Chapter 49: Fireworks

Shen Yueyao touched Su Erya’s hair and said, “Our Erya is so good at settling accounts.”

"I learned this from Third Aunt. When I came here, I was so nervous and worried that we wouldn't be able to sell the meat sauce. I didn't expect business to be so brisk. Everyone is rushing to buy it. Those who can't buy it are even making reservations for tomorrow's meat sauce. I think there are already over 20 people who have made reservations."

After they sold out, they did not leave in a hurry. Instead, they stayed for a quarter of an hour, waiting for people to come and try the meat sauce for free. Only after they finished the bowl of meat sauce did they close the stall.

The advantage of this is that people who taste the food will want to buy it tomorrow.

Shen Yueyao said, "Let's go, let's close the stall early today and go buy some things. We can also buy some more meat and seasonings so that we can make more this afternoon."

"We have to go to the mountain this afternoon to get some more peppers and gourds for backup, and some disposable chopsticks as well."

Shen Yueyao guessed that business would probably be very hot tomorrow, so she made more preparations.

I have to say, it’s much more refreshing than selling roujiamo.

It is also convenient and simple.

So Shen Yueyao was in a very good mood.

The two of them packed up, put on their backpacks and went shopping.

This was the first time Su Erya went shopping so excitedly.

I had been to town before to get medicine for my family and had no mood for shopping, but this time was different.

This is also the time for breakfast, and many shop waiters are waiting at the door to attract customers.

Some shops also set up tables and chairs at the door.

There are wontons, buns, Hu pancakes and other things.

“Hot buns.”

“Freshly baked wontons…”

"Hu Bing..."

"Steamed buns and tea-leaf eggs..."

Most of the breakfast shops are on the same street, so when you walk to this street and listen to the voices of the breakfast vendors, and look at the scene and the voices of people coming and going and talking, you can feel the bustling atmosphere.

This is the flavor of life.

Shen Yueyao looked at Su Erya and asked, "What do you want to eat?"

Su Erya shook her head and said, "Aunt San, I had breakfast this morning. The breakfast pancakes you made were delicious. I'm full and don't crave anything else."

"And I think what they cook won't be as delicious as what Third Aunt cooks."

Su Erya said this very seriously and sincerely.

Shen Yueyao was delighted by Erya's words.

"Then tell me, what was your favorite food when you came to town?"

Su Erya said embarrassedly: "I used to not have enough to eat in the morning. When I came to town, I saw all these and wanted to eat them. But I wanted to eat buns the most. I felt that buns were delicious and cheaper."

She couldn't even think of any other food.

Shen Yueyao understood, "Let's go buy two buns to try."

"Aunt San, I'm not hungry, so I really don't need to spend money."

Su Erya was anxious. She was already very happy to come to the town with her Third Aunt, but she couldn't let her Third Aunt spend money just because of her visit.

Now she can have enough to eat thanks to her third aunt.

How could she let her third aunt spend money again?

Although their stall business was good in the morning, it was also earned by Aunt San's hard work.

Didn’t you see that Third Aunt always spoke loudly and talked to everyone?

She was too embarrassed to speak out loud at first.

Su Erya's eyes turned red with anxiety.

Seeing the little girl like this, Shen Yueyao thought that she should not be allowed to have any psychological burden.

She said, "Okay, then don't buy it for now. We'll go back and make the dough later. We'll make dumplings in the afternoon and eat them in the evening."

Su Erya then smiled happily, "Yeah, Third Aunt's buns are the best too."

Su Erya's sensibleness also made Shen Yueyao feel distressed.

Shen Yueyao thought about it and took her to the cloth shop. She still had twenty-four taels of silver in her hand, so she decided to buy some cloth.

Make a set for everyone in the family.

Su Erya just thought that her third aunt wanted to buy clothes and didn't think much about it.

There are several cloth shops in the town. Shen Yueyao took Su Erya to several of them, compared prices, and after bargaining at a cheaper shop, she bought a few pieces of cloth for three hundred coins.

It’s just enough to make three sets of clothes, one for Su Erya, one for Old Madam Meng, and one for Su Xueyi.

Dabao and Erbao already have them, which were modified from her clothes.

I'll buy them cloth to make clothes later.

But there is no Su Daya.

That girl doesn’t even call me Third Aunt, so she won’t buy it for her.

When Third Aunt went shopping, Su Erya followed her and didn't say much.

But even so, she felt that she had seen the world.

In the past, she didn't even dare to look at these stores, let alone enter them.

Because she knew she couldn't afford it, and she was even more afraid of being questioned by the shopkeeper when she came in, which would make her feel even more inferior.

She was afraid of being looked at strangely.

But when she followed her Third Aunt in, she could raise her head and look around confidently.

It won't be like before.

After that, the two of them went to the grocery store to buy some things and then went to the butcher to buy meat.

This time, Shen Yueyao planned to buy a few more pounds of meat so that she could cook more.

“Mrs. Shen, aren’t you going to buy pig offal?”

In the past, Miss Shen would buy pig offal, although a large bucket cost a few coins, but that was still money.

Besides, he was about to fall down, which would be troublesome.

Shen Yueyao's expression changed and she said, "Look, I'm not doing this pig offal business anymore. There are so many places selling food in town, and people don't want to eat this stuff anymore. I bought so much pork, you should give me something as a gift. Don't be so rigid in doing business."

"And I also buy meat frequently. If the price is cheap and they give things away from time to time, I will come and buy it."

After some bargaining, Shen Yueyao got the price of pork reduced by one cent per two catties, and also gave away some pig offal.

Shen Yueyao was very happy.

I never bargained when buying things before.

But in this era, habits need to be changed and every penny saved counts.

As they walked towards the east end of town, Su Erya asked, "Aunt San, are we still doing the roujiamo business?"

This morning when I was setting up the stall, a few people who looked like old customers who used to buy Roujiamo asked Aunt San why she didn't sell Roujiamo anymore. They seemed to want to buy some.

Shen Yueyao said: "I'm not going to do the Roujiamo business anymore, I'm going to do the chili meat sauce business first."

"Buy these and we can cook it ourselves. We can stir-fry the pig intestines with chili peppers to make spicy pig intestines."

"You'll know after you try it at noon. Stir-fried dishes taste different from braised dishes."

"This thing can also be fried with sauerkraut, but our sauerkraut has only been pickled for a few days. It will take a month to be pickled, and then you can eat it."

Shen Yueyao likes the taste of pickled cabbage.

"Also, I'm thinking of going to Beimai Village to attend the market in a few days. We can go to town to sell some meat sauce, and then we can go to the market in time. We can bring some braised pig offal and sell it cheaply, so that the nearby villagers can have some oily food."

Nowadays, the spices needed for braised food can be picked from the mountains and are free of charge.

There is no need to spend money on wood ash.

So if the free cost is to make something by hand, the price can be cheaper.

Attract customers with low-cost delicacies first, and it will be easier to expand sales when you start other businesses later.

Yes, Shen Yueyao also wants to make rouge, lipstick, spices and other things in the future.

These things are not sold in stores, so people may not believe they are useful and their acceptance is low.

But it’s different if she attracts customers. Everyone trusts her, buys her things and thinks they are good, so they are naturally willing to buy other things she makes.

When the two were about to go back, Su Erya suddenly saw a figure.

"Huh?"

"What's wrong?" Shen Yueyao asked.

Su Erya shook her head and said, "I think I saw Sister Daya."