Chapter 9 Earning money isn't easy, my cheap husband is coming back soon.

It's no wonder Jiang Mai was worried.

After Ye Liang left yesterday afternoon, Ye Li fried all the remaining tofu into tofu puffs.

We delivered one jin to Jiang Dahe's family, and now they still have three jin at home.

Today's tofu won't sell out, so it'll have to be fried into tofu puffs.

If the tofu puffs don't sell, we'll really lose a fortune!

Jiang Mai came out of the kitchen and saw that Ye Liang had already entered the courtyard, so she hurriedly ran over to Ye Liang.

Over the past few years, Ye Liang has often come to Yezaopo to help the Jiang family with farm work.

He was acquainted with Ye Liangting.

As he ran, he asked, "Brothers, have the tofu puffs been sold yet?"

Ye Liang smiled upon hearing this: "It's sold!"

"They sold out really fast, in less than half an hour. Even Uncle Liu sold thirty more pancakes."

As he spoke, he handed the small burlap bag he was carrying to Jiang Mai, who had already run up to him: "Your brother Yi asked me to bring you three cakes. You and Ya-ge can try them."

Jiang Mai got the answer she wanted, and her eyes lit up immediately, all her worries disappearing.

Very good!

The straw bag's efforts weren't in vain; he and Ya Ge'er were able to continue receiving wages.

Heaven knows how worried he was just now. He was genuinely afraid that if the tofu business didn't go well, the idiot would revert to his old vicious ways!

He reached out his little hand to take the small bag, a big smile on his face. He asked, "Second brother, have you eaten? Come in quickly, we're eating."

At this moment, Ye Li also came out of the kitchen. He invited Ye Liang to eat something with him: "Brother, tell us how Brother Yi sells pancakes with skewers."

When Ye Liang came, he ate a Liu family pancake and a few spinach steamed buns.

But the journey from Darong Village to Yezaopo, a distance of over twenty li, had already consumed most of the small amount of flatbread and cornbread.

He went into the kitchen and saw several corn and soybean residue cakes in the bread basket. Without being polite, he picked up a cake and started eating it.

When talking about the process of selling tofu puffs, he, who is usually taciturn, became quite talkative.

It went so smoothly.

The first wave of promotion sold four skewers of flatbread, and the second wave sold several more.

As soon as the third wave of shouts ended, Zhu Xing, who had already walked away, turned back.

He wanted his family to try it too, so he bought three more.

They sold them out in just a few at a time, and they were all gone in less than half an hour.

After selling everything, Liu Yi went home, then went to the fields to find him, asking him to come to Yezaopo to settle the debt with Ye Li and bring home tomorrow's tofu puffs and large skewers.

"Brother Li, fry as many as you can today, we're sure we'll sell them all."

He said to Ye Li with a smile.

Relying solely on local diners, they sold out two and a half pounds of tofu puffs, large skewers, and two pounds of spinach in less than half an hour.

Every day, at least twenty boats of all sizes dock at Baxian Town. If you add in the tourists from other places, it's unimaginable!

His eyes, which had become somewhat numb from the weight of life, were now bright and full of life again.

After living for more than 20 years, for the first time he felt that life might really be getting better.

"Okay. I'll start frying after lunch."

Ye Li nodded with a smile.

It was pretty much as he guessed.

Carbs combined with spicy skewers—the presentation alone is irresistible.

"Is there enough firewood? If not, I'll go get some more," Ye Liang asked.

“That’s enough. You’ve walked for so long, take a break,” Ye Li said.

“Brothers, Ya’er and I go to collect firewood every day, so we have enough firewood at home.”

Jiang Mai held up the pancake and spoke.

"Yes, Xiaomai and Yage are very diligent and well-behaved."

Ye Li gave a compliment.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Mai glanced at Ye Li with her dark eyes.

But he didn't say anything.

In fact, I've been receiving this kind of praise every day for the past few days.

At first, he thought this person had ill intentions, like a weasel paying respects to a chicken.

But now he's having trouble making a judgment.

He didn't know whether to be wary or secretly pleased, so he could only pretend he hadn't heard it.

Jiang Ya, on the other hand, was munching on a pancake while puffing out her little chest, her face beaming with joy.

That's right, he and his second brother are exceptionally capable.

Ye Liang was surprised.

When he arrived yesterday, Jiang Mai and Jiang Ya had gone out to collect firewood and were not at home.

But he knew that his third brother disliked Jiang Mai and Jiang Ya.

But now, the third brother is praising the two little ones?

After the initial surprise, he felt relieved.

Now Jiang Ji can focus on his studies.

He, his father, and his grandfather can finally rest assured.

After lunch, the two little ones, Jiang Mai and Jiang Ya, took a rope and went up the mountain to collect firewood. Ye Liang fed the pigs and chickens, and then went into the kitchen to start a fire for Ye Li.

There are still seventeen catties of tofu left today.

We cut off a pound to keep for dinner, and fried the remaining sixteen pounds of Ye Li.

