Chapter 27 Relatives had missed breakfast time; people on the road…

After breakfast time, there were more people on the road, and Qiu Yuruo started making stew.

Heat oil in a pan, add various spices, then stir-fry the cooked and deep-fried sliced ​​meat until fragrant.

Passersby were drawn over by the aroma.

Since his sister-in-law arranged this for him yesterday, Su Yunche had been mentally preparing himself. Now that the time had finally come, he was incredibly nervous. But seeing the onlookers, he still called out, "Stewed vegetables! A big stew with meat and eggs! Everyone come back and try it! Small bowls are seven coins, large bowls are ten coins..."

Yun Che's words went from being awkward at first to flowing smoothly later, and then he would greet familiar customers who frequently came to buy things and try to sell them to them individually.

Those who left late are still on their way, while those who went to the early market have already returned, and Qiu Yuruo's stew is ready.

Before modern technology, when people went to the market, they would carry a basket and bring earthenware pots, bowls, and other containers to hold soup or watery items.

Qiu Yuruo's food stall, whether it's bone broth noodles or various pastries, tastes better than anywhere else.

Seeing that she had added stew to her menu, many of her regular customers would buy a bowl without much explanation.

After the weather turned cold, the food stalls were covered with straw curtains on three sides. Some people ate a bowl of food in the stall first and then asked for a big bowl to take home without hesitation, while others bought a bowl to take home.

The stew sold well, and there were also customers buying noodles. In addition, there were also customers buying pastries and meat sauce. For a while, Qiu Yuruo and Su Yunche were actually quite busy.

Qiu Yu thought the stew was a good idea, so she ordered a large pot that could make two hundred bowls. Today was the first time she sold stew, so she only made half a pot to try it out. As a result, it sold out before noon.

Looking at the new money box, Yun Che was so excited that he didn't feel tired at all. He said to Qiu Yuruo, "Sister-in-law, let's make more stew at the next market."

Qiu Yuruo thought so too: "Okay, make 150 bowls for the next episode!"

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After packing up their stall and returning home in the afternoon, the two of them ignored everything else and just carried the money box into the house to quickly count how much money they had made that day.

The younger sister looked at her sister-in-law and second brother protecting the money box and exclaimed in surprise, "Wow!" Then she quickly covered her mouth and pulled her second sister inside.

The three siblings began happily counting their money again.

With the addition of stewed vegetables, we actually made over 3,200 coins today!

The children were so happy they wanted to scream, and Qiu Yuruo was also incredibly excited.

The profit margin of the food stall can reach 50/50. Because many people take the stew home, Qiu Yuruo will add more if she has enough for one bowl, so the cost is higher than other things.

But the portion size of the stew is large, so even if the cost increases by 10%, there's still a 40% profit margin.

The pastries and meat sauce I made yesterday are almost sold out; these items have a minimum profit margin of 50%.

Three thousand two hundred coins, two hundred coins are counted as the cost of the stew delivered, and the remaining three thousand coins minus half is today's profit: one thousand five hundred coins.

One and a half taels of silver.

There are six episodes a month, and each episode earns one and a half taels of silver. So, six episodes would earn nine taels of silver!

Qiu Yu was truly excited when she figured all this out.

She simply stayed by the three of them, mindful of her image, and behaved very calmly.

It wasn't until she closed the door at night, and only she and the 'unaware' Su Yunting were in the room, that she abandoned all pretense of decorum and excitedly jumped up and down a few times.

After venting his excitement, he went to bed and played with his 'rag doll'.

Before going to bed at night, Qiu Yuruo and Su Yunche would give Su Yunting a full-body massage to prevent his muscles from atrophying.

Today, Qiu Yuruo was too excited to be sleepy, so I simply laid him out in a starfish position and gave him another massage.

She massaged his arm while explaining her plan: "With the addition of stew, we won't have to worry about making money that we can't afford to spend. Once it gets to December and the weather isn't so cold, we can resume our stall. Business will be great for the two weeks before the New Year, and what we earn in those two weeks will definitely be enough for us to spend all spring."

As Su Yunting listened to her plan, he longed to be as optimistic as she was, but the things that had happened in his past life made him hesitant to share that optimism.

After a busy day, Qiu Yuruo's excitement eventually subsided. She massaged Su Yunting, talked about future plans for a while, and then felt sleepy as her emotions calmed down.

When he was sleepy, he put Su Yunting's legs together, tucked his arms in, covered him with the blanket, and lay down himself to be covered up tightly. He fell asleep in no time.

As Su Yunting listened to her soft breathing, countless ways to deal with potential life crises flashed through his mind.

There are many ways to solve this, but unfortunately he can't open his eyes or speak.

...

Qiu Yuruo's plan was good, but reality did not go as she wished. On the day before the second market opening in the winter month, the heavy snow that had been dormant all winter finally fell.

Looking at the heavy snow falling outside, Qiu Yuruo could only be thankful that she hadn't made the pastries yet. If the pastries were made before it started snowing, they wouldn't taste good after the snow melted, and she would have to eat the pastries as her main food.

Even the cheapest steamed cake costs more than a white flour steamed bun. It's fine to eat a little bit every day, but if you make pastries your staple food, then it's both expensive and not very palatable.

A heavy snowfall delayed two market days, and in the end, the stall only operated for four market days in the winter. Fortunately, business was booming at each market day, which barely covered the expenses.

As December arrived, Dr. Zhang went to the county again. He took Su Yunting's pulse and, after several months of consultations, had a complete understanding of his physical condition. This time, he prescribed a two-month supply of medicine.

