Chapter 22: Something to Look Forward To
She must have been selling for about half an hour, and there were still many who came seeking her out by reputation, it’s just a pity that there were no more left.
Qin Xiangnuan thought about making more tomorrow, but she was too young and making too much would be too heavy for her to carry. No, she had to come up with a solution, as her opportunity to earn money was limited to these few days. Once Hu Li returned in a few days, it wouldn’t be so easy to make and sell cakes at home.
She packed up her things and headed back home the same way she came. The trip back took less time than the journey there because the box was heavy on her way to sell, and she had to stop frequently to rest. However, going back, she felt lighter and managed to reach home in less than half an hour. She stuffed the box and everything else into a cupboard then took out the small pouch where she kept her money, which she carried close to her body, hidden inside her cotton clothes.
She poured out all the money inside the pouch; it was mostly made up of ten-cent coins, with a few one-yuan bills.
She picked up a ten-cent coin, smoothed it out in her hand, and then took another, stacking and counting them one by one.
The total was 6.7 yuan, meaning she made sixty-seven cakes. She had an estimate of how much flour and oil she used.
The current price of flour was 0.168 yuan per pound.
For less than twenty cents per pound, she could make more than ten cakes. The green onions were grown at home, and bean oil cost 0.814 yuan per pound. Not even one yuan’s worth was needed for a batch of biscuits.