When he delivered tofu puffs to Jiang Dahe yesterday evening, Jiang Dahe was very happy.

Upon learning that he didn't have much soybean oil at home, Jiang Dahe took a large bag of soybeans to the county town early this morning and exchanged it for ten catties of soybean oil.

Therefore, he no longer needs soybean oil.

However, he now owes Jiang Dahe another sum of money.

After working for more than an hour, sixteen pounds of old tofu were transformed into tofu puffs and large skewers of orchid-shaped tofu.

One pound of tofu yields half a pound, and sixteen pounds of tofu yields eight pounds of fried tofu puffs and eight pounds of large skewers shaped like orchids.

Adding the three jin fried after Ye left yesterday afternoon, the total is eleven jin.

The price of one catty is eleven coins, so eleven catties would cost one hundred and twenty-one coins.

In addition, before Ye Liang came yesterday, he fried three jin of meat to sell in restaurants in the county town. Half a jin of the meat was used for Ye's family to try, and the remaining two and a half jin were all sold this morning.

The cost of these two and a half catties of silver should also be included, totaling twenty-seven and a half wen.

Ye Li voluntarily rounded down the difference of five cents.

In the end, Ye Liang gave him 148 coins.

After settling the accounts for the past two days, Ye Liang gave a few more instructions, then shouldered his basket and returned to Darong Village.

After seeing Ye Liang off, Ye Li returned to the kitchen. He first picked up a few copper coins and weighed them in his hand, then placed them into the winnowing basket for storing money with a look of emotion on his face.

That's hard-earned money.

I earned my hard-earned money by getting up at 3 a.m. to grind tofu!

The cost of tofu puffs and large skewers is 5.3 wen per jin. In the past two days, a total of 23.5 jin of tofu puffs and large skewers were sold to Ye, with a total cost of 71.5 wen.

In total, he earned seventy-six and a half fen after working for two days.

As for the money earned from selling tofu, that was hard-earned money; you could only earn two and a half coins for every three pounds of tofu sold.

I earned twenty coins in the past two days selling tofu.

In truth, we have to blame the original owner.

If it weren't for the urgent situation and lack of money at the time, he would never have chosen this line of work.

He carried the winnowing basket back to the west room, then collapsed onto the kang (a heated brick bed) and stared blankly at the roof beams.

If Ye's pancake and skewer business goes well, he can earn a fixed income of sixty or seventy coins every day.

However, grinding grain in the morning is too tiring.

Hmm... how about hiring someone to grind the grain?

Actually, apart from grinding grain, the other jobs are quite easy.

Just as I was hesitating, I heard Jiang Mai and Jiang Ya's voices from outside.

The two little guys came back from gathering firewood. The two brothers were talking about their cheap husbands, and even Jiang Mai's voice was filled with laughter.

Judging by the time, it's almost the end of the month, and my cheap husband will be back in three or four days.

Thinking of his cheap husband's handsome appearance, he withdrew his gaze from the roof beam and subconsciously rolled over on the kang (a heated brick bed).

Well, that face really suits his taste.

However, last time, her cheap husband and the original owner had a big fight and parted on bad terms.

When my cheap husband comes back, he definitely won't give him a good look.

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Never mind, after my husband returns to the private school, I'll hire someone to grind the millstone.

I'll work hard these next few days so I can use my calloused palms to play the victim to my cheap husband.

A cheap husband with a good face is a potential catch.

He is now her lawfully wedded husband.

With both the right timing and the right place, he'd definitely want to try and develop a relationship with the other party.

If you can't get along, then focus on making money and then get a divorce.

Compared to Ye Li's listlessness, the Ye family members were full of energy.

You can earn five coins by selling a pound of tofu puffs.

Ye Liang brought back eleven catties today. If he sells them all, he can earn fifty-five coins.

With spinach added, I can earn seventy or eighty coins a day!

The next day, Ye Liang and Liu Yi also got up when the rooster crowed for the first time.

Spinach sold well yesterday morning, so yesterday afternoon Liu Yi went to her own vegetable garden and dug up more than ten kilograms of spinach. After picking and washing it, she will cook it in a while.

Spinach should be stored in a separate earthenware pot.

Eleven pounds of tofu puffs and large skewers of orchids also had to be packed separately because we didn't have enough large earthenware jars at home.

The three kinds of food were placed in three earthenware jars.

After a simple breakfast, Ye Liang and Liu Yi, under a sky full of stars, set off for the town.

When we arrived at Liu's pancake stall, the heavy night had faded and light had appeared in the world, but the sun had not yet risen.

However, the town entrance has already become lively.

Baxian Town has a wide variety of shops and can be considered a large, permanent market. People from nearby villages come to the market every day.

The various stalls around the area have already set up their stalls.

Mr. and Mrs. Liu were so busy that their feet barely touched the ground, one kneading the dough and the other baking the cakes.

There were already customers waiting in front of the stall.

It was Zhu Xing, the oil mill owner from yesterday.

Liu Yi's face immediately lit up with a smile; it was another great start!