Chapter 56 Her Brothers from Her Mother's Family

The little woman opened her eyes wide, looking surprised.

Shen Yueyao looked at the little woman in front of her, a little confused. Does this person know her?

But she did feel a little familiar.

The little woman looked at Shen Yueyao's expression and knew that she might not have recognized her. She said excitedly: "Yueyao, have you forgotten that we played together when we were young? I am Feng Qiuhe."

"We are all from Xinghua Village."

After hearing this, Shen Yueyao suddenly remembered. Her expression changed and she smiled and said, "It's Qiuhe. I remember when we were little, we dug wild vegetables together, washed clothes in the river together, and went to the mountains to play. Why are you here now?"

When she was young, she and Feng Qiuhe often played together in the village.

When Feng Qiuhe grew up a little, she had to help with housework and had less time.

Later, her body was taken over by a dark soul, her personality changed, and she no longer had any contact with Feng Qiuhe.

However, when she saw her childhood playmate, Shen Yueyao felt a sense of familiarity.

Feng Qiuhe was very happy when she heard that Shen Yueyao remembered her. She said, "I came here after I got married. By the way, I live in the second alley behind here, the second house from the left. When you are done, come to my house and sit for a while."

Feng Qiuhe didn't have many relatives from her mother's side in Beiliu Town, so when she saw Shen Yueyao, she felt a sense of closeness from the bottom of her heart.

This reminds her of some times in her childhood, and she feels an indescribable sense of intimacy in her heart.

Also, when we were young, we played together very well.

She felt that those childhood days were beautiful whenever she thought about them.

I didn’t think much of it when I was in the village before, but after I got married and had children, I would often think of the past.

Feng Qiuhe said this from the heart.

Shen Yueyao hasn't been back to her parents' home in Xinghua Village for a long time.

The main reason is that my previous life had a bad temper and didn't care about my mother's family at all. I didn't go back and even if I went back, I would ask for money and get things.

I don’t know what the current situation is at my mother’s home. Feng Qiuhe has a good personality and will definitely go back to visit often during the holidays.

She could also find out some information.

Shen Yueyao didn't hesitate and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll go sit down after I finish my work."

"That's great, you must go. I'll go buy some groceries first. If you sell quickly, I'll take you home later."

Feng Qiuhe was very happy, carrying a basket, obviously preparing to buy vegetables later.

Shen Yueyao didn't ask Feng Qiuhe for any money, but simply gave her a large jar of chili meat sauce.

"No, no."

"Here, I treated you like a sister when I was little, and you took good care of me. A can of chili con carne is nothing."

How could Feng Qiuhe ask for money? "Let's be honest. If you don't want money, I'll be embarrassed to come and buy it next time."

Feng Qiuhe took the meat sauce, quickly threw eight cents into the money tray, and left in a hurry.

Shen Yueyao looked at her like this and smiled helplessly.

This was a friend she made when she was a child. Feng Qiuhe was two years older than her and took good care of her.

Later, she got engaged and married early.

I didn’t expect it to be in Beiliu Town.

Judging from her clothes and expression, she should be living a decent life.

The chili meat sauce sold very well and was sold out in a short time.

Shen Yueyao calculated that these two hundred small bottles of chili meat sauce would cost eight hundred coins.

Twenty large bottles of chili meat sauce cost one hundred and sixty coins.

This makes a total of nine hundred and sixty coins, which is almost one tael of silver.

Su Erya's face flushed with excitement, and her eyes were shining. "Aunt San, not only did we sell quickly today, but we also made a lot of money."

Su Erya spoke to Shen Yueyao in a low voice, unable to conceal her excitement.

Su Erya was still thinking of earning one tael of silver a day, which would be thirty taels a month.

And it sells quickly, which is much easier than making food.

Shen Yueyao also found it easy to make this chili meat sauce.

And there is no need to worry about others imitating you. No one will be able to make the same dish in a short period of time. Even if you make meat sauce, it will be meat sauce without chili peppers.

It tastes completely different from hers.

Su Erya asked, "Aunt San, should we make more tomorrow?"

Su Erya felt full of energy at this moment.

I can't wait to go home and make chili con carne.

Shen Yueyao said: “Don’t worry, go buy some things and visit the fellow villager’s house first.”

Su Erya understood that it must be the Aunt Feng just now.

Shen Yueyao went to weigh some snacks and candies, spending more than ten coins.

Su Erya said, "Aunt San, when people visit relatives in the village, they always bring white flour cakes."

This is how Su Erya remembers it. In the first month of the lunar year, people in the village would visit relatives with a basket filled with white flour cakes. When they visited a relative, the relative would take two white flour cakes out of the basket and replace them with two.

This is called visiting relatives.

Shen Yueyao said: "Your Aunt Feng has a very good temper and took good care of me when I was a child. Now that we have made money, we should not be too stingy in our dealings with others."

Shen Yueyao knew that Erya was a frugal and careful girl.

Su Erya nodded and said, "Yeah."

After buying the things, Shen Yueyao put them in the backpack on the back and walked towards the streets behind with Su Erya.

Su Erya said, "Aunt, this little house here feels a bit more secluded than the one we went to yesterday, and the house looks smaller."

Shen Yueyao said, "Yesterday we looked at a two-courtyard house. This type of house is similar to the houses in our village, with just a small courtyard. However, just this type of house, a small house would cost thirty or forty taels of silver."

As the two of them walked in, Feng Qiuhe came out.

As soon as he saw Shen Yueyao and Su Erya, he hurried over and said enthusiastically, "I was worried that you wouldn't be able to find the place if you didn't come, so I thought of going over to pick you up."

