After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 112 Pearl Milk Tea
No one is more shrewd than a businessman, and Qian Musheng understood this quite well.

When Su Xiaoxiao returned home, she planted the chili seeds Bruce had given her in the garden. She also told Sanlang to keep an eye on the seedlings and water them when she was busy. Sanlang didn't know what kind of seedlings they were.

Su Xiaoxiao said to him, "The chili pepper is the same chili pepper seedling that made you so spicy last time that you couldn't even find your way north."

Saburo's expression immediately changed. "No, I won't water it."

"But don't you want to eat cold-cooked rabbit anymore? It's so delicious!"

Saburo thought about it and realized it was true! The cold-served rabbit he had last time was so delicious. Wasn't it made with chili peppers? So what reason did he have not to help water the plants?

"All right!"

Sanlang promised to water Su Xiaoxiao's chili seedlings, and Su Xiaoxiao was quite happy.

He said he would definitely help water the plants, since he would have a reason to eat more when they talked about eating cold-cooked rabbit.

Seeing Sanlang's obedient appearance, Su Xiaoxiao wanted nothing more than to hug him tightly and give him a kiss on the cheek. However, she had to restrain herself. Sanlang didn't like girls who took the initiative; he preferred her indifferent attitude, which was the best way to pique his interest.

Plants need a growth cycle. At noon that day, Sanlang came over and shouted, "Come and see, these chili peppers have already grown flowers."

Su Xiaoxiao was very surprised to find that the chili peppers had all blossomed, and quickly thanked Sanlang.

"This shows you put a lot of effort into your work, and you deserve praise!"

"So, how do you plan to reward me?"

Sanlang is now seeking praise, and Su Xiaoxiao, seeing that the weather is gradually getting warmer, decides to make a good drink for Sanlang and the children.

Su Xiaoxiao decided to make milk tea. The last time she went to Aunt Wang's house, she found that they had raised a new dairy cow.

Aunt Wang said that she makes sure her daughter-in-law drinks milk every day to supplement her nutrition.

Aunt Wang also asked Su Xiaoxiao to come over and get some milk tea when she had time, and Su Xiaoxiao nodded in agreement.

There was still some fine tea at home, which was a gift from Qian Musheng when he came to pay his respects for the New Year this year. It was high-grade tea, but Su Xiaoxiao didn't have the habit of drinking tea, so it was all left unused.

Nobody drinks this tea, and it's easy for it to spoil if left out for too long.

Su Xiaoxiao decided to make a drink, milk tea. Since she was going to make it, she wanted to make it in its original form. Moreover, since it was made in ancient times, the milk tea would not contain any additives or other colorings, and it would definitely be very healthy to drink.

Su Xiaoxiao found some tapioca flour and started making pearl meatballs. These meatballs, combined with the refreshing taste of tea and the rich flavor of milk, were so delicious that once you took a sip, you couldn't stop and wanted to have a second sip.

After making the bubble tea, Su Xiaoxiao thought it tasted pretty good. Sanlang and the others had never seen this before, and when they ate the pearls, they cautiously asked Su Xiaoxiao about them.

"Are these round beads edible?"

Su Xiaoxiao told them to try a bite. Sanlang tried it and found it really was bouncy and delicious, a feeling of delight.

Su Xiaoxiao poured a cup of milk tea for each of them, and everyone enjoyed it very much. The aroma of milk tea began to fill the whole room.

"It's so delicious! It has the aroma of milk and the fragrance of tea. It's absolutely perfect!"

Saburo couldn't help but praise it.

Su Xiaoxiao also felt that pure natural milk tea without any additives or creamer would indeed taste better. She saw that Sanlang had a layer of milk mustache around his mouth, so she couldn't help but step forward and gently wipe the milk off Sanlang's lips with her finger.

Sanlang was stunned, and Su Xiaoxiao was also stunned. She felt that her actions just now seemed too ambiguous.

Sanlang came over and grabbed Su Xiaoxiao's hand, suddenly pulling her wrist and drawing her closer. Su Xiaoxiao could see Sanlang's beautiful eyelashes, thick and like two palm-leaf fans. Sanlang's face turned red, from his ears all the way to his neck, and his hand holding Su Xiaoxiao began to tremble. "Xiaoxiao, you're so beautiful, I like..."

At that moment, Da Bao and Xiao Bao rushed into the kitchen and quickly separated with lightning speed.

Both of them blushed deeply and were somewhat at a loss for what to do.

"Mom, this milk tea is delicious. I like the beans in it."

"Those are pearls."

Su Xiaoxiao said to Da Bao.

"Oh, so it's a pearl. It's delicious, beautiful, and has a lovely name."

Da Bao then suddenly realized what was going on.

Sanlang suddenly had a flash of insight, "Xiaoxiao, how do you know so much about food? I've eaten a lot of good things, but I've never seen it prepared like this before. You really are a genius."

"No, no, it wasn't just my invention."

Su Xiaoxiao scratched her head modestly.

Su Xiaoxiao rested at home for a few days, and the busy farming season was over.

The workshop employees all returned to work, and Su Xiaoxiao became busy again.

That day, Xiao Dengzi rushed over and told Su Xiaoxiao that Young Master Qian had gone to Chang'an City, intending to expand the market there.

There are also grocery stores owned by the Qian family and other shops over there that want this kind of jam. They hope Su Xiaoxiao can send them another 200 jin of bulk jam and 100 bottles of bottled jam.

Upon hearing this, Su Xiaoxiao never imagined that she would one day be able to expand her jam business to the capital.

She was incredibly excited and immediately instructed the workshop employees to work overtime to produce jam. Finally, the task was completed three days later.

Xiao Dengzi personally escorted the batch of jam to the capital, and Su Xiaoxiao asked Wang Er to go along as well.

After all, with a cartload of goods, it's better to have more people looking after them.

Su Xiaoxiao was afraid that something might go wrong, so she originally wanted to personally escort the goods, but Sanlang stopped her.

Sanlang said to Su Xiaoxiao, "If you leave, won't this jam business be left unattended? What will we give them when they need more goods?"

Su Xiaoxiao thought it made perfect sense, so she didn't go with them.

Thinking that Xiao Dengzi and Wang Er were probably not in any major trouble, Su Xiaoxiao told them to be careful and to stay on the main roads as much as possible. She advised them not to take shortcuts to save a few steps, as they might run into bandits.

It really proved the saying true: what you fear most is what happens.

Wang Er and Xiao Dengzi were gone for half a month without any news. Even if they took the official road from Baihua Village to the capital and rested at every post station along the way, it would take them at most four days and three nights to reach the capital.

It wasn't until Su Xiaoxiao saw Qian Musheng appear before her and come over to ask why the jam he wanted hadn't been delivered to the capital that she realized Wang Er and Xiao Dengzi hadn't delivered the jam to the capital at all.

But where did those two people go?
Without a trace, did the two grown men with jam simply vanish into thin air? Su Xiaoxiao turned pale with fright.

(End of this chapter)