the black market and entrusted them to Zhang Bo's care. The rest of the people drove the carriage slowly along the official road.
"Brother Rui, send the Nangong family's guards back after we leave Ganjiang County," Wen Yuxia said with a faint smile. Nangong Wenrui replied indulgently, "Aren't you planning to return from the small world?"
"Yes, I'd like to look around along the way and buy some local specialties to take back to Beijing," Wen Yuxia said with a smile. Nangong Wenrui smiled and shook his head. A money-making maniac, he never misses an opportunity.
The couple led their carriage caravan out of Ganjiang City and arrived at a deserted hillside. Nangong Wenrui waved his hand, storing all the Nangong family guards and carriages into his small world.
Today was cement delivery day, so he didn't have time to go shopping with Wen Yuxia. Nangong Wenrui said gently, "Mu Hua, be careful on the road."
Wen Yuxia nodded in agreement, then led Nan Yi and the others in the carriage back to Ganjiang County. After watching Wen Yuxia and her party enter the city gate,
Nangong Wenrui flashed back to the small world, escorted the guards back to Nangong's old residence, delivered cement to Wei County and other places, and had to rush back to Ganjiang County to meet up with Wen Yuxia that night, so he had to hurry.
"Nan Yi, Nan Er, you two go and find out what the specialties of Ganjiang County are," Wen Yuxia instructed with a faint smile after they had sat down at a teahouse.
Before long, the two returned. Nan Yi whispered, "The specialty of Ganjiang County is rice candy." Wen Yuxia's eyes lit up upon hearing "rice candy," as she realized that rice candy wasn't available in the capital.
Nan Yi explained in detail how rice candy is made with brown sugar and white sugar, and finally told Wen Yuxia that rice candy can also be made with millet in addition to rice.
Nan Er continued, "All the pastry shops in the city get their supplies from the Du family. The Du family is the only rice candy producer in Ganjiang County."
"Oh," Wen Yuxia pondered for a moment, then instructed Nan Yi and Nan Er to go to the Du family to purchase goods, "one thousand catties each of brown sugar and white sugar, and one thousand catties each of rice and millet."
Over the years, besides Wen Yunhong, Nan Yi and others have also been helping her manage her business. She doesn't need to personally handle things like sourcing goods; Nan Yi and the others will take care of everything clearly.
Thinking of scented soap, perfume, and fruit wine, Wen Yuxia sent Nan San and Nan Si out to inspect the sales of these three products in Ganjiang County.
The three quickly ascertained the sales situation of scented soap, perfume, and fruit wine in Ganjiang County and returned to the teahouse to report to Wen Yuxia. When Nan Si returned, he was carrying a bamboo basket.
The small, exquisite, and unique bamboo basket quickly caught Wen Yuxia's attention. She learned from Nan Sikou that bamboo weaving was also a specialty of Ganjiang County.
The bamboo here is different from bamboo from other places; the bamboo baskets woven from it will not deform even after decades. The bamboo weavers have also ingeniously woven various fruit patterns onto the baskets.
After inquiring about the price of the bamboo baskets, Wen Yuxia took out a silver note from her handbag. "How many baskets do you want, with patterns of apples, pears, pomegranates, etc."
Nan Si took the silver notes and beckoned Nan Wu and Nan Liu to go with him to buy bamboo baskets. Nan San asked with some doubt, "Master, why buy so many bamboo baskets?"
The two hills of Muhua Garden in Fancheng were covered with fruit trees. The fruit from the trees was more than enough to make fruit wine, so Wen Yuxia opened a fruit shop in Beijing.
When she opened her shop, Wen Yuxia put up a sign that offered a free bamboo basket with every purchase of five jin (2.5 kg) of fruit. These unique bamboo baskets from Ganjiang County were not only attractive but also increased the price of the entire basket of fruit.
Of course, she couldn't pass up the bamboo basket that could save her costs. Wen Yuxia said with a faint smile, "It's for the fruit shop!"
Wen Yuxia wanted too much rice candy, and the person in charge of the Du family workshop said that the goods could only be picked up tomorrow afternoon. Nan Si and others traveled all over Ganjiang County and bought eight hundred bamboo baskets.
In order to wait for the Du family's rice candy and to buy some more bamboo baskets the next day, Wen Yuxia decided to stay overnight in Ganjiang County, taking Nan Yi and the others to an inn.
Nangong Wenrui, using his telepathic senses, located Wen Yuxia in the small world. He appeared directly in the shadows next to the inn, then entered the inn and easily found his way to Wen Yuxia's room, knocking on the door.
Wen Yuxia brought out a steaming bowl of chicken soup, a plate of spicy rabbit, a plate of stir-fried vegetables, and a small bowl of rice from the villa. She then took out bowls and chopsticks.
Nangong Wenrui had a habit of having dinner with her. After the inn delivered the food, Wen Yuxia put it in the kitchen of the villa to keep it warm.
After the couple finished their dinner quietly, they lay in bed. Wen Yuxia told Nangong Wenrui about her day's discoveries in Ganjiang County, and Nangong Wenrui briefly recounted the progress of cement bridge construction in the several counties he had visited.
Before leaving in the early morning, the couple agreed on a meeting place. After Nangong Wenrui left, Wen Yuxia went back to bed to catch up on her sleep.
Nan Yi and his group went to the market and general stores early in the morning to continue buying bamboo baskets. In the afternoon, they went to the Du family's workshop to bring back rice candy to the inn.
Before the city gates closed, Wen Yuxia and the others drove their carriages away from Ganjiang City. Once they reached a secluded spot, Wen Yuxia stored all the rice candy and bamboo baskets into her spatial storage, and then also stored the extra carriages inside.
Nan Yi and Nan Er each drove a carriage, slowly making their way along the official road. In the evening, Wen Yuxia had Nan Yi park the carriage by the roadside to wait for Nangong Wenrui's arrival.
Along the way, Wen Yuxia and her group stopped frequently, purchasing local specialties at each stop. Gradually, Wen Yuxia's space became filled with a dazzling array of local products.
That evening, as soon as Nangong Wenrui appeared before Wen Yuxia, she requested to return to the capital. Nangong Wenrui nodded in agreement and led Wen Yuxia and the others into the small world.
Then, they appeared silently at Wen Yuxia's farm on the outskirts of Beijing, stayed overnight in the main courtyard, and before dawn the next day, Nangong Wenrui quietly led them away again.
Beside a deserted hillside, Wen Yuxia moved the purchased local specialties and carriage out of her spatial storage. Nangong Wenrui also moved the carriage he had previously stored in his small world out, and the Nangong family's guards continued to act as drivers.
The carriage slowly entered the capital, and the people watched the long procession with curiosity.
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