Chapter 161 Making money isn’t that great

When Gu Yuru heard the noise in the yard, she knew they had returned and felt relieved.

But she tossed and turned and still couldn't fall asleep.

Before, she could say that she was worried that her brothers hadn't slept yet, but now she couldn't find a better reason.

Li Mumu felt her mother stirring beside her and knew that she had heard what she said.

But she also knew that the matter between her mother and Ling Yunhe could not be rushed.

The next day, Song Qiang got up early. Her snack cart was ready, and she couldn't wait to go to town.

"Yuru, go help your second sister-in-law." said Mrs. Gu.

Song Qiang shook her head, "No need, Mom, I don't know how the business is going yet!"

"Second sister-in-law, I'm just sitting around doing nothing at home anyway. If you don't mind my clumsy hands and feet, then let me go."

"I want to go too!" said Li Mumu.

"Aren't you studying at home?" Song Qiang asked worriedly, "Studying is a big deal."

"I know all of it." Li Mumu said.

Zhang Yi also testified for her, "Mumu learns quickly and memorizes everything after just one reading. If she continues like this, I won't have anything left to teach her."

"Today is the first day, so let Mumu go. It won't be a good time to go back. Although Mumu doesn't have to take the imperial examination, it's still better for her to read more books." said Mrs. Gu.

She never thought that it was useless for women to read more books, so her daughters and granddaughters should naturally read more books and understand more principles.

The three Gu brothers helped push the car to the fork in the road near the town, and then walked in the other direction.

Song Qiang was very nervous along the way, worried that she would not do well and also worried that there would be no customers. Gu Yuru comforted her several times, but she still couldn't help but grumble.

In the end, Li Mumu settled the matter with one sentence, "Second Aunt, it doesn't matter if we don't make any money, we're not short of money."

"This..." Song Qiang thought about it and felt that this was true. Their family could live a good life just by relying on the dividends from Peng Wanli.

Not to mention the money they have.

But since she has done it, she still wants to do it well.

There are two daughters-in-law in the family. The eldest sister-in-law works as a female teacher, which makes people in the village respect her very much and look up to the Gu family.

She doesn't want to eat white rice either, right?

After setting up the stall, Song Qiang felt a little embarrassed.

After all, she was born into a family of officials and had never shouted in the market. Looking at the people selling vegetables and meat next to her shouting loudly, she opened her mouth, but couldn't utter a word, and her face turned red.

Gu Yuru was also a little embarrassed.

Seeing this, Li Mumu shouted loudly: "Don't miss it if you pass by. These skewers are delicious, only one penny a stick. Come and try them."

"Chuanchuan? What is Chuanchuan?"

Li Mumu quickly pointed to the passersby attracted by her shouting, "This is Chuan Chuan."

Li Mumu winked at Song Qiang, "Second aunt, let everyone have a taste."

"No, no, I don't have any money." said the woman.

"It doesn't matter. Everyone can try it for free. It's free." Li Mumu said.

"Really? Then... then I won't be polite." The woman said as she grabbed a fish ball with her hand and ate it. The fish ball was handmade.

Compared to modern technology and hard work, it tastes so much better.

The fish balls were bouncy and chewy. After being cooked in the soup pot for a while, the woman's eyes lit up after eating them. "Oh, they are so delicious."

She said it was delicious, and the others quickened their pace to try it.

Even ordinary cabbage becomes delicious after being cooked in someone else's pot.

“That’s great!”

"Yeah, it's my first time eating it, and it's not bad. Give me two skewers."

Before Song Qiang could react, Li Mumu called out, "Second Aunt, the guest wants two skewers of fish balls."

"Oh, here it comes!" Song Qiang smiled. She never thought that doing business was not that difficult.

She was efficient and the food was novel and delicious, so soon everyone who tried it paid for it. Even the woman who said she had no money took out a few copper coins and ordered a few skewers.

Passersby saw people gathering here and stopped in their tracks. Some of them even paid to buy the food when they saw others saying it was delicious.

For a while, Gu Yuru and Song Qiang were extremely busy, while Li Mumu was very happy collecting the money.

The people around them were so jealous that their eyes turned red when they saw that their business was booming while they hadn't even opened yet.

Since it was the first day of doing business, Song Qiang was unsure and only brought 200 skewers, but they were sold out in the blink of an eye.

"I'm so sorry, we don't have any more." Song Qiang looked at the customer apologetically.

"No more? I haven't eaten yet."

"Mom, I want to eat, I want to eat too, they have all eaten." The little kid pouted and started crying loudly.

Song Qiang felt a little regretful. If she had known it would sell so well, she should have bought more.

Because the business was good, she was also happy, "Don't cry, child, I will sell it here again in a few days. I will keep it for you then, okay?"

"Well... okay, Mom, you have to buy it for me in a couple of days."

"Okay, okay, big sister, please leave some for us next time. It smells so good that it makes my stomach growl."

Song Qiang was amused by the woman's humor and said, "No problem."

The items were sold out and the customers had no choice but to leave.

Song Qiang was so excited when she saw the bag of copper coins.

This is money she earned through her own hard work, it is different from other money.

It was not given by her parents, nor was it a salary from a man, but was earned by herself.

"Sister, Mumu, today is all thanks to you two. Come on, I'll take you shopping."

"Second sister-in-law, we are all family, why be so polite?" Gu Yuru said.

Song Qiang patted her hands and said, "But if it weren't for Mumu, I wouldn't have known that I could support myself without relying on anyone else."

"I just calculated it, the cost was only fifty wen, and we made a profit of one hundred and forty wen."

Because some customers bought a lot, Song Qiang gave them one or two strings as gifts. When doing business, one cannot be too stingy.

Gu Yuru nodded, "That's quite a lot. We'll sell even more next time."

"Who said it wasn't? This is all thanks to Mumu. No, you have to give some of the money you earn to Mumu in the future."

Song Qiang thought for a moment and said, "Let's split it fifty-fifty."

"No, no, sister-in-law, you are too polite. These are all yours..."

"Didn't you help me?" Song Qiang smiled. "Since we're family, you should be polite to me. If that doesn't work, just consider it as my dowry for Mumu."

Gu Yuru smiled bitterly, "Second sister-in-law, this..."

"Okay, sister, they say brothers should settle their accounts clearly. It's too late for us to settle the accounts. There's no need to talk about it anymore. Come on, let's go buy some things for our parents."

Just as the three people were about to enter a shop, they were almost bumped into by someone.

Gu Yuru was agile and quick. She picked up her daughter with one hand and protected Song Qiang with the other hand to avoid the attack. She also blocked it with her foot to prevent the little boy from being pushed to the ground.

The boy looked back at her and said, "Thank you!"