Chu Xuan thought about it over and over again, but couldn't figure out who it was.

Accountant Wen didn't keep the secret any longer. "It was Sheng Damei. When she called just now, she first said she was looking for Chen Ze. I told her Chen Ze wasn't in the village right now. Then she said she was looking for you. I guess she'll call me soon."

Just then, the phone rang.

Chu Xuan answered the phone and Sheng Damei's voice came over, "Is Chu Xuan here? I have to go back to the workshop to bake cookies, and I have limited time. The team leader has already urged me..."

There was anxiety in his voice.

Chu Xuan quickly responded, "That's me. What do you want from me?"

Sheng Damei said quickly, "Mu Chenze called me today, and I've helped him find the raw materials he needed. Just contact Director Liu, our warehouse manager. As for the price, a little shipping fee will be added to the purchase price."

"Okay. Thank you!"

Chu Xuan didn't expect Sheng Damei to be so supportive.

"You two should remember to treat me to a meal!"

Without waiting for Chu Xuan's response, Sheng Damei hung up the phone.

Chu Xuan put down the phone, thanked Accountant Wen, rode his bike home to say hello to Tian Xiaoyun, then went to her in-laws' house to briefly explain the situation, took some cash, and asked her sister-in-law to go buy raw materials together.

The bicycle at home had been taken away by Mu Chenze, so Fu Qing went to Gao Meijuan's house to borrow a bicycle.

Chu Xuan and I each rode a bicycle towards the county food factory.

I met Mu Chenze on the way.

Chu Xuan told him that Sheng Damei had found some raw materials.

The three of them simply went to the county food factory together to buy raw materials.

It’s so hard to find the ingredients for making bread, so naturally I have to buy more.

When I arrived at the county food factory and found Director Liu from the warehouse management department, I learned that the materials were intended for the factory to use in developing bread, but it was unsuccessful.

It will expire in another month and a half.

I simply added a little shipping fee on top of the cost price and sold it to Mu Chenze and the others.

Around 11 o'clock in the morning, the three of them each carried several bags of raw materials back to Chu Xuan's parents' home.

After helping unload the goods, Tian Xiaoyun carefully checked the types of ingredients and asked, "You bought a really complete selection. How much did it cost?"

Chu Xuan replied softly, "The total is three hundred and seventy-three fifty cents. After bargaining and rounding off the decimal, the actual payment is three hundred and seventy. However, these raw materials must be used up within a month and a half, otherwise they will expire and cannot be used anymore."

Whether or not you can make a profit depends on how the business performs in the next month or so.

If it is not good, these raw materials will be wasted.

If it is good, I will ask Director Liu to help buy the raw materials and give him a reward for his hard work.

Fortunately, three hundred and seventy yuan was affordable for Chu Xuan.

So the pressure is not that great.

Tian Xiaoyun felt that he had to formally inform his in-laws about the bread baking business.

After all, my daughter is already married.

Just invite the in-laws over for lunch.

Talk while eating.

Fortunately, Chu Xuan had already mentioned it to her in-laws in advance.

Qin Mahua and the others accepted it very quickly and naturally supported it.

After dinner, Tian Xiaoyun taught them how to make bread.

Knead the dough according to the recipe, let it rise for two hours, and then bake.

For them, getting fried shrimps and meat is a piece of cake.

Although it was my first time to roast seaweed, I had experience in roasting fish fillets, so it went very smoothly.

There were many people today, so kneading the dough was not difficult. However, considering the future, Tian Xiaoyun suggested customizing a dough mixer.

She drew a simple dough mixer model. After Mu Chenze saw it, he felt that it was similar to the blender he had seen before.

Take the drawings out and find someone to customize it.

Gu Changlin, who repaired the boat for the Mu family, promised that he could finish the work in three days, but he had to pay for both labor and materials, which would total two hundred yuan.

After some bargaining, the deal was finally settled at 190 yuan.

Chu Xuan went to the village factory and bought charcoal worth one hundred yuan. The electric oven was too expensive, so he planned to use charcoal to bake.