Feng Qiuhe bought the vegetables, put them down and came out.

Shen Yueyao said: "This is my niece, Su Erya."

Su Erya called out politely, "Aunt Feng."

Feng Qiuhe was stunned for a moment and said, "Is this the daughter of your husband's brother?"

Shen Yueyao nodded and said, "Yes, his second brother's daughter."

Feng Qiuhe couldn't help but admire him, "He's so handsome. He'll be even more handsome in two or three years."

Shen Yueyao nodded in her heart, the people in the Su family were indeed good-looking.

Otherwise, Su Daya wouldn't have become so ambitious relying on that face.

Feng Qiuhe enthusiastically took Shen Yueyao to her home.

Feng Qiuhe's parents-in-law were also there. They looked like really honest people and smiled and asked Feng Qiuhe to entertain them well.

Feng Qiuhe's mother-in-law was holding a one-year-old boy and coaxing him. Feng Qiuhe also had a five-year-old daughter.

Only then did Shen Yueyao know that the family Feng Qiuhe married into knew how to make tofu, and they made a good living by selling tofu.

The family was busy soaking and grinding beans every day, while Feng Qiuhe's husband pushed a cart and went from street to street selling tofu.

It would indeed be better to have a livelihood.

After Feng Qiuhe pulled Shen Yueyao into the house, he started talking.

Shen Yueyao understood that Feng Qiuhe had a good personality and worked hard, so this family chose her.

Now that Feng Qiuhe has given birth to a son and a daughter, her parents-in-law and her husband treat her better.

She usually buys groceries and cooks.

"But there are more families who can make tofu, and the price has been pushed down by two cents. The price of soybeans is high, and the price you get is high. You can make a little profit by selling more, but it's hard-earned money. In the past, there were fewer people making tofu, and you could still accumulate a family business. Now there are so many people making tofu, and it's different."

Shen Yueyao knew that making tofu was indeed hard work, but it was better than growing crops.

"In the past couple of months, the child's father has been coming home very late in the morning. He has only a small cart and sometimes has to sell things for the entire morning."

Shen Yueyao understood that the more people making tofu there were, the greater the competition pressure would be.

And soybeans are indeed not cheap in this era.

Because soybeans can be used to extract oil and make bean paste, the market price is not low.

Shen Yueyao said: "In fact, not only can you sell tofu, you can also make tofu pudding, add some seasonings, and sell it for breakfast."

Feng Qiuhe's expression changed. "I've thought about it before, but I feel it won't sell as well as tofu."

Shen Yueyao said: "Prepare the same taste and sell it with the staple food, such as making pancakes and frying some fried pancakes, or you can make breakfast with others. For example, you can set up a tofu pudding stall next to a pancake stall, so that customers can buy a pancake and a bowl of tofu pudding and have them all."

"It's easy to set up a stall near where you live. You can set up a stall in the morning or at noon..."

"But I'm just offering a suggestion. You could also sell tofu and pudding at the street door. Just call out and people from nearby neighborhoods would come and buy in the mornings, and you could sell quite a bit."

"There's also tofu skin that can be stir-fried."

Feng Qiuhe said, "Tofu skin is not tasty at all, so we just eat it at home."

"I still have some stored at home. Let me show you."

Feng Qiuhe went to get some dried tofu skin to show Shen Yueyao.

Shen Yueyao borrowed a knife from Feng Qiuhe's house and cut it into long strips, which became pieces of tofu skin.

"This tofu skin can be used for cooking. You can also try something new and sell it. People don't know how it tastes, so you can make a dish out of it, season it, and let everyone taste it for free. That way, everyone will know that tofu skin can be used to cook."

Feng Qiuhe was moved when she heard this, and she was very grateful to Shen Yueyao for telling her this.

Originally, she just felt familiar with her childhood playmate and was so happy that she wanted to call her home to talk, but she didn't expect Shen Yueyao to give her so many suggestions.

“Sister Shen, thank you so much. I feel like you’ve become a lot better now that you’ve gotten married.”

"I also went home for the Chinese New Year last year and learned some things. By the way, you know everything about your family, right?"

Shen Yueyao was confused and asked, "What's the matter?"

My predecessor hadn't been back to her parents' home for a long time.

Feng Qiuhe thought Shen Yueyao already knew it.

She whispered, "When I went home last year, I heard that your eldest and second brothers had separated from the family. They ignored your parents' objections and went their separate ways."

"What?"

Shen Yueyao had no idea about this.

In her memory, her parents and brothers were all very nice, but it seemed that something was really different since her eldest and second brothers got married and had children.

But why did they split up?

"Are my parents okay?" In this era, it is important not to divide the family while both parents are still alive, not to mention that her third and fourth brothers don't know what's going on.

My parents might still be counting on my older brothers to do the work.

Looking at Shen Yueyao's expression, you can tell that she doesn't understand.

Feng Qiuhe said, "I don't know the details either. You might find out when you go home."

"But I heard that your parents were angry, but they got better later. Your third sister-in-law is a very good person, unlike your eldest and second sisters-in-law."

"Mom, yesterday's tofu is spoiled. Should we throw it away?"

Feng Qiuhe's expression suddenly changed. "The tofu has gone bad again. How much beans are going to be wasted like this?"

Sometimes the tofu cannot be sold on the same day, and if they don’t have time to eat it, it will go bad.

This gave Feng Qiuhe a headache.

Shen Yueyao's expression changed and she asked, "Spoiled tofu?"

"Qiuhe, do you have a lot of spoiled tofu? Can you sell it to me?"