Chapter 94 Fermented Tofu and Spicy Hot Pot

Shen Shaojing nodded and said, "Yes, I have five brothers here. We are responsible for delivering goods to different places every day. If there are any problems, we will communicate and help each other. Everyone is very good-natured and loyal."

Although he didn't know why his sister asked this, Shen Shaojing still said: "Don't worry, sister, the brothers I know are all very good people. If there is any problem, I will not contact them."

Shen Yueyao knew that her fourth brother was not a child. He would only show such a cheerful look in front of her. Outside, he would do whatever he wanted.

Shen Yueyao trusted her fourth brother and asked this question for no other reason.

Shen Yueyao asked, "Fourth brother, how much money can you make in a day like this?"

Shen Shaojing answered truthfully: "It depends. Sometimes we can't sell anything in a day, and then we'd be wasting our time. Sometimes, when things are good, we can sell a few small toys a day and make a little over ten coins. When things are good, we can make twenty or thirty coins. On average, we can make about four hundred coins a month."

"But it's already good for us. We can earn three or four taels of silver a year. I think it's much better than farming. Farming depends on the weather, but with this, we can see money every day..."

"This is just the beginning. We think that if we have a good supply of goods later, we might be able to make more money."

Shen Yueyao understood what was going on when she heard it.

She thought that if she came back, she might ask her fourth brother to help sell chili meat sauce and fermented tofu.

She gives a base salary and commission.

If Fourth Brother does a good job, we might be able to add more people later.

When we have preserved eggs and salted duck eggs, Fourth Brother can start his own business.

She can also hire someone else to sell the products through her fourth brother.

But in that case, the prices of chili meat sauce and fermented tofu will have to go up a bit.

However, the price of chili meat sauce is fixed and it is difficult to raise it, but fermented tofu is not available on the market yet.

She can set her own price.

In the past, she only wanted to start her own business, feed her family, and save some money to build a house and buy an ox cart.

But now it seems that if she wants to make more money, she can't rely on her own efforts alone, and she really needs to hire someone.

But hiring people costs money, so she started by testing it with one or two people.

If the business is good and profitable, hire more people to help with sales.

Shen Yueyao thought about these things, and after selling the chili meat sauce, she went to Feng Qiuhe's house with her fourth brother to buy tofu.

Feng Qiuhe was very enthusiastic when she saw Shen Yueyao coming.

He said he wanted to buy tofu and sold it to her at the price of six cents per pound.

Originally, the price for takeout was eight cents per pound.

Shen Yueyao said: "This is too cheap."

Feng Qiuhe said, "Yueyao, please don't be polite to me. Apart from this, you have helped me a lot. Don't you know that tofu skin has been selling very well recently? We used to dry these things and eat them ourselves, but we didn't expect them to sell so well..."

"In the mornings, my child's father goes out to sell tofu, and I go to set up breakfast and sell tofu pudding. Business is pretty good too. The profit from tofu skin and tofu pudding alone is much better than that from tofu."

"I don't know how to thank you enough, so please don't be polite to me."

Feng Qiuhe had a cheerful personality, so when she said that, Shen Yueyao didn't hesitate.

This time she bought 30 kilograms of tofu directly.

Because Shen Yueyao bought so much tofu at once, Feng Qiuhe's family didn't have to go out to sell tofu in the morning.

Shen Yueyao calculated in her mind that one pound of tofu could be cut into twenty-four or twenty-five small pieces, which could be pickled into fermented tofu, enough for three cans.

In this way, I can pickle these in the afternoon, and they should be ready when I return from the barracks and can be sold.

If business is good, she will buy more and pickle more.

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At noon, Shen Shaojing returned to Xinghua Village. He had to tell his parents in advance about going to the military camp.

Shen Yueyao took the tofu home.

As soon as Shen Yueyao returned home, Madam Meng and Su Erya prepared the meal.

During this period, Su Erya learned how to cook from Shen Yueyao. She can cook some basic meals and they taste good.

The two of them have done it, and Shen Yueyao can just come back and eat directly without having to go through the trouble of cooking.

Shen Yueyao felt that it was great to be able to eat hot meals as soon as she got home.

In fact, she had originally planned to make spicy hot pot for the family at noon, but she came back quite late, so it was too late to make spicy hot pot.

I can only make spicy hot pot at night.

She actually wanted to make hot pot.

But I was too busy to make hotpot.

She thought, she would make hot pot after she came back.

After lunch, Shen Yueyao was busy pickling fermented tofu in the afternoon.

Mrs. Meng and Su Erya were helping.

They didn't understand, so they just did what Shen Yueyao told them to do.

First cut the tofu into small, square pieces.

With three people working together, the process went much faster.

After thirty kilograms of tofu were marinated and sealed in a jar, Shen Yueyao smiled and said, "That's it. When you come back, you can open the jar and eat it."

Su Erya said, "Aunt San, that fermented tofu doesn't smell good, but it tastes really good."

“I thought there must be a lot of people who like to eat it.”

Shen Yueyao said: "Although it tastes good to us, everyone's taste is different. Maybe some people can't smell this taste, and they can't get used to it."

Su Erya believed in Shen Yueyao's cooking skills and said, "How could that be? Everything Third Aunt cooks is delicious. There used to be pickled small salted fish in the market that tasted a bit similar to this, but many people bought it and liked it."

"Yeah?"

Su Erya nodded affirmatively.

After Su Erya said this, Shen Yueyao felt a little more confident.

This means that people should not be averse to the taste of food. As long as it tastes good, people will buy it.

Some of the pickled small salted fish smell even stinkier than this.

"Okay, now that we're done, let's prepare dinner. We're having spicy hot pot tonight."

Although she didn't know what malatang was, looking at her aunt's expression, Su Erya knew that she could have delicious food again in the evening.

Su Erya also became excited.

"Aunt San, let me help."

Su Erya loves watching her third aunt cook delicious food the most.

She felt happy and warm just watching and helping out.

Su Erya couldn't help but run to the inner room excitedly and said, "Uncle San, Aunt San is going to make something delicious tonight. She said she'd make spicy hot pot."

Su Xueyi looked at her excited expression and asked, "Will it be hard?"

Su Erya looked at Third Uncle's expression and said, "Third Uncle, are you worried about Third Aunt?"

Su Xueyi stopped talking.

Su Erya knew that her third uncle had a cold and aloof personality, but she couldn't help but say, "I know Third Aunt is so good, and you think Third Aunt is good too, Third Uncle. If you feel sorry for Third Aunt, you must tell her. If you don't tell her, how will she know?"

"Anyway, I like Third Aunt and Third Uncle. I only recognize this Third Aunt."

Su Xueyi sighed helplessly: "Little kid, don't let your imagination run wild all day long."

This girl used to be quiet, but now she is much more lively.

Su Xueyi knew that this was the change brought about by Yao Niang.