What's more, the seafood bread baked with charcoal will have a more unique taste.

There is strength in numbers.

At around six o'clock in the afternoon, the shrimp and crab meat bread and seaweed bread came out of the oven.

The oven temperature was well controlled and very successful.

The food is delicious and the aroma can be smelled from miles away.

The whole village came to smell the fragrance.

Chu Xuan generously cut the bread into small pieces and invited everyone to taste it.

The current price is fifty cents each.

The two ovens baked more than 220 pieces in total, each as big as an adult's fist.

More than twenty were used for everyone's tasting.

The rest were all bought out.

A rough calculation shows that the total income is 100 yuan, and I can make a net profit of 20 cents per loaf of bread, for a total net profit of 40 yuan.

But Chu Xuan was not complacent, because she knew that the villagers could not buy it every day, and they bought it today just for the novelty.

After the villagers dispersed, Chu Xuan planned to make two more batches of bread and go to the county town and city to sell them early tomorrow morning, but was persuaded to stop by his family.

Everyone advised her not to rush into it, as she had just gotten married and shouldn't overwork herself.

Chu Xuan thought about it and realized that this was the truth.

Tomorrow Tian Xiaoyun and Chu Feng are going to Kyoto by plane. Mu Chenze specially rented a car and planned to take them to the airport with his wife.

At this moment, Chu Dashan also heard about Chu Xuan opening a bakery. All the plans of renting or buying a yard had to be scrapped. The only option left was...

I hired a horse carriage from the village and headed towards the county town.

Arriving at the county town gate, he gave the driver, Old Man Qi, a dollar and said, "Wait for me here."

Old Man Qi has money to make and is not afraid of waiting for people.

"Okay."

About ten minutes later, Chu Dashan found Qiu Daguang.

"Shall we discuss a business deal?"

"What business?"

"In a few days, if you help me pry open the door to Chu Xuan's mother's house at night, I'll give you fifty yuan!"

"I'm good at picking locks, just call me when you need me! So, are you planning on stealing from her house?"

"It's not stealing."

"I remember her house used to be yours. Could it be that your parents buried some treasures there?"

"There's no treasure. I just want to bring bad luck to her family. She's planning to open a bread-baking workshop and add some ingredients."

Chu Dashan was determined not to reveal his true purpose, fearing that if he told the truth, Qiu Daguang would raise the price when picking the lock.

Seeing that he couldn't get any information out of him, Qiu Daguang changed the subject and asked, "Can you help me sell another piece of jade tomorrow?"

"I'm afraid not. To tell you the truth, Long Zhenxiao from the Jade Factory has his eyes on you, waiting to catch the thief and seize the stolen goods!"

"Thank you for telling me this!"

At this moment, Long Zhenxiao received a call.

"Uncle Long, Chu Dashan went to contact Qiu Daguang without saying hello to us. Is he going to report it?"

"Xiao Huan, have you found anything in the enemy's old house?"

"I haven't been able to get in yet. The big dog in his old house is too powerful. Even if you feed it food, it won't eat it. It only eats things given by the enemy family."

"Keep an eye on Qiu Daguang, and leave the big dog to me."

"clear."

After hanging up the phone, Long Zhenxiao changed his clothes, picked up the gift, and went out.

I went to Tian Xiaoyun's house for dinner and said goodbye to the Mu family.

Only Mu Chenze and Chu Xuan knew that Uncle Long came here for something.

The three of them deliberately walked a few steps slower than the others and talked in low voices.

Mu Chenze asked in a low voice, "Uncle Long, are you going to go to your enemy's house to look for jade yourself?"

Long Zhenxiao nodded.

Chu Xuan tried hard to think about the location of the treasures that Qiu Daguang had confessed to hiding in his past life. Suddenly, he thought of something and said in a very low voice, "Uncle Long, there is a hollow part in the wall of the main hall of Qiu's old house. Maybe the jade is hidden in there. The main thing is that the big black dog is very smart. It will be difficult to sneak into Qiu's old house. Do you have any way to deal with the big black dog?"