C9 Crispy Persimmon Is Done

She slept soundly until the sun was high. By the time Fu Nanzhu woke up, Zhan Yunxiao was already gone.

She put on her clothes and went to wash up. Coincidentally, she bumped into Zhan Ling'er. Zhan Ling'er glared at Fu Nanzhu and muttered, "Lazy woman, my brother still doesn't let me wake you up. I really don't know what kind of ecstasy soup he gave my brother."

Zhan Ling'er did not say anything good but Fu Nanzhu felt that it was exceptionally pleasant to hear. Zhan Yunxiao was actually so considerate. She did not get along with Zhan Ling'er, so she went to Kitchen to see her persimmon first.

Old Madam Zhan was sitting at the table and eating boiled sweet potato. She did not have any expression. Eating boiled sweet potato was just to not let her starve to death. When she saw Fu Nanzhu rushing to the stove, she said, "Yunxiao changed the water. The wood and ash from the stove is still warm. Come and eat quickly."

She did not expect Zhan Yunxiao to be done with it. Fu Nanzhu let out a sigh of relief. After eating a big sweet potato, she followed Old Madam Zhan and Zhan Ling'er up the mountain to pick persimmons.

These few days, there were often people gathering under the big trees in the village to chat. They even made a bet. Most of them were betting that the Zhan family wouldn't be able to pay more than two taels of silver. At that time, they would not know how to beg Hee Dongxiang with snot and tears.

These rumors naturally entered the ears of the Zhan family. Everyone acted as if they did not hear it.

On this day, after picking persimmons from the mountain, Fu Nanzhu went straight to Kitchen and picked up a persimmon from the water. She used a knife to peel off the skin and cut a piece for herself to taste. The moment the persimmon meat entered her mouth, it was so sweet that her eyes narrowed.

"Tsk, I don't believe that you can eat persimmons with water bubbles. It's better to find a seller to sell the persimmons at home earlier." Zhan Ling'er also walked into Kitchen and splashed cold water on Fu Nanzhu when she saw Fu Nanzhu eating the persimmons. Under her surprised gaze, Fu Nanzhu picked up a small piece of persimmon meat and put it into her mouth. She swallowed it in three bites.

"Mother, look at her. Don't tell me she's crazy!" Zhan Ling'er was so scared that her voice became sharp. This persimmon was not ripe but it was bitter. She could not help spitting it out after taking a bite. Fu Nanzhu even ate one mouthful after another. If she was not crazy, then she must be stupid too!

Old Madam Zhan heard Zhan Ling'er's shout and walked in. She glared at her, "What are you shouting for? Why would your sister-in-law go crazy when she is perfectly fine..."

When she saw Fu Nanzhu eating the unripe persimmons, she did not finish her words and hurriedly waved her hand, "Go, go, go. Quickly go and call Doctor Niu to take a look at your sister-in-law."

"Mom, I'm not crazy. The Crispy Persimmon is done!"

Fu Nanzhu happily grinned and passed the persimmons to Old Madam Zhan.

Old Madam Zhan looked at Fu Nanzhu's clear mouth and clear eyes. She did not look like a crazy person but the persimmon in her hand was not boring.

For a moment, Old Madam Zhan received it. It was not like she did not take it. It was also not. Under Daughter-in-law's expectant gaze, she still accepted it. She had already planned it in her heart. If she vomited, it would be fine.

"Oh, sweet." Old Madam Zhan used the tip of her tongue to poke it. There was no bitter taste in her memory. Instead, it was a clear and sweet taste. Unconsciously, she chewed it. A piece of persimmon had already entered her stomach. "I did not taste it. Give me another piece."

Seeing that Old Madam Zhan was about to eat the rest, Zhan Ling'er hurriedly reached out and took a piece to taste. After she swallowed it, she was so shocked that she could not say anything. Was this a persimmon?

Their reaction was within Fu Nanzhu's expectations. She hurriedly urged, "Mother, do you have a basket backpack? Tomorrow I will put it in the basket backpack and send it to the county to sell. We do not need to worry about the two taels of silver."

"Can it be sold that much? Can it be even more expensive than meat?" Zhan Ling'er could not help but pour cold water again.

Fu Nanzhu wanted to sew her sister-in-law's mouth but Old Madam Zhan had already brought the basket backpack. The basket backpack was not big and she could not carry it too big.

They fished out the medicinal Crispy Persimmons from the pot and wiped them one by one. This batch of persimmons were specially picked by Fu Nanzhu. They were especially big and each and every one of them was yellow and extremely beautiful.

"If you can sell one, then so be it. Yunxiao's Wife tomorrow, you can go to Little Creek Village's Big Zhang's cart. He stops at our village entrance every day for a quarter of an hour." Old Madam Zhan suggested.

"Mom, we don't have money!"

Zhan Ling'er protested. She felt that her mother was very stingy with her and would not be willing to buy a red hair rope. She was very generous to this woman.

"When I got married, my mother gave me some money. It is enough to ride a cart." Fu Nanzhu hurriedly said, in case Zhan Ling'er and her mother hurt their relationship over this matter. In the end, it was still her, Daughter-in-law, who was not.

Zhan Ling'er saw that she said so and did not say anything.

The next morning, Fu Nanzhu rejected Zhan Yunxiao's suggestion of taking a day off at Zhang Dahu's place to accompany her to the county town. There were only a few persimmons on her left and right, so she could still carry them on her back.

When the sky was still bright, she arrived at the village entrance. There were already many people waiting at the village entrance.

Some of them carried a few baskets filled with green skin duck eggs and other things to sell in the county town. Some of them carried empty baskets to the county town to buy.

"Hey, isn't this Yunxiao's Wife?" Fu Nanzhu was recognized by a sharp-eyed woman as soon as she went over.

Fu Nanzhu lightly nodded and looked at her. She saw that this woman's face was yellow and brown. It was covered with freckles and her entire face looked grey.

But when she greeted her, Fu Nanzhu also nodded her head.

"What are you going to sell at the county town?"

She did not expect that the woman would pull Fu Nanzhu's basket when she came up to her. When she saw that it was a persimmon, she pinched it with her hand. It was as hard as a Bruiser. A persimmon like this could only be sold for one wen and two jin in the county town.

After she finished reading it, she retracted her claws and said in a strange tone, "I think you won't be able to sell this persimmon for much money. How can you return my sister-in-law's two silver taels?" Her tone was filled with schadenfreude.

Fu Nanzhu's heart was about to overflow with dissatisfaction, but her expression remained unchanged. This was the ability that she had trained in the big house in her previous life.

She also knew that this person in front of her was the village's Ge Clan, Hee Dongxiang's uncle's wife. The two of them were considered sister-in-law and were famous for being nosy. She couldn't help but mutter in her heart, 'It's not like a family doesn't enter the same house.'

"Ge Clan, I heard that you also made a bet with someone. Bet that Yunxiao's Wife was not rich and bet a hundred wen?" The villagers at the side immediately poked the small hole in Ge Shi's heart.

"Go, go, go, go. What nonsense are you talking about? Although Yunxiao's Wife looks like she is not up yet, but am I the person who gambles blindly?"

"Jin Hua Niang clearly told me that you gambled with her."

"No, no, you heard it wrong. Do you know about Jin Hua Niang and that old man Liu from the neighboring village?"

"What is it?"

Fu Nanzhu was listening to the two of them talking about other people's business, so she calmed down. She grabbed the basket backpack strap tightly, thinking that this Crispy Persimmon must be sold for a good price to let people see.