Reborn as a Tough Army Wife-Chapter 102 - 97: Red Dates Cake (Third Update)

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Luo Honglan saw the crystal-clear pieces of cake in the bowl and couldn’t help swallowing hard. She said to Fang Pingying, "Sis-in-law, how do you make these treats look so appealing that one can’t help wanting to eat them?"

"Do you want to eat it?" Fang Pingying pushed the bowl of red dates cake towards Luo Honglan and handed her a pair of chopsticks, "Try it, the flavor of these cakes is indeed quite good."

Luo Honglan smiled shyly, took the chopsticks, and pinched a small piece to taste.

The freshly steamed red dates cake was a bit hot and Luo Honglan shouted ’wow wow’ a few times because it burned her mouth. However, she couldn’t bear to spit it out and eventually swallowed it, but couldn’t taste what the flavor of the red dates cake really was.

Fang Pingying blew on it sympathetically and chuckled, "Silly girl, if the food is hot, spit it out. Swallowing it will make you suffer even more."

Luo Honglan stuck out her tongue and gasped for air, her face full of distress, "But that can’t be done. The red dates and all cost money; spitting it out would be a waste, wouldn’t it?"

Fang Pingying touched her head with a smile, "Wasting is wasting; you can’t harm your own body over it. Look at you, now you’re even more uncomfortable, aren’t you?"

"It’s nothing, I just didn’t taste the flavor of the red dates cake." Luo Honglan said, and still reluctantly glanced at the remaining red dates cake in the bowl.

After all, she was just a teenager and inherently gluttonous.

This was the first time Fang Pingying tried making it, thinking to taste it first and hadn’t planned to sell them. She playfully scolded her with a smile and pointed to the red dates cake,

"Then try another piece, it’s not anything precious."

Luo Honglan hesitated a bit looking at the red dates cakes, "No need, these things still need to be sold for money."

"These aren’t for selling. Later, we’ll take some back and also send some to your second aunt’s family. We borrowed such a big plot of land from others, and we don’t have anything decent to give in return." Fang Pingying said, and also deliberately picked up a piece with chopsticks and put it in her mouth.

"Yes, it’s right to send some to second uncle’s family." Luo Honglan quickly nodded and said, "Just a few days ago, my mom and second sister-in-law scolded their family, I felt quite embarrassed about it."

Fang Pingying sighed as she remembered the incident from that day; indeed, Luo Cuilan and Zhou Yunmei had gone too far, it was only because the second uncle’s family were understanding that the two families still communicated at all.

Once Luo Honglan heard that these cakes were to be taken back anyway, she picked up the chopsticks and grabbed another piece.

The red dates cake was soft and smooth in her mouth. Luo Honglan had never eaten anything so delicious in her life. She couldn’t help but give Fang Pingying a thumbs up, laughing and saying, "Sis-in-law, if we bring this red dates cake to town, it will definitely sell well."

Fang Pingying also felt that the red dates cake tasted better than the hawthorn cake, which was too sour. It was alright to eat occasionally, but too much of it could make one’s teeth hurt from the sourness.

This red dates cake was sweet, satisfying, and suitable for both children and adults.

She nodded with a smile and said, "It should not be worse than the hawthorn cake."

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"So how much should we sell it per jin?" Luo Honglan felt that such delicious food must be priced higher than hawthorn cake, otherwise, it wouldn’t be worth their while.

Fang Pingying did some calculations and said, "Hawthorn cake is one yuan per jin. The red dates cake seems to have a bit more volume per jin compared to the hawthorn cake, and our cost is also higher, so let’s make it slightly more expensive. One jin for one yuan and twenty cents."

Luo Honglan, straightforward as she was, heard Fang Pingying speaking as if one yuan and twenty cents per jin was already very cheap. She then said honestly, "Big sister, one yuan and twenty cents per jin isn’t cheap either. Right now, meat is just slightly more than one yuan per jin."

"Truly good pastries are indeed more precious than meat," Fang Pingying explained to her. "Think about it, whether the household is doing well or not, you’ll always spend money on meat. But snacks like cakes are only bought by those who have spare cash at home, so it doesn’t seem expensive. Look at the hawthorn cake we sell, that price isn’t cheap either, but still, many people buy it."

Luo Honglan thought about it. Initially, when Fang Pingying said the hawthorn cake was more than one yuan per jin, her family also objected, thinking it was too expensive, but later on, they were still able to sell so much at the market.

Considering that, the price of red dates cake doesn’t seem too expensive. So she nodded and said, "You’re right, sister-in-law. The folks in town are wealthy, not as poor as us country people."

"Mhmm, that’s right. In bigger places, people are richer. Relatively speaking, their living standards are higher and they have higher demands for food. They don’t take money as seriously," Fang Pingying elaborated on the reasoning in detail.

Luo Honglan, not highly educated, couldn’t quite understand these things and just nodded as if she did.

Fang Pingying looked at her and smiled, then went out to check the sun. Seeing that it was already noon, she said to Luo Honglan, "Let’s not make any more this afternoon. We’ll just leave the stuff as it is and come back after lunch."

Luo Honglan agreed and helped Fang Pingying pack up, but when she saw the red dates cake on the table, she asked Fang Pingying, "What about these cakes, are we taking them all home first?"

"You take your family’s share home. I’ll go and deliver Auntie Er’s portion right away." If she brought everything home, Zhou Yunmei would know they were delivering to their second uncle’s home and who knows what unpleasant things she would say.

The two locked the door together and headed for home.

On the way, they happened to meet Li Yuchun who was just returning from their house.

Seeing Fang Pingying, Li Yuchun enthusiastically called out, "Pingying, just finished your work and heading back?"

Fang Pingying hesitated, sensing that Li Yuchun had something she wanted from her and she hadn’t forgotten that because of Fang Xiu, Li Yuchun had been unfriendly to her not long ago.

But she didn’t ask outright, only replying with a light smile, "Yes, mom, Honglan and I are just coming back from there."

Li Yuchun nodded, seeing the red dates cake in the hands of Luo Honglan and Fang Pingying, and asked curiously, "What’s that in your bowl? Is it something to eat?"

"This is the red dates cake we just made, edible of course." Fang Pingying wasn’t stingy with the stuff, especially since she had always intended to send some to her parents’ home once ready. She handed over the cakes she had to Li Yuchun, "Mom, take this bowl back and have a taste with dad."

"Good, good," Li Yuchun was extremely pleased, immediately taking the pastries and saying with a smile, "By the looks of it, it’s definitely delicious, and so pretty too."

Fang Pingying just laughed, "It’s just ordinary stuff, decent enough to be palatable."

Li Yuchun had tasted the hawthorn cake made by Fang Pingying and thought it was quite good. Seeing the red dates cake looking appealing, she knew it must be tasty and didn’t say much else.

She opened her mouth as if she had something to say to Fang Pingying, but then, seeing Luo Honglan out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly seemed to remember something and said to Luo Honglan, "Honglan, when I left your house just now, your mom was looking for you. You better hurry back."

Without thinking much, Luo Honglan, upon hearing this from Li Yuchun, immediately took the things in her hands and dashed home. (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)

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