Chapter 24: Meat Buns
Five handkerchiefs were sold for twelve yuan and fifty cents in total. That price is quite decent considering the time. After all, Beisitian found the handkerchief material quite displeasing; the whole price was due to the double-sided embroidery technique!
If it weren’t for the material of the handkerchiefs lowering the overall quality, the price for each might have been even higher.
With a rough estimate in mind, Beisitian intended to head back. Now that she had many kinds of colored thread, she could embroider more patterns, and naturally, intricate patterns would fetch a higher price.
However, the utility of handkerchiefs was still too low. She considered embroidering things like pillowcases and decided not to bother with quilt covers and sheets; those were too much of a mental effort. She mainly aimed to nurture her body and restore her spirit, without losing sight of the goal.
Looking at the sun, Beisitian saw it was noon. She wandered around the commercial street but didn’t find any food stalls. Upon inquiring, she learned there was a food street about fifty or sixty meters away with all sorts of things.
She planned to eat something before heading back, as otherwise, she wouldn’t be able to walk the ten or so miles with an empty stomach.
Since arriving here, Beisitian hadn’t eaten anything substantial. Each place had unique dishes, and she herself was a foodie, having sampled cuisine all over Jiangnan in her past life. Though she held high standards for food, circumstances now didn’t allow much choice!
Arriving at the snack street, Beisitian found it bustling. At the entrance were steaming buns and mantou made with white flour. Perhaps because this body hadn’t eaten white flour in a long time, she couldn’t help but swallow upon seeing the white mantou.
Internally, Beisitian chuckled bitterly, feeling this was rather embarrassing. She quickly left the mantou shop.
Four mantou cost a dime, and a baozi cost a dime each, so Beisitian bought two white flour meat baozi.
Holding the oiled paper wrapping, Beisitian walked, ate, and observed. She focused not only on how the food was made but also on the ingredients used behind the scenes.
The glass bottles and jars attracted Beisitian, likely containing various seasonings that seemed more diverse than those back home!