When Qiu Yuruo came to the county for the second time for a medical consultation, she planned to only have Uncle Qiu accompany her. Old Man Qiu felt there was no problem, but Su Huai was worried. Although Qiu Yuruo did not invite him, he remembered clearly and asked his wife to tell Qiu Yuruo at the food stall in advance that he would go with Su Yunting when he went for the consultation.

Qiu Yuruo did not refuse Su Huai's kindness too much. Such friendship could not be measured by money. She not only told her younger siblings to remember the help Su Huai had given to their family, but also asked Yun Che to send some of the newly made pastries and meat sauce to Su Huai's family.

Of course, Qiu Yuruo did not mistreat him at all. Every time he went to the county for medical treatment, she would pack him a lot of steamed cakes and meat sauce when he returned home.

This time, she bought another ten taels of silver worth of medicine in the county, causing Qiu Yuruo to lose her initial investment in the food stall once again.

However, she was not in a hurry. As December arrived, the temperature was not as cold as in November, and pedestrians returned to the official road. On days when it did not snow, she could set up her stall as usual.

Qiu Yuruo's food stall has been open for nearly half a year. Her food is delicious and has made her famous in the area.

Although the food stall only had a young woman of about fifteen or sixteen and a little boy, the person in charge was a scholar, and even if he was unconscious, ordinary people would not dare to bully him easily.

Even if Su Yunting's status as a scholar was insufficient, Qiu Yuruo still had the Su family manor to rely on.

For the people of Sujiazhuang, bone broth is sold at half price, and pastries and meat sauce are also cheaper than selling to others.

Thanks to Qiu Yuruo's preferential treatment, almost everyone in the village became on good terms with her. Everyone has relatives and friends, and when they enter or leave the village, if they see any dishonest or morally questionable people, the people of Sujiazhuang will mention their good relationship with Qiu Yuruo and ask them to take care of them so that they won't be bullied by other unscrupulous people.

No matter who you are, you have to maintain a network of relationships. Seeing that Qiu Yuruo has the protection of the Su family, no one is going to cause her any trouble.

Qiu Yuruo felt that the tea seller from Shuangmiao Village hadn't bothered her because she was protected by the villagers.

So when she encountered customers who liked to take advantage of bargains, Qiu Yuruo would give them a discount if they mentioned that they were related to someone in Sujiazhuang. This inadvertently improved her interpersonal relationships.

Therefore, after the 20th of the twelfth lunar month, the daily turnover of the food stalls was around three thousand coins.

If Qiu Yuruo makes bone broth and stew in the morning, and bakes pastries and meat sauce in the afternoon, the butcher will reserve the meat she needs in advance and deliver it when he is not busy. Qiu Yuruo can go to town to buy other ingredients every three to five days.

That day, Qiu Yuruo returned from shopping in town and saw a group of people gathered in front of the stall from afar. She assumed they were people from nearby villages who had come together to buy pastries.

Upon closer inspection, it became clear that the people weren't actually standing in front of the pastries; they seemed more like they were gathered around the stall watching the spectacle.

Qiu Yuruo quickly walked over and saw that there were people from Sujiazhuang among the crowd, which put her mind at ease.

But she seemed to have put her mind at ease too soon, because then she heard the sound of a not-so-young woman crying coming from inside the shed.

When the people gathered around saw Qiu Yuruo return, the people from Sujiazhuang said to her, "Yuruo, your maternal grandmother and your eldest uncle and aunt have arrived."

Qiu Yuruo was a little confused, "Huh!?"

My maternal grandmother passed away when my mother was young. If it were really my maternal grandmother, how could you all be so calmly watching the spectacle?

My eldest uncle stopped caring about me after my mother passed away, and I can't even remember what he looks like.

Seeing Qiu Yuruo's confusion, the man kindly explained, "They are Yunting's maternal grandmother and maternal uncle."

Qiu Yuruo then realized what was happening and slowed down.

When our family was facing financial hardship, with no money for medical treatment and food, you didn't show up. You also didn't show up when we got married.

Now that you know things are looking up here, you've come all this way to greet your elders!

This is a nice dream, but it's not suitable for me to have. If you're thinking about good things, go home and dream about them.

Aunt Shuncai said more than once that when Su Yunting's father was alive, Su Yunting's maternal grandparents' family benefited a lot from his success.

My maternal grandmother's family is the closest relationship I have, but they're not considered direct relatives, so it's actually quite easy to handle.

Aunt Shuncai said that Su Yunting's maternal grandmother's family had no conscience. If Su Yunting's maternal grandmother's family tried to take advantage of her in the future, and she couldn't say anything because of her status, she could just hand them over to her.

So Qiu Yuruo said to the kind-hearted people in the village, "Could you please go back to the village and call Aunt Shuncai for me, and ask her to come and help me?"

The kind-hearted aunt assumed that she had asked Shuncai's family to help with the food stall, so she agreed and went to the village to call for help.

Inside the shed, an old woman held onto the motionless Yun Che, crying, "Your mother is gone, and I haven't stopped thinking about you and worrying about you for a single moment. I don't know how you siblings have been getting through these past few days..."

As Qiu Yuruo slowly approached the shed, Su Yunche, who was at a loss, saw her and quickly called out, "Sister-in-law, you're back."

The old woman, who was still sobbing, turned to look at Qiu Yuruo, wiped away her tears, and said, "Is this Yunting's wife?"

Qiu Yuruo calmly replied, "Yes."

Then I asked her, "Grandma, what's wrong? Why are you crying at our stall during the Lunar New Year?"