Chapter 34 Little Old Man

"next."

After Bai Tao called the next person, she said to Bai Xiaocao and her brother, "There's nothing to worry about. If you feel unworthy of this, find me some flowers and plants when you rest."

Seeing how much Bai Tao cared for her siblings, Bai Xiaocao's eyes turned red and she nodded repeatedly with sobs: "Yes, auntie, I will."

Bai Shitou also stumbled over the words: "I, Auntie, I will, I will."

Of course, it wasn’t just Bai Xiaocao and her brother who heard Bai Tao’s words.

After hearing this, the others secretly decided in their hearts that as long as they had the chance, they would find more things that the aunt would like to honor her.

Bai Tao received the milk candy from Zi Bai and saw the brother and sister still standing there, holding the cake and looking a little overwhelmed, so she said, "Eat it quickly, this thing won't taste good if it melts."

Hearing her say this, Bai Xiaocao thanked her again and then opened the cake box.

She gave it to her brother first, and then opened another box for herself.

The cream on the cake was a tacky and simple rose, but it looked both novel and beautiful in the eyes of the two.

Take the small fork that comes with it, carefully scoop out a piece and put it into your mouth.

Immediately, both the brother and sister showed expressions of shock and intoxication.

too delicious!

Soft, smooth, sweet, tender, fragrant and soft... Bai Xiaocao didn't know how to describe it, she just felt that it was a hundred times more delicious than meat.

Even though I was full, I still felt like I could eat three or four pieces of this cake.

Even modern people who have eaten cake countless times cannot refuse it, let alone Bai Xiaocao and her brother who have been hovering on the famine line.

The villagers also noticed that Bai Tao gave cake to Bai Xiaocao and her brother. Although they were curious, no one was jealous.

It's not surprising that the brother and sister's parents died early, so the aunt loves them more. What's more, Bai Shitou picked up the stone that the aunt liked, so the aunt was rewarding him.

Bai Xiaocao took two bites and then stopped. For something this delicious, she only needed to take two bites and decided to leave it for her aunt.

Bai Tao was calculating how many coins she could earn when she accidentally saw it and wondered, "Why don't you eat it? Is it not delicious?"

That shouldn't be the case. She bought a pudding and strawberry jam cake for a dozen coins each, and it tasted good.

"No, it's delicious." Bai Xiaocao quickly shook her head and added, "It's delicious, so, I want to leave it for my aunt to eat."

"No, just eat quickly. I'm your aunt, how can I be greedy for your food?"

Seeing that Bai Xiaocao was still hesitant, Bai Tao said again: "I ate too much."

She thought to herself, if I want to eat, I can buy an eight-inch chocolate cake.

Then I thought, forget it, one person can’t finish the eight-inch one, so let’s just get the six-inch one.

Bai Xiaocao wanted to say something, but the next child came forward with a bamboo basket, and Bai Tao was busy handing out milk candy to the next child.

In order not to highlight Bai Xiaocao and her brother, anyone who had more than 40 purple cypress trees would be given a few candies and a piece of cloth.

The color of the fabric is not fixed, and the pattern is even more so.

The main feature is a white peach, and you can get whatever piece you touch.

Every time the villagers saw the cloth that Bai Tao took out, they couldn't help but marvel at the talents of the people who dyed these cloths.

The colors of these cloths are so even, the patterns are so neat, and the sizes are exactly the same...

Such good material could probably be sold for several hundred taels of silver. I gave it to them just like that. Isn’t it a waste?

Bai Tao didn't know what the villagers were thinking. As she distributed the things, she looked at the increasing number of purple cypresses and felt extremely excited. Wow, hahaha, so much money~
More than an hour later, Zibai handed in everything and distributed the necessary items. Then she asked Bai Dashan to find someone to move Zibai into the cave, into the Baifu Mine Cave.

Bai Tao made a rough calculation and found that the price of cloth was 5.2 coins per meter. After distributing the money to 27 people, he spent more than 700 coins.

About twenty kilograms of milk candy were distributed, at 18.8 coins per kilogram, and a total of 490 coins were spent.

Including today's three meals, it is indeed a huge expense to support more than 200 people.

However, Bai Tao harvested 4,123 purple cypresses. After confirming the sales, he almost laughed out loud when he saw the instant increase in income of 2,968,560 coins.

Sure enough, there is strength in numbers.

Green mountains and clear waters are treasures.

Bai Tao earned so much money, and even though the villagers didn't know, they gave her some candies and cloth. She felt a little embarrassed.

I'm not Zhou Baopi, so I'd better buy some more things to share.

While thinking about it, Bai Tao quickly bought three baskets of wife cakes from the mall and asked Bai Dashan to distribute them.

Milk candy is a snack for children. Adults don’t like to eat children’s food. As for wife cakes, each person can have a few. You can eat them when you want, and keep them for yourself if you don’t want to.

It’s not that Bai Tao didn’t want to give more, but she couldn’t let the villagers think that she took out these things without any effort, although it was indeed the case.

When the villagers looked at Bai Tao while holding the wife cakes, they felt happy and embarrassed.

They didn't do anything and yet they ate so many precious things in a whole day. I always keep them in my heart.

The way I think about everyone makes them seem even more useless.

Bai Dashan thought about it, then came up to Bai Tao and spoke in a low voice.

"Auntie, everyone knows how good you are to us. You don't have to force yourself."

Three meals a day consist of fine grains and meat, which was something that no one would have dared to think about before.

Especially beef, they can actually eat beef.

That would be fine, but they also gave us snacks and biscuits. What a burden that would be.

If I say I am fleeing during such a day, no one will believe it, right?!

Bai Tao opened her mouth, she wanted to say that it was actually not forced at all, Zibai had exchanged nearly three million coins.

But on second thought, if she didn't have this mall, it would be useless even if the villagers had more purple cypress and white pumice.

"I know."

After a pause, Bai Tao sighed softly and said helplessly, "I just want everyone to eat better and be fuller."

"We are fleeing right now, so we need to eat well to have strength. Otherwise, the old and the young, if we eat less and drink less..."

Bai Tao didn't say anything else, but just glanced at the villagers not far away, with a flash of worry on her face.

She was really worried. In the ancient times when there was a shortage of medical care and medicine, it would be good if people of all ages did not get sick after traveling long distances.

Bai Dashan knew it, he relaxed his frown and said softly: "Aunt, we are just worried that you are too tired."

In fact, in just two or three days, the pale and sallow complexion on the villagers' faces had been reduced by more than half, and some children's complexions even looked much rosier.

Fortunately, he had his aunt, otherwise he couldn't even imagine what the situation would be like now.

(End of this chapter)